Old and New

We were discussing words that are no longer in use, or used in different context.

For example Transistor Radio, When I was growing up there was a song on the radio, "Transistor Sister", A Transistor was the first portable radio that was manufactured. They were small but not nearly as small as the new camera phones.

Brownie Cameras, I had a brownie camera when I was 11. Sure wish I had it now.

There are so many things in or lives I want you all to know about, I have to write them down, lest you forget, who I am and where you came from.

I told you of the Carbide Lights, some are in the American Museum, You can see them by going to the site on line. Problem being you can't smell them, but knowing my brothers, they still have one of those lights. So someday you may be able to know the acid smell I think of when I think of fishing.

That smell and the smell of fish and the scales on the ground.

I have so many wonderful memories, No my life was not perfect, but you take from it what you want. I choose to take the good, and leave the bad behind. It makes my heart light.

I remember my first sherbet. Daddy had taken us to town to buy ice cream at the dairyette, another word, They were serving this new treat, Sherbet, I wanted something different so I ordered it. I did not like it, When we got home, Roy was teasing me, as he was running into the house, I flung my cone at him and all the sherbet came off. I was left with a cone, but that was my favorite part anyway.

A dairyette is a drive in where you could go buy ice cream cones, burgers, shakes, and fries. You know the works. It was a real treat for us, as we did not go to town often, So getting the sherbet and not liking it, was a big let down for me.

Coke, I loved coca cola, It came in 6 oz bottles and when you took a drink, it burned the mouth, It was not a hot burn like a good burn and you wanted that burn. I sure wish they made it like that now. But it is my understanding that burn was real Coke, Cocaine. I wonder.

Cokes were 5 cents, and peanuts were a penny. You could buy the coke and add the peanuts, or not, I usually did. Oh yes they did have coke machines in the school. High school they were by the gum, in the multi purpose room. In grade school they were on the lower floor, at the entry. Little Red Coke Machine. When I got to middle school we had a coke machine that you slid the bottles down to the end, and when you put you money it, the machine would release that one coke for you to move over and pull out.

I still remember the day they went to 6 cents. I wondered how you could pay a penny but they just added a little coin drop beside the nickel drop. That happened when I was in 9th or 10th grade.

Hot peanut vendors. When I was pregnant with Ken, I did my laundry at a Washteria. (Coin Laundry). Right beside the laundry was a 5 and 10 cent store. I saw a peanut machine, You could get a bag of hot roasted spanish peanuts for about a quarter. I ordered a bag, and as I recall, Wayne Brown, Charles and I shared the bag. Big mistake.

I got so sick, it was ages before I could look at another peanut without my head spinning.