Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 24 Posted January 24 household chores pay phones hay rides TV dinners and TV trays test patterns street corner drinking fountains shoe store foot x-ray machines telephone booths happy as a clam boot black fuddy duddy cut to the chase Brownie points in like Flynn hissy fi paddle your own canoe well heeled up a gum tree Just a few. Old timers will know a lot more. I don't know of any good ones from anyone under about 30-35 years old. Lets' ee what you have. Keep it clean. 1 Quote
Dogmeat Dad, SASS #48563L Posted January 24 Posted January 24 Spit Shine Pump Jockey Car Hop Soda Jerk (Although I still know a few Jerks...) Drive-In Theater (Although I know there are still a few in operation) Reel to Reel Tape Deck 8 Track Tape That's all that come immediately to mind. 1 1 Quote
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 24 Posted January 24 Dry goods store. Mercantile. Geee whilikers. Peachy-keen. Bees Knees (although it'sa semi-popular mixed drink). Biscuits and sop. Cackleberry. Shank's mare. Hobsons choice. Skedaddle. Hell beatin' tanbark. 1 1 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted January 24 Posted January 24 Five ‘n’ dime three deuces pie wagon saw buck plug nickel chicken scratch walkin’ the dog put’n on the dog 2 Quote
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 24 Posted January 24 (edited) Hell in a hand basket Gee whiz I’ll Drop a dime on him Penny for your thoughts Edited January 24 by Rye Miles #13621 3 Quote
Dantankerous Posted January 24 Posted January 24 Bed clothes Bustle board Flapjacks Grab iron 1 Quote
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted January 24 Posted January 24 you're pretty as the Sun shining off the dew on a new barbed wire fence 2 2 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted January 24 Posted January 24 Operator (telephone) Call box Parlor games 2 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted January 25 Posted January 25 Rotary phone Rabbit ears (in general these days) 1 Quote
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 25 Posted January 25 Leaded gas Nehru suits love beads Hippies Beatnicks lava lamps 2 Quote
DeaconKC Posted January 25 Posted January 25 Rotary phone dial the phone Sensaround Keystone Cops 1 Quote
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted January 25 Posted January 25 sharp as a knife Soda Water / belly washer RC cola and Moon Pie sucks like a Hoover Help My Time (used to express surprise) cute as a bumble bee cute as a lady bug beat with an ugly stick ..........Widder 1 Quote
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 25 Posted January 25 3 hours ago, Dantankerous said: Bustle board Tarnation! I've not heard that in a coon's age. It's a sockdollager that anyone remembered it. 2 Quote
Alpo Posted January 25 Posted January 25 That anything like a bundling board? I used to know this old guy that answered the phone with, "Your nickel". 1 Quote
MizPete Posted January 25 Posted January 25 2 hours ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said: sucks like a Hoover Electrolux. Quote
MizPete Posted January 25 Posted January 25 fixin' to come up a storm right much/many my Nanny called us chirren "chaps" - I think it was a Georgia thing Quote
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 25 Posted January 25 11 minutes ago, MizPete said: Electrolux. I still have one. It in the garage, I use it for my car occasionally, it was my mom’s. 1 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted January 25 Posted January 25 “You tryin’ ta’ heat the whole outdoors?” ”Get outside and let the breeze blow the stink off ya’!” ”Go cut me a switch!” ”Go wash up! Ya’ got dog on ya’!!” 1 Quote
Warden Callaway Posted January 25 Posted January 25 I'm gonna tan your hide! Bust your britches. Not the brightness bulb in the chandelier. Dullest knife in the drawer. Rough as a cob. Slicker than snot on a doorknob. Quote
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 25 Posted January 25 Zoot suit typewriter carriage return white out Selectric 1 Quote
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 25 Posted January 25 Not that old —— beeper does anyone still carry one? Quote
Dantankerous Posted January 25 Posted January 25 9 hours ago, Alpo said: That anything like a bundling board? Yup. Bundling board is what I was after. Quote
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