April 26, 2010

How old are we?
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Older Than Dirt Quiz:
Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told about

(Ratings are at the bottom)
     1.  Blackjack chewing gum
     2.  Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
     3.  Candy cigarettes
     4.  Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles
     5.  Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes
     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. TV test patterns that came on at night after the last show, and were there until TV shows started again in the morning. (There were only 3 channels)
     12. Peashooters
     13. Howdy Doody
     14. 45 RPM records
     15. S& H green stamps
     16. Hi-fi's
     17. Metal ice trays with lever
     18. Mimeograph paper
     19. Blue flashbulb
     20. Packards
     21. Roller skate keys
     22. Cork popguns
     23. Drive-ins
     24. Studebakers
     25. Wash tub wringers
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!


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Mark Allison on May 5, 2010 11:48 AM
"CRAP"...I'm older'n dirt
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Janet Phillips Shaffer on May 13, 2010 7:06 PM
I don't think I really want to admit that remembered all, but I did!
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Paula Smith on May 13, 2010 8:25 PM
Yikes!! 21 out of 25.  I sure don't feel old inside or in my mind, but the ol' body just ain't what it used to be!
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Betty Voltin-Beard (Poppe) on May 17, 2010 11:04 AM
I am older then dirt. Some days I feel it. I remember using the ringer washer in my home growing up. Boy what a chore it was compared to the mordern ones today.
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Monte Murphy on May 26, 2010 2:28 PM
well that settles it  I'm older than dirt!!!!!
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Scott Fairchild on May 27, 2010 10:57 AM
No doubt about it...if we are all older than 'dirt'...we're in good company!
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mike burk on May 27, 2010 11:06 AM
WOW I think I will get an A+ on this one. The good news even old dirt can grow a produvtive garden.
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Judy Goodrich on June 15, 2010 12:38 AM
Well, sure we are in good company.  We are all in this together.  And older than dirt sure beats the alternative!  At least we can still remember :)
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Gail Edgerly on August 19, 2010 12:39 AM
I remember every one of them.  I guess that makes me older than dirt.
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