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I remember when The Lone Ranger and The Cisco Kid were the cats ass on TV!!.............black and white TV that is!!
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I remember when the kid that bagged the groceries, for my Mom, also carried them back to the house for her! It was about a block down the alley.
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I remember real 1960's hippies, not these FSA douchebags that claim to be hippies.
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I can remember when British Pound was worth US $2.85. Anybody that lived through World War II might remember the ratio was about $4.05 to one British Pound.
Also: I can remember about Japanese ¥300 Yen to one American Dollar. |
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I remember.....
Rotary phones party lines AM radio (before FM) black & white TV the Beatles coming to the US No TV remotes No computers No Internet No email No text leaded gasoline whew ETA: NO WALMART |
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I recently received a pair of prescriptions for a painful ankle. I can remember prescriptions from the Drug Store coming, if they were in small amounts, in tiny envelopes. Roughly the size of a business cards. You should see the size of the two bottles I got. Halve there size and there would still be plenty of room inside for the pills.
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I suddenly remembered semi-animated Lampshades from the early 1960's.
Turn the lamp on and after a while the shade looked like there was some kind of animation. A waterfall or a train in motion are what I can recall. I can't find any examples of pictures out there. Anybody else remember them |
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Quoted: I suddenly remembered semi-animated Lampshades from the early 1960's. Turn the lamp on and after a while the shade looked like there was some kind of animation. A waterfall or a train in motion are what I can recall. I can't find any examples of pictures out there. Anybody else remember them View Quote |
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Going to the grocery store and getting with S&H Green Stamps or Plaid Stamps, depending upon where you shopped. I cannot EVER remember getting a single thing with the filled books. https://img0.etsystatic.com/051/0/5841241/il_340x270.667600444_608f.jpg http://www.thewellstonloop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Stamps.jpg View Quote & "Top Value" stamps |
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I remember when Erie-Lackawanna ran the commuter trains in New Jersey with a bar car in them so you could get liquored up before you drove home to your wife.
I remember vending machines that dropped a paper cup and filled it with seltzer and syrup to make the most vile concoction you'd ever drink because they never cleaned the machine. I remember when Pulsar was a digital watch and you could buy one for $1,200.00. I remember Chicken Delight. ETA: I remember when my math teacher had a transistor radio with an ear piece so he could listen to the Mets lose the 1973 World Series. I also remember when this poem was published in MAD Magazine and it was relevant: Wee Willie Winkie Guns up and down On his souped up Harley Waking up the town; If you think that Willie Makes a racket, mister Wait 'til Willie's brother Turns on his transistor. |
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My Granma had a wringer washing machine powered by a little gasoline engine. She'd roll it out of the garage/cellar in the back of her house, fill it with water she boiled, pull the rope to get the engine running and do the washing. Whites first and the really dirty stuff last all in the same tub full of soapy water. Rinsing and wringing came last.
If you still want your gas tank filled by an attendant move to New Jersey. |
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I can remember when Rap meant to lightly strike, either on a door, a window or somebody's knuckles.
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Today $35,000 will buy you a New Car.
In the mid 1960's $35,000 would have bought a Brand New home. |
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Today $35,000 will buy you a New Car. In the mid 1960's $35,000 would have bought a Brand New home. View Quote I live in a @3000sq/ft ranch style house, built in 1959, that cost $10,000 give or take ( might have been $12,000 now that I think about it ). I have the receipts somewhere where my dad paid around four payments and paid it off. According to a dollar calculator online, the $10,000 in 1959 would be $81,842.56 today. It's says that's at an average of 3.72% inflation. I remember walking into the banks with my dad and him buying tons of CDs that were paying 10% or more interest Some years in the late 70s they were drawing 12%, and some in the early 80s they were drawing up to 15%. Now they draw .10-.20%. Inflation was terrible then, even a simple checking and savings account drew 5% or so. |
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I remember when we could say words like "meat" and "tool" and "unit" without someone turning it into something foul.
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Hmmmmm
I can remember when you opened a new savings (?) account you were given gifts like a new toaster or such goody. |
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There was NO Eveready Rabbit.
You probably remember seeing the First Rabbit commercial |
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I remember calling in a radio station contest to win the CARS record when it first came out... KFRC AM radio...I won the record and never heard of the CARS...came with tickets to see Corvette Summer too.
Still got the record, couldn't get anyone to take me to the flik. Fell in love with that record....Moving in Stereo... Yep. |
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I Remember it was 4th grade, We had a teacher that one particular day said that we could bring a record to school and each of us could play a song for the class,...
I have a sister that is quite a bit older than me who had some great vinyl...she played drums and I would hang out with her and listen to her shit. On the day of school, all the other kids brought in this really gay crappy kid style music...like bay city roller kinda pop crap...kiddie stuff. My sis let me bring a couple of her twisters...I brought Montrose and Black Sabbath.... Half way through Bad Motor Scooter the class freaked out and wanted me to turn it off..They had never heard such a thing. ah yeah, ...guess I shouda put on Iron Man |
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Gas was .17 a gallon, a new Corvette was $4400 (and so was the insurance). 8 tracks were big, FM wasn't yet. I was still in school and didn't have to worry about anything except graduating.
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CD's meant Certificate of Deposit.
The latest technological advance of Cassettes was metal tape. I also remember 8-Track Tape. |
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There was a National League and an American League.
No divisions, playoffs only happened if, by the end of the season, there was a tie in the standings. The Three-M's during the early 1960's was Maris, Mantle and Monroe |
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Once Upon a Time the Le Mans Mulsanne Straight did NOT have a pair of chicanes to slow down the race cars.
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If you still want your gas tank filled by an attendant move to New Jersey. View Quote You see, it's not just about putting the gas in. It was Full Service, meaning you had your oil checked, air filter looked at, tires checked/filled, and all the windows cleaned while the gas was being added to the vehicle. Don't forget a little candy of some type for all the kids in the car. |
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Yep...always wanted to go to the gas station with my dad and asking if he was gonna fill it up so I could get the Redline HotWheel
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