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Post by 1dave on Nov 4, 2016 8:48:37 GMT -5
Jeez Dave, the giant red Polistes wasps we have around here would grab the bottle and beat you over the head with it. Those suckers are aggressive!......Mel I remember almost getting a nest in a barn loft half way between school and home. I had the bottle over the nest and ready to slide it off and slap the lid on when my juvenile mind realized it was connected to a corrugated roof and the wasps were shooting out of both sides. I was perplexed. How do I put them back in? When they started stinging the primitive part of my mind kicked into gear. I threw the bottle and ran out of that loft - hit the ground at around 20 mph followed by an angry cloud almost all the way home. I paid a little more attention to possibilities after that. |
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Post by wannabee on Nov 4, 2016 10:34:04 GMT -5
Making a phone call from a pay phone for a dime.
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Post by Fossilman on Nov 4, 2016 10:48:16 GMT -5
.15 cent burgers,.10 cent cokes and or Pepsi (in the glass bottles).....25 cent gas.....
.25 cent movies (inside) .35 cent movies (Outdoors)... Six pack beer $1.10
Guys hotroding the old Fords,Chevy's and etc,from the 30's,40's and the newer 50's models....
Seeing the showroom cars on display..Mustangs,Chargers,Super Sports,Roadrunners,the list goes on and on.....
Main street always full,with people driving the square,circuit or block...A&W,Tasty Freeze,always full with teens BS'in...
Tires burning rubber,racing down main,racing on the dark highways....
Occasional fist fight...Girls giggling!! Oh the teen years in the 60's.....Crazy fun,it was!!!
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Post by Fossilman on Nov 4, 2016 10:49:01 GMT -5
Making a phone call from a pay phone for a dime. Finding chance in the pay phone too,as you walked by (checking)...LOL |
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Post by 1dave on Nov 4, 2016 11:07:43 GMT -5
Collecting coins from the local wishing ponds after dark.
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Post by rockjunquie on Nov 4, 2016 11:31:55 GMT -5
I remember that I knew how to hit certain machines to get free stuff. The ice cream one was the best and a few pinball machines. Ahhhhh...... pinball. I was a wizard!
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Post by 1dave on Nov 4, 2016 11:57:45 GMT -5
I remember that I knew how to hit certain machines to get free stuff. The ice cream one was the best and a few pinball machines. Ahhhhh...... pinball. I was a wizard! We lived 4 blocks from the Texas Capitol Building.  In addition to collecting coins from the fish ponds, we discovered the Senate Break room was on the right hand side of the north west corner on the second floor. It was easy climbing those granite blocks at night after they closed. The window was always open because they didn't have AC.  They had an ice and pop filed box with a lift off lid. We drank it dry. They started chaining it, but little hands could still snag the bottles out.  They replaced it with a vending machine. Put a coin in, slide your selection to the release area and pull the bottle out. We ran home for bottle openers and straws. Drained them in the machine. It's a wonder we didn't end up in prison. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Nov 4, 2016 12:00:08 GMT -5
LOL! Devious! You were a little hooligan.  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Nov 4, 2016 12:12:43 GMT -5
I recall going for a drive one late afternoon/evening. Dad was out of town, so it was just mom and us kids. We ended up down at Wind and Sea beach in La Jolla. There was this palapa down there (still standing to this day!), 
and on the picnic table beneath it was a handful of change. (Could not find a single photo online of the table! Guess they got tired of replacing it when the storm waves would haul it off. Must be a thing of the past in and of itself...) W
Anyway, we collected up the change, and mom took us four kids (last two had not yet been born!) to see 101 Dalmations at the drive-in theatre. This would have been in 1961, in her 1959 Oldsmobile. I was four years old. Drive-ins a thing of the past mostly, although the swap meet we go to in Santee is held at one. |
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Post by spiceman on Nov 4, 2016 22:38:15 GMT -5
I remember living at home and needed gas for the lawn mower. Mom gave me a 50cent piece. Enough for a gallon of gas and a candy bar.
Now you need a loan it buy all that.
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Post by 1dave on Nov 5, 2016 7:33:11 GMT -5
Talking Pig Latin, POSITIVE only your best friends know what you are saying.
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Post by MrMike on Nov 5, 2016 20:12:51 GMT -5
Remember these???
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Post by 1dave on Nov 5, 2016 21:32:45 GMT -5
The 1951 Studebaker was the talk of the Auto World!   |
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Post by Pat on Nov 5, 2016 21:42:06 GMT -5
In the 1940-1950s, if I needed something, I would walk, ride my bike, or take the bus downtown and look for it in every store. Then take at least an hour to get back home.
Yesterday, as I was stretched out on a couch, and my cat stretched out on me, I picked up my iPhone, and ordered a little dish for butter, and paid for it.
It will arrive at our front door Monday. Wow!
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Nov 5, 2016 22:10:41 GMT -5
I was born to late for all the fun? I remember being 8 in 1983 and wanting a bmx bike with mag wheels so bad!
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Nov 5, 2016 22:19:11 GMT -5
What about Nehi? Love me some strawberry Nehi. I don't know if they make it anymore. I sure can't find any. That stuff is the elixir of yumminess on hot summer day.  eta from wiki Nehi /ˈniːhaɪ/ (pronounced "knee high") is a flavored soft drink that originated in the United States. It was introduced in 1924 by Chero-Cola/Union Bottle Works. The "Nehi Corporation" name was adopted in 1928 after the Nehi fruit-flavored sodas became popular. In 1955, the company changed its name to Royal Crown Company, after its RC Cola brand. It was founded by Claud A. Hatcher, a Columbus, Georgia grocer, who began bottling ginger ale and root beer in 1905. In April 2008, Nehi became a brand of Dr Pepper Snapple Group in the United States. We have NEHI in colorado but in the form of a strain of "medical marijuana"? I'm sure a different effect then the soda? I know the creator of this strain mike stetler , I asked him why he named it Nehi and he told me because it reminded him of his favorite grape soda, |
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Post by 1dave on Nov 6, 2016 9:44:03 GMT -5
The group games we used to play!
Along with Battledore, Rolling Hoops, The game of Graces, hop-Scotch, Tag, Hide and Seek, Musical Chairs, were:
Apple core - Baltimore - Who's your friend?
Statues, Follow the Leader, Knock down Drag out (played with pillows in the dark), Annie I Over
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Post by NDK on Nov 6, 2016 10:04:55 GMT -5
I was born to late for all the fun? I remember being 8 in 1983 and wanting a bmx bike with mag wheels so bad! I remember that all to well - I was 10 in '83... Talking about games played, I remember tag in the dark woods when camping. Zigged when I should've zagged and went face first into a big ol' pine tree. Stood up, brushed off the dust and kept playing. Mom & Dad just said to be more careful. |
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Post by Fossilman on Nov 6, 2016 10:13:11 GMT -5
I remember that I knew how to hit certain machines to get free stuff. The ice cream one was the best and a few pinball machines. Ahhhhh...... pinball. I was a wizard! The coke machines that had the bottles tilted,we would just pop the tops and drain them into a cup... The shuffle machine,pop the tops and drink the pop with a straw... Candy machines,if your arm was skinny enough,you could reach up and grab a few candy bars.. Pinball,was the easiest,had one machine,if you put match books under the front legs,you could play it all night... Every Thursday,my brothers and I headed to the local butcher shop for slaughter day,watch them outside for awhile,than go inside and get free homemade cheese and a free hotdog... |
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Post by Fossilman on Nov 6, 2016 10:14:15 GMT -5
The 1951 Studebaker was the talk of the Auto World! My good friend has the 1950's model-Ugly things there are!!!! LOL |
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