Which modern day item do you remember in its early years ?

Question

What I mean is I can remember my first washing machine with a barrel in the middle that used to tangle the clothes as it twirled and had to rinse by hand [ yes by hand] and then put them through the mangle . What item do you remember that has really progressed .?

Answer 1

All of the above, now I feel really old, and 8 track tapes, radiograms that would drop multiple records at once instead of 1, parafin heaters (phew), deviating slightly did you ever go to the Saturday morning kids show at the cinema?

Answer 2

My Mom's Maytag wringer washer with the timer on the front.

She still had her big galvanized washtub from when she had to wash clothes on the washboard, and my little brother and I used it as a poor family (which we were) swimming pool. All we could do is take turns sitting in it. Eventually, we got one of those two and three ringed inflatable pools. I can still smell the plastic. BUT, the thing I remember the best (because I used it every morning), was the toaster. It had two sides which you had to pull down, then lay your bread inside, and close the sides, then stand there and peek at the toast occasionally until the bread was toasted to your liking. Then you had to turn the pieces over and toast the other sides. No pop up spring. I also remember my Mom mashing potatoes for 9 people (7 kids), with a HAND masher, before she got an electric mixer. What a great question. Thanx for the memories.

Answer 3

I remember that bleeding machine too well!!!!!!!!

The thing I'm on right now is the one that I think of most! I remember the days of Atari games and adventures that were written (Scott Adams fan) that's got the young ones all saying 'Who?' and as my son was 7 I've grown up watching it's evolution? We had an early TRS 80 and I learnt to program in Basic and graphics were space invader block type! Nowadays I'm putting photos into a program and making impossible things happen. It's because of the computer that other machines have progressed! My washer uses a computer chip instead of a mechanical timer!

Answer 4

My mum had a cast iron mangle to wring the clothes out and a big rack on the kitchen ceiling to dry them.

I can remember when my parents rented a colour tv for the christmas holiday - we had to go tell the neighbours !

When I moved out -

My first video recorder was betamax, my first computer a spectrum 128.

Answer 5

i'm attempting to assume of a non secular day holiday it truly is celebrated by all Christians that would not save the "magic" of Christmas and that i'm unable to upward push up with one. interior the Catholic church there are a ton of dinner celebration days that are seen very particular, like Pentecost, besides the indisputable fact that no individual receives all worked up about them. What about the dinner celebration of the Ascension of Christ into Heaven? Even Easter isn't any sizeable deal to a lot men and females, except a basket of eggs and some new clothing. There surely isn't the genuine advance.

Answer 6

The television. They used to be square,unattractive boxes. Only the rich had a tv in one of those cabinets. We used to get 4 staions.....ABC,CBS,NBC and a local station. Remotes were not invented,everything was black and white,Gunsmoke,The Lone Ranger,Superman.Pinky Lee,Romper Room.....ahhh....those were the days. I loved it.

I used to look forward to seeing my favorite shows. Nowadays I don't bother to check....the lists are soooo long to list the shows, and the shows,for the most part, are smut. It is very sad.

By the way, the first computer I ever saw was a huge contraption, set against the wall. I could NOT figure out why anyone woud major in "Computer Science."

Answer 7

VCR's, Mobile Phones, Beepers, Color TV, Microwave Ovens, Digital Clocks, Personal Computers, THE INTERNET, Video Games (remember "pong"?), CD's, 8-Track Tapes, I could go on...

Answer 8

Computers. When I was little we had a Vic 20 that played games like Space Invaders and a mouse racing game. Green graphics on a black display. Ahhh...those were the days.

Answer 9

My grandparents wore bifocals, my parents, some of my aunts & Uncles. Split lenses, or flat tops, or standard progressives that all made them dizzy while they got used to them.



I got Varilux in November, oh wow! No 'swim' no dizzies, one day to adjust.



And the Transistions! "Poof" and they color!

The old corning ones took a couple of minutes, and cleared way too slow!

Answer 10

my dad is an engineer and i remember him mending one of his friends microwaves in the 1980's.



He kept the door open and fried a potato at about 1 metre- I never put my testicles in front of a microwave for about 12 years after that!

Answer 11

I remember the wringer washing machine too.

Boy, do I feel old.

I also remember our refridgerator that ran on gas. One day, the gas reversed and COOKED all the food.

Answer 12

How about the 8 track tape deck?

Answer 13

I remember slide rules. Slide rules were our first "computers". I've still got mine. But then I'm a pack rat anyway. Heck, I've even still got my lava lamps and my bell bottoms. Ya think they might be collector items now?

Answer 14

When my friend got a microwave, it was such a big deal, we use to nuke a block of colby cheese and it would get all gooey with a pool of oil on top of it and we couldn't get enough of that artery clogging stuff!!!!

Answer 15

the video recorder when they 1st came out-not the ones where u top loaded it,the normal 1. we had to put insulating tape over the digital clock cos people were peeking through windows to see who had them and robbing them

Answer 16

the mangle like u said also the coloured tv

Answer 17

Cell phones. The first one I saw was as big as a brick.

Answer 18

All of them.Computers,Bowling ball returns above the lanes,How about single speed bikes ?

Answer 19

Video recorders, mobile phones (I remember seeing my first text message and thinking "How does that work then??")

Answer 20

I remember when TV was black and white, 3 channels and the remote was my dad telling me to the channel.

Answer 21

I had, one of those. It was, in 1982, couldn't, afford, a washing machine and my children, were babies. You, had to watch, your hand, though and buttons, always, broke.

Answer 22

BIG mobile phones! They used to look like bricks

Answer 23

The fork.



Why I remember eating with my hands!!

Answer 24

the washing machine

Answer 25

The iron. You used have to heat it on the gas flame.

Answer 26

the television without a remote

Answer 27

i remember being really fascinated with soda streams but i don't think they ever progressed.

Answer 28

Mobile Phones......When they were the size of bricks.....Lol

Answer 29

oh my god thought i was bad with the VHS video recorder

Answer 30

Beings I am old I would have to say Fire

Answer 31

bell bottom hip huggers.

Answer 32

atari

Answer 33

computer.. those big, old piece of... life saver

Answer 34

calculators

Answer 35

cell phones....when they were like bricks......

Answer 36

how old are you