We had to do this to our exercise books at school. People used wallpaper. Top marks to the lad who used woodchip.

I can’t even guess how many hours I played with this. I absolutely loved mine.

I remember my younger sisters having these. The dolls were heavy cardboard, and the clothes were basically paper, and most of the time they had to be cut out with a scissors. They didn't last long because if the clothes got wet, they would slowly disintegrate.

I'm baffled. In Germany, we had these too, but not with actual real tobacco-brands.

Heck yeah. Awesome, and still have a ton of vintage equipment.

Many years later, I learned that the collar and the bowtie were part of the cartoonists' tricks to make animating the heads faster and easier.

Wow! I miss him!

I can hear this picture 🐮

And recording songs off the radio with my cassette player and getting ticked off when he started talking at the end of the songs. Lol

Grandma had a silver one. Wish I had it. It was freakin indestructible.

It does give the wood flavour.

How mine still looks, so ner!

Crikey, what a good guy.

Indeed! Pure bliss!

Still have my nans

Still is. At least in Germany

Do you remember when you could still BUY stuff with just the coins you had in your coin holder?

I used to love orange crème pops. I just a yogurt that was flavored orange creme and it brought me back.

And usually the telephone sat on top of the phone book….

These still exist...

I had the sort with the rubber band propeller

My mom still does this. I'm 36.

Nope. I honestly don't remember cars not having seatbelts. I always used to sit in the middle in the back with the lap belt on, which was a lethal device. I actually drive a car now which is older than me and although it technically doesn't need to have seatbelts, as it was built without, currently has racing harnesses fitted.

My husband did that to me when we were dating and had to suddenly stop on the hwy. We both had seat belts on but that let me know he cared about me to do something like that on the spur of the moment without a second thought.

Ah, yes, Frank Costanza's signature move.

the stop short move

I do it too! What is worse, had seatbelts when I started driving

I still do this

Yup! Sat on the armrest between Grampa (driving) and NaNa. Red light coming up, two arms in front of me. Good times.

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I'm almost 70 yrs old and did that to a friend awhile back. Also do it with my dog and my purse! LOL!

No. We always wore seatbelts.

Once you developed that mom reflex, you never lost it either!

I would tell my mom that I could control my own inertia, whenever that arm would fling itself at me.

Yes, though in retrospect, not the best.

Anyone else remember that the "hump" was the best seat in the back? Accept for the "back back". Back back rocked.

I remember when cars didn't have shoulder belts. And the lap belts seemed pretty optional.

I still remember my aunts first Mini had no seatbelts in the back lmao

That's so funny this is here! Last night my friend was driving me home and he was going fast while making a tight turn and his arm instantly extended across my chest! I laughed and said he either turned into a mom from the 70's/early 80's or he's Frank Costanza pretending to "stop short", he's 46 I'm 45 lol

My childhood cars all had seatbelts that didn't work, or we just weren't required to wear them. I don't think there was a speed limit back then either, for a while. Weeeeee going 95 MPH to school 😂 (Montana, USA)

The safety arm.

Still use it for all those!!

Mighty Mouse is on the way!

We had this exact linoleum kitchen floor until WELL into the 90s XD

Still use them ;-)

Still have mine

Also the strawberry flavor with veins of strawberry

Love big brother snuggling with younger sibling 😊

Remember? LPs are a thing again

They were 'banned' (really they just stop showing the cartoons) because they were characters created from racist tropes. Many of the characters from Looney Toons and Hanna Barbara were extremely racist and stereotypes. They weren't part of 'our culture' or 'our history' - they were blatant examples of systemic racism in the USA. And to those who said, 'They were just cartoons!' - yes, just cartoons, so why do you miss them or need them?

Yep - learned to read with D**k, Jane, and Sally