TBO Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 On 9/4/2017 at 9:21 PM, Eric said: Long cords were great, but the long curly cords could be a huge pain in the ass. They would kink up and get tangled really badly. Remember spinning the phone headset, or spinning around yourself, to take the kinks out of a long phone cord? I remember my first cordless phone. It was in the late eighties. It was a Cobra wireless phone. It was not cheap. It had that long retractable chrome antenna, that you would pull out when you took a call. It seemed pretty high-tech back then. someone was always bending the damn antenna! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted September 6, 2017 Author Administrators Share Posted September 6, 2017 1 minute ago, janice6 said: someone was always bending the damn antenna! They were easy to replace. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 (edited) Just now, Eric said: They were easy to replace. Those were the days of Radio Shack. Edited September 6, 2017 by janice6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted September 6, 2017 Author Administrators Share Posted September 6, 2017 Just now, janice6 said: thos were the days of Radio Shack. I was thinking about Radio Shack when I posted that. They had generic, screw in telescoping antennas that worked well as replacements, for a lot less that Cobra wanted. Radio Shack used to be the largest corporation in the world. How the mighty have fallen. That is what the mighty do, I guess. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeylad Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Movie Theater Usherettes! And smoking, Everywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jame Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 We used to be able to buy dynamite, blasting caps, and fuses at the local hardware store, in addition to firearms, and God knows what else. Lighting the fuse on a two stick charge under a big tree or rock could really get the heart pounding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabbrass Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeylad Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 I miss them so! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted September 6, 2017 Author Administrators Share Posted September 6, 2017 2 minutes ago, limeylad said: I miss them so! I think that TG&Y was my favorite five & dime store. Woolsworths was great too though. You never knew what TG&Y was going to have from visit to visit though. They brought it a huge variety of stuff. As a kid, I loved their toy section. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burebista Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 On 9/3/2017 at 11:24 PM, SmokeRoss said: I remember visible gas pumps where you pumped the fuel up into a glass tank on top with markings for gallons, then gravity fed it into your car. Last one I used was in 1973 when I honeymooned at Spirit Lake on Mt St Helens. There are two pumps like that in service in a gas station in a small California town. Unfortunately I forgot the name of the town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobster Hunter Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 My sister and I were hooked on the original Jeopardy. Art Fleming was the greatest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragline Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 I remember when TV wasn't 24 hours and stations signed off with the Star Spangled Banner. Also, the test pattern with the American Indian Chief. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobster Hunter Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 I had all these toys way back before political correctness made the country go full retard. If any 10-year old kid went outside to play with one of these nowadays, the neighbors would call 911 and a SWAT team would be deployed. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booker Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 10 hours ago, Eric said: I think that TG&Y was my favorite five & dime store. Woolsworths was great too though. You never knew what TG&Y was going to have from visit to visit though. They brought it a huge variety of stuff. As a kid, I loved their toy section. I purchased my first gun from T G & Y. An H&R model 88 single shot shotgun. It was $79. I've shot more game with that gun than all my others combined! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 I wanted the Johnny Seven O.M.A so bad. I used to drool when the commercial came on the Tv. Dave.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgiaGlocker Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 I remember when doctors made house calls. Also we had a milkman deliver milk, eggs etc 3 times a week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgiaGlocker Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 4 hours ago, Booker said: I purchased my first gun from T G & Y. An H&R model 88 single shot shotgun. It was $79. I've shot more game with that gun than all my others combined! T G & Y. Now there is a name that I haven't heard in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgiaGlocker Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Who remembers these two from the news? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 4 minutes ago, GeorgiaGlocker said: I remember when doctors made house calls. Also we had a milkman deliver milk, eggs etc 3 times a week. I was very little and the Milkman would leave the Milk on our door step. In cold weather the Milk might freeze, and the frozen Cream on top would push the paper tab up out of the bottle an inch or two. We used to fight over who got the frozen Cream. We thought of it as Ice Cream. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theglock Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Never heard of T G&Y. But I didn't leave the east coast until 1965. We had a Newberry's, though. Loved the hot dogs at their lunch counter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgiaGlocker Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Just now, janice6 said: I was very little and the Milkman would leave the Milk on our door step. In cold weather the Milk might freeze, and the frozen Cream on top would push the paper tab up out of the bottle an inch or two. We used to fight over who got the frozen Cream. We thought of it as Ice Cream. My brother and use to bug mom to order chocolate milk. All of the milk came in glass bottles back then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgiaGlocker Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 2 minutes ago, theglock said: Never heard of T G&Y. But I didn't leave the east coast until 1965. We had a Newberry's, though. Loved the hot dogs at their lunch counter! Yep. We had a Newberry's in town as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theglock Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 My son was hunkering here from Houston over the weekend. I mentioned Chet Huntley to him. First 'celebrity' I'd heard of to buy a ranch in Big Sky country! Nice seeing him again, GeorgiaGlocker. ;^> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgiaGlocker Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 3 minutes ago, theglock said: My son was hunkering here from Houston over the weekend. I mentioned Chet Huntley to him. First 'celebrity' I'd heard of to buy a ranch in Big Sky country! Nice seeing him again, GeorgiaGlocker. ;^> Dad use to watch Chet Huntley and David Brinkley every night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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