Do You Remember When?

[whoisit]

"A&W root beer's got that frosty mug taste, A&W root beer's got that frosty mug taste" ... remember the jingle? I bet there might be a few surviving somewhere.

Also, went to Lums many times, it was very popular around here and remember when the last one closed in the 90's. The AI voice calls it "Looms" but I never heard anyone pronounce it that way.

I worked at A&W in the late 6s0s and Lums in the mid 70s. Both in Atlanta area.
Outlaw Biker Club came in Lums on Sylvan Rd where I tended bar, occasionally fixed a hot dog. and tore the place up, put a customer's head thru the jukebox. He was hurt pretty bad, but survived.
Other than that day it was a nice little hot dog lounge.

 

[odanny]

I worked at A&W in the late 6s0s and Lums in the mid 70s. Both in Atlanta area.
Outlaw Biker Club came in Lums on Sylvan Rd where I tended bar, occasionally fixed a hot dog. and tore the place up, put a customer's head thru the jukebox. He was hurt pretty bad, but survived.
Other than that day it was a nice little hot dog lounge.

Did you ever hear it called "Looms"? I always heard it called "Lums" but I live in the Midwest.

I also worked one summer in the 80's in an A&W and helped make that root beer, I remember those big stainless steel tubs I poured the mix into.

 

[whoisit]

Did you ever hear it called "Looms"? I always heard it called "Lums" but I live in the Midwest.

I also worked one summer in the 80's in an A&W and helped make that root beer, I remember those big stainless steel tubs I poured the mix into.

No, only heard Lum's although there could have also been a Looms.

 

[White 6]

More because most people can't shoot a snubby worth a shit.....Then again for a "get off me handgun" it serves....Colts are best of the snubby breed.

I am not even sure, I could shoot a snubby as anything more than a "get off me" gun, and I am usually decent with anything in my hand, personal preference or not. It could be, because I never owned one. Like most, I am better on what I practice with, than what I casually try. It is a famous, popular revolver, no doubt.

 

[whoisit]

Guns? OK, I got this!

LOL, I just caught my typo letter f for "fun, instead of g for gun.

 

[whoisit]

I am not even sure, I could shoot a snubby as anything more than a "get off me" gun, and I am usually decent with anything in my hand, personal preference or not. It could be, because I never owned one. Like most, I am better on what I practice with, than what I casually try. It is a famous, popular revolver, no doubt.

First gun I owned back in the late 60s was a snub 38.

 

[TNHarley]

I wasnt born during that time but I can say that women hairstyles were whack.

 

[Foxfyre]

Remember the 1960's and & 70's culture? The restaurants, way they dressed, automobiles, entertainment like roller skating, hot rod cars?
Let's try to be positive, we have plenty of threads about how bad it was, lets discuss the good and gun times of the era.

I remember that those taking flights on airplanes really dressed up for the airport. You didn't dress quite as much for the train. Even less so for the bus but you still wanted to look respectable. Now people don't seem to care how they look in public. There is a freedom in that but we lost something in personal pride and propriety. Same with church and school and the office in which both kids and adults too often show up in just about anything from imitating hookers to the homeless. And I think we lost something with that.

And then there was a simple thing like good manners that was the norm instead of the exception. Men and boys opened doors for the ladies, offered them a seat, stood when a woman entered the room. People said please and thank you, wrote thank you notes to acknowledge gifts and helpful acts, avoided profanity in public, and self respect and modesty was the norm.

There was far less meanness and violence in those days because most people had solid values based on propriety and a real sense of good/evil, right/wrong.

 

[BlackSand]

Remember the 1960's and & 70's culture? The restaurants, way they dressed, automobiles, entertainment like roller skating, hot rod cars?
Let's try to be positive, we have plenty of threads about how bad it was, lets discuss the good and gun times of the era.

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Can't really say I miss the 70's ... Because I wasn't born yet ...
But it looks like y'all had some fun ... And I still like some of the music from the 60's and 70's ...

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[whoisit]

I remember that those taking flights on airplanes really dressed up for the airport. You didn't dress quite as much for the train. Even less so for the bus but you still wanted to look respectable. Now people don't seem to care how they look in public. There is a freedom in that but we lost something in personal pride and propriety. Same with church and school and the office in which both kids and adults too often show up in just about anything from imitating hookers to the homeless. And I think we lost something with that.

And then there was a simple thing like good manners that was the norm instead of the exception. Men and boys opened doors for the ladies, offered them a seat, stood when a woman entered the room. People said please and thank you, wrote thank you notes to acknowledge gifts and helpful acts, avoided profanity in public, and self respect and modesty was the norm.

There was far less meanness and violence in those days because most people had solid values based on propriety and a real sense of good/evil, right/wrong.

I remember seeing family's walking to church in their "Sunday best" along with fathers and mothers, not just mothers, it was a great time to be living in.
Mostly peaceful.

 

[1srelluc]

I am not even sure, I could shoot a snubby as anything more than a "get off me" gun, and I am usually decent with anything in my hand, personal preference or not. It could be, because I never owned one. Like most, I am better on what I practice with, than what I casually try. It is a famous, popular revolver, no doubt.

The Cobra/Detective Special (70s era, like in the ad) shoots as well in my hands as a 4" S&W.

I call it "shooting longer" for some reason than say a S&W Chief's special or even a K-Frame snubby.....S&W makes an enhanced J-Frame (steel, +p rated) M-36 Classic now that is not too bad. It has a slightly longer frame.

 

[Foxfyre]

I remember seeing family's walking to church in their "Sunday best" along with fathers and mothers, not just mothers, it was a great time to be living in.
Mostly peaceful.

And yes most children in that era were blessed to grow up with a biological father and mother in the home. Now 1 in 3 American children grow up in single parent households. We can blame meddling by the government for that too. And, despite commendable parenting by single or surrogate parents, the data is pretty irrefutable that kids growing up with two biological parents in the home are definitely mostly advantaged over those who do not.

Children in Single Parent Household Statistics

Table data for Children in single-parent families by race and ethnicity

datacenter.aecf.org

Children Do Better When Raised in Intact, Two-Parent Homes | National Review

A research brief finds that children raised by their biological parents tend to do better in life, regardless of race.

www.nationalreview.com

 

[whoisit]

 

[toobfreak]

Remember the 1960's and & 70's culture?

Can't believe that Howard Johnsons folded.

 

[toobfreak]

"A&W root beer's got that frosty mug taste, A&W root beer's got that frosty mug taste" ... remember the jingle? I bet there might be a few surviving somewhere.

I actually have one of those A&W glass mugs--- in excellent condition.