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Posted: 12/4/2020 12:25:55 AM EDT

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Those windows were awesome. It redirected the air perfectly to keep you cool, didn’t need air conditioning.

Posted: 12/4/2020 12:26:01 AM EDT

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Gallows and firing squads for treasonous scum.

Posted: 12/4/2020 12:26:10 AM EDT

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TPNI

Posted: 12/4/2020 12:27:40 AM EDT

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My van and my truck both have those.

Posted: 12/4/2020 12:27:53 AM EDT

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That knuckle busting mother fucker was never cool, not once

Posted: 12/4/2020 12:28:28 AM EDT

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Yup. One you can sink your face into.

Posted: 12/4/2020 12:29:41 AM EDT

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Posted: 12/4/2020 12:30:45 AM EDT

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Had a set of these that I got pretty good at. But not before busting the hell out of my knuckles.

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and you could throw them at your brother with great accuracy.

Posted: 12/4/2020 12:32:00 AM EDT

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Back when i was kid in 1960s Texas it was not hard to find them. I'm told they are scarce these days. Used see a lot of wild quail, too, but hear those must've followed the horny toads. Where i live (Alabama) ive only seen four quail in 40 years. That was one mama and her three little pecans.

Posted: 12/4/2020 12:34:21 AM EDT

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Back when i was kid in 1960s Texas it was not hard to find them. I'm told they are scarce these days. Used see a lot of wild quail, too, but hear those must've followed the horny toads. Where i live (Alabama) ive only seen four quail in 40 years. That was one mama and her three little pecans.

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fireants?

Posted: 12/4/2020 12:34:25 AM EDT

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Fireflies. I haven't seen one in 20 years.

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They couldn't stand the influx of yankees. They moved north.

Posted: 12/4/2020 12:39:05 AM EDT

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Sharkskin suits and well-dressed gangsters.

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Posted: 12/4/2020 12:39:36 AM EDT

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*beep* *beep*

(and racing them on a table, with that one cool kid who had a cellular phone)

Posted: 12/4/2020 12:40:13 AM EDT

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Banana seats and sissy bars, extra cool points for a playing card slapping the spokes.
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What i miss more than my old spider bike was remembering how many kids you saw riding bikes. We'd get off from school and ride for miles before supper. I actually saw a quartet of boys riding in my brother's subdivision at Thanksgiving. It looked odd in these times.

Posted: 12/4/2020 12:42:04 AM EDT

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Posted: 12/4/2020 12:54:58 AM EDT

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Posted: 12/4/2020 12:56:32 AM EDT

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Zubas and Fanny packs

Posted: 12/4/2020 12:56:35 AM EDT

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Don't know about that - I see them in my front yard.

Posted: 12/4/2020 1:00:33 AM EDT

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Posted: 12/4/2020 1:01:38 AM EDT

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Back when i was kid in 1960s Texas it was not hard to find them. I'm told they are scarce these days. Used see a lot of wild quail, too, but hear those must've followed the horny toads. Where i live (Alabama) ive only seen four quail in 40 years. That was one mama and her three little pecans.

fireants?

40 years in Bama has forced me to embrace the little bastards. Those and chiggers.

Posted: 12/4/2020 1:07:30 AM EDT

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They couldn't stand the influx of yankees. They moved north.

Don't know about that - I see them in my front yard.

The other fellow was in Flordy. They've not figured out the Californicators yet. Let us pray the Love bugs hang tight..

Posted: 12/4/2020 1:08:57 AM EDT

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The guys that owned a rabbit farm trying squeeze every last dollar out. They already sell the meat, the fur, the shit. Why not sell the feet?

Carnivals were the perfect place to offload thousands of them as “prizes”.

Posted: 12/4/2020 1:13:31 AM EDT

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Fingerboards.

Posted: 12/4/2020 1:16:01 AM EDT

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Posted: 12/4/2020 1:17:21 AM EDT

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That use to be a pretty unpopular opinion in GD. These days I‘ll say it’ll be close to 60/40 agree/ur raycis replies.

Posted: 12/4/2020 1:18:31 AM EDT

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That looks like a starter to me.

turn key, stomp starter

Posted: 12/4/2020 1:20:56 AM EDT

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T-Top Camaros.

Posted: 12/4/2020 1:21:19 AM EDT

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Funky lamps

Posted: 12/4/2020 1:22:43 AM EDT

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Oh the fun we had....

Posted: 12/4/2020 1:25:06 AM EDT

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I remember way back when every pick up had a rifle rack. either a 30-30 0r a 12 gauge in the window.

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Hell, I remember the parking lot at my high school was like that during hunting season. ZFG.

Posted: 12/4/2020 1:27:22 AM EDT

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gun racks in pickup trucks

Posted: 12/4/2020 1:27:38 AM EDT

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Having a .22lr bullet in the little tag on a Levi’s Jean jacket

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Yep. I had a .22 WMR in mine, all shined up purty.

Posted: 12/4/2020 1:32:45 AM EDT

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Tube tops.

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Posted: 12/4/2020 1:32:54 AM EDT

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Posted: 12/4/2020 1:33:33 AM EDT

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Tube tops.
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On a similar theme...any 70's kids here remember when girls wore Dittos?

Posted: 12/4/2020 1:41:25 AM EDT

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large knarly water bongs

Posted: 12/4/2020 1:48:43 AM EDT

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Posted: 12/4/2020 1:55:10 AM EDT

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That looks like a starter to me.

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That looks like a starter to me.

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WRONG. All the cars I grew up in had them. Huh, I can't remember if my MG Midget had the switch on the floor or on the column.

Posted: 12/4/2020 1:56:59 AM EDT

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Posted: 12/4/2020 1:58:02 AM EDT

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Posted: 12/4/2020 2:00:35 AM EDT

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- video game arcades
- jukeboxes

Posted: 12/4/2020 2:05:02 AM EDT

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Shuter down boys, we got the winner right here! Notice no bellies bigger than boobs? Thats a hint fat bitches!!!

I also miss these

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I should visit our overlords site

Posted: 12/4/2020 2:13:41 AM EDT

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Jet Skis!

Posted: 12/4/2020 2:14:06 AM EDT

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I remember seeing things like this as a kid (license plate frames, hats, etc.) and thinking whoever displayed one was a true badass. Been a loooong time since I've seen one since.

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My grandfather qualified for that. Lied about his age to enlist in the Marine Corps is 1945. Used the GI bill to attend the Citadel and commission in the Air Force. Was both an F86 Sabre pilot and some sort of "Combat Controller" type role in Korea. Flew the F4 Phantom in Vietnam.

He also was heavily involved in the bombing of Laos and Cambodia, often doing "off the books" flights out of the Philippines that he never talked about till the 1990s. He won the Distinguished Flying Cross twice, once in Korea, once in Vietnam. My father and I have most of his medals, his Class A uniform, and his helmet from his F4 Phantom days. RIP grandpa, one of the most bad ass motherfuckers I've ever had the privilege of knowing.

Sorry for the thread hijack.