the best things in life are old school

please list things that are old school. Heres some i can think of

real barbershops

landlines

companies or medical offices where a real live secretary answers the phone asking how she can help you

saying good morning to passersby

plaid suits

handkerchiefs

green felt on a pool table

Italian red, French blue, and British racing green

the sound of a Zippo lighter closing

freshly baked anything

Butcher shops.

Bakeries.

Making popcorn over a fire.

A doctor’s office where you could make a same-day appointment, when you’re acutely ill, instead of making an appointment with YOUR doctor for two weeks later or going to sit in a clinic waiting room for 3 hours with 50 other plague victims.

Plagues.

Shutting off the headlights in a car if the door was unlocked without fear.

Squirt-gun fights (nothing more modern than a SuperSoaker 50).

Putting on your bathing suit in a summer rainstorm and running around outside.

Radio stations where a real live person in your own town is selecting the songs and talking to you in between playing them

Chalkboards

Shoes that you tie

Good manners.
Homemade birthday cake.
Afghan blankets.

A car engine you could work on.

Banks offering gifts for opening a savings account.

Carefree shopping in Mexico.

Horned toads.

A good shaving brush, soap/cream, bowl and razor.

Hardware stores with old men in little aprons who can help you with your project.

Boardgames

Hand-written letters

Summer nights with fireflies in the backyard

Proper fires in the fireplace, not alcohol lamps or gas burners

Please.
Thank you.
Excuse me.

“You’re welcome” instead of “no problem.”
Potato chips and corn chips cooked in lard.
Real books.

Aviator glasses.

Carrom boards.

Heh. My neighbours and I did that when I was like 30. Some guy drove by and yelled “You girls are awesome!!”


Thank-you notes.

Just going to the mall and hanging with your friends all evening.

Pop in glass bottles then taking the bottles back to the store for the deposit and then buying candy.

Bars with dark wood, carved, and a mirror behind the bar, with the music at a level you can talk over–or better still, with a piano player in the corner. :smiley:

When someone says “no problem” instead of your welcome, it kind of rubs me the wrong way. I always think, to myself that I wasnt thinking it was a problem to begin with :rolleyes: . I also hate ‘my bad’ instead of “im sorry”

Acoustic guitar
Sitting around a piano
Using leftovers and what’s around to make a great meal (I improvised a chicken curry last night that went over really well ;))

Goodbye instead of smell ya later.

Standard transmissions

Gas stoves

Deep ends

Tanning sans melanoma

Toys made out of sheet metal

Root beer served to your car

Where are gas stoves or shoes you tie old school?

Yeah, hate these new-fangled horned toads.

For me: Women’s shirts and tops that are thick enough and long enough not to need layering.

I have enough layers all by myself.

Records and their players.