Being 80 years old, I remember all of these machines and items, but for the ice man, in our house the fridge was already invented. Natural gas was in my mother's house in the city and the grandparents had a propane stove for heat, but my first house had a gas furnace in the basement with the big tubes to the rooms above that used natural flow of uprising heat, that I replaced soon as the box inside it rusted and the gas fumes were overcoming us, replaced by a thermostat controlled gas furnace. . I went through pens, pencils of all types, we had the B&W TV, the first color TV, and had two sets of encyclopedias, and I still have a Mirro elegant percolator that works, though now I use a pod brewer as I only drink one cup a day now.  I have now 4 working computers, a desktop I put together myself, an all-in-one like the one I'm on now, and two laptops, a Dell and an HP.  As far as stoves, we in the 80's in the country with the double wide home we had, we used a wood stove with a catalytic converter inside of it, that gave good even heat and conserved wood when using it. I've had flash bulb cameras, and I had the first Polaroid camera that you took the picture, pulled it out of the camera, and coated it with a clear coating that preserved the picture, and then later the color Polaroid that you didn't have to coat the picture.  Even into the 70's, in the city we lived in, we had a milkman, that had a galvanized box on the porch to put the milk in, and yes, we had an ice crusher.  I never smoked one cigarette in my life, and don't miss the problems that they caused, which I watch slowly kill some members of my family.   I never was a draftsman, but I am familiar with them, for all blueprints depend on them.  We still have a pressure cooker in our cabinet now, gathering dust, but have eaten many jars of veggies that came from those appliances.  We still have the drive-in theater in Tulsa, the Admiral Twin, two screens back to back, still operating.  I appreciate the times I went through, and feel I have experienced important times and lived through them, and I wouldn't trade it for anything today, and wish some things would go back to those precious times.

I wish they would bring back some of these things. Some were more reliable and some made life more fun. Especially the Drive Inn and Saturday morning cartoons. ❤

I still have my "brownie" camera.

I still remember pounding away on the Underwood 5 in high school, learning a skill that I am still using today - right now!

I'm so glad I found this.

This needs to be on everyone’s feed.

Very enjoyable!!  Remember them all .  Thanks

I still remember my old Stromberg-Carlson radio when I was a kid.  Great radio - never failed - and so sleek.

I was young and thought everything would be the same forever. I miss that feeling.

I have a functional green rotary dial phone on my kitchen wall. My grandkids think it's the strangest thing they've ever seen and they have fun trying to dial a number 🤣

i was dad's small person remote control for the tv

This gave me happy vibes

So proud of how far you've come.

You deserve way more views!

The Best!!! Thanks

Deja vu. I was born in ’59, so many of my early memories are from the early ’60s, with items still in use from the ’50s. If someone had said that in the future, you’d be able to attach a file to an email, what???

Ham Radio was the "in" thing for the pre-computer age techno nerd. A way to talk to the world before cell phones. From the 20s through the 80s the hobby achieved almost a cult status among its participants. Nights in the basement or on the kitchen table building the latest Heathkit radio or accessory! Learning Morse Code. The thrill of your first DX. Today, the hobby still exists, but only a shell of its former glory. 40+ years on, I still have my license!😃

Keep going, you’re doing amazing!

The good old days ❤