BURMA SHAVE
Apr 23, 2024 14:07:49 #
Apr 23, 2024 15:10:37 #
In the 50’s, driving from outside Cincinnati to grandma’s up in rural NE Ohio we passed a lot of the Burma Shave signs along with barns painted “Mail Pouch Tobacco” and “See Rock City.” It was sure a different world then.
Apr 23, 2024 17:17:18 #
jimfl938
Loc: Acworth, GA
[quote=DIRTY HARRY]Who remembers BURMA SHAVE (GREAT reminder of the past)?
I'm sure that Burma Shave actually saved some lives. People laughed and then were more careful! It was a REAL "service" to America, even though it was an advertisement and it was one of the RARE "really useful" ones!
I miss seeing those signs. They were all around in my youth.
I'm sure that Burma Shave actually saved some lives. People laughed and then were more careful! It was a REAL "service" to America, even though it was an advertisement and it was one of the RARE "really useful" ones!
I miss seeing those signs. They were all around in my youth.
Apr 23, 2024 17:19:42 #
DIRTY HARRY wrote:
Who remembers BURMA SHAVE (GREAT reminder of the p... (show quote)
These were so funny as a kid while riding along those boring country roads
Apr 23, 2024 17:43:05 #
Apr 23, 2024 17:46:03 #
This isn't quite the same but I recall seeing in Nevada these Stuckeys shacks in the
middle of nowhere advertising pecan log rolls. I always wondered how far their employees
had to travel to get there.
middle of nowhere advertising pecan log rolls. I always wondered how far their employees
had to travel to get there.
Apr 23, 2024 18:35:43 #
The only one I remember:
Spring has sprung
and grass has riz
where last years' careless
drivers is.
Spring has sprung
and grass has riz
where last years' careless
drivers is.
Apr 23, 2024 18:48:56 #
banjoboy wrote:
In the 50’s, driving from outside Cincinnati to grandma’s up in rural NE Ohio we passed a lot of the Burma Shave signs along with barns painted “Mail Pouch Tobacco” and “See Rock City.” It was sure a different world then.
Barn advertising was another victim of Lady Bird's beatification bill. How unfortunate. Now, as I drive through the winding interstate in Kentucky, they get around the bill by building hugh billboards the proscribed distance away from the road.
Apr 23, 2024 21:16:05 #
wrangler5
Loc: Missouri
Picture Taker wrote:
I still use BURMA SHAVE and it's still great.
Where do you get it? I used it in tubes years ago, and have looked for it recently but haven’t been able to find any. I got the impression from somewhere that they’ve been out of business for a while.
Apr 23, 2024 21:25:52 #
Apr 23, 2024 21:37:51 #
Bret P
Loc: California
wrangler5 wrote:
... they’ve been out of business for a while.
Burma Shave went out of business in 1966!
I guess some folks still have a 58-year-old tube of it?
Apr 23, 2024 21:41:25 #
Bret P
Loc: California
burkphoto wrote:
... She was the navigator, with the map in her lap.
My wife, Elaine, still does that when she doesn't like the route our GPS picks!
I call her "my EPS" (Elaine Positioning Sustem).
Apr 23, 2024 21:45:09 #
Bret P wrote:
My wife, Elaine, still does that when she doesn't like the route our GPS picks!
I call her "my EPS" (Elaine Positioning Sustem).
I call her "my EPS" (Elaine Positioning Sustem).
I agree with Elaine. For me GPS is only useful for finding an address once I'm in my destination city or town. Even then I've been led on some wild goose chases.
Apr 23, 2024 21:49:14 #
Needham_Canon
Loc: Needham, MASS
Ben met Anna
made a hit!
forgot to shave,
benana split.
but in rural Southern Calif i remember them mostly in the 50s'...like the gold rush, everything began early in Calif. :>)
made a hit!
forgot to shave,
benana split.
but in rural Southern Calif i remember them mostly in the 50s'...like the gold rush, everything began early in Calif. :>)
Apr 23, 2024 22:06:56 #
Sez Farmer Jones who’s bald on top, wish I could rotate the crop BURMA SHAVE
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