Darn refrigerator.....

bethk wrote:I had a Tupperware job BETTER than a sales rep.  I worked in the office of the Tupperware distributor where all the home party ladies (and a couple men) came for sales meetings and new product introductions.  I got to buy all the Tupperware I wanted, including those wonderful party favors.  Those little Wonderlier Bowl Keychains were my favorite.  Nice to include with the girls' packed lunches for their dipping sauce, seasoning, salad dressing or milk money.  Man, I loved those.  And cheap, too!

Only thing was, I could never bring myself to drink out of a Tupperware glass.  Still can't.

bethk wrote:I can remember Dad bringing home a "new" refrigerator to replace the one that stopped...in the middle of the night.  It was suppose to have one of those long upright handles for the door that you pulled down.   Well, it must have been in a family with a bunch of kids, just like our house.

That handle had been snapped off to just a nub and you had to put a towel edge over that rough broken handle nubbin and press really hard to get the door to release.  I guess it worked so Dad figured if the price was right (probably free or close to It) it would do for a little bit.

Man, Mom hated that thing.  She had chapped palms from trying to open the door 50 times a day.

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:

I can't stand the tupperware cup either.
The melmac I can, and we always had our coffee in them when I was a kid.
They were green, the ones mom had. They came with matching ash tray's too.
It was Nescafe instant, and Sanka instant decaf for whoever couldn't sleep.

I have two sets with a pitcher of the Mirro Aluminum glasses. The colors are real neat. Purple...the blue, and red and pink, and a Gold one. They are great for iced tea.
Need that cork table coaster; because it sweats a lot.

Remember the Tupperware Jello cups with the lids. They are like a dull gray. The base pops off for cleaning I guess.
We even have sets of the parfait cups with lids. They were great for puddings.

And the Ham Takers...OMG hahahahaha we have Two of them. They are great. They have the slide out rack with the plastic handles to lift out the ham.

We've had it all...remember the pickle keepers. With the T handle to lift out the pickles to get at them.
I love the Tupperware strainers. We have a favorite blue one that Tina uses for draining the elbow macaroni or potatoes for potato salad.
We had it all... down to the rolling pin that you filled with ice cubes.
Oh! How can I forget the patty stacker for making hamburgers. Geeze!

bethk wrote:

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:

I can't stand the tupperware cup either.
The melmac I can, and we always had our coffee in them when I was a kid.
They were green, the ones mom had. They came with matching ash tray's too.
It was Nescafe instant, and Sanka instant decaf for whoever couldn't sleep.

I have two sets with a pitcher of the Mirro Aluminum glasses. The colors are real neat. Purple...the blue, and red and pink, and a Gold one. They are great for iced tea.
Need that cork table coaster; because it sweats a lot.

Remember the Tupperware Jello cups with the lids. They are like a dull gray. The base pops off for cleaning I guess.
We even have sets of the parfait cups with lids. They were great for puddings.

And the Ham Takers...OMG hahahahaha we have Two of them. They are great. They have the slide out rack with the plastic handles to lift out the ham.

We've had it all...remember the pickle keepers. With the T handle to lift out the pickles to get at them.
I love the Tupperware strainers. We have a favorite blue one that Tina uses for draining the elbow macaroni or potatoes for potato salad.
We had it all... down to the rolling pin that you filled with ice cubes.
Oh! How can I forget the patty stacker for making hamburgers. Geeze!

The jello moulds had removable bottoms so you could release the jello out of the mold - no suction lock.

The ham containers....in the shape of those "parts-is-parts" canned ham, the kind you had to use the attached "key" to unwrap the metal strip all around the lid that usually snapped off about 1/3 of the way around the can.  Then Dad would swear and stomp out to the barn to find the vice grips to try to pull the rest of that metal strip off the can.  50% of the time there was blood involved......

What about the ice cream keepers....suppose to keep the air out and prevent freezer burn on the ice cream.  Ice cream in a house with four kids never got freezer burn....same with that bread keeper shaped like a long Pullman loaf.

My favorite is still my big green bowl.  It's just right for so many things.  

Only thing was, I could never bring myself to drink out of a Tupperware glass. Still can't.

Crybaby wrote:

Only thing was, I could never bring myself to drink out of a Tupperware glass. Still can't.

I cannot bear drinking out of a plastic cup of any type.  When I go to a bar and they serve me a drink -- usually a glass of wine -- I always ask for a glass.  If they tell me it's Happy Hour, I offer to pay full price to get my wine in a glass.  It usually works.  And, yes, I tip well.   

Now I go back to the late 40's onward.......
I remember Mom would get us ( Brother and Me) what they called a plastic blowup balloon. What it was, was a short straw, and a small toothpaste like looking tube, that had red plastic liquid inside. It smelled and what you would do, is squeeze a dime size onto the end of the straw, and blow slowly and carefully as a glassy like balloon would be formed. It took some practice, but usually after a couple failures, we would get a balloon out of it.
They sold the kits in like Woolworths or Kresge's stores in the bargain basement toy section.
The odor was reallyplastic smelling like Duco Cement that kids used to sniff.

That is what the taste I get when I drink from plastic.

Anyone remember those kits of plastic balloons.??? I think they called it Liquid Plastic.

Barbara101 wrote:refrigerator / freezer with a pedal to step on to open the door.


hahaha we had one too.The dog (airdale) learned right quick how to open the fridge. She just helped herself..

Crybaby wrote:

Now I go back to the late 40's onward.......
Anyone remember those kits of plastic balloons.??? I think they called it Liquid Plastic.

I remember that stuff and loved it, as it was like holding a "bubble" in your hand.  I don't remember that name for it, but I do think it went the way of Silly Putty in our house -- eventually banned, which usually meant someone left it in their pocket and it ended up in the dryer!  I do remember the odor, though, which I loved!