September 16, 201511 yr When Call-a-Mart would deliver your groceries and Charles' Chips would deliver your pretzels? When the first TV remote control came out and it was the size of a brick? When you put cassettes into an 8-track adapter so you could play them in your car? (related to the above: Having to use the "rew" and "ff" buttons?) Burger Chef & Jeff? Marathon Bars? Add-a-bead necklaces? Stirrups on baseball uniforms? I am sure I will think of more.
September 16, 201511 yr Getting up way too early to drive to Cincinnati (lived 2.5 hours away at the time) to be on the Uncle Al show with Captain Wendy. I went twice, and got to do the twist on top of the dog house. The other time I got to dress as an astronaut(found out about blue screens). Those marshmallow cones looked great on TV but actually didn't taste very good.
September 16, 201511 yr Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom Jacques Cousteau Hee Haw "Hog Walla, Arkansas population 423, SAAAAAAA..LUTE!" Grampa Joe, Minnie Pearl with the price tag on her hat. Glenna d Roy. Don't remember the hot young honey's name.
September 16, 201511 yr Saving up your S & H stamps and flipping through the catalog trying to decide what you wanted to buy. And waiting for the JC Penny and Sears Catalogs to come with their Christmas offerings!
September 16, 201511 yr Remember when cigarettes came with premium coupons. That's how my Dad would by my Mom's Christmas present. Remember cigarette machines? I remember when one of my chores as a kid was to take the cloth sack and money up the street to the saloon to bring back a carton of cigarettes and two quarts of Bavarian beer for my Dad.
September 16, 201511 yr Remember when we got into trouble in grade school, had to stay after school and wash the blackboard and clean the erasers (which were done outside and if we pounded them on the building we'd get another day after school)? Remember when you had to perform a task/job at school in order to get reduced or free lunch?
September 16, 201511 yr Remember building "jitneys" out of plywood, 2X4s wagon axels and wheels? We did this just about every summer. Remember when just having a grass hill and a big flattened box was all you needed to tons of fun?
September 16, 201511 yr I remember carting these darn things up the street to the saloon for my Dad: [ATTACH=CONFIG]52352[/ATTACH] I had a glass jug I would take up to have filled for my dad.
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