Wink | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 08:42 am     32 out of 37(Canadian you know) for me and all on the second list. I remember the cheap gasoline especially cause 4 friends and I would each throw in 50cents and be able to cruise all day Sunday looking for boys. My grandfather had a Studebaker. It has to be on the top 5 list of the all time ugliest cars. |
Imbewitched | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 09:05 am     Oh what great memories your list brought back for me! How about candy necklaces and grab bags?My grandfather used to buy both of these things for me at the corner store. |
Tksoard | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 09:07 am     OK, I remember all except 1. That is the Helms Bakery Delivery. Was that local? I'm really not THAT old, I guess it'sjust growing up in a small town. We used to burn the tips on the candy cigs to make them look real. In the winter, it really looked like you were smoking. I worked at a gas station (Bronco) in '72 when there were gas wars. The station across the street and ours wared until it was 19 cents. I ran my butt of cause I also washed windows and checked oil. The Teaberry Shuffle and our phone # was 61351 and you talked to the operator. I have to go get my walked serviced now.
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Lancecrossfire | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 09:55 am     I'm not sure if it's a sad thing or a good thing--I remember each and every one of those. |
Imbewitched | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 10:09 am     Lance, I'm going to go with it's "a good thing" that I can remember anything. lol |
Honey51 | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 10:13 am     I remember each and every one also. I was raised in New Orleans and we had "hot french bread" delivery every morning along with the milk. So breakfast for us consisted of buttered french bread and coffee milk. |
Meme9 | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 10:38 am     OMG, I remember all but... Fort Apache Play Set Helms Bakery delivery News Reels before the movies I think because we had a large family(10 sibling..eeeek) these were extra's that we just didn't do. And for those of you who think I'm really old, well, I'm just glad to say I don't remember the "Silent Movies". hehe And we didn't wear shoes much either!!! |
Dahli | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 10:55 am     Oh wow Imbewitched, candy necklaces I remember those!! Talk about built in and convenient, but also on call cavities, felt so cool to bite them off just so... |
Tksoard | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 11:05 am     Does anyone remember floride treatments? In the summer, kids would go to the school gym and there were dentist chairs set up. I remember them sticking big rolls of cotton between the cheek and gum, and big metal clamps on the teeth. Or was it just a dream. Please, someone say you remember it!!!  |
Meme9 | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 11:13 am     Remember the penny candy....Kit Kats, and BB Bats! |
Marysafan | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 11:53 am     Did anyone wear Red Ball Jets or PF Flyers? And was I the only one with a mother that believed in Toni Home permanents? |
Imbewitched | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 11:56 am     Dahli, another great thing about candy necklaces was that you didn't have to stop playing and go inside to get a treat. It was already around your neck. lol!! |
Imbewitched | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 12:02 pm     Oh yes Marysafan, the Toni Home permanents!!! Unfortunately I have photo's to remind me of those. Didn't help that my hair was fire engine red!! Thanks mom. lol |
Sabbatia | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 04:43 pm     I have definately lived. I remember all but 8 on the first list. What is REALLY sad is, we still have the coffee shops with the side juke box thingy and a Drive-In Restaurant that actually still serves BEER. Yes, you drive in, eat and drink the coldest beer in town. It has survived because of a grandfather clause. |
Car54 | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 04:51 pm     My cousin and I used to cry when we saw ladies with curlers in their hair because our moms would hold us down and give us Toni permanents. Every time we saw curlers we thought they were going to perm us again. |
Ketchuplover | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 05:00 pm     One time I saw a chinese man come up through the ground in our yard. |
Weinermr | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 05:02 pm     He must have been Peking at you. |
Juju2bigdog | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 05:31 pm     Butch wax was what boys put on their hair to make the front of their crew cuts stand up. Bigdog says he was a big user of butch wax. Here is a photo of Bigdog when he was not using butch wax. Notice how his crew cut is kind of drooping in the front?
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Llkoolaid | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 05:33 pm     My husband and I took this together and we both got 32 out of 37 and all of the last. Our kids still get candy cigarette, wax coke bottles and if you go to Prince Edward Island you will get you pop in a glass bottle out of a machine because they have an enviornmental law banning plastic and tin soda cans, it brings you back when you get a coke or pepsi there and the bottle is worn and scatched. They take Reduce, Reuse and Recycle very seriously. |
Juju2bigdog | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 05:35 pm     Okay, okay, I just had to put in the whole picture, because this is what kids looked like when they were REALLY geeky. Here is Bigdog and his non-butch waxed crew cut:
Hmmmmm, I might have to take that back about him not using butch wax in this shot, now that I look at the picture. It kind of looks like his crew cut is standing up real nice, except for maybe one hangy down piece. Or that could be a shadow. Fruitbat, what do you think?
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Weinermr | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 05:41 pm     That's very cute Juju. No wonder it was true love!  |
Car54 | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 05:44 pm     He played the ACCORDIAN? No wonder you married him Juju! I took accordian lessons when I was 6 but the teacher told my mom she was wasting her money...I couldn't play the melody and the oom pah pah at the same time... it was a coordination problem. |
Rabbit | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 05:45 pm     Well as a 329 year old hare its not surprising I knew this list. I remembered them all except Helms Bakery, MJH did Helms operate in Portland? |
Urgrace | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 08:15 pm     Remembered 33 out of 37 in the first set and all of the second... Tk, we had floride in the water so didn't get treatments. Hey Juju, Bigdog is a real cutie! Does anybody remember the wax lips? Or getting those cone shaped white cream filled chocolates from the glass bins at dime store? I used to love the chocolate covered peanuts and remember when they started selling m & m's. Also, do you remember the candy called the 'Bun'? My folks and grandparents were on huge party lines. You could never make a call when you wanted to if you were on a party line with some lady that talked on the phone all day long. BTW what is the Fort Apache Play Set? Also, I remember Cokes came in 5 ounce bottles and cost 5¢ and went up to 6¢ with everybody in school going around 'borrowing' a penny to buy a Coke! |
Buttercup | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 09:42 pm     Awwww, lil' Bigdog!
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Honey51 | Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 06:32 am     I remember when the 1st McDonald's was built, our 3rd TV station (I was a little young for the 1st and 2nd), and our 1st mall. Urgrace, I remember having to hunt around for that extra penny also. You can still find "candy necklaces" at the Dollar General store here. |
Ketchuplover | Thursday, March 28, 2002 - 08:16 pm     ROFLMAO & Groaning Peking at you. Love it. |
Egbok | Thursday, March 28, 2002 - 09:34 pm     Wow, I like this thread! I remember the majority of these items. I'm having some people over next weekend and I'm going to have them read this list. We'll be going down memory lane for hours!! |
Weinermr | Thursday, March 28, 2002 - 10:51 pm     Thanks Ketchuplover, I'm glad somebody got it.  |
Mygetaway | Friday, March 29, 2002 - 03:32 am     Hey TK, my dentist was still giving those floride treatments once a year. I haven't been there in a while, but I'm sure they probably still do. At least with the 90's came the new and better flavors {LOL}.. I remember A LOT of the things on both lists. We still have a drive in theater and one drive in restaurant (I think) in my area. How about the After School Specials? As my kids say now, "Back in the day" I used to run home to see those. I also remember fooling Mom into letting me stay home "sick" from school to watch Days of Our Lives (And see Wesley Eure!sp?)... {LOL} Some days I miss those times.. Other days NOT!! {LOL} |
Tksoard | Friday, March 29, 2002 - 07:36 am     Thank you so much MyGetAway for answering me. I thought I got lost up there. It's funny, cause just every now and then, I get a short spurt of memory of the floride treatment. I really didn't know if it was real!! I went to Kindergarten in the afternoon, and I remember watching Shirley Temple movies in the morning!! She was the best!!  |