We don't do that no more

[Sigblitz]

Putting coal in the furnace.

 

[red_zr24x4]

Roll down a car window... by actually cranking the handle to roll it down.

My company truck still has hand crank windows, it's a '16

 

[red_zr24x4]

Putting coal in the furnace.

Did this till I was 16, but I know, thread is about youngsters

 

[Sigblitz]

Buying unhemed Levi's and picking them up 3 days later.

 

[Phase2]

Walking all the way to school and back.

Just going out to play with friends- not scheduled (other than "be back by x-o'clock") and not being driven to it or supervised.

Installing software from floppies.

 

[MCgrease08]

Waiting a week to watch the next episode of a show. Or waiting until it reran in the summer if you missed it.

Using an encyclopedia.

Picking up the phone without knowing who was calling. Having to remember phone numbers.

Stealing Playboy's from your uncle or Dad and going into the woods with friends to look at it.

Taping songs off the radio to make a mix tape for a girl you like.

 

[T.Lex]

I actually did that today! Base Ford F150 work truck. At least 5 years ago they were still making them that way.

My company truck still has hand crank windows, it's a '16

How much longer you think those will last?

 

[Sigblitz]

Using a hand pump on a well.

 

[Sigblitz]

Buying fresh made soda at the drugstore.

 

[MCgrease08]

Watching scramble vision, trying to catch a glimpse of "a" boob.

 

[flatlander]

Swimming at the swimming hole in Cool Creek in Carmel-by-the gravel pit?
Rabbit hunting along Main St. just east of Keystone in Carmel?
Going to the totem pole BSA camping area just east of Keystone on 126th St. ?
Making your own black powder?

Bob

 

[HoughMade]

Super local...but I'll allow it.

 

[femurphy77]

Seeing long guns in the back window of pickups at school.

 

[flatlander]

Making tennis ball bazookas?

Bob

 

[fullmetaljesus]

Roll down a car window... by actually cranking the handle to roll it down.

I still do this in my 04 keep, also people look at me odd when the get out of the passenger side and I asked them to "roll and lock it"

 

[Sigblitz]

Making chocolate cake with 5 ingredients instead of a mix.

 

[BugI02]

Looking up archived printed information on microfiche

 

[rob63]

Making popcorn with a pan instead of a microwave. I still do it, but my kids think it's weird.

 

[flatlander]

Smelling the copies fresh from the mimeograph?
Getting to clean the erasers at school?

Bob

 

[frenchiectfd2203]

Making popcorn with a pan instead of a microwave. I still do it, but my kids think it's weird.

I had a guy at the fire dept who did this and always told me when he retired I would miss it... he was right...