The Nostalgia Thread

[Swamp-Dweller]

I remember only having to dial 4 digits (on a rotary phone) to call friends. My Mum's phone now has buttons but when you push them they go "click, click" like a rotary phone so technically she still has a rotary line... She is almost 89 and set in her ways but did convince her some years ago to get cable tv and she does love that.

As for all the extinct Hostess stuff on the first page link my Dad was a salesman for Hostess so that garbage was in the house all the time. I hated it and would take boxes of Twinkies, etc to school all the time. I remember my husband buying that purple ketchup. It was vile.

I just saw a box of lawn darts in a store the other day.... Cannot recall which store.

 

[mlp]

I take back my earlier comment about not being nostalgic for anything - just a few days ago, I saw a treadle sewing machine. And one company still makes them!

 

[beancounter]

I take back my earlier comment about not being nostalgic for anything - just a few days ago, I saw a treadle sewing machine. And one company still makes them!

In Portsmouth, NH, there is a small shop that still sells typewriters. It's neat to see, but I can't figure out how they stay in business.

 

[mlp]

I was surprised to see that one company (Janome) still makes a treadle machine, but then I read that a large part of the market for it consists of the Amish, which makes sense. Also, it's attractive to people living off the grid, and those who make their own electricity using windmills, etc. - one less appliance to draw on limited electricity. I found a whole little subculture online when I started reading about it.

 

[Moll Flanders]

I have some incense sticks and the scent reminds me of the smell of face paint at fun fairs. It reminds me of getting my face painted up like a cat or something at the summer fairs when I was about eight years old.

 

[thefadedone]

I still use my grandmother's princess phone. I think it is over fifty years old now.

I get nostalgic for drive in movie theaters, Saturday morning Monster Mash, Saturday afternoon Chiller Diller, Saturday night Creature Features, and dialing POP-CORN to hear the correct time. Oh, and sparklers! I loved fireworks when I was a kid.

We still have a drive in theater here! I miss sparklers also.

 

[mlp]

You can buy sparklers online. I associate them with Christmas - that's when we had them. I don't know whether that's a German thing or just a my family thing.

I have never been to a drive in theater.

 

[thefadedone]

You can buy sparklers online. I associate them with Christmas - that's when we had them. I don't know whether that's a German thing or just a my family thing.

I have never been to a drive in theater.

Maybe it's both?

There are pros and cons of drive in theaters. They're cheaper than regular theaters and it's a cool experience to watch a movie outside. But it drains your car battery (if using your radio), it can be really cold, and you get eaten up by mosquitos.

 

[Amy SF]

I grew up in the era of drive-in movie theaters, and yet I don't recall ever visiting one. For families, definitely, the drive-in theater was ideal. The kids would be in their pajamas, and could fall asleep in the back seat. The parents didn't have to worry about getting a babysitter. It was a rite of passage for teenagers; first date, necking in the back seat, friends hiding in the car trunk to get past the ticket-taker...

 

[beancounter]

At a "five below" store, I saw lava lamps for sale. I remember when my older step sister had one in the 70's.

 

[Amy SF]

At a "five below" store, I saw lava lamps for sale. I remember when my older step sister had one in the 70's.

I never had one. I always thought they were too tacky and kitschy to actually own one.

 

[RabbitLuvr]

I saw the first Indiana Jones movie when it first came out at a drive in theater.

I used to have a lava lamp, but I had it storage for several years, so I sold it at a yard sale for $5. Now I kinda wish I still had it, I remember it being very calming to watch.

 

[Spang]

"I remember when I really used to be into nostalgia." - Demetri Martin

 

[thefadedone]

I have two lava lamps that I bought years ago. One is still in the box since I never used it. Both are now in storage though.

 

[beancounter]

In the park this past Sunday, I saw two girls using hula-hoops.

 

[RabbitLuvr]

I have three hula hoops. They're great exercise.

 

[Amy SF]

I remember playing with a Hula-Hoop. I stunk at it.

 

[Amy SF]

I was terrible with a yo-yo, too. I'd see people do "Walking the Dog", but no matter how much I tried, I could never even get the leash on the dog, much less walk him.

 

[thefadedone]

I remember playing with a Hula-Hoop. I stunk at it.

I was terrible with a yo-yo, too. I'd see people do "Walking the Dog", but no matter how much I tried, I could never even get the leash on the dog, much less walk him.

Same here. I liked hop scotch though and I could use a jump rope without tripping if I used it by myself, but I was never coordinated enough to do a group jump rope game or anything.

I miss winters spent building snowmen, snow buildings and sledding. We tried to find the highest hills without any trees to sled down which usually meant going to the local skiing "resort". It had an enormous sledding mountain.

 

[shyvas]

Same here. I liked hop scotch though and I could use a jump rope without tripping if I used it by myself, but I was never coordinated enough to do a group jump rope game or anything.

I miss winters spent building snowmen, snow buildings and sledding. We tried to find the highest hills without any trees to sled down which usually meant going to the local skiing "resort". It had an enormous sledding mountain.

I also loved but wasn't very good at the hula hoop. Loved hop scotch and reading Enid Blyton books. I also remember
Cocoa Cola in glass bottles and ice cream sodas.