Dishwasher shopping and the phasing out of the food grinders makes me sad to think of innovations lost in the name of 'progress'.
It reminded me of the refrigerators that used to have butter conditioners. Does anyone remember those? When we moved into our house it had an old refrigerator that had one and I LOVED it. I asked my friend who worked for Kitchenaid/Whirlpool about putting them back in. He actually learned that they were taken out for energy efficiency reasons. The company would rather have a better energy rating than to run a hot wire onto the door of the fridge :-( I'm sure I'm probably the only person in America that misses it but is there something you miss?
I miss typewriters! Crazy, I know, but there's just something so satisfying about writing with one. I love hearing the clacking of the keys, and feeling the tension in the keyboard.
My grandma had the coolest old typewriter! I soooo regret not asking her for it.
89 cent gas.....
I did get excited this morning when I saw it was 2.99
I miss phonebooks. They're still around, but I miss the time when they were just so important. Like at home, we had a special place for our phonebook, and a very strict rule that you had to put it back in that place when you were finished using it, so the next person would be able to find it. I miss having a landline....we got rid of ours and went cell-only because it makes more sense financially, but I would love to have one just for that feeling of security and always knowing right where the phone is. And also, I miss pay phones. Not sure why, but i do.
Oh, and the big JCPenney catalog. I was so sad when they told me at the store that they stopped making it a few years ago. We used to keep it in the same spot as the phonebook!
When just "The Look" was enough to make kids behave.
homestyle popcorn made in a saucepan on the stove. covered in real butter and table salt.
Jiffy pop too. I loved seeing the foil grow until it looked like it was going to explode.
I miss the days when all the neighborhood kids got together and played tag or hide & seek outside. No arranged playdates; just kids going outside!
I miss that technology has kept people from TALKING - it's texting or writing on someone's wall....
I miss when people would actually stop and listen when you said Hello! How are you?
I miss kids being able to play outside without an adult hovering and arranging everything...
I don't remember a butter conditioner - sorry - I do remember the egg holder slot and miss that one!!!
I miss the phone with the curly cord that you had to answer because there was no machine. I miss rolling down car windows and having to remember to lock your doors and turn off your lights,,,and needing a coat hanger for that ball on the end of the door locker thing if you locked your keys in the car. And those machines that you stood on, looped the belt around yourself, and they supposedly, "shook" your blubber off!
No doubt, Love My Boys, the look worked, but it was what would happen if you ignored the look that made the "look" work! (actually, that still works :)
