eric Posted February 17, 2003 Group: Graduated to Heaven Followers: 2 Topic Count: 50 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,073 Content Per Day: 0.52 Reputation: 43 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/02/2002 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/10/1923 Share Posted February 17, 2003 hey you guys you think you're old I can remember the silent movies and walking behind the water carts that laid the dust on the main street. I remember my mom in short skirts and a jazz garter doing the charleston and spending my Sunday school penny on bubble gum.And I can remember buying a whole carton of smokes for fifty cents from the army PX. So you see, things are the same on the other side of the world too..have a nice day eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WISDOM Posted February 18, 2003 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 128 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,692 Content Per Day: 0.21 Reputation: 17 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/24/2002 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/31/1952 Share Posted February 18, 2003 Puddle jumpers were big 3lb cans that you attached straps from inner tubes to. Put your feet in and voila! Short stilts. 'Course, nowadays the cans are too thinly made to stand on without crushing. We used to make lots of toys and things with cutup inner tubes. THAT sounded like big-time FUN!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WISDOM Posted February 18, 2003 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 128 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,692 Content Per Day: 0.21 Reputation: 17 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/24/2002 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/31/1952 Share Posted February 18, 2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WISDOM Posted February 18, 2003 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 128 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,692 Content Per Day: 0.21 Reputation: 17 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/24/2002 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/31/1952 Share Posted February 18, 2003 I was one of those girls with the "bubbly" handwriting...big loops and all.... BIG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WISDOM Posted February 18, 2003 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 128 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,692 Content Per Day: 0.21 Reputation: 17 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/24/2002 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/31/1952 Share Posted February 18, 2003 I remembered more things! Newsreels shown before the movie Cartoons shown before the movie transistor radios black & white tv that when you turned it off it shrunk down to a little dot in the center of the screen the off-air signal at midnight - no 24/7 television Marvel comic books nuclear explosion drills at school Grape Nehi KOMA radio station Wolfman Jack Going to the corner drugstore and sitting at the counter drinking a fountain coke (couldn't get one anywhere else, unless it was in a bottle) I remember hanging out wet clothes in the middle of winter! UGH! I remember the first shaved ice, and the first frozen french fries Jawbreakers Steelies When black leather jackets were in! (LOL) Used to be the "bad guys, thugs, wore them! Poodle skirts Slip & Slides There was only one Barbie, and no Ken (he came later) State fairs where you could actually win something cause it was on the up and up Paper straws Hair dryers at laundries Wringer washing machines Sand storms rolling in like dark red clouds. They stung! When I was little we didn't have a telephone, t.v., clothes dryer, (we did have a wringer washer that we shared with grandparents) , hair dryer or curling irons, food processors or almost anything electric, or a CAR! Yet we had more time to be together as a family, we always sat down together at meal time (3 a day) and my mom knew the all names of me & my brotheres teachers. The original "Boy's Club" (and how much clean fun it was) "Mr Potato Head" "GI Joe" Banana Splits (the candy) "Mr Softee" neighborhood ice cream trucks The Beachboys (you couldn't avoid their sound even if you wanted to....it was everywhere) Ed Sullivan Show The original "What's My Line?" show DC Comics Archie comics Wonderful World of Disney (every Sunday night) Old Yella Console hi-fi "I want my MAYPO" (sp) Walkie-Talkies Mail order "Ant-farms" "Soullllllll Train" "American Bandstand" "Band of Gold" (Freda Payne) John Wayne movies Hot brownies and Vanilla ice-cream Backyard cookouts Neighborhood cookouts (hamburgers, hotdogs and family games) The original "Zorro" (Guy Williams) Wild Bill Hickock (Guy Madison) "Superman" (George Reeves) "Twilight Zone", "Thriller", "Night Gallery" "King of Kings" (movie) A & P supermarkets Woolworth 5&10 stores 20 muleteam Borax The 3 Stooges "SuperCar" Home made Pineapple-Upside-Down cake Soda machines in the movie theater (which gave you crushed ice and soda) Candy shoestrings Real Christmas trees Ovaltine chocolate syrup Tastee cakes Mail order "Sea Horse" (back of comic books) *lol* Trix "More PARK sausages, Mom" (someone will relate) REAL PIZZA!!!! (no Pizza-Hut, Godfather's, Hungry Howie's, etc) The "Bowery Boys" Sitting on Grandfather's lap and listening to stories Your first fight Marshmellow Fluff Mod Squad Sherman and Mr Peabody Candy straws Rice-a-roni Uncle Ben's "converted" rice Bit-o-Honey ("goes a long, long, way") Your first "crush" Roll-collar shirts "Jimi Hendrix" style print shirts Original Sunday newspaper comics ("Henry", "Blondie & Dagwood", "Family Circle", etc) "Chunky" ("Big, big, big chunk, chunky..open wide for Chunky") Lost in Space NFL "domeless" football stadiums (when the natural elements ruled) Franco-American products blowing bubbles flying kites on a windy day :thumb: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starfire Posted February 18, 2003 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 139 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/05/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted February 18, 2003 How about putting peanuts in coke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterfly Posted February 18, 2003 Group: Junior Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 70 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/01/2002 Status: Offline Author Share Posted February 18, 2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starfire Posted February 18, 2003 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 139 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/05/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted February 18, 2003 Having pinics at the church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveller Posted February 18, 2003 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 827 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 12,101 Content Per Day: 1.50 Reputation: 249 Days Won: 3 Joined: 04/01/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted February 18, 2003 Aw c'mon Butterfly - surely you are too young to remember poodle skirts! And Davey and Goliath! And the dog that chomped his mouth shut when he said CHOCOLATE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starfire Posted February 18, 2003 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 139 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/05/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted February 18, 2003 Hey, You guys remember that too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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