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How Many of These Vintage Household Items Can You Correctly Name? It’s Harder Than You Might Think!
tiphero.com ^ | 2.1.2021 | staff reporter

Posted on 02/01/2021 4:43:53 PM PST by Daffynition

My how times have changed in our households. Modern appliances and other inventions have afforded us conveniences that our predecessors didn’t have. Don’t you sometimes wonder what things were like a century or two ago?

Explore the past by looking at these vintage wares and try to figure out what they were used for. Some of these objects were more common during certain historical periods, or in particular parts of the world. Though they all share the same status of being antiques, you may find one or two of these items still in use.

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TOPICS: Education; Hobbies; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: antiques; vintage
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To: Daffynition

Sock it to me



161 posted on 02/03/2021 4:57:53 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

You mean when the timing is right?


162 posted on 02/03/2021 4:58:30 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Daffynition

Free range indeed!

When it got dark; time to go home.

School’s out; mom’s at work, kids on bikes going ANYWHERE they wished!

Maybe that’s why wandering is still deep in my bones today.


163 posted on 02/03/2021 5:02:38 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Daffynition

164 posted on 02/03/2021 5:04:15 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: central_va

No!

Whatcha think I am; a retard?

165 posted on 02/03/2021 5:09:00 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

I see that I sparked your interest and ignited your passion.


166 posted on 02/03/2021 5:10:52 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Elsie
*Scrub-a-dub*

Metal, wooden, or glass.


167 posted on 02/03/2021 9:38:59 AM PST by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: Elsie
And we did that bicycling without helmets!

Even scraped our knees if we fell.

Horrors!


168 posted on 02/03/2021 9:44:28 AM PST by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: Fresh Wind

That one I knew! Skate key>
I’m older than most or all here, yet I don’t recognize most of these items.


169 posted on 02/03/2021 9:54:45 AM PST by Exit148
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To: Albion Wilde

170 posted on 02/03/2021 1:26:32 PM PST by Raul Raul
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To: central_va

Anything to advance the cause!


171 posted on 02/04/2021 4:32:29 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Raul Raul

I just HAD to search!!

https://www.google.com/search?q=brass+knuckle+pistol&rlz=1C1AVNC_enUS560US607&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjayL7antDuAhVIVs0KHQ9CBb0Q_AUoAnoECBEQBA&biw=1366&bih=657


172 posted on 02/04/2021 4:37:51 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

173 posted on 02/04/2021 6:34:57 AM PST by Raul Raul
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