I first came across a post 11 Smells That Are
Slowly Disappearing which then indirectly got me to 11 Sounds That Your
Kids Have Probably Never Heard.
I have to say that
the #1 listed disappearing smell, Spirit Duplicators, rang a bell for me. I used to have responsibility for producing
many a purple “ditto” sheets for teachers, groups meeting and much more. Ahhh ... another bit of my childhood which is
a distant memory and definitely not an experience my children had. #4 also caught my eye – freshly-opened
Polaroid Film. My dad was big into cameras and that included a Polaroid camera.
I had to laugh at
the #1 listed disappearing sound – Rotary Dial Telephone as just the other
night I was explaining to my daughter (something mentioned in a movie we were
watching reminded me of these phones) about how they worked. So many times I would get part way through a
phone number and then my finger slipped and I had to start all over again! And, thinking back to photography -- #4 –
Flash Cube was another classic sound heard in my household.
Though myself and
my kids are now used to get a gazillion (or so it seems) tv channels which are
always on, I do remember when each station would shut off and you just got the
static until the station re-started in the morning. I also remember when we only got about 4
channels and we had to turn the dial to shift our antenna since it had to be pointing
in the correct direction for each channel to display properly. I can say, as a person who has a digital tuner and still periodically catches channels over the air, I’ve given my kids a flash-back experience as I’ve had them adjust the antenna to get better reception .
Which of the listed items got your old-factory or auditory memories
flowing?
Just think, our
ancestors could have created similar lists as elements of their life
disappeared. What might a list of 11
Smells That Disappeared by 1900 look like? or Sounds That Your Grandparents
Never Heard (that their parents did)?
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