I'm so old...

I'm so old I remember walking across the room to adjust the volume and channel knobs on the TV.

I still cannot figure out how to answer the cell phone, or make a call. I hafta holler for a kid....

lap blets only in cars

I'm so old I remember Hopalong Cassidy, Howdy Doody, and Captain Kangaroo....:-(

no lap belts in cars.

Wikipedia says:
American car manufacturers Nash (in 1949) and Ford (in 1955) offered seat belts as options, while Swedish Saab first introduced seat belts as standard in 1958. After the Saab GT 750 was introduced ... in 1958 with safety belts fitted as standard, the practice became commonplace.

I was probably in junior high when I first rode in someone's car (not new) having a lap belt. Neither of our two vehicles (a long way from new) had them when I got my driver's license.

No belts:-)

Don

Edit: Bill's as old as me but quicker:-)

Call phones?

You can make and receive calls with them things?:-O

I remember grandparents using the old phones where you turned the crank to get an operator's attention and be connected to your number. We didn't get a phone on that system, but waited until the Bell System was available where you just picked up the phone and the operator was signaled automatically. I was in high school when it was converted to (rotary) dial and still on a multi-party line.

> I'm so old I remember Hopalong Cassidy, Howdy Doody, and Captain Kangaroo....:-(

Don't forget "Kukla, Fran & Ollie", and "I Love Lucy", that were not reruns.

$0.10 A&W rootbeer in a frosted mug.
$0.10 Cokes

What I find interesting about this thread

is the p!$$!ng contest to see who is older, yet by definition, leaving the winner without as much "lead in the pencil" to power through the pi$$!ing contest. I believe this is called a "pair of ducks" or something like that.

🙂

$0.05 candy bars - regular size because there usually was only one size.

Bill,
You mean one like this? I just finished restoring it this past week end.

Plumb bobs AND Locke levels to go with them. I STILL have a Locke level in my truck.

Andy

Chain grips

What I find interesting about this thread

>I believe this is called a "pair of ducks" or something like that.

Temp and sag corrections

I can still:

Run a traverse with a transit, and 200' or 300' tape. (And Plumb Bob)

I can still calc a traverse with a hand crank monroe calculator.

I can still drive rebar, with a sledge hammer, (not a gas powered one!)

🙂

N

Now I ain't as old as you guys, but I do remember running blueprints through the Rotolite and then rolling them up and stuffing them in a clear plastic tubs and developing the prints over an ammonia bath.