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Originally posted by GA Gator:
I remember when Sammy Sosa was black

Ahhhhh! WTF! What the hell happened?

Bleach cream... yah, go figure.

Maybe he bought a copy of Watermelon Man and watched it in reverse.

I remember when skateboard wheels were steel, then clay, then urethane....

Speaking of flying, I remember when you could walk with your loved one all the way to the gate, then watch to see their face through the glass next to the doorway as the plane pushed back.

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Originally posted by sig226fan:
I remember Wolfman Jack on the radio.

I remember the Star Spangled Banner as the sign off when the TV station went off the air.

I also remember the below poem used as a sign off as well.

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air...
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark or even eagle flew --
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God."
- John Gillespie Magee, Jr.

"High Flight". (My monitor just got blurry--USAF retiree.)

flashguy

I remember my first minimum wage job was $2.35/hr

I remember full service gas stations

I remember when gas was under $1.00/gal

I remember when windows in the car had to be cranked up and down

I remember when Johnny Carson hosted the Tonight Show

I remember when Disco died (YAY!!!)

Unfortunately, I remember double knit pant suits and bell bottom jeans

I remember when all police officers carried revolvers and a wooden night stick

I remember 8 track and cassette tapes

I remember the lady down the street handing you a stick, and apple, and letting you dip it in hot caramel on Halloween

I remember knowing what kids had been to her house when they came to ours as they had caramel all over their faces and hands.

I remember when studded snow tires were legal here.

I remember the day FDR died. Was at a friends house and his mother came into the room crying. I had to go home.

Street cars in my area. For 10 cents you could ride all over Wilkes-Barre to out lying areas, even out to Harvey's Lake, a popular recreation area.

Watched a neighbor come home from work all covered in coal dust, except for the white around his eyes. I decided then I would never work in the coal industry.

My folks taking me a Polish Funeral and reception. A Korean War soldier laying in open coffin, next to a band playing Polka music while people danced and drank booze. I was around 7 years old and was handed my first glass of beer.

Gasoline was 15 cents a gallon and sometimes cheaper during a "gas war" between stations.

Taverns (bars) were everywhere in my home town. "Boilermakers", a shot of cheap whiskey and a short beer was 35 cents. Supper Clubs, or high class taverns which served good food, booze and entertainment.

Walking to school, three miles each way. No bus for us.

Most of the girls in school were skinny and flat chested. One had a set of boobs and later in life several husbands and several kids and on welfare.

Drive in theaters and parking in the rear with your chick. Drive in workers coming around with a flashlight to peer into a car to see if anyone was having sex.

The Wyoming Valley (W-B, Kingston, Plymouth, Exeter and other locals) was nice and pleasant before the 1972 flood.

I remember when parents both worked. Dad at his job and mom at home.

I remember (speaking of mom) in grade school, her sending me to the grocery store on my bike to buy her smokes and the check-out lady thought nothing of it.

I remember (speaking of smokes) cigarette vending machines.

I remember playing with little plastic Army men in the garden and simulating grenades with firecrackers.

I remember riding our bikes to the A&W drive-in and getting a frosty mug for a nickel.

I remember the diner counter at Woolworths had the best french fries ever.

I remember having to mow the lawn with a push reel mower.

I remember sleeping out in the yard in the summers with my brothers.

I remember riding our bikes up to Foys Lake to go swimming when I was in grade school. A good six or seven miles round trip and completely unsupervised. Sometimes we wouldn't get home until well after dark.

I remember when you had to bring your lunch to school in a brown bag. Not only would my parents not buy us lunchboxes, but we had to bring the bag home to re-use it for a good week or until it fell apart. (I think we were a lot poorer than mom and dad let on).

I remember having to wear darned socks.

...so many more.

I remember when interest rates for bank accounts were 12%...

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Originally posted by 12131:
I remember when folks drove their trucks with their rifles hanging on the rack behind them. And, that was cool.

and,,, we drove them to school and parked in the school parking lot,,,,,

And if you had a beef with someone, you didn't run home to get a gun, although guns were easily available at that time, you duked it out with the other guy. Your father or an uncle had taught you how to fight, how to defend yourself.

You and the other guy fought in the school yard until a teacher came and broke it up, told you to shake hands with the other guy and go back to class.

No one got suspended or expelled. The Police were not called. No note to your Mom.

You and the other guy became best of friends and went shooting guns together.

Geritol, Absorbine Jr., mercurochrome, castor oil, New-Skin and BC Powder were a staple in our house for first aid and ailments.

Steel can pull tops and pop bottle tops embedded in the asphalt of convenience stores

having a large floor-standing radio

TV channels signing off at night with a Christian pastor's message and then the Lord's Prayer sung.

TVs being turned off and watching the dot in the middle fading out.

being at the local pharmacy checking our TV and radio tubes on a tube tester

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I remember when thread was something with which you sewed.

women would give me a second or third look

I remember when comic books were "Still Only 35 Cents".

Soft drinks were in glass bottles and cost a nickel. Bottle deposit was also a nickel. My brother and I would pick up bottles along the gravel country roads and exhchange them for more drinks or the bottle deposit money. Always had to take bottles to the grocery store to exchange for drink purchases.

The drinks machines were large metal coolers with super cold ice water that the glass bottle drinks were kept in. When you wanted a drink, you stuck your hand down into the ice water and grabbed one. Froze your hand off.

RC Cola and a Moon Pie.

My cousin had a new car, Chrysler I think, that had push button transmission on the dash.

Spent our summer school vacations working on relatives dairy farms and hauling square bale hay and working tobacco in East Tennessee.

I remember landing under sniper fire in Bosnia with Hillary. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base.

I remember black and white TV...
I remember being the one to adjust the rabbit ears on the TV
I remember seeing my first color TV
I remember glass milk bottles delivered to the door
I remember when the doctor made house calls
I remember watching Sputnik cross the sky
I remember The Lone Ranger came on everyday at 5:OOPM
I remember Buffalo Bob

When the Sears catalog was an amazing thing.