I remember.....
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I'v got a brand new rollerskate, you've got a brand new key, ithink that we should get together and try one on, you see...or something like that
The drive in movies, and all of us kids hiding in the back of the station wagon with blankets over us so we got in for free.
I remember seeing Bruce Springsteen at "The Inkwell" in Long Branch, NJ before he was "The Boss." A hippy kind of place where they served celery stuffed with peanut butter. He was sitting in the corner playing the guitar with a tip cup. hahahahaha
I remember wringer washing machine. Mom always used to threaten to beat use with its rubber hose but she mostly used the wooden spoon. I think I almost turned out normal.
I remember when NFL quarterbacks wore pants instead of skirts and could be tackled by a defensive lineman just like a real football player.
For the cool toys you needed to mail several box tops and maybe 25 cents and no matter what it was you mailed it (more times than not) to this one city. I can't remember but I think its in Michigan. I can remember how neat it would be to live there. Dang...someone must remember. Ah crap I won't be able to think of anything else to till I find out!
I remember switching from low-beam to high-beam and back again with my left foot.
Edit: Rats, you beat me, Loren.
Yep, no seatbelts, floor hi-beam switch, and gauges instead of those damned idiot lights. Center over to the right of the gas pedal floor starter thing, instead of a button on the dash or in the switch. And shifting your 3 speed floor shift with your right foot especially when you were out on a date. "I've never kissed a girl before", he said, as he shifted gears with his feet. Remember Chevy 6s with babbitt rod bearings and Ford flatty V-8s with those darned dual thermostat housings and water pumps for each bank of cylinders. Remember seeing first TV, my uncles', in '48. The show? The Test Pattern, but we were awe-struck.
For the cool toys you needed to mail several box tops and maybe 25 cents and no matter what it was you mailed it (more times than not) to this one city. I can't remember but I think its in Michigan. I can remember how neat it would be to live there. Dang...someone must remember. Ah crap I won't be able to think of anything else to till I find out!
Battle creek?
My grandma always saved those little coupons on the top,of the cereal boxes to get free silverware. She had lots of kids, lots of silverwear.
For the cool toys you needed to mail several box tops and maybe 25 cents and no matter what it was you mailed it (more times than not) to this one city. I can't remember but I think its in Michigan. I can remember how neat it would be to live there. Dang...someone must remember. Ah crap I won't be able to think of anything else to till I find out!
Battle Creek
Damn, Loren! You're really starting to piss me off.
My grandpa still uses his. He says he doesn't think the new ones work as well.
What a fun thread!
I remember Ben Casey Shirts
Poodle Skirts
Anklets and Paton leather "Mary Jane" shoes
Saddle Oxfords
Bobby Sox
Sock hops (may still have those....dances in the gym....couldn't scratch the floor)
Daddy turning the TV antennae that was bolted to the corner of the house; us yelling "That's good" when he got one of the three stations to come in
Black and White TVs
Captain Kangaroo & Mister Green Jeans
Paladin, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Wagon Train......once a week...not re-runs
I remember Ben Casey Shirts
Poodle Skirts
Anklets and Paton leather "Mary Jane" shoes
Saddle Oxfords
Bobby Sox
Sock hops (may still have those....dances in the gym....couldn't scratch the floor)
Daddy turning the TV antennae that was bolted to the corner of the house; us yelling "That's good" when he got one of the three stations to come in
Black and White TVs
Captain Kangaroo & Mister Green Jeans
Paladin, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Wagon Train......once a week...not re-runs
Paladin! I loved Paladin. Have gun, will travel..san francisco..what a cool business card. He wore black and he was kind of a bad good guy.
Transister radios
Radio stations playing all kinds of music...not just dedicated to rock or oldies or country
Leaving our house unlocked while we were gone on a two-week vacation so the neighbors could get in and get their saddles out of the utility room....
"Running Parts" for my (mechanic) dad all summer, all over Tulsa, when I was 14 and without a driver's license.
Radio stations playing all kinds of music...not just dedicated to rock or oldies or country
Leaving our house unlocked while we were gone on a two-week vacation so the neighbors could get in and get their saddles out of the utility room....
"Running Parts" for my (mechanic) dad all summer, all over Tulsa, when I was 14 and without a driver's license.
I was about 2 yrs old when I got my hand stuck in the wringer. It went all the way up to my wrist. Took lots of skin off. Still have a few scars from places that were almost bad enough to graft skin. I remember wearing the gauze bandage on my hand for a long time. My Mom had run so fast to try and stop the wringer that she fell and skinned her knee. Yep, I remember that!
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