Older Than Dirt Quiz.

[pokerfan]

Count all the ones that you remember -- not the ones you were told about! Ratings 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 bottles
5. Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes
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. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (Olive - 6933)
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. Packard's
21. Roller skate keys
22. Cork popguns
23. Drive-ins
24. Studebakers
25. Wash tub wringers

If you remembered:
0-05 = You're still young
6-10 = You are getting older
11-15 = Don't tell your age,
16-25 = You're older than dirt!

Don't forget to pass this along -- especially to all your really OLD friends.

P.S. This is in large print for you really old farts

[KitchenWitch]

1. LMAO

I remember 18....Could be 20 if you count the fact that there still were Packards and Studebakers on the road when I was born, even though they were no longer manufactured.

[EFerrari]

2. LOL! I got 19! Great list!

Proudly OTD :rofl:

[CarpeDiebold]

3. crap

i got 1. other than a drive in(which i've never actually seen) ive never heard of any of those...:(

[qnr]

4. 23

Never saw a newsreel (come to think of it, never saw the inside of a movie theatre as a kid) - never saw Butch wax.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

5. I think I got 20. BTW, I HAVE SOME BEAMON'S CHEWING GUM!!

[Fox Mulder]

6. I got 3.

No suprise, considering I'm only 23. :D

[LeftyMom]

20. How did I get nine

when I'm only a year older than you? :wtf:

I'm getting prematurely old.

[Mutley]

34. I'm so glad I'm not the only one.

I'm 26. :D

[RevCheesehead]

7. I got 17.

But I have really old parents - does that count?

[Dave Reynolds]

8. 19 for me.

I confirmed that I was older than dirt when I tried to pass gas and dust came out.

[Whoa_Nelly]

9. 23

Am older than dirt :woohoo:

[NMMNG]

10. I got 7

Candy Cigarettes (love those things :9), 45rpm records, S&H Green Stamps, Hi-fi's, Metal ice trays with lever, Mimeograph paper and Drive-ins.

[KitchenWitch]

12. Remember the smell of fresh ditto?

I do.

[NMMNG]

14. Yep

So did the kids in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High". ;-)

[last_texas_dem]

11. I've only seen/experienced 4 of these...

... but then again, I'm only 22.

[Hissyspit]

33. The metal ice trays with handles sucked.

Definite progress there.

[bleedingheart]

74. I remember getting hurt using those bastards....

plastic ice trays were great...and then to have the fridge make ice...that as like going to the moon...

[pokerfan]

13. I got 16 and was born in 1959

But the wringer washer had been retired to the basement and was no longer in use when I came along.

We still had a party line on the farm well into the seventies.

I remember when we'd get mimeographed handouts in class, most of the kids would inhale deeply. It was kinda nice to begin a quiz with a little buzz on.

Telephone numbers with a word prefix: The following jingle is burned into my brain: "When you need coal or oil, call Boyle. Fairfax-8 1521."

Candy cigarettes? Yep. They even had a red tip to represent the burning end.

Dang. Now I got a craving for some Blackjack gum.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

15. Well it's official, I got 24, so I am Older than Dirt... n/t

[Whoa_Nelly]

17. You;re one more point

Older than dirt than me...you are the dirtiest!

[u4ic]

16. 12

I actually remember more, just not first hand.

[MissMillie]

48. me too

on both counts.

[EstimatedProphet]

18. 16

[evlbstrd]

19. You bastard,

But thanks for the large print.

[SKKY]

21. I'm interested to see how many other 35 year-olds could only rememeber...

...8 like me.

[William Bloode]

40. I'm 38 and only remember 10.

So that seems pretty in line i reckon.

[bleedingheart]

72. I am 36 and I remembered 13...

[BrotherBuzz]

22. I lived every damn one - I'm older then dirt

Skate keys? I still have the metal skates. Milk delivery? I still have the old redwood milkbox. Drive-ins? Uh, Skinner says no sex threads.....:)

[Gold Metal Flake]

23. 21 of 25. And fuck you for asking.

;-)

[SoCalDem]

24. All of the above.. I still chew blackjack & clove gum

I order it online and pay a fortune for it, but I don;t even care :)..also teaberry gum :)

[BrotherBuzz]

29. I favor Beemans Chewing Gum myself

;)

[Gormy Cuss]

53. If you have a CostPlus near you, check there.

In the one near me (Bay Area) they had Blackjack and clove at the counter at Christmas time; don't recall if they had Beamon's and Teaberry.

[SeattleGirl]

25. Okay, damnit!!!! I'm older than f-ing dirt!

:cry:

[Maddy McCall]

26. 24 for me. All but blackjack gum.

I was born in 1965 but both my grandmothers lived in really rural areas, one in rural Texas, the other in rural Mississippi. So I was exposed to most everything on the list.

[XemaSab]

27. 2

:P

[khashka]

28. 17

and I'm only 39.

Damn, maybe I am old!

Khash.

[BuelahWitch]

50. Ha! I got a 14 and I'm 4 years older than you!

:bounce:

[xmas74]

55. Same score

but I received a few things(wringer washer, skate key, metal ice cube tray) secondhand.

[China_cat]

30. All 25.

[tjwmason]

31. My last home-delivery of milk in a glass bottle was this morning.

Other than that - 10. Yet I'm under 30.

[calico1]

64. Wow, where are they still doing this? n/t

[tjwmason]

90. Here in England it's pretty common.

[calico1]

91. Oh, I didn't know you were from England.

I remember they were still doing it when I was a very young child. We had a neighbor boy who insisted on bringing up the milk for my mother. WE lived in a second floor apartment. Half the time he would break a few bottles. I wish we still had the kind of milk I remember being delivered when I was a kid.

[Hissyspit]

32. Got 14 & I'm 43. n/t

[lukasahero]

45. Me too

Well, I'm a couple months shy of 43 but I got 14.

[Hissyspit]

46. Hmm, maybe it's more accurate than I would have thought!

The items are all pretty time-specific, so... I've heard of ALL of the items, but didn't necessarily experience them as part of my daily living.

[laylah]

35. 24 outta 25...

but remember, age means NOTHING unless you are a tree, cheese, or a fine wine :evilgrin:

Jenn

[RebelOne]

36. Older than dirt. I remember all of them except Blackjack Gum. n/t

[hyphenate]

37. 19

And while I tend to disagree about being older than dirt, I guess to a lot of young people around here, pushing 50 IS older than dirt.

[NaturalHigh]

38. 12

I'm still in my prime! (No matter what this thing says.)

[Ptah]

39. Uh oh. I remember all of those

I even remember a gasoline powered washing machine
with a wickedly powerful wringer.

:codger:

[Guy Fawkes]

41. I've experienced 19 of those...

and this will be my first voting-age election year. Perhaps I just live around really old people?

[Spider Jerusalem]

42. Eleven...

and I'm only 28.

[Bridget Burke]

43. Older than Dirt....

We never had a Party Line--but I surely heard the stories.

I've also used an outhouse. And I remember the anti-mosquito trucks spewing DDT as they came down our road. (Which was paved with oyster shells before the county added blacktop.) And I remember radio shows before we moved to Texas--Inner Sanctum (creepy) & The Lone Ranger (on TV, I thought he looked too clean to be a cowboy; I'd seen some real ones in South Dakota).

[kick-ass-bob]

44. I got 4 or 5.

My grandmother had the ice trays with the lever - but that was in the 80's. Does that count? That makes it 5.

:D

[Lars39]

47. Thank you for the large print!

Yes, I too am older than dirt. :D

[SteppingRazor]

49. I got 2 or 3...

I remember candy cigarettes, and drive-in theatres are still around today.

I also know about "party lines," but I think it's not what I'm thinking of. :evilgrin:

[lumberingbear]

51. "Older than dirt" here!!!

I got them all!!!


Make anything of it and I'll hit you with my cane!!!

(Born 1947) :hi:

[Taverner]

52. 13

Jeez

[bleedingheart]

71. I got a 13 too!

Hell...I remember using a mimeograph machine....the ink smell was intoxicating... ;-)

[ProfessorGAC]

54. I Directly Remember 23

And, of course, i know about Packards, but only as history! Howdy Doody predates me a little.
The Professor

[mopinko]

56. shit! 24

only missed party lines. oh well.

[In_The_Wind]

57. I remembered 23 of 'em ~

Thanks for the large print.

[Greyskye]

58. Thank you so F'ING MUCH!

Today is my birthday (1962), and I scored a 16! I'm now older than dirt?

please, kill me now. :cry:

[latebloomer]

93. Happy birthday!

I'm 10 years and 3 days older than you. Relax, you're not so old!

:party:

[anarch]

59. Hey! Most of those aren't really that old, dammit!

Or maybe it's just b/c I grew up sort of in the country, so we backward folk still had to use outdated stuff...or maybe I'm just getting to be an old fart. (my score was 19)

[Spirochete]

60. All except 8, 13, and 20

I remember we had a party line when I was a kid. I used to prank my parents out by dialing our own number and leaving the room before it rang.

"Hello? Hello? Hello? <click> Hmm. I wonder why it keeps doing that?"

[Metta]

61. How about candy pill on paper and wax lips, teeth and tongues?

Also, cigarettes sold individually. 24 for me. :)

[latebloomer]

79. I learned how to swallow pills

using those rolls!

Wax lips, definitely.

They still make those.

[lakemonster11]

89. You can still buy cigarettes individually.

They come in little cardboard tubes.

[Montauk6]

62. na-na-na-na-NINETEEN

[calico1]

63. Well I guess I am older than dirt!

I am 47. I personally remember 18 of them. The only ones I don't remember are blackjack gum, Buth wax, Packards, Studebakers and seeing newsreels before a movie.

My parents always got tons of green stamps. They would give them out everywhere! I remember you wouuld paste them to this book and then depending on how many you had you could get things like blankets, lamps and a bunch of other things. I had PF flyers and loved them! I remember the metal ice cube trays and how if you weren't careful your hand would get stuck to the tray. You would have to go turn the faucet on to get it unstuck!

[CBHagman]

65. I'm dirt.

I remembered 17 of them personally, and a few I had heard of but not experienced personally.

Heck, I even USED a mimeograph machine. :blush:

[DIKB]

66. Bah! I got 7

though I'm only 25.

[sakabatou]

67. 13.

[UncleSepp]

68. Twelve!

And I'm 33!

[djeseru]

69. 13, but lived with my grandmother...

...who introduced me to some of the others on the list.

[brook]

70. Older than dirt, dammit...

but I'll have you know I'm still younger than dust! :)

[Faygo Kid]

73. Butch wax! I used Butch Wax! With Clamdiggers!

Mom insisted on a crew cut for me and my brother. We looked great with that pasted front of our hair and our clamdiggers in 1962. Got them all, except I can't say I saw wash tubs with wringers. No problemo with the others!

[bleedingheart]

75. Better not wear a loose top with a Wash Tub Wringer...my mom

almost got caught in one...she later said..."christ I thought it was going to eat my tit"...hahahaha...and they crushed buttons on shirts....which is why women would always keep tubs of leftover buttons...cuz those bastard wringers would screw em up...

[bleedingheart]

77. another piece of nostalgia...the smell of mimeograph paper...

alright...admit it...

[bleedingheart]

78. candy cigarettes...the best were the gum cigarettes...they would "smoke"

because of the sugar coating around the gum...if you blew on them while they were in the paper wrappers a sugary smoke would appear....

[latebloomer]

80. Wow,never had them!

Sounds cool. I had the chalky ones with the red tip-- in fact, I saw them a couple weeks ago in an old-fashioned ice cream parlor-- couldn't believe they were still making them. The chocolate ones were the best, though.

[bleedingheart]

81. I have had many varieties of them.. and the gum ones were my favorites

only because of the cool effect...hahahaha

meanwhile I have been a lifelong asthmatic and I do not smoke real cigarettes....but the candy ones..boy they could be so cool when playing as a kid....hahahaha

[latebloomer]

85. Yes, I have a picture of me at 10

posing, trying to look sultry with an unlit cigarette in my hand and my grandmother's hat on.

We grew up with so many images of how cool and debonair you look with a smoke.

[Hardrada]

92. That's better than getting your neckscarf caught

in a power takeoff. Lost an uncle that way (common farm accident in the old days).

[Qanisqineq]

76. 6, but...

maybe I should go through that again. LOL Maybe I am just remembering things that I saw on TV. I wanna be in the young category!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

82. Older than interstellar space.

I remember all of them.

[latebloomer]

83. No fair!

There should be more categories-- we baby-boomers aren't the oldest generation on the planet-- yet!

There should be items there from the World War II/ Depression generation-- now, THAT'S older than dirt (sorry,Mom!)

Disclosure-- I scored 20 and probably would be 100% if I knew what butch wax, cork popguns and Studebakers were-- I'm sure I was around when they were.

As for the newsreels, when did they stop showing them? I think of them as coming from an era before I was born, but that's probably false.

[Hardrada]

98. I added some down below in post 96.

I am a War Child and thus pre-Boomer.

[Maine-ah]

84. well, I can read it with out my glasses.

scored a 6

[lakemonster11]

86. I got six, and I'm 23!

And we used to have our milk delivered, but it was in cartons, so I didn't count that one.

[Ikonoklast]

87. Crap. Got all 25.

Older than Gods' Uncle, I guess.

Anyone remember the Henry J.? (Hint for you kiddies, you could drive it.)
How about Captain Video?
Car hops?
How many here ever got to make out in the back seat of a Fairlane with your steady at a drive-in double feature?
Mr. Machine?
Erector Set?






Damn, seems like yesterday.
:wow:

[trof]

88. Got 'em all. Always do. Thanks for the LARGE print.

;-)

[tinfoilinfor2005]

94. Our local Walgreens had Blackjack gum for sale this week

at the checkout counter. When I saw it, I just went :wow:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

95. 20.

Older than dirt.

[Hardrada]

96. I got all of them. I am the Ancient of Days!

I can add a whole bunch too:

Water tanks for steam locomotives
Coronet Magazine
Uncle Miltie and the Texaco Hour
Jack Benny on the radio
Jingle Jangle Comics
Brach's chocolate drops in bins on grocery store floors
Meat markets where they killed the chickens out in back
Hopalong Cassidy movies
Kaisers and Frazers
Circular TV screens
Parker 51 fountain pens
Creamsicles and Dreamsicles
Elbow length white gloves in church
Twice a day US mail delivery
angle parking on main street
Stripe toothpaste
Lava L-A-V-A soap commercials
Spud Cigarettes
Interurban trolleys
78 rpm record albums with 5 records inside for a classical symphony
Your Hit Parade.
Saturday afternoon movie matinees with cliffhanger endings so you'd come back.

[Kali]

97. dirt

KNOW of them all, but don't actually REMEMBER blackjack, newsreels, butchwax, word-prefix phone number(husband remembers), Howdy Doody (except as re-run/nostalgia), Packards/Studebakers(as antiques)


When I was around 16 and driving my Grandfather around he made a memorable comment upon hearing what I was listening to on the radio (rock n roll) "Why, that sounds like an old washerwoman with her titty caught in the wringer!"

You can buy them new still, in Mexico. Saves a lot of water.

[Metta]

99. Do you remember clove gum?

Came in a red wrapper. Our candy store also used to sell factory second pink rubber balls, not sponge balls, for a quarter. They were the greatest. We had many happy hours of fun playing stoop ball and wall ball.

[sarge43]

100. Dirt thinks I'm old

Got them all except the cork popgun. However, I'm from Michigan. We didn't need no stinkin' popguns; we used the real thing.

By the way, you can still get Blackjack chewing gum from the Vermont Country Store.