How many do you remember?
Car head lights where the dimmer switch was on the floor.
Ignition switches on the dashboard.
Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall.
Real ice boxes.
Cycle clips to put on your trousers for bicycles without chain guards.
Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner.
Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.
Older Than Dirt Quiz :
Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told about.
Ratings at the bottom.
1.. Blackjack chews
2.Wax Pop bottles with colored sugar water
3. Candy cigarettes
4. Bubble gum machines
5. Coffee shops or cafes with tableside juke boxes
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with aluminium caps
7. Party lines on the telephone
8 Newsreels before the movie
9.Playing Cowboys & Indians
10. Gas Lamps
11.TV test cards that came on at night after the last show and were there until TV programmes started again in the morning. (there were only 3 channels [if you were fortunate])
12. Peashooters
13. All the kids in the road Skipping
14. 45 RPM records
15. Greenshield Stamps
16. Stereogram
17. Metal ice trays with lever
18. Izal Toilet Paper
19. Blue flashbulb
20. Co-op Dividend
21. Roller skate keys
22. Cork popguns
23. Drive-ins
24. Ford Cortinas
25. Wash tub wringers
If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young
If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
If you remembered 16-25 = You' re older t han dirt!
I might be older than dirt but those memories are some of the best parts of my life.
Older than dirt here too!
I actually knew the test card girl!
I scored 7 :D
Definitely older than dirt :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
Brings back lovely memories, though - thank you :) :) :) :)
Quote from: non-stick on November 03, 2009, 08:58:15
Older than dirt here too!
I actually knew the test card girl!
Wasn't that a shame that she got type cast. She could have earnt quite a bit playing other roles.
Much ilder than dirt - so does that mean we are the rocks that life today is built on?
Quote from: ACE on November 03, 2009, 09:35:21
Quote from: non-stick on November 03, 2009, 08:58:15
Older than dirt here too!
I actually knew the test card girl!
Wasn't that a shame that she got type cast. She could have earnt quite a bit playing other roles.
:-) Although she has the advantage of being permanently aged 7 (or whatever she was at the time.