You know your old when...

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by Danimal16

"Lucky Strikes Means Fine Tobacco" or as my hod rod mentors used to say (and many of them smoked Lucky's); "Loose Sweaters Mean Floppy Tits"

I also remember when my buddy's dad opened up some old WWII rations. They had cigs in them, a small pack of Lucky Strike Menthols, unfiltered and we tried to smoke them. YUCK!

I grew up hearing LSMFT and still smile when hearing it.

As for the "C-rations" I had some of them as late as the 1980s but by this time the canned stuff was getting old and the desserts hard and stale. Still have some of the "p-38's" can openers around that never seem to die!

Miss the C-rats, they just are not anything like the MRE's.

Joe A

[speeder]

You're old. *You are* old.

You're/your/you're/your/you're/you're/you're.



There, I feel better now.

[elwood-914]

When your favorite shows were, Bonanza, Wild Wild West, Sing along with Mitch and Lawrence Welk.

[fredmo1947]

Originally Posted by dafischer

My dad filling up the 65 Beetle Convertible for $2.00, with regular costing $.269 per gal.

When you were pumping gas @ $.199/gal and washing windshields for nothing but a thank you and $.95/hour at the local MOBIL station.

[targa911S]

Originally Posted by speeder

You're old. *You are* old.

You're/your/you're/your/you're/you're/you're.



There, I feel better now.

Yer repeating yerself.

[sewell94]

It makes me feel young that i never experienced most of the stuff you guys are talking about. I've heard about some of it though.


<-------- Turns 30 next week.

[tabs]

When you remember when you watched the Radio.

You knew where the term. "It's a Dusie" came from.

You knew which automobile company used the advertising slogan.."Ask a man who owns one."

You remember Pork Chops costing 3 cents a pound.

You remember Party Lines and when telephone numbers used 2 letters as prefixes..

You knew what 78's are...

You know where the first freeway in America was built..

You remember when all the Bobby Soxers were crazy over Frankie...

You know what Swing is

You know what the Mercury Theater was...

When you were wondering when Joltin Joes streak would end..

When you know who the Bronx Bombers were...

When you knew that Amos and Andy were two white men.

When you know who Gracie and Allen are

You remember Edward R Murrow reportig from London

You remember the newspapers reporting that Dewey won the election.

You know who Charlie McCarty was

You knew where the term "In like Flynn"came from and what it meant.

You know who said, "You know your old when the candles cost more than the cake."

[Jim Richards]

I was a lot younger before I read this thread.

[oldE]

When the telephone rang in a series of long and short rings. Party lines.

When you got a kick out of the fact they finally got on the cover of the "Rolling Stone"

Emergency drills at school when you hid under your desk.

6 teams in the NHL.

and of course, my signature.
Les

[VINMAN]

"Esso" gasoline.

Surfing porn meant going through dads hidden shoebox of 8mm dirty movies, and holding the film up to a light so you can see it.

[elwood-914]

Originally Posted by VINMAN

"Esso" gasoline.

Surfing porn meant going through dads hidden shoebox of 8mm dirty movies, and holding the film up to a light so you can see it.

How about Gulf gas stations or Free Shell Steak knives, btw I still have 3 of them!

[Jim Richards]

fill 'er up with Sunoco 260 and check the oil, please.

[GH85Carrera]

I do remember stopping at the local gas station in my first car, a 1960 VW bug. The gas station owner was almost always there. Someone would come out, pump the gas, wash the windshield, and check the oil and the tire pressure. And I remember the outrage I felt the first time that cost me more than three dollars! I bought a set of four recap tires, mounted and balanced for 30 bucks. On a car that would only do 70 with a tail wind recaps were just fine.

I have only bought one pack of cigarettes in my life. They cost me 25 cents at the vending machine. I smoked two of them and said “this is stupid” and I threw the rest away. My opinion of cigarettes has not changed.

[kanadary]

you know what a TI 30 is and still have one that works and it sits beside your atari..

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by kanadary

you know what a TI 30 is and still have one that works and it sits beside your atari..

Just found one of my first calculator on Ebay. Its a like new TI SR-10 that really brings back memories. Paid about $110 for the first one, and less than $10 for this one, and its still in the original box and works like new.

GHB,

Share your feeling about fags, and still feel the same...

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Joeaksa

GHB,

Share your feeling about fags, and still feel the same...

I had to think about that for a second. I did not think we were discussing homosexuals. (not there is anything wrong with that) but you meant fag as in cigarette. OK. I get it.

[Joeaksa]

Yep, in the old days fags were cigarettes. Still are for a lot of us.

[Groesbeck Hurricane]

Yep Joe, got the fags remark. And no one thought anything about throwing a ****** on the fire either.


OK, I'm feeling better! Thanks guys! Hanging out with an old high school buddy this weekend. Probably do what we did in college/military, play D&D.

[R K T]

Originally Posted by Jim Richards

I was a lot younger before I read this thread.

Soooo right!!!

[mossguy]

You remember A, B, & C gas rationing stickers on your vehicles.
....WWII ration stamps,
....Turning in used fat to the butcher.
.... Decoration Day with red, white, and blue crepe paper streamers woven into your bicycle wheels
.....Most cars had fabric roof panels
.....Model A's could be found on most car lots and parking lots

And what thread could be complete without a picture of Byron by Byron?

Best,
Tom