Posted on 07/08/2008 10:27:50 AM PDT by 11bravo wolfhoundf
Gas was 35 cents a gallon.
A cool DA.
Another song I remember, produced by Paul McCartney and sung by Mary Hopkins, was “Those Were the Days.” Those truly were the days before walking at night was a time to be afraid.
Don't mention him, you know that he died when he ate all those Poprocks and washed it down with a bottle of Coke.
Yep, my dad WAS the milkman and we had that silver metal box (after the days of the wooden ones) on the porch for our milk. Gosh, I am ready to get a little weepy right now...wah
I only remember the test pattern and .10¢ cokes.
(Ouch!)
LOL! I hadn’t though of those things in years. Tasty!
Yeah, I remember when we got one TV channel, there was no such thing as a remote control and in the winter when Mom signed us up for cable we got 3 channels. Boy, were we excited! AND, I remember having a huge crush on the guys on ADAM 12. I was a 3rd grader, I think...haha
What’s life?
Life is just a bowl of cereal.
In 1970 I bought my first tape deck for my car. It was cassette while all my friends had 8-track. I just couldn’t stand the idea of switching tracks IN THE MIDDLE OF A SONG, as well as the short life of tapes due to the twisting of the tape over itself to create an endless loop.
Meanwhile I bought about 30 8 track tapes a few weeks ago for $2 and an Akai 8 track recorder for $40 last week. It’s actually fun to play them, especially the Elvis live in Memphis tape.
Home computers before iMacs
I remember fizzies. They were fun.
I remember “Sing Along With Mitch” and following the bouncing ball to see the words of the songs.
I remember when every family had a mother and father, married to each other, with the kids. I don’t remember knowing anyone who was divorced, or didn’t have a dad living with them in their home.
I remember Sunday drives into the country.
I remember Burger Chef.
I remember McDonald’s before they had drive thrus, and before they had indoor seating. You just had to eat in your car in the parking lot if you wanted to eat there.
I remember a time when nuclear power was the new techonology that would create clean energy.
Penny candy at the five and dime (which had a ten-cent pay toilet).
Rocky and Bullwinkle on Sunday morning, Abbott & Costello after that
I remember when we hunted geese in the morning and took our guns to school.(early 70s)
A cheeseburger, fries and a chocolate malt cost a buck. (96 cents, 4 cents tax)
Geez, you guys are young
Quake Cereal
The milkman
Nickel Hershey popsicles
Milkshake candy bars
28 oz. leaded glass bottles of Coke sold by the case at the gas station
Flat top rectangular quart milk cartons for 15 cents from the vending machine
2 cent half pints of milk in glass bottles at Kindergarten
W.T. Grants Department Stores
The Hartford Times
Open Reel Tape Decks (7 1/2 ips, please)
78 RPM Record Players (Grandma’s Rosemary Clooney and Patti Page records)
Family of seven in a Dodge Lancer, not breaking any laws
Tapes of candy buttons given out by the nice lady at the corner store with every purchase
S & H green stamps from the gas station
Bootlegged 8 Track tapes for $3
Little red “P Box” kits at the Radio Shack for making your own electronics (that barely worked)
Red tops on the mailboxes
Men who wore fedoras with a feather in the band
Soda cans that needed to be punched open
15 cent comic books
Locally produced children’s television (in Connecticut it was Hap Richards and Mr. Goober)
The Ed Sullivan Show
Backyard incinerators
Clotheslines in every backyard
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