5 Things the Millennials don't know existed

In the last decades the developed world has changed completely.Who could have predicted (except Tesla) that we would carry in our pocket a small device that would keep us connected at all times or that traveling the world would become an activity within reach of almost everyone.At this time hundreds of things that young people today did not see, but which were common for other generations, have disappeared.Join us on this walk through memory and recover 5 things that Millennials do not know existed

Things that Millennials don't know existed

1.Home Savings Coupons

Savings coupons They were distributed in many shops.They consisted of small stamps that had to be hooked in notebooks and that represented a percentage of the expenditure made in that store.They only represent about 2.5% of the purchase .had gathered enough could be changed by r a gift.

In Barcelona, ​​for example, the Household Savings Coupons that were in force until 1981 at the hands of the “Spanish Company of Commercial Propaganda” were very popular, but they were also well-known those of the supermarket chain Spar.

2.Refresco TAB

Currently many people consume soft drinks of cola «light».The pioneer of this type of drinks was the subsidiary brand of Coca-Cola «TAB» .

TAB can still be found in some countries, but it practically disappeared giving way to other low-calorie tails, because of the unfavorable reports on the type of sweetener I used and the effects that could cause health.

3.First recording cameras on magnetic tape

Currently we just have to put our hand in our pocket to take out the mobile phone and record with it the images immediately.Anyone can do it and share it immediately.The amateur recording pioneer on VTR or VCR was the Sony Portapak.A large team or a camera with a roll was no longer necessary, which then needed to be revealed.

The problem was the weight , since it actually consisted of a camera that sent the signal to a recorder/player that was hanging from the shoulder.

4.Calculation rules

The calculation rules were the old pocket calculators .In the 70s they disappeared completely, but it was an instrument used in muchi such professions.

They facilitated the calculations since they were used to multiply, divide and perform other mathematical functions.They were rules that had different numerical scales that slid to facilitate the performance of operations complex mathematics.The scales were different according to the field in which they were used, being the engineers and economists the ones who used them the most.

5.Milk in plastic bags

In the sixties, in the Spanish cities there were still "cowboys".You could go to buy the ordered milk directly.You could also wait for the deliveryman who passed with his cart through the portals selling it in glass bottles.it was possible to buy it in supermarkets and the town halls made the vaquerias of the city center disappear.

Anticipating the modernity of the tetrabrik , milk was put up for sale in plastic bags. You had to transport them carefully as it was very easy to open a seam gap and get home with the shopping bags flooded with milk.Currently you can still buy milk in plastic bags in some exclusive dairy centers.

What other things do you remember that millennials do not even imagine they existed? Share it with us!

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