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At one time common items, not now.
Posted: Apr 23rd, 2013, 1:21 pm
by GordonH
Here's a game provide a picture of item that at one time commonly used, which is no longer commonly used. First to tell what item was correctly than provide their own item to be guessed.
I will start with this item:
What was this used for?
What is this used for.jpg
Re: At one time common items, not now.
Posted: Apr 23rd, 2013, 1:23 pm
by oneh2obabe
Record adapter so 45's could be played.
Re: At one time common items, not now.
Posted: Apr 23rd, 2013, 1:24 pm
by GordonH
oneh2obabe wrote:To play 45's on the record player.
Yes, what do you have for us.
Re: At one time common items, not now.
Posted: Apr 23rd, 2013, 1:30 pm
by oneh2obabe
Re: At one time common items, not now.
Posted: Apr 23rd, 2013, 3:55 pm
by SmokeOnTheWater
Butter paddles ?
Re: At one time common items, not now.
Posted: Apr 23rd, 2013, 4:28 pm
by oneh2obabe
That they are ... thank god we don't use them any longer.
Re: At one time common items, not now.
Posted: Apr 23rd, 2013, 5:10 pm
by SmokeOnTheWater
Re: At one time common items, not now.
Posted: Apr 23rd, 2013, 5:29 pm
by grammafreddy
Rotary Dial Telephone - and I still use mine. I'd like that nice red one, though.
Do you know what these are?
Re: At one time common items, not now.
Posted: Apr 25th, 2013, 1:50 pm
by SmokeOnTheWater
Baby bottles ?
Re: At one time common items, not now.
Posted: Apr 25th, 2013, 4:04 pm
by Thinktank
It's not my turn but I'm going to post
a weird item no one will know what it is.
Re: At one time common items, not now.
Posted: Apr 25th, 2013, 5:07 pm
by grammafreddy
SmokeOnTheWater wrote:Baby bottles ?
YES! These were called "Infant Feeders". Some had rubber hoses with rubber nipples attached and some just had the nipples attached to the bottles.
Your turn to post something.
Re: At one time common items, not now.
Posted: Apr 25th, 2013, 5:08 pm
by grammafreddy
Thinktank wrote:It's not my turn but I'm going to post
a weird item no one will know what it is.
Yeah, riiiight ... I still use those. <insert laughing smiley>
Re: At one time common items, not now.
Posted: Apr 25th, 2013, 5:21 pm
by SmokeOnTheWater
Re: At one time common items, not now.
Posted: Apr 25th, 2013, 5:24 pm
by grammafreddy
OK ... am starting to feel downright ancient here now. I still have one of those and I use it, too, when I have printed forms to fill out. Oh dear <insert rolling eyes smiley>
Re: At one time common items, not now.
Posted: Apr 25th, 2013, 5:28 pm
by ddiiaanne
A manual typewriter
How about this one?