Technology seems to make our lives easier minute by minute, making the tricks of the past increasingly obsolete. Everything changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This leaves some \u201ctechnologies\u201d of the past as a vague memory, with future generations completely unable to guess what some of these things we once cherished were. These little \u201ctokens\u201d are a typical example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But do you know what they were used for?
In fact, they are \u201cthread grommets\u201d, which were a staple in every home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you remember when little girls were learning to sew? These little objects were very useful to help thread the thread through the eye of the needle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every sewing kit had one, along with a needle, tape measure, scissors, pins and a pin holder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I remember my mother teaching me how to use them, although I can\u2019t say I was particularly efficient with them. How about you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here\u2019s some more trivia\u2026 Do you remember what this is? Leave a comment on Facebook if you can identify what it is\u2026 I recognized them immediately too. Oh dear \u2013 does this mean I\u2019m old?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And here are 3 more things that most of my friends won\u2019t recognize\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Share this article with your friends and see if they remember these old tools too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Technology seems to make our lives easier minute by minute, making the tricks of the past increasingly obsolete. Everything changes. This leaves some \u201ctechnologies\u201d of the past as a vague memory, with future generations completely unable to guess what some of these things we once cherished were. These little \u201ctokens\u201d are a typical example. But […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advices"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n