# Without saying your age, what's something from your childhood that a younger person wouldn't understand? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 25, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138 "2021-10-25T01:08:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 32
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138/623 "2021-11-09T17:26:43Z")
I remember one of the networks broadcasting “Peter Pan” every January. The version with Mary Martin playing Peter. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138/624 "2021-11-09T19:14:38Z")
I remember watching a live production of this, sometime in the mid-50s. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138/625 "2021-11-10T12:27:29Z")
“Ben-Hur” and “The Ten Commandments” every Christmas and Easter (and only then) - usually liberally sprinkled with commercials - dragging then out to 4 (or maybe 5) hours. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138/626 "2021-11-10T13:46:08Z")
Price tags on all the products. I still remember seeing a bar scanner for the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138/627 "2021-11-10T13:51:14Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > Price tags on all the products. Ah yes. I remember when the first step in gift-wrapping was peeling off the price tag. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138/628 "2021-11-10T13:56:08Z")
Seems like half the cars on the road, back in the day, were station wagons with faux wood side panels. The other half were VW Bugs. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138/629 "2021-11-10T14:08:33Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > The other half were VW Bugs. Slug Bug!! or Beetle Bug Yellow!! ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138/630 "2021-11-10T14:13:34Z")
Dad had a red Bug when I was young. Not fun for our family of 5. I squeezed into the cubby-space in the rear. Not a pleasant ride for my 6’7” brother. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138/631 "2021-11-10T14:27:18Z")
Heck, our old Chevy had the fill cap behind the brake light/turn signal. You had to turn a piece of the chrome trim to release it. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138/632 "2021-11-10T15:16:10Z")
Does anyone remember watching the 1965 version of Cinderella with Leslie Ann Warren (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)? That was another one that came on once a year for a while. Another can’t miss show. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138/633 "2021-11-10T15:45:55Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > a guy who drank glow-stick juice. How many of you remember I have a Mr. Yuck t-shirt and I love it very much. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138/634 "2021-11-10T16:02:25Z")
Do they still have those plastic milk boxes used for transporting the bottles and cartons? Ours were blue and you could use them for years for _anything._ ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138/635 "2021-11-10T16:02:39Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I remember watching a live production of this, sometime in the mid-50s. And _I_ remember my mother explaining to me how it was being recorded so people would be able to watch it in future years. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138/636 "2021-11-10T16:19:57Z")
Yes. There are the genuine article that are actually used to carry milk (and juice) and then you have things that are colloquially caked “milk crates” that are much flimsier and used to store other things. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138/637 "2021-11-10T16:39:54Z")
Don’t forget about _Ziggy’s Gift_ ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138/638 "2021-11-10T17:49:58Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > Heck, our old Chevy had the fill cap behind the brake light/turn signal. You had to turn a piece of the chrome trim to release it. Similar to the [1954 Cadillac](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Frichmonds.com.au%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F10%2FCadillac-coupe-convertible-54-white-20.jpg&f=1&nofb=1) my father bought for no discernible reason. Push the little round reflector between the left taillight and the backup light, and the taillight pivots up to reveal the filler. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138/639 "2021-11-10T18:58:00Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Similar to the [1954 Cadillac](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Frichmonds.com.au%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F10%2FCadillac-coupe-convertible-54-white-20.jpg&f=1&nofb=1) my father bought for no discernible reason. Push the little round reflector between the left taillight and the backup light, and the taillight pivots up to reveal the filler. Yeah, I saw one once. I can imagine the discussion between the designers and engineers. “You wanna WHAT”? ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138/640 "2021-11-10T19:18:21Z")
I’ll see your fuel filler behind the tail lamp and raise you a fuel tank under the driver’s seat cushion: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/55Q4WKk7ZVc/hqdefault.jpg "Ford 1922 Model T at the gas station.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Q4WKk7ZVc) it sounds like a younger person is getting educated on a lot of things! ---
**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138/641 "2021-11-10T19:57:45Z")
This one is going to be different than most of the above, because it’s more of an emotion than an object: Blushing Nowadays, if someone is caught in an embarrassing situation, they are quite likely to get angry at the situation, or vent their anger elsewhere somehow. No one blushes any more. It is rare that someone will realize that they messed up and want to crawl into a corner for it. “Shame” used to be a good word for what I’m describing, but now that word is associated with the victim of bullying. Of course such a victim would like to be invisible, but that’s an entirely different sort of shame. Bullies of all sorts are evil, and that’s not what I’m talking about here. I mean where someone’s own misdeeds become public (all too common these days), but also when one is in an unfortunate situation such as a wardrobe malfunction. It used to be that the natural reaction was to run and hide, but nowadays the reaction is a defiant, “What’s your problem? What are you looking at?” ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138/642 "2021-11-10T20:09:04Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Do they still have those plastic milk boxes used for transporting the bottles and cartons? Ours were blue and you could use them for years for _anything._ “Milk crates full of LPs” might sound a little confusing to a young person. (When did LPs start being referred to as “vinyl”? Back in the day, vinyl was what you got when you couldn’t afford leather.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138.md?page=33)