OLD AS DIRT

[Roar34]

OLDER THAN DIRT QUIZ:
Remember to count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told about!
Ratings at the bottom.​

1. bubblegum chewing gum
2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
3. Candy cigarettes
4. Drink machines that actually dispensed bottles
5. Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard lids
7. Trunk lines
8. Newsreels before the movie
9. P.F. Flyers
10. Liquorice blocks
11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (XU-6933)
12. Peashooters
13. Howdy Doody
14. 45 RPM records
15. Cigarette swap cards
16. Hi-fi's
17. Metal ice trays with lever
18. Mimeograph paper
19. Blue flashbulb
20. Packards
21. Roller skate keys
22. Cork popguns
23. Drive-ins
24. Studebakers
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 than dirt!​

RULES:

The only rule is that Roar34 and graystar do not have to reveal their scores!​

 

[Rosy]

1.  bubblegum chewing gum...Still called that so I guess a yes

2.  Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water ..No

3.  Candy cigarettes...  Can still get them. They changed the name from Fags to Fads though

4. Drink machines that actually dispensed bottles No

5.  Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes The only one I've ever seen is still in the city.  It's table top not table side though

6.  Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard lids   No. Only aluminium caps.

7. Trunk lines....Is that called bikini tan now?

8.  Newsreels before the movie Yep  :-[

9. P.F. Flyers  ?? Obviously a no.

10. Liquorice blocks No, but I love liquorice.  I pronounce it lickrish but my Pommy friend tells me it's liquor-us

11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (XU-6933) No

12. Peashooters  Yep Every kid should have one.  ;D

13. Howdy Doody My 22 year old sons standard greeting when he rings.

14. 45 RPM records  Still got some :-[

15. Cigarette swap cards No

16. Hi-fi's I don't know the diff in a hi-fi or stereo or sound system or record player

17. Metal ice trays with lever Got one.

18. Mimeograph paper No

19. Blue flashbulb No

20. Packards No

21. Roller skate keys No

22. Cork popguns Think I've still got bruises from my little bruvva's one

23. Drive-ins I had to wear my jamies to the Colac drive in once and was made to go to the canteen at half time where some friends saw me.  Oh the embarrassment

24. Studebakers Heard of them but don't know what they look like

25. Wash tub wringers Saw a few of them around the shearing sheds in the outback.

 

[dmx]

24. Studebakers Heard of them but don't know what they look like

if you wait a little, Johhny Hawkes will be bringing back into work soon, he has 4 legs, a long bushy tail, and has actually won a couple of group races.

 

[Roar34]

dmx, by my calculations you just crossed into the "don't tell your age" category! ;D

Studebakers were always coming out with automobile designs ahead of their time - prob too clever.

Doesn't matter how you spell or pronounce it, liquorice is licorice.

 

[Michael]

Roar, well done. A few more.

26. When you had to go into a bank to withdraw cash
27. When you could smoke on public transport
28. When you watched "Rage" before you went to bed

 

[Anduril]

29. When bread was sliced by hand

 

[Roar34]

When public transport carried signs warning that spitting [expectorating] carried fines.

As an aside, notice on the news the other day that tuberculosis is on the rise - again!

 

[poppa x]

45 RPM records? haven't caught up with those yet - I'm still playing my old 78's

 

[Roar34]

You've got something to look forward to, Pops.

Guess you haven't heard of EPs or LPs yet?

You've got some great times ahead of you!

 

[Tigerclan]

31. Potato chip packets with the salt separate

32. Non Safety matches

33. Starting cars with crank handles