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Originally posted by ArtieS:

John Glenn on the stairs - "One small step..."

That was Neil, not John who said it. Glen said, "Zero G, and I feel fine".

That's right! Glenn was Mercury, Armstrong was the guy on the stairs. Something something something about getting old...

Was it "one small step for man" or "one small step for a man"?

"for Man" I heard him say it live.

If it's confusing, just remember, it was The Sixties!

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Originally posted by newtoSig765:

"for Man" I heard him say it live.

He later confirmed that he said "a man" -- the 'a' was mostly masked by static.

I think "Blazing Saddles" covered it unintentionally when they referred to "Authentic American Jibberish"

The Fuller Brush man.

"Can you get me a cold drink out of the ice box please?"

Or, "Did you watch Clutch Cargo on TV this morning?"

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
The Fuller Brush man.

And the Electrolux and Hoover vacuum salesmen.

I had a "Grit" paper route

Charles Chips - delivered, so good, cookies, chips, pretzels

Milk delivered in jugs to the house

Watched the First man on the moon while laying on a bean bag on the floor covered in orangeish shag carpeting.

Watching JFK shooting, seeing the draft numbers coming up on the TV for Vietnam,

Riding across KY on Rt 60 in the back seat of a 1962 Impala without seatbelts, laying up on the rear package shelf and watching for Mr. Peabodys Coal Shovel in Western KY hoping it was up close to the road.

Staying up late watching the Jack Paar show.

I was trying to by better beer in a marginal beer cave the other day. It was for 50+ aged guys. I ended up grabbing some 6% alcohol energy drink, kinda thinking it was an IPA. The sales lady looked at me funny, then asked if I knew what it was?

After she explained it I put it back & bought some ‘2 hearted IPA’, MI made. She seemed to think I was too old for the drink.

Liking the radio show with the refrain "Plunk your magic twanger Froggy!"

And then later there was Buffalo Bob and the Buckeroos.

As a child, I often heard the term "back forty," or "north forty" to describe something far away. I never really understood it.

When looking for property to buy in CO years later, I noticed most parcels were 40 acres, and then it hit me as to what the "back forty" was.

Owning a couple of 40 acre parcels now, the wife and I use this term often now. Younger people probably have no idea what we're talking about, like me, when I was younger.

Cal Worthington and his dog Spot.

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Originally posted by ArtieS:

Gas was $0.48

Stationed at NAS Chincoteague (VA), driving home to the NYC area for weekends, we would take a break and fill up coming off the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Usually around 25¢, but there were frequent price wars that brought it down to the high teens.

Back when a credit card was a metal embossed plate crimped to a piece of cardboard, I could be a Thousandaire!

Don't pass cars,

On a curve or hill,

If the cops don't get you,

Morticians will!

Burma-Shave!

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How to Say You're Old, Without Saying You're Old

Today I was in need of some penlight batteries.