What haven't you seen in years?

[JazzDad]

Cosmoline
Naval Jelly
Excelsior
A canvas tarpaulin
Points & Condenser

[jimbrown]

a razor strap. Although the cafe in Tombstone has one hanging on the wall.

[Bird]

78, 45, & 33 rpm phonograph records

[jml755]

My toes.

[jml755]

Jimbrown, actually, isn't that a "strop"? And I've got one in my basement from my grandfather. When I got it and his straight razors after his passing, I tried (ONCE) to shave with one. Phone rang, startled me, and I darn near cut my throat. Never again. I shiver every time I see a TV show/movie showing someone shaving with a straight razor.

[jimbrown]

I suspect that is one of those words that varies by what part of the country you are in. as pecan and tomato.

Peecan or pacon. toe mae toe or ta mae ta.

[VineyardDave]

I remember these as a kid..

Space Food Sticks
Shake-a-puddin'
Wheel-O


I sure I'll think of more..

[JazzDad]

Don't even get me started on candy.

Bonomo Turkish Taffy
Candy raisins
the old flavour of green Ju-Ju's

[Bird]

I just got an e-mail yesterday listing over 40 of the things us old folks remember and our grandkids probably never heard of. I noticed one of them was a 5 cent stamp. I was working a window at the Post Office selling stamps when they went from 4 cents to 5 cents. [img]/forums/images/icons/smile.gif[/img] Some of my customers had been complaining about having to pay 3 cents for a "penny postcard" and now they had to pay 4 cents. And that really wasn't all that long ago; January, 1963. [img]/forums/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[Pat]

I have an unused 2 cent post card but would like to have had a 1 cent one.

How about tube testers in supermarkets and drugstores.

"B" batteries in voltages like 250 or...

Mimeograph machines.

Thermofax

Stage planks (glazed cookie sort of thingies)

Car hops on roller skates

Vacuum tubes like banks use at the drive up windows but used in department stores to take your money to the remote cashier and return your receipt and change.

Segregated water fountains

War bonds

Civility freely displayed by unsupervised youth with no coercion or bribes.

5 cent bottle of CokaCola.