Are You Old?

[g5000]

If you ordered something from a comic book or catalog or the TV, you had to, "Allow six to eight weeks for delivery."

I bought X-ray Specs from a comic book. What a disappointment!

I remember when one hour photomats started.

 

[g5000]

Gas was 50cents a gallon when I mowed lawns. Needed a can opener to open any can and the other end to open bottles. 25 cents in a vending machine got you a pack of cigarettes and a penny got you the book of matches. Anyone remember Shinola?
Shinola was a shoe polish. Remember standing in line for the polio vaccine.

I got a polio vaccination three times. Live virus, dead virus and the sugar cubes. I was in the first or second grade for the first.

The smallox vaccines were the ones that sucked. I still have a scar on my arm from the pox that came up. And it made me sick--like seriously running a fever had to be in bed sick--for a day afterward.

Hard to tell shit from shinola

Nobody even knows what Shinola was anymore...

Does anyone polish their shoes anymore? We had every color, all under the kitchen sink.

I still have a shoeshine kit. I'm retired military and old habits die hard.

 

[OldLady]

I remember JFK telling us kids to take that PE challenge--and drink our milk! I immediately ran to the fridge and got some, came back to show him I had some. I think Miss Nancy From Romper Room still had me convinced of the Magic Mirror's powers.

Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Green Jeans, the Lollypop Tree.

The Beatles' first appearance on Ed Sullivan.

The Millionaire.

I had Howdey Doody in the afternoon. I was too old for Captain Kangaroo but my younger brothers weren't.

The Mickey Mouse Club?

Ugh.....
To think trashy Miley Cyrus was a Mouseketeer.

I remember Annette. And Jiminy Cricket. That's it.

 

[TNHarley]

We had a reel mower(no motor) and a sprocket with a rubber wheel as an edger...and a 13" TV with a magnifier in front of it...and 1/2 roll of aluminum foil for VHs channels...all 1 of them. And quilts for winter, no ac in summer.Red Ryders had metal wheels.Porn was the ligerie section of montgomery ward.....they used color gloss pages so they didn't get stuck together

How did those mowers cut? Were they worth a shit?

 

[g5000]

What boy would NOT want to buy X-ray Specs after seeing this ad?

 

[g5000]

I remember JFK telling us kids to take that PE challenge--and drink our milk! I immediately ran to the fridge and got some, came back to show him I had some. I think Miss Nancy From Romper Room still had me convinced of the Magic Mirror's powers.

Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Green Jeans, the Lollypop Tree.

The Beatles' first appearance on Ed Sullivan.

The Millionaire.

I had Howdey Doody in the afternoon. I was too old for Captain Kangaroo but my younger brothers weren't.

The Mickey Mouse Club?

Ugh.....
To think trashy Miley Cyrus was a Mouseketeer.

I remember Annette. And Jiminy Cricket. That's it.

Yeah. Annette Funicello. She grew into a real hottie.

That reminds me of another thing. Women's bras back then. Like missile silos.

 

[g5000]

I was so pissesd when I got my X-ray Specs...

 

[g5000]

Remember dime pay toilets?

Remember 45 records? Do you remember what the 45 means?

Did you buy soda for a nickel?

Did you pay double-digit/gallon for gas?

Remember Jarts with the sharp metal tips?

Remember the Tonka dump truck an elephant could step on?

"I bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and...." complete the sentence.

I remember going to the movies for quarter then buying a slice of pizza for 15 cents and a soda for a dime. The cheapest gas I recall was about 25 cents/gal. I'm not old or at least I'm still immature.

I remembr going to the Saturday morning kids movie for a couple of end labels from Wonder
Bread.

I remember my mom saving S&H green stamps in a book for groceries and appliances.

Oh, yeah. If you opened a bank account, they gave you a toaster.

 

[OldLady]

I was so pissesd when I got my X-ray Specs...

Hope you took advantage of the "money bank guarantee." What a bunch of creeps, to do that to kids. Sounds like something Trump would do.

 

[TNHarley]

I was so pissesd when I got my X-ray Specs...

Hope you took advantage of the "money bank guarantee." What a bunch of creeps, to do that to kids. Sounds like something Trump would do.

Thats like the third time you mentioned him in this thread lol. TDS

 

[g5000]

Going door to door with a UNICEF box at Halloween...

 

[OldLady]

I was so pissesd when I got my X-ray Specs...

Hope you took advantage of the "money bank guarantee." What a bunch of creeps, to do that to kids. Sounds like something Trump would do.

Thats like the third time you mentioned him in this thread lol. TDS

Is it really?

 

[g5000]

The St. Jude's Hospital collection before a movie show. Danny Thomas.

 

[TNHarley]

I was so pissesd when I got my X-ray Specs...

Hope you took advantage of the "money bank guarantee." What a bunch of creeps, to do that to kids. Sounds like something Trump would do.

Thats like the third time you mentioned him in this thread lol. TDS

Is it really?

yeah lol

 

[OldLady]

I was so pissesd when I got my X-ray Specs...

Hope you took advantage of the "money bank guarantee." What a bunch of creeps, to do that to kids. Sounds like something Trump would do.

Thats like the third time you mentioned him in this thread lol. TDS

No I didn't you lair!!!

 

[OldLady]

I was so pissesd when I got my X-ray Specs...

Hope you took advantage of the "money bank guarantee." What a bunch of creeps, to do that to kids. Sounds like something Trump would do.

Thats like the third time you mentioned him in this thread lol. TDS

Is it really?

yeah lol

I just looked.

 

[Manonthestreet]

No one remembers the Enjoli commercial???

I bring home the bacon
Fry it up in a pan
And never...

Wife is 49, used to sing it all the time. Must have been her fav

 

[TNHarley]

I was so pissesd when I got my X-ray Specs...

Hope you took advantage of the "money bank guarantee." What a bunch of creeps, to do that to kids. Sounds like something Trump would do.

Thats like the third time you mentioned him in this thread lol. TDS

Is it really?

yeah lol

I just looked.

Yes you did. Color tv post and i think something else. 2 in the least.

 

[OldLady]

I remember JFK telling us kids to take that PE challenge--and drink our milk! I immediately ran to the fridge and got some, came back to show him I had some. I think Miss Nancy From Romper Room still had me convinced of the Magic Mirror's powers.

Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Green Jeans, the Lollypop Tree.

The Beatles' first appearance on Ed Sullivan.

The Millionaire.

I had Howdey Doody in the afternoon. I was too old for Captain Kangaroo but my younger brothers weren't.

The Mickey Mouse Club?

Ugh.....
To think trashy Miley Cyrus was a Mouseketeer.

I remember Annette. And Jiminy Cricket. That's it.

Yeah. Annette Funicello. She grew into a real hottie.

That reminds me of another thing. Women's bras back then. Like missile silos.

You guys won't remember this, but I remember garter belts when they were a necessity because they weren't selling pantyhose yet. We had quite a debate over panty hose, because if you ran just one leg, you had to throw out both. The tops of your stockings were always showing under your miniskirt, though. Pantihose won.

 

[OldLady]

I was so pissesd when I got my X-ray Specs...

Hope you took advantage of the "money bank guarantee." What a bunch of creeps, to do that to kids. Sounds like something Trump would do.

Thats like the third time you mentioned him in this thread lol. TDS

Is it really?

yeah lol

I just looked.

Yes you did. Color tv post and i think something else. 2 in the least.

Okay I forgot that one. His name will is not pass these lips here again.