" McDonald ’s french Fry used to be make in beef tallow . The taste was phenomenally secure and nothing like the bland I of today . "
Recently, Redditoru/WhyCantIBeFunnyasked the older adults of the Reddit community to share the common,everyday itemsfrom their youth that would have younger folks absolutely astonished. Here are some of the responses that, depending on your age, will have you feeling nostalgic or totally perplexed:
1.“Sardine cans that came with a key to open them.”
2.“TVs or radios that you had to wait for them to ‘warm up’ for a few seconds before they worked. And who remembers color bars'? When the station would just show colored bars for a minute to give you time to adjust the color on your set?”
— Sparky - Malarky
3.“A booklet to keep S&H Green Stamps or Blue Chip Stamps.”
4.“Cream rinse. After shampooing, you’d put a capful of cream rinse in a glass of water and pour the whole thing over your hair to detangle. That was before we had conditioners.”
— Murky - Lunch-6413
5.“Belted maxi pads.”
6.“A tabletop clamp-on meat grinder.”
— MooninmyMouth
7.“Imagine, if you will, a world where you drive into a gas station, and a man in uniform comes out and asks what octane you want. Then, he proceeds to open the hood and check your oil level and radiator fluid. After, he washes ALL the car windows, takes your money, and thanks you for stopping by.”
8.“The first time Catholic girls were allowed to wear ‘stockings’ was during their Confirmation. It was a rite of passage, and mine was in 1968. The stockings were scratchy, thigh-high things held up by these weird garter belts with rubbery clips.”
— FrayedKnot _
9.“Mascara that came in a little box, like eyeshadow. There was also a little brush that came with it.”
10.“Paregoric. It was given to us kids who had diarrhea. It was opium! You won’t see that in medicine cabinets anymore.”
— steel_city_sweetie
11.“Darning needles and darning yarn. In the 1960s (more or less), it was still worthwhile to darn socks. But by the 1980s, socks were cheap enough that darning was mostly a thing of the past. Maybe it’s just me, though. Does anyone still darn socks?”
12.“Clamp-on steel roller skates for kids.”
13.“Mercury oral thermometers. Had a fever? Your thermometer was made of glass and filled with mercury. Yes, that mercury. The temperature would lock in, so you’d have to shake the thermometer before using it. Every now and again, one would drop and shatter, so you’d have a few drops of liquid mercury to play with! What kid doesn’t want to play with mercury? I wish I were kidding. Fun times!”
14.“The little plastic piece you put in the hole on a 45 record that would make it fit and play on the record player.”
— ConvivialKat
15.“Colored toilet paper.”
16.“My grandmother had a telephone desk, similar to a school desk. It had a chair and a small table where the large, heavy rotary desk phone sat, and on the side was a wire rack for the directory and Yellow Pages.”
— ChrissySubBottom
17.“McDonald’s french fries used to be cooked in beef tallow. The taste was phenomenally good and nothing like the bland ones of today.”
18.“Crank handles to start tractors. There were no push buttons back then.”
— RonanH69
19.Lastly: “Toothpaste came in a can! It looked like a 1930s-era whiskey flask and contained pumice powder and flavoring. You’d open the lid, wet your toothbrush, rub it in the powder, and brush your teeth. Then, you’d just repeat the processes as needed.”
Note : Some submission have been edit for length and/or clarity .
