Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 7 hours ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said: Coke machines that used a 'lever' you pivoted downward to dispense one of those 'glass bottles' of Coke for 6-cents. And then you return the bottle for the 2-cent deposit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Sterling beer in Imperial quarts!! Double Cola Crosley automobiles The Dorsey Brothers Philco TVs with the little round screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawhorse Kid Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Chalk up another one: I qualify for Dirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawhorse Kid Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Bonus Point: Snap Jack /Flap Jack Shoes http://boomers-fifties-pinups.com/1950s_shoes_flapjacks.html I have never seen one, But my dad said he wore these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Tracker Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 National newscasts by John Cameron Swasey. He did his own commercials for Timex watches. "They take a licking and keep on ticking." Timex made timers for bombs or torpedoes during the War. Making your own root beer from Hires flavoring, sugar, some yeast for carbonation and capping the bottle. After a week or so, carefully pour the root beer into glass to keep the yeast in the bottle.The yeast tastes terrible. Handle the bottles carefully they had a tendency to explode. Shooting strike anywhere matches from a BB rifle. They would light when striking a solid surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 I might qualify for dirt too. I will reach one of those OH OH (as a friend called them) birthdays in April and a different category. Sheesh! Where did those years go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Church Key, SASS # 33713 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 I remember my 1947 Chevy having a starter button on the floor left of the clutch, three on the tree, and a manual choke. It would be impossible to steal today, even with keys in the ignition; probably even if running. Church Key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 I remember all of the above How about Little Tom's???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 We got a bath on Sunday night because we had school the next day. I never saw a shower until my 7th grade P.E. class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Don't recall Howdy Doody - it was from an LA station that our antenna couldn't pick up. We got the 3 networks out of San Diego. We could sometimes get channel 11 out of Los Angeles/Orange County and I could watch Sheriff John. I recall almost all the rest. Not Packards as new cars, but a few of my dad's friends had them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Huntley-Brinkley newscasters B&W TV but put a piece of plastic over the screen that was blue at top, orange in middle and green at bottom. Pitch was your mind would make TV seem like it was in color. Walter Winchell, "Good evening Mr. and Mrs. America, from border to border and coast to coast and all the ships at sea.” Edward R. Murrow, "Good night, and good luck." Friday noon testing of city sirens (Houston) + I was probably one of few kids that went out of state for 6th grade field trip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Amos & Andy, along with Kingfish. And if I remember correctly, there was a lawyer in the series name Fleetwood Algonquin J. Calhoun, "The Third". And NO, I didn't look this up on Google. Strictly going by faint memory. ..........Widder (51 baby) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 The Ice man, bread man, milk man. The rag man would come by a couple times a year and collect rags for recycling into paper. Wouldn’t work today with so many polyesters. a scrap metal guy would come by collecting scrap metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace_of_Hearts Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Pin boys at the bowling ally Ice delivery twice a week Cars made from wood Sitting around and LISTENING to the radio Wearing a shirt and tie to school Lick and stick notebook reinforcement stickers Seltzer bottles Balsa wood glider airplanes (that never flew well) Push grass mowers Going shopping to the green growser, then the butcher shop. Raking and the burning leaves And who could forget ------ Kate Smith singing God Bless America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Nat King Cole Show, Ed Sullivan show, Who do you trust, Name that Tune, Lawrence Welk, You bet your Life. (to name a few) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Your Show of Shows with Sid Ceasar Jack Par doing The Tonight Show Steve Allen did The Tonight Show “Clear Channel 650 WSM” radio with “The Friday Night Opry” WOWO radio from Chicago Nash Ramblers with the fold down seats at the Drive In Fluid Drive Desotos Hudson Hornets Singer “Slantamatic” sewing machines Treadle powered sewing machines Putting stuff in the well house to keep it cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 7 hours ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said: Amos & Andy, along with Kingfish. And if I remember correctly, there was a lawyer in the series name Fleetwood Algonquin J. Calhoun, "The Third". And NO, I didn't look this up on Google. Strictly going by faint memory. ..........Widder (51 baby) Don't forget Sapphire. "If all the women in Texas is as ugly as Sapphire's mama, the Lone Ranger gonna be alone for a looong time." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 51 minutes ago, Alpo said: Don't forget Sapphire. "If all the women in Texas is as ugly as Sapphire's mama, the Lone Ranger gonna be alone for a looong time." Hey Alpo, I don't recall "Mama" having any other real name. Wasn't she just 'Mama'? ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangler Rich SASS #42157 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Geese, you guys are old! (Me too) I remember all those things. Some of you really moved around a lot. I live within 2 miles of where my Great great Grandfather settled in this country in 1876...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 40 minutes ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said: Hey Alpo, I don't recall "Mama" having any other real name. Wasn't she just 'Mama'? ..........Widder Don't know. The tv show was before I was born. But Daddy used to quote bits of it. That's where that Lone Ranger thing come from - my Daddy. Just checked Wiki. Sapphire was Kingfish's wife. In a museum one time, the tour guide was showing some Egyptian hieroglyphics, and explaining them. "This is the Ahnk, which is evidence that they were religious. Next is a fish, because they depended so much on the bounty of the Nile. A jewel, showing they mined precious gems. The All Seeing Eye of Rah. A donkey, showing they kept livestock. And lastly this round red fruit or vegetable shows they practiced agriculture." Kingfish spoke up. "You wrong, man. Dat says, 'Holy mackerel, Sapphire. Lookit the ass on dat tomato'." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Yes, I remembered that Sapphire was Kingfish wife and HER Mama lived with them. I think even Kingfish called her 'Mama' and to my faint memory, she used no other name in the series. Oh yea, lets not forget 'Lightnin'..... ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Wild Bill Hickok and his partner "Jingles"!!!!! Mighty Mouse, Tom and Jerry. Classics Illustrated comic books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 When I came of age most of us teens were still driving old 1970s cars with breaker-point ignition and 2 or 4-barrel carburetors. Only our parents had a new car with electronic ignition and throttle-body injection. I spent many weekends trying to get my old Chevy tuned up well enough that it wouldn't stall at every intersection or buck like a bronco. It was also just before the era of cardboard oil cans requiring separate push-on metal cutter/pour spouts came to an end. Having squashed many a can trying to get that %@$#! spout to go in I can say those sure aren't missed. But you know what really makes me feel old? That beat-up old 1970's junker I drove as a teen would be worth some dough if I still had it! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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