all good in my memory......except that trouser accessory clip.....by the time I was wearing my  mom-chosen fashion delights from the mortifying "husky" dept at sears,trousers had officially become pants (unless they were dungarees)

@john-barry HA! I remember those huskie-sized pants! I hated them!!

Posted by: @jkuvakas

@john-barry HA! I remember those huskie-sized pants! I hated them!!

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah !!!!    ......and didn`t they have a HUSKY tag sewn on them,too large to be covered by a belt and viewable for a good 71yds on a clear day ?....

(just to be absolutely certain that your humiliation level never dipped below the high 80`s percentile)

@john-barry, they DID! Thanks a lot, John. I had managed to erase that memory. It wasn't just the tags, they were olive green, banal blue, medium taupe, etc.

yep to them all! great work David.

@jkuvakas _____to be sure,they were UNNECESSARILY COLORFUL.............CAUTION !!! CAUTION !!! fat kid ahead !!!!!.....

......can`t we class action the 3rd or so generation offspring of those foul Husky degenerates????

From The Wall Street Journal.

Sears Has Filed for Bankruptcy, but Its Mortifying ‘Husky’ Jeans Endure

Despite the fact that few men look fondly on their days in ‘husky’ jeans, this not-so-nice descriptor persists everywhere from Gap to Children’s Place to Levi’s. But, isn’t there a better name than ‘husky’?

Posted by: @david-green

From The Wall Street Journal.

Sears Has Filed for Bankruptcy, but Its Mortifying ‘Husky’ Jeans Endure

Despite the fact that few men look fondly on their days in ‘husky’ jeans, this not-so-nice descriptor persists everywhere from Gap to Children’s Place to Levi’s. But, isn’t there a better name than ‘husky’?

As for the pants leg clip….we just rolled up our right hand pants leg half way to the knee.

I hated those clips, and you could tell that I didn't use them by the chain-chewed cuffs on my jeans. And I knew what that bottle of water was for. as well as all the rest.  Memories!  Thanks, Professor Green.

Headlight dip-switches on the floor of the car.  No
Ignition switches on the dashboard.  No, but in the old country people were making custom ignition switches hidden in the car to discourage thieves. 
Trouser leg clips for bicycles without chain guards. No, but I've seen them in movies, I guess. And I had a way to fold my trouser leg, when biking, so it was sort of clipped. 
Soldering irons you heated on a gas burner. No
Using hand signals for cars without turn indicators. No, that is really old ...

Posted by: @chav

Headlight dip-switches on the floor of the car.  No
Ignition switches on the dashboard.  No, but in the old country people were making custom ignition switches hidden in the car to discourage thieves. 
Trouser leg clips for bicycles without chain guards. No, but I've seen them in movies, I guess. And I had a way to fold my trouser leg, when biking, so it was sort of clipped. 
Soldering irons you heated on a gas burner. No
Using hand signals for cars without turn indicators. No, that is really old ...

I am old because all the "No's" here would be 'Yes's" for me. And just roll up the cuffs. My '48 didn't have signal lights.

 I remember getting a ticket as a teenager for failing to signal a turn in my '53 Ford.  I explained to the officer that my car didn't come equipped with turn signals but he countered with the fact that I should have hand signaled then.  Of course he was right.....but hand signaling was very "uncool" in my crowd.  Lol.  I recall thinking that with all my idiotic teenage driving and never getting stopped by the cops, it was so odd to get a ticket for that!

For whatever reason,mom`s sprinkler bottle was was an old, giant size Canada Dry Ginger Ale bottle

I recall spotting that sprinkler bottle on the ironing board on MULTIPLE occasions and getting excited thinking our "STORE BRAND" house finally had some good soda pop..... instead of the typical Mason`s brand......after sipping at it three or four times through the screen,I became aware,of the cruel deception