Material Things of Which the Younger Generation Has No Idea

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I used to want the Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots by Marx....then again, I wanted ANYTHING by Marx!

I remember when the Polaroid Swinger was the hippest thing in town (around 1967). I started writing around that time. There's a sample of my writing on the directions for the use of that camera. I couldn't write in a straight line at all!

I also remember those hat bags. They were either circular or oval in shape. Many elegant women used to carry them in the 1960s.

My older brother had a bolo tie. He told me NEVER to touch them. I guess it was so kind of hip thing, too!

Whenever you told your mommy on someone in the 1960s, you were called a "rat fink."

I stole some candy from the corner store, when I was a kid----and, I felt so sick to my stomach (guilty), that, when I got to school, I had to give it all away, because I didn't want to be associated with the horrible thing, I did.

What about TV shows?

Did anybody watch "Lost in Space"? ("Danger, Will Robinson----DANGER!!")

.....or, "Dragnet"? ("Just the facts, ma'am.")

Well CC, since you are the OP for this thread, we can't say you are hijacking it to a slightly different interest.

When I think of Old TV shows, I have to think which ones were only black and white. How about The Rifleman, or Twilight Zone?

I've seen some of the candies I remember as a kid like Willy Wonka's Bottle Caps that I thought they'd stopped making for good, but I figure they're not as good as when they were back then. Either because they don't use the same ingredients, or because like all adults I now have fewer taste buds, which is why I can drink coffee without feeling pukey from the bitter taste- as long as it's got plenty of milk and and three teaspoons of sugar.

I remember eating those packets of powdered candy that came with a candy stick that you licked and dipped into it. They used to come in two double packets of different flavors, and hopefully came with two sticks so sharing would be less unsanitary. Although you and another kid might share both flavors, so eww. Not getting sick on such a sugary product was something of a miracle, ha ha. I've seen those packets at the dollar store but they come with something that's more of a lollipop than a stick and I think the flavors are different.

I watched "Lost in Space", "Dragnet", Twilight Zone" and "The Rifleman". I also remember "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and "The Outer Limits" and so many more.

"The Rifleman" had great scripts. I didn't understand them fully when I was a little kid watching it.

Yep....Dragnet, of course!

Anybody remember "Ben Casey"--about a young neurosurgeon?

Since we were kids then, easier to remember Roadrunner, Mr Magoo, Underdog, Mighty Mouse...

RetroGamer: I have vague memories of those bags/record players. I don't think they worked well. And they seemed to play only 45s (singles)

I remember "Ben Casey" because its introduction scared me. It had medieval symbols for "man," "water," "medicine," etc.

I was also scared of the Gerber Baby. It looked like Death to me.

I found out that there *are* modern tricycles for adults. I even saw one yesterday at Canadian tire. They have baskets in the back for carrying stuff. I have extra money saved up and I really want to get one, but I'll need help getting it home. Also I'm worried my mother will say all kinds of discouraging things to me. Okay mom if you'd rather keep driving me everywhere, then sure.

Of course I've thought about putting a lock on it to keep it from getting stolen, getting a helmet and maybe a bike pump. And I'll have to try riding it short distances at first. And I probably won't be able to use it much in the winter. All the more reason I should get one now.