Things That Were in my Childhood Home That Are Not in my Current Home:

 

Whole milk

A popcorn popper

Waxed paper and Freezer Paper

Wooden tennis rackets

A Sears catalog

Pipe cleaners

Typewriter ribbon

A skate key

A coffee percolator

Green Stamps

Calamine lotion

Evening newspapers

A slide rule

Encyclopedia Britannica

Margarine

Camera film – and  Film Cameras

Ashtrays

Parakeets

Tang

Plastic  record adpaters (so that 45 RPM records can play on a 33 RPM turntable spindle)

Hot water bottles

Airplane glue 

 

 

 

 

  

Things That Are in my Current Home That Were Not in my Childhood Home:

 

Bagels

A Rabbit corkscrew

Butter

SPF 45 sunscreen

Chopsticks

Cilantro

Recycle bins

Lacrosse sticks

Quinoa

Zip-lock bags

Bicycle helmets

Anti-bacterial soap

Suitcases with wheels

A golf club with a club head as big as a toaster

Color comics in the weekday newspaper

Velcro

Soy milk

Open-on-the-bottom condiment containers

Pesto

Blue corn tortilla chips

Erythromycin

 

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