On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:52:42 GMT, "Jerry Gilreath"
wrote:

Bill, you aren't from Kentucky by any chance are you?

Anderson Indiana

Remove TIE to reply.

Nahmie asks:


Charlie, you sure that's a Ford? Looks almost like that ill-conceived
Chrysler Airflow from back in the 30's, the way the fenders flow. Wish there
was more of the grill showing.

IIRC, the Chrysler Airflow was late '20s, very early '30s. The car shown is a
Ford (or Mercury) in the late '30s, early '40s series.

I think.

Charlie Self

http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/m.../business.html

(Crying dejectedly) I remember em all, and know where to still get some of
them.
http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/p...dGroupID=26244

Dave

"Charlie Self" wrote in message
...

snip

IIRC, the Chrysler Airflow was late '20s, very early '30s. The car shown
is a
Ford (or Mercury) in the late '30s, early '40s series.

I think.

Maybe that's our trouble. We're *thinking*, and that leads to all kinds of
problems when it runs up against our CRS.

Nahmie

Tue, Dec 30, 2003, 7:16am (EST+5)
(George=A0E.=A0Cawthon) says:
snip #23--there are still drive-ins snip

Few and far between tho.

JOAT
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of
enthusiasm.
- Sir Winston Churchill

Life just ain't life without good music. - JOAT
Web Page Update 29 Dec 2003.
Some tunes I like.
http://community-2.webtv.net/Jakofal...OMETUNESILIKE/

Tue, Dec 30, 2003, 2:19am (LP) says:
Yeh me too. Depressing aint it?

I won't say depressing, but it's a Hell of a shock when you realize
it.

And you can qualify for the older than older than dirt medal if you can
remember
snip Gasoline, sugar and tire rationing. snip

I also remember going to the store, and my mother giving over those
little ration thingies to buy meat.

The night Glen Miller came to town.

I don't remember that, because he never came to our town, it was
way too small. Remember all the rest tho. Plus dogfood, tasted better
than the cow food.

I also remember the radio, and listening to: The Green Hornet,
Tarzan, The Shadow, Amos 'n Andy, Fibber McGee & Molly, The Great
Guildersleeve, Sgt Preston of the Mounties, Superman, The Creaking Door,
and I don't know what all else. Now, that part of the so-called
good-ole days I woudn't mind keeping.

JOAT
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of
enthusiasm.
- Sir Winston Churchill

Life just ain't life without good music. - JOAT
Web Page Update 29 Dec 2003.
Some tunes I like.
http://community-2.webtv.net/Jakofal...OMETUNESILIKE/

Tue, Dec 30, 2003, 4:40am Greg G. claims:
45 is NOT older than dirt, 66 is. g

I've met plenty of 45 year olds who are older than me. And, I'm
only freshly 63. Nyah.

JOAT
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of
enthusiasm.
- Sir Winston Churchill

Life just ain't life without good music. - JOAT
Web Page Update 29 Dec 2003.
Some tunes I like.
http://community-2.webtv.net/Jakofal...OMETUNESILIKE/

Nahmie notes, correctly:

Maybe that's our trouble. We're *thinking*, and that leads to all kinds of
problems when it runs up against our CRS.

I resemble that remark. In more ways than one: my initials just happen to be
CRS.

Charlie Self
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave
it to. " Dorothy Parker

http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/m.../business.html

JOAT listens and hears:

I also remember the radio, and listening to: The Green Hornet,
Tarzan, The Shadow, Amos 'n Andy, Fibber McGee & Molly, The Great
Guildersleeve, Sgt Preston of the Mounties, Superman, The Creaking Door,
and I don't know what all else. Now, that part of the so-called
good-ole days I woudn't mind keeping.

Fanny Brice (Baby Snooks?); Fred Allen; Inner Sanctum (opened to the tune of a
creaking door that gave a 5 year old shivers up his spine).

I think James Earl Jones may be about the only actor today who can use his
voice the way those radio actors and comics used theirs.

A tune called "Skokian" from Bill Haley & the Comets.

Charlie Self
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave
it to. " Dorothy Parker

http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/m.../business.html

T. wrote:

Door, and I don't know what all else. Now, that part of the so-called
good-ole days I woudn't mind keeping.

Someone (Richard Armore (sp?)??) wrote (more or less g):

"We call them the 'Good Old Days' because we weren't good, we weren't old,
and we're talking about the nights."

-- Mark

In article ,
Lazarus Long wrote:
I got 20. I'm older than dirt and feel like it today.

Am I the only one giggling about "Lazurus Long" mentioning being old?
--
--henry schaffer
hes _AT_ ncsu _DOT_ edu

Henry E Schaffer wrote:

Am I the only one giggling about "Lazurus Long" mentioning being
old?

Nope. g SWMBO and I have been together since 1982 but I sometimes think
about Lazurus' assertion that the max length of any relationship is 20
years.... g

(Lots of 40+ 50+ anniversary marriages amongst my ancestors. I'm not
planning to skip... )

-- Mark

Hmmm, 22 out of 25 of the original list, and 9 out of 10 on this one.

#4 I don't remember

"Bay Area Dave" wrote in message
m...
The ONLY thing I don't remember from the list is Blackjack chewing gum.

Here's a few mo

1. Movie theater lobbies grander than a palace.
2. fallout shelters
3. the Edsel
4. getting your feet fluoroscoped at the shoe store
5. Davy Crockett
6. balloon tire bikes with coaster brakes
7. Jack Benny
8. your first transistor radio
9. Magic slates
10.TV trays

T. wrote:

My feet are still glowing!

dave

Timothy Drouillard wrote:

Hmmm, 22 out of 25 of the original list, and 9 out of 10 on this one.

#4 I don't remember

"Bay Area Dave" wrote in message
m...

The ONLY thing I don't remember from the list is Blackjack chewing gum.

Here's a few mo

1. Movie theater lobbies grander than a palace.
2. fallout shelters
3. the Edsel
4. getting your feet fluoroscoped at the shoe store
5. Davy Crockett
6. balloon tire bikes with coaster brakes
7. Jack Benny
8. your first transistor radio
9. Magic slates
10.TV trays

T. wrote:

Norman D. Crow wrote:

Maybe that's our trouble. We're *thinking*, and that leads to all kinds of
problems when it runs up against our CRS.

I can't remember what CRS means...

--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/

Charlie Self wrote:

I'd swiped them. I was maybe 9-10 (long before PC howls about younger
than 18 or whatever buying butts). I didn't see anotehr 18 cent pack of
cigarets again until I got to Parris Island's PX.

Good grief. They were like $1.50 when I started smoking. Almost $3 now. A
lot more than $3 in some places. I see some stores in far-off points
advertising $40 a carton like it was a bargain.

When VA does the 75-cents-a-pack tax hike, that's it. I've made up my mind.
No damn way I'm paying $35 a carton to give myself emphyszema.

It's gonna be soooooo hard to roll off those boring midnight miles without
my smokes though. I'll probably gain 250 pounds.

--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/

"Mowgli" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 21:41:58 -0500 (EST), T.'s fingers viciously stabbed
at
an innocent keyboard to form the now famous if slightly awkward haiku:

My mother sent me this a few days back. And, I can remembember
every damn thing on the quiz. What the Hell happened? I shouldn't even
be 30 yet. Damn.


WOW, I remember 13 and I'm only 43 years young.


I am 44, an I remember 24 of them! 43/44 must be a major transition age!
Greg

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 16:38:05 GMT, Bay Area Dave wrote:

Those are for the kiddies. Try these.

The ONLY thing I don't remember from the list is Blackjack chewing gum.

Here's a few mo

1. Movie theater lobbies grander than a palace.
Grandly uniformed ticket takers and ushers with flashlights to
take you to your seat.
2. fallout shelters
Fallout shelters with FOOD and supplies
3. the Edsel
The Hudson
4. getting your feet fluoroscoped at the shoe store

5. Davy Crockett
Bobby Benson of the B Bar B Ranch. And my favorite,
LashLarue
6. balloon tire bikes with coaster brakes
Like race cars you steer with your hand and brake with your
feet
7. Jack Benny
Fibber McGee and Molly, Dr. Christian, Fannie Brice as Baby
Snooks, Boston Blackie
8. your first transistor radio
One big radio in the living room and no tv
9. Magic slates
Slates
10.TV trays
Milk trays left out for the milkman

T. wrote:

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:30:33 -0500 (EST),
(T.) wrote:

Tue, Dec 30, 2003, 7:16am (EST+5)
(George*E.*Cawthon) says:
snip #23--there are still drive-ins snip

Few and far between tho.

There's one on Cape Cod (Wellfleet Mass) that show TWO first run
movies.

Roy Neudecker said:

In article ,
(T.) writes:

Older Than Dirt Quiz:
Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told about!
Ratings at the bottom.

Ah, the good old days!!!

What about Glenn Miller, the Ink Spots and Skitch Henderson's Band? Now don't
get me going.

And don't forget Spike Jones and Benny Goodman. I had a collection of
old 45's (45s for those who don't believe in such punctuation) and an
RCA 45 changer, and a homemade monaural gulp tube amp. g
There was also a piano player, I forgot his name, that played Autumn
Leaves. Wish I still had them...


Greg G.

Silvan wrote:

When VA does the 75-cents-a-pack tax hike, that's it. I've made up
my mind. No damn way I'm paying $35 a carton to give myself
emphyszema.

It's gonna be soooooo hard to roll off those boring midnight miles
without my smokes though. I'll probably gain 250 pounds.

Is Bull Durham still around? In high school in the 1970's I used to do a
lot of roll-ur-own.

-- Mark

In article , Greg G. writes:

And don't forget Spike Jones and Benny Goodman. I had a collection of
old 45's (45s for those who don't believe in such punctuation) and an
RCA 45 changer, and a homemade monaural gulp tube amp. g
There was also a piano player, I forgot his name, that played Autumn
Leaves. Wish I still had them...

Ah yes, Spike Jones. Use to get a great laugh at his "playing around".

By the way, Autumn Leaves was Johnny Mercer.

Roy

1. Movie theater lobbies grander than a palace.
Grandly uniformed ticket takers and ushers with flashlights to
take you to your seat.


"I have two down in front" said the usherette as her straps broke.....

Remove TIE to reply.

Howard notes:

11. 0.5% sales tax

In NY State, no sales tax until about '65, introduced at 4%, IIRC, thanks to
Nellie Rockefeller, governor for far too long.

Charlie Self
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave
it to. " Dorothy Parker

http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/m.../business.html

Silvan writes:

When VA does the 75-cents-a-pack tax hike, that's it. I've made up my mind.
No damn way I'm paying $35 a carton to give myself emphyszema.

It's gonna be soooooo hard to roll off those boring midnight miles without
my smokes though. I'll probably gain 250 pounds.

Probably. I gained more weight than I ever thought possible. I seem to have
stabilized now, about 90 pound above my "normal" weight.

Charlie Self
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave
it to. " Dorothy Parker

http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/m.../business.html

Cape Cod Bob writes:


Tue, Dec 30, 2003, 7:16am (EST+5)
(George*E.*Cawthon) says:
snip #23--there are still drive-ins snip

Few and far between tho.

There's one on Cape Cod (Wellfleet Mass) that show TWO first run
movies.

Ah, yes! The old double feature. I think they used to cost about a quarter and
eat an ENTIRE afternoon.
Charlie Self
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave
it to. " Dorothy Parker

http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/m.../business.html

On 31 Dec 2003 00:39:37 GMT, otforme (Charlie Self)
wrote:

I resemble that remark. In more ways than one: my initials just happen to be
CRS.

That made me laugh out loud. Thanks.


Real Email is: tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet
Website: http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1

Cape Cod Bob wrote:

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:30:33 -0500 (EST),
(T.) wrote:


Tue, Dec 30, 2003, 7:16am (EST+5)
(George E. Cawthon) says:
snip #23--there are still drive-ins snip

Few and far between tho.


There's one on Cape Cod (Wellfleet Mass) that show TWO first run
movies.

Looking for one in your area?
http://www.driveinmovie.com/mainmenu.htm
Joe

On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 13:47:56 GMT, Howard wrote:


12. Gas wars -- Econotane at 11 cents/gal

When most of your glassware came from the gas station and your dinner
plates came from the A+P (as well as the Funk and Wagnall's
Encyclopedia @ $1.00 per volume per week).


Tom Watson
(Real Email is tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet)
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/

Howard writes:

(Charlie Self) wrote:

In NY State, no sales tax until about '65, introduced at 4%, IIRC, thanks to
Nellie Rockefeller, governor for far too long.

12. Gas wars -- Econotane at 11 cents/gal

Yow. I was in the expensive end of the country (downstate NY), but I recall my
father going through the roof when he couldn't get 5 gallons for a buck any
more.

Charlie Self
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave
it to. " Dorothy Parker

http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/m.../business.html

Tom Watson writes:


12. Gas wars -- Econotane at 11 cents/gal

When most of your glassware came from the gas station and your dinner
plates came from the A+P (as well as the Funk and Wagnall's
Encyclopedia @ $1.00 per volume per week).

That's still happening, but at Winn Dixie, mostly. And I think it's $4.95 a
week, and the glassware and plates are crap.

Charlie Self
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave
it to. " Dorothy Parker

http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/m.../business.html

They were .25 a pack when I first bought a pack in the 50's ... with two
pennies change under the cellophane. When I was in the service in the 60's
they were a $1.90/carton, or .19 a pack at the PX.

When I was in England in the early 60's, you pretty much had to be rich to
smoke, or else roll your own, which I did. A five pack of Players was about
..75 US then, but you could buy one cigarette at a time in kiosk's and many
stores ... a weekend luxury for me to smoke a ready roll.

--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 12/29/03


"Silvan" wrote in message
Charlie Self wrote:

I'd swiped them. I was maybe 9-10 (long before PC howls about younger
than 18 or whatever buying butts). I didn't see anotehr 18 cent pack of
cigarets again until I got to Parris Island's PX.

Good grief. They were like $1.50 when I started smoking. Almost $3 now.
A
lot more than $3 in some places. I see some stores in far-off points
advertising $40 a carton like it was a bargain.

When VA does the 75-cents-a-pack tax hike, that's it. I've made up my
mind.
No damn way I'm paying $35 a carton to give myself emphyszema.

It's gonna be soooooo hard to roll off those boring midnight miles without
my smokes though. I'll probably gain 250 pounds.

In High School I routinely bought 25 cents worth of gas for my '49 Willys
Jeepster, and a few drops to go in my Zippo. You had to be careful with the
first flick, was all ... overfill it and it would take the hair off your leg
under your jeans pocket.

--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 12/29/03

"Charlie Self" wrote in message

Yow. I was in the expensive end of the country (downstate NY), but I
recall my
father going through the roof when he couldn't get 5 gallons for a buck
any
more.

Charlie Self

"Silvan" wrote in message
...
Charlie Self wrote:

I'd swiped them. I was maybe 9-10 (long before PC howls about younger
than 18 or whatever buying butts). I didn't see anotehr 18 cent pack of
cigarets again until I got to Parris Island's PX.

Good grief. They were like $1.50 when I started smoking. Almost $3 now.
A
lot more than $3 in some places. I see some stores in far-off points
advertising $40 a carton like it was a bargain.

When VA does the 75-cents-a-pack tax hike, that's it. I've made up my
mind.
No damn way I'm paying $35 a carton to give myself emphyszema.

How much would you pay to get emphysema?

It's gonna be soooooo hard to roll off those boring midnight miles without
my smokes though. I'll probably gain 250 pounds.

And 20 more years.
The wreck needs you, Mike. Toss 'em.

Bob

Swingman responds:

In High School I routinely bought 25 cents worth of gas for my '49 Willys
Jeepster, and a few drops to go in my Zippo. You had to be careful with the
first flick, was all ... overfill it and it would take the hair off your leg
under your jeans pocket.

Ouch. Brings back memories. Late '50s, at Kaneohe Bay MCAS, I got stuck driving
the fuel tanker for some weeks (until someone thought to ask if I had a
military license, which I didn't--and after 6 weeks of that crap, I made sure I
never did get one). Used to fill my lighter with the drip from the hose after
fueling copters. It would not only take hair off your leg, it would leave you
with a really nasty red blotch. But that was AvGas, maybe 125+ octane, IIRC.

Weird vehicles: spot you your Willys versus my '50 Studebaker, with hill
holder, or my '51 Crosley convertible (top slid back on rails above the
windows, had a floor shift--3 speed--spur gears you could shift with your
foot).

Charlie Self
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave
it to. " Dorothy Parker

http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/m.../business.html

In article ,
says...
My feet are still glowing!

When I had my neck fluoroscoped a while back, the technician retreated
behind his lead window. He was horrified when I mentioned the shoe
stores, he'd never heard of it.

The salesmen used to chase us out because every small boy in town loved
to run in and x-ray his feet :-).

And how about the radium in the Tom Mix (?) rings. You put it up to your
eye and watched the sparks :-).

--
Where ARE those Iraqi WMDs?

In article ,
says...
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 16:38:05 GMT, Bay Area Dave wrote:

Those are for the kiddies. Try these.

Grandly uniformed ticket takers and ushers with flashlights to
take you to your seat.

I was one :-).

The Hudson

The bathtub? A friends father had one and we never could find out it's
top speed. It just very slowly kept accelerating. We did have it over a
hundred on the speedometer.

Milk trays left out for the milkman

Milkmen who came thru the back door and into the kitchen to check the
refrigerator (or icebox) to see what you needed.

And, the bakery man's horse who knew the route by heart :-).

--
Where ARE those Iraqi WMDs?

On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 06:29:36 GMT, "Mark Jerde"
wrote:

Is Bull Durham still around? In high school in the 1970's I used to do a
lot of roll-ur-own.

-- Mark

I did some roll-your-own in college in the 70's but mostly it wasn't
tobacco.
-- jc
Published e-mail address is strictly for spam collection.
If e-mailing me, please use jc631 at optonline dot net

"Henry E Schaffer" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Lazarus Long wrote:
I got 20. I'm older than dirt and feel like it today.

Am I the only one giggling about "Lazurus Long" mentioning being old?
--
--henry schaffer
hes _AT_ ncsu _DOT_ edu

Nope. I thought that was kinda weird as soon as I read it.

Gotta dig "Methuselah's Children" back out of the bookshelf and reread it.

Jon E

Larry Blanchard notes:

The salesmen used to chase us out because every small boy in town loved
to run in and x-ray his feet :-).

Heh. Maybe that's what's wrong with the younger generation.

And how about the radium in the Tom Mix (?) rings. You put it up to your
eye and watched the sparks :-).

In my case, Jack Armstrong, All American Boy! The ring sucked. I never did see
it glow.



Charlie Self
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave
it to. " Dorothy Parker

http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/m.../business.html