FUN things in life you don't see anymore.......

[LibertyWeeps]

Just simple little perks of being in a country like America................



Many of these were unexpected, but fun none the less.



Prizes in the box of Cracker Jack.

Prizes in the bottom of your cereal box.

Free gifts for buying a full tank of gas.

Free dish towels in your box of laundry detergent.

Door prizes at department stores and grocery stores for customer of the month, or customer who spent the most money shopping that day, or etc....

Lifetime supplies of gifts for "The One Millionth Customer", or new kitchen appliances

Free cookies or candy for kids

Small gifts for kids at some restaurants when kids were very well behaved

Sweepstakes for things people needed......cars, appliances, years supply of food, new house, new trailer house.....

Free set of dishes for buying so many groceries
Free set of silverware or fancy glasses for buying so many packs of cigarettes
Free S&H Greenstamps for buying certain items

There's so much greed and corruption nowadays, nobody does this anymore. It's all about which company can price gouge us the most, for the most cheapest garbage made in China.

 

[rightwinger]

A man drives into a Gas Station and sees a big sign

FREE SEX WITH FILL UP

So he asks the owner what the deal is and he says…..I am thinking of a number between one and ten. If you guess the right number, you win free sex.

So he fills up and then tells the owner…..Ummm. THREE! The owner says, you were close, I was thinking of four

So a couple days later, he comes back and fills up and then goes to the owner and says……..SEVEN! The owner says, you were so close, the number was six.

A couple days later , he comes back with a friend and fills up and goes the owner…..NINE! The owner says, you were close, the number was eight.

So his friend tells him….You are so stupid, nobody ever wins that contest.

The guy says….Shows what you know, my wife won three times last week.

 

[Yarddog]

miss riding in the back of a pickup truck. Sure seemed fun and nobody seemed to care.. guess its probably for the best though and the way people drive today it would be even worse.

 

[Concerned American]

miss riding in the back of a pickup truck. Sure seemed fun and nobody seemed to care.. guess its probably for the best though and the way people drive today it would be even worse.

If you were fortunate enough to have a Subaru Brat, it had two belted seats in the bed.

 

[Chuz Life]

24 Hr Bowling and 24 Hr Putt Putt

 

[Manonthestreet]

Hooky bobbing

 

[Chuz Life]

Hooky bobbing

Loved this!

We had a stop sign next to the house, and sometimes when there was enough snow on the street, when cars came to a stop, we would run out and grab the back bumper for a free ride down the block.

We called it bumper sledding.

Some call it "skitching" I guess.

 

[Yarddog]

If you were fortunate enough to have a Subaru Brat, it had two belted seats in the bed.

I would hope more for something like this ... but for me it was just the back of an F150 and looking for scrap metal

 

[Chuz Life]

Our drive-in theater had a small amusement park for little ones, and sometimes live bands would perform before it was dark enough for the shows to begin.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Our drive-in theater had a small amusement park for little ones, and sometimes live bands would perform before it was dark enough for the shows to begin.

Used to have a Drive-in couple blocks away. You could see some of the show until the trees got too tall

 

[Yarddog]

Our drive-in theater had a small amusement park for little ones, and sometimes live bands would perform before it was dark enough for the shows to begin.

Before the event of the internet... music seemed to be everything for kids.

 

[SaxonJackson]

Just simple little perks of being in a country like America................



Many of these were unexpected, but fun none the less.



Prizes in the box of Cracker Jack.

Prizes in the bottom of your cereal box.

Free gifts for buying a full tank of gas.

Free dish towels in your box of laundry detergent.

Door prizes at department stores and grocery stores for customer of the month, or customer who spent the most money shopping that day, or etc....

Lifetime supplies of gifts for "The One Millionth Customer", or new kitchen appliances

Free cookies or candy for kids

Small gifts for kids at some restaurants when kids were very well behaved

Sweepstakes for things people needed......cars, appliances, years supply of food, new house, new trailer house.....

Free set of dishes for buying so many groceries
Free set of silverware or fancy glasses for buying so many packs of cigarettes
Free S&H Greenstamps for buying certain items

There's so much greed and corruption nowadays, nobody does this anymore. It's all about which company can price gouge us the most, for the most cheapest garbage made in China.
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I remember my mom coming home with Blue Chip Stamps and Green Chip Stamps from the grocery store. If and when you filled a page or two with stamps, you could trade them in for various products.

Personally, I enjoyed playing with the plastic army men. I'd create a battle field in my front yard. My friends would set up their men and I would set up mine then we'd throw dirt clods at each others' men.

I also had the Hot Wheels Fat Track:

 

[1srelluc]

I used to go to the store, get a thing of Crystal Wedding Oats and a little bottle of vanilla extract to use for carp bait. The glassware you got in them was great to mix-up some dough balls on the river bank.

 

[Concerned American]

I would hope more for something like this ... but for me it was just the back of an F150 and looking for scrap metal

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I can remember considering just that a few times on summer days, but I just settled for a dip in the canal.

 

[jackflash]

Our drive-in theater had a small amusement park for little ones, and sometimes live bands would perform before it was dark enough for the shows to begin.

Yeah, now that U mentioned it I can remember that. Seems the drive-in theater I am seeing now in my memory was located out on E. Trent street in the Spokane valley area, in fact it was for sure. Yeah, me & my buddy Rich went out there that evening because the E. Trent Drive-In was featuring a Three Stooges 5 hour special & both me & Rich loved the Three Stooges. When we walked up to the concession stand I seen what U described for the tykes. There was a circular ride with a flat diamond plate floor with raked grab bars welded to the floor about three/four feet apart for the kids to hold onto. The adults would push on those grab bars to get the device(something like a merry-go- round) to spin in a circle. The more the adults pushed the faster it spun.

There was a swing set there also, three swings I am seeing in my memory hanging from the bar up top with the old fashioned rubber seats. Other than some type of barrier, fence bordering a part(?) of the little area their was nothing else & no place for a band that I can recall. Before the movie started we did have music & announcements coming through the speaker though. Looking back @ it that was truly a different society, a different era with different standards than we have in our America @ current for sure. Thanks for refreshing my memory!

 

[Chuz Life]

Yeah, now that U mentioned it I can remember that. Seems the drive-in theater I am seeing now in my memory was located out on E. Trent street in the Spokane valley area, in fact it was for sure. Yeah, me & my buddy Rich went out there that evening because the E. Trent Drive-In was featuring a Three Stooges 5 hour special & both me & Rich loved the Three Stooges. When we walked up to the concession stand I seen what U described for the tykes. There was a circular ride with a flat diamond plate floor with raked grab bars welded to the floor about three/four feet apart for the kids to hold onto. The adults would push on those grab bars to get the device(something like a merry-go- round) to spin in a circle. The more the adults pushed the faster it spun.

There was a swing set there also, three swings I am seeing in my memory hanging from the bar up top with the old fashioned rubber seats. Other than some type of barrier, fence bordering a part(?) of the little area their was nothing else & no place for a band that I can recall. Before the movie started we did have music & announcements coming through the speaker though. Looking back @ it that was truly a different society, a different era with different standards than we have in our America @ current for sure. Thanks for refreshing my memory!

Great recall!

I remember ours had a little roller coaster that was electrically driven, but there were also monkey bars, a merry-go-round, and slides.

I forgot till now, but they had great fireworks and not just for the 4th.

 

[Concerned American]

Yeah, now that U mentioned it I can remember that. Seems the drive-in theater I am seeing now in my memory was located out on E. Trent street in the Spokane valley area, in fact it was for sure. Yeah, me & my buddy Rich went out there that evening because the E. Trent Drive-In was featuring a Three Stooges 5 hour special & both me & Rich loved the Three Stooges. When we walked up to the concession stand I seen what U described for the tykes. There was a circular ride with a flat diamond plate floor with raked grab bars welded to the floor about three/four feet apart for the kids to hold onto. The adults would push on those grab bars to get the device(something like a merry-go- round) to spin in a circle. The more the adults pushed the faster it spun.

There was a swing set there also, three swings I am seeing in my memory hanging from the bar up top with the old fashioned rubber seats. Other than some type of barrier, fence bordering a part(?) of the little area their was nothing else & no place for a band that I can recall. Before the movie started we did have music & announcements coming through the speaker though. Looking back @ it that was truly a different society, a different era with different standards than we have in our America @ current for sure. Thanks for refreshing my memory!

There's still a drive in in Colville, Jack. No speakers though--the sound comes through your car radio.

 

[LibertyWeeps]

There was a drive-in in Dallas that showed porn. And it was situated so you could see the screen from the highway.
I was always amazed at how many wrecks there WERE'NT!!!! LOL

Also had a drive-in in Garland, which was bulldozed in the 80s to build a Hypermart.

 

[LibertyWeeps]

There's still a drive in in Colville, Jack. No speakers though--the sound comes through your car radio.

That was the really FUN part...........having the sound come thru your car radio!!!!

 

[jackflash]

There's still a drive in in Colville, Jack. No speakers though--the sound comes through your car radio.

Ahh, technological improvements! Is it on AM or FM???