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↑ seniormom ↓

Mon, May 22 2006, 6:21 pm

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"Quick, Henry, the Flit!"

You got me on that one...I remember the can and pump well but never knew what it was called, and I had no idea where that expression came from although my mom used it and so did I (surely I wouldn't have had a clue how to punctuate it!)

Chen wrote:

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Who remembers vitreous enamel-coated cookware?

I do...just threw away some from my mother's kitchen this year!!

Chen wrote:

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gymsuits! these were dreadful one-piece garments that were like short jumpsuits, except the shorts were these absurd, billowy, gathered "bloomer"-type things that didn't look good on anyone, and of course they always came in awful colors that didn't look good on anyone, either. I didn't have one of those.......

...need I say more?!!!

Not only did I have one for gym class, but I also played basketball at "public" games, for all to see! shock

I just came across it when my kids and I were looking through some old stuff, and I was mortified for them to see what I'd worn, so I think I discarded it right there and then...or I sure hope I did! 8)

↑ chen ↓

Mon, May 22 2006, 6:45 pm

we do not hold innocent children or teens responsible for what their parents and teachers forced upon them!

while we're on the subject:

saddle shoes, anyone? who came up with that piece of lunacy? you needed two different colors of shoe polish, and there was no way you could avoid getting some black polish on the white part or vice versa. all the 'cool" girls had them. I didn't have them, because my mother was not cool. (my mother had sechel.)

remember when bathroom sinks had separate taps for hot and cold water? nice if you wanted to simultaneously fill up two buckets, one with hot and one with cold, but a pain if you wanted to wash your face with warm. later, someone invented water mixers that you could get at hardware stores to bridge the two taps and let the mixed water come out in the middle.

remember when kitchen sinks stood on legs just like a table? No cabinet underneath, no place for dirt and mice to hide. (Also no place to hide your cleaning supplies, but then there weren't nearly as many cleaning supplies. ) stoves, too, stood on legs. the oven, rather than being below the cooktop, was beside it, and the broiler drawer right below, same level as the cooktop. no bending down to use the broiler and the oven.

ooh, and remember the laundry drying racks that hung from the kitchen and/or bathroom ceiling, and were raised or lowered by a complex system of ropes and pulleys? I wish I had one of those now--it would make an ideal pot rack.

↑ seniormom ↓

Mon, May 22 2006, 7:12 pm

Chen wrote"

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all the 'cool" girls had them

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remember when kitchen sinks stood on legs just like a table?

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remember the laundry drying racks that hung from the kitchen and/or bathroom ceiling

1.Saddle shoes I had, and I hated them after the first time they were polished because of the smudges on the navy blue (mine weren't black)...but all the "cool" girls at one time had white "bucks" and I was always dying for a pair although mom said they'd get too dirty. So instead of white, mom finally relented and let me buy a pair of pink "bucks" (yes, you read correctly...PINK!) Only problem was that they way you cleaned white bucks was by rubbing them with chalk...ever hear of pink chalk? (Maybe today, but not in those days.) So guess who had to walk around in scuffed shoes for 6 months (that's how long a child was expected to wear the ONE pair of shoes she owned)? Rolling Eyes

....As if it wasn't embarrassing enough that they weren't the "cool" white ones! Mad

2. Same sink on which we kashered our meat and chicken!

3. We lived in the rear of an apartment building, and we had a clothesline that moved on wheels between our bedroom and livingroom windows that were diagonally across from each other. You had to hang your body half out the window to get the wet laundry on it...and everyone in the building got to see my dad's gotggess. shock

Oh...and remember the two different types of clothespins--push-on and spring-loaded? Remember gotggess? LOL

↑ seniormom ↓

Mon, May 22 2006, 9:20 pm

Southernbubby, I was wating for you to weigh in!

The first car I drove also was a manual, although it was my dad's, zt"l. When I took my driving test it was required that we open the driver's window (crank handle only, no power windows) and use hand signals for every potential move and turn because at that time not every car was yet equipped with turning signals (and almost none had a side view mirror on the passenger side).

Two years after I learned to drive I bought my own car, and wanted to be more modern so I opted for an automatic. I bought what today would be considered a midsize car... for $2100! Grand prize goes to anyone who can name that year!! Wink

Tefila

Mon, May 22 2006, 9:28 pm

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That would be Ke'Tan-Tan (sp?) who was so little that he ended up on the chopping knife (or some such thing) and went up and down for a ride - and then fell in the fish.

Ah yes I rememebr that so well. Smile

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Chen, I have those stockings in my drawer! They still make em, and they have such scratchy rubberized elastic that they do stay up, and leave a nice indent on your thigh. I can't believe I'm the only one who used a typewriter? We still have one in the closet.

Ditto

↑ RivkaS

Mon, May 22 2006, 10:03 pm

chen wrote:

Who remembers vitreous enamel-coated cookware? It usually came in either dark blue or black speckled with white, or plain white with red or blue bands around the edges and on the handles. That's how people knew which was milchik and which was fleishik. The enamel would chip and expose the iron underneath, which would then rust.

You forgot to mention, that whenever something burned in it, the pot would from than on alsways burn again in that spot! nooooo, I did not have them - or did I? - but my grandmother had, and the mother of my mothers friend, who always gave us her kitchenware....

↑ seniormom ↓

Tue, May 23 2006, 9:40 am

Southerbubby, I really didn't know the answer, so here's what I got from the internet:

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As we learned, automatic transmission was based on technology first developed in the early 1900s by German manufacturers of marine engines. However, it was not adapted for automobiles for several decades. In 1938, General Motors developed the first line of cars to sport automatic transmission -- Oldsmobiles that offered "Hydra-Matic drive." The cars were introduced to the public in 1940. In 1941, Chrysler followed suit and introduced three different cars that offered their version of automatic drive, "Vacamatic" (later called "Fluid Drive"). Automatic transmission was a fairly common option on most American cars by 1948.

Despite this, I believe most ppl continued driving manual shift for many years after that anyway. My gut feeling (no statistics here) is that automatic drive wasn't universally accepted until the 60's (except of course for sports cars).

BTW, what's an automatic with a manual choke?

↑ chen ↓

Wed, May 24 2006, 7:27 am

Remember when family doctors (who were called GP's in those days, not "family practitioners") made HOUSE CALLS? And school nurses gave immunization shots?

And in order to be promoted to the next grade, you had to have brought in a "completion form" from the dentist that proved you'd been there, had a checkup, and completed any treatment. If you had cavities that needed to be filled, you first brought in an "under treatment" form, then got the "completion" form when it was all done.

Remember the Barton's candies that everyone used to bring for hostess gifts? They had retail stores all over the place. Barton's is still around somewhere but I haven't seen a retail store in at least 20 years.

Oh, boy, who remembers the special "machberes" chalk holders? These were wooden handles to which were attached multiple wire clips for holding chalk. They had narrow and wide spaces between the clips so that in one swipe a Hebrew teacher could draw a set of wide and narrow "machberes" lines across the blackboard.

Remember when blackboards were actually black?

↑ chen ↓

Wed, May 24 2006, 7:47 am

seniormom wrote:

a clothesline that moved on wheels between our bedroom and livingroom windows ...everyone in the building got to see my dad's gotggess. shock

Oh...and remember the two different types of clothespins--push-on and spring-loaded? Remember gotggess? LOL

LOL! We had such a clothesline, and I was so embarrassed when my mother hung my underwear on it! (Remember when they were called "bloomers"?) Yep, remember vividly the 2 kinds of clothespins. They're still around--some people still have outdoor clotheslines. I remember dropping a few clothespins from our window to the alley below and being afraid of dropping my clothes. Gotkess..oh, boy! My dad wore 'em, too.

Did your mother wash the outside of the windows by sitting on the windowsill with her back outside and her feet inside the house? I never had the nerve, but my mom did, even when we lived on the 4th floor!

Remember when tichlach had a foam panel to give them shape, and some of them had fake bangs sewn in?

Remember when milk came in wax-coated paper cartons? And kids in school would make a big mess scraping the wax off with their fingernails?

Oh, how about those thick, wide rubber straps with a clasp for holding your school books together?

Remember when a fountain pen , or a pen-and-pencil set, was a typical Bar Mitzvah gift?