5 cent donuts.
Wow, now there`s a flashback ! We had a small neighborhood Mayfair super market, with a very small (I think 8 or 10 lanes) bowling alley above it. Both went out of business sometime in the `60s. A&P was the big dog in food markets back then, until Pathmark and ShopRite came along, undercutting everybody else`s prices, until they had the lion`s share of the business, then they just raised all the prices....5 cent ice cream from Mayfair / Save On market.
Loved automats, a trip into the city wasn't complete unless you stopped at one. Milk delivery, every house on the block had a little metal box, the milkman would take the empty's and leave the new ones. There was also the sodaman, you would bring him the empty bottles in that little wooden crate and get new ones, my mom and me liked the cream soda, so we would get a few of them. The knife sharpening guy would come by every now and then, loved watching the sparks as he sharpened. Chemistry sets, with actual chemicals, I had some interesting experiances with them.Yeah, Nedick`s was great ! As a kid living in NYC, I loved the Horn & Hardart Automat....that was a truly unique dining experience !
Chemistry sets, with actual chemicals, I had some interesting experiances with them.
I think a lot of it is because kids are not exposed to it. We had a women running the office a couple years ago who had a couple of young kids, a boy & girl. I was outside building a service, I'm an electrician, nothing major, some unistrut meter base etc. They were really interested. How come you're doing that? What's that for? I let them "help", they loved it, thought spring nuts were really cool. When we went back inside, they told their mother how they had helped me, quite proud of themselves. If kids are not exposed to things they don't get to know about them.One BIG difference between kids then and now is that back then, when toys were simpler, you had to use your hands and your mind to create fun. One of my favorite things was an Erector set, a big green metal box which contained hundreds of steel components....beams, pulleys, axles, electric motors, and hundreds of nuts & bolts. Now, THAT took some imagination and craftiness, but I built all sorts of cool stuff with it.
Kids nowadays really don`t know much (or even want to know) about using tools, or anything mechanical....if it doesn`t involve a keyboard and a mouse, they don`t want to know about it....
I remember the host lady with her Magic Mirror (big Magnifying Glass) looking through it saying "I see Billy, Mary and Steve ect" watching on tv. One time she said my name and creeped me out. How can she see me through the telivision?, my poor 4 year old mind was disturbed by it. Any East Coasters remember Major Mud?Not only do I remember all 16 of your posts / questions, my older brother and sister were on Howdy Duty! I never considered myself older than dirt, until today. I need to learn to growl!
I was on romper room for two weeks (NYC version)! Anyone remember that show?
its even worse than this- computer skills are on the decline- they do everything from a pocket deviceOne BIG difference between kids then and now is that back then, when toys were simpler, you had to use your hands and your mind to create fun. One of my favorite things was an Erector set, a big green metal box which contained hundreds of steel components....beams, pulleys, axles, electric motors, and hundreds of nuts & bolts. Now, THAT took some imagination and craftiness, but I built all sorts of cool stuff with it.
Kids nowadays really don`t know much (or even want to know) about using tools, or anything mechanical....if it doesn`t involve a keyboard and a mouse, they don`t want to know about it....
Does anybody remember the cables at the gas station making "Ding-Ding" when they were run over by a car? Did you have that device in America?
How about those iconic vending machines from the `50s and `60s, with their 10-cent bottles of Coke ?
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