Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

[rue]

You would know.

But you are older

 

[jamespowers]

But you are older

But you remember waaaayyyyyyy back then.

 

[rue]

But you remember waaaayyyyyyy back then.

and YOU remember even farther back

 

[jamespowers]

and YOU remember even farther back

About two seconds.

 

[rue]

About two seconds.

More like 6 months

 

[jamespowers]

More like 6 months

oooooohhhhh! Like I remember anything from when I was 6 moths old.

 

[rue]

oooooohhhhh! Like I remember anything from when I was 6 moths old.

No, but you remember things 6 months before I do

 

[John in Covina]

Sterling silver telephone dialers have disappeared ... even Tiffany & Co. doesn't sell 'em anymore. "Where have you gone, Holly Golightly?"

Now and then you'll read about people bringing in old devices and items into a class room for grade school kids to look at and try to figure out what it was for with interesting results. A rotary dial phone is something of a defining item since they have been replaced by push button dialing phones and for quite a while so that many kids have no clue how they work. So an item used for saving your finger nails when using a rotary dial phone is even more remote from todays life.

 

[jamespowers]

Now and then you'll read about people bringing in old devices and items into a class room for grade school kids to look at and try to figure out what it was for with interesting results. A rotary dial phone is something of a defining item since they have been replaced by push button dialing phones and for quite a while so that many kids have no clue how they work. So an item used for saving your finger nails when using a rotary dial phone is even more remote from todays life.

Even more interesting is the reaction my 5 year old son gets from people when he actually knows what a record is.

 

[The Private Eye]

Vinyl records, cb radio, women in dress, politeness.
And the smile of my mother but it's not really relevant...

 

[C-dot]

Now and then you'll read about people bringing in old devices and items into a class room for grade school kids to look at and try to figure out what it was for with interesting results. A rotary dial phone is something of a defining item since they have been replaced by push button dialing phones and for quite a while so that many kids have no clue how they work. So an item used for saving your finger nails when using a rotary dial phone is even more remote from todays life.

Isn't that awful? When I was a kiddie, maybe 8 or 9, a younger teacher brought in a turntable for show-and-tell intending to show the class how it worked. She was having some trouble, so I approached, took the record from her hand, and did it with ease. She and the class looked at me like I had 3 heads!

My parents don't live in a time warp, but they had old things around the house. One of them was a rotary phone manufactured in 1948 that sits on my desk beside me as I type this. I always knew how to use it, and spent a few weekends with my dad getting it to work again (it hadn't in some time.) I was maybe 16 when we did... Wasn't that long ago. I get my contemporaries to play with it whenever I can, because its funny to watch them try and figure it out.

 

[jamespowers]

Isn't that awful? When I was a kiddie, maybe 8 or 9, a younger teacher brought in a turntable for show-and-tell intending to show the class how it worked. She was having some trouble, so I approached, took the record from her hand, and did it with ease. She and the class looked at me like I had 3 heads!

My parents don't live in a time warp, but they had old things around the house. One of them was a rotary phone manufactured in 1948 that sits on my desk beside me as I type this. I always knew how to use it, and spent a few weekends with my dad getting it to work again (it hadn't in some time.) I was maybe 16 when we did... Wasn't that long ago. I get my contemporaries to play with it whenever I can, because its funny to watch them try and figure it out.

They can't figure out how to use a rotary phone?! lol lol lol Can they open Ketchup bottles?

 

[C-dot]

They can't figure out how to use a rotary phone?! lol lol lol Can they open Ketchup bottles?

I kid you not! They usually start by pushing on the numbers, then try to wiggle the dial back and forth instead of pulling it over to the finger stop. I don't let them touch my turntable or gramophone, but their faces when they see me do it are priceless.

As for ketchup, we always bring a guy along, just in case

 

[jamespowers]

I kid you not! They usually start by pushing on the numbers, then try to wiggle the dial back and forth instead of pulling it over to the finger stop. I don't let them touch my turntable or gramophone, but their faces when they see me do it are priceless.

As for ketchup, we always bring a guy along, just in case

That would be hilarious to see. lol

Bring a guy along! :rofl:

 

[Gingerella72]

Haven't they ever seen a rotary phone in use on TV reruns or older movies? :eeek:

Regarding vinyl, my husband said he saw something in the news yesterday how vinyl record sales increased by 40% this past year. It's either a hipster trend or kids today are discovering how much better sound quality they have over their iPhones.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

I kid you not! They usually start by pushing on the numbers, then try to wiggle the dial back and forth instead of pulling it over to the finger stop. I don't let them touch my turntable or gramophone, but their faces when they see me do it are priceless.

As for ketchup, we always bring a guy along, just in case

Does ketchup even come in glass containers anymore? All I see are those upside-down plastic squeeze containers.

 

[jamespowers]

Does ketchup even come in glass containers anymore? All I see are those upside-down plastic squeeze containers.

In many restaurants here they still come in glass containers.

 

[C-dot]

In many restaurants here they still come in glass containers.

There's another thing that's a lost art (it's probably somewhere in this thread already, but...) - Glass bottles! I love the ones I need a bottle opener for. Seeing someone these days try to open one reminds me of Marty McFly lol

 

[jamespowers]

There's another thing that's a lost art (it's probably somewhere in this thread already, but...) - Glass bottles! I love the ones I need a bottle opener for. Seeing someone these days try to open one reminds me of Marty McFly lol

lol lol I keep a bottle opener on my keychain just in case.

 

[Gregg Axley]

Maybe it's just me, but I'd have to say colored toilet paper.
We got to talking about the pink bathroom, and then absurd ads, and it hit me...
Am I wrong in this?
I remember as a kid watching my mom get toilet paper to match the bathroom.