This informative post will be published on Saturday in place of my regular one.Ā You are invited to participate with the opening question.
Brain Teaser Question
You go at red and stop at green.Ā What are you eating?
(answer found at the end of this post)
Featured Facts
As a dues-paying member of the Baby Boomer generation, this 70-year old can remember many things from the past.Ā Perhaps others in this age group or older will enjoy a trip down memory’s lane.Ā Ā
S & H Green Stamps
With another week, one can be found licking each stamp and filling one more book for rewards at the grocery store.
Original “Miracle on Ice”
The United States mens ice hockey team experienced the first “Miracle on Ice” in 1960 at the Winter Olympics hosted by Squaw Valley, California. The American team brought home America’s first gold medal in the sport.
Howdy Doody
Buffalo Bob with his sidekick and marionette puppet, Howdy Doody.Ā “The Howdy Doody Show” debuted with its first episode in 1947.
Home Milk Delivery
Fresh milk delivered to your doorstep.Ā Notice the glass bottles, which will eventually be replaced with cartons.
Rotary Telephone
Remembering the challenge of dialing a telephone number, especially when it contained an extra zero or two.
Mail-Order Catalogs
First introduced in 1888 by Sears & Roebuck, shopping by catalog became a part of American life.Ā Their first Christmas catalog came out in 1933.Ā The one pictured is from 1966.
Wide World of Sports
Many can remember being glued to the television set on Saturday with the weekly broadcast of ABC’s “Wide World of Sports.”Ā Perhaps you can remember the introduction which highlighted the “thrill of victory” and the “agony of defeat.”
Bicycle Becomes Motorcycle
Many children added baseball cards or playing cards to their bicycle spokes.Ā Racing down the street, their bikes sounded more like well-tuned motorcycles.Ā Ā
Transistor Radio
Arriving in the 1950s and popularized during the 1960s and 1970s, the transistor radio became the first portable audio device.Ā Teenagers loved them!
Typewriter
Many can remember learning how to type on a manual typewriter.Ā Today’s younger generations really have no experience with this invention, which can be traced back to the late 1800s.Ā Pictured is a more modern version of the typewriter, the IBM Selectric.
Answer to Brain Teaser Question
A watermelon.
Big Sky Buckeye 
You got me on the brain teaser! And thanks for doing such a good job of prodding my memory.
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Vickie, your readership is appreciated. The brain teaser was a bit more challenging than some, but thanks for taking a shot at it. The trivia side of the post was a challenge because I had to limit the number selections.
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Good brain teaser. And, yes, I remember most of those things from the past. I wish gas stations still gave out S&H green stamps. I have a little wooden bookcase in my basement that my mother purchased with green stamps back in the day. š
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Nancy, thank you for sharing about those green stamps. Your little wooden bookcase has to be a quite an heirloom.
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It needs refinished. We had a rabbit that did a number on It. šš
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Thanks to a grandmother who canned watermelon pickles every year, this puzzler was pretty easy for me. Also: I have a few pieces of what’s called watermelon glass: elegant glassware from the early 1900s that uses both colors, like this.
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I well remember Green Stamps, which we saved, and home milk delivery. We kept an insulated box by the back door where the milkman would leave those glass bottles. There’s a local dairy that markets its organic milk in glass bottles. Despite being able to take them back to the store to get a bottle refund, I keep a few of them to store water and tea in the refrigerator: no plastic taste!
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At my childhood home, our frontstep offered space for a similar insulated box. Great use of those glass bottles!I
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Linda, thank you for sharing the link to those beautiful and elegant glasses.
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Very familiar items!
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Agreed. The younger generations might be scratching their head on a few of these.
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Oh, I know they are! I just had a get together with my son and grandson both of whom are in their mid 20s and they could not believe that when I was growing up there wasnāt a remote for the TV!!
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I missed the brain teaser but remember most of the things from the past … my favorite as a child was the Sears Christmas Catalogue.
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Donna, thank you for reading and sharing back. Those Christmas catalogs were always a big hit with children.
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I remember ALL of those things. I’m an official old fogey!
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I feel honored to be part of your official club.
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Oh, the feeling is MUTUAL!
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Nice visit down memory lane. Thanks for sharing
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Beverley, thank for you reading and sharing back. Now retired from teaching, I can remember teaching typing in a classroom filled with manual typewriters (1978).
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Radish??
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Beet?? š
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Mail order catalog: what a diffferent time!
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Indeed. The pace of life always felt comfortable and at peace during my childhood years.
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=)
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