My first college dorm had a phone with separate ear phone and microphone, crank on the side to get the attention of the opperator, tell her the three-digit number.... but it was a pretty old dorm at a very old school.
I remember when roller skates had four wheels and needed a skate key and could fit on any shoes.
I remember that a small glass of coca cola (made from a splash of syrup and carbonated water,) cost 6 cents. Large glass cost ten cents. Another 15 cents got you a slice of pizza. A pack of cigarettes out of the vending machine cost 24 cents. My mother smoked 'Chesterfields.' You'd drop in a quarter and the pack of cigarettes had a penny taped to the side.
Do you remember Victrola's? 78rpm?
How about choosing a bag of 'penny candies?' 3 of these for one penny, four of those for a penny, 2 bottle caps filled with fudge for a penny, candy 'dot's' on a strip of paper?
Jean-Paul Sartre said (in "Nausea,") "the past is a landlord's luxury."
Personally, I disagree!
All it takes is a good memory.
Stitchawl