twistedcrankcammer Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Voyage to the bottom of the sea. Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryO Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 Twenty Cent a gallon gasoline, "Cruising" the hot spots here in Indy in my '65 Goat. 389 4spd, 3 dueces, 456 "P" trac, Pionees super 8 track, MT street slicks, Doug Thorley, Holley, Edelbrock, Crane, balanced and blue printed, rolled and pleated, Indianapolis Raceway Park, Nationals, Leather jackets, long hair came in and my crew cuts were out. Pegged leg jeans, and my first real Harley Davidson '50 Panhead "basket case" built in a 1 stall "garage" behind the house We'd meet up every weekend at the Steer-in, Al Greens, Tee Pee, Blue Ribbon, Steak and Shake in Lawrence, and Fox rd for drag racing. Big deal back then. $50 was the minimum entry fee to even get a "run". The days of the 10 second street rods. I'd already figured out what girls were for by then. The music in the "rod" was a necessity, speakers hangin' everywhere. Viet Nam was making the news, "THE DRAFT", Tonkin Bay, USMC boot at MCRD 'diego, the big shiny freedom bird, "in country", the BIG PX, The world, "it don't mean s..t" The world was no longer a safe place to live. It changed. Got married, a kid I got to see pics of only from my ammo can bunker/home "Charlie", Tet, Armed Forces Radio, gun ships, Puff the Magic Dragon, Cronkite, LBJ. Pot, LSD, mescaline, peyote, mushrooms, I don't remember all of the '60s but enough. LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Gumby and Pokey Wonderama and Ranger Hal (both local to DC area) Hot Wheels (wish I hadn't let my little brothers destroy my collection!) My green schwinn 3 speed chopper with banana seat (very cool but heavy and slow) The Washington Senators (could sit anywhere you wanted at RFK since nobody every showed up) Grade school = K - 6th, Jr. High = 7-9, High School = 10-12 We rode our bikes or walked to school - only fear was bullies, not pedophiles Halloween - hundreds of kids walking through the neighborhood trick or treating for Unicef (Unicef boxes given out in school) Baseball card packs had gum inside If you were really bad, you got the belt (I lived in fear of the belt my entire childhood although I only got whacked once or twice) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artto Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 "IF You remember the 60's ~ you weren't there" [H] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 1957 here. Anyone else get their milk delivered to an aluminum box on the front porch. Be sure you shake it or all you'll get is cream when you pulled the cardboard cap and got the first pour. How about S&H Green Stamps. I must have licked several thousand and put them in the book. Certainly I wasn't the only one that had a pump bazooka gun that shot ping-pong balls? How about those spirographs? I remember one year I got a banana seat for my bike and it instantly turned my hand me down bike into an object ov envy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 My sister figured out that she could check the ice cream box on the milkman's order form after it was put out. Took mom a while to figure out how we kept getting ice cream added to the milk order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Guy Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Voyage to the bottom of the sea. Roger I think Voyage to the bottom of the sea was probably my very first favorite TV show/movie. I even had a toy submarine of the Seaview. Another early TV memory Sheriff John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 On the candy front, how about "Zots" or my favorite, Regal Crown cherry sours?? (or lemon/orange) [Y] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whamo Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 This thought occured to me just last night. My wife and I were watching a DVD. She went to the kitchen for something and asked me to rewind it. Then I thought rewind it? Rewind what? There's no tape there, shouldn't there be another term for that nowadays? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 1957 here. Anyone else get their milk delivered to an aluminum box on the front porch. Be sure you shake it or all you'll get is cream when you pulled the cardboard cap and got the first pour. How about S&H Green Stamps. I must have licked several thousand and put them in the book. Certainly I wasn't the only one that had a pump bazooka gun that shot ping-pong balls? How about those spirographs? I remember one year I got a banana seat for my bike and it instantly turned my hand me down bike into an object ov envy. I remember all of those. My milkman was Skippy from Thompson's Dairy. When we got older, my sister and I would tease our little brothers, telling them they looked more like Skippy than Dad. They didn't understand. We had both Green Stamps and the Yellow ones. I think I still have a few million stashed away somewhere. I never turned them in before they went belly up. Spirographs and Super-Spirographs How about Creepy Crawlers!!! How great were the 60s when you could leave your kid alone with a metal mold that heated up to around 250 degrees, plugged into the wall socket with a 4 foot cord! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Guy Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Gilligans Island, Get Smart, Batman, Green Acres, Peticoat Junction, Mr Ed, Lost in Space, My Favorite Martian, Gomer Pyle, My Three Sons, Leave it to Beaver, Bewitched and The Beverly Hillbilly's Anyone remember It's about Time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Guy Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 We had both Green Stamps and the Yellow ones. I think I still have a few million stashed away somewhere. I never turned them in before they went belly up. Yellow ones? We had Green Stamps and Blue Chip Stamps How about Creepy Crawlers!!! How great were the 60s when you could leave your kid alone with a metal mold that heated up to around 250 degrees, plugged into the wall socket with a 4 foot cord! Creepy Crawlers were one of my favorites! Also Lincoln Logs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WS65711 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I've seen comments in this thread about Cokes being 10 cents, and about the "yellow" stamps . . . I've seen that someone has indicated they were born in 1954 . . . I guess you would have to be born in 1953 to know that the "yellow" stamps are "Top Value" stamps, and to remember Cokes costing a nickle, and you could take the empty bottle back to the store to get a penny back. And to remember your parents screaming when Cokes in the machine went up to 6 cents, a freakin' 20% increase. I can't say that I remember gasoline being 19 cents, but I do remember when all the pumps had a little glass dome with a little "anemometer" looking thing inside that spun around, so that you could be sure that gas was flowing into your tank? I remember that you could either be a fan of the Beatles or the Dave Clark Five, but not of both. I remember when the best concerts were the free concerts at the lakefront or at Audubon Park. Sometimes with big names playing, like the original Allman Brothers. I remember when "Wheels of Fire" was new, and "Are You Experienced". And rock music cuts that were like 20 minutes long were played on "underground" FM stations. Popeils Pocket Fisherman was a new product, and advertised on TV daily. I saw an open motorcade with JFK riding through the streets of New Orleans in May of 1962. I remember my 5th grade classroom when JFK was assassinated in November 1963. I remember going to look at a Honda "Z" car at the dealer when you could buy one brand new for $1200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 IHow about Creepy Crawlers!!! How great were the 60s when you could leave your kid alone with a metal mold that heated up to around 250 degrees, plugged into the wall socket with a 4 foot cord! Those were AWESOME!! I used to go to friends or relatives houses to play with stuff like that, as we never had a lot when I was growing up. Other favorite toys were Lincoln Logs, Erector sets, Tinker Toys and those plastic cowboys and indians that had all the accessories (forgot their name). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Anyone remember It's about Time? Yep, both seasons. I also remember going over to my oldest brothers house once a week to watch the newest episode of the original Star Trek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
germerikan Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Hey Twisted you dont happen to be from the east coast do you?? Never heard anyone else call it pop and never knew Arbys got outside Pa (Altoona at that). Ohh the roastbeef with lots of red sauce, mmmmmmm. Or eatin at the red barn. I played for hours with lincon logs but never seemed to have enough to finish my project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 That's it! Top Value Stamps. Thanks. We still have Arbys here in MD. Hot Shops and Jr. Hot Shops Roy Rogers Double R Bar Burgers Lincoln Logs Etch-a-scetch Tinker Toys Chemistry Sets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Guy Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Hey Twisted you dont happen to be from the east coast do you?? Never heard anyone else call it pop and never knew Arbys got outside Pa (Altoona at that). Ohh the roastbeef with lots of red sauce, mmmmmmm. Or eatin at the red barn. I played for hours with lincon logs but never seemed to have enough to finish my project. We have Arby's here in California, have loved them since I was a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
germerikan Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 howbout the driveins where they came to your car ( normally on rollerskates ) and brought you your food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WS65711 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Do they still make "Fizzies"? [8-|] http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1599182216950902629# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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