Remembering the good old days...
I may not be old enough to remember all of these, but they do bring back some great memories of a happy childhood! Remember when... It took 5 minutes for the TV to warm up? Nearly everyone's Mom was...
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Rounder wrote: Does anyone over 50 from the mid-west in U.S. remember Riverview Amusement Park in Chicago? Yep, I remember Riverview! My brother and I had a lotta fun down there back in the old days!...
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JohnVegas wrote: I recall a few of them. But suspect that my upbringing was a tad different from most on here. HA HA O.K here' one for us Brits! Do any of you remember the pop man, use to come round...
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JohnVegas wrote: No Fozzy they were in Brum too. In fact i remember those Big bottles of Alpine pop arriving every week. Loads of different flavours....mmm. As i am older than you (just) ...Read More
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Well, you guys were living high if you got a quarter allowance....I got a nickel! Yeah, I remember all this stuff, including pushbutton start on our old Dodge and foot pushbutton for the high beams....
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What's an allowance? I never understood a party line. So several houses shared one line? You could eavesdrop on your neighbor?
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Sailor, push button ignitions are en vogue again. Many cars have them. Hand crank ignitions ... there's something that needs to be brought back.
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Yup, you could pick up the phone and listen in. However, it was not considered polite, lol, of course. And, people JUST KNEW when someone was eavesdropping. They'd yell, "GET OFF THE LINE!" I don't...
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Boy are you people OLD! LOL. I confess, I remember almost all of them. Don't remember push button cars. In fact, when I saw a commercial on TV for the push button to start a car I thought why didn't...
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Interesting Jean. So everyone shared a number too? And who's job was it to tell the telemarketers off?
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hitona20 wrote: Interesting Jean. So everyone shared a number too? And who's job was it to tell the telemarketers off? Whoever answered the phone. Of course there were not any telemarketers back then,...
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iampaul70ca wrote: I also remember when it was so easy to round up a bunch of friends and start up a baseball game (try doing that now!!!!). What the heck is baseball?
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hitona20 wrote: iampaul70ca wrote: I also remember when it was so easy to round up a bunch of friends and start up a baseball game (try doing that now!!!!). What the heck is baseball? You know, that...
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hitona20 wrote: Interesting Jean. So everyone shared a number too? And who's job was it to tell the telemarketers off? LOL, yeah, no telemarketers (thank God). Can't remember if we actually shared the...
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iampaul70ca wrote: You know, that game played with steroids. Oh right, that game. The sad thing is, when I was a kid my dad made me play little league. Man was I a crappy player. Think of all that...
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JeanWA wrote: Next thing you know I'll be telling you that we walked 20 miles one way in the snow to school. Yeah, no one would really believe me though because I grew up in the LA area. Oh well, lol....
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hitona20 wrote: JeanWA wrote: Next thing you know I'll be telling you that we walked 20 miles one way in the snow to school. Yeah, no one would really believe me though because I grew up in the LA...
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iampaul70ca wrote: I also remember when it was so easy to round up a bunch of friends and start up a baseball game (try doing that now!!!!). Enough friends for a baseball game???? Heck, I have trouble...
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I remember the push-button for the high beams in my dad's old car. It was an older Ford something or other that he bought from the local police department when they got new cars (!). Boy, that man is...
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Iampaul, STEROIDS! LOL That is so funny!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyone remember tanning oil made of baby oil and a few drops of iodine? Good grief, it's a wonder we are still alive! And the coppertone instant tan...
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guys had small little pieces of metal call cleats on heals of their shoes movie theatres (in Chicago) were very large beautiful places with a big lobby that had huge ceiling and a fountain in center....
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