Do you remember.....

On 3/11/2011 12:09 AM, BigBadBubbas wrote:
Thanks for the trip back in time. I remember all of it. I know that I am
old. I get on Medicare in August.

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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.
 
On 3/11/2011 10:45 AM, Stu wrote:

Nellie Bell was the Jeep. Pat Butram (sp) was the side-kick. I was a
really, really big Roy Rogers fan when I was a little girl. I had a huge
crush on him.

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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.
 
Janet Wilder wrote:



Janet,

We had that only once. It was made for us by a good friend of the
family. I remember it had an air of speciality to it!

Best,

Andy
 
On Mar 10, 10:09?pm, "BigBadBubbas" wrote:

They left out the constant threat of imminent nuclear holocaust. I
don't think my folks ever threw out their home fallout shelter manual.

We lived in a new subdivision. To get anywhere but church, my mom
drove her '56 Chevy. The only radio "shows" we listened to were soap
operas and Art Linkletter.

Speaking of Nelliebelle, who remembers Jingles?
 
On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 07:16:08 -0700 (PDT), "Michael O'Connor"
wrote:


http://www.oldtimecandy.com carries most [all] of them.

It is cool to look at them 'by decade' -- I didn't know the wax lips
and such have been around since the 20s. [as was the Zero bar- an old
fav]

Jim
 
On Mar 11, 1:09?am, "BigBadBubbas" wrote:


All very clear in m memory - but we NEVER left keys in the ignition
and we still locked the doors at night or when no one was home.
Parents were very cautious people.
I remember cigs 25 cents in a vending machine, with two pennies taped
to the pack as yer change.

We even had a wind up 78 record player. 45s were a great new
invention.

First tv was a 12 incher.

Had a car with a bumper guard - a whole xtra 28 dollars for it.

Kids could actually read, write and spell, could even read music.
Could recite "If" and write it out with correct punctuation too.

Brownie and Girl Scout dues were a dollar a year, then a dime a
meeting.
 
On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 13:50:50 -0800 (PST), ImStillMags
arranged random neurons and said:


I'm a little younger and so was my first car: a 1959 Ford Fairlane
with 3 speeds on the steering column. That's right, boys and girls,
the gear shift was on the steering column. And I distinctly remember
how terrified I was when the thing fell off in my hand one day. Well,
what did I expect for $200?

OB: Still on no-new-food-cooking-until-the-fridge-is-cleaned-out. This
afternoon is beef and gravy over rice from leftover roast beef.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

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On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 19:28:03 -0500, Dave Smith
arranged random neurons and said:


My father's first cousin was the only instance in the history of WWII
who was sent back to fly in the same theater he was shot down in:
occupied Belgium. He, too, was with the Resistance for 6 months until
he got back to England. He went on to fly with the 8th Air Corps out
of the UK afterwards, which was never done. The thinking was that if
shot down a second time, the guy could get a whole Resistance unit
fried. Never did find out why he was the sole exception.

OB: Since he spoke no French and no one in his Resistance unit spoke
English, his "job" for the entirety of his time with the Resistance
was to carry around a bag of lentil beans.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

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On Mar 12, 2:22?pm, Krypsis wrote:

I remember watching a kids' show from Australia, called "Ten Town." I
could never get into it; perhaps they should have subtitled it.
 
On Mar 11, 12:45?am, HumBug! wrote:

The things on the list are very accurate, in my world. You must be
from somewhere else. ;-)

N.
 
BigBadBubbas wrote:

I remember most of it. I was in kindergarden when Kennedy was shot.

My older silbings remember Howdy Doody on TV. I only remember Captain
Kangeroo.
 
On 13 Mar 2011 20:23:15 GMT, notbob wrote:


This is true. My 1990 Landcruiser has more room for the driver than
any new full size American pick up truck... and who is the moron
engineer that designed those steamer trunk sized center consoles...
they're wider and higher than the seat, feels squished in like you're
cramming your butt into one of those infant high chairs. Last year I
went window shopping figuring it was time to turn in my twenty year
old ride, after sitting in all of them I gave up on the idea, never
even test drove one. Walter, the guy who services my water softener
showed up with a new Ford 250, I asked how he can fit in it... he
showed me where he ripped out the center console and installed a nice
normal sized Snap-On tool box, and he had the seat rails extended so
he could move the seat back another six inches. He's 6'3", about
220... he needed a truck for his business so had to do the retrofit to
fit. I had no idea how the contractor types I see could fit into
those pick ups, now I know... they need to be customized, practically
turn them into a stretch limo.

The most comfortable car I ever owned was my 1978 black Caddy Eldorado
with red leather, that pimp-mobile was more comfy than any living room
sofa. The new Cadilacs should be embarrassed to wear that name...
should be called Cadilack.
 
In article ,
Janet Wilder wrote:


Congratulations, old gal. I start receiving Medicare in September. I'm
paying $720 per month for insurance for myself, and it's going up big
time in April. It'll go way way down starting September first.

Lifetime milestones:

Could drive at sixteen.
Could vote and drink at twenty-one
Car insurance rates went down at twenty-five
tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick
Got Social Security at sixty-two
Get Medicare at sixty-five.
Um... That's all folks!

leo
 
On 3/11/2011 2:57 PM, spamtrap1888 wrote:

Wasn't he Andy Divine?

My mother listened to the soap operas, too. My little sister's first
words were "wisping steets" She was trying to say "Whispering Streets"
the name of one the soap operas.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.
 
On 13/03/2011 4:03 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:


Poppycock. I am bigger than that and have no problem getting in and out
of that car or sitting in it for long periods. I am more comfortable
driving my Civic long distances than I am in my LeSabre with fully
adjustable seats. It handles well on icy and snow roads. It is a great
car and I will likely get another.
 
On 3/13/2011 6:46 PM, Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:

Too funny! My first car was a 1970 Ford Fairlane. Automatic, though,
and a ragtop. When I had that car, I fancied myself an old car restorer
and fixed all of the rust in the trunk with my own hands and restored
some of the body rust and primered it myself to have it repainted, and
tore off the soft top to have that replaced, too. Then some idiot hit
me and it was totaled.
 
On 3/11/2011 3:50 PM, Doug Freyburger wrote:

I was a Senior in high school.

I remember Howdy Doody very well. Captain Kangaroo started when I was
already in school. My little sister watched it. I couldn't figure out
who "Mr. Creamcheese" was until I was home sick one day and discovered
that he was "Mr. Greenjeans"

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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.
 
On 3/11/2011 6:40 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

Leo, we are the first crop of Baby Boomers. 1946 was a vintage year! I,
too, chose to get my Social Security at 62. Very proud of getting it on
my own account, not hubby's. I think it's incredible that the Federal
government will give me all that money for doing f--n nothing and when I
was actually being a productive worker, I had to pay them.

I lived in New Jersey and we couldn't even apply for a learner's permit
until we were 17. I think that has changed with Driver's Ed.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.
 
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