OT: Since we've got all day to kill maybe you old farts will enjoy these....

[Rick2583]

Brings back a lot of good memories,

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Brings back a lot of good memories,

I am going to my Son's in an hour or two to stream these, on Broad-Band, that is..!

 

[Rick2583]

I am going to my Son's in an hour or two to stream these, on Broad-Band, that is..!

IMO It was a time that we'll never see again. No one today comes close to those guys.

 

[yankeesince59]

...not to hijack the thread, but I was thinking of things and sayings from the "old days" that we don't see or hear anymore.


..."keep on truckin;"

..."groovy"

..."yer yeller".

..."you got any papers?"

...neighborhood sand lot baseball games

...SERVICE stations

...drive-in theaters

...45 & 33 rpm records

...cap guns

...cars before emission controls

..."I double/triple dog dare you..."

...Phys-Ed class.

...those yeast rolls soaked in butter for lunch at school.

...the weird kid who'd trade his cinnamon roll for your beets at lunch.

...bicycles with high handle bars and banana seats.








...ahhh, good times.

 

[Rick2583]

...not to hijack the thread, but I was thinking of things and sayings from the "old days" that we don't see or hear anymore.


..."keep on truckin;"

..."groovy"

..."yer yeller".

..."you got any papers?"

...neighborhood sand lot baseball games

...SERVICE stations

...drive-in theaters

...45 & 33 rpm records

...cap guns

...cars before emission controls

..."I double/triple dog dare you..."

...Phys-Ed class.

...those yeast rolls soaked in butter for lunch at school.

...the weird kid who'd trade his cinnamon roll for your beets at lunch.

...bicycles with high handle bars and banana seats.








...ahhh, good times.

And lets not forget..................

Double features

Stick ball

Shoe lace candy

Wood built go carts

Beatle boots

Shoe taps

"Your mother"

Hoola hoops

Discos

Variety shows

Westerns

Standard double headers

Bell bottoms

 

[yankeesince59]

...nice additions, rick.


...yeah, we used to make our own shoe taps.
...still laughing at "bell bottoms"...and to go with them, I had a pair of 2" stacked sole "disco shoes". (blue and orange)...I shit you not.




...and hey, how about paisley shirts, and Nehru shirts, and madras shirts that "bled" and were a different color every time you washed them?

 

[Rick2583]

And lets not forget that people actually had to GET UP to change the TV channel or even turn it off. I stubbed my toe more times heading back to bed in the dark after turning the set off.

Yeah, it was a whole different time. And a great time to grow up in.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

...not to hijack the thread, but I was thinking of things and sayings from the "old days" that we don't see or hear anymore.


..."keep on truckin;" like the doo dah man.

..."groovy"

..."yer yeller". a yeller belly.

..."you got any papers?" You got a spare hose on the Huka?

...neighborhood sand lot baseball games - the best talent is found on Sandlots.

...SERVICE stations- Haven't seen one in 25 years.

...drive-in theaters - Last Drive In I went to, was used to film "Spies Like Us"

Sneaking into Drive In's when X-rated movies were being played, ie. Last Tango In Paris, The Excorcist, I snuck plenty of 16 yr. olds, in the back of my Panel Wagon.

...45 & 33 rpm records - 78rpm Records.

...cap guns

...cars before emission controls - Cars 98 percent American made, Imports rare if any.
cars before plastic became a common factor.

..."I double/triple dog dare you..."

...Phys-Ed class.

...those yeast rolls soaked in butter for lunch at school.

...the weird kid who'd trade his cinnamon roll for your beets at lunch.

...bicycles with high handle bars and banana seats. 6 foot Sissy Bars too.Schwinn Sting Rays

...ahhh, good times.

And lets not forget..................

Double features

Stick ball-Broom Handles with "Super Balls"

Shoe lace candy

Wood built go carts

Beatle boots - Roach Killers

Shoe taps-yep, slippery sliding shoe taps

"Your mother"

Hoola hoops never could swing a hoop like my sisters.

Discos - prior to Disco's "do the twist".

Variety shows - Ed Sullivan, Perry Como, Andy Williams, The Rat Pack, Sea Hunt, Combat, 12 O'Clock High, Art Linklatter, (I hated those fking bubbles, and that show in particular)....The Disney Hour on Sunday Nights, to name a couple of many.

Westerns

Standard double headers

Bell bottoms

...nice additions, rick.

...yeah, we used to make our own shoe taps.
...still laughing at "bell bottoms"...and to go with them, I had a pair of 2" stacked sole "disco shoes". (blue and orange)...I shit you not.

...and hey, how about paisley shirts, and Nehru shirts, and madras shirts that "bled" and were a different color every time you washed them?

And lets not forget that people actually had to GET UP to change the TV channel or even turn it off. I stubbed my toe more times heading back to bed in the dark after turning the set off.

Yeah, it was a whole different time. And a great time to grow up in.

1-Flat Tops and Butch Wax

2-Transistor Radios-used to listen to games beyond 8-9 o'clock bed-times.

3- KC Athletics and Houston Colt 45s

4- 5 cent Coca Cola Machines

5- no Pop Top Soda Cans, no screw off bottles. Sodas had to be opened with a can opener, and bottles with bottle openers

6- 30-50 Cent Gas per Gallon

7- 2 Stroke Motorcycles

8- Fish on Fridays, women with Veils on in Church

9- Bologna sliced from a roll. No such thing as sliced and packaged sandwich meats.

10-Rubber Band Wind up Balsa Wood Airplanes, (toys).
(no such thing as radio or remote cars or planes, not even battery powered vehicles).

11- Jax, Hop Scotch, HORSE, Over The Line in Wheat Fields. Conasta Tournys.

12- Six foot long Sissy Bars or Wheelie Bars, to go with those 'Banana seats' and 'Ape Hanger' handle bars.

13- Tie Die Shirts

 

[Berra_10_W.S.Rings]

Coupes and Rumble Seats

Soda Fountains

Sock Hops

Homeade Ice Cream, pity the kid who has to turn the handle

Milk Delivered Fresh to the Door, or bought from a real Dairy

Hand Crank Cars (a bit before my time)

Steve Allen Late Night show

Beat Writers, not beat-niks

Merchant Marines a good way to cross the Ocean

Surfing being pulled by a PT Boat, really WAS done in Nam's Harbors

Prop planes and the advent of Jet Engines. No, I'm not talking of WWI bi-wing planes.

Let's see, black powder guns. Ha ha, long before my time...

 

[Berra_10_W.S.Rings]

Bobert check your PMs.

 

[Rick2583]

Cap guns

Ice deliveries

Stoop ball

Kick ball

Dodge ball

Hickey's

Dickies

Filling a sock with baby powder on holloween

Apple Jelly

Good humor ice cream

Pez candy

Lincoln Logs

Jack in the box

 

[yankeesince59]

1-Flat Tops and Butch Wax

good one


3- KC Athletics

Yankees' farm system



9- Bologna sliced from a roll. No such thing as sliced and packaged sandwich meats.

Oh yeah

10-Rubber Band Wind up Balsa Wood Airplanes, (toys).

great one, for got about those.

...and it reminded me about these;

......

 

[Rick2583]

......

I was a wiz with that.

 

[yankeesince59]

Coupes and Rumble Seats

Soda Fountains

...Woolworth's...forgot about 'em





Milk Delivered Fresh to the Door, or bought from a real Dairy


......with the little cardboard sealed tops



Steve Allen Late Night show

...great TV show


...

...

 

[yankeesince59]

I was a wiz with that.

...you men bolo bats?...I was pathetic...never could get past 2-3 bounces...Mom was amazing with those things...of course, once the rubber band broke she used the paddle to whip my ass with.

...that also just reminded me of these;

 

[Rick2583]

Horn & Hardarts

Nedicks

Bon Bons

The crapy gum inside every pack of baseball cards.

The little tin 12 pack of Anicin. (forgive the spelling)

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Cap guns

Ice deliveries

Stoop ball

Kick ball

Dodge ball

Hickey's

Dickies

Filling a sock with baby powder on holloween

Apple Jelly

Good humor ice cream

Pez candy

Lincoln Logs

Jack in the box

Hickey's like in your first romance, wearing Dickey's Turtle Necks to hide that big hicky on the neck?

The best Apple Butter I ever had, was given to me as a Gift, Homeade in Perry GA. no doubt best I ever had.

 

[Rick2583]

Hickey's like in your first romance, wearing Dickey's Turtle Necks to hide that big hicky on the neck?

The best Apple Butter I ever had, was given to me as a Gift, Homeade in Perry GA. no doubt best I ever had.

Apple butter, that's what I was thinking of. Hell I don't even know if you can still get it. And Hickey's I once gave a chick over 20 of them all over her neck, chest & stomach. Don't ask, to much mad dog 20-20. All I know if that I practically suffered from lock jaw for the next two days. That's when some girls were just tramps. AH! the good old days.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

......

...you men bolo bats?...I was pathetic...never could get past 2-3 bounces...Mom was amazing with those things...of course, once the rubber band broke she used the paddle to whip my ass with.

...that also just reminded me of these;

OH WOW... I forgot about those Paddle Balls on the rubber bands. Yeeha...
I also forgot about those Yo-Yo's great stuff Ron...Rick too...

Say Ricky, you were a Pro with those Paddle Balls...Me, they only hit me in the eyes...! Same with Yo-Yo's, tho' I loved both, they got the better of me...

Walk the Dog, (wasn't it)?? ... I've forgotten alot of those Yo-Yo moves, can anyone help me out with those names, of Yo-Yo moves, rather performances.

Thanks for the Nostalgic Thrills, both of you...

Speaking of being punched in the eyes, do you guys recall 'Gorgeous George' the Wrestler, who was also (40 years or more later) in the Movie Snatch, as a Big Burly Bare Knuckle Fighter...?

 

[Rick2583]

OH WOW... I forgot about those Paddle Balls on the rubber bands. Yeeha...
I also forgot about those Yo-Yo's great stuff Ron...Rick too...

Say Ricky, you were a Pro with those Paddle Balls...Me, they only hit me in the eyes...! Same with Yo-Yo's, tho' I loved both, they got the better of me...

Walk the Dog, (wasn't it)?? ... I've forgotten alot of those Yo-Yo moves, can anyone help me out with those names, of Yo-Yo moves, rather performances.

Thanks for the Nostalgic Thrills, both of you...

Speaking of being punched in the eyes, do you guys recall 'Gorgeous George' the Wrestler, who was also (40 years or more later) in the Movie Snatch, as a Big Burly Bare Knuckle Fighter...?

Walk the dog, Rock the craddle, around the world were some of the Yo-yo moves.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Cap guns

Ice deliveries

Stoop ball

Kick ball

Dodge ball

Hickey's

Dickies

Filling a sock with baby powder on holloween

Apple Jelly

Good humor ice cream

Pez candy

Lincoln Logs

Jack in the box

Horn & Hardarts

Nedicks

Bon Bons

The crapy gum inside every pack of baseball cards.

The little tin 12 pack of Anicin. (forgive the spelling)

Apple butter, that's what I was thinking of. Hell I don't even know if you can still get it. And Hickey's I once gave a chick over 20 of them all over her neck, chest & stomach. Don't ask, to much mad dog 20-20. All I know if that I practically suffered from lock jaw for the next two days. That's when some girls were just tramps. AH! the good old days.

LMAO... good one Rick...!!!

You were a real Vampire my friend....20 Hickey's did she use make up to mask them all, along with those Turtle Necks, which were so popular back then, and now I know why...LOL...good to good, he he, hopefully her Mama never collared you, or did she...? You could always give Mom a Hicky too...

I must confess I was no good a bolo bats and balls.

Apple Butter, I don't see it on Store Shelves like I used to.

The only Hicky I got after 24, (yep had plenty in prior years) was from a leech in a creek... Well I'm not telling Kim's Secrets...

Oh my Lord, MD-20/20...my gut is rotting thinking about those days. Like cough syrup. Boy that stuff would knock a elephant out....at least it did me, plenty of times, when I was 19 vacationing in Fla...

You see now where MD-20/20 is made/sold in Watermelon, Berries galore, you name it they flavor it...stunning, reminds me of Slo-Gin...Peach, Strawberry, you name it, they made it, or make it.

I only wish my eyesight was MD-20/20

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Hickey's I once gave a chick over 20 of them all over her neck, chest & stomach.

I only wish my eyesight was MD-20/20

Rick, I got the neck, but missed the "chest and stomach" full of Hicky's...holy cheetohs Batman...! You truly are half Vampire. Bela had nothing on you my friend.


Check the "I wish my eyes" were MD-20/20
Eyesight on MD20 was one of a blind man, from my own experiences with the Doctor or M.D. 20/20...I couldn't see the gutters, & thought they were troughs for puking..!

The crap we used to do, its a wonder any of us are alive to tell/speak of these things.

 

[Rick2583]

LMAO... good one Rick...!!!

You were a real Vampire my friend....20 Hickey's did she use make up to mask them all, along with those Turtle Necks, which were so popular back then, and now I know why...LOL...good to good, he he, hopefully her Mama never collared you, or did she...?oo. You could always give Mom a Hicky t..

I must confess I was no good a bolo bats and balls.

Apple Butter, I don't see it on Store Shelves like I used to.

The only Hicky I got after 24, (yep had plenty in prior years) was from a leech in a creek... Well I'm not telling Kim's Secrets...

Oh my Lord, MD-20/20...my gut is rotting thinking about those days. Like cough syrup. Boy that stuff would knock a elephant out....at least it did me, plenty of times, when I was 19 vacationing in Fla...

You see now where MD-20/20 is made/sold in Watermelon, Berries galore, you name it they flavor it...stunning, reminds me of Slo-Gin...Peach, Strawberry, you name it, they made it, or make it.

I only wish my eyesight was MD-20/20

Hey I wouldn't have minded, her mom was pretty hot also.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

One last addition, waking up on weekends to Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam.

Then waiting for TWIB with Mel Allen, and the Game of the Week, MLB on 1 of 3 TV stations I got on the Tube, once we moved from NY-NY...

Reading all this Nostalgia makes me think: (yep I do think on rare occasions).

I never knew how good I had it made in NY, not until I moved to those less fortunate places, KS wheat fields, Luzianna bayou's, when transistor radio was ones best friend.

When I only got 3 TV channels IF I was lucky, on antennae. CBS, NBC, ABC, that was it. Then welcome to L.A. home of 10 TV stations. Way long before Cable was thought of, let alone Satellite Dishes, GPS, Google or MapQuest.



Hell, I watched, Supervised, and Inspected the 1st GPS Satellite Payload Bay installation, as well as the GPS Units installed on the Shuttle Discovery, Columbia, Challenger et al. That was but the early 80s.

My Youngest Sister, 20 yrs my younger, takes it all for granted. She thinks installing the 1st ever GPS Units (or any to follow) were/are nothing major, the flipping fool she is. Kids today take too much for granted, especially when we tell them what we grew up without, not to mention what we created or built, for them, rather their welfare, goodwill, and convenience. "To make this world a better place for those who follow"-(Quote by Roberto Clemente)-


Aye, its late on the East Coast, 10 pm. Rest well folks..

Yanks game on Sunday telecast here in my Desert Adobe Boondocks place...

Cya soon, hopefully sooner or later....dats dats dats all folks...

 

[Rick2583]

Here in NY there were 7 TV stations, 2,4,5,7,9,11 & 13 And the funny part was, you never had trouble finding something to watch. And the TV guides were about a 1/4 of an inch thick. I currently have TV guides from 1961, 62, 65, 69 & 71. Every now & again when I'm feeling nostalgic I look through them just for kicks.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

...you men bolo bats?...I was pathetic...never could get past 2-3 bounces...Mom was amazing with those things...of course, once the rubber band broke she used the paddle to whip my ass with.



LMAO....to good. Mine too...!

I quit asking for those bolo bats, after a few ass whippings. Altho' the paddles never hurt or blistered my butt....

I'll never forget, a Mom, spanking her kid out front, as I rode my Sting Ray by. She yelled at me, "Hey can you go get a Weeping Willow Switch for me"? I knew her kid, and never liked him, so I quickly obliged her; with a 6 foot long whip. I sat there on my bike relishing every whip the kid got. (after all the SOB kid stole my bike one day prior).... ;-D

 

[Rick2583]

Does anyone have a tire swing anymore?

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Here in NY there were 7 TV stations, 2,4,5,7,9,11 & 13 And the funny part was, you never had trouble finding something to watch.

The TV guides were about a 1/4 of an inch thick. I currently have TV guides from 1961, 62, 65, 69 & 71. Every now & again when I'm feeling nostalgic I look through them just for kicks.

Wow, now that is a collectible I know I would enjoy, and you've got to be on a Golden Yellow Brick Road down Memory Lane, looking at those antique TV guides. Does that mean we're antiques too....LOL....

I wish I had those old TV guides.

I do have an assortment of Programs, Score Cards, and Year Books, from the 60s to Present, of the Yankees, S.F. Giants, A's (both KC and Oakland), Cards, Angels, and Bums.
(no longer the Trolley Dodgers, rather the Freeway Car Dodgers, or the Gang Drive By Shooting-Bullet Dodgers of late).

Enjoy those TV guides Rick, that is one Awesome Collectible I am sure. I have seen a few, but not many TV guides from the 60s, only at Sports Memorabilia Shows. Along with all those MLB magazines we both used to read as kids, including some yellow fragile old newspapers, going back to WWII).