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BeWare Prowler Junkie Posts: 18511 |
posted 08-22-2001 10:09 AM
Remember that the perfect age is somewhere between old enough to know > > >better > > >and young enough not to care. How many do you remember? > > > > > >01. Candy cigarettes > > >02. Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside. > > >03. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles. > > >04. Coffee shops with table side juke boxes > > >05. Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum > > >06. Home milk delivery in glass bottles, with Cardboard stoppers. > > >07. Party lines. > > >08. Newsreels before the movie. > > >09. P. F. Flyers > > >10. Butch wax > > >11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix ...(Drexel-5505) > > >12. Peashooters. > > >13. Howdy Doody > > >14. 76 RPM Records > > >15. Green Stamps > > >16. Hi-fi's > > >17. Metal ice cube trays--with levers > > >18. Mimeograph paper > > >19. Blue flash Bulbs > > >20. Beanie and Cecil > > >21. Roller skate keys > > >22. Cork pop guns > > >23. Drive ins > > >24. Studebakers > > >25. Wash tub wringers > > >26. The Fuller Brush man > > >27. Reel-to-reel tape recorders > > >28. Tinker toys > > >29. The Erector Set > > >30. The Fort Apache Play set > > >31. Lincoln Logs > > >32. 15 cent McDonald hamburgers > > >33. 5 cent packs of baseball cards...with that awful pink slab of > bubble gum > > >34. Penny candy > > >35. 35 cent-a-gallon gasoline > > >36. 10 cents each, a bag full for a dollar White Castle hamburgers > > > > > >Wasn't it great when..................... > > > > > >Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo." > > >Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming "do over!" > > >"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest. > > >Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly." > > >Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening. > > > > > >It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends. > > >Being old referred to anyone over 20. > > >The net on a tennis court was the perfect height to > > >play volleyball and rules didn't matter. > > >The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was "cooties". > > >It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb. > > > > > >It was unbelievable that dodge ball wasn't an Olympic event. > > >Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot. > > >Nobody was prettier than Mom. > > >Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better. > > >It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride > > >the "big people" rides at the amusement park. > > >A foot of snow was a dream come true. > > > > > >Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare." > > >Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute ads for > > >action figures. > > >No shopping trip was complete unless a new toy was > > >brought home. > > >"Oly-oly-oxen-all-in-free" made perfect sense. > > >Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was > > >cause for giggles. > > > > > >The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. > > >War was a card game. > > >Water balloons were the ultimate weapon. > > >Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into > > >a motorcycle. > > >Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin. > > > > > >Ice cream was considered a basic food group. > > >Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the > > >fiercest protectors. > > > > > >If you can remember most or all of these, then you > > >have lived!!!! > > > > > >Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their > > >"grown up" life.... > > > > > >I double dog dare ya!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------------ |
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Gary C Prowler Junkie Posts: 12017 |
posted 08-22-2001 10:25 AM
Thanks Rich, I did. |
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ALLEY CAT Prowler Junkie Posts: 36093 |
posted 08-23-2001 10:07 AM
I remember all but the 10 cent White Castles. They were unheard of in Nebraska, because RUNZA'S are the KING there, and I didn't eat or hear of a White Castle until 1975 in Arizona - came in frozen, not that good unless fresh! ------------------ |
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ProwlerOrange2001 Prowler Junkie Posts: 336 |
posted 08-27-2001 08:12 PM
Hey I'm only 22 and I remember 14 of those items...or maybe it was a past life... ------------------ |
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jd2ksilver Prowler Junkie Posts: 4360 |
posted 08-27-2001 08:42 PM
Yeah, no white castles here either... we had Bo Bo's,, 19cents.. or 6 for a dollar.. Got to go to the roof of the place and eat if we were good,,  (didn't make it there much  )------------------ This message has been edited by jd2ksilver on 08-27-2001 at 08:43 PM |
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Marty Usher Prowler Junkie Posts: 13833 |
posted 08-27-2001 09:30 PM
Rich - Have my parents' 76 records (my day was the age of the 8 track tapes) and my reel to reel player/tapes are packed somewhere in storage. My basic meal at MacDonalds was 2-hamburgers, fries, small Coke - $.53. I guess our kids will tell their's that they remember when Dad bought his dream car for 40 Grand and they will laugh because their new Living Room furniture cost twice that much on sale!! Happy Prowling Marty ------------------ |
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ed monahan Prowler Junkie Posts: 33595 |
posted 08-27-2001 10:18 PM
Marty and Rich, I know things move slower down south, but they were 78 records, not 76. I know that is nitpicking but you guys should be old enough to remember that. It was Union 76 if we are doing the north/south thing. We are about 200 ft. north of the Mason-Dixon line here in Cincy. |
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BeWare Prowler Junkie Posts: 18511 |
posted 08-28-2001 08:55 PM
Just seeing if you were paying attention. LOL ------------------ |
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ed monahan Prowler Junkie Posts: 33595 |
posted 08-28-2001 10:12 PM
Don't feel bad, you only missed by 5 RPM. lol. |
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catterumpus Prowler Junkie Posts: 563 |
posted 08-29-2001 12:07 PM
Bingo- but not over the hill just yet ------------------ |
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Marty Usher Prowler Junkie Posts: 13833 |
posted 08-29-2001 12:22 PM
No wonder I never liked that music, the tempo was way off. But why do you think the singing on all my 47's were off tone? Marty ------------------ This message has been edited by Marty Usher on 08-29-2001 at 12:47 PM |
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ALLEY CAT Prowler Junkie Posts: 36093 |
posted 08-29-2001 01:22 PM
What about those 35 1/3 records Weighed four lbs each, and you didn't drop them!"How much is that Prowler in the window" - nah, this group is too young for that.................................... ------------------ |
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