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Perhaps at flea markets, where people go more for nostalgia than shopping.
Time is cyclical, and many things from the Soviet past that we have already forgotten about are returning to fashion again: shopping bags, soda machines, cotton candy on the streets. Even in Europe, some Soviet household trends have taken root. But some things seem to have sunk into oblivion forever, remaining only in the form of home rarities, and even then not in every apartment. However, we are only too happy to get rid of some of these items.
Polished furniture
Oh my God, what a deficit it was! A polished wardrobe, a table, a wall – this was just the ultimate dream and an indicator of family wealth. Now no one in their right mind would buy polished furniture. After all, there is a trend towards naturalness, which is not enough in the mirror surface of an old cabinet. Now such furniture in the house is a sign of bad taste, morally outdated interior.
Meat grinder
Manual mechanical meat grinder. To crank into such meat, a strong man’s hand was needed
If you dig deep enough, it can be found in almost every home. After all, it is impossible to break it, you only need to sharpen the blades from time to time. But buying such a thing is already problematic. And why? They are ready to grind the meat into minced meat right in the store, and if you really want to make minced meat yourself, then there are many multifunctional gadgets that will do it in seconds.
Washboard
The generation of 20-year-olds no longer remember her. But older people know what it is like to wash things on a ribbed metal board that strives to peel off their knuckles. How then the lower back aches! After all, it was necessary to wash, bending over into three deaths. Still, it’s great that you don’t need to do this anymore. However, the boards are still sold, but plastic.
Washing machine without spinning
Or with spinning in the form of two rollers, between which you need to pass wet laundry by turning the handle. It is very similar to a meat grinder, but such a device acts as a press. Okay, if we are talking about a pillowcase or a towel, but squeezing the duvet cover through the rollers was just Chinese torture. However, this is better than nothing. And the machine “Baby” was exactly without anything. It was necessary to rinse the laundry by hand. And squeeze again. What happiness it is all the same – an automatic machine!
Hand mixer
Mechanical hand mixer. Perfectly whipped eggs, pancake batter and even coped with butter cream
Two conventional whisks, as in modern mixers, only attached to the handle. It had to be turned by ourselves – it turns out that both hands are busy, and a trick like “I turn the bowl with one hand, hold the mixer with the other” will not work. Not very convenient, but still more effective than a regular whisk. They at least really beat the egg whites – doing it completely by hand will fall off.
Siphon
Siphon. Sweet soda could be made right at home
Well, here all the stories will be superfluous – it was just that soda could be made at home. Water was poured into the siphon, a cartridge with gas was inserted into a special hole, one movement – and the soda was ready.
Game “Electronics”
The success of the first famous handheld game consoles was tremendous. As soon as they got to the counters of the Elektronika store, they were immediately disassembled. It is now possible to download several games to smartphones at once, but then there was only one game on one device. The most popular was “Well, wait a minute!”
The wolf rushes from laying hen to laying hen, trying not to miss a single egg, or the hunter shoots the ducks, which are carried in a frantic flock. Eh, they were lovely toys. Now those who did not have such gadgets in childhood, download their simulators to their mobile phones – they have fun as they can. It is a pity, but such toys really cannot be bought.
Tube TV
A CRT TV took up as much space as an ordinary chair. Nowadays, not every home has a TV. Why, if you have a computer, a laptop, each has a tablet and a phone. You can watch anywhere, anything, anytime. Well, if, after all, a TV, then a flat one, which does not take up space at all, despite the impressive diagonal.
Filmoscope
Remember the filmstrips? Yes, they are still there, you can buy a special projector for them. True, it will cost decently – the price of a film overhead projector starts at 3 thousand rubles. Plus the cost of the filmstrips themselves … And once the filmoscope was a favorite family fun. And even watched a thousand times tapes never got bored.
Mascara spitting
But this is a terrible nightmare of our mothers. Mascara, more like a wax in a box, with a brush, which you can’t look at without tears now. It was necessary first to moisten the brush, then properly tinker with it in mascara, and then quickly dye the eyelashes until this happiness dried up. The result was so-so: eyelashes stuck together, mascara was smeared. But she was – at least some!