Remember slow food?
Feb 15, 2015 16:49:39 #
At school lunch time, we would go around the neighborhood and collect coke bottles. The lady with the food stand near the school would allow us to trade bottles for small packages of cool aid, which we would eat.
Feb 15, 2015 17:19:33 #
silverhawk wrote:
Just a few memories I received in an email for us folks that are "older than dirt"............:
> 14. 45 RPM records
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> 14. 45 RPM records
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You ain't old, you whipper snapper.
I remember them 78 rpm records with one song on one side.
Feb 15, 2015 17:30:36 #
John_F wrote:
You ain't old, you whipper snapper.
I remember them 78 rpm records with one song on one side.
I remember them 78 rpm records with one song on one side.
With the big band sounds. That was toe tapping dance music.
Feb 15, 2015 17:51:50 #
pjreed wrote:
Ipana toothpaste.
Remember the jingles;
You will wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsident
Brill cream a little dab will do Ya...
Remember the jingles;
You will wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsident
Brill cream a little dab will do Ya...
and the Alka Seltzer jingle---Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is.
Do any of the Pittsburghers remember Paul Shannon's Adventure Hour?
Feb 15, 2015 17:53:24 #
Martys wrote:
Remember Rootie Kazotie,....he had a beanie with a propeller on it?
There was Mr Wizard in TV,......Buster Brown show with Andy Devine,...and plunk your magic twanger froggie,.....Captain Midnight and his secret decoder ring,...Boston Blackie the detective,...Feelix te cat,....Mighty Manfred the wonder dog,...Gumbie the made of clay character,...Mighty Mouse,...here I am to save the day,.......The Silent Service, about true submarine WWII adventures,...more coming
There was Mr Wizard in TV,......Buster Brown show with Andy Devine,...and plunk your magic twanger froggie,.....Captain Midnight and his secret decoder ring,...Boston Blackie the detective,...Feelix te cat,....Mighty Manfred the wonder dog,...Gumbie the made of clay character,...Mighty Mouse,...here I am to save the day,.......The Silent Service, about true submarine WWII adventures,...more coming
I still have my original Gumby. And I believe his horse's name was Pokie?
Feb 15, 2015 18:04:27 #
Feb 15, 2015 18:36:21 #
How many of you had to carry water from a "spring" which would usually be located a few hundred feet down a hill from the main house. This water would be in 2-1/2 gal. galvanized buckets and you would carry two of them.....quite a feat for someone not yet in their teens. And, how about kerosene lamps...there was no electricity in our area at the time.....and, a radio that ran on a 6 volt car battery......listened to the Lone Ranger every day at 5 then Amos and Andy, etc. Took our baths in a big galvanized wash tub, every Saturday, HaHa! And, yes, I'm very familiar with the four tine "Pitch fork"......made hay when the sun shined, etc.....team of horses pulled the mowing machine and hay rake.....made hay stacks and later hauled the hay to the barn to feed a few live stock. And, yes we had a "path" and not a "bath".......remember no 'lectric...and, we did have a wind up "Victrola" and the 78 rpm records......do you remember any of them being 'bout 1/4 in. thick....we later used them for targets to shoot at..........should be worth a couple bucks now, eh!
Feb 15, 2015 18:48:34 #
OK
Who remembers when windshield washers were a bag on the floor you pressed with your foot.
I still carry tube sand for traction in the winter.
I can't stand chopped and boiled greens like spinach because it reminds me of silage.
The Sons of the Pioneers are awesome, Tumbling Tumbleweeds is still one of my favorite songs and don't forget Ghost Riders in the Sky.
I helped my cousins dig their last outhouse in 1973
A knife sharpener can still make a good living if they are sharp business people (pun intended)
Who remembers when windshield washers were a bag on the floor you pressed with your foot.
I still carry tube sand for traction in the winter.
I can't stand chopped and boiled greens like spinach because it reminds me of silage.
The Sons of the Pioneers are awesome, Tumbling Tumbleweeds is still one of my favorite songs and don't forget Ghost Riders in the Sky.
I helped my cousins dig their last outhouse in 1973
A knife sharpener can still make a good living if they are sharp business people (pun intended)
Feb 15, 2015 18:58:39 #
Yes Gumby's horse was Pokie I believe,now that you mention it.
Can you imagine when all the current technologies and happenings,...are looked back on by a next generation of then 60-70 year olders,....I cannot even imagine what inovations will be common place then,....
Computers will be antiquated as horse transportation is to us today.
I guess we can be thankful that we lived through such memorable times and find interesting what others experienced in our age group.
This journey called life seems shorter when looking back but we have all seem many changes.
Enjoy hearing everyones past memories,...the farm and country living related ones are ones I never experienced but am sure I would have adapted to as others had to.
Hard work builds strong character and strong values that stead you long into life,....our generation is a standing testament to that.
Will stay tuned here for more wonderful comments, thanks
Can you imagine when all the current technologies and happenings,...are looked back on by a next generation of then 60-70 year olders,....I cannot even imagine what inovations will be common place then,....
Computers will be antiquated as horse transportation is to us today.
I guess we can be thankful that we lived through such memorable times and find interesting what others experienced in our age group.
This journey called life seems shorter when looking back but we have all seem many changes.
Enjoy hearing everyones past memories,...the farm and country living related ones are ones I never experienced but am sure I would have adapted to as others had to.
Hard work builds strong character and strong values that stead you long into life,....our generation is a standing testament to that.
Will stay tuned here for more wonderful comments, thanks
Feb 15, 2015 19:06:13 #
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Feb 15, 2015 19:32:34 #
dragonswing wrote:
and the Alka Seltzer jingle---Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is.
Do any of the Pittsburghers remember Paul Shannon's Adventure Hour?
Do any of the Pittsburghers remember Paul Shannon's Adventure Hour?
I vaguely remember that program. I was into science-fiction at the time. Remember Captain Video fighting TOBOR (robot spelled backwards) on Ch 2- on a Dumont TV and the Dumont Broadcasting Network? KDKA Radio and TV after Dumont merged with Westinghouse? How about the Pittsburgh Press or its competitor, Pittsburgh Sun-Graphic with the searchlight logo? Thems the good old days, fur sure.
Feb 15, 2015 19:59:13 #
Feb 15, 2015 20:06:53 #
Was Ricki & Copper, Romper Room and Captain Kangaroo shown in other states or were they just Pittsburgh shows?
Remember Underdog? George of the Jungle?
Golly, I am enjoying this thread--so many memories.
Remember Underdog? George of the Jungle?
Golly, I am enjoying this thread--so many memories.
Feb 15, 2015 21:21:12 #
dragonswing wrote:
Was Ricki & Copper, Romper Room and Captain Kangaroo shown in other states or were they just Pittsburgh shows?
Remember Underdog? George of the Jungle?
Golly, I am enjoying this thread--so many memories.
Remember Underdog? George of the Jungle?
Golly, I am enjoying this thread--so many memories.
We had Romper Room and Captain Kangaroo in Maine. Don't remember the other one.
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