Rickochet Walterjn I remember having to get up to go change the channel. I did that too but we only had two channels so i didn't have to get up much.
accufitgolf darpar I remember Party Lines where you had to pickup the phone and if someone was talking, you hung up and tried later. If an emergency you would interrupt.
LogicalOne I remember when annual clubmakers catalogs (hard copies) used to be the talk of the forums. π
Bravopilot I remember 2Lt base pay, after a pay raise, was $999.67/month. I thought the wild women were going to be all over me once they found out I was making grand monhtly. (OK, part of this was true)
Spartan Par4QC They're the same as the Burma Shave signs. One promotes ethanol as a fuel and another promotes something political. I won't mention the subject to keep this thread clean.
Par4QC sdandrea1 The reason I turned to a life of crime, instead of taking my scholarships, back then. π€«
fatshot sdandrea1 You were a teacher? What'd you teach? I started in 1967 at $6700 per year! As soon as I signed my contract I went out and bought a new Ford Mustang!!
Tinker Phone booths. Probably used one 10 times in my life but now I canβt leave home without a cell phone.
Maugust789 Homemade pizza on Sundays and the whole family sat on a blanket in the living room to watch the Disney movie. Topo Gigio on Ed Sullivan - https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=topo+gigio&docid=608053599884047879&mid=3C60815B600EBEA641713C60815B600EBEA64171&view=detail&FORM=VIRE Popeye in Black and White Returnable 7 oz. Coke Bottles 10 cent school lunches The assassination of President Kennedy
JeffTilley Maugust789 I remember going around our neighborhood in St. Louis picking up those bottles for the 5 cent return and then buying a bag of hard candy at the corner mom & pop store for 25 cents.
darpar Back in my old drinking days these names come to mind... Hamms,Schlitz,Olympia,Lucky Lager,Busch,Colt.45 (got shit faced @ 16 on that stout),Falstaff, Billy Beer,Nude Beer,Pabst Blue Ribbon,Burgermeister,Ripple,Boones Farm.........π€
Maugust789 darpar Back in my old drinking days these names come to mind... Hamms,Schlitz,Olympia,Lucky Lager,Busch,Colt.45 (got shit faced @ 16 on that stout),Falstaff, Billy Beer,Nude Beer,Pabst Blue Ribbon,Burgermeister,Ripple,Boones Farm.........<< Molsons and Elephant Beer, Boone's Farm for the ladies and premixed Screwdrivers in pint bottles.