Had one of these mounted on the stairs to our basement...



All of our phones were rotary dial and were hard-wired, which was the standard. They were also provided by the phone company, rather than purchased at a store. My grandparents, in Southern Illinois, still had a party line and when you picked up the phone, you might hear someone else's conversation.



This was the early vanguard of the home computer wave. Cassette drive and all.



Bicycles were made to look like motorcycles, with banana seats and chopper handlebars. They were a heck of a lot more comfortable to ride then the BMX bikes that followed. They were also steel and stood up to a lot of abuse, especially if you were inclined to imitate Evel Knievel.

Speaking of whom.....



I remember the anticipation for this, then watching the jump, on Wide World of Sports, as the rocket left the launch rail, deployed the chute almost immediately and floated down to the canyon bed below. Pretty anti-climatic!



8-Track tape players. They looked like a later game cartridge and you could advance tracks; but, you couldn't necessarily go to a specific song. Cassettes gave you better flexibility and were more compact; but, 8-track had better sound and was more durable.



The early iPod was K-Tel Records and Tapes. K-Tel was one of the early providers of pop music compilations, with the original artists. They sold via tv ads where a fast talking announcer told you you could get record or 8-Track or cassette. I actually had this one.

McDonald's Menu and Prices
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McDonald's Menu from Great Britain in the 80's





Pretty Much the same as American ... but I find it interesting the same name. Kinda Cool. Save Money on Take Away Orders ... Interesting!



Back in 1965 ... My Family ordered a lot of these meals and usually do this on a Friday Night for Dinner!





I've always get this with a Chocolate Milkshake and those were the days ... my Dad at that time usually buys 5 Hamburgers for a Dollar and that's includes tax! ... We always go through the drive thru and by time we get home my Mom had the Toss Salad made and that's our Dinner back then ... It's was fun back then and we made it a tradition at our home in the 60's ... The Menu Prices here was back in 1965 and I do remember then!


My Fondest Memories

Menu Prices back in the 70's ... I was working mowing yards back then for extra cash and I usually get paid around $3 to $5 dollar for a two hours of work doing neighbor yard back then ... and I usually take my monies and buy a BIG MAC and a CHOCOLATE SHAKE for a $1.20 back then ... and that's my treat for a Monday Lunch and my McDonald's was a block away from High School and all Students were given permission to go there for Lunch and I had a hour to do so. Man, I miss those days and fondly remember doing that!


 


These prices were in the mid-70's ... possibly 1976!

also movie trading cards were made for pretty much every action movie. Dune had movie cards, Return of the Jedi had the best movie cards back then. Ghostbusters II had some awesome cards. Even Terminator 2 Judgement Day had those nice looking movie trading cards which I found all the time at the Kaybees store at the mall back in the day.

Telephone Booths





In one place (above picture) in Arkansas ... they were declared an State Historical Landmark ... I was chuckling when I read the portion of the internet article.





Where I live these things are all gone about a decade ago and I miss these things so bad that when you don't have a phone back then ... I used them once in awhile for communication (when you are out) and most of them are geared for hearing impairment and that was a godsend for a person like me. Man, I was so sad when these devices went out and cell phones came in all the sudden and that's was the death bell for these things.

The last pay phone that I saw was in 1999 when I was traveling home from Victoria British Columbia and I wanted to call my brother that I was one hour early and wanted to let him know that I'm ready to be picked up and it's also useful to call him when sometimes I'm late and all that.

Man, I wished that they still around for "emergencies" and sometimes your cell phone is low on power ... these things will be godsend and that's no kidding here.

Number 2 pencils are still around; but, a lot of the ones I have tried snap off as soon as you put the slightest pressure on them. I had one that snapped as soon as I touched the paper. We had a pencil sharpener in a hall closet (two teachers in the house), as well as our own hand sharpeners. I later bought my own electric one, so I didn't have to crank away, as modern pencil sharpeners were pretty badly manufactured.



I also miss these styles of ballpoint click pens. remember when you could just buy a standard refill for a ballpoint and use the same pen for years? Modern ones give out too easily or leak all over, or the clip snaps off. You have to hunt for refills, which cost as much as a new pen. The government-issued ones we used in the military were great; lightweight, wrote easily, and were dependable. A box of 12 lasted forever and you just kept changing the refills. You needed these pens for....

Oh yeah!  I think I even still have one or two of those Big Boy comics in one of my long boxes.

All this talk of McDonald's reminds me of the magical summer of 1984. McDonald's had this Olympic game where you'd get a game card with each purchase, and each game card had an Olympic event on it. If the USA won a gold you got a free Big Mac, if they won a silver you got free french fries, and if they won a bronze you got a free soft drink...then the Soviets boycotted the Olympics and the USA had a HUGE medal count.  Man, I can't remember how much free McDonald's food I rode my bike to the local Mickey D's and got that summer. Ah memories.