Older Than Dirt Quiz

[LH Panther Mom]

Count all the ones that you remember-not the ones you were told about! Ratings are at the bottom.

1. Blackjack chewing gum

2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water

3. Candy cigarettes

4. Soda pop machines that dispensed bottle

5. Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes

6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers

7. Party lines

8. Newsreels before the movie

9. P.F. Flyers

10. Butch wax

11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (Olive - 6933)

12. Peashooters

13. Howdy Doody

14. 45 RPM records

15. S&H Green Stamps

16. Hi-fi's

17. Metal ice trays with lever

18. Mimeograph paper

19. Blue flashbulb

20. Beanie and Cecil

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!

[pirate44]

im old enough to remember a few of these, but not quite as old as dirt (or some of you older members of the Low ;) )

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by pirate44
but not quite as old as dirt (or some of you older members of the Low ;) )

:tongue: ;)

I'm wondering if we have any posters who will remember when some of these actually came out. :thinking: *cough* 66 *cough* :D

[pirate44]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
:tongue: ;)

I'm wondering if we have any posters who will remember when some of these actually came out. :thinking: *cough* 66 *cough* :D LOL
you can still find a few of these items at Cracker Barrel
and several years ago after i was in college (the younguns on here might know what im talkin bout), the collector's milk tops came out in some kind of a game form. kind of likethe marbles or spinning tops of my youth.

[LH Panther Mom]

Pogs?

[pirate44]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
Pogs?
yeah, i thiink thats the name of them

[spiveyrat]

They still have a drive in here. And I've been to a few restaurants lately that had the jukeboxes at your table.

[mikecheck]

Scored a 20. Now that is scary to me.

[Old Green]

Dang, I'm old. I remember everything on the list. i loved the pea shooters. They worked good Teachers.:D

Anybody remember going to Saturday Matinee Movies for the price of 3 Buck Brand glass Soda bottles. It was a Coca-Cola product. It is now called Fanta. Those were the ays.:rolleyes:

[CHS_Grad '85]

Okay I have experiance with about 9 items from that list... I remember thinking how cool it was to wash our clothes in a wash tub and then pass them through the wringer... lol... thank God I can say I'm getting old... :D

[Ranger Mom]

17....I guess that makes me older than dirt!:(

Midland is in the process of building a drive-in right now...should be ready to go in the next few weeks!

[Phil C]

I remembered 12 of them. Actually I still once in a while eat at cafes that have table juckboxes. I also wondered if they met drive in movies or places where you eat sort of like sonic burgers. And even as late as the mid 80s I once had to be on a party line. :)

[lepfan]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
17....I guess that makes me older than dirt!:(

Midland is in the process of building a drive-in right now...should be ready to go in the next few weeks!

I scored 13.....I shouldn't tell my age

BYRON....before you say it SHUT UP!!!!!

[pirate44]

Originally posted by Phil C
I remembered 12 of them. Actually I still once in a while eat at cafes that have table juckboxes. I also wondered if they met drive in movies or places where you eat sort of like sonic burgers. And even as late as the mid 80s I once had to be on a party line. :)
i remember people getting on to me and my brothers for listening in on the phone conversations while we were on a party line. as for the drive-inns, i remember going to the movies and drive-inn restaurants. Not including Sonic, there are still a few in Corpus Christi. the most known is Snapkas which is about as authentic as you can get and has been around for decades..

[Phil C]

I still go to some local stores and they sell candy cigarets.

[spiveyrat]

Forgot to mention... I scored an 8.

[pirate44]

mine was 9, but im not sure it Blackjack gum counts. they still make it as a vintage gum along with Beemans, but im not sure its the original or not.

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by Phil C
I remembered 12 of them. Actually I still once in a while eat at cafes that have table juckboxes. I also wondered if they met drive in movies or places where you eat sort of like sonic burgers. And even as late as the mid 80s I once had to be on a party line. :)

Maybe you need to have your memory checked. :D ;)

[lepfan]

I remembered:

2-4, 7, 9, 11, 14-19, 23, and 25

[CheerMom]

I scored a 14. Looks like there is a bunch of old dirt around!!:D

[LH Panther Mom]

Okay, ya'll are really making me feel bad. :weeping: :weeping: Or maybe I should feel good knowing that my memory's still 100% in tact. :thinking: :thinking:

BTW.....I scored 22. :eek:

[pirate44]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
Okay, ya'll are really making me feel bad. :weeping: :weeping: Or maybe I should feel good knowing that my memory's still 100% in tact. :thinking: :thinking:

BTW.....I scored 22. :eek:
old people are honest and innocent people

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by pirate44
old people are honest and innocent people

I think I should be offended. :foul: :p

[pirate44]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
I think I should be offended. :foul: :p
i meant it as a compliment ;)

[BrahmaMom]

Don't be offended by being called honest, and no way we can be old AND innocent. It just hurts a little to know I'm not just old, but older than dirt! I scored a 17 and had a lot of fun remembering! Some of our small towns DO still keep some of the "old" stuff around--still works, haven't gotten around to changing it. Thanks for the memories!

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by BrahmaMom
Don't be offended by being called honest, and no way we can be old AND innocent.

I was more offended at the "old" part of his statement. :D

[pirate44]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
I was more offended at the "old" part of his statement. :D
the innocent and honest part was because so many of you old people...er..i mean, youthly challenged, have been duped by those terrible phone scam people. certainly not to offend anyone. my apologies are in order i guess. please forgive me. :D

[lepfan]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
Okay, ya'll are really making me feel bad. :weeping: :weeping: Or maybe I should feel good knowing that my memory's still 100% in tact. :thinking: :thinking:

BTW.....I scored 22. :eek:

OK, you have forced me to say it...I think I only scored 13 because of either a memory lapse or I was maybe raised a little to far in the country. ;)

[Old Green]

Originally posted by pirate44
old people are honest and innocent people I'm not to innocent.:)

They still sell Clove Gum in some stores in Cuero. Love it.

[Old Green]

Originally posted by lepfan
OK, you have forced me to say it...I think I only scored 13 because of either a memory lapse or I was maybe raised a little to far in the country. ;) If you were a teacher when I was a kid , you would sure remember Pea shooters.:evillaugh :) :)

[SPF25]

could only remember one or two. :D :p

[pirate44]

Originally posted by SPF25
could only remember one or two. :D :p
before people start accusing me of being a cradle robber, i can explain.

[Bandera YaYa]

HA!! I am NOT older than dirt!!!!! YIPPEEEEE !!!!! :p :D

[Bandera YaYa]

Originally posted by pirate44
before people start accusing me of being a cradle robber, i can explain. hmmmm....well start explaining!!!!!! :rolleyes:

[lepfan]

Originally posted by Bandera YaYa
HA!! I am NOT older than dirt!!!!! YIPPEEEEE !!!!! :p :D

I wasn't either....BUT I will not tell you my age. :D

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by Bandera YaYa
HA!! I am NOT older than dirt!!!!! YIPPEEEEE !!!!! :p :D

Here's another with some "severe" memory lapses. :p :kiss:

[lepfan]

Originally posted by pirate44
before people start accusing me of being a cradle robber, i can explain.


Sombody got some 'splainin to do.

[Bandera YaYa]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
Here's another with some "severe" memory lapses. :p :kiss: What's that supposed to mean??????? :p :p :p

[pirate44]

Originally posted by Bandera YaYa
What's that supposed to mean??????? :p :p :p
maybe youve been hit by one too many pea shooters:p

[Bandera YaYa]

Originally posted by pirate44
maybe youve been hit by one too many pea shooters:p well have been told by daughters i have selective memory......lol !! :D

[44INAROW]

Remembered all but Butch Wax - what is that?

[mustang68]

If you had a flat top, as most of us did in the 50's. you would know the wax:D

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by 44INAROW
Remembered all but Butch Wax - what is that?

That's the nappy crap guys used to put in their flattops to make their hair stand up.....pre-Brylcreem days.

[Bandera YaYa]

Originally posted by 44INAROW
Remembered all but Butch Wax - what is that? A lesbian getting her legs done??????? :confused: :thinking: :p

[LHSEagleFan]

Remember all of them. I remember my sister and I going to the Stanley Theatre here in Luling, Dad would give us a quarter each and we could get in show , buy a coke and popcorn. They showed news reel before feature and a cartoon in between features. I guess when your 57 you remember a lot about your youth, back then we played all over the neighborhood all day long and our parents never had to worry about us.

[pirate44]

Originally posted by LHSEagleFan
Remember all of them. I remember my sister and I going to the Stanley Theatre here in Luling, Dad would give us a quarter each and we could get in show , buy a coke and popcorn. They showed news reel before feature and a cartoon in between features. I guess when your 57 you remember a lot about your youth, back then we played all over the neighborhood all day long and our parents never had to worry about us.
ding ding ding ding ding...folks we have a winner.
meet LHSEagleFan, dirt's great-grandparent ;) :D

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by pirate44
ding ding ding ding ding...folks we have a winner.
meet LHSEagleFan, dirt's great-grandparent ;) :D

:clap: :clap:

[crabman]

When LHSEagleFan was in school, they didn't have history.