Non Gun Stuff...

[Pathfinder]

PegLeg, great quiz. I have personally experienced most of them, although a few, like party lines and true ice boxes, were not at home but in vacation locations.

Packards were my Dad's favorite cars.

[PegLeg45]

By most standards, I'm not really all that old (tell that to my joints) but growing up in a southern rural area, I've experienced more of the things on the list than many my age. My Grandmother owned/operated a fish market for years in the little town near my house growing up. She still used old ice boxes in her store. The barber shop where I went still had an old Coke machine with the vertical door that dispensed the old style glass bottles. Party lines were the norm also.

[tombogan03884]

Remember 19 of 25

News reels, butch wax, and Howdy Doody were before my time, but references to them were still common, didn't roller skate, so no key, Packards and wash tubs were the only ones way before my time.
But for you older gear heads, for a while my Dad had a Studabaker Hawk. 

[MikeBjerum]

There use to be a store like this not far from me... they sold booze, ammo and porn.

The only way to truly support the American economy 

[Big Frank]

A lot of things in the older that dirt quiz are still around. BTW my mom still uses a Speed Queen wringer washer. Now you can buy a Home Queen, an exact copy of the Speed Queen made in Saudi Arabia. http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=613&itemType=PRODUCT&iProductID=613

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[Big Frank]

I triple-dog dare you: Boy's tongue stuck on pole

HAMMOND, Ind. — In a scene straight out of the movie "A Christmas Story," a
10-year-old boy got his tongue stuck to a metal light pole. Police said the
unidentified fourth-grader was able to tell them that a friend dared him to
lick the pole Wednesday night. Temperatures in Hammond were around 10
degrees at the time.
By the time an ambulance arrived, the boy was able to yank his tongue off
the frozen pole.
Police said ambulance personnel explained to the boy's mother how to care
for his bleeding tongue.
The 1983 movie is set in a fictional city based on Hammond, the hometown of
author Jean Shepherd.

[cookie62]

I triple-dog dare you: Boy's tongue stuck on pole

HAMMOND, Ind. — In a scene straight out of the movie "A Christmas Story," a
10-year-old boy got his tongue stuck to a metal light pole. Police said the
unidentified fourth-grader was able to tell them that a friend dared him to
lick the pole Wednesday night. Temperatures in Hammond were around 10
degrees at the time.
By the time an ambulance arrived, the boy was able to yank his tongue off
the frozen pole.
Police said ambulance personnel explained to the boy's mother how to care
for his bleeding tongue.
The 1983 movie is set in a fictional city based on Hammond, the hometown of
author Jean Shepherd.

OUCH!!!!

[PegLeg45]

I triple-dog dare you: Boy's tongue stuck on pole

HAMMOND, Ind. — In a scene straight out of the movie "A Christmas Story," a
10-year-old boy got his tongue stuck to a metal light pole. Police said the
unidentified fourth-grader was able to tell them that a friend dared him to
lick the pole Wednesday night. Temperatures in Hammond were around 10
degrees at the time.
By the time an ambulance arrived, the boy was able to yank his tongue off
the frozen pole.
Police said ambulance personnel explained to the boy's mother how to care
for his bleeding tongue.
The 1983 movie is set in a fictional city based on Hammond, the hometown of
author Jean Shepherd.

OWWWWWW.....Dat makth me hut juth tinking abouth ith................ 

[tombogan03884]

I triple-dog dare you: Boy's tongue stuck on pole

HAMMOND, Ind. — In a scene straight out of the movie "A Christmas Story," a
10-year-old boy got his tongue stuck to a metal light pole. Police said the
unidentified fourth-grader was able to tell them that a friend dared him to
lick the pole Wednesday night. Temperatures in Hammond were around 10
degrees at the time.
By the time an ambulance arrived, the boy was able to yank his tongue off
the frozen pole.
Police said ambulance personnel explained to the boy's mother how to care
for his bleeding tongue.
The 1983 movie is set in a fictional city based on Hammond, the hometown of
author Jean Shepherd.

Been there, done that, but back then they just said "so pull your tongue off stupid."

[DesertMarine]

I remember the larger majority on the older than dirt list.  Oh well, it was fun getting here.