Take The "Older Than Dirt" Quiz

[5 STAR]

1) Black Jack chewing gum

2) Wax coke shaped bottles

3) candy cigarettes

4) soda pop machines that dispensed bottles

5) coffee shops with table side juke boxes

6) home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard lids

7) party telephone lines

8) news reels before the movie

9) p. f. flyers

10) butch wax

11) telephone numers with a word prefix

12) Howdy Doody

13) 45 rpm records

14) S&H green stamps

15) metal ice trays with lever

16) mimeograph paper

17) blue flash bulbs

18) roller skate keys

19) drive-in movie theatres

 

If you remember 0 to 5 your a whippersnapper

 

If you remember 6 to 15 your getting there

 

If you remember 16 to 19 your older than dirt

Edited February 6, 2017 by Colonels_Wear_Blue
Rule #13

[BigVMan23]

Ok, I got 16 of them...but I AIN'T older than dirt! It hasn't been all that long ago that some of those things went the way of the dodo bird. heck, drive ins still exist, as do candy cigs (got a pack not too long ago).

 

Now, if anyone says "yes" to #8, then they would have to say yes to all of them because I think those went away in the 50's.

[Jumper_Dad]

1) Black Jack chewing gum--nope

2) Wax coke shaped bottles--What a waste of time, too much wax not enough liquid

3) candy cigarettes--loved them

4) soda pop machines that dispensed bottles--yes, many times

5) coffee shops with table side juke boxes--All of the ones I've seen were retro places doing a modern take

6) home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard lids--next door neighbor had milk delivery until sometime in the 80's

7) party telephone lines--yes, family living out in the "Country" had them, we used to sneak and listen in

8) news reels before the movie--nope

9) p. f. flyers--I had one pair that I remember, when I was very young

10) butch wax--I'm a Dapper Dan man! :lol2: never used it

11) telephone numers with a word prefix--nope never used

12) Howdy Doody--just reruns

13) 45 rpm records--Used to ride my bike to Roses Department store to get the latest

14) S&H green stamps--I used to go with mom to cash them in at the Green Stamps Store

15) metal ice trays with lever--grandparents and mom had them

16) mimeograph paper--ahh that smell

17) blue flash bulbs--yep, used them

18) roller skate keys--I know what they are but never used them, I custom racing skates!

19) drive-in movie theatres--still go about once a year

 

Looks like I'm pretty old or at least old at heart

[Bengal Maniac]

I have experienced all 20. But I am older than dirt and should have. We actually had milk delivered to the back porch. It stopped when I was 6 or 7 (1960 or 61), but I remember. Black Jack gum was awful. Clark gum was right there with it on the shelf. I had a burr haircut, so never used butch wax. Interesting, I remember Howdy Doody but hardly ever watched. Now Captain Kangaroo, I probably saw every episode ever made. You could get a really bad burned hand with those blue flashbulbs. My family used to release them into big table ash trays. Woodland (WO) 9-6471 was my home land line number. It was a private line. My grandma had a party line and she would pick up quietly to hear the gossip. My mon collected both S&H (green) and Top Value (yellow) trading stamps.

 

I could go on and on.

 

I really remember everything on here vividly. Brings back a lot of good memories.

[coldweatherfan]

Don't remember Butchwax or Black Jack Gum.

[mcpapa]

18/19.

[TheDeuce]

3.

 

:lol2:

[Lawnboy13]

I'm getting there. LOL

 

I remember just about every one on the list.

 

I agree with @Bengal Maniac, Clark gum was awful.....as was Black Jack. Remember that stuff from my early childhood.

[UKMustangFan]

3.

 

:lol2:

 

Same here.

 

Candy cigarettes, PF Flyers, drive-in theaters.

[bulldog77]

All. Older than dirt. But, I knew that. I'm good with it.

 

1) Black Jack chewing gum

Nasty Stuff

2) Wax coke shaped bottles

A personal favorite

3) candy cigarettes

Tasted like chalk to me

4) soda pop machines that dispensed bottles

Many, many different kinds/I]

5) coffee shops with table side juke boxes

Covington Chili for one

6) home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard lids

Oh yeah.

7) party telephone lines

My mother's phone was a party line for a few years

8) news reels before the movie

Remember them but didn't see many

9) p. f. flyers

Run faster and jump higher!

10) butch wax

endured this stuff as a small kid

11) telephone numers with a word prefix

only when I was really young

12) Howdy Doody

Mostly reruns for me

13) 45 rpm records

absolutely

14) S&H green stamps

parents collected both them and the yellow ones

15) metal ice trays with lever

hated those things

16) mimeograph paper

best part of the school day!

17) blue flash bulbs

burn the heck out of you if you weren't careful

18) roller skate keys

Stupidest thing from my childhood

19) drive-in movie theatres

Yeah baby!

Edited February 6, 2017 by bulldog77

[NKY Bandit]

I used google to figure out what you were talking about.

[jericho]

8

I also remember going in store and buying my dad cigarettes out of a lever pull machine.

[Bengal Maniac]

8

I also remember going in store and buying my dad cigarettes out of a lever pull machine.

 

 

I remember 25cents a pack, maybe cheaper, but 25 cents I remember. Started getting them out of the machine at 15. Nobody cared in the late 60's.

[jericho]

I remember 25cents a pack, maybe cheaper, but 25 cents I remember. Started getting them out of the machine at 15. Nobody cared in the late 60's.

 

Or the mid 70s. I think they were .75 a pack then. All I know is dad would give me quarters and say go get me a pack of Marlboro's.

[5 STAR]

Or the mid 70s. I think they were .75 a pack then. All I know is dad would give me quarters and say go get me a pack of Marlboro's.

 

I can remember my dad telling me "before you know it cigarettes will be $1.00 a pack." Right now, I think there in the 5 to 6 dollar a pack range.