I'm Older than Dirt...do You Remember these?

Ok, I can't say that I remember all of these because I believe I am too young.  However, at 39.5, I DO remember 45s and spindels, the Alka Seltzer commercial and plastic army men!

~Renae

I do so remember, gosh we are getting old, thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Bill...

As you know, we had 12 in our family counting mom and dad. Mom sent me into McDonalds with a FIVE DOLLAR BILL for 20 burgers and 12 fries.

20 burgers X $0.15 = $3.00

12 Fries x $.012 = $1.44

Total = $4.44 and I got change from the five dollar bill!

I know them all, but some were before my time and I saw archives or re-runs.  Where did you find the pics?  Remember Jarts?

The funny thing, was the 15 cent McDonald's burger was better than a Big Mac. More fun than talking into a metal box that neither of you can understand the other. Remember real car hops?

I remember the twenty cent gas. And even at that price they came out and pumped it for you, real service from a service station.

Nah, we're not old - we're classics!  Yes, I remember the 45's and wish I could figure out what happened to mine - I'd be on eBay with them now. The Statler Brothers had a song a while ago about all the things from the good old days. And those gas station glasses? I still have one!  Thanks for the memory joggers.

I remember most of them, except the burgers were 23 cents and gas was 32 cents a gallon when I came up.  I did hear gas was about 18 cents in Iowa at the time.

  Some of this stuff I don't think I want to remember..those color wheels got very hot as I recall. Most burger joints in the Bay Area were 19 cents,  gas was 25 cents and smokes were 27 cents.

William - I remember when I first saw "Over 1 Million Sold"

I remember seeing Skelly stations but I don't ever remember seeing gas les than 19 cents a gallon (perhaps because that is the least I ever paid)

Alright sir I remember them all and I remember the $.05 cup of coffee and when it went to a dime we thought the world was coming to an end.

Don R.

Bill, I remember quite a few of those.  Remember the 45's on the back of cereal boxes? LOL

April - I still have a copy of one of those 45's It's Sandy Koufax teaching how to throw a curve ball! Which I could have thown it like he did!

I remember quite a few of these, especially the silver Christmas Tree and the McDonald's signs.  LOL

William:  Unfortunately, I remember each and every one......yikes!  "I'm coming Beanie Boy!!!"

I remember each of these also.  When in high school we would go to McDonald's (before it was referred to as Mickey D's) and get 15 cent burgers, 10 cent fries, and 15 cent milk shakes.  You sure could get a lot for a buck!  Some advertising carries on through the generations.  Once, when I was teaching a fifth grade class (in the late 60;s) and talking about advertising I mentioned Alka Seltzer and my class responded in unison "plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is!"  It just goes to show you the power of advertising!

Btw... do you remember those frogmen you could get by sending in a boxtop to Battle Creek, MI that dove and raised in water if you put baking soda in them?  I sure do  lol

Whoa...we are going way back.  When are you going to show the civil war equiptment that "you" used back in the day!

Suddenly, I feel like my mother... and have an irresistable urge to tell my kids about the good old days! :)  I think they all know about the 22 cent gas, but not the rest of the really important things!