Age Barometer
See how many of these you remember; count them as you go down the list.
1. Blackjack chewing gum>
> 2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water >
> 3. Candy cigarettes>
> 4. Soda pop machines that dispensed bottles >
> 5. Coffee shops with table side 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 levers>
> 18. Mimeograph paper>
> 19. Blue flashbulbs>
> 20. Beanie and Cecil>
> 21. Roller skate keys>
> 22. Cork popguns>
> 23. Drive-ins>
> 24. Studebakers>
> 25. Wash tub wringers
Now, tally your total items and check your score below
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> 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!
{contributed by Madison Mock. --ss)
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8/25/1999