Are you old enough to remember.....

[stevej37]

^^^ Yep..I always wondered who lit those things.

I lived on a road with a steep hill. The road commission would keep barrels of sand full for people who couldn't make it up the hill in the winter. You needed to have your own shovel.

[TimT]

How about those black cannonball things filled with kerosene or whatever

Smudge pots...

Also still used by some local rail companies to keep switch gear operating in freezing weather

[oldE]

"When you find yourself in danger
When you're threatened by a stranger
When it looks like you might take a lickin'
There's someone you can call to
And he will come and rescue you
Just call for ..............."



My granddaughter shakes her hear and worries about me.
Best
Les

[oldE]

"Quick Fred, the super sauce!"


"Exit: stage left, skedaddling all the way!"


Maybe this is why we don't watch TV now. There's no room for stupid stuff like that.

Best
Les

[herr_oberst]

Well if you're afraid you're gonna have to lick it
Because you knew the job was dangerous when you took it!

B'gaaaaaaak!!!!

[Racerbvd]

[Racerbvd]

[Sooner or later]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

The 1950 pen had a pointed cap with no small hole in the tip. The change happened around 1991.

[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by oldE

"When you find yourself in danger
When you're threatened by a stranger
When it looks like you might take a lickin'
There's someone you can call to
And he will come and rescue you
Just call for ..............."



My granddaughter shakes her hear and worries about me.
Best
Les

Bawk, bawk, bawk. Superchicken!

[WPOZZZ]

What about "A little tincture of tenderness"?

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by Sooner or later

The 1950 pen had a pointed cap with no small hole in the tip. The change happened around 1991.

Also, at first, they had an all metal tip...remember the TV ads of a guy stabbing a soda can open? dunno when they developed the plastic tip holding the ball.

[Sooner or later]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

Also, at first, they had an all metal tip...remember the TV ads of a guy stabbing a soda can open? dunno when they developed the plastic tip holding the ball.

Correct

[A930Rocket]

I remember the change. The hot tip for getting the ink flowing again used to be heating the tip up with a match. When they went to plastic, that didn’t work anymore.

[Racerbvd]

[Pazuzu]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

I remember the change. The hot tip for getting the ink flowing again used to be heating the tip up with a match. When they went to plastic, that didn’t work anymore.

Why would the average person have a match laying around???

[oldE]

Every household had matches either for lighting fires or smoking materials.

Best
Les

[Por_sha911]

Back in the 50's and 60's almost everyone smoked cigarettes.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

Ah, you mean just recently.

Seriously though. People talk about waaaay back in year 2000. I think of 2000 as recent.

Me too. My adult grandchildren weren't born yet. I think more about how life has changed for their parents.

[Rtrorkt]

Do you remember rubber clams at HoJo's? Family tradition when we drove from Pittsburgh to Decatur, IL and stopped on the west side of Columbus because I 70 was not complete

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by Rtrorkt

Do you remember rubber clams at HoJo's? Family tradition when we drove from Pittsburgh to Decatur, IL and stopped on the west side of Columbus because I 70 was not complete

My favorite restaurant meal in the early 60's was HoJo's fried clam dinner.
Rubber Clams??