Generations of children will never know the intoxicating scent of freshly mimeographed pages in the classroom nor the challenge of releasing ice from the aluminum tray without the divider mechanism shattering it all rather than delivering the anticipated cubes!
18 of them. That's a cool list - I also remember rotary phones, and we only had to dial 4 numbers for a local call. Also Rabbit ears on TVs and rooftop antennas..
@fun4us2b Right. Sometimes you had to rotate the rooftop antennas to get good reception. My grandparents had an attachment on their chimney that did that.
@exexec We did too - it was a Rotor, and we had a box in the house that my Dad would use to adjust the antenna to point in different directions for better reception
The last Studebaker was built in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (my hometown), on March 16, 1966. It was a 1966 Cruiser four-door sedan, and it was the final vehicle produced by the company after its U.S. plant in South Bend, Indiana, closed in 1963.
26 - For Us Catholics: Latin Masses. 27 - Movies when the film often broke or ran off the track 28 - Saturday western movies with Johnny Mack Brown, Hopalong Cassidy, the Lone Ranger 29 - Tall, outdoor TV antennas 30 - AM radio 31 - 5 cent Coca-Colas 32 - Garage doors that had to be manually opened 33 - Automobiles with a small hole just under the front grill where the hand crank was inserted 34 - ....
My dad had an older truck with a hand-crank back-up starter.
I only saw it used once, and that came with an explanation of the risk of a kick-back that may be powerful enough to break your arm if not not done with a firm grip and follow through.
