I hope some of you experienced this growing up
Feb 4, 2024 17:01:49 #
Feb 4, 2024 17:51:55 #
Scruples wrote:
I remember being a sophomore at James Madison High... (show quote)
We never grew marijuana but we did ferment some corn whiskey during my High School years. Made a still and tried to distill the whiskey but in the process the corn mash burned so the resulting effluent smelled like burnt popcorn, only much stronger. Nobody had the guts to try it, but the real stuff was readily available from other sources. I went to college when the NY drinking age was 18 so I became a rumrunner for a while.
Feb 4, 2024 19:18:16 #
Mduffy910
Loc: Michigan
DirtFarmer wrote:
In the '40s and probably early '50s, small bottle ... (show quote)
You nailed it, snall bottles were 2 cents bigger ones were 5 cents.
Feb 4, 2024 19:46:07 #
How about crystal radios.how about driving your big Oldsmobile or Pontiac down the freeway to see how fast you could go.when I was 18 and our freeways had very little traffic around 10 am my friend and I decided to do that .I had a 1970 Pontiac Catalina with a 400 cubic inch motor under the hood.i past the 120 mph and if I had to guess, I was probably going 135 mph.
Feb 5, 2024 06:55:52 #
I never had a big Cadillac or Pontiac or even an Oldsmobile. My dad did not have one for me to “borrow.” So cruising was not in my vocabulary. When we were young, I remember all the childhood games we played. That is lost to the youth today.
Feb 5, 2024 07:55:19 #
Scruples wrote:
I never had a big Cadillac or Pontiac or even an Oldsmobile. My dad did not have one for me to “borrow.” So cruising was not in my vocabulary. When we were young, I remember all the childhood games we played. That is lost to the youth today.
I was fortunate in that our family had two vehicles. A station wagon and a pickup. I was fortunate enough to get the pickup occasionally. We packed a lot of kids into the back (but drove responsibly).
Feb 5, 2024 10:31:54 #
pj81156
Loc: St. Petersburg, FL
And in turn, our grandchildren, or in our case, great grandchildren will produce their own lists.
Feb 5, 2024 10:40:21 #
As soon as I got my drivers license I took the $25 I had saved and bought a '37 Plymouth 4 door from my grandpa's girlfriend. Lots of fun chasing and being chased through the back roads in the woods by my friend who had a '36 Ford coupe. Lucky we made it through those years alive!
Feb 5, 2024 11:17:24 #
And 1 more thing, We watched TV for free because companies paid the broadcasters to run their ads, Now we pay for the programs and we endure all the ads anyway.
Feb 5, 2024 21:22:24 #
Mr. SONY
Loc: LI, NY
sourdough58 wrote:
And 1 more thing, We watched TV for free because companies paid the broadcasters to run their ads, Now we pay for the programs and we endure all the ads anyway.
When I first heard about having to pay to watch TV because it would be arriving on cable
and because the broadcasters were going to receive some of the money they wouldn't
have to place so many commercials.
Well that worked out great, didn't it!!!
Now we pay a kings ransom for cable and have more commercials then ever.
The morning commercial shows (aka news shows) are 60 minutes long.
I DVR them. Their 60 minutes long with 15 minutes of news and 45 minutes of self promotion.
Hosts, 'Oh you're so special, no, you're so special' and commercials.
1 minute of news, followed by 'we'll be right back. 5 minutes of commercials, Another tidbit followed by story coming up next.
Another 5 minutes of commercials followed by 'that story coming up in the next half hour.'
Before DVR's became available I used multiple vcr's.
Feb 5, 2024 22:14:48 #
Feb 6, 2024 00:07:43 #
Mr. SONY
Loc: LI, NY
Lucasdv123 wrote:
How about the Beta vcrs.
Beta was better then VHS but Sony IIRC wanted money to license Beta, but JVC (VHS) gave it away for free.
It was a long time ago.
Feb 6, 2024 22:15:18 #
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