St.Ignatz
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- On the banks of the Karakung.
ukali1066 said:Telephones with the circular dial....where here in the UK, the emergency number 999 took the longest time to dial !
Erm.. design flaw....
Foofoogal said:KMart is disappearing fast. Blue light specials used to be so much fun. lol
ThesFlishThngs said:We still have a rotary phone; I really ought to get a photo of it on the little stand, wired up to the computer and answering machine.
AtomicEraTom said:Who doesn't Love rotary phones? I have a couple...
And a couple more since I took that photo.
LizzieMaine said:Do any kids today go to "subprimary" instead of "kindergarten?" I went to the former, and happened to refer to it in conversation with a friend, and she didn't know what I was talking about.
Lamplight said:I haven't seen a cigarette vending machine in quite a while. That is, except the one I saw in an antique store recently.
Mirinda said:Oh my, those look fantastic!
I'd love to buy an old fashioned rotary phone, but they're expensive here.
I remember several of my friends having rotary phones when I was a kid (around 20 years ago), but they're not that common anymore- at least not in Spain.
Maybe it's also a regional thing? I've never heard of subprimary and my parents referred to their time as kindergarten too. Interesting though!LizzieMaine said:Do any kids today go to "subprimary" instead of "kindergarten?" I went to the former, and happened to refer to it in conversation with a friend, and she didn't know what I was talking about.
AtomicEraTom said:I found a lot of great deals on eBay, sometimes in lots. Shipping would be pricey, but if you hold out for the right deal, the shipping may be worth it.
23SkidooWithYou said:Not quite golden era, but I vaguely remember adults open beer with a can opener as there were no pull tabs. I also remember pull tabs that pulled completely off in the ring/teardrop shape.
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Shangas said:1. Watchmakers who can actually fix a watch.
Finding someone who can do this is almost impossible these days.
2. Stationery shops which actually sell stationery.
Stamps, envelopes, blotting-paper, notepads, sealing-wax...These days all I find is newspapers, wrapping-paper, 3M post-it notes and bloody highlighter markers. In my entire city, I know iof only one proper stationery shop. The proprieter's nice and young, so hopefully it'll be around for a good few decades. He's also very polite, I had a chance to meet him last year and visit his shop.
3. A pen-shop where the people behind the desk actually know how to sell pens and know what they're selling.
ThesFlishThngs said:Have shoe horns disappeared? I spied some vintage ones over the weekend, and realized I hadn't seen them (the standard metal ones, sometimes printed with a shop's info) since my childhood.
jwalls said:I have spent time the last week looking for a decent shoe horn. I've been forced to use a serving spoon since the last one broke.