🤔 1923-1973 Do You Remember...

[Anonymous]

👍Tell us about YOUR "good old days"......

BORN: Age 50 - 1973, Age 60 - 1963, Age 70 - 1953, Age 80 - 1943, Age 90 - 1933, Age 100 - 1923.

[DaveMcK]

[debiva]

Wish I still had my mom's.  Hers had a red handle.  Many a times pulling out my hand electric one is just too much trouble.

[DaveMcK]

[papawofboo]

I think this is what was used to pull nails out of horse shoes???

[DaveMcK]

[papawofboo]

 You pushed it in, it got hot, you pulled it out and lit up.

[DaveMcK]

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[papawofboo]

It's a small oil can to use on things like sewing machines and stuff around the house.

[DaveMcK]

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[LisaS961881]

I still use the one my father gave me.  Around 30 years ago, the tab popped off, so I attached a safety pin to the tip.

And yes,, I have more modern tools with which to measure length, but this still comes in handy!

[papawofboo]

My grandfather had one. I don't remember how far you could measure but I know it was a long long way.

I kind of remember ball coaches using it to measure the ball field??

[DaveMcK]

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[DaveMcK]

I used the money from the soda bottles I returned to buy baseball collector cards.

[papawofboo]

Shore nuff, and they had to be clean.

[DaveMcK]

[GailL1]

Got me on this one, Dave - I have no idea what it is  - photo posted by you on 

04-24-2025 07:22 AM

[DaveMcK]

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[papawofboo]

Lot of can meat had one on them. Spam is the one I remember for sure,

[vjklander]

This is still standard on the squarish cans of corned beef.  My grandson was a real finicky eater at 2 years old and one day, watching SpongeBob, he  asked for a Krabby Patty.  So I put a slice of corned beef on a Hawaiian Bun (which I smooshed down so it would fit in his mouth)  Put a little Mayo on the bun and gave it to him, telling him it was his own Krabby Patty.  Gawd, that was our goto for years.  Nobody else ever made him a Krabby Patty.  Everyone know that was 'our' thing.  After a few times on a whim, I asked him what color he wanted for the dressing using mustard, ketchup, mayo, pureed relish,  and a small bottle of blue cheese dressing with a few drops of blue food coloring. With those we could mix and get pink or orange, so he always got a choice of color which made him more invested in the meal I think.  Good Times.

[DaveMcK]

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