Ever Had These?

[Babs Johnson]

Retro 60’s stuff.

 

[Christine]

Everyone one of them--especially that chopper. I think my mom might still have hers but it was avocado green at the top.

 

[barkley]

yes to all of the above.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

We still have some of the beach chairs in the garage.

 

[PollyannaMom]

We definitely had the chairs and a rotary phone. And I'm pretty sure my aunt had the chopper.

 

[BrianL]

We definitely had the folding chairs - all green though if I recall. We had the chopper too. We did not have a kitchen table set like that...but my great grandparents did - in red! I don't remember having a rotary phone in our house, but I was very familliar with them and knew how to use it.

 

[MommaKetch]

I grew up with those lawn chairs and a rotary phone.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Yes - man I hated those chairs !!

 

[Babs Johnson]

We definitely had the folding chairs - all green though if I recall. We had the chopper too. We did not have a kitchen table set like that...but my great grandparents did - in red! I don't remember having a rotary phone in our house, but I was very familliar with them and knew how to use it.

It wasn’t just the rotary phone. It was having a combination of letters and numbers.

My parents would still give their phone number as EM 6-xxxx well into the 80’s.

 

[sam_gordon]

Folding chairs: yes
Kitchen set: don't think so, but maybe
Rotary Phone: Yes, but not a number with letters
Chopper: Yes, and we still have one, but much more recently made.

 

[NannyBeBe]

The kitchen sets are still available to buy new, and I am sitting at one at this moment. They are very well made and last forever.

 

[Meriweather]

Yes, to all

 

[sam_gordon]

Speaking of the lawn chairs, remember the lounger versions that folded up in in thirds?

 

[barkley]

Speaking of the lawn chairs, remember the lounger versions that folded up in in thirds?

absolutly! very popular to set up in the back yard where you would lounge slathered in j&j baby oil b/c 'it's healthy to have a nice deep tan'

 

[Dan Murphy]

All of them.

 

[Disneefun]

Speaking of the lawn chairs, remember the lounger versions that folded up in in thirds?

As kids, we would fold those up so the two ends pointed straight up, drape towels across the top and create our own personal forts at the pool!

 

[Disneefun]

absolutly! very popular to set up in the back yard where you would lounge slathered in j&j baby oil b/c 'it's healthy to have a nice deep tan'

I still remember that the packing and "get ready instructions" for my summer camp included the words, "Get a good base tan before you come so you avoid sunburn. And bring Solarcaine in case you do." Not a peep about, you know, sunscreen. Man you would be so sued for that today!

 

[barkley]

I still remember that the packing and "get ready instructions" for my summer camp included the words, "Get a good base tan before you come so you avoid sunburn. And bring Solarcaine in case you do." Not a peep about, you know, sunscreen. Man you would been so sued for that today!

i think the big breakthrough for sunscreen happened when the waterproof variety came out in the late 70's. prior to that i did'nt know anyone that regularly used it b/c like your summer camp advised-people were conditioned to believe that the best protection against a sunburn was a carefully curated light tanning and the sunscreen on the market just dripped off with sweat (i remember people with sunburn/tan streaks on their faces from using it). tanning base never worked for me though-as a fair skinned kid i got badly burned every summer. as an adult i was thrilled to discover 'water babies'

 

[Meriweather]

Never saw sunscreen as a kid. I didn't know anyone that ever had it.

 

[NYCgrrl]

There are rotary phone exchanges I can still recall even as I forget my current cell number