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Mar 24, 2020 11:08:49 #
In the summer of 1965 I was standing in line at Shea Stadium for Mets tickets. One of my friends called to me, and as I turned I was hit on the shoulder with an empty quart sized Coke bottle deliberately dropped from the top of the stadium, or one of the higher ramps. It flew 10 feet and hit a guy in the head, and then back 5 feet where it smashed into pieces on the ground.
I was ok, but the guy was laid out flat and went to the hospital. The only thing the Mets did for me was give me 2 aspirin. I’m now a Yankees fan.
They don’t make soda bottles like that anymore, and that’s one of the reasons.
I was ok, but the guy was laid out flat and went to the hospital. The only thing the Mets did for me was give me 2 aspirin. I’m now a Yankees fan.
They don’t make soda bottles like that anymore, and that’s one of the reasons.
Mar 24, 2020 11:09:59 #
Does anyone recall when Shredded Wheat offered a certificate for one square inch of land in Alaska?
Dennis
Dennis
Mar 24, 2020 11:18:09 #
Mar 24, 2020 11:28:32 #
Kobuk wrote:
Yes those were the days!
"Those were the days my friend
We thought they'd never end
We could dance for ever and a day..."
Mary Hopkins, a classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3un5f6qLi_k
Mar 24, 2020 11:30:50 #
Mar 24, 2020 11:32:28 #
Mar 24, 2020 11:36:18 #
Of course I remember all those things. My long-term memory is just fine. It's 10 minutes ago I have trouble with.
6: Home delivery of milk still exists in some places. The glass bottles probably have plastic caps these days.
14/16: We had 78rpm records on a crank-up machine. It didn't have to be plugged in (and didn't need batteries either). A friend of mine had one that played cylinders instead of disks.
15: The S&H green stamps have been replaced with various scratch cards by supermarket chains. Collect the right ones and you win a prize.
6: Home delivery of milk still exists in some places. The glass bottles probably have plastic caps these days.
14/16: We had 78rpm records on a crank-up machine. It didn't have to be plugged in (and didn't need batteries either). A friend of mine had one that played cylinders instead of disks.
15: The S&H green stamps have been replaced with various scratch cards by supermarket chains. Collect the right ones and you win a prize.
Mar 24, 2020 11:39:17 #
1Feathercrest
Loc: NEPA
tramsey wrote:
Saturday afternoon movies with continuous stories starring Superman, Lash Laure, the Lone Ranger. A quarter would get you in with a bag of popcorn.
That is "Lash Larue", a favorite character of mine. I was deeply saddened when he got picked up in Florida for vagrancy. I used to try emulating his whip lash gun grab by snapping a piece of clothesline. (I couldn't replicate my hero's skill.)
Mar 24, 2020 11:47:03 #
Architect1776 wrote:
Please NO personal attacks.
If you have to attack or be negative just move on.
If you have to attack or be negative just move on.
What a wonderful trip down memory lane. Yes, I remember all of these. For me it was a simpler time when the world didn't move so rapidly. I wish I could go back and relive those times.
Mar 24, 2020 11:48:35 #
Earnest Botello wrote:
No on #1, yes to all the rest.
Teaberry was my favorite gum. I can still remember the taste!
Mar 24, 2020 11:49:43 #
Rolk wrote:
I do remember them all...and like others have said,
the metal ice trays were a royal pain in the keister.
So, anybody remember the Fuller Brush Man?
the metal ice trays were a royal pain in the keister.
So, anybody remember the Fuller Brush Man?
That I do!
Mar 24, 2020 12:02:34 #
Somewhat different down here, but
we had,
3, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17.
And 6, sort of... (Our milk bottles had aluminium lids not cardboard plugs); down
here, the milk
cart was drawn by a horse. The "Milko"
would grab glass (imperial) pint bottles out of
one of the crates on the cart, run to your
front gate and leave it/them there, then to the next house.
It was great the way the horse would stop, uncommanded when it
got too far ahead of the milko so he could catch up to
the cart.
The horse knew the round every bit as well as the Milko.
Our bubble gum came with cards that featured creatures
from the TV show "The Outer Limits" and characters
from the awesome Japanese TV show "The Samuari".
Straight after school most boys across Australia would be transfixed to the TV
by the hypnotic sound track of "The Samuari", Shintaros swordsmanship
and the superhuman skills of the evil Ninjas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IevRS3hDdpg
It was unlike anything we had seen, violent as hell and completely unique
we had,
3, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17.
And 6, sort of... (Our milk bottles had aluminium lids not cardboard plugs); down
here, the milk
cart was drawn by a horse. The "Milko"
would grab glass (imperial) pint bottles out of
one of the crates on the cart, run to your
front gate and leave it/them there, then to the next house.
It was great the way the horse would stop, uncommanded when it
got too far ahead of the milko so he could catch up to
the cart.
The horse knew the round every bit as well as the Milko.
Our bubble gum came with cards that featured creatures
from the TV show "The Outer Limits" and characters
from the awesome Japanese TV show "The Samuari".
Straight after school most boys across Australia would be transfixed to the TV
by the hypnotic sound track of "The Samuari", Shintaros swordsmanship
and the superhuman skills of the evil Ninjas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IevRS3hDdpg
It was unlike anything we had seen, violent as hell and completely unique
Mar 24, 2020 12:35:41 #
Mar 24, 2020 12:36:17 #
Pretty easy list, but then as my grandson says "Gramps isn't older than dirt - but he remembers when it was new!"
Mar 24, 2020 12:42:24 #
1Feathercrest wrote:
That is "Lash Larue", a favorite character of mine. I was deeply saddened when he got picked up in Florida for vagrancy. I used to try emulating his whip lash gun grab by snapping a piece of clothesline. (I couldn't replicate my hero's skill.)
I still watch Lash Larue (The Cheyenne Kid), Audie Murphy, Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Hopalong Cassidy, Buck Rogers and other Western stars on Direct TV, Channel 538. In some of the older films Robert Mitchum is a bit player in some movies. Of course there is the John Wayne movies with Gabby Hayes, a distant cousin of mine, in many movies. Great stuff.
Dennis
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