What's a "Department Store"?

..... I sometimes slipup and say things like "Dime Store" or "Record Album" to a young person and realize they are smiling and nodding, without comprehension.

Stories and jokes lose their punch, when you have to explain everything.

Hey ... is that a "Ball Jar" or a "Mason Jar"?

Did you know that Ball State University, in Indiana, was named for the 'Ball Jar Family'?

The sand for the old bluish 'Ball Jars' came from a, now greatly reduced, sand dune at Michigan City, Indiana, on Lake Michigan.

... amazing the useless crap you know when you get old!