Paul I
(Member)
08/14/05 10:54 PM
Just plain ole aging..

Went into the grocery today to get a few items. Most were routine but a couple made me feel very old- like when did things change?

Ever try to find milk? Just plain old milk? I don't even know what it's called anymore. There's
lowfat, nonfat, 2%, 3%, skim, lactose free, and a few others. Someone could triple their sales if they labeled just one kind - Just Plain Milk.

And the next thing was ice cream. It seems like only yesterday (that's a dangerous thought at my age) that everyone loved maple walnut ice cream. Well I checked Ben and Jerrys, Hagen Das, Breyers,
Dryers, store brand, and all the others. No maple walnut? Does it still exist? There is vanilla, french vanilla, double french vanilla, vanilla bean vanilla. Couldn't we make 1.5 vanilla by a merger then using the extra shelf space for maple walnut? I tried explaining this to someone and they had never heard of maple walnut.

Oh well, I'm the guy who still thinks Nabisco Shredded Wheat is one word, Frigidaire means the same as refrigerator and Coke bottles have the
name of the town they were made in on the bottom
and if you pry the cork out of the cap- who knows?

LASHB
(Member)
08/15/05 05:57 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hey, you didn't even mention bread. Remember when mom sent you to the store for a loaf of bread and you knew exactly what she wanted? Now it's "did she want white, enriched white, sandwich or regular loaf, whole wheat, honey whole wheat, whole grain, multigrain..."

Roadrunner
(Member)
08/15/05 10:07 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

And when Mom was baking a cake you were really lucky to get it made with cake flour........cake mixes, never heard of them!

MerryA
(Member)
08/15/05 10:53 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

My Mother and Dad's parents owned and ran country stores. Dad's parents lived in the back of the store (half store, half house). Mama's parents lived behind their store in a house that was not connected but was close enough to have been.

Remember when bologna came in big sticks and they would slice it for you at whatever thickness you wanted? The heel was my favorite!

And the candy was in big glass jars on the counter? Even rock candy.

And the soft drinks were kept in a big Coke cooler outside filled with melting ice? Customers helped themselves and it would just be add to the bill or tab? Remember a Yahoo or RC on a hot day with the bottle so cold and wet it almost hurt to hold it?

I remember so clearly Grandmother in her rocking chair next to the potbelly stove in the back in the winter - she was always crocheting. And I remember clearly the other Grandmother behind the counter gossiping with customers - or as she would say - getting the news.

And the smells, sights, and sounds of each store. The only things electric were the bare light bulbs and the coolers for the meat and dairy products. Dark, worn hardwood floors. Only four or five isles but there was not an inch of space for another item. In the summer it was always cooler in the store than outside. The slam of the screen door closed by an "eeeeking" spring. No shopping carts - people only got as much as they could carry because they were usually walking. Men in overalls sitting on the cooler outside or kneeling down and talking for what seemed hours. People bought groceries on credit - the amount and date written down on a page in a spiral notebook that had the customer's family name at the top of the page - and they settled up when they got some money - no interest charged. The smell of the feed room at the back, behind the meat case. The only spices and flavorings were generally salt, pepper, pickling spice and vanilla. The denim jeans and a few men's work shirts folded on the shelf with cowboy hats on an upper shelf. The fishing lures were by the register along with the tobacco products and small bags of chips and peanuts.

Thanks Paul, I also feel quite old and quite fortunate to have these memories.

Roadrunner
(Member)
08/15/05 11:57 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

MerryA we have something in common as my Mom and Dad ran a small grocery store. Much of your very eloquent description is etched in my memory as well.

dashing
(Member)
08/15/05 01:27 PM
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Penny candy and nickle candy bars. We could spend a Sat. morning looking for discarded bottles then eat candy all afternoon. The soda and beer cans with the aluminum disposable tabs were good to get rid of except for those who collected and made chains w/ them. dash

Paul I
(Member)
08/15/05 02:08 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I mulled over my post this am and thought "what a stupid thing to bother to post" but have so enjoyed hearing these little rememberances of a vanished era for most of the US.

Anyone remember when you had to mix the orange stuff with the white stuff and mix it forever to make margarine? How about department stores with tramway/pulleys that went up to the mezzanine for paying and getting receipts? Then later, the pneumatic tubes.

LASHB
(Member)
08/15/05 02:17 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

My mother and my grandmother made jams and jellies every summer. My mother died when I was almost 12 and my grandmother a few years later. My stepmother canned a lot, but mostly fruit and veggies. So last summer when I made my first batch of jam in almost 30 years, I was taken right back to my grandmother's kitchen. I could almost feel my mother and grandmother there with me. When I was a kid, I hated skimming the hot jam and still do! But I'm hooked for sure on making jams and jellies now.

My mom always seemed to have an old white sheet we could have too. We'd gather up natural dyes like berries (red), onions (yellow and brown) and something for green. We'd dye little pieces of fabric different colors and then sew them together. Wonder what ever happened to them?

Used to swim out back in the swimming hole all summer long. The county fair was literally at the end of our road so we went down every day of it. Candy apples were my favorite! And Fowler's taffy. They still come to our county fair and I got some of their taffy last summer.

Wonder if I have an old white sheet somewhere? Maybe tomorrow or the next day when it's a gazillion degrees out, my boys and I might just have to do some dyeing!

Cool thread.

flicka
(Member)
08/15/05 02:51 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by Paul I:
Then later, the pneumatic tubes.
We had a mercantile in town that used that method up until is closed it's doors for good about 10 years ago.

Great post!

dashing
(Member)
08/15/05 03:38 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Before school pictures, Easter Sunday, etc., my Mom would send one of the 4 sis's to find an old white sheet. She'd tear it into strips then use them as hair rollers.Occasionally, one of us will still ask her to "rag" set our hair.
I also remember Navy blankets from WWII. We used them camping in the back yard. dash

Paul I
(Member)
08/15/05 04:45 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

White sheets had a lot of lives, didn't they?
Over the clothesline for a tent, straining liquids,
tying up the tomatoes, and even fashioned into inexpensive curtains for the lesser used room. My Mom and Dad used to fold the sheets in the living room. One at each end, stretch them, snap them a few times to get out some wrinkles then fold them. My sis and I would sit underneath.

Eventually, my Mom would actually iron them! Permanent press changed a lot of lives, eh?

MerryA
(Member)
08/15/05 05:04 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by Paul I:
Eventually, my Mom would actually iron them! Permanent press changed a lot of lives, eh?
Same here! When Mama went back to working full time after that last sister was born in the early 1960's, she hired a lady to iron - the same lady that had ironed for Grandmother when Mama was a girl.

We also used to have milk delivered twice a week - he would put it in the frig. We never locked our doors during the day so he would just come on in.

Nancie
(Member)
08/15/05 05:06 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

"the waltons" was based on all you ppl, right?

Paul I
(Member)
08/15/05 06:56 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Of course not. By the way, Goodnight LashB, goodnight Roadrunner, goodnight Merry A, goodnight dashing, good night Nancie, goodnight Sylvana,
good night sis, I mean Flicka.

Nancie
(Member)
08/15/05 07:01 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

lol
nite paul-boy

dashing
(Member)
08/15/05 08:02 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

My Mom threw out all my Dad's need to iron shirts and replaced them w/ permanent press.
I remember when school started getting free Cigar Boxes from Stationary Stores as pencil boxes.
Also, smocks for art class were my Dad's old shirts worn backwards.
My elementary school classrooms had a cloak room.
dash

Roadrunner
(Member)
08/15/05 11:41 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Oh yes nilk delivery...........the dairy used to deliver it to the store by wagon! It had a long box on either side iced down in summer with all the milk in cases. Glass bottles of course with cardboard caps and if they froze the milk would overspill frozen out the top.

I remember the Vice Principle giving the school trouble maker a "strapping" in the cloakroom which was up front. We sat at our desks like statues barely breathing.

Goodnight Paul I, goodnight dashing, goodnight LashB, goodnight Flicka, goodnight Merry A, goodnight Nancie, goodnight Sylvana.

GREAT POST!

flicka
(Member)
08/16/05 09:25 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by Paul I:
good night sis, I mean Flicka.
I always wanted a big brother!

Here's a picture of the school I attended up to 5th grade. It was within walking distance of home back then. The ramp is a new addition.

MrSoul
(Member)
08/16/05 09:45 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

The New York Times reported that more large-print books are getting printed, since the publishers are losing money on those teeny-print paperbacks. Why? Baby-boomers are getting too old to read the print!

It didn't USED TO BE "small print". The print has stayed the SAME. WE aren't the same.

I'm glad it isn't just me, though! Looking forward to the larger print!

On a related note: I work with a few young people, and the Beatles have been getting dissed. Its "cool" now to announce that the Beatles weren't all that influential. :rolleyes: (Also, noticed this in some recent rock criticism by young people in their early 20s.) Only someone who hadn't lived through that period could believe that, whether you actually "liked" the Beatles or not...

So, the youngsters will defend the Stones, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Dead, etc. and diss REVOLVER. At least I taught my daughter otherwise!

Its the new way of rebelling against the critical status quo, I guess. :rolleyes:

MrSoul
(Member)
08/16/05 09:48 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by flicka:


Wow, Flicka! I have to say, I'm impressed.

dashing
(Member)
08/16/05 04:03 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Say it ain't so, dissing The Beatles
I can live my "formative years" listening to their music! They appeared on Ed Sullivan when I was in 5th grade. I watched at my best friend's house. With us were, her older sister and a few of her 9th grade friends. The cool teens were screaming, tears were streaming and each was shrieking their favorites name. My friend and I thought the teens antics strange but tried to understand and join in.
By around 8th grade Sgt.Peppers was released. It made Tookey Mooney's pj party memorable. I had every album, and each song brings back a memory of certain milestones of, puberty, first kiss, dating..."Came in through the bathroom window" had no connection to silver spoons but our usual "sneak in, sneak out" route for late night escapades.
They broke up when I broke my neck. Don McLean's lyrics "the day the music died" on "American Pie" to me and friends have a dual meaning.
I have a hardcover "coffee table book" on the same. I'm always putting it on top of the other one, "NASCAR." Glenn then switches them back the other way (an irritating game some shrink would surely comment on.) I remember the Beatles fondly. They represent my whole coming of age, now I guess just that I've just aged! dash

Paul I
(Member)
08/16/05 05:57 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I know exactly of what you speak, dashing. Except for me it was Elvis Presley, Gene Pitney, Gogi Grant, Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and a few others.
My first girlfriend and I, 8th grade, Blue Moon was our song. I can still remember how I'd almost get light-headed holding her hand in the movies ( 10 cents for a matinee) Bobby socks, those big peticoats that stuck out or peddle pushers, and Saturday night at the teen center at the community house. Everyone posturing, Levis (had to have the red tag), white teeshirt, no belt, man, we were cool! And ducktail haircuts. Got a few years on you!
Paul I

Roadrunner
(Member)
08/16/05 07:52 PM
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Mercy, Elvis, Lesley Gore, Patsy Cline, and above them all Johnny Mathis . I got his autograph last year on his very 1st issued Program. His manager flipped that I had kept it all these years! Of all the autographs I've ever collected over the years I treasure it the most.

My '55 Ford convertible complete with fender skirts, continental kit, dual hollywoods, and of course dropped low in the back, LOL. Paul I those were "crinolines" (miles of ruffled lace slip). They went under your poodle skirt and when you sat down the whole thing went up in the air exposing your nylon tops and garters. Panty hose had not been invented.

Paul I
(Member)
08/16/05 09:12 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

You got it Roadrunner! I can picture the Ford. Seems like they were all turquoise and cream. Havn't heard the term Hollywood mufflers for ages. It's all low restriction or glaspacks. I knew those things under the dress had a name. That's great with the Johney Mathis program. My older sister was nuts over him and Vic Damone and of course "the Wild One", Marlon Brando. You know it's funny how things that were significant back then kind of become the standard for measuring things. This guy at my school had a 1950 Mercury convertible, Frenched headlights, nosed and decked, skirts, powder blue, chrome rims and baby moons. Cool!

rosebud
(Member)
08/16/05 10:03 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

What a happy wonderfully sentimental thread P1, but a little coincidental, too. You see, tonite I enjoyed a dish of my very favorite maple walnut ice cream from a local drive-in. Elvis, and Guy Mitchell were my favorites and Blue Moon was the song I always requested at the school dances. But - when I was a little kid I remember lovingly helping mom stretch lace curtains onto frames to dry, grandma's cellar with the onions hanging from the rafters, the potato bins and pickle barrel and shelves of canned goods.

Thank you for bringing back all these wonderful memories to me and everyone else on this site tonite. Goodnite.

cbal-craig
(Member)
08/17/05 11:29 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by rosebud:
What a happy wonderfully sentimental thread P1
I agree Paul, but I think you all are a little older than I am, at least Paul and roadrunner are
I remember drag racing with cars made in the 20th century lol.
I'm just jokin with ya, I actually remember that 55 Ford :rolleyes:

peace
The youngster :p

dashing
(Member)
08/17/05 11:46 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hey Craig, I think I'll make myself feel better and join you in your "youngster" group. I mean kids were looking for old junked 57 Chevy's to buy for around $100.00, tinker with it, and end up w/ to a cool cheap old car. My hs boyfriend got a 48 Willie's Jeep at a old military clearance sale for $50.00. We took it "jungle cruising" in the marshes. Everyone with 4 wheel drive would meet on a friday night. Someone would be "it", and drive w/ no headlights, basically killing time playing tag. It was fun. The new rich kids cars were Camaro's and Mustangs. My downfall was in one of those Camaro's. dash

Paul I
(Member)
08/17/05 12:05 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

OK you kids, it's OK to be young. We won't hold it against you. Plus youth is a state of mind that never departs. I just bought a Dodge Magnum, cool vanilla, V-8 Hemi powered that will help maintain my youthfulness and suck the doors off the BMWs, SUVs and other hardware of the "now" generation. Unfortunately all the drive-ins around here are Sonic Drive-ins which are not exactly American Grafitti but I imagine there's a cruise night somewhere in this huge metro area.

Roadrunner
(Member)
08/17/05 04:54 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Ohhhhhhhhh a Dodge Magnum, LOL, great minds think alike, I love those. would have been my choice if it were pratical.

And Dashing's '57 Chevy with a California "rake" comes clearly to mind, although I never could relate to that type of customizing (was getting old then, LOL).

And, ROTFLMBO, my '55 Ford convertible was turquoise and white. LOL, yes we were "cool". (Can't remember if that was the expression then or not). I'm still thinking about the ducktail haircuts loaded with Brylecream

dashing
(Member)
08/17/05 05:37 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

My Dad bought a turquoise and white 57 Dodge w/ fins. It had a push button gear thing. As kids we would get in and push those buttons. He was a very frustrated Dad! dash

Paul I
(Member)
08/17/05 06:42 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Had a 57 Plymouth Coupe with pushbutton transmission. Really, why not? It's just a different kind of linkage. I'm a little sick of front seats built around a shift lever, console, cup holders, etc. My Chevy I traded was column shift with split bench front seat. You could actually move to the passenger seat without major posterior damage.

Rosebud, what brand of icecream was the Maple Walnut? Let's see, if I left tomorrow I could be in upstate NY in about a week.

Roadrunner, I have a Chairtopper on it also painted cool vanilla. It detracts a little but the real style line is in the rear roofline.

rosebud
(Member)
08/17/05 10:34 PM
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lol, that's really funny P1. Bet if you floored that hemi you could make it in 4 days!

The maple walnut is homemade at the Island Drive-In about 10 miles from here. It's a beautiful drive on a warm evening, so I go there quite often. They have 28 flavors, but I get the maple walnut or butter pecan most often.

If it would make your day, I wonder if dry ice would keep it frozen long enough to get to you? I will sure give it a try, if you really want some.

Paul I
(Member)
08/17/05 10:43 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

That's a wonderful offer, Rosebud, and I really believe you would try. I imagine that if I really were to make an effort to find some I could. I'll have to ask around. Being a relative newcomer to these parts there are probably many ice cream parlors I am unaware of. Thank you. Paul I

dashing
(Member)
08/18/05 07:31 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hey PaulI, We would push the buttons while the car was in the driveway (no one locked anything back then.) They would get pushed in too far, two jammed at once etc. He wasn't pleased racing out for work early in the morning only to have to dissembele the box, reassemble it, just to get it into reverse and head off for work espically on really cold mornings. He didn't believe in yelling or spanking. But, I'm glad we had the whole day before he saw us again. dash

rosebud
(Member)
08/18/05 10:12 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Ok P1. Have a good nite.

cbal-craig
(Member)
08/19/05 02:16 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by Paul I:
I just bought a Dodge Magnum, cool vanilla, V-8 Hemi powered that will help maintain my youthfulness and suck the doors off the BMWs, SUVs and other hardware of the "now" generation.
LOL, I really like those cars too Paul and your description is perfect !

cbal-craig
(Member)
08/19/05 02:21 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by Roadrunner:
LOL, yes we were "cool". (Can't remember if that was the expression then or not).
If you were in Calif. it was "bitchin" (I think)....lol

Paul I
(Member)
08/19/05 03:05 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

In the 50's it was "cool, neat, or suave" as well as I can recall. Of course those were the days that gay meant happy and the only think that sucked was a vacuum cleaner, the "F" word was totally a last resort of expression but the only thing different about sex was people's willingness to discuss it beyond hanging out at the garage.

Dashing, I never locked mine (shift) up like that. I'd forgotten how parents could instill fear. I'll have to ask my son if I instilled fear in him ever. My folks had a 57 Dodge also-mint green and darker green. Wow, two-tone paint hardly exists anymore unless you drive an ELement does it? What happened? See what these children are missing?
We all read this book called Street Rod in Junior High and then painted our bikes- my Schwinn with "knee action" - pink and copper.

What was anybody's first car?

rosebud
(Member)
08/19/05 03:15 PM
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Help! My memory has gone blank on who sang this song in the 50's. The voice sounds like Bobby Vintin (sp?) but not sure who it is.

"Onnly lovve can break your hearrrt"
"Onnly lovve can mennnnnnd it againnnn"

I heard it on the radio this morning and can't get out of my head.

Paul I
(Member)
08/19/05 03:35 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Gene Pitney

http://www.lyricsdepot.com/gene-pitney/only-love-can-break-a-heart.html

rosebud
(Member)
08/19/05 04:13 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

My dad used to refurbish seat and door apholstry and repaint damaged cars back in the 50's as a side job and many times would take us kids for a ride in the "new" car. He fixed up a couple of Studebakers (one was gray and the other a pea green) the seats and doors were a mousey velvety texture. Was like going for a ride in a wingless airplane - what fun that was. He also drove a big white Indian motorcycle. I remember hanging onto his waist for dear life when he took me for a ride (no helmets either).

I got my drivers training ,so to speak, in my boyfriend's old Ford Coupe, standard trans., no power steering. I think it was a '46 or '47. I had a huge problem keeping my bottom on the seat when making a sharp turn. Went off the road several times, but there was no traffic on the dirt roads we practiced on and I was only 15 or 16. We got away with a lot back then. Ahhh, those were the days.

I didn't have a car of my own until I was 22, a couple years after I was in the car accident. I got my drivers license while at the Rusk Institute in NYC. My first car was a '64 Plymouth Valiant only because it was a breeze to transfer in and out of and get the chair in the back.

-Barb

rosebud
(Member)
08/19/05 04:17 PM
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Aaah, Geeene Pitney - I love that song.

Thanks P1.

Roadrunner
(Member)
08/19/05 05:14 PM
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Thanks cbl-craig I think your right it was "bitchin". I wouldn't have said it though cause that fear was "instilled" The "silent generation" we were there is no question about it.

Rosebud I sure remember those Studebakers. A friend back then would only drive them and I thought they were so ugly, LOL.

My first car was a red "54 Ford Fairlane convertible with a black top. I loved it cause it was my first taste of "FREEDOM". A spinal injury at birth kept me close to home and I was intoxicated with freedom. My Dad had driven me to and from work for 2 years (no acessibility back then)so imagine this young 20's female with her 1st car.........LOL.

Paul I
(Member)
08/19/05 05:48 PM
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Jeeze, I loved Studebakers. My French teacher in high school had one of the first sporty ones- about a 54 or 55 maybe. In fact, went to a Studebaker show here is Mesa last spring. Later on I fell in love with the Avanti and bought a used one, a 63. I had to convert it from 4 speed to automatic, a real job. Took me about a week. But it was the most accessible car I ever had for stuffing the chair in the back seat. You people are really taking me down memory lane. Paul I

rosebud
(Member)
08/19/05 06:04 PM
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I can understand the freedom you must have felt. Roadrunner, there's nothing like hopping in a car and taking off solo - and in a red convertable yet, wow what an exciting day that must have been!

Those Studebakers were ugly, but unique and bring back fond memories of my dad.

dashing
(Member)
08/19/05 06:13 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

We said "pisser" as a good thing. We had a "pisser" at a party if it got "crashed", was wild, etc. But, if we slipped around the "rents" they would get "pissed ".
Roadrunner, I felt old reading the recent National SCI newspaper. Bobby Hall is old and grey! Marilyn Hamilton is middle aged...I think I'll remember Connie Head as she appears on the poster I have advertising Halls' Chairs. dash
hmmm, I wonder if my old ad for Braun Vans is in the NM mag archives .

rosebud
(Member)
08/19/05 06:27 PM
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P1 You started it! Thank you very much.

whiterabbit11
(Member)
08/19/05 07:04 PM
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How could I have missed this thread? Beatles dissed? That's blasphemy. Then there were the cars. A '66 GTO lead to my downfall, but it could've been my '65 Mustang or my '62 Chevy 409. Or even my '49 Ford flathead v-8 with dual exhausts, cut coil springs in the front so it rode like a red American Flyer wagon.
Yup, those were gthe days.Anybody got pictures?

I had a 49 willys jeep that actually did go anywhere. If it quit you could rebuild it with a crescent wrench a screwdriver and some pliers-almost. But I did take the carbuerator apart in the middle of nowhere and clean the needlevalve once a week.
I think somebody threw a rag in the gas tank. wr

dashing
(Member)
08/19/05 08:24 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

When I was about 15 a friend let me drive his GTO on this straight stretch of road behind the school. It was our weekend dragstrip. Straight, not open to traffic. I brought that up to 100mph .
I dreamed of getting a Dodge Charger but got sidelined. I first got hand controls in my Pop's 67 Plymouth Sports Fury Convertable. When still cold we could take the top down, windows up, heat on, stereo blasting and drive around and catch rays. My first "own" car was a 72 Plymouth FuryIII . It looked like an unmarked cop car(that was the only fun thing about it). They then said big cars were best for getting a chair into. dash

Paul I
(Member)
08/19/05 09:22 PM
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I think the Ford flathead V8 with glasspacs was the nicest sounding engine I've ever heard. Better than the OHV engines. Wind them until they'd begin to rap then back it down a little and catch the next gear.
Sooo sweet!

Remember summer nights? Mild, windows or top down, crusin? There's just something about those nights that just makes your heart race and your senses
just peaked out totally. Man, I can just feel it! Paul I

Roadrunner
(Member)
08/19/05 11:40 PM
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Dashing, you're memory is superb.......my hat's off to you I had completely forgotten Connie. It seems like only yesterday in many ways.

whiterabbit11, Yes I do have pictures.......actually if I remember right I have pictures of both the '54 and '55. Will have to con someone into digging into the box for me and learn how to post them up.

Paul I said:

"I think the Ford flathead V8 with glasspacs was the nicest sounding engine I've ever heard."

I couldn't agree more and on those hot nights with the top down I loved listening to them when "cruising" around. However, LOL, I wanted so badly to have igniters set in the pipes to flame when pulling out, and I just never could come up with the bucks

Paul I said:
"Remember summer nights? Mild, windows or top down, crusin? There's just something about those nights that just makes your heart race and your senses just peaked out totally."

You know I really believe these experiences seem to be lost to the past several generations. In a way such simple pleasures and experiences that excited the senses and saturated the soul so completely..........just the sheer joy of life

cbal-craig
(Member)
08/20/05 09:12 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by Paul I:
What was any body's first car?
I had a 67 VW bug a very close friend gave me during hard times, then I traded that for a 55 GMC pickup. What a tank ! I had a 450 Ducati and a 650 Triumph before that.
My first new car was a 72 Maverick .
One time I moved across the country with the Maverick and the GMG, I filled that GMC up 3 times for every time I filled the Maverick. lol, I include that in my "one of the trips from hell" book Another time Sandy and I moved from Denver to SW Florida we had a 72 Capri and ever 500 miles I had to pull the distributor and clean the oil off it (i think), that trip is kinda a blur but in Hattisburg Miss. a policeman stopped and ended up helping me I was just some long haired idiot on the side of the road but that old boy stopped to help me. It really made an impact on me because it was in 1976 after the war had ended in 75 and before that my experience with police had not been good.
Now days my county Sheriff is a personal friend I have known for 20 years..

Boring I know but that is all I have for this trip down memory lane

peace,
one of the young ones


whiterabbit11
(Member)
08/20/05 10:48 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

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Originally posted by Roadrunner:
Dashing, you're memory is superb.......my hat's off to you I had completely forgotten Connie. It seems like only yesterday in many ways.

whiterabbit11, Yes I do have pictures.......actually if I remember right I have pictures of both the '54 and '55. Will have to con someone into digging into the box for me and learn how to post them up.

Paul I said:

"I think the Ford flathead V8 with glasspacs was the nicest sounding engine I've ever heard."

I couldn't agree more and on those hot nights with the top down I loved listening to them when "cruising" around. However, LOL, I wanted so badly to have igniters set in the pipes to flame when pulling out, and I just never could come up with the bucks

Paul I said:
"Remember summer nights? Mild, windows or top down, crusin? There's just something about those nights that just makes your heart race and your senses just peaked out totally."

You know I really believe these experiences seem to be lost to the past several generations. In a way such simple pleasures and experiences that excited the senses and saturated the soul so completely..........just the sheer joy of life
Hey Roadrunner-Sylvana posted a link to a free picture downloader on the pet thread. I figured it out for the dog and if I can, anyone can. here it is:
http://photobucket.com/login.php

I have my 409 handy but will have to dig out the rest from under the stack of 45 and 33&1/3 albums.wr

I had 2 '49 fords in my backyard and a '49 chevy-must've had a thing about '49. My mother finally came after me with a baseball bat and a threat-something about her new grass and flowers. So I hustled and made one good 49 ford from 2 not so good ones and sold the chevy 6 to some nerd-6's were not cool.

I'd drive the 49 ford past my gf's house in 1st gear and let the glass packs back off. Her Dad said it was the "Mating Call"

dash- I got my GTO past 120 once and God knows how fast the 409 topped at. I ran it 'B stock', in the Drag strips in Texas while stationed at Ft. Hood till LBJ sent me across the ocean.

LASHB
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08/20/05 05:11 PM
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Okay, my stories are boring compared to you guys. My first car I personally ever owned was a used Chevy Impala - I can't remember the year. The most favorite car I ever owned was a Toyota Celica. Don't remember the year of that one either, but it was old, but sweet! Had to leave it in Japan when I left.

Paul I
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08/20/05 06:34 PM
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Don't feel bad, Lash. we always used to say- "the car made the man-till he got out of it". PI

rosebud
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08/20/05 07:00 PM
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Ahhh - this evening was a lovely warm 82 a little humid but I'm still riding high on this nastalgia topic, so I went out cruisin (alone unfortunately). Got to to pay attention to the road though, almost drove off into a field. LOL To be continued. Goodnite ya all.

"In the still of the nite hmmmmmmmmm"

PS- remember when we used to wear taps on our shoes? They were cool. Mom used to holler at me for tap dancing upstairs on the linoleum floor - sure sounded good to me but made a heck of a racket downstairs! lol

Paul I
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08/20/05 10:43 PM
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Taps were totally what's's happening. Our school had ceramic tile floors. If you got a lav pass you had it to yourself and you could practice the slow, deliberate, self-composed walk like Jack Palance in Shane. Course he had spurs.

rosebud
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08/20/05 11:59 PM
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Jeez, I left this laptop and went to do a couple loads of laundry and watched the weather channel for a while. The forcaster said it is 96 degrees in your area tonite (whew).

Was ready to turn this off and saw you were back on. It's raining pretty hard right now and I hear thunder, so I'm signing off.

Oh yeah, good old Jack Palance. He was on Jay Leno a few years ago still doing pushups! Good Nite.

LASHB
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08/21/05 07:18 AM
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I wore taps on my combat boots...

tandi
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08/21/05 08:05 AM
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Just the other day I was remembering sitting on a rug on my Grandmother's front lawn, shelling fresh new peas into a colander. Home grown of course.
Then recalled the days of preparing the new garden beds, for just such a harvest ahead.
And the younger ones these days complain about shopping at the supermarket!

I remember the russelling of stiffly starched petticoats, under our neatly pressed Sunday Best skirts.

And panama hats in our summer school uniforms, and white gloves too! And laying out, oh so carefully, our winter uniform under the mattress ever so careful, to press the deep box-pleats, while I slept.

I've only read page one. Maybe tomorrow the rest of this thread. One of our greatest gifts... MEMORY!

rosebud
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08/21/05 10:58 PM
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Aaw, those are wonderful memories Tandi. That was quite clever to press your pleated skirt under the mattress. And fresh picked vegetables taste better than anything bought in a store no matter how fresh they claim it is. I still have to plant something every year even though I no longer have a yard garden, I grow tomatoes, basil, parsley and dill and flowers in boxes on the patio - it's in my blood I guess.

My maternal grandparents lived in the city and always grew many vegetables, had a grape arbor that was like an outdoor picnic room where we ate during warm weather. They never owned a car - used to take the train or bus wherever they went. Life was so uncomplicated back then. Goodnite all -

cbal-craig
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08/22/05 08:47 AM
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Originally posted by LASHB:
I wore taps on my combat boots...
I wore them in Military school....... I'll bet you never in your wildest dreams thought I went to a military academy ..lol. It's true, I knew how to march, salute, shoot, hear taps, hear reveille, and a number of other things.

dashing
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08/22/05 12:22 PM
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Oh, those "drive bys " I can remember being able to tell which guy turned onto my street by the sound of the car. Certain cars made my heart flutter .
I also remember crouching on the floor while having a girlfriend pull a "drive by" a then current interests house. Just checking, but not wanting him to know of the "probable stalking." dash
I remember my girlfriends and I putting together our loose change to fill the gas tank .

Roadrunner
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08/22/05 04:45 PM
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Hey Roadrunner-Sylvana posted a link to a free picture downloader on the pet thread. I figured it out for the dog and if I can, anyone can. here it is:
http://photobucket.com/login.php

Thanks Whiterabbit11 I did read that but my problem is getting someone to get the pics for me out of my storage.

Hey Dashing too funny....... My sister and girlfrind would crawl on the floor so as not to be seen too. There was a curtain hung between rooms and the guys knew what they were up too when they moved.

rosebud
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08/22/05 08:29 PM
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Yeah, I remember my girlfriend and I scraping together our change to get a gallon of gas for her little "Sprite" convertible (27 cents a gallon) so we could drive to the college town where all the action was going on. We could go a long way on a $1 back then.

And rembember the drive-in movie. What a ball we had there on a Saturday nite. A bunch of us would go with our friend who had a '57 Buick so we could pack atleast 4 in the trunk before we entered the gate. There still is a drive-in near here (one of the old originals). Great memories.

ATTENTION! cbal.craig

whiterabbit11
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08/22/05 08:40 PM
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Yup, I remember getting lotta drive by's for $1.00 in the '49 ford-not enough to start the lawnmower now.

Okay, try again-1st picture of the 409 I posted was the size of my damn picture window if you noticed a quick delete. :rolleyes:
I'm on the left-Fort Hood Texas 1965-and yes. I'm old.wr

rosebud
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08/22/05 10:03 PM
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No your not! Forget what your age is, how do you feel in your heart and mind? That's all that matters. Keep cruisin.

Roadrunner
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08/22/05 10:57 PM
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Originally posted by whiterabbit11:
Yup, I remember getting lotta drive by's for $1.00 in the '49 ford-not enough to start the lawnmower now.

Okay, try again-1st picture of the 409 I posted was the size of my damn picture window if you noticed a quick delete. :rolleyes:
I'm on the left-Fort Hood Texas 1965-and yes. I'm old.wr
Neat pic wr! You have just run my mind back again in memories with those dual antennaes on the rear, and in the middle, of course.

Remember the rear-view mirrors used to be placed in the middle of the fenders up front too? My girlfriend got a set gold-plated for her '57 Ford (cream & green). Looked real sharp. Cruising around 1 night we stopped at her house to get something and I stayed in the car. Not 3 minutes later 2 guys drive up, stopped and started reafing the mirrors off her car. Helpless to do anything, of course, I started blowing the horn like mad. They took off as everyone came running out. Long story short they were caught. My girlfriend ended up with another bodywork bill........

whiterabbit11
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08/23/05 06:53 PM
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Thanks for reminding me about the young at heart-mind thing rosebud. If the shoulders would cooperate it'd help. and I'm glad the old Impala with the twin rear antenna took you down memory lane roadrunner.

Cream and Green 57 Ford? I think fomoco had a surplus of cream colored paint in the 50's.
Lotta nerve of those guys grabbin the mirrors right off the fender. You might notice the old chevy had no front wheel covers. The little outlaw dragstrips in Texas made you take em off-but once coming back from Dallas we got a bit low on gas and money. Luckily some guy at a gas station took a liking to them and he filled her up for us. We still had 70 miles to go.

I didn't much care for them anyway.
At least we got 71 posts on the reminiscing -oldage thread. wr

MerryA
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08/23/05 07:41 PM
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The car I took to college with me was a 67 Buick station wagon - it was still Mama and Daddy's. Mama drove a Buick Electra and Daddy drove a pickup so I got the station wagon (I am the oldest of us four kids). I could park that thing in just about any parking spot - even parallel. My mother used to go "ohhh, ohhh" when she rode with me and I'd whip into a spot.

My first new vehicle was a 79 Datsun (Nissan) King Cab pickup. Light blue with mud grip tires on the back. Man I loved that truck. Sold it to Daddy and just this past year he had it hauled off - it ran great until about 3 years ago then one day it just wouldn't crank.

LASHB
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08/23/05 07:52 PM
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I learned to drive in a big old station wagon - the kind with the 3rd seat that faced the back. My dad made me practice and practice parallel parking. All that practice has served me well over the years because it's easy to park a Corolla compared to one of those giant station wagons! I learned to drive a stick shift in Japan! So I had to learn how to drive on the left side of the road as well as a stick. I can remember sitting in the road stalled and crying. I survived.

tandi
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08/23/05 10:47 PM
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As I browsed through this thread, I recalled the way that certain 'decorations' were in vogue from time to time. "Fox-tails" or flags flapping and fluttering from the car's aerial.
The gf's chiffon scarf , or the souveneir flag of the last significant place visited.
When, in my mind, I go back visiting it seems just yesterday I was there... not-so-long ago...

dashing
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08/24/05 10:39 AM
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I regret not attending my hs graduation due to not receiving those "tassles" the graduating seniors proudly hung from their rear view mirrors!
The advent of required seat belts changed that "sit so close to the boy friend" show of possiveness. It was fun cruising through town hoping everyone (that counted but ducking if Mom or Dad passed) caught the seating "statement".
Remember wearing some guys ID bracelet and making sure it clanked on a desk now and then, but hiding it from Mom?
Remember CPO jackets?
Hey wr, one hs boyfriend had a similar car but, his was refurbished with the rear end raised, and extras like "headers?" (why do things I type end up to sound like they somehow have a sexual "dirty" connotation? dash

Roadrunner
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08/24/05 11:33 PM
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Roadrunner
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08/24/05 11:42 PM
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Well I managed to find some of my pics and post them! Finally got a helping hand to dig out 1 of my albums. This was my 2nd car (a white and dark green Ford hardtop, complete with continental kit and front wheel spinners), LOL, and yes that's me back then. I ended up in court over those spinners and paid a fine.... had to take them off.......even tho' they were sold all over. The 1st pic is my '55 turquoise and white Ford convertible.

rosebud
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08/25/05 12:16 AM
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Great snapshots!

I've got some somewhere, but don't have a scanner yet. Will post them when I can.

Keep them coming, this is such fun, although I'm spending way too much time fooling around here (lol).

Goodnite!
Barb

rosebud
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08/25/05 12:04 PM
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cbal-craig
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08/25/05 12:12 PM
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Originally posted by rosebud:

ATTENTION! cbal.craig
Yes ?

rosebud
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08/25/05 07:45 PM
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cbal "the boots" (lol)

whiterabbit11
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08/25/05 08:08 PM
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Paul,
My 1st was a 49 too-you can barely make it out-except it was pea green with a white top and sunvisor. must've been fishing with my dad. That's his 61 buick- the 56 Buick was mine. I sold it when I went into Army. Great car-but dynaflow tranny was not cool.

nice 55 Ford roadrunner. I bet you'd like to have it now.
Gonna drag out the others sometime-Had a 50 chev ,2 49 fords, 1 51 merc. 1 49 willys jeep, one 58 willys jeep, a GTO and Mustang besides what you see. Had a thing about cars.
someone tell me why the box is so big. wr

Paul I
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08/25/05 09:01 PM
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Maybe that's the size of the scanner bed.

Buicks were cool. Rainman comes to mind. Always liked the way they carried that porthole and grill theme year after year. Straight eight! That Dynaflow didn't shift did it? Couldn't have been worse than Powerglide.

49 Chevy- 2 piece hood- hard to customize and look good. Upperclassman had a dark metallic green 47 Chevy Convert. , custom. Come to think of it he's now a quad and runs a van adapting business in IL.
I think he flipped a drag boat or something.

Dashing- class rings? the adhesive tape and fingernail polish? Was that happening where you all lived? Bench seats certainly had their advantages- keep'm waxed for hard right turns.
PI

Roadrunner
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08/25/05 11:20 PM
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The rear end raised was what we called a "California Rake", Dash. Somehow that didn't seem to go well with those '50's cars, LOL. I am visualizing a '57, or '58 Ford and it just wouldn't work........

Thanks for the nice coments on the pics everyone. WR that '55 Ford lasted 2 weeks after I sold it before it ended up totaled in a rock wall. I literally cried (think I have pics of the mess too, LOL).
Took me a while but I figured out the whole photobucket thing finally. I agree with PaulI, I think that's the scaner bed. Will have to search further for my other pics as I know I have a'54 and '57 in the pile somewhere.

PaulI is that a '53 Chevy convertible? Really nice.............I know my thing was cars too. Spent most of my $$$$$ on them.

cbal-craig
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08/26/05 06:25 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by rosebud:
cbal "the boots" (lol)
ROTF ......

dashing
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08/26/05 12:01 PM
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Paul, we used yarn to wear the guys ring. Oh, and carried clear nail polish to stop runs in our stockings. Shoot I'm so old, when I started wearing "stockings" we still wore garter belts. (I was allowed as a right of passage on Easter Conformation and graduation, in 6th grade. Tried a lot to wear them to school in 7th, but mostly hid them under knee scocks to get by my Mom for school but allowed for dances. I think she gave up by 8th. Pantyhose weren't available until around 9th grade! dash

rosebud
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08/26/05 07:21 PM
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Hey Dash - I don't remember pantyhose in high school, I must be older than you,lol but the garter belt was a necessary item for sure. We used to wear angora sweaters tucked into our flared skirts with a wide belt to really make our waist look tiny, and wore our bf's ring on a chain or little scarf around the neck. Couldn't wait to get out of class when my bf drove his dad's car to school to go for a little cruise. We somehow always ended up on the lookout (a little lovers lane). Ahhh memories. To be continued. - Barb

Paul I
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08/27/05 02:36 PM
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Well Rosebud, I guess you didn't appreciate the great American Saturday nite pastime of skunking.Know what it was? Paul I

rosebud
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08/27/05 04:21 PM
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No, P1 clue me in.
-Barb

LASHB
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08/27/05 07:56 PM
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My husband listens to the oldies station (I usually have children's cds running in my car, but listen to country if I get a chance!). So today we were out looking at houses and I realized all the songs from high school were on the oldies station!

Roadrunner
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08/27/05 11:10 PM
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Isn't it great, oldies stations that is? Our little town started one a couple years ago and it is one of the most listened to......

Paul I
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08/27/05 11:30 PM
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Skunking was going out to Lovers Point with a powerful flashlight. Surprise! Never did it but knew some buddies that got skunked.

rosebud
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08/28/05 01:49 AM
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P1 - what a dirty trick! hah I never heard that term before but I have had it happen. This reminds me of a funny incident that happened to my late husband and I. We went out to dinner to celebrate our 10th anniversary had a few glasses of wine afterward and on the way home we decided to do something crazy. We found a secluded parking place (in a cemetary of all places) and after a while, there was a loud pounding on the back window. Scared the bjeezes out of us and boy did we ever scramble around. It was the town constable. We had to show ident. and explain what we were doing there (as if he didn't know)lol. Afterwards we all had a good laugh about it, but he made us leave. He was doing surveilance because of vandalism that happened the nite before. What lousy timing!(lol) We had a Pontiac Grand Safari then. (just want to keep the car theme going) Goodnite or good morning.
-Barb

Paul I
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08/28/05 11:36 AM
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Hmmm, resize?

rosebud
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08/28/05 06:08 PM
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Yep, you boogered up the page P1. Great car, just love those long fins on the back.

Did you use your leg braces for long? I was sent home from the first rehab with them, but I could never do the "swing thru" gate more than about 10ft. My dad built parallel bars in the yard for me out of plumbing pipe anchored into a sheet of plywood so I could practice in the yard. I gave up using them by summer's end before going to college. It was too much of a hassel and painful, too. My husband was a para ,also and he used braces and crutches very well for many years before going to a chair. I wonder if people are still rehabed the way we were back then?

Keep cruisin in your mind and spirit and be happy!

Roadrunner
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08/28/05 11:09 PM
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AhhhhhhhhI agree I just love those tail fins. That is one nice looking car!

So many things in common - Rosebud - PaulI - leg braces. My dad built me parallel bars too. I was put in full leg braces that didn't bend.

I guess we were rehabed to "walk" because NOTHING was remotely accessible back then. No wonder we loved our cars so

rosebud
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08/29/05 12:09 AM
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Did you stick with your braces Roadr? No kidding, your dad built you parallel bars, too? That's realy special. That's so true, it was a challenge to go anywhere back then. We just went out into the world and plowed our way through somehow. The best gift of all though was the day I got handcontrols put on my first car. God what freedom. You know what I'm talking about.

I've been hanging with P1's post because there seems to be a lot of commonality here with all of us growing up in the same era, liking the same cars, music, etc. I find myself checking in here a couple times a day just to see what's happening with you all. It's kind of a comforting place to visit don't you think so? I'm sure we all have enough experiences to talk about to keep this going for a long time!

I finally got a scanner. Spent a lot of time figuring out how to hook it up, etc., but now I can't figure out how to send a picture from my file to here. :rolleyes: It's supposed to be so easy, but I'm about to lose my patience with it. I dug out a few old pics I'd like to send. Keep cruisin gang!
-Barb

LASHB
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08/29/05 05:21 AM
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Barb, the pictures have to be on a web page somewhere. Rob (sodapop) will host and even post them for you if you email them to him. I don't seem to have his email address in my address book. Well, I have one, but I'm not sure if it's the right one. PM him and I bet he'll help.

rosebud
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08/29/05 10:14 PM
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Thanks for the assist Lash., I'll get into it more tomorrow...kinda fizzled out for today.
I hate to give up figuring out myself, yet. (lol) Goodnite
Barb

rosebud
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08/29/05 10:19 PM
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Whoops! I left out "it" after figuring

LASHB
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08/30/05 05:04 AM
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You can also use http://www.photobucket.com

whiterabbit11
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08/30/05 03:29 PM
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Okay ,Paul so you got a width problem and I got a height problem. Noticed finally on my scanner a re-sizer and theres an edit function on PhotoBucket.

That's a great lookin Car Paul. I remember skunking but didn't know that was the name either-did a google and got some xxx rated versions. Since this is sort of a PG thread I left em there.

There was a hill outside of town where I lived known affectionately as "diddler's dome" where the majority of victims were raided.

You'll figure photobucket out Barb. I tried to make it complicated. Once you get a pic. scanned save it to your documents or "my pictures" as Jpeg. IMG, or whatever. Then when you go to photobucket "Browse" till you find it, click it and the url will show, then click submit and it oughta be there at bottom, scroll down a little,. I then click the select box, bring up the url on the long box that starts with select http, darken the one that says for posting on message boards then cut and paste into the NM. Confused? I f not, you should be.

I even tried leg braces as a c-7. I had a brace up to my chest. I could get through parallel bars but never made it to Canadian crutches. It was hell getting my legs in the car so I gave up. I'm still gonna find them other cars and post em.

Sylvana has better, shorter, Photbucket directions on pet thread.

I feel a Beach Boys Car-Tune coming up, or was it Jan and Dean? :p WR

Paul I
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08/30/05 09:04 PM
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WR, I used tinypics and there doesn't seem to be a way to edit the picture once they host it and if I try to repeat it they don't allow it. Perhaps I should just edit out the post. PI

whiterabbit11
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08/31/05 11:29 AM
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WR, I used tinypics and there doesn't seem to be a way to edit the picture once they host it and if I try to repeat it they don't allow it. Perhaps I should just edit out the post. PI
Naah, leave it. It's not hurting anything-just a great looking car. wr

LASHB
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08/31/05 01:38 PM
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Remember when gas pumps didn't even have a dollars digit on it because no one would ever think gas would cost more than a dollar!

Paul I
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08/31/05 03:24 PM
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And some didn't have digits at all but I have to admit they were disappearing rapidly when I was a kid. The ones with the glass tanks on the top like a water cooler. Can't say that I understood how they worked. The lowest price I think I can remember is around 17 cents a gallon. At 25 cents a gallon which I do remember, for a HS kid it was $2.50 for 10 gals,
about 2+ hours of wages. 10 gallons today could be $26 dollars, 3-4 hours of work for a HS kid. Now 10 gallons could move you 200-250 miles in todays small cars but back then probably only 160 unless you had a VW.

Saw my first VW in 1955. I remember it clearly as I had never heard of them. I was doing my paper route, stopped the bike, walked around it about 3 times, looked at the turn signals which popped out of the window pillar between the two side windows like a flag, dual exhausts, and couldn't figure out where the engine was for sure. It had German plates on it.
Within 2 years they were popping up all over the place along with their main competitor the Renault
Dauphine. Remember them? PI

rosebud
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09/01/05 12:30 AM
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I shoulda sent a magnifying glass with that e-mail P1. lol

Anyway it's a nice article about the Renault that was split and each half could be driven independently. It was on a Candid Camera show in the 60's. It was designed by a local resident. Don't know why it printed up so small. The picture and print are much larger on the original.

Paul I
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09/01/05 01:16 PM
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Rosebud, that is too weird. I vaguely recall that back when everyone watched Candid Camera. It would freak me out if it was coming directly at me and split in half. Too bad you can't get it up here.
Paul I

rosebud
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09/01/05 10:51 PM
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Well P1, I enlarged the article, but it's still unreadable on the screen. I give up! Anyway, here's the jist of it:The car was a 1957 Renault 4cv, a mechanic by the name of Ron Jerauld heard that the "Candid Camera Show" was looking for people to build props for sight gags. He sent a letter to Alan Funt (the show's host). The show called him a year later with the task of building a "split" car. He got a hold of the Renault then sawed it in two fitting each half with a motor, a third wheel for stability and its own steering gear, so that a passenger could drive his half when the car split. (The secret was the timely release of a series of hydraulic locks. The segment was filmed in Binghamton,NY in 1965.

Remember the scene where the policeman was directing traffic and the Renault was coming right at him then split and went around him in two pieces? lol That was funny TV! The car was on other segments, too.

He also built a radio controlled lobster and a telephone that jumped off the hook as it rang for the show.

Funny you mentioned the old VW, I've got a picture of my brother standing by his old VW. I remember when he first got it, he sat on a wood crate until he found a replacement seat for it! lol After he fixed it up, he took me for a ride (can't believe I could actually get in and out of it, but I did). It was a terrible ride very noisy and extremely bumpy.(that was around 1970)
Goodnite
-Barb

Roadrunner
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09/01/05 11:20 PM
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Good grief I actually remember that splitting car episode. It was hilarious. That was such a good TV show. One other episode that sticks in my mind is where a lady had big glass ball earrings with mice in them! The looks on people's faces as they noticed the mice. I don't think they hund the earrings from her ears!

Roadrunner
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09/01/05 11:36 PM
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Well I was going to post this in Arts and E, but decided this is a better link. Went to see Tanya Tucker tonight and she still has a great voice. Looks darn good to albeit she's put on a little weight (but then who hasn't)? I was more than surprised to see her come out in faux leather pants with a cute sparkling balero jacket top. My opinion of her went way up with that. Good for her for not buying into this 'skin and bones' look. She did a fair number of her hits, "Delta Dawn" for one, and made me a very happy camper when she did "Love Me Like You Used To", my all-time fav by her.

rosebud
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09/02/05 09:44 PM
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I got to see Tanya several years ago at a county fair near here, just after her Glenn Cambell relationship. She sang great and put on some show. The people that went with me were very glad they did after we were all shuffled to the front of the grandstand from the middle of the crowd by the organizers who made sure all wheelchair occupants and families got front row seats. (Sometimes our situation can be advantageous, huh?) lol That was a hot summer nite and I can almost smell the cotton candy in the air now just thinking about it. Yep, Tanya likes her leather. She had a leather skirt (about 6 inches long) and matching vest zipped up front with nothing under it and cowboy boots and hat. The audience went wild when she came out! A good time was had by all that nite.
Goodnite.
-Barb

cbal-craig
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09/03/05 09:20 AM
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Roadrunner
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09/03/05 01:02 PM
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;) LOL!

rosebud
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09/03/05 07:33 PM
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That's so cute, Craig.

Paul I
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09/04/05 11:44 AM
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I thought this might fit in a little.

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IN 1970, the summer I was 13, aliens arrived on my street. They came in VW Bugs of every color - yellow, white, blue, lime-green. They came unshaven, with long hair and torn jeans. They were against the war. They listened to FM radio. They were mysterious, full of secrets and private jokes. They smelled strange, like sweat and smoke and clothes that needed washing.
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The year before, my brother, Skip, had gone off to college in raspberry Bermuda shorts with a pale pink polo shirt. He returned home in June changed. His hair was wild, a mane of tawny waves. Rather than wear his glasses, he began to squint at the world, chin tilted, eyes narrowed. He cut his blue jeans in half and frayed the hems. He brought with him all of these boys from far-flung places like New Jersey and Long Island and their VW Bugs.

My brother slept until noon, then unloaded boxes at a department store until evening. By dusk, the boys began to arrive, waiting for him in our yard. I watched from the window on the second-floor landing. I always heard them first, the distinctive whir of their engines, like small wind-up toys. I would rake a comb through my waist-length hair, sniff under my arms, then run downstairs and pretend to read.

The first car door would slam, the sounds of sandals on our front walk followed, then one boy or another would press his face against the screen door of our tiny kitchen and say, "Hey! Skip home yet?" Soon, there would be half a dozen. I had just bought my first bra, just started to shave my legs. All of these boys, so close and pungent, made me tingle.

Sometimes, bored, one of them would take me for a Del's, a Rhode Island concoction of frozen lemonade, sold at tiny take-out places where older teenagers went. I would pretend the boy who brought me there was my boyfriend, leaning across the small space between the seats until we almost touched, until we looked like couples I envied on the road, who sat so close they seemed to be one body with two heads.

Sometimes, out of pity, they took me to the beach, my brother protesting the entire way. They went to distant beaches with exotic names like Moonstone and Ninigret, where the surf was rough and wild. I bodysurfed until I was bruised. I let the sun burn my skin beside a scratchy Navy-issue blanket covered with boys who had hair on their chests, fat blue veins on their hands, and beers in their backpacks.

I secretly loved one of them, of course. He had thin pale hair, small blue eyes, and an air of tragedy: his father had died the year before. Once, he came early, before the others. "Want to go to the park?" he asked finally. "Throw some Frisbee?" I nodded, grateful that my father was not yet home; he would never let me go off with a college boy, in a car, alone. Grateful too, for last summer, when my brother, bored and recently dumped by his high school girlfriend, had taught me how to toss a Frisbee, how to catch it in one hand.

In the car, the boy told me about college and his job at a lab. When the Carpenters' "Close to You" came on the radio, he groaned and changed the station before I could blurt that this was one of my favorite songs. At the park, he bought me a Del's from a truck, held aloft on his Frisbee. I pretended he liked me, that his girlfriend, a doe-eyed girl named Cathy who wore shells on her ankles and scooped ice cream all summer, who drove her own baby blue Bug, had vanished somehow.

Of course I got in trouble when I got home. My brother threatened to beat up the boy, who, it turned out, thought I was a senior in high school. "You went in a car with a college boy? Without our permission?" my father raged, his blue eyes bulging.

My father spent a lot of that summer angry. As much as I welcomed these aliens into my boring life, he hated them. He didn't trust the way their eyes looked, downcast and swollen. He didn't like their politics. He didn't like the way they invaded our home every night, taking up our space, drinking our beer and eating my grandmother's meatball subs.

But most of all, he didn't like that my brother was one of them. He was no longer the dreamy boy working out chess problems at the kitchen table, or talking about physics over dinner, or playing our favorite family card game, Pitch, long into the night. Somehow, he was on the other side, having left our familiar world behind.

How jealous I was of his ability to do that. All summer I listened to the boys and their ideas. By August I too believed the Vietnam War was wrong, Robert McNamara was a liar, Nixon an evil president. I saved money for gypsy skirts, wire-rimmed glasses, and boxes of Rit dye to tie-dye everything white that I owned. I read books by Hermann Hesse and Jerzy Kosinski and Jack Kerouac.

My whole life, something had buzzed in the back of my head, a yearning that I could not put into words. But now it was taking shape at last. It was telling me that I too was an alien, someone who did not belong in this white house in this small town in the middle of nowhere.

One night, one of the boys came in wearing a jeans jacket with an American flag sewn on the back. This was the boy with the blue Bug, the boy from New Jersey who had a twin brother. There were so many boys in the kitchen that he was forced to stand, pushed against the wall. My father walked in, his face a map of bewilderment. Were they multiplying, these boys and their cars? He'd had to park way up the street, he complained. Several boys went and re-arranged their Bugs, lifting them up like pieces in a game.

My father rubbed his eyes. He frowned. The summer was nearly over. Already, the humidity was gone and nights, like this one, had grown cool. Soon, the boys would be gone, back to college, and we - I - would be left alone.

"What is that on your jacket?" my father said, pointing to the boy from New Jersey.

The boy giggled. Said, "What?" Fingered the worn denim.

"Is that an American flag?" my father demanded.

Before the boy could answer, my father was in his face, pointing, shouting about our country, about respect.

"Get out of my house!" my father yelled. "Get out!" The boy did. His twin brother followed. Slowly, they all did. In the summer night, I heard those tinny engines start. I watched from the window as one by one the Bugs drove away, their lights growing smaller and smaller until they disappeared. We were left in the quiet, empty kitchen, my parents and I. Only then did I realize that my brother had gone with them, leaving us behind.

By the time I started college, there were no more Bugs or long-haired boys. The war ended. The country mellowed. No longer aliens, those boys all married, bought houses in suburban subdivisions, drove Volvo station wagons.

My own brother, the tallest and handsomest and smartest of them all, died in an accident the summer he turned 30. Maybe that is why, every summer, I find myself remembering that one long ago when my world finally, blissfully, cracked open. Or maybe I would think of it every summer anyway, at the taste of a frozen lemonade, or the sight of two boys playing Frisbee, or in the long hot nights when even now sometimes the air crackles with possibility.

This summer, I caught sight of a bright orange VW Bug. Not like the ones of my childhood, with the engines in the back and the faulty heating systems. But a shiny new one. When I looked at it, I could almost see my 13-year-old self inside, waist-long hair, open heart, a belief that something really wonderful was about to happen at any moment.

I bought that car that very day. And as summer wanes, I drive it, windows down, music loud. For a moment, I can remember that girl, so alien to me now. For a moment, brief and wonderful, I can be her again.

Ann Hood is the author, most recently, of "An Ornithologist's Guide to Life."

rosebud
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09/04/05 01:35 PM
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Nice post, Paul. Realy enjoyed it.

Roadrunner
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09/04/05 03:12 PM
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Originally posted by rosebud:
Nice post, Paul. Realy enjoyed it.
I'll 2nd that How well I remember those days, but have "post it" notes all over the house now, LOL.

I so clearly remember one of these young guys with the long hair, beads, etc. who believed that, "what was mine was his" concept. He had nothing and didn't want to work..........

Anyway ran into him some years later, doing quite well, suit, tie, flashy car, family, you get the pic. His beliefs had taken a 180 degree turnaround. He had become a productive memeber of society. Quite a few of the "organic" food companies have sprung from this generation, plus alternative medicine, etc.

dashing
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09/05/05 02:57 PM
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My older sis recently attended her 35th hs reunion . A few days later I got a phone call from the guy who pried my Mom's car fender out while delivering afternoon papers (I was driving illegally) and taught me how to shoot pool. We talked for over 2hrs, laughing and reminising . I thought I was talking to Bobby! Well, she emailed me a photo. There I saw some good looking man w/ white hair ! I couldn't connect the two . confused-when did we grow up? still fighting it , dash

whiterabbit11
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09/05/05 04:00 PM
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Pretty neat article Paul-she's a tad younger than me.
It seemed like the summers were so long and hot. The biggest worry was gas money and a couple bucks for the snack bar at the drive-in movie-or that dannable zit that popped up on your nose Friday morning when you were going to said drive-in movie with your G/F.

I dunno what happened dash-now and then I think I died and went to hell. wr

cbal-craig
(Member)
09/05/05 04:57 PM
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Great story Paul, I was 16 in 1970.

rosebud
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09/05/05 10:28 PM
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Well now, you're just a young whipper snapper there Craig!

I missed my 40th hs reunion 2001, but received a group pic of the attendees. Twenty-one out of 27 showed up. I had trouble figuring out who several of them were. A few, who didn't look cool then, looked pretty good in the pic and visa versa, and the least likely to succeed, did. I obviously didn't end up designing clothes for Jackie Kennedy, as was predicted in yearbook.

Dash, I agree with you about still fighting the years. It takes quite a bit of effort, but we've gotta keep at it. Thanks to Miss Clairol, she helps a lot.(lol) A good sense of humor helps, too.

A white sport coat and a pink carnation.........

I never felt more like singing the blues........

Aahhh, memories.

Goodnite
Barb

Roadrunner
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09/05/05 10:36 PM
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Originally posted by rosebud:
Well now, you're just a young whipper snapper there Craig!

Barb
:) It has been eons since I've heard that expression, Barb, LOL, love it!

And, I agree with her, Craig

Joyce

cbal-craig
(Member)
09/07/05 02:13 PM
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Paul told me I was "just a pup" and I feel like one anyway, knowing Paul is in his mid 70s I feeling pretty good at 50, lol even thought those ***#@#^R&^ doctors said I would be dead at 40 ...well great, if I knew I was going to live so long I would have taken better care of myself....maybe , but I doubt it.

So, what was the 50s like .....?

I forgot ! I met my wife in 1970 too, we didn't get married until 10 years later but we told our parents good bye right after we met (at 16) and traveled the country.

I have never regretted that decision

Peace fellow old farts
C

rosebud
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09/07/05 09:35 PM
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You're a riot, Craig.

Age isn't a number, its attitude and zest for life. So, "old fart" doesn't pertain to me How about you RoadR and P1?

So, do think you're an "o--f---", Craig, or just a "ffft"?

All in fun :p :p
Keep cruising
-Barb

Roadrunner
(Member)
09/07/05 10:48 PM
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Well I hit 68 this year, and people keep telling me I look 45 to 50. Now if that isn't a vanity lift I don't know what is, LOL.

I've kept in good shape (mentally and physically) since my wheelchair sport days, and the only thing that reminds me of my age now is my injury site (C1&2). Craig take heart my life expectancy was 20!

I believe mental attitude is were it's at too, Rosebud and I don't think of myself as "old". However, when I see some rude "whipper snapper" who thinks he/she knows it all I'm reminded that I used to be that young and stupid too, LOL........

LASHB
(Member)
09/08/05 08:44 AM
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Dang, I am hanging out with "old farts"! I might be the youngster on this thread. But you'd never guess it by the great attitudes you all have so age is just a number.

Sorry, I just got distracted! Something just got into one of my cats. He's running around like crazy. he he

Paul I
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09/08/05 12:37 PM
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See Craig, you young kids can't even do the math anymore. You must have been in elementary school when the "New Math" came out. I was born in 1942 and expect to reach full maturity in 2015. And I don't look a day over 70. PI

rosebud
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09/08/05 09:35 PM
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Boy, you realy miscalculated, Craig, or were you just kidding about P1? What's 16+12x3-21?

And by the way, I'm 62 and look a lot younger (I'm told). :rolleyes:

Isn't it a lot of fun on this page, Lash? Hope you caught the cat!

Goodnite
-Barb

cbal-craig
(Member)
09/09/05 06:00 AM
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LOL, yep Barb I knew how old Paul is but felt he needed a jolt.
Point taken Joyce,,lol, us young whipper snappers can't take time to get it right, we just want to GET IT, now

It is was too early to think but good morning to everyone

IndiAnna
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09/09/05 09:07 AM
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Good morning Craig & Sandy!

Roadrunner
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09/09/05 11:54 AM
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Originally posted by cbal-craig:
LOL, yep Barb I knew how old Paul is but felt he needed a jolt.
Point taken Joyce,,lol, us young whipper snappers can't take time to get it right, we just want to GET IT, now

It is was too early to think but good morning to everyone

:) LOL, now Craig you have to be careful with us OF's and how much you jolt us, you know



Hope you got kitty settled LASHB.

cbal-craig
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09/10/05 04:54 AM
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Originally posted by IndiAnna:
Good morning Craig & Sandy!
good morning IndiAnna welcome to the vintage thread.
I hope those three daughters are behaving and life is good for you and your whole family.

Now, what was your first car ? ...lol

good morning EVERYONE

IndiAnna
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09/10/05 06:20 AM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by IndiAnna:
[qb]Good morning Craig & Sandy!
good morning IndiAnna welcome to the vintage thread.
I hope those three daughters are behaving and life is good for you and your whole family.

Now, what was your first car ? ...lol

good morning EVERYONE

Ok my first car was a loooonnnnnngggg big ass, ugly green, 1977 Buick Lasabre (sp). It cost my dad 175.00, had big ole rust holes but it was mine and I gave it a bath like it was a brand new car. It was handed down to my brother when I got a newer car and it ended up catching on fire on freeway while he was driving it.

My girls are doing very well. Gabby, my 12 yr old just got done with elementary track. She is a long distance runner and won City Champion for the 800 meter race (two times around the track). She competed against all the 5th and 6th graders in our county and came in first! Time 2Min and 58sec.

Cari is a Senior this yr and is loving being a upper classmen. In two weeks she will be taking some trips and checking out some colleges down by Indy. Northern IL is looking at her gymnstic career and may give her a scholarship for a beam specialist.

Emily (7) is growing like a weed. She reminds me of the HULK, her clothes are almost ripping right off her. She is solid as a rock. Got her bigger sister scared of her. LOL!

You asked!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Gosh Craig do ya have to hog up all the smileys? I had to take some of mine out in order be able to post! lol

MrSoul
(Member)
09/10/05 08:19 AM
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Originally posted by Roadrunner:
Well I hit 68 this year, and people keep telling me I look 45 to 50. Now if that isn't a vanity lift I don't know what is, LOL.
Roadrunner, YOU ARE KIDDING ME! I assumed you were another baby-boomer, with your references to DMT, which as you may or may not know, is mentioned in the movie WOODSTOCK by the yoga instructor who is babbling about his kundalini.

You are even more cool than I thought!

Speaking of age, did anyone see the concert for hurricane victims last night? Neil Young looks old, and I guess he is. Does that mean I am, too?

On another board I go to, no one seemed to know that Dave Grohl was singing a song by Creedence (Born on the Bayou)... like they would even know who Creedence was. Yeesh.

What do I expect from a board that thinks the best movie ever made is "Lord of the Rings"? :rolleyes:

Nice to come someplace and be old!

Roadrunner
(Member)
09/10/05 12:28 PM
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MrSoul
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Roadrunner, YOU ARE KIDDING ME! I assumed you were another baby-boomer, with your references to DMT, which as you may or may not know, is mentioned in the movie WOODSTOCK by the yoga instructor who is babbling about his kundalini.

You are even more cool than I thought!
:D What a GREAT way to start my day! Thank you MrSoul ((((((HUGS))))) You are an ego booster. My head won't fit through the door soon, LOL.

Psychology is a very fascinating subject IMO, especially Parapsychology..........leads you in many directions.

Yes, Neil Young looks old, but he looked ancient to me 20 years ago. I think it's that good life he's been living................

Welcome to the newcomers

Edit sp

rosebud
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09/10/05 04:51 PM
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Hi Ya'll, geez, you guys have been busy while I was gone today.

Craig - Do you think maybe P1 is still recovering?

I had several CCR albums, but they got ruined in a flooded basement a few years ago. My favorite one was "Green River".

Neil Young never has tried to look good, he is what he is, an amazing talent with great music. He's had a lot of health problems lately, too, which doesn't help. Darn sorry I missed the concert. Guess he had no need for a wardrobe budget. lol

I dug out my Pink Floyd cds yesterday and been listening to Division Bell & Darkside of the Moon all day. Had forgotten how much I liked their stuff, simply mesmerizing.

Glad you're back MrSl, and welcome to the "oldies, but goodies" club.

Gotta go and whip up a peach cobbler now. :p Was at the Amish farm stand today and got a great deal on a peck of very ripe peaches, so gotta get cooking!

-Barb

Paul I
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09/10/05 11:43 PM
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Been working outside for two days and never turned on the computer. I think I built the biggest, freestanding friggin bench for a patio that's ever been built. It's 16' 9'' long, 2 ( 2x12's) and I designed it under coercion so the thermal cover for the pool on it's reel will go under it and be hidden which means it's completely open on the front. It was near 100 outside and I've got to find a way to keep my drawers from getting so damp. I'm beginning to disintgrate from my tailbone to my hips. Even tried stuffing the air compressor hose down my drawers to see if I could dry out. (now there's an invitation for wise cracks). At any rate it will be done in a couple of days. PI

PS little jolts me these days. I'm too cynical.

whiterabbit11
(Member)
09/11/05 05:48 PM
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Man, I was away for a few days and just now noticed how much I missed. I was still thinking about the surplus of cream, pink and turquoise paint FoMoCo had in "55 and '56 and now Paul has a new Hemi and the thread covered everyone from Gene Pitney to CCR and Pink Floyd.

Can you believe Mick Jagger's still singing "I can't Get no Satisfaction" on commercials yet.

Hard to believe I have the "High Tide and Green Grass" 33&1/3 vinyl and a CD. wr

Craig you are a young'un. :p

rosebud
(Member)
09/11/05 09:25 PM
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I just finished a long post right here and it disappeared. Don't feel like doing over tonite, so catch ya all tomorrow.

goodnite
-Barb

Roadrunner
(Member)
09/11/05 10:31 PM
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Alrighty I'll admit it I have a slew of those 33&1/3's too, and a bunch of 45's........if I remember there is some Elvis on Sun Records as well. Kind of wish I had the were with all to learn these new fangled iPod thingies and put all the GOOD music on them, LOL. But I went and blew some money on a Johnny Mathis CD again the other day, and I have every conceivable recording that man has made, on vinyl that is, LOL.

Hmmmm Gene Pitney, Elvis, Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps, "Be Bop A Lula".................

Well, Be bop a Lula she's my baby,
Be bop a lula , i don't mean maybe
Well, Be bop a Lula she's my baby,
Be bop a lula, I don't mean maybe,Be bop a lula, She's my baby doll, my baby doll, my baby doll

Well She's the gal in the red blue jeans,
She's the queen of all the teens
She's the woman that i know,
She's a woman that love me so, say,

Be bop a lula, she's my baby,
Be bop a lula, I don't mean maybe,
Be bop a lula, She's my baby doll, my baby doll, my baby doll.

She's the woman that's got that beat,
She's the woman with the flying feet,
She's the one that walks around the store,
She's the one that gets more more more more

Be bop a lula, she's my baby,
Be bop a lula, i don't mean maybe,
Be bop a lula, she's my baby doll, my baby doll, my baby doll.

cbal-craig
(Member)
09/12/05 01:23 PM
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Originally posted by whiterabbit11:

Craig you are a young'un. :p
T/U , it has been pointed out already how OLD you people are ... ...but you are my generation for the most part, some have not come clean on that one though...

MrSoul, yer right about Roadrunner, she is a cool chic and young at heart.
Ol' Neil did look a little ragged on tv the other night but man what an icon in the music industry, he is one of the most prolific artist in the last 4 decades.


OK, back to Paul's Hemi, I want one so bad I can taste it but nooooo, , lol. I been driving Econlines for 25 years but I always buy the biggest gas guzzler I can. In 99 I bought , another 150 E and they only had a 330 cu. in. gas engine then came a V12 ....12 mpg, I get about 14 mpg with my V8.

I hope to be on the road traveling soon but we have no idea where to go but we loved camping in up state NY but, been there done that. Colorado has the mountains but I-10 is out and traveling in the south east is not appealing at this time after Katrina.

Well now I am just rambeling....like the YOUNG will do ...

Peace WR and ALL vintage people ...LOL

LASHB
(Member)
09/12/05 05:05 PM
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Come to Maryland. Lots to see and do here and we aren't hit very often by hurricanes.

rosebud
(Member)
09/12/05 11:04 PM
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Hey P1, we're expecting you to post a pic of that loooooong bench when it's completed. It's a wonder you didn't blow yourself up (in size) with that compressor. Nobody else said anything about it, so I couldn't resist. (LOL) I think the temp. was 74 here that day.

Yep, WR, Mick Jagger is still hanging in there rocking, and it amazes me that his lead quitar player (damn, whose name escapes me right now) you know who I mean whippersnapper - the one who looks like he just crawled out from under a rock, is still alive and playing. (LOL)

RoadR, the only vinyl that survived my flooded basement is a 45 of "Betty Davis Eyes". I too had a collection of Johnny Mathis. What a smooth voice he had. What ever happened to him anyway? Does he have anything new out? My biggest loss was my Elvis collection, though. I have a great picture of him that I'll post someday, from when he was appearing in Las Vegas.

Craig, where did you camp in upstate NY?
You should be able to zig-zag your way over to 95N and miss any hurricane hit area. But if you take up Lash's offer to come up to Maryland, you won't be disappointed. It's a beautiful state with lots of good camping areas and sightseeing. Got to admit that I'm envious about you being able to "hit the road", wish I could right now. I'm sure you'll have a good time no matter what you all do. You fit into the "o-f" club, no doubt about it! (LOL)

Goodnite all
-Barb

cbal-craig
(Member)
09/13/05 01:23 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by rosebud:
Craig, where did you camp in upstate NY?
You should be able to zig-zag your way over to 95N and miss any hurricane hit area. But if you take up Lash's offer to come up to Maryland, you won't be disappointed. It's a beautiful state with lots of good camping areas and sightseeing. Got to admit that I'm envious about you being able to "hit the road", wish I could right now. I'm sure you'll have a good time no matter what you all do. You fit into the "o-f" club, no doubt about it! (LOL)

Goodnite all
-Barb
Barb, we camped around Utica, Rochester, and then around Binghamton before going back south. HOWEVER we saw on the weather channel that it was in the 90s up there right now
When we were up there a few years ago it was about 50+ at night 70s in the day. Any information would be nice because we are so sick of the heat I plan on getting on I-95 north and driving until it cools down ..lol.
That is the plan at this point.

I'll go to Canada if I have too ~! LOL

rosebud
(Member)
09/13/05 06:00 PM
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Well Craig, you were camping all around my area.

We got the warmer weather back yesterday, but it's just a fluke. The nites go down in 40's & 50's now, but a couple mornings ago there was frost on the ground. Oh, I'll be right back - the deer are feeding under the apple tree gotta go watch. There were 4 of them, but it's almost too dark to see them anymore. Anyhow, today on the way to town, I saw several trees that have already turned red and gold. Fall seems to be the shortest season in this area. It's so beautiful while it lasts though.

Do you rough camp or do you have full hook-ups?

I had a John Mellencamp day today and listened to his greatest hits double cd. Good stuff.

-Barb
P.S.-I remembered who I forgot last nite, ha.
Keith Richard! "scary"

cbal-craig
(Member)
09/13/05 07:48 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hi
We rough camp kinda, we sleep in the van and it has a great bed but that is it. We usually find someone that sells wood if the camp rangers don't have it and then we have huge camp fires .
It looks like that is the plan if nothing changes.. :rolleyes: . We should be camping up there by next week.
We are not crazy though, lol, we check into a 4 or 5 star hotel as needed. Yea, we look a little ragged but our money is green and that is all that seems to matter.
We still have the rest of the week here so anything can happen but I brought out little cargo trailer to the house today and we are packing. I can't wait to see the open road again with no plan in place , ..lol. I met with my builder today and he and my dad are going to get the plans in for permit (I know I been saying that for months) and then in 6 to 8 weeks we can break ground.

Peace fellow vintage people,
craig

dashing
(Member)
09/14/05 06:14 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Roadrunner's cool cause she competed in the NWAA probably with you Paul1. I took over being the toast of partying when Roadrunner left.
I'm so old my 1st 2 chairs were E&J's then upgraded to a Stainless, Quadra now the last three or so, Quickies! dash (need to upgrade to something more "with it".)

dashing
(Member)
09/14/05 06:18 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Aging, I forgot, I have to get rid of those 8 tracks! There's nothing to play them on and the tapes would most likely disitergrate. "Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz"...dash

rosebud
(Member)
09/15/05 12:14 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Dash, All my chairs were EJ except for the one I have now (Breezy 600) and I swear the EJs were much easier to wheel. (maybe it's just old age setting in though, huh?) Got to wait another year for ins. to cover another one, but starting to shop around already.

The 8 track era didn't last very long, so I guess lots of people were stuck with them. I remember putting a box of them in a lawn sale and nobody wanted them, so in the dumpster they went!

-Barb

rosebud
(Member)
09/15/05 01:12 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

C-Craig - My husband and I used to camp like you in the '70's.

We bought a stripped 3/4 ton chevy van and customized the inside. He built a full size bed in the back,but framed it so a porta-pot fit into half of the front section (cut the plywood and hinged it so it could be lifted to access the pottie)there was plenty of room for storage under the other half, built a small cabinet & installed a small stainless camper sink with a little hand pump to get water out of 5 gal. jug underneath, I made all the curtains and mattress cover to match, and of course the ceiling and walls were (covered with shag carpet!) Had a skylight that cranked open for fresh air and looking at the stars while lying in bed. There were magnificant nite skies in Montana and Utah.

We traveled all over the country and Canada. Those were great times! We would check in a motel every couple days to get a good shower and rest. The room rates back then ran around $35. I've got tons of stories from those adventures. Campsites back then $5-$6 nite.

Ophelia is raising cane tonite NC, hope it goes out to sea and doesn't come this way. The last hurricane to affect us was Floyd in '99 with lots of rain.

Geez, guess I better get to bed - it's so easy to lose track of time on here.

Hope you and Sandy have a great trip.

Goodnite/goodmorning
-Barb

whiterabbit11
(Member)
09/15/05 08:45 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

That is one long patio bench Paul!! -planning on entertaining the whole neighborhood?

Sounds like a Cool way to dry up too How many P.S.I. in the air compressor? Might be careful and keep your belt tight so your pants don't end up in the neighbors yard. :p

Craig-Wyomings nice in September-most of the tourists are gone but bring your long underwear for night time.

Be Bop a Lu la was one of my favorites in the 7th grade. Gene was kind of Elvis style with a bit of James Dean mixed in and cool DA haircut. That year I got my 1st black leather jacket.

I think I wore it during the summer. My Dad hated it. All the zippers. I always brought my "Mad" Magazine to school. wr

Roadrunner
(Member)
09/15/05 11:04 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Mmmmmmmmm thanks again for the compliments.............MrSoul, Craig, and Dashing..........

Barb, Johnny Mathis is doing fine.....
http://www.johnnymathis.com/

He had back surgery a couple years ago so he is not as agile on stage as he used to be.........I try to see him each time he appears in Reno, NV, but haven't seen him for a couple years. His voice isn't what it once was ............. but who cares?

Barb I love, "Betty Davis Eyes", Just what do we do with all those oldies we love so much, 33's, 45's I can still play them, but never had a 8 track so I guess we'll all have to go to Dash's, LOL.

That bench sounds like a biggy allright. Should be able to seat the whole family, at once PaulI.

Enjoy your camping trip Craig ......... I can almost smell the campfire (my fav thing about camping). Should be pretty at this time of the year and cooler.

Am playing musical chairs this last few days and am exhausted. My old chair bit the dust and the new one is killing my butt and shoulders.........you know the story.

Take care all.

rosebud
(Member)
09/16/05 12:21 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hi Roadr - OMG I've got tears in my eyes, I'm such a mush! Thanks for the Johnny link. Jeez, when he started singing "Chances Are........." I instantly remembered where I was a long time ago when I first heard it. I have to go out and get his double CD now (I'm hooked again).

I saw Johnny in concert in '64 at the Forest Hills Tennis Club. Hot summer nite and that voice of his was a super combination.

So, looks like you will be chair shopping, too. Seems like my two most important things are wearing out about the same time (chair and van).

Hope you don't have to hang out in your spare chair too long.

Goodnite/morning
-Barb

push4me
(Member)
09/16/05 03:22 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Ah, you shoulda posted this in the general forum. My slackass just found it

Anybody wanna buy a nice Corvair
I actually owned a '49 Study.......black of course.

I remember running away in the 3rd grade with a school friend. Hopped a train, then hitchhiked up into Mich. from Ind............punks

I hung out at a drive-in that had more neon than should have been allowed. Black corduroy jackets were standard wear. If you were "really" cool, you had one with your "colors" embroidered on the back. The "Jokers" were a big thing in my old hometown. Remember the "fender skirts" on some of the cooler rides :rolleyes: Damn...........I miss that shit

PUSH

Roadrunner
(Member)
09/16/05 10:21 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Push4me, here's fender skirts, LOL.............



and I miss them too, not to mention the lowered back end, the continental kit.........that's when cars were cars!!!!!!!!!1

Does anyone remember army jackets and chinos? I drove my parents nuts, I'm sure begging them to let me get them in grade 8 (still a tomboy). It was all the rage to neatly print or get your friends autograph on the back of the army jacket. I also remember all the "older kids" wearing "zoot suits" with chains hanging down to the floor shortly after the war I think.

Barb, so glad you've met Johnny again, LOL..........that velvet, sexy, voice!!!!!

And I do have the chair ........... it's trying to get comfy ..........plus all the new ways to transfer.....nothing is the same.......grabs not the same.........

dashing
(Member)
09/16/05 12:12 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I have an antique cane and wicker w/c. Believe it or not It has a wrench made for it in cast iron! dash

Paul I
(Member)
09/16/05 04:16 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Dashing, your wheelchair sequence is exactly the sa,me as mine! EJ Premier, Stainless Specialities that kept cracking at the welds and then a Quadra which went out of business and finally Quickie. They have gotten better, havn't they. I'm looking at a Kushall maybe this time.

We had a Cox camping trailer we pulled with my 68 SS Chevelle. It was cool. I cut off about 6 inches of body and spliced it onto the door. Had a plywood ramp that would stow on top of the folded trailer.
The Cox had a total canvas top and unfolded like
a tent, half from each side. It was pretty roomy. Guess I'll look for another picture.

Ah, to be younger. Like the old saying- roughing it is no room service.

So Roadrunner, did you do the jock thing?

Julie London anyone?

Paul I

cbal-craig
(Member)
09/16/05 04:34 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Barb, when Sandy and I met in the early 70s we traveled and camped a lot in the Ozarks in Arkansas, the Rockies in Colorado, and the Sierras in Calif.
We had a 1953 (I think) International Metro step van (like a bread truck) and boy what a tank. Wide open on the highway was about 50 mph. Made me a believer in International trucks and later in life I bought one of their pickups (another tank).
Anyway, today our bed room is full of shit to pack in the trailer and van and I still have some things to buy before we leave on this trip.
Departure looks like it is coming up ...maybe Sunday.
Thanks for the good wishes ......I'll be back before I leave I think because this thread is ..... vintage

Roadrunner
(Member)
09/16/05 05:25 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

PaulI
Quote:
So Roadrunner, did you do the jock thing?
??????????????????

Paul I
(Member)
09/16/05 06:08 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

The wheelchair athletics- not the fabric device thatthe guys gym teachers liked to joke about.

Roadrunner
(Member)
09/16/05 11:04 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Ahhhhhhh yes, '68 to '76, Stoke a couple of times, Germany, Belgium, Argentina, Peru, Jamaica........the usual state and Nationals. It seems so long ago..........and in some ways, not so long ago

You were there also???????

LOL, I started out competing in a 60 lb EJ (and I was a lousy pusher to begin with)............

Edit sp

rosebud
(Member)
09/17/05 12:37 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

So RoadR, which chair did you get? Do you use a narrow or reg. width?

If my butt will fit comfortably, think I'll go back to a 16" seat next time. There have been several places that were inaccessible because of an inch or so, that it might be worth it to try to squeeze myself into a narrow seat.

It's hell when your life becomes limited because of an inch or two.

Getting used to a new chair really puts a new spin on your daily tasks.

What sport did you participate in, RoadR?

Dash - You poor girl, still using an old wicker chair!!

I saw one of those cane & wicker chairs not too long ago in an antique shop (great condition). It was huge with two big wheels up front and a smaller swivel wheel in center/back and it reclined, too. Even the foot plate was made of wood. There was a $300 price tag on it.

P1 - Who's Julie London? Just kidding, but I can't recall what she sang.

Goodnite/morning
-Barb

rosebud
(Member)
09/17/05 11:39 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Craig - check your PM

-Barb

Paul I
(Member)
09/17/05 12:46 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hey Roadrunner, NW Games 1962 and Stoke 1962 or 63, can't remember. You must have run into the team from the Univ. of Illinois.

Barb, Julie London was a gorgeous sometimes blond that sang sultry songs like you'd hear in a smoke filled, quiet nightclub.

http://www.emergencyfans.com/people/julie_london.htm

Fender skirts were definately cool but in my territory that had to have the little flare at the bottom and not just straight across.

In my HS jackets were a definitive identification factor. Typically, my group, wore tan or kacki windbrakers, the farm guys (shitkickers)had the Levi jackets with the FFA stuff embroidered on them, the jocks, the deal with the leather sleeves so they could sport their letters and the rodders wore white nylon jackets with the collar turned up. PI

cbal-craig
(Member)
09/17/05 02:56 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I sent you an e-mail Barb ?

cbal-craig
(Member)
09/17/05 03:04 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by Paul I:
In my HS jackets were a definitive identification factor. Typically, my group, wore tan or kacki windbrakers, the farm guys (shitkickers)had the Levi jackets with the FFA stuff embroidered on them, the jocks, the deal with the leather sleeves so they could sport their letters and the rodders wore white nylon jackets with the collar turned up. PI
In Hollywood Calif. you would have been, "bitchin" Paul

Roadrunner, skirts are fine on a car but as a young buck let me tell you the most interesting thing about that car is the driver, lol. I don't know if it is you or an old friend but that is my humble opinion.

MrSoul
(Member)
09/17/05 05:33 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I went to this Art in the Park event today, and nearly wilted from the heat (90 something in the shade)... I ain't as tough as I used to be, you guys.

I went to see a coworker's son's art work, and had never met him before...I told him he looked like Cat Stevens (he did) and he said "Who's that?" :rolleyes: And then his sister says "You know, that singer they thought was a terrorist last year!" That seems to be his claim to fame these days!

How are you other old folks here doing?

Roadrunner
(Member)
09/17/05 11:06 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Rosebud
Quote:
So RoadR, which chair did you get? Do you use a narrow or reg. width?
Barb, I got an 18" Blast (powerchair). I could have fit a 16" easy, but didn't know that as I have always had 18s". I can't push anymore (was never any good at it anyway, incomplete C1&2), so it's powerchairs all the way.

I did all field events for Quads, but my main interest was target shooting. I have 1 World Record and 1 Pan Am Record to my credit.

PaulI
Quote:
Hey Roadrunner, NW Games 1962 and Stoke 1962 or 63, can't remember. You must have run into the team from the Univ. of Illinois
I probably did PaulI, but do I remember, no, LOL. Dashing had to refresh my memory as there were some people we were both aquainted with. To be honest some of those I knew well I cannot put a name to anymore, even from my area! Now where did I put those "post it notes"?

cbal-craig
Quote:
Roadrunner, skirts are fine on a car but as a young buck let me tell you the most interesting thing about that car is the driver, lol. I don't know if it is you or an old friend but that is my humble opinion.
((((((((HUGS))))))))) cbal-craig, you darling young whipper snapper you............... LOL. It is "I" many moons ago.

I love your humble opinions

MrSoul
Quote:
I went to see a coworker's son's art work, and had never met him before...I told him he looked like Cat Stevens (he did) and he said "Who's that?" And then his sister says "You know, that singer they thought was a terrorist last year!" That seems to be his claim to fame these days!
Sad, really sad.............on 2 counts: All the good music has disappeared and nobody remembers....Cat

"Morning Has Broken"

I'll spare you all the lyrics, LOL.......my fav by Cat!

MrSoul
(Member)
09/18/05 06:05 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

These car pics on here really rock, you guys. I wish I could show you my brother's old Ford Fairlane... don't think I have any photos of it. I LOVED that car!

Agree with Craig, you look great in that photo, Roadrunner!!!!

flicka
(Member)
09/18/05 08:19 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
We had a 1953 (I think) International Metro step van (like a bread truck) and boy what a tank. Wide open on the highway was about 50 mph. Made me a believer in International trucks and later in life I bought one of their pickups (another tank).
This must be the root of my attraction to you. When the kids were young, my x and I drove a old international stepside van as our main transportation. It was cool. My husband drives an old international pickup now. I'm seeing a pattern here.

Great thread. Wonderful pictures everyone!

rosebud
(Member)
09/19/05 12:18 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

RoadR - How are you doing with your new "Blast"? Have you wrecked your residence? (LOL) I rented a power chair for a month and jeez, I just couldn't avoid wacking into things. I had to do a lot of paint touch-ups and a couple major patchings before my landlord saw what I had done.

Target shooting competition, what fun! That's something else I enjoy and occasionally go with my brother to the rod & gun club. I shoot his 22 pistol right out from my van, and pretty good at it, too. The more we all talk about things on here, the more we have in common.

MrSoul - Going to an art fair sounds like a great way to spend a Saturday, but I don't know about the 90 dgr part! So how was the kid's art work?

P1 - Oh yeah, I recognize Julie now and do remember when she was married to Jack Webb. She was very attractive.

The pictures I found of my '65 Valiant are quite small, so it's hard to see any detail, but the shape is more straight along the sides and trunk area and had a vinyl roof. It had a V6, too, and was a great driving/riding car and was fairly easy to put the chair behind the seat. Wish they still made cars that way!

How's the Magnum doing as far as transfering in and out goes?

You must have been in very good shape to be able to get in and out of your boat, P1. Did you rig up something to assist in getting on and off the dock?

Well, I wonder where Craig and Sandy are camping tonite?

Goodnite
-Barb

push4me
(Member)
09/19/05 03:11 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Thanks for the pic RR You were a "looker"
Imagine this...........we all managed to make it this far without "computers", for the most of it
This thread will be a "laugher" for the younger ones to come.

PUSH

MrSoul
(Member)
09/19/05 10:35 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by rosebud:
MrSoul - Going to an art fair sounds like a great way to spend a Saturday, but I don't know about the 90 dgr part! So how was the kid's art work?
Barb, these high school kids are pretty advanced these days... they use fractals and photography and all kindsa weird stuff. I just say "cool" and don't try to be any more specific in my criticism, since I don't know squat about it!

Quote:
Originally posted by push4me:
Imagine this...........we all managed to make it this far without "computers", for the most of it This thread will be a "laugher" for the younger ones to come.


Roadrunner
(Member)
09/20/05 01:01 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

MrSoul
Quote:
Agree with Craig, you look great in that photo, Roadrunner!!!!
Push4me
Quote:
Thanks for the pic RR You were a "looker"
Thanks again for the very nice compliments gentlemen you have sure made me feel fantastic. I'll think of it this way.......... except for lots more gray hair in the blonde, 20 more pounds, wrinkles and just plain old years I'll think of myself as the same, LOL

PaulI love your Plymouth Valiant..........there is just something about those sweeping back fender "fins" of that era that get to me. Can't comment on the sailing as I am ignorant of it all.

Rosebud
Quote:
RoadR - How are you doing with your new "Blast"? Have you wrecked your residence?
Well girl I have (at this time) only 1 minor hole in the wall, LOL (so I want a medal ). At this point I have been jockeying back and forth between 3 chairs! The Blast is new and so radically different from my old Fortress, but I am forced to use it. I did manage to find another Fortress that hubby got running however it is a little different than mine which I am hoping can be fixed. Nothing is were it should be. Transfers are a huge problem but I guess I will live through it all.

Target shooting was my fav and I used to do a lot of it but haven't touched it in many years. Used to compete with the a/b's to keep sharp and enjoyed that as we had a really great club.

MrSoul you are so right about computers.........sheesh I have wished ao many times that I had some young kid to call on when I run into bottlenecks.......it sometimes make you wish for the old typewriter days. In fact have been having some weird responses on this one lately so I may be in for wishing again

whiterabbit11
(Member)
09/20/05 09:06 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

The more I stay away the more stuff you guys bring up I remember.Maybe we should start -how do I say "old ppl" thread politely."geezer thread"? naah, that leaves ladies out!

Shooting-I still love it. Used to do lotta deer and elk hunting from my jeep cherokee. Now it's mostly my .22 out the window-still have a "Nylon 66" semi-auto.

Now I gotta get the boat pics out too. I had a 15' crestliner with 55hp Johnson O.B. In those days I could transfer in and out of boat from dock-can barely get in bed now. Maybe we were in same town-I got a '51Merc. pic with fender skirts, suicide doors and I nearly forgot about FFA corduroy blue jackets with gold names like "Hank" or something on front. Girls were all in FHA.
I stuck with black leather-went better with taps on the black loafers.

Yup, I remember Julie London too. Great looker- wasn't her genre "Torch Singer" or something?

Okay, Back to the future wr

Roadrunner
(Member)
09/20/05 11:23 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

the thought had certainly crossed my mind that maybe we need an, "Oldies" (title?)Forum.............we seem to be enjoying this one so much.

push4me
(Member)
09/21/05 02:09 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..



Seems to be the case these days Mr.Soul

You're welcome RR I guess we are still the same folks we look at in our old photos.....just need to blow the dust off em to see it.
Hope ya get them holes patched..........on the job training (new power chair).

I miss my boat too WR. Had a 17' SeaNymph that seated 8. It had a 55HP Chrysler (semi v hull). It was great for either Lake Mich., or small water too. Left her back in Ind. (sold).

I always had trouble with keeping my 12ga. up on my shoulder in my chair. Seemed to want to lose my balance. I loved to shoot my pistols at a gun range (.38 & .44). Used wad cutters so it wasn't too expensive.

I guess the young ones are right......we are just old farts, and damn proud

PUSH

LASHB
(Member)
09/21/05 07:27 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
The more I stay away the more stuff you guys bring up I remember.Maybe we should start -how do I say "old ppl" thread politely."geezer thread"? naah, that leaves ladies out!
The word is vintage. Vintage folks thread maybe?

whiterabbit11
(Member)
09/21/05 09:31 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Never thought of myself as vintage but then I never thought of myself as lotta things I turned out to be

Yeah Push all I can shoot from the chairs the .22 "Nylon 66" it only weighs 4 lbs. But I shot the Elk with a 7mm rem. Mag from the jeep> I put H/C's on a waggoneer and a Cherokee post SCI. I'd fall over forwards shooting the big guns from chair but in the jeep or car you had a window frame to rest on and steering wheel to lean on.

After gettng to vintage for boat transfers and camping I sold my boat-It was a lotta fun except Yellowstone Lake can get rough during storms.
Here it is on the back of my "68 Torino when I was going to school in Billings Mt.which is where I went right after becoming Hines Alumni-



you can click on boat for bigger pic. don't know how I did it.
Still can't fid the "51 Merc.

Sittin by the campfire in Yellowstone one night a Bear walked up to within about 4-5 feet from me-my old E-J didn't move too fast in dirt. I picked up a burning stick from the fire and he calmly walked away.

All the albums are in the basement and ppl here act like they're gonna die if you ask them to go downstairs.
Still gonna find the Merc. I wanted a 50 something Studebaker Push-actually had an O/H Valve V-8, but downright ugly lookin thing.

rosebud
(Member)
09/21/05 11:13 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

What the heck is a fractal? Got my first computer 2 months ago, and that cartoon MrSl posted looks like me when I'm staring at the screen thinking "what the hell?" (LOL)

An Oldies Forum is a good idea RoadR.

This is the best I can do for a medal for you, I'm sure you'll get the hang of that new chair before long with no ill effects. Maybe you should have hubby put rubber bumpers around it like they have on bumper cars.

WR - We used to camp in VA along the Skyline Drive and bears were regular pests there. The park rangers patroled and kept them at bay. I used to wear a whistle around my neck "just in case", glad I never had to blow it - I'd probably get so frightened I'd lose my wind!

That was a sweet little boat, WR. Someday I'll post the pontoon I used to cruise around the lake on a few years ago.

Goodnite
-Barb

whiterabbit11
(Member)
09/22/05 03:30 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

[QUOTE]Originally posted by rosebud:
[QB].

Yep, WR, Mick Jagger is still hanging in there rocking, and it amazes me that his lead quitar player (damn, whose name escapes me right now) you know who I mean whippersnapper - the one who looks like he just crawled out from under a rock, is still alive and playing. (LOL)
_________________________________________________

Source About Keith Richards is 61 years old.
Keith Richards and a schoolmate, Mick Jagger, fell in together in the early 1960s and formed a band with Brian Jones. Losing and adding a few other band members along the way, The Rolling Stones made a name for themselves when their up-tempo covers...
How Old Is Keith Richards [Web Answer]
Keith Richards (born December 18, 1943) is rhythm and occasional lead guitarist for The Rolling Stones, the band he founded with vocalist Mick Jagger and Brian Jones in 1962.
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Looked him up just for you Rosebud-I read on a little further and it appears that he was the one who came up with the phrase "sex, drugs and rock and roll"

Damn! He is older than I am and way older than C-1 and 2, especially 1 or 2. How come I can't do that? :p

MrSoul
(Member)
09/22/05 03:38 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by rosebud:
What the heck is a fractal?
Quote:
fractal
Dictionary
frac·tal (frăk'təl)
n.
A geometric pattern that is repeated at ever smaller scales to produce irregular shapes and surfaces that cannot be represented by classical geometry. Fractals are used especially in computer modeling of irregular patterns and structures in nature.

[French, from Latin frāctus, past participle of frangere, to break. See fraction
The kids know how to program fractals using photos and "wallpaper" (screensaver-type designs), and make pretty stuff:



From: http://www.fractal-art.com/

Also check out: http://www.fractalism.com




rosebud
(Member)
09/22/05 05:46 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Thanks for the Keith Richard info, WR. He's a great guitarist. Isn't it amazing how he keeps going even though he seems to be doing everything wrong healthwise? Maybe it's because he's having so much fun, hey?

WOW, so those are fractals, MrS? Absolutely beautiful - now that looks like something I could get interested in doing. I looked the word up and fractal wasn't in my home dictionary that's why I asked. Knew you would have the answer. Thanks.

-Barb

whiterabbit11
(Member)
09/22/05 06:25 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by rosebud:
Thanks for the Keith Richard info, WR. He's a great guitarist. Isn't it amazing how he keeps going even though he seems to be doing everything wrong healthwise? Maybe it's because he's having so much fun, hey?

WOW, so those are fractals, MrS? Absolutely beautiful - now that looks like something I could get interested in doing. I looked the word up and fractal wasn't in my home dictionary that's why I asked. Knew you would have the answer. Thanks.

-Barb
We probably didn't partake of enough sex, drugs and rock and roll!
Mr. Soul probably doesn't remember but I know what "cognitive dissonance" is because of him. :p wr

MrSoul
(Member)
09/23/05 12:44 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by whiterabbit11:
We probably didn't partake of enough sex, drugs and rock and roll!
Mr. Soul probably doesn't remember but I know what "cognitive dissonance" is because of him. :p wr
:o I always use that phrase, so I know you are telling the truth!

I had plenty of drugs and rock and roll, but I could have done with more sex, IMHO.

dashing
(Member)
09/23/05 08:12 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hey, I was born at the perfect time! Drugs, sex and rock n roll .
Yup, I broke down and got my first pc in 1998 or9 but forget, ipods, palm pilots...How would I have time to read real books . I only get half way through instruction manuals. Just enough as necessary. Was I pissed when my new TV had "parental controls" installed. I still can't go up and down stations and lost the manual (probably behind some dresser w/ many others. Oh, and that printer, scanner, fax thing. Just got through printing before that one hid somewhere .You see, nothings my fault . Never was nor will claim techno status. I need to ask nieces for the simplist things like taking a photo! Give me my good old instamatic :p . dash

whiterabbit11
(Member)
09/23/05 08:12 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

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Originally posted by MrSoul:
Quote:
Originally posted by whiterabbit11:
We probably didn't partake of enough sex, drugs and rock and roll!
Mr. Soul probably doesn't remember but I know what "cognitive dissonance" is because of him. :p wr
:o I always use that phrase, so I know you are telling the truth!

I had plenty of drugs and rock and roll, but I could have done with more sex, IMHO.

Me too. At least we have the problem narrowed down-probably too late to correct now. wr

dashing
(Member)
09/23/05 08:13 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

wr, you caught me in the post hole vortex! dash

whiterabbit11
(Member)
09/23/05 08:27 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by dashing:
wr, you caught me in the post hole vortex! dash
I knew it Dash! I was just gonna say that. If I did we would havehad 2 post hole vortexes in a row. Actually, I waz just gonna ask you if that's what happened. Then I figured I'd tell MrSoul that everytime I get a good cognitive a dissonance comes along and screws it up.

Roadrunner
(Member)
09/23/05 09:27 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

ROTFLMBO

Not sure you 2 are gonna' make it thro' Psych 101, LOL. I miss the music, comraderie, dress style, etc. of the era. Think I am going to head over the mountains next weekend for the Psychic Fair again tho' and get my soul rejuvenated!

Now Dash, I have complete faith in you and I thought you had that printer thing solved, LOL.

dashing
(Member)
09/23/05 10:09 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

The printer but none of the other "functions". Just think of all the new techno vocabulary words. Now I'd suck in English like I did in math! dash

joyt
(Member)
09/25/05 12:03 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by Paul I:
Barb, Julie London was a gorgeous sometimes blond that sang sultry songs like you'd hear in a smoke filled, quiet nightclub.
paul, when i think of julie london, i think of nurse dixie mccall on the tv show "emergency" ("rampart, come in rampart").

this is such a good thread. it makes me think of when we'd skip school and drive across the state line to florida. we'd buy a few cases of cheap pbr (pabst blue ribbon beer) and spend the rest of the day at the south beach on jekyll island, georgia. we'd wile away the rest of the day while listening to 8-track tapes and other sundry pleasures. we were invincible back then.

whiterabbit11
(Member)
09/25/05 03:56 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I knew this would happen when that photobucket thing Sylvana showed me actually worked.

The little blurb I read about Julie London said she had a "smoky" voice.

Died in 2000 at age 79 could've been my mother

I'm glad I have a computer but they can sure cause you to waste a lot of time especially if you're short on will power like me.

Roadrunner
(Member)
09/25/05 11:01 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

whiterabbit11
Quote:
I'm glad I have a computer but they can sure cause you to waste a lot of time especially if you're short on will power like me.
:D Do you still worry about it?

whiterabbit11
(Member)
09/26/05 07:38 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by Roadrunner:
whiterabbit11
Quote:
I'm glad I have a computer but they can sure cause you to waste a lot of time especially if you're short on will power like me.
:D Do you still worry about it?
Sometimes I worry about the lack of will power Roadrunner but now that I'm running low on power in general I don't think think the will matters much anyway wr

Roadrunner
(Member)
09/26/05 10:55 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

whiterabbit
Quote:
Sometimes I worry about the lack of will power Roadrunner but now that I'm running low on power in general I don't think think the will matters much anyway wr
I asked because I found with each passing year rather than the lack of "willpower" my attitude has done a 180 degree turn and I don't care anymore. I'm at the stage were I generally "call it as I see it" nowdays, and if somebody doesn't like it...........

Paul I
(Member)
09/27/05 08:26 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I'm with you on this Roadrunner. I think it has to do with surviving to a point where one begins to realize that speaking out really doesn't cause much turmoil and it's more rewarding. Wish I'd started sooner. I think it also has to do with being different. Obviously, not too many people ride chairs percentage wise so one gets used to standing out, apart, or whatever you want to call it. A callousness develops about one's image like whatever I say I'm already apart from the masses so F*** it.

PI

whiterabbit11
(Member)
09/27/05 09:44 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

After working for most all of the last 30 years Roadrunner I find way too much time on my hands and having a hard time getting used to it I'm trying hard to not give a s##t. I'll catch on RR. Thanks :p

That's when you could actually work on a car Paul. I can't even find the battery in mine. They make special "things" to hook jumper cables to. :rolleyes:
Nice Avanti Paul.!! A pretty rare piece of machinery now. Gotta dig for more pics too.

The ones I load from my dig. camera onto the PC come out perfect size but I can't master the trip from the scanner to the board either.wr

Roadrunner
(Member)
09/28/05 06:17 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

That Avanti is a "looker" PaulI, but I love the "grease monkey" photo......LOL.........
Sheesh brings back many memories of the days when you could actually figure out and sometimes fix what was wrong with the car. I remember driving Ford flatheads all the time (much to my Dad's dismay), and although I couldn't fix anything I became falrly good at diagnosing problems. This gal was some upset with the "sound" of her first overhead cam engine

Sylvana really did start something with Photobucket (Thank you so much, Sylvana), and I love it

push4me
(Member)
09/29/05 02:40 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Nice Avanti there Paul!

Odd, but my brother-in-law had one of the first ones off the line. He tore it apart every winter, kept the internal parts in oil, the re-assembled it (engine) when the weather broke. That fuel injection rocked I'm originally from Ind, where they had a plant there, and the Studebaker...........til the "Lark" killed em off

Yes WR, the studie's where you couldn't tell the front from the back were a scream. Love the boat and the Torina, of which I had forgotten. My first "muscle car" was a '69 Olds 442. I actually won a trophy (drag racing) up in Elkhart Ind. The race officials got a bit queasy when they saw I was driving with hand controls.
My car insurance co. got a bit upset when they pasted a pic of me with the trophy in a mag that came with the Sun. paper. A short lived racing career.

PUSH

Paul I
(Member)
09/29/05 12:48 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Searching my memory- the most memorable songs from my early teen years are:
Ivory Tower, Wayward Wind, the Kentuckian, the Wild One, Blue Suede Shoes, Heartbreak Hotel, Old Shep,
Blue Moon, Tragedy, The Big Bopper, White Sport Coat, and, if I dig back into my sister's time, she was three years older,- Naughty Lady of Shady Lane,
Mule Team, High and Mighy, and now I'll really dig back- The Thing, Mood Indigo, Tumbling Tumbleweeds,and finally all the songs from Uncle Don's Playland 78 rpm record set. My absolute favorite was Little Toot the Tugboat with its picture book. And I never realized that a favorite book, Tootles, was considered a communist book. PI

MrSoul
(Member)
09/29/05 05:52 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Paul, my mother was a professional singer, and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" was one of the songs she used to sing to me whenever I got agitated as a child. It calmed me down like a tranquilizer...

Thanks for the memory.

Roadrunner
(Member)
09/29/05 11:38 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Oh Paul I, you've done it again. How I love music! I remember just about all of those titles.............

Yesterday in the Mall this gal started playing "Blue Spanish Eyes" (she was selling organs). I just know a lot of people watched me rolling side to side trying to keep time and pace.

Take a peek here..........you'll love it.

http://www.fiftiesweb.com/



rosebud
(Member)
09/30/05 12:02 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Oh boy! I was going to look at this thread for a minute before "hitting the hay", now look what you've done RoadR. I took a quick glance at the fifties site and am still laughing to myself regarding the "DEAD PEOPLE" list. (lol)

Now I'm going back for another quick look that will undoubtedly turn into much longer.

-Barb

rosebud
(Member)
09/30/05 01:17 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I've bookmarked the fifties web site, RoadR. Forgot how much I loved Rick Nelson songs and the Everly Brothers.

Chuckled over the guarantee on the bottom of the page: Fifties Web is guaranteed to have NO SMALL PRINT.

Goodnite/morning
-Barb
p.s. - notice the few minutes turned into an hr.+

Roadrunner
(Member)
09/30/05 06:16 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I didn't look till now and the funny part is ...............I didn't know these eople had died

Meredith MacRae

Princess Margaret

Linda Lovelace

Richard Simmons

Alan King

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Pierre Salinger



Paul I
(Member)
10/01/05 10:28 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

The 50's website is pretty good. We didn't get TV until 1955 so I'd like to see something about radio shows. PI

MrSoul
(Member)
10/02/05 05:37 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by Paul I:
The 50's website is pretty good. We didn't get TV until 1955 so I'd like to see something about radio shows. PI
Paul, ever see Woody Allen's RADIO DAYS?? If not, you'd love it. Not a "regular" Woody Allen movie (he narrates it, but is not in it), but a tribute to his childhood... I have seen it over and over.

Anyone who grew up with radio shows or in New York (and certainly, both!) will love the movie!

And Paul, there is an especially hilarious religious/atheist situation/punchline in it that I don't want to spoil...but any regular on the F & R forum, like you, will laugh their ass off over it.

If you haven't seen it, make a special effort... guarantee you won't be dissapointed.

bama074
(Junior Member)
10/02/05 10:23 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hi I'm new here and was glad to see the aging thread. I love the fifties site. BTW Richard Simmons is alive unless he died in the past few weeks. He was just on the TODAY SHOW.

From what I've seen I'm going to like it here.

push4me
(Member)
10/03/05 01:46 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Welcome aboard Bama

Just dust off a vinyl disc, and give it a whirl

PUSH

rosebud
(Member)
10/03/05 10:24 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Welcome bama074, yep, this is the fun thread.

I thought the same thing about Richard Simmons, but apparently there was an actor by the same name as the "exercise with the oldies" guru. Check the fifties site again.

-Barb

Roadrunner
(Member)
10/03/05 05:52 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Welcome Bamao74..........pull up and join the group

Well, LOL, thank goodness poor Richard is still "sweatin' to the oldies".....lol, I was beginning to think I'd better check my pulse each morning!

You will just flip.......but the other day I came out of the grocery store and there smack dab opposite my parking spot sat this absloutely gorgeous Desoto. In Mint Condition, YET! It was
Craig's fav color, cream & green, lol! The seats were upholstered in brocade and looked like new! Just look at those fins.......2 parking spots and one could land that baby!


whiterabbit11
(Member)
10/03/05 06:56 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

"It's Delightful, it's Delovely, it's DeSoto" wasn't that the Sponsor song from Groucho Marx and "you Bet Your LIfe"? Remember the Duck and the secret word?

Speaking of OLDS 442s Push I had to choose the Torino with a 390 over a '68 Hurst Olds-cuz I needed automatic by then.

Did you happen to remember Carl MaComber at Hines? He sold me a '65 Buick Electra 225 convertible equipped with homemade hand controls. He caught an AK-47 round in the back in Nam-He was on my side of the ward. Itraded the Buick for The Torino-dumb move.

I suspect your insurance guy and the Strip boss did do some sweating when they saw you doing the drag racing

If you got car pics drag em out Bama. I found a negative with my GTO to get developed-all painted with some 1st marriage wedding stuff :rolleyes: Live and learn. wr

Paul I
(Member)
10/03/05 09:36 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

That DeSoto is just so sweet. They were big, wern't they? As fins go those were pretty artistic. Maybe it's time for a retro fin car.

Welcome aboard Bama. This is the forum where the past gets spit shined, glorified and made the envy of the children on this board.

rosebud
(Member)
10/03/05 10:13 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Oohhhh, I love that Desoto. What a classy looking car that is, I really like the black and white. When was the last year they were made?

My youngest sister and I were acting foolish one day earlier this summer. We were talking about how we are both alone now and getting older by the minute and we should do something crazy and fun before our "number is up". lol

She said if she wins the lottery that she would want it all at once in cash. Then we decided that we'd buy a mint condition old cadillac (the kind with a very large trunk), fill the trunk with the money and take off for a tour of the country. (kinda like a "good" Thelma and Louise) Then, we would do good deeds and leave $$ gifts for the needy we met along the way.

That DeSoto has a very large trunk! Wouldn't that be a blast?

So far, she hasn't won enough to fill her wallet!

Goodnite vintage people
-Barb

MrSoul
(Member)
10/03/05 10:27 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Sent you a PM, Paul... anyone else here seen RADIO DAYS??? (see my remarks, above post)

On a campaign to get all of you nostalgic folks on this aging thread to see it! :p



Seriously, though... who here actually listened to shows on the radio, like with "stories"?

MrSoul
(Member)
10/03/05 10:31 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

PS: I just looked up Woody Allen's age... he is 69...so anyone around his age would have heard these radio shows, and identify with them.

Great movie about childhood.

Okay, done with commercial...

rosebud
(Member)
10/03/05 11:05 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

The only shows I remember listening to on the radio were: "Fibber Magee and Molly", "The Grand Old Opry", and I think "Jack Benny" when we lived down in NYC late '40's Wow, now I definitely feel vintage. Can't say as I remember any story content, just comedy and music.

Mom would help us with our Saturday nite bath, then we'd have a snack and listen to the radio before going to bed.

Sometimes dad would put a 78 record by Benny Goodman, Harry James or Gene Krupa on the old Victrola, and I could hear it playing quietly in the background, as I fell asleep.

Good memories.
Goodnite again for sure this time
-Barb

Roadrunner
(Member)
10/03/05 11:14 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

"Radio Days", yes MrSoul I have seen it. Many years ago however, and I don't remember much of it. I do know it reminded me very much of growing up and it's not surprising when you say Woody is 69. "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and your Mom singing it to you reminded me of Roy Roger's and The Sons of the Pioneers. Seems to me that was their theme song.

Whiterabbit11
Quote:
"It's Delightful, it's Delovely, it's DeSoto" wasn't that the Sponsor song from Groucho Marx and "you Bet Your LIfe"? Remember the Duck and the secret word?
:) You're someone else with a good memory - remember the commercial, but don't know if it was on, "You Bet Your Life". Another great old TV program. I will always remember one couple that came on the program. Groucho was quering them on life in general and then asked how many children they had. The answer was like about 9 or 10 as I recall. In that day considered a big family as it is now. He then asked the husband where he worked and it was a mattress company! I suppose "you had to be there" kind of joke but it brought the house down.

MrSoul
(Member)
10/03/05 11:39 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by Roadrunner:
You're someone else with a good memory - remember the commercial, but don't know if it was on, "You Bet Your Life". Another great old TV program. I will always remember one couple that came on the program. Groucho was quering them on life in general and then asked how many children they had. The answer was like about 9 or 10 as I recall. In that day considered a big family as it is now. He then asked the husband where he worked and it was a mattress company! I suppose "you had to be there" kind of joke but it brought the house down.
Sometime in the late 70s, they reran that on cable and I would watch it... it seemed kinda weird, but I was riveted by the conversation, songs, clothes, Groucho's wit, etc. Would smoke dope late at night with my first wife's hippie friends and watch Groucho!!! YOU BET YOUR LIFE!! :p

Yeah, guess you had to be there!

whiterabbit11
(Member)
10/04/05 12:01 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Oh yeah-the radio shows. I actually remember waking up to Don McNeill's "Breakfast Club"-actually my Mom liked it followed by Arthur Godfrey-but at night I listened to "The Shadow" and "Inner Sanctum" I'm pretty sure in 4th-5th grade

I was a big Yankees fan in the mid 50's like 6th and 7th grade and I think in '56, '57 my Dad was stationed in Germany so I listened to every play in the world series, Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers or Milwaukee Braves on the radio. I'll have to google it for correct years but I remember listening to Don Larsen's no hitter-Richardson, Kubek, Berra and Mantle battin cleanup was 1st 4 N.Y. batting order.

MrSoul-I used to smoke weed with hippie friends and watch NFL highlights in slowmo at 10 or 11:00 in late 60's early '70- the slowmo. was awesome after a couple passes around the circle. wr

Had my mind made up to be pro-baseball player :p

bama074
(Junior Member)
10/04/05 02:27 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Thanks for the welcome. It is appreciated. I was born in 1951 so I can't say I remember the old radio shows. I do remember only having a couple of TV channels with rabbit ears, no color and the TV was only on a few hours a day. Now I've got over 100 channels and still can't always find something I want to watch. Thank goodness for the History and Science channels.

Paul I
(Member)
10/04/05 03:49 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I did watch Radiodays a couple of years ago and greatly enjoyed it. I like most of Woody Allen's stuff but sometimes I'd like to slap him for some of his whimp roles.

Radio was "IT" in the 40's. No TV. The kids adventure stuff came on around 4 pm. We were right by the radio. Straight Arrow, Bobby Bensen and the B bar B Riders, Cisco Kid, Lone Ranger on later. There was a science fiction show, X minus 1, and then the all ages stuff like The Shadow, Mark Trail, Jack Benny, Baby Snooks, Green Hornet, I think Dragnet,
and so on. I used to have a Tom Mix belt. Roy Rogers- I was driving near Apple Valley, CA a couple of years ago and saw Roy Rogers Drive, Dale Evans Drive and after a while I think we drove by the Double R Bar ranch. I couldn't believe it really existed! Should have stopped. We have a Gene Autry Park about 8 blocks from here which I belive he funded.

OK, Happy Trails, folks. PI

whiterabbit11
(Member)
10/04/05 07:41 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by bama074:
Thank goodness for the History and Science channels.
I'm with you on that bama. I'll have to admit though, that bein an insomniac I watch sci-fi in the wee hours or X-file re-runs-gotta love Scully and Mulder

Had to research The Desoto song Roadrunner and came up with this:
Theme 5: "It's De-Lovely"
[aka: "De-Lovely" from the Broadway musical "Red, Hot and Blue!";

As contributor T. Perrone reminds us, this was used on Groucho's
series during some years when it was sponsored by Desoto, when
the automobile company had licensed a version of this song as
it's advertising jingle in the mid-1950's.]

Composer: Cole Porter (ASCAP)

1978 Publisher: Chappell & Co., Inc. (ASCAP)

1998 Publisher: Chappell & Co., Inc. (ASCAP)
c/o Warner-Chappell Music, Inc.
of Los Angeles, CA

Composition Date: 1936

Copyright Date:
Renewal Date:

Recordings:
[78rpm -- Hal Kemp orchestra made one of the first]

Seems like there was a bunch of Commies around in the early 50's thanks to Senator Mcarthy-Groucho's 1st band leader, Jerry Fielding got labeled and had to quit "You Bet Your Life" so it wouldn't rub off on Groucho.
Guess even the good old days had it's share of whacko politicians. Then there was Nikita Kruschev scarin me to death bangin his shoe. I thought he was really gonna bury me.

I preferred Gene (Back in the Saddle Again) Autrey over Roy Rogers. I figured Roy and his white hat and palomimo were a little too clean looking to be real cowboys. Bullet was cool though.
I saw Gene and Champion at a rodeo in Colorado Springs. If I remember right Champion could actually count to ten or so.wr

Roadrunner
(Member)
10/04/05 11:16 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by whiterabbit11:
Quote:
Originally posted by bama074:
Thank goodness for the History and Science channels.
I'm with you on that bama. I'll have to admit though, that bein an insomniac I watch sci-fi in the wee hours or X-file re-runs-gotta love Scully and Mulder

Had to research The Desoto song Roadrunner and came up with this:
Theme 5: "It's De-Lovely"
[aka: "De-Lovely" from the Broadway musical "Red, Hot and Blue!";

As contributor T. Perrone reminds us, this was used on Groucho's
series during some years when it was sponsored by Desoto, when
the automobile company had licensed a version of this song as
it's advertising jingle in the mid-1950's.]

Composer: Cole Porter (ASCAP)

1978 Publisher: Chappell & Co., Inc. (ASCAP)

1998 Publisher: Chappell & Co., Inc. (ASCAP)
c/o Warner-Chappell Music, Inc.
of Los Angeles, CA

Composition Date: 1936

Copyright Date:
Renewal Date:

Recordings:
[78rpm -- Hal Kemp orchestra made one of the first]

Seems like there was a bunch of Commies around in the early 50's thanks to Senator Mcarthy-Groucho's 1st band leader, Jerry Fielding got labeled and had to quit "You Bet Your Life" so it wouldn't rub off on Groucho.
Guess even the good old days had it's share of whacko politicians. Then there was Nikita Kruschev scarin me to death bangin his shoe. I thought he was really gonna bury me.

I preferred Gene (Back in the Saddle Again) Autrey over Roy Rogers. I figured Roy and his white hat and palomimo were a little too clean looking to be real cowboys. Bullet was cool though.
I saw Gene and Champion at a rodeo in Colorado Springs. If I remember right Champion could actually count to ten or so.wr
Whaaaaat no radio fans?????????????? LOL I used to watch a lot of TV, but have become as radio fan, especially at night. wouldn't miss a Coast to Coast broadcast if I can help it. Scully and Mulder are great, BUT I love the real thing.....LOL.

I've had that theme song runnin' thro' my head the last couple of days now .......... Wouldn't you know Cole Porter wrote it. Very few memorable, lasting, music coming out these days...........

Gene Autry and Champion, yeh!!!!!!! My sister and I fought over him and RR all the time. She was a big RR fan and I guess we have the ex LA Angels owner in common WR11. He was my fav cowboy too. How great you got to see him "live". What a thrill that must have been.

"The Bay of Pigs" stands out in my memory like it was yesterday. I was scared to death. We didn't have a bomb shelter and I wondered just how we could survive a nuclear attack which certainly seemed imminent. "Duck and Cover" just didn't seem to be enough in my book. We were having a lot of drills at school ........ really scary stuff.

Rosebud I sure remember Fibber Magee and Molly (didn't they have the closet everything fell out of?) "The Shadow" was my fav, especially that laugh, "Heh, heh, heh, ooooonnnnnnnlllly the Shadow knows, heh, heh, heh"!

whealerman
(Junior Member)
10/05/05 03:37 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Oh man, the memories that brings back. My family had the De Soto dealership in our little town in the '50s. I loved those cars. We sold other Chrysler products as well until my dad passed away in '75.

In '74 my dad traded for a used De Soto that we sold new in '55. It was still in good shape (needed repainting, but no dents or rust) and had all the original paperwork with it. An old 392 Hemi with factory air (COLD and completely silent), automatic with the shifter on the dash, tube radio. I kept it until 1990 when I sold it to a friend who's a De Soto fanatic. He has a shop and restored it completely. Even found factory exact repro upholstery. When HE was finished with it it looked showroom new.

"You Bet Your Life" was required viewing in our home.

Yep. Remember the radio shows, too. We had an old Crosley tube radio, one of those that looked like the door to a Gothic cathedral. I loved the sounds it made when you tuned in a station. We got TV when it was first available in our area, but I still listened to the radio programs until they finally went off the air for good in our part of the country in the early '60s.

Thanks for the memories, y'all. Man, I miss tube radios.

Michael

Quote:
Originally posted by whiterabbit11:
"It's Delightful, it's Delovely, it's DeSoto" wasn't that the Sponsor song from Groucho Marx and "you Bet Your LIfe"? Remember the Duck and the secret word?

MrSoul
(Member)
10/05/05 06:57 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by whealerman:
Yep. Remember the radio shows, too. We had an old Crosley tube radio, one of those that looked like the door to a Gothic cathedral. I loved the sounds it made when you tuned in a station. We got TV when it was first available in our area, but I still listened to the radio programs until they finally went off the air for good in our part of the country in the early '60s.
That must have been so sad for so many people! Does anyone remember any "last shows"? Or did they just STOP? Any "final announcements" on any of them?

Paul I
(Member)
10/05/05 07:56 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Many of them just went over to TV. Dragnet, Lone Ranger, Jack Benny, Show of Shows, etc.

rosebud
(Member)
10/05/05 11:15 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

The Lone Ranger was my favorite cowboy along with his sidekick, Tonto.

Remember the Hit Parade, where they sang the top songs of the week? Really enjoyed that show.

I sold an old Crosley radio for $20 in a garage sale a few years ago, along with a lot of other memorabilia, when I was downsizing.

I still use an iron my aunt gave me when I moved into my first apartment 1964. It has the striped cloth covered cord (and a couple wraps of electrical tape on the worn spots).

Goodnite
-Barb

Roadrunner
(Member)
10/05/05 11:46 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Barb Hit Parade ........... remember it well. "Name That Tune"

http://www.curtalliaume.com/ntt.html

was probably the follow up for Hit Parade. I just loved that program.

Our first TV set came in the house in 1956. Remember the Native American test pattern they would show all day before programs started about 4 p.m. as I recall?

Black and Decker makes a "CLASSIC" iron these days modeled after that heavy old type. I bought one as the plastic things today are worthless IMO.

whealerman
(Junior Member)
10/06/05 11:48 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Speaking of Crosley, they were into just about everything. They even built cars for a while, though they weren't very good. I learned to drive in a '49 Crosley station wagon.

Michael

Quote:
Originally posted by rosebud:
I sold an old Crosley radio for $20 in a garage sale a few years ago, along with a lot of other memorabilia, when I was downsizing.


Paul I
(Member)
10/07/05 05:28 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Crosleys, Kaisers, Fraizers, Metropolitans, Isettas, Messerschmidts, Henry J- My neighbor had a Kaiser with the hatchback trunk lid. The whole inside back had nice wood strips on the floor. Messerschmidts were little tiny cars, four wheels I think with a door across the front. Strange, with that name and considering it was only 8-10 years since VE day they were around. Even after the horrible war I recall German goods meant quality- zeiss lenses, Leica cameras, Solingon steel, to recall a few. Isettas, if I recall had the rear wheels close together. My lady's folks had a DeSoto Suburban- three seats plus a good sized trunk but still a sedan with wood trim like a woody.

Cushman motor scooters- could drive it at 12 without a license.

Crosley really was into everything but I don't recall what else they made besides cars and radios. Remember the old car radios with tubes and a vibrator to convert DC to AC? I had an old portable I rescued from someone's trash. It was mainly batteries. Were they A and B batteries for the different voltages? We had a Maytag wringer washer and a clothesline out back. Our neighbors had this old iron which was like a roller and press for doing flat stuff. And what happened to Mixmaster? It was synonymous with todays Kitchen Aid type stuff. Maybe it was just our family but it seemed like people referred to appliances by the brand rather than the item."stick it in the Frigidaire, get the Hoover (it beats as it cleans as it sweeps). And the mantras of the companies?
GE- Progress is our Most Important Product, You can be sure if it's Westinghouse, LSMFT, PF Flyers- Wings on Your Feet, and so on.
Well, gotta skeedaddle, whatever that means! Paul I

rosebud
(Member)
10/07/05 07:10 PM
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You sure have a good memory,P1.

Now that you mentioned all those old cars, I vaguely remember my dad having a Kaiser and a woody station wagon (it was creamy yellow). Seems like my grandmother had a Crosley refrigerator that we all called an icebox.

Mom had one of those Maytag ringer washers, too, that she kept in the back room and hooked it up to the kithen sink faucet to do the laundry. I remember when a towel got tangled around the ringer and what a racket it made. Had to wack the release lever, which opened the space between the ringers, then she would hang everything on the line. In the winter, the clothes were frozen when she brought them in. My dads "dungarees" would stand up along the wall like statues, until they thawed out. Then, they were hung over the backs of chairs by the woodstove to dry.

Geez, our moms worked so hard, didn't they? Housework was a full time job for my mom raising 7 kids, while dad always had a full time + 1 or 2 other jobs.

Goodnite
Barb

MrSoul
(Member)
10/08/05 11:38 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by rosebud:
Mom had one of those Maytag ringer washers, too, that she kept in the back room and hooked it up to the kithen sink faucet to do the laundry.
My grandmother had one, and it scared me TO DEATH... they literally moved across the floor. I couldn't be in the same room with one...

push4me
(Member)
10/08/05 04:43 PM
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I loved the Desoto pic!

The only radio show I listened to, was "Matt Dillon" and Chester. Was it called "Gunsmoke" on the radio then? It was on Sunday, and the family listened to it going home from church. Well, I never listened in church, so that made up for it. I honestly never stayed in the house much to listen to much.

WR, I had the '69 Olds 442 in automatic. Red with racing stripes, and twin hood scoops. I have a pic here somewhere, but my scanner is kapoot.
Was Carl a tall/big guy? I remember this one quad who lived in So. Ill., who drove home in a big boat, and I remember helping some others "strap" him into the damn thing (hand/arm tied to spinner knob), and being propped up so he wouldn't lose his balance on the ride home. He was from your side too.
I had the 442 up at Hines for about a mo. before I was discharged. Used to do donuts in the parking lot after a few too many, along with a few others there

What bed were you in? Hope you weren't the second bed from the front (left side going in), as I remember the aide on duty yanked the guys cath out one day while lifting him. I hope Carl wasn't the guy who took a shitload of pills, then asked for a morhpine shot for the pain That was the guy from your side who was on a "liter", and had some lady "friend" who was a suspicious "gold digger".........as was the rumor then

PUSH

LASHB
(Member)
10/09/05 09:04 AM
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When we were kids, my brother, sister and I NEVER missed the monster movies on Saturday afternoon - even if it was beautiful day outside! They were black and white, of course, and SCARED us to death. I laugh now when I see one. Godzilla and one about rocks that grew when touched with water and then turned everything else to rocks scared me to death! My heart still races when I think of the rock movie! he he

I found it on Amazon! Monolith Monsters...crap, I'm going to have nightmares tonight!

whiterabbit11
(Member)
10/10/05 02:10 PM
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Push- The big tall quad strapped in the boat was a friend of mine named Jerry McCue. He was from Pekin Ill. which supposedly got it's name from being directly opposite on the globe from Peking China. He carried a big "Ham Can" with a little water in it so he could smoke and spit the Butts in the can when he was done. He was in a Death room for awhile with pneumonia but came through.
Payne was the guy on the litter who Od'd and . He had one leg amp'd and never could throw the ostemyelitis-always carried a pint of Jim Beam in his litter bag :p

I was in 4th bed on right goin in. Leon Altman was 1, Patrick Kenney a young quad was 2, Willie Taylor a big black dude was 3. The guy they yanked the cath from was Bjorne (last name)-tall skinny guy with red hair.

Yup the 442 was an awesome muscle car. The one I wanted was tan with dark brown stripes and 442 and Hurst Olds lettering, but I had the "new car bug" went next door and saw the mighty 390 Ford Torino-like Starsky and Hutch had.

You gotta remember the 2 main ward men- Ball and Joe. You guys had the nurses and sweet lookin ward clerks on your side. wr

Carl was big tall guy, para, but not as big as the quad wih the boat- 7 on the right.wr

edited to answer Q about Carl.

Paul I
(Member)
10/10/05 06:09 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

So you guys were at Hines? Anyone at RIC? PI

push4me
(Member)
10/11/05 02:52 AM
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Was "RIC" the rehab place in Chicago?

Seems WR and me got the "primo" spots at Hines VA in Maywood, Ill.. :rolleyes: The were "barracks" disguised as a hosp.. No, actually they kept the gimps away from the "real" hosp. part. We had our own section.

Well Wr, you've got great recall on those names. Most of the names of the guys from there have faded into the mist for me.
That Jerry was funny I had the biggest laugh......no actualy fear that this guy was gonna drive that alone all strapped in like that.

Payne was a bit "strange", but hey....weren't we all. That lady that hung out with him was a bit obvious to me............"vulture"

Was the black guy on a litter too? I used to take some hits off his bottle of whiskey (under the sheet). He played dice in the bathroom near the PX with a couple other black guys.......razor fight one night in front of me.......both on litters..........one rolled of his with a slashed throat. Wasn't too bad.....stitches

I remember stopping by your bed area a few times..........a lot of laughing I remember

Yep, Ball n Joe :rolleyes: Ol' Joe (butt hangin' from lip) was our main squeeze for the quads on our side.........Ball was more of a slacker. Damn guy (Joe) had to be near 60 or over back then. He was so slender, you wondered how his back held up

I visited/talked with most the guys on your side from time to time.

The "Hurst Olds" lettering was "boss" Kinda like the "Shelby" on those Fords.

Yes, there were some "sweet" nurses there too. One cutie that had short cropped black hair, and a nice red/blonde one too. :p

PUSH

whiterabbit11
(Member)
10/11/05 03:53 PM
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Never heard of RIC Paul. Where was/is it?

I must have bs'd with you now and then Push, cuz I remeber Frank Jelnik(sp) -I could pick him out of a photo-lineup.He'd head down the middle of the ward at Mach 10 mutterring "gettin the f##k outa here.

I remember the knife assault. Willie was in on it. Someone SCI'd him with a .38 special in the stomach during a poker game by "Old Town". I think it was Chicago's version of Haight Ashbury. The knife just called for stitches-always showing me his scars.Ohh man,That reminds me of the c-2,3 guy across from me. He, an extra tall skinny black guy, fell down a flight of steps, broke neck and it took Chicago P.D. 10 days to figure out he wasn't just drunk. Poor guy had sores all over from layin on jail floor. His favorite thing was n ash tray that held a cigarette connected to a tube he sucked on to smoke.

Always noisy on the wards too with LindaRonstadt singin "Different Drum" Sonny and Cher with "The Beat Goes on".

McCue was a hilarious character but I wouldn't ride with him around the block.

Iknow the short dark haired nurse you're thinking of but can't remember her name -I was in love though.
I had a nice looking phys. therapist too-tall with short dark hair Mrs Jensen or Jennings??

Hey Paul-I've heard of an SCI VA in Albuqerque(sp?) do you know if it's any good? It's my official SCI place. Just thought you might know being from AZ.

Okay we-got carried away with 'vintage' VA days-cheerier, more generic nostalgia stuff to come.

Lash-you can still catch Godzilla in the middle of the night, but my fave was "War of the Worlds", but can't forget "Invaders from Mars" and "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea"-good old captain Nemo. Lots more stuff out there.wr

dashing
(Member)
10/12/05 02:22 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Most of the vets I knew/know went through the Bronx VA. That is supposed to be the one portrayed in the movie "Born on the 4th of July,"
though they used a different one for the movie. Ron Kovik came from Long Island. I had a friend who met him at an anti-war rally (just after the Kent State shootings) in 1970 at Hofstra (Miss LIZ's college) went w/ him to DC. She was kind of used by the VVAW due to her (runaway at 16) guitar playing, singing and ability to draw attention for photo ops marching w/ the flag upside down. She and I once went to see the play written by Viet Vet David Rabe titled "Sticks n Bones" around 1972. It was the story of a Vet who returned blind. The family kept trying to live their "Father Knows Best" type life not wanting to acknowledge the war, his blindness, etc. The theatre personell tried to deny me access as a fire hazard. I blocked the entrance, causing a tad of commotion. David Rabe himself came to see what was causing the holdup. He got irate, screaming "this is exactly what my plays about." Needless to say, We got the best seats in the house! I have since seen his name on big screen movies.
My Pop built the first TV in the neighborhood. Funny though, those in our house always needed a matchbook stuck in thee channel changer to sort of keep it on one of the 4 stations.
My grandmother, great aunts etc., always called refigerators "Frigidares" as those were the 1st. He recently laughed when a younger sis remodeling her circa 1925 X crack house now in a highly taxed designated "Historic area" (they should pay her for being the "hood" pioneer) well, her new frige is a "Fridgidare"! dash

Paul I
(Member)
10/16/05 09:27 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Didn't realize you were talking about VA failities. RIC, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, was up on East Ohio St. I did my rehab there in 1959,60. I was a naive just 17 year old from farm country downstate and it was quite an experience being with street-wise guys from the city and suburbs. And we had a co-ed floor which got pretty interesting. RIC became the focus of Dear Abby's Abigail van Buren and eventually got a lot of attention, funding, etc. They were also tied in with Northwestern which was beneficial.

Don't know of the Rehab in NM but someone that posts here occassionally lives around there. PI

Paul I
(Member)
10/16/05 09:36 PM
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We had an article in the local paper yesterday about kick the can. We used to play that endlessly in the summer time. Only it was more about getting this one poor guy "it" and keeping him there all evening. I think back and kids could be pretty rotten and mean without being physical about it. Kick the can was a great game for warm summer nights.

Days we play a game called Indian Ball. It was a street game. You hit the baseball so it stayed in the street. Then you lay the bat down crosswise and the other player rolled it from where he caught it. If he hit the bat he became the batter.

Remember BlackTom BlackTom? Anyone play it? About as politically incorrect a name as possible but nobody knew what it meant. It was similar to Red Rover. Somewhere I saw a collection of jumprope rhymes. I'll do a search.



This rhyme was for beginners who could not jump in while the rope was swinging over and over



(Swing the rope back and forth, not over)



Blue bells, cockle shell

Easy ivy over



(swing rope over head on over and continue in normal rope swing)

(We always sang it with the following rhyme but it can beused with any)



Oh no, here comes Miss Blackwell

with her big black stick

Now its time for arithmetic

One plus one is?

(jumper responds) Two

Two plus two is?

(jumper responds) Four

Four plus four is?

(jumper responds) Eight

Eight plus eight is?

(jumper responds) Sixteen

Nows its time for spelling

Spell cat.

(jumper responds) C-A-T

Spell dog.

(jumper responds) D-O-G

Spell hot.

(jumper responds) H-O-T



(when the jumper finishes spelling HOT swing the rope as fast as

possible till they mess up.)

Contributed by Noreen Goodman

Here's another I vaguely recall:

Miss Susie has a steamboat, the steamboat has a bell
Miss Susie went to Heaven, the steamboat went to
hell-o operator, please give me # 9,
and if you disconnect me, I'll kick you from
be-hind the 'fridgerator' there lays a piece of glass,
Miss Susie sat upon it and cut her little
ask me no more questions, please tell me no more lies,
the flies are in the city the bees are in the park,
Miss Susie and her boyfriend are kissing in the D - A - R - K, D - A - R - K, dark!

Paul I

Roadrunner
(Member)
10/16/05 11:07 PM
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I'm just blown away by your astounding memory Paul I!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had trouble rmembering some of

Blue Bells, Cockle Shells, so I resorted to that good old search engine.........

http://www.gameskidsplay.net/jump_rope_ryhmes/

http://www.beachnet.com/~jeanettem/chants.html

However I do remember being the absolute favorite kid in school when it came to jump rope time, LOL. I turned many, many ropes, LOL

Paul I
(Member)
10/17/05 10:32 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Wasn't my memory, RR, I found them on the net but were the only ones I remembered. PI

cbal-craig
(Member)
10/17/05 05:02 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

lol
I don't have anything to add but I enjoyed catching up on this thread since I was gone.

C~

rosebud
(Member)
10/17/05 07:11 PM
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LOL Paul, After I read your post last nite, I didn't know how to respond other than, "I'd like to take whatever you're taking to be able to remember all those specifics of a childhood game!"

Glad to find out today that I'm not completely losing it. Thank goodness for the internet, hey?

Good day.
-Barb

Paul I
(Member)
10/17/05 07:22 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Did I post this already?

Three old guys go to the shrink for a memory test.

The Dr. says to the first "what's 3 times 3?"

The guy answers "that's easy, 257"

The Dr. makes some notes, furrows his brow and says to the next guy "what's 3 times 3?"

The next guy answers "that's easy, Tuesday"

The doc is really raising his brows as he jots down notes.

He addresses the third gent. "What's 3 times 3?"

"That's easy", he relies, "9"

Somewhat relieved the Dr. says "that's great! how did you get it?"

"That's easy too" replies the third gent. " You subtract 257 from Tuesday".

One of my favorite old timers jokes.

rosebud
(Member)
10/17/05 08:35 PM
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Boy, you're on a funny roll, P1. LOL

-Barb

dashing
(Member)
10/19/05 05:29 AM
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I remember jump roaping to those and
A my name is Alice, my husbands name is Al, we come from Alabama and we sell apples, B my name is Barbara and my husbands name is Bob...
I think I read Sputnic the first Russian space craft was this time of year in 1957? I remember my parents getting us (probably me an older sis) out of bed in our pj's. It was cold outside. I couldn't understand the big deal about this thing in the sky! It was closer then the moon and stars?
"The Cuban missle Crisis" is what scared you Rosebud, not the "Bay of Pigs" (as that was more secret?) My Mom stockpiled canned goods. Later to become, Dead Head brother ended up taking all the lables off the things and we ended up eating mystery dinners for quite some time (I could never eat corned beef hash again.) dash

rosebud
(Member)
10/19/05 09:53 PM
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Huh??? It wern't me that said that, Dash. Think it was that "vintage" Roadie.

-Barb

Roadrunner
(Member)
10/20/05 11:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by rosebud:
Huh??? It wern't me that said that, Dash. Think it was that "vintage" Roadie.

-Barb
Dash, Barb is right.........oh by the way I put another "post it" up!

rosebud
(Member)
10/21/05 12:05 AM
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AAWWW, what a sweet pup, Roadr.

Roadrunner
(Member)
10/21/05 12:19 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by rosebud:
AAWWW, what a sweet pup, Roadr.
Thank you very much.......I love animations You are a nightowl, Lady.

push4me
(Member)
10/21/05 01:54 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I remember going to a Japanese Steak House (Hana East) in Chicago Paul. It was on Ohio St, right off Lake Shore Dr.. Great food

WR, Frank n I were gonna get an apt. together in Chicago, until he hooked up with Patty (ward clerk). Remember Frank's Dodge Charger?

Remember the hair-do's of the 50-60's? I remember the DA's, and the girls beehives I had what was called a "surf cut" my senior yr. of hs. I always wanted a (early 60's) a flat top with a diamond shape cut out in the middle top :rolleyes: Remember "tapered/pegged" jeans? What a riot!!

PUSH

dashing
(Member)
10/21/05 06:16 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

My dream car at 15 was a dodge charger. I have one early prom pic where my hair makes me taller then my date. Thankfully, we then went to the bangs to the middle of our eyes and setting our hair in frozen oj cans to make it straight,
Pvt to push, been looking at old photos, you're right, my hair was curlier. I think it was layered and not one length. Might just do that again as that too was wash'n' wear. dash

cbal-craig
(Member)
10/21/05 02:06 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Good day
I still feel I need a car like Paul's ! However, I crammed myself into my wifes Honda after talking about cars here and damn, that little pea shooter still has guts, and it is 10 years old but only has 55000 miles on it. I went out on a back road to Sarasota and set the cruise control on an extremely high rate of speed. This is a stretch of road that has no driveways, just pasture land on both sides. Yea I know it is stupid but I still do it and will probably do it again this winter because I have not driven that little coupe for 2 years. My beautiful and wonderful wife is thrilled I have taken focused my attention on her car, again. About 10 years ago I crashed her old one and did seven thousand dollars worth of damage. She made me replace it , lol, I did and that is the car she has now.
Man I'm sick as a mother but started using a nebulizer (sp) and it cleared out my lungs however I'm still sick but my doc is a personal friend and I have talked to him every day for the last 3 days so I guess things are cool. I don't want to be this sick when this stinking hurricane hits and it is coming.
Sorry I rambled so long, I could go on but I won't
Between the flu meds. and my regular meds, well, what can I say but it was a long day.
Vintage to the end..


edit for ****ing typos...

dashing
(Member)
10/21/05 05:08 PM
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Craig, sorry your ill but felt the need to post about how in high school we would take cars to snow covered parking lots and spin in circles.
That and that straight back no access road offered hours of fun...and there was that interstate under construction, closed to traffic...guess it's not surprising I've been seated all these yrs .
If your using abuterol in that nebulizer I pity you. That stuff makes my heart race and me feel jumpy. Give me drugs that have a more sedative effect-guess I am getting old !
dash
my edit is because I just remembered 4 wheel drive "jungle cruising" that was playing hide and seek w/ no headlights in the marshes by the harbor. No, we didn't need TV.

Paul I
(Member)
10/23/05 01:02 PM
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Where would I be without CBS Sunday Morning, probably inconsistantly my most favorite TV program.

Today I discovered that Ken and Barbie had split up. Wherever have I been? BUT! Sales dropped off so to the tune of "My boyfriends back" Ken is getting a remake and the other dude is history. The world is OK after all. To those in the know, of course, this is nothing.

BUT! Tab Hunter is alive, well, happy, and fully enjoying life. He is in his 70's, looks almost the same and really seems to have it totally together.
Hadn't heard or thought of that name in decades.

dashing
(Member)
10/23/05 02:54 PM
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Hey Paul, Tab Hunter's been on talk shows all week speaking on how hard it was hiding his homosexual status in "old" Holllywood. dash

rosebud
(Member)
10/23/05 04:33 PM
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I was glad to see Tab Hunter on Larry King last week. For some reason I thought he was dead till that night. He looks as good as ever. Very easy on the eyes and pleasant to listen to.

Hope you're getting over whatever is ailing you, Craig, and that you don't get hit by this next hurricane. Hang in there!

Dash, my bf,some friends and I found a way to access the dirt race track at the local fairgrounds without going thru the gate. One summer, we went there several times at night to race against each other. 30-40 mph LOL it was only 1/4 mi track. Lots of fun till we got booted out. TG nobody ever got hurt.

RoadR, too bad about Rusty today, if only he hadn't gotten crinkled towards the end!

-Barb

Roadrunner
(Member)
10/23/05 05:29 PM
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Ken and barbie split, horrors what's this world coming too????

I'm laughing my butt off over those "beehive" hairdos, as would you believe we still have one women in our little town who still wears one!!!!! And yes, Dash it is just as tall as she is, LOL.

Tab Hunter, gay, now I didn't know that. I knew Johnny Mathis was from way back when, but then I guess I paid much more attention to him, LOL.
However I did see George Hamilton IV this week and he is still very tanned, fit, and handsome.

Has anyone done spins and wheelies in their chairs? I am ecstatic as hubby got my old 655 FS going again (totally refurbished and what a dream), and I have done more spins, slides, etc. in freezes, snow than I care to remember, LOL. Good thing we live off the beaten path or the neighbors probably would have a fit over the oldie spinning around................

Craig, hope you get better soon.

whiterabbit11
(Member)
10/23/05 06:59 PM
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Hi vintage folks- had to spend a day in the local hospital Thursday cuz I landed on the garage floor Thursday trying to get in the car and caught myself with the bad shoulder, but manageed to get a couple good hits of Demerol, then went to my VA appointment Friday
.
Soorry you have to take that hyper albuterol Craig-I took it once when I had my 1st experience with pneumonia last Fall. Yuck-one on-call Dr. came in and listened to my heart and immediately ordered an ekg or the like not knowing I just finished sucking a few pipe-fuls down.
We all need a Flu and Pneumonia shot with the bird flu danger. Wouldn't want to see us all packed away to a M*A*S*H unit and quarantined. I did not like that pneumonia a bit.

I never went to the Steakhouse Push, but we ordered pizza a lot from a place called Trio's-Damn good stuff-with anchovies. We used to get a motel in Oak Park where they had a great Deli and cold beer.

I can't figure Frank picking Patty over you to hole up with Push. :rolleyes: I'm pretty sure I remember Frank's Charger and the 442. I think Everybody bought a car when the 1st VA and SS checks came.

I definitely remember Patty with the long red hair and mini-skirts like yesterday-we loved it when she walked through the ward. :p

I was remembering the old commercials like Drive Your CHEVrolet through the USA on Dinah Shore, Wouldn't you really rather have a Buick? Brylcream -a little Dab'll do ya, Use Wildroot Cream Oil Charlie and reading Burma Shave signs on the Highway.

I tried to capture the "Fonz" look.
I wasn't real happy with the music era between Elvis, Gene Vincent, Bill Haley stuff and the Beatles and Stones. Jusst too many Bobbies, Rickies etc. around with stuff like "Take good care of my Ba-a-a-by"--"She Wore Bluuuue Velvet" ack!-very un--

In sports you could know every player on every baseball team along with their batting average, not like nowadays. My Dad used to wear humself out watching "The Friday Night Fights" brought by Gillette-remember "To Look Sharp...."

I loved the bangs on girl's hair-Thought it was sexy as it could get. I thought-the beehive stuff was too stiff. It felt like it would break if you touched it.

Glad to see everyone here still-Guess I've reminisced enough tonight.
See Ya Later Alligator" :rolleyes:

LASHB
(Member)
10/23/05 07:41 PM
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Craig, my doc put me on Advair when I was having trouble with the lungs. It's not a rescue inhaler, but rather a steroid I believe to knock down the inflammation. I felt like a new woman in just a couple of days. Who knew I couldn't breathe??? Guess I'd gotten used to feeling like crap.

Nothing to talk about (couldn't spell reminise???) here except glad I'm alive now with some of the great new meds.

Still thinking about that stupid scary rock movie. Maybe I need to watch it again so I can get over it. It's been how long and I'm still scared of that movie???

MrSoul
(Member)
10/23/05 07:41 PM
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Back to the old folks thread! I said "moose and squirrel" today, with my best Russian accent, and the roomful of under-30s looked predictably blank. Even when I cited Boris and Natasha. :rolleyes:

Just thought I'd share my "vintage moment" of the day!



cbal-craig
(Member)
10/24/05 03:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by whiterabbit11:
I definitely remember Patty with the long red hair and mini-skirts like yesterday-we loved it when she walked through the ward. :p
Funny the things we remember from so long ago WR...

Yea, that freekin nebulizer will sure get your attention ! My spasms get going full blast along with pounding heart, hands shaking....Christ ! Today is the first day I have felt I have turned the corner with this illness and man what a relief.
peace my vintige friends

cbal-craig
(Member)
10/24/05 03:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Roadrunner:
Craig, hope you get better soon.
Thank you and everyone.

Paul I
(Member)
10/24/05 08:13 PM
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Glad to hear you're on the mend, Craig. It is essential that you age according to schedule so that you too can become one of the old farts. After we can no longer see our monitors you will need to carry on the legacy of this forum.

When I was in rehab at RIC we got visited by Bill Veeck, owner of the White Sox and Ernie Banks to cheer up us for guys. Veeck is an amputee with a flip out car ashtray in his wooden leg. Had a fire in it once that was pretty spectular as he related it.

WR, in "59" and on I left the pop music scene along with my buddies and went into the folk scene. We got into Ian & Sylvia, Doc Watson, Flatt and Scruggs, Jimmie Rogers, Carter Family, New Lost City Ramblers, etc. Have to say I never have really gotten back into the PoP scene since. REO Speedwagon was from my home town as is Allison Krause.

PI

push4me
(Member)
10/25/05 03:11 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Ugh.........no flu/pneumonia shots for this guy. I had a pneumonia shot in "98, then about a mo. later........got pneumonia Glad your better C1 or2

Dash, I thought you had curlier/darker hair then.

I remember a pizza place near Hines Wr, and the slices weighed about 5lbs. each. There was a restaurant across Roosevelt that had a great "veal cutlet"..........course, the names are gone now (memory).
Yes, the VA lot was filling up with some high priced boats n muscle cars there around spring '69. Go figure, Frank wanted to actually hang with a pretty girl instead of me

I miss "new Ipana" toothpaste I hate "Velveeta" cheese to this day, as it was always in our fridge, along with that milk with the cream on the top that you had to poke a hole through to get a drink, and then had chunks of it in your glass

What the hell are we supposed to do with all these stinkin' 8 track tapes too. Hated when they stuck to the heads when they got hot. At least you could really hear what a band (live) actually sounded like before they went to all the canned studio stuff you here now.

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Roadrunner
(Member)
10/25/05 03:06 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Rosebud
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RoadR, too bad about Rusty today, if only he hadn't gotten crinkled towards the end!
Sorry I missed your remark.........yes it was to bad as it sure took away any chance of him getting the championship, remote though it was. However I was more miffed (miffed I was downright screaming, LOL) at #31 Jeff Burton. He's sorry, like it's his 1st day on the job!

Folk music always reminds me of the "flower children, hippies, psychedelics, long straight hair (on everybody), meditation, zen............... I miss the "folk fairs" that abounded with people playing, singing, and selling their crafts.

Anyone remember ration stamps, snoods, and the shortage of nylons? I was pretty young then but Mom used to save a lot of ration stamps for sugar, etc. to bake when my cousin and uncle came home on leave. She would bake for days and we were in for one big feast when they came home. My Dad used to take me to the train station to pick them up and the whole place would be teaming with uniforms. I was to young to realize the gravity of the situation then. It was just very exciting to a young girl.

My Mom would be struggling to get her hair put in this "snood" every morning. It was a long roll, gentlemen, made of hair and you rolled your hair up in it which made a sausage like roll around your head. It was all the rage. Then of course you had to draw a line down the back of each leg to look like you had stockings on. Nylons were premium. They used to have a dark seam down the back hence the line drawn on the leg to fool people into thinking you had stockings on. Barefoot was only for the beach in those days.

Enough rambling in memories for now

MrSoul
(Member)
10/25/05 08:51 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by Paul I:
WR, in "59" and on I left the pop music scene along with my buddies and went into the folk scene. We got into Ian & Sylvia, Doc Watson, Flatt and Scruggs, Jimmie Rogers, Carter Family, New Lost City Ramblers, etc. Have to say I never have really gotten back into the PoP scene since. REO Speedwagon was from my home town as is Allison Krause.
Speaking of music, I went to the GRIT restaurant today, and had a vegetarian Reuben sandwich, my first since becoming a vegetarian EONS ago...IT WAS FABULOUS, MY FRIENDS! Yes, I drove about 100 miles for that, LOL.

What does this have to do with music, you ask? Michael Stipe owns the restaurant, and it reeks of cool. I hope I didn't bring down the coolness factor by eating there.

Feel better, Craig!

Paul I
(Member)
10/25/05 10:40 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I remember ration stamps. We had relatives in Germany and after the war Mom would open a pound can of coffee and put a couple of packs of cigarettes inside and seal it. Went into a care package to be sold on the black market. Things were tough then. Amazing we went to Korea but 5 or so years later.
Anyone remember Lustron houses? Bet not.
We finally got a new car after the war in 48. Sold the 39 Plymouth and got the fastback Chevy. I remember sitting in the front seat spelling C H E V R O L E T because it was written on the trim over the radio. Brown and cream color. Then came day camp the equivalent, I suppose of todays organized stuff. It was a morning at the Y swimming and doing outside stuff like Indian lore which was big back then, archery and making lanyards out of that flat plastic stuff you could braid or weave or whatever. Oh well. PI

whiterabbit11
(Member)
10/30/05 07:17 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Vintage thread is aging so figured I should acknowledge "Snoods" I have pictures of my mother with thing you described RR. Also, Lilly Tomline as Laugh-In's Ernestine the telephone lady that snorted had one.

Nice tent camper Paul. They're still making them. I camped in my ex-sister-in'law's once while deer and elk hunting around Yellowstone but Before the Grizzly's were off the endangered species list. We bought a hard-side camper later because of Grizzlies.

The tent camper was still plenty warm-evven in late Fall with propane heater. Ifound a pic of my boat in Yellowstone so will show it later.
Camping in Yellowstone has changed like most everything. We could drive there and set up camp about anytime in the late 50's and '60's. I think you need reservations now.

The light bulb's out in my Computer-office room so no scanning now.

I don't remember rationing-but I barely remember my dad being sent to Korea in early 50's-he was sent again in early '60's then I went after he retired from Army.

My folk singers were Peter,Paul and Mary, Kingston Trio, Arlo Guthrie.

Goin before I go blind wr

MrSoul
(Member)
10/30/05 08:47 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

If anyone liked the old folk music, check out the fake-documentary A MIGHTY WIND... just like BEST IN SHOW, SPINAL TAP, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, etc. same guys did it.

whiterabbit11
(Member)
10/31/05 07:23 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by MrSoul:
If anyone liked the old folk music, check out the fake-documentary A MIGHTY WIND... just like BEST IN SHOW, SPINAL TAP, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, etc. same guys did it.
I saw Best in Show.. Funny.wr

push4me
(Member)
11/02/05 03:17 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I hated when Timmy left the show (Lassie). I just wanted to kick that Jeff's (?) overacted ass
Ok, sorry it's late and I'm edgy...........no halloween candy this yr..

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Wabi
(Member)
11/04/05 06:43 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Didn't Jeff come first... ?

push4me
(Member)
11/04/05 05:50 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Yes, but I liked Timmy much better. Porky was ok, but Jeff was always overacting, to me anyway.

PUSH

whiterabbit11
(Member)
11/04/05 06:49 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Jeff could've used some valium. I always liked Rin-Tin-Tin although I don't think he handled the test of time honored re-runs like Lassie-but Rusty and Fort Apache were cool.

Gotta admit Lassie saved the day many times-kicking the sh*t out of them mountain lions and bears was all in a days work for her.
wr

Paul I
(Member)
11/04/05 10:05 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Speaking of just aging- the snowbirds are back in Mesa in full strength. No such thing as an empty handicapped space, don't think of going to a resturant after 5 or before 8, and watch out for slowly wandering people or scooters in parking lots.
Guess I'll be there sooner than I think. Can you get a 409 with dual quads, solid lifters and Racer Brown roller cam in a scooter? PI

Roadrunner
(Member)
11/05/05 01:41 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hmmmmmmm, Lustron Houses, Paul I, no but it was very intersting reading. I see they were only built in the east. All I remember is acres of "war Time" houses. My old home town still has many of them left, however most are not in the original wrapping so to speak.

http://www.agilitynut.com/modarch3.html

Paul I
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We had relatives in Germany and after the war Mom would open a pound can of coffee and put a couple of packs of cigarettes inside and seal it. Went into a care package to be sold on the black market. Things were tough then.
I don't imagine anyone of us can relate to the hardships some people went through. I remember an elderly lady from Germany who said they used to wheelbarrow money to buy a loaf of bread. She still had wads of it with her. All worth nothing! Just think work your whole life saving, building, etc. and end up in a foreign country with nothing! So sad. I used to read the baking directions for her on the cake mix packages as her English was minimal.

"Snowbirds" in Mesa? Keep an eye out for my cousins...........they're heading there shortly

rosebud
(Member)
11/06/05 02:04 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Those Lustron houses are quite interesting, but have to admit that I've never heard of them before. I watch HGTV a lot and don't recall ever seeing a segment showcasing them either.

I enjoyed the website very much, RoadR. It's kind of like living in a diner, hey, with all that metal inside and out?

PI, I lived right across the Susquehanna River from Carlisle, PA 1966 - '78. There are a lot of trucking places all along there now and it's so congested, passed through on way to NC last year spent most of the time sandwich between 18 wheelers very tense!

My folk music days didn't last too long, got into country music for a long time due to SO, but now I listen to and enjoy Andrea Bocceli thru many R/B, jazz, rock, country (I like diversity) I have to go out driving to listen to the "oldies" station, heard some Dusty Springfield today.

Boy, I'm catching up on my yaking now that my company has left, after several days it's good to get back into a routine again.

goodnight all
-Barb

whiterabbit11
(Member)
11/06/05 06:31 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

The 409 might be tough on the scooter transmission Paul. :rolleyes: My No. 2 daughter lives in Phoenix (actually Surprise Az.) and she's always talking about snowbirds.

Never heard of a Lustron house, but I usually lived in Army provided housing growing up.When we finally moved to Wyoming we lived by Heart Mountain Relocation Center which was used to house Japanese during the war-not one of our finest moments in history. A lot of Japanese settled there and made a very good living buying land and raising sugar beets. WR

Roadrunner
(Member)
11/06/05 07:31 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Ah Phoenix (Surprise), love the area (for winter and spring). Have been down there for spring training (Seattle Mariners) on more than one occasion.

Paul I
(Member)
11/09/05 08:51 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Anyone like songs by Iris DeMent?

LASHB
(Member)
11/14/05 08:39 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

One of the channels we get with our new satellite tv is Boomerang . They say it's "classic" cartoons. My sons are now getting to watch the cartoons I watched as a child and loving it. I'm often catching them watching Underdog (never fear, Underdog is here), Jetsons, Flintstones, Tom and Jerry, Snagglepuss, etc. Ah, the good old days. It's been fun watching some of those cartoons again and they are just as good.

push4me
(Member)
11/14/05 09:39 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I was a "mighty mouse" watcher. Ok, I'm out now!!

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push4me
(Member)
11/19/05 05:53 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Has anyone else seen Art Linkletter lately? I just saw him recently, and the damn guy's in his 90's, but still looks the same as when he was on TV.

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rosebud
(Member)
11/19/05 09:49 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Yep, as well as Mike Wallace who I think is 87. Mike unfortunately is losing his memory, it was kinda painful to watch at times on Larry King a few weeks back.

Paul I
(Member)
11/20/05 01:03 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Went to see "Good luck and Goodnight" yesterday evening. I was around 11 at this time in history and vaguely recall hearing about McCarthy. Which led me to ponder- why should I have heard about McCarthy?
We 10 and 11 year olds didn't have to deal with faces on a milk carton, bad touch/good touch, sex education and SDI, and also become politically aware. Hell, we were kids! Nuclear war? Heard of it but that was for parents to deal with. We were concerned with stuff like getting the newspapers folded and into the bag for the afternoon delivery run, oiling and tightening the bike chain to avoid the agony of a chain that slipped, keeping the squirtgun from leaking in school, and trying to figure out why some of the girls in class had boobs and some didn't. We could ride our bikes anywhere, shoot our Daisy Red Rider BB guns in the back yard(put some oil down the barrel and it looked like smoke), and, not realizing what it would mean, go to the new MacDonalds, the home of the 15 cent hamburger (well, maybe a year or so later) and try to figure out how could a resturant had no place to go into.

I wouldn't trade those times for all the Gameboys in the world. PI

whiterabbit11
(Member)
11/20/05 04:21 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Finally found a polaroid of me, boat and fish in Yellowstone Lake. It was my favorite place to go after my Dad got transferred to Wyoming to be a regular army advisor to the Wyoming National Guard near Yellowstone.
It's a whole lot busier now and filled with rules and regulations but still one of my favorite places on Earth. The pic was early 70's post SCI with a polaroid.
I loved it when I was a kid and could stream fish, but the boat allowed me to still enjoy camping, fishing in the park.



I'm glad all I had for entertainment as a kid was bikes, BBguns, baseball, fishing and wandering through the prairies and mountains.

I suppose everyone is a product of their generation, but even though I was born 100 years too late I'm thankful for growing up with the bikes, fishing etc. rather than super-nintendo, video games and the like. I got along fine without a computer, course I couldn't share my fishing in Yellowstone picture with the vintage club without it.

Cartoons-My favorite was Donald Duck and Huey, Dewey and Louie comic books.Roadrunner cartoons. Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday was worth waiting all week for-especially the Davy Crockett series with Fess Parker.

Seems like everyone had a paper route-I delivered the Denver Post and conned my Mom into taking me in the Winter on Sundays. No way of getting the Sunday Denver Post in paper bags without 3 trips. I almost forgot about getting out of school and seeing a big bundle of newspapers on the porch to roll and deliver-which reminds me of rubber band guns but that's another story.WR

cbal-craig
(Member)
11/20/05 04:38 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by whiterabbit11:
It's a whole lot busier now and filled with rules and regulations but still one of my favorite places on Earth. The pic was early 70's post SCI with a polaroid.
I loved it when I was a kid and could stream fish, but the boat allowed me to still enjoy camping, fishing in the park.
Amen !
Some of my best memories are of me and my father camping in Yosemite Valley in the early 60s.

push4me
(Member)
11/20/05 09:41 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I saw Mike Wallace on LK too Rose. I think he did ok for his age. At least he could remember everything, although he had to think on some things for a sec.. I bet his memory is still better than mine.

Damn, never got to Yellowstone, or Yosemite, but did see the Grand Canyon in the mid 60's. I did some pike fishin' with my buds in upper Ontario in the mid 60's too.

Shared a paper route with my brother too, but we we're both hittin' the til a bit too much on both ends. We always came up short when we had to turn in our collections You could always find one or both of us at the nearest drive-in restauarant eating away our collection money.
Remember deliverin' them damn things in waist deep snow at 5:30am on Sundays.

I still remember McCarthy on tv, and the whole "commie" thing, although didn't care much as a kid. Duck & cover during the Cuban missile crisis was a joke too. Everyone in the neighborhood was talking about building underground bunkers........from the fallout you know. :rolleyes:

I think I rode my bike over every square inch of road within a 20 mile radius of my house as a kid too. Flame decals, and skulls, where standard fare for the bikes by then. I wouldn't give it a second thought to walk 5-6 miles to the nearest lake to go swimmin' in the summer months, which then, seemed to go on for a lifetime.
Yes, a broken link in the chain spelled for disaster. I think most of us learned basic mechanics from tending to the bike malfunctions. Shortening a chain, puttin' on tires, and new bearings were learned quickly.

Nice pic there WR! Is that baby a rainbow? Loved to fish for rainbow trout, as they were pretty scappy for their size. Biggest fish we had locally, were the carp & catfsh in the river.........some up over 25lbs.. I once saw a sturgeon surface near a dam in town, and I about fell over it was so long. First one I'd ever seen up there.

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rosebud
(Member)
11/20/05 11:40 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

The big thing when we were kids was going exploring. We'd go down to the creek and walk on the stones and follow the creek as far as we dared go, scooping out crawdads, frogs, "precious" stones, etc. Of course, some of us usually came back wet from slipping into the water. Hiking into the woods and collecting all kinds of wild flowers, picking raspberries and wild strawberries in the pasteur, daring each other to step on a puff ball. I caught my first fish (sunny) with a little piece of balogna, no pole just a line with a sinker and small hook tied onto a stick. That was the start of one of my love for fishing. There isn't a more relaxing way to spend a summer day imo.

whiterabbit11
(Member)
11/21/05 07:26 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I'm with you on the value of fishing Rosebud-I know you can't stop progress but I miss the bamboo poles we used to use instead of the high tech fiberglass. Now you buy worms in a styrofoam box at $1.00 a dozen instead of digging and putting them in a coffee can and hooking a bait can to your belt.

Craig, My dad was a fly fisherman so I naturally follwed in his footsteps-except in early spring before the streams cleared up and then you had to use worms. We were stationed at Fort Carson Co. and in the summer he spent the time in Camp Hale in the mountains for some kind of training. I'd go with him and spend every day fishing-then when he got off we'd drive to a creek filled with beaver dams and crystal clear water. I always took my .22 along to make sure we weren't attacked by a gopher-the place was full of them.

I bought that .22 with paper route money-$14.00-still have it. I graduated to gas station work with high school. One guy I woorked for was true full service. We washed all windows inside and out, vacuumed the interior, checked oil, coolant,battery and all 4 tires.
I hated the customers who sat in the car and pointed out every miniscule bug spot. It's too bad the full service is history. Poor kids today have to settle for fast food jobs.

The fish is a Cut-throat trout Push, native to Yellowstone Lake and the drainage. We used to live on them when we camped-a little flour, salt, pepper then fry em and squeeze lemon juice on them. Always had to have fried potatoes and onions.

I've seen some huge sturgeons in the Yellowstone river by Billings Mt. lower, warmer elevations-some up to 100 lbs. I never cared much for sturgeon fishing.,I think you have to snag em with some kind of hook system.

Gettin long winded.wr

rosebud
(Member)
11/21/05 10:00 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

My oldest brother and I used go out night crawlin with our flashlights and a bucket. We would get nice big fat ones on the post office lawn and sell them for 2 cents a piece back in '54-'55, now they sell them around here for $2 dz. and they just don't look as plump to me as they used to.

I've caught some pretty good size small mouth bass, perch, walleye, and crappie using a small tube jig tipped with a piece of worm.

I just loved being out on the lake early in the morning as the sun burned the fog off the water.

Gotta go, have a nice Thanksgiving all.

LASHB
(Member)
11/22/05 09:07 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Put in some fruit trees today and saw some really nice worms. Mentioned they'd make for some good fishing and my 3 yr old was ready to go! Mentioned the other day that I wondered if there was a good swimming hole around (there's a creek across the road from us) and my older son asked what a swimming hole was. He didn't even know you could swim anywhere other than a pool! sigh...

Paul, who knew your plain ole aging thread would go on like this and be so fun!

Paul I
(Member)
11/30/05 01:16 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

The Foibles of an Old Man’s Carpentry

It was a humble, 8 foot pine 1 by 4 from the local building supply megastore destined to be screwed to the wall in the laundry room and have cleaning tools hung from it in an orderly fashion. Wouldn’t it be nice if it were white like the walls?

Knots were sealed and then filled with wood filler. The end grain was filled. All was rigorously palm sanded with # 60 then #120. It was primed. Progress! But it was still just a board. Ah, bevel the edges. Give it some style. Trying to run an 8 foot board through a table saw from a wheelchair is to defy the laws of gravity. Alas, it’s done, edge gouges and all. Back to the # 60, plenty of filler, let it harden and bring it all to a nice smooth edge. Think ahead! Mark the stud locations and carefully pre-drill the holes and neatly countersink them. Re-prime, light sand then a finish of white, satin paint. Light sand and recoat.

After all of this I am happy to say that God’s work triumphed. The grain still shows, the knots still show and it looks pretty pathetic. But it’s white.
PI

rosebud
(Member)
11/30/05 10:39 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hehehehe, you're a corker P1. Is that what you've been up to? Did you use Kilz (sp) primer? If you hang enough stuff on it, the knots won't show anyway. What's that, another looooong board? You really do take on BIG projects.

cbal-craig
(Member)
12/01/05 04:51 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

lol paul .....

whiterabbit11
(Member)
12/01/05 09:01 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

You are a braver man than I am PI. Everytime I had to use that tablesaw in H.S. shop class I got this picture of my thumb laying on the floor.wr

push4me
(Member)
12/04/05 06:00 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I'd be afraid to go near shop equiptment anymore
When I was in 8th grade, they had a shop class with wood lathes, steel lathes, printing presses, foundry equipt., and many more things for the kids to learn things. I remember running to the nurse's office with a "spewing" gash on my hand from a piece of steel I was sharpening in a vise when I slipped. Things that are now rarely seen in schools

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rosebud
(Member)
12/04/05 08:54 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Most of the girls that went to school back in "our era" got an education where we actually graduated knowing how to do the three R's properly, besides learning how to run a household, cooking, sewing, ironing, manners, etc.. We also said the pledge allegiance to the flag and a prayer before the first class in a.m. Now prayer is against the law in public school. Do you think any of our minds were altered by it in a negative way? I personally, never gave the prayer any other thought than it was just a morning routine, and doubt any other student did either, but it did us no harm. We wouldn't dare talk back to the teacher let alone use foul language towards a teacher. Well, guess I've spewed off enough gang, the ball's in your court now.

Paul I
(Member)
12/04/05 10:52 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I don't recall ever having prayer when in public school. Just wasn't done. Didn't have it in Boy Scouts or Cub Scouts either. Didn't have it a football games, etc. Not until I started teaching did I see this and then it was a monment of silence.
I'm glad we didn't. Public or private group prayer is not something I believe in. Just as soon not have someone else doing my praying nor would I presume to do it for someone else. If I'm stuck with grace which does happen occassionally you will not starve waiting. Paul I

rosebud
(Member)
12/05/05 07:43 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

The moment of silence is what I meant by prayer, P1, we all knew what that moment was for, even though no words were said. I should have taken the time to read it over before posting, and I would have changed the wording.

Pass the food, let's eat! :p

whiterabbit11
(Member)
12/07/05 07:49 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

yup, the day always started pledging allegiance to the flag-seems like "under God" after "one nation" kind of popped up then sunk like a rock every so often. I didn't much care which way they wanted it-not a "cause" type I guess, until later years, much Later.

I don't get this "no child left behind" stuff though. I'd be pissed after working for them 'C's and an occasional 'B' and some other kid graduates without even knowing how to spell or write a complete sentence. All the worry now is friggin self-esteem. I never even heard of it in school. Oops. I feel a cause coming on. Gotta suppress the urge or save it for the political forum. :rolleyes: I forgot about the 'A' in driver's ed. With a grade like that i never should've broke my neck.

cbal-craig
(Member)
12/15/05 06:52 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Merry Christmas my vintage friends.

ævory
(Member)
12/16/05 12:16 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by cbal-craig:
Merry Christmas my vintage friends.
are you still aging here, Craig?
Merry Christmas!


cbal-craig
(Member)
12/16/05 06:35 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

lol, Well I'm not getting any younger even though I act it ...
Merry Christmas Ronda !

rosebud
(Member)
12/22/05 11:28 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Oh, what a nice picture, P1.

MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and Kit, too.

flicka
(Member)
12/23/05 10:28 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

That is a great picture! You guys look good together. I envy your yard!

oops!

Merry Christmas to you!

cbal-craig
(Member)
12/25/05 08:03 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Nice pict. Paul.

cbal-craig
(Member)
12/25/05 08:06 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

We have a whole house today, 10 ppl.... ..no, we are not ready but we are Scotch Irish so after a while everyone goes with the flow.. dinner is ...umm, whenever :p
Have a happy Christmas everyone !

LASHB
(Member)
12/25/05 08:24 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Nice picture, Paul. We need to get our family picture done sometime soon...

push4me
(Member)
12/30/05 05:06 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Thanks for sharing the pic Paul! Merry Christmas to you and your wife I hear that Mesa has quite a nice view.

PUSH

whiterabbit11
(Member)
12/30/05 06:48 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Say-that is a good picture Paul. I need a few transplants and good plastc surgeon before posing for family card or people would think it's night of the living dead ad.

Hey Rosebud. I saw your biker post. Do you ever get to the Sturgis South Dakota rally in August. A fun time for all.

Maybe just me, but Christmas is seeming more like spending money contest-mall and wal-mart-Target endurance contest-r maybe it'sthat vintage yearning for calm, peace on earth quiet stuff.wr

Roadrunner
(Member)
12/30/05 06:50 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Thank you very much for sharing Paul. That certainly is a neat pic. Makes me long to be in AZ.

Belated Christmas wishes to everyone and a very happy, healthy and prosperous NEW YEAR to ALL!

Roadrunner
(Member)
12/30/05 06:58 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hubby handed me 2 mint Kansas state quarters today. I love western anything, and of course the quarters have buffalo on them and a daisy. Neat, neat, neat. However I was struck by the fact that these 2 quarters felt like nothing in my hand and when they clinked together they sounded "cheap". Does anyone else remember the sound of silver? Yes I know it was not pure, but what a difference in quality (weight, sound, feel).

Hmmmmmmmmm, also who remembers when you could sit at the table at the local diner and thumb through the Jukebox selections? Displayed on a vertical Rolladex I always had to read "all" the selections and then of course drop in my dime (or was it a nickel) and play that Johnny Mathis new release..................



EDIT: SP

rosebud
(Member)
12/30/05 08:29 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hey, RoadR, where have you been for so long? I hope traveling off in some exotic place or maybe stalking Rusty to see what he's up to now? I know what you mean by the chintzy feeling of new coins. I've found myself taking a second look to make sure it's the "real" thing.

WR, I've watched the South Dakota biker rally on TV. It looks like so much fun and I would do something like that if I could. Have you been to Sturgis during the big event?

I'll make a toast at midnight tomorrow for good health & happiness to you all. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

whiterabbit11
(Member)
12/31/05 03:04 PM
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roadrunner, I bought my grandson a set of"state quarters" with map you plug them into. You also get the rest of the quarters as they are minted.
Hope mom and dad keep them for him in good shape. They're kind of cool I think.

Rosebud, I live an hour and 1/2 from Sturgis. Bikers actually fill all the rooms within 100 miles - Rapid City is always filled during the summer anyway. The Rally is a blast, but not for the faint of heart or prudes. A picture's worth 1,000 words-2=2,000 I guess.



These are actually in Hulett Wyoming-a few miles from Sturgis and home of the Ham 'n Jam, a rally event-- food, booze, wet t-shirt contests, NO t-shirt contests and Motorcycle races.The Bar pic. is during non-rally times but SRO in and out during rally.

Not sure what anniversary is coming-54th I think. The bar is Captain Ron's. He was actually the Justice of the peace (county judge equivelant) in Sundance Wy. until he was stopped for D.U.I. and search turned up a pile of Marijuana. OOPs-so much for his honor being honorable.
I don't mind the guy using weed but couldn't hack it when he was throwing people in jail for what he was doing.

Roadrunner
(Member)
12/31/05 08:24 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hiya Rosebud, no I wish I had been on a nice vacation-------just had to stay off my backside for a good while...............

Thanks for asking tho', I didn't think anyone would miss me (((((((((HUGS)))))))))))

WR I think the coins are very nice and that scrapbook sounds like a super idea, however I still think they're made out of aluminum foil or whatever, lol!!!!!!!!!

Sturgis, mercy that must be one week........lol. We happened in Laughlin, NV one year during one rally......... I thought one woman had on her nightie, but it was her dress...........

Happy New Year ALL!

dashing
(Member)
01/02/06 02:08 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

wr, a younger sis got arrested in Jackson Hole yrs ago for "cultivating"! The siingle plant was near death plus as a solitary plant well... That thing cost us siblings a big chunk of change (it was one of those kept secret from the folks).You call for help due to a burglary, forget about the plant near death, out on a porch covered in snow, and end up in handcuffs !
I was jealous of Evilene when learning cursive writing. First, she got one of those pens where you needed to purchase a bottle of ink (ink wells were built into the desks at the school w/ cloak rooms)and felt blotters. Then those cartrages were invented, they were "cool" too.
Me, one year younger but two behind in school due to her MENSA status and skipping 3rd grade (I was still the youngest in my class, Mom used school as daycare while home adding siblings) never got to use those "cool, like John Hancock pens". Bic came out w/ ball points :rolleyes:
RR, Glee visited last week, she said "long time... " dash

dashing
(Member)
01/02/06 02:16 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Does my slackard way of using a / when slacking on writing the word with come from old time shorthand ? Or, is it simply my way of writing ? I know I've done it since at least college when taking notes. In 11th grade, I was in a shorthand class one week prior to my rehab year vacation .curious, dash

Roadrunner
(Member)
01/03/06 12:21 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by dashing:
where you needed to purchase a bottle of ink (ink wells were built into the desks at the school w/ cloak rooms)and felt blotters.points :rolleyes:

RR, Glee visited last week, she said "long time... " dash
:) I remember those ink wells Dashing........especially watching the guys taking every opportunity to "dip" the end of "pig tails" into them. Our hands, fingers had more ink on them than those blotters, lol.

Glee is sure right........it has been a long time. I won't tell how long...............

cbal-craig
(Member)
01/03/06 08:55 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I'm glad I grew up in Calif. cuz I don't remember any ink wells.. maybe it is because I'm so young,
I sure remember REAL change though, the nickles, dimes, quarters, and half dollars. I loved the jingle in my pocket when I was a young lad ... I remember when the gov. went to copper filled coins clearly.
I hit 51 years/old this month and just passed my Anniv. of the 26th yr with SCI. ..so I really hate this time of year but I have learned to roll along with it.
Paul, many of your posts have helped me with that over the years. I remember when you told me I was just a pup, lol, thanks buddy !
Happy New Years !

Paul I
(Member)
01/03/06 01:27 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Jeez Craig, 51? You'll be getting hair growing in your ears any day now. That's the real badge of reaching vintagedom for men. It also filters out foreign particles from entering the ear canal thus
preventing possible loss of hearing. It's an ancient
precess accompanied by a rush of testerone which can also trigger mid-life crisis behavior so watch out!
(and enjoy) PI

dashing
(Member)
01/03/06 09:34 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

who da thunk I'd ever hit those menopausal blues ! But, I really get those holidaze blues and that 36th anniversary of quaddom is nearing and Chalb, I may gave graduated hs in 71 but was the youngest in my class dash, hating the idea I enjoy and fit so nicely in this thread :rolleyes:

whiterabbit11
(Member)
01/03/06 11:06 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Unfortunately dash there are a few cops in Wyoming that have the mentality of Jackson's finest. You and Sis would've probably saved some money if you kept the mouths shut, pled not guilty and asked for a public defender or better yet covered it with more snow before the SWAT team scooped you up. They got to prove who owns it, fed and watered it etc. and with both of you there, impossible.

Try some Miracle Grow and glow lamps in sunny Fla.

You're right about the lack of jingle in a pocketful of state quarters RoadRunner, almost like wood. Things just ain't like they used to be. I remember carrying around a pocketful of silver dollars-kinda uncomfortable but you knew you were loaded.

Besides the hairy ear PI, the thing I hate is calling someone and forgetting who you called while the phone is ringing. Used to be able to hang up and think for awhile. With the damn caller -I.D. you also have to think of an excuse for hanging up.

At least we know what a flathead v-8 sounds like.WR

Roadrunner
(Member)
01/04/06 12:48 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
At least we know what a flathead v-8 sounds like.WR
Now you've done it WR, lol, I'm going to be hearing those "duals" rumbling all night long, now. It's your fault I won't be getting any sleep......................

whiterabbit11
(Member)
01/04/06 04:44 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

RoadRunner-I had a GF (steady) when I was 15 and got my 1st of 3 Flathead V-8's-2 Fords-one Merc. Naturally I'd drive by her house in 1st gear at 30mph and back-off with my dual glass-packs-nothing but the best.

Better'n these Nissans with a stove-pipe hangin off the bumper sounding like a lawn mower. :rolleyes:

Her Dad referred to it as the "Mating Call". Sweet dreams RR.

Paul I
(Member)
01/04/06 07:48 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

A HS buddy of mine had a 37 Ford coupe with a flathead V8, Edelbrock high compression heads, triple dueces and steelpacks with sidepipes. He was parked outside the community center, the hangout spot for Friday nites when the local cop approached him and said "start it up. Now, goose it" so he sort of tapped the gas. "No" says the cop "Rap'em" which he did. Revved it to about 5 grand and backed it off and boy did they sing, popping on the way down! Got a ticket. PI

rosebud
(Member)
01/04/06 09:16 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Sorry to hear you were laid up for so long, RR, and glad you're up and running again. I've kinda been "on the shelf" myself lately. Wish I still had my old EJ chair with elevated leg rests, so I wouldn't have to be stationary for so long each day.

I don't remember using ink wells in school; however, that doesn't mean that I didn't. I learned short-hand, but after taking my long lasting secretarial job, only used a Dictaphone machine, and now I've completely forgotten how to do it.

Happy late birthday (Mr. Sunshine). Hope you had a great celebration!

Yep, your #'s are right up there, Dash. Hope you're feeling better now that the holidays are over. Do you think it would be worth it for me to add [try the " happy weed " at least once] to my list of things to do before I kick the bucket? Nah, it would probably "do me in" right there, as I cough by simply smelling cigarette smoke.

Some of those biker gals were darn near naked at that Sturgis rally last year, WR I don't know how they can tolerate sitting on a bike for so long with practically bare buns in the hot sun! I sure do love that part of the country though. There still is a wild spirit about it. Traveling out West is on my list of "things to do" again someday.

Paul I
(Member)
01/04/06 11:27 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

OK Vintagers, go to this URL, click launch under the picture and vote for the 50 Ford. PI

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10632339/

rosebud
(Member)
01/05/06 12:04 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

What a beauty...no contest there

Roadrunner
(Member)
01/05/06 12:52 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by rosebud:
What a beauty...no contest there
:) I agree Rosebud, EXCEPT they called it "stock"..........not in my book. Looks like a 1950 Mercury to me.

Paul I
Quote:
Revved it to about 5 grand and backed it off and boy did they sing, popping on the way down!
Sheesh I can hear it, see it, savor it, lol. and I never thought of

WR11
Quote:
Her Dad referred to it as the "Mating Call".
very true, WR11

Did you ever manage to afford spark plugs inside those duals? I could never afford to get mine rigged up, but the few that did I swear had fire 4 feet out the back of those duals at times. The loss of the "flatheads" took my motor skills (the little I had) away. You could hear every piston move. I always had a pretty good idea of what was wrong to tell the mechanic with them.

Rosebud sorry you haven't your leg rests anymore..........got them on my new Blast and I do love them (cut down on the spasms).

whiterabbit11
(Member)
01/05/06 05:46 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

It is a beauty-best one there including the hummer. I always reamed of putting edelbrock equipment on mine. A friend of mine had one with 3 deuces. When it ran it ran but he spent a lotta time adjusting them.

Good thing about the flathead is even I could overhaul the whole engine. I did it in high school auto mechanics class. Before it had no oil pressure. needed all new rings and bearings. I was pretty proud when the thing actually ran.

That Ford does resemble a Merc RR. The grill is definitely not stock and it looks like the roof has been chopped a bit. It has the rounded look somehow Windshields look small which makes me think it's chopped. But it's definitely a Ford.

I gotta get them pictures of my 50 Ford and 51 Merc. from basement before goin to Milwaukee.
wr

Roadrunner
(Member)
01/05/06 08:59 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I agree it looks chopped to me as well......

I'm so fussy........classic to me means just that, classic please period.

You can add things, but my preference was always straight "stock". Add mirrors, center of the fenders of course, duals (chromed), motor chromed (if you had the bucks), deck out the back with a continental kit, and last but not least, lol, drop that rear end.




cbal-craig
(Member)
01/06/06 09:29 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Beautiful car !
Are you a Tomboy RRunner ? ?.lol.

Roadrunner
(Member)
01/06/06 11:57 AM
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Now Craig, tell me where would a girl find all the guys, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm (and especially if she had a cool car, too) hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm??????????????

dashing
(Member)
01/06/06 01:02 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

We used the word "hummer" in the late 70's in a different context ie; BobBom (the strolling hooker on notorious Nebraska Ave.in Tampa)would provide free "hummers" to those working at used car lots etc. as they kept an eye on her safety.
Believe it or not, when Evilene went off to college the parents said we then had to share a bedroom and give one to the oldest brother. I chose to give up my view of Conneticut, across the LI Sound to hers in the front of the house. My teen reasoning, I could then tell whose car (by sound) turned onto my singe lane pvt. road. I knew evey guy by the sound of the engine. Some cars were new, with headers... But, the best sound was my favorite guys 48 mufflerless, stationwagon. He then got a Willies jeep at a military almost give away sale. The day I was in the accident he bought his 1st new car. A 1970 Cuda. I never rode in it . He went out w/ the guys. I was pissed and went out anyway. Therefore his guilt, daily visits and bringing me roses when visiting last Feb. dash

dashing
(Member)
01/06/06 01:04 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

OMG, Craig caught up
Happy Birthday! dash
edit...ear hair

cbal-craig
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01/07/06 04:28 PM
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MrSoul
(Member)
01/07/06 05:27 PM
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Its great to see everyone here again in the old folks thread, LOL.

Paul, I easily look much older than you (see my profile pic)--due to your lifelong clean living, no doubt! You and Mrs Paul look terrific!

Speaking of clean living or lack thereof--ONE PLANT???? Oh please. Dash, that kind of ridiculous bullshit makes me want to tear out my (increasingly all white, as you can see) hair. And besides that, I thought Jackson Hole was supposed to be cool, what with Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart and everyone living there now?

Quote:
Originally posted by rosebud:

Yep, your #'s are right up there, Dash. Hope you're feeling better now that the holidays are over. Do you think it would be worth it for me to add [try the " happy weed " at least once] to my list of things to do before I kick the bucket? Nah, it would probably "do me in" right there, as I cough by simply smelling cigarette smoke.
This is why God invented brownies, Barbara. Try it if you have spasms or pain. I am happy to report that due to the aforementioned killer weed, I am largely OFF both anti-spasmodics and painkillers! (Umm, you think that might be one reason they are holding back on medical marijuana--like, maybe it would cut into somebody's PROFITS???!!! )

BTW, Barb, so good to see you again, too!

I missed this thread, nice to catch up...Carry on, vintage brothers and sisters!

MrSoul
(Member)
01/07/06 05:33 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by Paul I:
Jeez Craig, 51? You'll be getting hair growing in your ears any day now. That's the real badge of reaching vintagedom for men. It also filters out foreign particles from entering the ear canal thus
preventing possible loss of hearing.
There was an article in ROLLING STONE about baby boomer hearing loss, profiling Ted Nugent and Pete Townshend and everybody else losing their hearing...its catching up with all of us, but far worse for the people who actually abused their eardrums for a living every night.

Huh? Speak up. (My copious ear hair has not prevented this, and I feel foolish admitting it here... one thing I don't need is further disability, but I guess that IS what happens with age... :rolleyes: )

rosebud
(Member)
01/08/06 12:16 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hey there TJ, that's a cool picture of you. You should have posted it New Year's Eve as it's a good replica of old father time.(LOL) I've got an extra bottle of Miss Clairol, if you don't mind chestnut brown , that I'd be glad to send you.(guaranteed to knock off at least years)

How many of those brownies do you eat each day? I don't need anything for medicinal purposes other than Advil once in a while and I'm glad you've found something that works well for you. Good to have you back "old timer". :p

edited to add: I really mean the first sentence and the rest of the first paragraph is a "little joking around". I hope you took it that way TJ.

Paul I
(Member)
01/08/06 12:22 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hummmer- too funny dashing. I'd forgotten about that only in my parts it was Hummmmjoba.

Hi Mr. Soul. Clean living? Not really; just sort of average, moderate lifestyle. Incidently, I recently finished reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. Have you read it or heard about it?

Just picked up a new Street Rodding mag. Gosh, you can buy just about everything now to build a car. It's more like a kit car than actually building one up. (sounds like more of the "in my day, youngsters, we actually.......)

Roadrunner
(Member)
01/08/06 01:27 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Oh mercy, Paul I you've got my attention...........lol. I guess WR11 is right I am a Tomboy cause that sure sounds like the answer (I like Casino's and NASCAR too) lol. The sunsets are so beautiful I have myself "parked" on the porch waiting for one already.

Happy Belated Birthday Craig (I must be asleep to miss when it was but I have and I did, sorry).

Hi MrSoul! Just noticed your birthday..........we're 3 days apart!

cbal-craig
(Member)
01/10/06 01:09 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hello
My Birthday is Jan 27th so I still just a kid until then...


cbal-craig
(Member)
01/10/06 01:10 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

but thanks for the birthday wishes....

Roadrunner
(Member)
01/10/06 04:07 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by cbal-craig:
Hello
My Birthday is Jan 27th so I still just a kid until then...
I thought Dash was wishing you a Happy Birthday..........a few posts ago ????????? Where's my POST ITS? I am early then...............

You certainly are a kid till then, and after.........look at all that dark hair!!!!!!!!!! LOL, when you're 99% white we'll consider you older...........remember you have to
have "senior moments" (like I do) to go with it too, lol.

Paul I
(Member)
01/14/06 06:31 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

In 13 days Craig will no longer be a kid. Will his basic value system change? Will he begin to act in a more mature and wise fashion? Will he endow this thread with a new wisdom? Will he relate to his wife any differently? Will he begin posting under Faith and Religion? Will he always pay his bills on time?

THis could be a monumental event for this board. Paul I

whiterabbit11
(Member)
01/15/06 04:33 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I once had the longest birthday wish record but I think Craig is gonna beat it. 51 is definitely a turning point

Anyone who can spot the chop job on that Ford like roadrunner has to be a tomboy.

9 more days until my trip to the Milwaukee VA for possible back-shoulder surgery and pain clinic. They got lots of work to do.

But hey, I found my 51 Merc picture on a color slide stuck in an old briefcase so I'll make regular color Pic and post it before I go.

Jackson wyoming is now pretty loose on the killer weed except when Cheney drops in.In Sturgis S.D. during the rally you'd get a buzz just breathing the air within 5 miles.

cbal-craig
(Member)
01/20/06 10:41 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Best of luck WR, I'll be thinking of you in Milwaukee and I hope all goes well.

Roadrunner
(Member)
01/20/06 11:35 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by cbal-craig:
Best of luck WR, I'll be thinking of you in Milwaukee and I hope all goes well.
From me too.......... WR..........

(((((((((HUGS)))))))))

For a speedy recovery



EDIT: SP

MrSoul
(Member)
01/20/06 12:01 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by cbal-craig:
Best of luck WR, I'll be thinking of you in Milwaukee and I hope all goes well.
Me too, WR -- Good luck to you!

whiterabbit11
(Member)
01/21/06 08:45 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Thanks for the well wishes everyone. Now I just have to hope I get there. i'm sitting in bed in our local Campbell county memorial hospital with an IV ful of antibiotics drippin at about 5;45 a.m.

This hospital has laptops for patient use butc it's a wireless and so f'in slow it took 2 computers and 3 hrs just to log on. all was well Thursday I thought. i ran the color slide of my 51 Merc and my my 'GTO to 1hr. photo so i c9uld publish the merc especially after all the talking.

I went to bed Thursday night as I was just going to pick it up friday and show it. I've been noticing a small bit of AD symptoms for a couplle weeks wheneverv I got in bed especially and sat up. I looked down at my foot yesterday a.m. and my right one was all swelled and red with a dark scab on my heel. They sent an orthopedic foot dr. to look at it in the E.R. and here I am on IV clintomycin (SP?) and levaquin.

I guess they are going to see how things go and call the VA monday morn. and maybe leave anyway-bot they're not sure. Totop it off my bac. pump is due for re-fill the 28th and they can't do it here in podunk. Mt shoulder surgery will be on hold for sure cuz they won't do it unless it's completely healed.

I guess I just have to keep thinking 'vintage". I'll get that Merc pic up sooner or later.wr

cbal-craig
(Member)
01/21/06 10:57 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by Paul I:
In 13 days Craig will no longer be a kid. Will his basic value system change? Will he begin to act in a more mature and wise fashion? Will he endow this thread with a new wisdom? Will he relate to his wife any differently? Will he begin posting under Faith and Religion? Will he always pay his bills on time?

THis could be a monumental event for this board. Paul I
No.


dashing
(Member)
01/21/06 03:40 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

OMG, many pardons ! I thought Craig caught up...well, soon A Happy one then (you share one w/ a sis-in-law, though we have a few on her). Now, I won't jump the gun.
Hearing loss?, aging?, rock?, oh why :rolleyes: . I hate this age stuff. I think I'll deduct time for my down years . dash

push4me
(Member)
01/23/06 05:41 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hang in there WR......remember, you're vintage too. I guess they wanna tinker under your hood to see if all the parts are working. Probably just need a tune-up

PUSH

dashing
(Member)
01/24/06 06:45 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Originally posted by whiterabbit11:
It is a beauty-best one there including the hummer. I always reamed
wr
Now, that's funny wr ! dash

whiterabbit11
(Member)
01/29/06 02:50 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Yeah Dash, you Gotta admit it that's funny, I don't care who y'are. ;)that's funny. WR

MrSoul
(Member)
01/30/06 12:01 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by whiterabbit11:
Thanks for the well wishes everyone. Now I just have to hope I get there. i'm sitting in bed in our local Campbell county memorial hospital with an IV ful of antibiotics drippin at about 5;45 a.m.

This hospital has laptops for patient use butc it's a wireless and so f'in slow it took 2 computers and 3 hrs just to log on. all was well Thursday I thought. i ran the color slide of my 51 Merc and my my 'GTO to 1hr. photo so i c9uld publish the merc especially after all the talking.

I went to bed Thursday night as I was just going to pick it up friday and show it. I've been noticing a small bit of AD symptoms for a couplle weeks wheneverv I got in bed especially and sat up. I looked down at my foot yesterday a.m. and my right one was all swelled and red with a dark scab on my heel. They sent an orthopedic foot dr. to look at it in the E.R. and here I am on IV clintomycin (SP?) and levaquin.

I guess they are going to see how things go and call the VA monday morn. and maybe leave anyway-bot they're not sure. Totop it off my bac. pump is due for re-fill the 28th and they can't do it here in podunk. Mt shoulder surgery will be on hold for sure cuz they won't do it unless it's completely healed.

I guess I just have to keep thinking 'vintage". I'll get that Merc pic up sooner or later.wr
WR, how did everything go?

whiterabbit11
(Member)
02/02/06 05:06 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Thanks for asking Mr. Soul. They ran iv antibiotics until Monday and I flew to Milwaukee Tuesday. I have a little osteo in the heel so I'm gettin a pic line and 6to8 weeks abs, then evaluate it. Should have paid more attention to the heels.

They won't do any surgery until the infection is gone.I'll see an orth. surgeon next week. My pc
doc says he can tell from the xrays the shoulder joint needs replaced but is worried it wont last very long. Others say it wont be srong enough to hold up under a transfer. Seems like most medical questions have an 'I don't know' answer. WR

Paul I
(Member)
02/02/06 08:26 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

WR, it sounds like a bad combination of nightmares. Someone must know if a shoulder joint replacement will hold up. Call Craig Hospital if no one there knows. They have done some research on aging and SCI and transfer dynamics. I realize infections can be pretty specific but I had good results with Levaquin and a foot infection.

Good luck my vintage friend. Paul I

dashing
(Member)
02/02/06 08:46 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Damn feet, toes, etc, I have a black and blue middle toe from hating my dishwasher . No, I can't kick the thing but been trying to fix it (quad fixes dishwashers :rolleyes: ), well just because! But, the whole foot thing is another age reminder . That rite of passage, first pair of adult stockings you got for 6th grade Easter, elementary school graduation and my Confirmation were pre pantyhose invention .
wr,I got the same non answers for my left shoulder . creaking along, dash

whiterabbit11
(Member)
02/03/06 04:12 PM
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Paul, they are using IV Levaquin plus Clintomyecin [sp]on the foot, heel infection. I wasn't checkin my heels...too lazy.

Yeah dash, I have this urge to do things, like fix dishwashers and other things I shouldn't be fixing and end up with parts laying all over including body parts. I think c7 leaves you with enough working muscles to barely do the stuff.

I hate asking for help! wr

Roadrunner
(Member)
02/03/06 08:55 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

WR
Quote:
I hate asking for help! wr
Isn't independence wonderful (she says tongue in cheek). Me too, but then that's how I wrecked a knee this past fall.

Hope you get things turned around for the better soon..............

dashing
(Member)
02/04/06 09:35 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

That low quad, high para thing is my thinking on our wearing out body parts! Higher, no doubt you have to ask. Lower, more to use...
Yes, I paint the lower cabinets, etc. It helps. Someone drops by and guilt forces a paint brush into their hands for the high ones dash

Roadrunner
(Member)
02/04/06 12:45 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Dash
Quote:
Someone drops by and guilt forces a paint brush into their hands for the high ones dash
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:D I had always got the impression they were doing their good deed for the day!

cbal-craig
(Member)
02/05/06 03:44 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I'm a c7..

dashing
(Member)
02/06/06 08:08 PM
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I was honored w/ 3 and a half. C5-7 and chipped C-1. dash

Paul I
(Member)
02/10/06 01:35 PM
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A couple of interesting things I found out recently:

This hospice nurse visits us weekly for my lady's aging Mother who lives here. She was telling of her near-death experience when she was 23. This must have been in the 60s. She flatlined due to a heart problem. She was in the tunnel heading for the light. At the light she saw many people she knew - but not from this lifetime. But she knew them. She was greeted by her Grandfather who told her she must return. She then eventually awoke loaded with tubes, trachs, etc. and was furious that she was forced back.

Her next story was about a 90 day research project done with age-related dementia and similar stuff. They created an environment for the test subjects that was TOTALLY 50s like furnishings, music, etc. - no references available to the present. It rejuvinated these people. They became more verbally accurate, they were dancing rather than
hobbling or sitting in wheelchairs, they could converse, etc. I thought this was pretty interesting. Anyone know any more about this?

flicka
(Member)
02/12/06 10:49 AM
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Interesting (near) death experience! After my experience in a similar situation, I am definitely not afraid of death. I'd say at this point in my life, I'm more afraid of surviving in a traumatic disaster. Silly, for sure.

On the dementia study, it almost sounds as if these people have refused to 'mature' beyond a certain time in their lives. Maybe the difficulty of aging has allowed them to shut off their minds to reality?

Paul I
(Member)
02/12/06 11:56 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

My first thought is that is like the "go back" function in Windows XP, a human system restore. PI

Roadrunner
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02/12/06 01:33 PM
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There is a lot of data supporting past lives, life after death, visits from the other side. Eastern religions discuss and treat these topics as "matter of fact". Many stories from this area with the factual data are available.

North American psychology is behavior based which has outright ignored, and considered these topics as "imagination", an "unstable mind", "kooks", and such. Early pioneers in this area where, for example:

Elizabeth Kubler Ross (Death and Dying) the pioneer in the hospice area in this country.

Dr. Raymond Moody early research into "life after death".

In recent history "some" have ventured into the topic and more research is now beginning to surface.

The whole area of the paranormal (Parapsychology) has been an interest of mine ever since I first heard the Bridey Murphy story in the late '40s. There were very few courses avalable on the topic back then, so I read any book I could get my hands on.

You might wish to listen to "Coast To Coast" with George Noory every weeknight "live". He deals with these topics, and on weekends the indisputable King of this type of programming, Art Bell hosts.

A few links:

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/

http://www.afterlife-encounters.com/

http://www.dannion.com/

http://www.lightstreamers.com/

http://www.lifeafterlife.com/

MrSoul
(Member)
02/12/06 07:29 PM
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Paul, that is kinda creepy, about the 50s thing. We have joked at work that we all like to listen to the 70s muzak (satellite) station; that it makes us feel younger and we work better. IT DOES.

I think the mind has encoded a certain era for learning, and when that time-frame/era is re-introduced, the mind's becomes alert and aware--the mind is "in its era".

I have the same reaction hearing RHAPSODY IN BLUE on the TV commercials, which my sister practiced endlessly on a piano. I suddenly feel very youthful, but Gershwin wasn't MY youth, per se. Its just what I heard during my youth. So, I wonder if these old people might have had the same reaction when hearing old stories (fairy tales, etc) that they heard as kids, etc?

Its also possible that when surrounded by 50s stuff, they thought they were suddenly younger, and they find modern times disorienting and confusing? They suddenly felt "at home"...

Neat ideas, Paul.

push4me
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02/14/06 03:26 AM
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I think that may be considered a "comfort zone", and I bet if I were to revisit the late 60's, early 70's ( as an AB of course), I would feel a bit "chppper" myself

I went into/toward the "white light" too, and it was very inviting, but I understood that this was "death", and I was pissed because I didn't want to die in a far off place, so willed mysef back to the conscious present.

I believe I did see my close "buddy's" spirit/essence/whatever leave his body as he laid under me (in very dim light), so much so, that I attempted to grab it, or stop it from leaving (instintive reaction) his body. It was just a wisp of a smoke like spirit rising from him. I didn't discern any distinct shape or anything, just a wispy area rising. Wierd!!

I'm not really very religious, but I know what I felt/saw, and I felt whatever "it" was, was not of what we understand.

I swear I'm not either (well sometimes), and I don't want to throw this thread into some religious venture, but thought it was worth mentioning .

Party on "vintage" people


PUSH

Paul I
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02/15/06 11:28 AM
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Very interesting posts. I really don't see this as religion in any way. It's more like physics and biology as it regards elements of our universe we have limited access to. PI

Roadrunner
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02/15/06 08:36 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Paul I:
I really don't see this as religion in any way. It's more like physics and biology as it regards elements of our universe we have limited access to. PI
Some of the new theories (String Theory for example) are incorporating the spiritual, uexplained, unseen................ I do not view it as religious either.

Paul I
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02/15/06 10:16 PM
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And speaking of physics and biology just this evenng my wife was putting our visiting grandkids to bed and after spending nearly and hour with the grandaughter in the darlened room telling stories, etc. the 3 year old said " the light above your head is green and white."

It is said that some children can see auras. Green and white are the auras of love and purity. This was all totally spontaneous. Something to think about. PI

Roadrunner
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02/16/06 12:28 AM
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Paul I
Quote:
the 3 year old said " the light above your head is green and white."

It is said that some children can see auras. Green and white are the auras of love and purity. This was all totally spontaneous. Something to think about. PI
Children take these issues as "matter of fact". They think everyone sees. Only when they have been "indoctrinated" by adults do they lose this ability. We all have this gift or ability. Some have it more than others. Like playing a piano to get any good at something you must PRACTICE!

push4me
(Member)
02/16/06 03:35 AM
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Intersting about the light auras, as I've seen some shows on PBS TV on this.

I bet many children are gifted in many ways that may go unseen to other than someone trained to see/look for that. Maybe some of us as adults may not want to know, and the children may feel that, so don't tell all they see......interesting though.

My daughter bought me a painting about 12 yrs. ago at a fleamarket, and it was very strange. It had 2 robed people (appeared to be an adult male and a younger male in it). Everybody that saw it said it made them feel it was giving off some bad/strange/weird vibes to them.

I didn't give it a lot of thought, until after about the 4th person to see it said it, did I give it some credence. It was eventally given to a local Univ. for paranomal study, although I have not personally looked into it further.

Reminds me of the "Twilight Zone"

PUSH

MrSoul
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02/16/06 12:05 PM
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Anyone see the movie "Stir Of Echoes" ? (Kevin Bacon was in it) Movie scared hell out of me. Richard Matheson totally believed in auras, and therefore wanted to incorporate it into a horror story about a 'strange' child. Stephen King also, in THE SHINING... perhaps that's what is happening in what we've always called "haunting." (I don't think the "aura" idea translated too well to the screen--which isn't to say I didn't love that movie, too!)

Of course, I do see the idea as religious, but then, I see nearly everything that way.

Roadrunner
(Member)
02/16/06 05:59 PM
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Push4me
Quote:
Everybody that saw it said it made them feel it was giving off some bad/strange/weird vibes to them.
Objects can carry vibrations from prior owners.............



MrSoul
Quote:
Richard Matheson totally believed in auras, and therefore wanted to incorporate it into a horror story about a 'strange' child. Stephen King also, in THE SHINING... perhaps that's what is happening in what we've always called "haunting." (I don't think the "aura" idea translated too well to the screen--which isn't to say I didn't love that movie, too!)
Everyone has an aura. Sensitive people see them around all of us (this applies to all living things). They were painted in art by the masters, for example the halo around Jesus.

Hauntings are unrelated according to all research. They most likely are the "imprint" like a recording on magnetic tape.

It's to bad that movies, authors treat this topic in a negative light. It is not. However one should learn about the topic first. Like driving a car, you need lessons first.

flicka
(Member)
02/18/06 10:37 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by Roadrunner:
We all have this gift or ability. Some have it more than others. Like playing a piano to get any good at something you must PRACTICE!
So true! I used to be quite good at seeing auras, but if you ignore them, they go away. Interesting stuff!

dashing
(Member)
02/20/06 05:50 PM
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PUSH, I understand that hard to explain energy force. I don't remember the aftermath of the car wreck but in "official" papers It's stated, I told who to call etc. Later, I didn't ask about the driver. Apparently visitors were told not to tell me. I just knew.
But, when G's Dad passed, an almost rumble came down where my a/c unit is. It was like an energy force. I asked him to help me be strong for G. Then he was gone. I looked at the time. About 15 min later his cousin called. The time of death was the same, 4:23a.m.
I have coded twice. Once in my 20's, I coded, the crash cart...but, I was above watching. Then, I went into the tunnel, warm light. It was so inviting but I never saw anyone at the end. This was before I ever read anything about these things. The second was 5yrs ago(the respritory failure ordeal). I still saw no one but was almost angry. I fought to come back.
Our big house on the Long Island Sound was haunted. But, the presence was friendly. It was a different sex to different family members.
Plus, pulterguis(sp) came around when the house was filled w/ troubled teens--only there about 3 or 4yrs. Pictures would fly off a wall, fly 5' or so, in a draftless hallway. My Pop, the ever practible electrical engineer even saw, felt and finally accepted the ghost. He researches everything. His final decision was it was there and our house was built on a Revolutionary War battlefield. We had to keep sitings or occurances from the youngest but they too felt them but weren't scared. Yhe real ghost stayed w/ the house after it sold. The new owners contacted my parents. They too learned to happily co-exist. dash

Moongazer1
(Member)
02/20/06 07:38 PM
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"You might wish to listen to "Coast To Coast" with George Noory every weeknight "live". He deals with these topics, and on weekends the indisputable King of this type of programming, Art Bell hosts."

I have a hard time getting to sleep so I turn Coast to Coast on everynight after I go to bed. I am addicted to it!

Pat

Roadrunner
(Member)
02/21/06 12:35 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by Moongazer1:
"You might wish to listen to "Coast To Coast" with George Noory every weeknight "live". He deals with these topics, and on weekends the indisputable King of this type of programming, Art Bell hosts."

I have a hard time getting to sleep so I turn Coast to Coast on everynight after I go to bed. I am addicted to it!

Pat
:) Tripped over "Dreamland" about 16 years ago ......... at that time Art Bell originated and hosted it, and also C to C which was essentially political. When Art changed to Parasychology the audience and the program's popularity grew significantly. It's a great program to educate superficially . One must remember that NOT all guests, NOT all topics are the REAL TRUTH or FACTUAL. The audience is required to be discerning. In other words it is a great overview, but one needs to educate themselves further if they are interested in a topic.

push4me
(Member)
02/21/06 05:25 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Never came across the "Coast to Coast" station, but I guess you have to know the schedule, and have the reception ability.

Kinda weird there Dash, but seems to fit many of what folks describe as the unexplained in near death experiences. When I was wounded, the light I perceived, was very bright and white, and at first, I thought it was the Sun, but soon remembered the Sun wasn't even quite "up" yet, and the light was peaceful and coming closer. I don't remember anything at the end either, but knew what it was and fought the urge to just go with it.

Can't really comprehend what I saw as for the energy leaving my friends body, but am sure it was real to me. The "wisp" that rose from his body didn't indicate anything to me, other than I seemed to know it was his "life force" going somewhere, and I tried to stop it. I didn't fully realize what had transpired until I remembered it sometime later.

I guess all this is subject to interpretation, but it does give one pause to contemplate all of the mystery of life itself.

Must have been kinda fun to have had a ghost of sorts to at least be a source of mystery and excitement. Never really had a ghost encounter......yet!! Anything starts to "fly" on it's own around here, and I'm getting scarce

PUSH

flicka
(Member)
02/21/06 08:58 PM
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Quote:
I guess all this is subject to interpretation, but it does give one pause to contemplate all of the mystery of life itself.
You're right there PUSH! Is all so interesting.

Back in the ole days, I would collect rocks everywhere I went. Several years ago, Bill & I went to our soon to be son-in-law's place. When we got out of the car, I asked Bill to get me a rock I saw, imbedded in the dirt under the car. He wasn't too happy about getting on his hands and knees, but always appeases me when it comes to rocks. It was less than an inch long, with a dome shaped top, but it was broken below the dome. I looked at it and wondered why in the world I would spot it out. It wasn't anything unusual.

We went on to the house (at least 60' away), spent several hours, had dinner...on our way off the porch, I spotted another rock buried in the dirt. It was triangular in shape and I thought it might be an arrowhead. Bill dug it up, but it wasn't an arrowhead. I stuck it in my pocket with the other one.

On the way home, I took them out of my pocket and wondered why I'd picked them out. They were actually drab. I shook them around in my hand and they sounded good together...then suddenly CLICK...they fell together in my hand. I said, "oh my god." and opened my hand, there sat the complete rock. Still to this day, when I hold the two pieces, I can feel some kind of magnetism between them.

Paul I
(Member)
02/21/06 10:11 PM
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Rockin and rollin!

Roadrunner
(Member)
02/22/06 12:25 AM
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push4me
Quote:
Never came across the "Coast to Coast" station, but I guess you have to know the schedule, and have the reception ability.
Push4me as I haven't a clue where you're located see the link below will give you a station and time in your area. "Live" broadcasts start at 10:00 PST every night.

Enjoy
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/info/wheretolisten.html

push4me
(Member)
02/22/06 03:28 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Thanks for the link RR! I am in Fl. and did find a local station.

Flick, that has to go down as one of the "weirdest/strangest" occurences that I have heard. That's downright mystical. I mean even if they were magnetized, the probabilty that they would be a perfect fit is astronomical in odds.
Have you ever taken the rock(s) to someone who deals with paranormal things?

PUSH

flicka
(Member)
02/22/06 08:50 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by push4me:

Have you ever taken the rock(s) to someone who deals with paranormal things?
I don't think it was a paranormal experience. Just unusual. I think it had something to do with magnetism and how 'grounded' I was at that moment. Weird and Wonderful!

whiterabbit11
(Member)
02/25/06 12:08 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I've never been much on the paranormal side either Push or one to sit around telling ghost storys except for kicks as a kid. But my family settled down in a town on the wstern side of the state and when my Dad died Mom bought a bar and supper club and did very well financially operating and managing it.

It sort of became her life and she was there from noon till closing. She had a favorite place to sit at night at the end of the bar where she could keep track of the dining room and bar cash registers and do PR visiting with customers.

She died in '89 in the University of Colorado Medical Center from cancer. The previous week the doctor called and said she was improving right after I made plans to go visit her and told me just wait and I would be able to bring her home in 10 days. I cancelled my visit and she died the day I had planned my visit.

That night I just went to sleep on my bed with my clothes on. I woke up from a deep sleep and she was standing beside my bed in her favorite white dress she often wore to work and said 'not to worry, everything was okay'and disappeared. I went back to sleep but never knew if it was a dream or if I actually saw her even though it seemed so real.

A few years later I took a job in the Eastern part of the state but had to come back twice to represent a client in a trial. We had dinner at her restaurant which had been sold for a year or so. The waitress was a gabby 19 year old junior college student from a town about 90 miles away.

She started talking about her brother's and family's legal problems after she found out that I was a lawyer which is common. We never mentioned that we lived there before or that my Mother had owned the place, but finally she said that the restaurant and bar was haunted by a friendly ghost, a female who often appeared after closing sitting on her usual stool near the registers, wearing a white dress. My wife and I were naturally sort of wondering if we were hearing things, but I finally told the waitress the whole story. We went back several times but nothing else happened. I just hope my mother is happy wherever she is now. wr

Roadrunner
(Member)
02/25/06 12:49 AM
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Not unusual at all WR........I am sure your Mom wanted you to know she was allright. I don't believe you were dreaming, however that is just MO. So many have related just this kind of story.

push4me
(Member)
02/25/06 02:42 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

That was a nice "event" about your Mom Wr. I too believe your Mom somehow made you know that she would be ok. That must have been a pleasant feeling, and to hear also of what the young girl told you.

I believe there are things that occur that have no explanation, and I guess it makes it more interesting for me to consider some of this as "paranormal". I don't research it, or give it much thought, but when I do come across unexplained things like that, I just prefer "paranormal", cuz it sounds a bit more exciting than just odd, or unexplained. myself now.

PUSH

dashing
(Member)
02/25/06 05:44 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

My grandmother moved in with us the last year of her life. It was the early 60's. Her cancer spread from her kidneys to spine. My Mother asso had 5 or 6 little kids. My Dad hired a nurse nights and a maid to help a few days a week (none of them came back for a second day.)
Three days after grandama passed away my Mom thought she came to her and told her she was OK and no longer in pain. My Mother didn't even tell her sister or my Pop. She just felt she imagined her "visit" as she was sad and very tired.
She went to a party over 10yrs later. There was a woman there who claimed to be psycic. My Mother told her she didn't believe in psycics (she will take an opposite point of view just to ...) The woman said to her "Joy, how can you say that when your Mother came to tell you something three days after she passed?" My Mother was floored! She then told us about grandma's visit. dash

dashing
(Member)
02/25/06 05:50 PM
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My old Uncle Jack (his son is now 82) woke up the morning of Feb7, 1970 and told my late Aunt Mary, "Something happened to Frankie's (my Pop) daughter Donna". He got the newspaper and there was the article about my accident.
My older sister called my Mother from college and told her to keep me out of cars. Now, both could have just been coincidental as I was "a wild child." dash
edit, that night as I was leaving the house I paused and looked at the TV News. Huntly and Brinkley were reporting the Catholic Church had just denounced St. Christopher the patron saint of travel. I remember hesitating. I can't ever remember stalling to look at news when friends were waiting in the driveway. The driver had a St. Christopher statue on the dashboard. Sick one I am, I wore a gold St.Christopher medal my very Catholic neighbors bought and had blessed for me for 15yrs or so afterward. I think Glenn lost it and isn't telling me.

push4me
(Member)
03/05/06 03:14 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Interesting Dash!

Anybody feel they possess any psychic abilities? I sometimes get a deja vu feeling, but I think we all do occassionally.

Figures, I wore a St. Christopher medal 'round my neck in nam. No wonder they revoked his "Sainthood" :rolleyes:

I always wonder what "goodies" the Vatican dug up on him...........slapped a monkey or
somethin'

PUSH

LASHB
(Member)
03/05/06 07:06 AM
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My mother died shortly before I turned 12. Two younger sisters died with her and my father was in the hospital not expected to live (they were in a car accident). I don't even remember now who I sat with at my mother's funeral (maybe my Grandmother). I do distinctly remember my mother's presence there though. I knew she was there and I knew I was going to be okay. On a side note, my father did survive for another 20+ years.

whiterabbit11
(Member)
03/05/06 04:32 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hey Push we must have been on the same wave length in the '60s (Thats the only time the 6 worked on this pc). I found a St. Christopher medal on the ship going to nam and never took it off.It was a little round gold thing with a gold - prob'ly fake gold chain. I never knew what it was until I asked my friend. My ex always made fun of me for believing in it and it finally disappeared.

Must've been enough to it to make me feel safe. I could use it now, wr

push4me
(Member)
03/07/06 04:31 PM
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Sorry to hear of the tragedy in your family Lash So glad that you did well for yourself and moved forward in life.

Funny thing about the St. Christopher medal Wr. I lost mine swimming in the Cam Lo River, and was wounded not long after that.
Damn the Vatican and their "un-Sainting" of ol' Chris

PUSH

cbal-craig
(Member)
03/19/06 12:54 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I'm feeling kinda/very vintage lately, my ass is draggin..i'm ready to be young and strong again, lol.
The last 3 pages were very interesting and I came close to death with my own body a few time but nothing "paranormal". Push's experience in Viet Nam sounds really interesting, not the part about his buddy dying but feeling the energy leaving his body must have been very unusual.
Peace C~

push4me
(Member)
03/20/06 02:43 AM
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Hey C1 or2!
I'm thinkin' I've been feeling a bit "too vintage" lately, but damn sure could go for the young/strong part again.

Yeah, I guees many here have been at death's door more than they care to remember, and had no experience other than being sick.

What was so weird about that VN experience, was that I found it so odd that why would I even have a physical reaction to a wisp of whatever it was I felt was leaving a person's body is still mysterious to me.
I remember JFK's death, when Jackie looked as though she were reaching for her husbands "parts" as they flew off, but I can even understand that being an unconscious reaction. I can't explain why I felt this was a person's "life force" (lack of better wording) is damn creepy sometimes.

PUSH

whiterabbit11
(Member)
04/04/06 06:11 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Push,
Just noticed another parallel experience we had in VN. It's probably a common occurence we find ourseles in when we are in places we don't belong in or don't want to be in.

I used to pray to God to at least let me get the hell out of Nam and let me die in Wyoming and it wouldn't bother me. Now being here in Z's restaurant, not to be confused with Alices, I feel the same way.

It's probably a near universal feeling, though I don't think I've had the feeling about other places where death isn't such a common part of the reality of the location, like a war zone or hospital.

What a great observation huh? Gotta get outa this place, if it's the last thing we/I ever do. WR

push4me
(Member)
04/09/06 02:24 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Yeah Wr, I sure didn't want to leave any more blood in those rice paddies as was necessary. Glad you got out of "Z's" house o pain, and are back to the welcome confines of one of our more natural States.

Summer seems to have decided to stay here for a bit. Watched the Grandson play in his 1st Little League game today. Kids today seem to be all about the accoutrements of the game but don't spend much time on the details of some basics...........I am getting to friggin' old

PUSH

cbal-craig
(Member)
04/13/06 08:15 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Kill me now......

There ain't nothing like a friend that can tell you that you are just pissing in the wind, just pissin in the wind.

cbal-craig
(Member)
04/13/06 04:07 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I knew I heard that in a song recently.

"Ambulance Blues"

Back in the old folky days
The air was magic when we played.
The riverboat was rockin'
in the rain
Midnight was the time
for the raid.

Oh, Isabela, proud Isabela,
They tore you down and
plowed you under.
You're only real
with your make-up on
How could I see you
and stay too long?

All along the Navajo Trail,
Burn-outs stub their toes
on garbage pails.
Waitresses are cryin'
in the rain
Will their boyfriends
pass this way again?

Oh, Mother Goose,
she's on the skids
Shoe ain't happy,
neither are the kids.
She needs someone
that she can scream at
And I'm such a heel
for makin' her feel so bad.

I guess I'll call it
sickness gone
It's hard to say
the meaning of this song.
An ambulance can only
go so fast
It's easy to get buried
in the past
When you try to make
a good thing last.

I saw today
in the entertainment section
There's room at the top
for private detection.
To Mom and Dad
this just doesn't matter,
But it's either that
or pay off the kidnapper.

So all you critics sit alone
You're no better than me
for what you've shown.
With your stomach pump and
your hook and ladder dreams
We could get together
for some scenes.

I never knew a man
could tell so many lies
He had a different story
for every set of eyes.
How can he remember
who he's talkin' to?
'Cause I know it ain't me,
and I hope it isn't you.

Well, I'm up in T.O.
keepin' jive alive,
And out on the corner
it's half past five.
But the subways are empty
And so are the cafes.

Except for the Farmer's Market
And I still can hear him say:
You're all just pissin'
in the wind
You don't know it but you are.

And there ain't nothin'
like a friend
Who can tell you
you're just pissin'
in the wind.
I never knew a man
could tell so many lies
He had a different story
for every set of eyes
How can he remember
who he's talking to?
Cause I know it ain't me,
and hope it isn't you.

Neil Young/ 75

cbal-craig
(Member)
04/13/06 07:20 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..


Man I have got to rant,
For the last week, give a day or two (depending on the parent) my parents have been hospitalized and are in the hospitals in different towns about 40 miles apart. Both of them are coming home tomorrow and neither of them will be independent. So lots of home health care will be coming (i hope because that is what the doctor said he would do and later I talked to the discharge person, at the hospital, then the person in charge of home health care at the hospital :rolleyes: ) with them and my mom goes back for surgery on her wrist next week, she is in pretty bad shape from falling and breaking her wrist and arm. My dad had a collapsed lung and had to have a chest tube put in.
It is strange to see how frail they are at only 80 which is pretty old but not ancient, something you see a lot of in Fl., 90 yr/old is common, they drive at that age too, lol.
Since I have been living with them for about a year and a half now they are really on the down hill slide at what seems like an accelerated rate. Hard to watch. Since we lost our home to hurricane Charley the both have been extremely depressed and my mother suffers from dementia.
Mean while I am still bidding out our house and the problem here is, SW Fl. has been found by the hoards and construction costs have jumped over 50 % in the last 2 years and Port Charlotte. To add to that the damage from Hurricane Charley has not come close to be rebuilt. Subcontractors are very busy and getting top dollar for their services, most of them are not very good at what they do. Thus my house is going to cost a lot to replace, possibly one hundred to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars more than anticipated.
Today, at this time I just want to vent I know I'm going to get through all this stuff just like you guys got through your hard times but it has really been a learning experience.
Litigation continues over 2 1/2 years after my wifes mother was blown up by a propane explosion at her home. I really have learned to never trust a attorney concerning some things and things are starting to stink in Ark. because I know how the good ol' boy network is in full swing being a hick myself I know what to look for.
OK I'll shut my mouth now because I bet most people will quit reading this whining BS after the first line . It's cool, I got it off my chest.

now back to debating I, (not me) about what the meaning of "is" is...

PEACE
craig

flicka
(Member)
04/13/06 08:35 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by cbal-craig:
now back to debating I, (not me) about what the meaning of "is" is...

PEACE
craig
It saved Bill's life during my menopause!
I've pretty much calmed down now.

I wish I had words of advice for you. It's harsh about your parent's health. I hope that goes as smoothly as possible for all of you.

I'm so sorry you're having problems with rebuilding. I'm impressed with your survivability. I'm afraid I'd have dementia if I lost my home like you guys did. I'm a basketcase when I just imagine it.

Like you always say, "Stay strong."

Fondly,

Your friend Flicka

cbal-craig
(Member)
04/14/06 04:35 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Aww, thanks Flicka. I'm just frustrated I think. If you can save Bill life during menopause then I know I can make it through anything !

peace my friend
craig

LASHB
(Member)
04/15/06 06:43 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Menopause is certainly worse than PMS.

I expect New Orleans is going to be a lot like Florida where the contractors and builders know they have you by the balls and will jack up the prices without corresponding increase in workmanship.

push4me
(Member)
04/17/06 01:38 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Sorry to hear of your woes there C1 or2. My folks are on the skids now too (both mid 80's), and are both in the same nusring home at the rate of 6K each per mo.. Mom has Alzheimers, and Dad has dimentia. What a way to live out the last bits of life

Sad that greed has overtaken way too many people (hurricane), when it used to be compassion and giving. Afraid this will play out for many who were devastated by weather extremes.

PUSH

whiterabbit11
(Member)
04/18/06 05:09 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hi again vintagers. Made it back from 3 glorious months in the Milwaukee VA. Seems like keeping the spirits up ain't easy and so sorry to hear about the load that's being dumped on you C-1 or 2. My parents passed on from cancer several years apart but my mom had just built her million dollar supper club, complete with coffee shop, bar, and dance floor then learned she had eusophagus ca. So I guess whoever said "life's a bitch and then you die" was pretty close.

But on the brighter side C-1 and vintagers I found the picture you've all been holding your breath waiting for me to find and post. My '51 Merc.LOL

I happen to be in it too with a couple ducks I got as a senior in High school on the Platte river near Scottsbluff Nebraska when my favorite pastimes were chasing girls, cars, fishing and hunting. Hope It doesn't offend friends of animals but I did eat everything I hunted-but the star of the pic is the Merc. Too bad I'm blocking the fenderskirts.



But those were the days with no catheters, wheelchairs, hand controls and like you all I'll never forget em.

Don't know why spacing is so screwed up-but edited to say those were also the days of The Ventures, Gene Chandler and Duke of Earl, Chubby Checker, My Boy Lollipop-but you already know that. WR

Paul I
(Member)
04/19/06 09:08 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Olds Starfire wheelcovers? Didn't they make those illegal? Love to hear that car run! PI

push4me
(Member)
04/20/06 01:51 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Sweet Jeezus, nice Mecr there Wr. Nice ducks too (mallards?)

You got that "skirt chasin'" look to ya Did a fair share of hunting n fishin' myself back in hs.........well, add girls, beer and cars too.

Life was so simple then, as the big issues were, where we gonna cruise, beer money and tests/book reports etc..

Are those rims on the Merc, or just hubs? Anyone remember "moons" (hubcaps)? Damn things would fly off on a stiff bumpy road. Reverse chrome rims were a big hit back then too. Cheater slicks were "in" too, but many didn't have enuf HP to turn em.

I remember having a '49 Studie that was $20, and I was almost too embarrassed to drive it, but if I only knew

Anybody got a time machine 4 sale

Thanks for sharing

PUSH

cbal-craig
(Member)
04/20/06 08:26 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

LOL, that is a great pict. WR and you do look a little cocky as C1-c2 said.
I'm glad you are home and man it seems like a long time to be away from home, I hope it was worth it and the pain level is a little better my friend.
Keep a smile on your face and a twinkle in your eye
I found mine again for now.. I don't know if life is a bitch but it is a rollercoaster ride for sure. If you have ever seen Steve Martin in a movie called Parenthood the grandmother has a that story.
peace my vintage friends
:p

whiterabbit11
(Member)
04/20/06 04:42 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

The wheelcovers were genuine imitation olds Starfire made with a $3.00 spinner cleverly mounted in the middle of a genuine Merc wheelcover with metal screws but a little chrome polish you couldn't tell the diff,almost.

But that Merc. was so clean it was like off the showroom floor. It had teardrop knobs on all inside controls, electric overdrive kickdown switch for cruisin and passin gear, dual exhaust.

Yeah Push, I did have moon discs on my '49 chevy which is several pages back on this thread. You can only see the front 1/2 of the car complete with tacky sun visor and fish. Most of my tires were slick from racing, but not racin slicks. Had to fix a flat on my old 49 ford by taking it off the car and the tire off the rim 3 times to make it 5 miles once. The 3rd flat was on the railroad tracks and I was so pissed I left it there and walked offuntil a farmer came by in a pickup and appealed to my better judgment and talked me into driving it off.

The ducks were Mallards. Most people didn't like the taste but I'd eat about anything then.
WR

syl

push4me
(Member)
05/03/06 01:48 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Nice ride there Wr. Seems not all so long ago sometimes. I remember what a bitch it was when one of those "baby moons" got a little dent in it, and you played hell getting a replacement.

PUSH

push4me
(Member)
06/05/06 05:28 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I guess the "dog days" of summer came early for us vintage people, as not to be confused with the "Village People" :rolleyes:

PUSH

MrSoul
(Member)
06/05/06 11:24 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

This is thread is just so great.

That is all. Carry on!

whiterabbit11
(Member)
06/06/06 03:22 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

while searchin for my 49 ford I found it and a 49 chev with moons. Th chev pic was right after moving from Germany to WY so I'm sportin a ridiculous lookin cowboy hat and prob'ly a few fish as usual. The Ford has me as a freshman on day 1 of school with pant legs rolled up. Mom always bought em a foot too long to allow for growing room. She used to say in5 months you'll be wearin Hi waters-same with the damn shoes. I'm gettin the nerve to scan and post. Wyoming gave us a D.L. at age 14 back then. Farm and ranch boys were driving barley trucks to coors and anheuser-busch bins and beet trucks for Great Western Sugar beet dumps. WR

dashing
(Member)
06/06/06 04:07 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

The problem w/ those old cars were the back sat upulstery. These prickly little things could make an otherwise fun night parking a tad uncomfortable . dash

cbal-craig
(Member)
06/07/06 03:37 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Since I'm so much younger than most of you guys ( ) my first quality car was a 67 Cornet 44. I bough it in 1970 when I was 16 for $1200 and from the factory it came with a 383 cu. in., four on the floor and Duel exhaust. Gas mileage ? Nope. I remember screaming down the streets of Dallas in that thing with Mississippi Queen blasting from an 8 track.....I'm sure glad I did not drink in those days .. I loved Dallas but we moved to Hot Springs Ark after 2 years there..

dashing
(Member)
06/07/06 05:00 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

C1or2 (Chalb), watch it on the age thingie . We are really close. I just graduated hs young dash

cbal-craig
(Member)
06/08/06 03:14 PM
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Paul I
(Member)
06/09/06 11:40 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Pulled into a parking spot last Sunday to grab a sandwich at the Paradise Bakery. Opposite me was a PT Cruiser and to my right was a PT Cruiser. I glanced at the one to the right and commented to my lady that it was nicely customized, something one doesn't see often. While I'm unloading the chair she appears on my side and comments that it has an antique car plate.

Low and behold, it was a 37 Ford 2door sedan, Candy Apple red, mildly customized with recessed halogen headlights and frenched taillights and mild dechroming. It was absolutely perfect! Was talking with the owner and it said it was a restored chassis with ungraded brakes, original body but glas fenders, 302 V8, auto and air. An everyday car for him.

What also struck me was what a great job Chrysler did when they retroed this 37 Ford to make the PT Cruiser. For a production car, 2000's, they did a great job. Ford missed it with the T Bird, Chevy missed it with their 49-50 pickup attempt, Plymouth got close to the target with the 34 Ford, whatever, retro, what was it, the Scrambler?
The Chevy retro of the 49-50 panel truck/Suburban is beginning to appeal to me somewhat but too bad there's no V6 available. Funny, Chrysler hit with with retro Fords but Ford couldn't.

Incidentally, how does a V6 sound with glasspacks?
Like a straight 6? Anybody know?

dashing
(Member)
06/09/06 04:05 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Sorry Paul,
No engine help here :rolleyes: . Daytimes I just hung around sharing beer while the guys worked on cars. Nightimes, rode back and forth around town drinking beer till we stopped to steam some windows :p . dash

Gimpy77
(Member)
06/09/06 07:10 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by dashing:
Sorry Paul,
No engine help here :rolleyes: . Daytimes I just hung around sharing beer while the guys worked on cars. Nightimes, rode back and forth around town drinking beer till we stopped to steam some windows :p . dash
:D Tramp!

dashing
(Member)
06/09/06 08:14 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

And continue ! BTW, I enjoyed every moment . dash

Gimpy77
(Member)
06/09/06 08:41 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by dashing:
And continue ! BTW, I enjoyed every moment . dash
Long distance board tease, throwing a BS flag. Unfair reptial brain stimulis, and raised to well to say other things. Hope, you got the guy your sights were on.

whiterabbit11
(Member)
06/09/06 08:50 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by Paul I:
Incidentally, how does a V6 sound with glasspacks?
Like a straight 6? Anybody know?[/QB]
Like a hyperactive V-8. WR

whiterabbit11
(Member)
06/10/06 08:47 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..




Back when the summers were long and hot but it was about to end.

I always had a blanket to cover the pokey things Dash, but If I remember right the 49 Ford had soft velvety like upholstery.

So theres my "Good" '49 Ford one with moons, cowboy hat and as usual I'd been fishing, the other the 1st day of some high school year in the early early '60s with brand new levis bought extra long by dear old Mom so's I wouldn't grow out of em. When I got out of sight I rolled em up inside. Wasn't quite as bad I thought.

I had a short cowboy stage I went through after leavin the big city for Wyoming.

Notice the "Pinstriping" job on the old Ford. You might have to click it bigger to see it on the front fender and door handles. Not bad huh? Dual glass packs too for the "mating call" dual rear seat speakers P1.

Had to ditch the fish and hat and wash hands wiith soap before any mating attempts. I lived 2 lives then. One ruled by the call of the wild and the other by the "mating call".

Sometimes I had to take the floorboard off over the transmission cuz my gearshift linkage got all screwed up from speed shifting so I used the two levers on the side of the transmission. It was cold in winter and hot and dirty in summer.

The front coil springs were cut out with a torch so it was a bit hard ridin. After I discovered girls I put the linkage back on and the floorboard back on.

It was kind of dangerous riding in the middle cuz your foot could get all dirty and scratched up.

I never got around to painting it, but not bad for primer. WR

rosebud
(Member)
06/11/06 12:06 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Ok fellow old vintage people. Here's a pic of some fun memories of me and my HS boyfriend circa 1959 taken at the county fair. It's obviously an automatic photo booth shot.hehehe

flicka
(Member)
06/11/06 12:13 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by rosebud:
Ok fellow old vintage people. Here's a pic of some fun memories of me and my HS boyfriend circa 1959 taken at the county fair. It's obviously an automatic photo booth shot.hehehe


GREAT dress! I like it.

whoops...one more time.

sodapop
(Member)
06/11/06 12:37 PM
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sodapop
(Member)
06/11/06 12:38 PM
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oh, the pic's up.
DoraDora

dashing
(Member)
06/11/06 12:57 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by Gimpy77:
Quote:
Originally posted by dashing:
And continue ! BTW, I enjoyed every moment . dash
Long distance board tease, throwing a BS flag. Unfair reptial brain stimulis, and raised to well to say other things. Hope, you got the guy your sights were on.
I'd get my 1st choice every night . Those getting "lucky" were those you knew didn't participate in locker room bragging (most avoided gym or any school activities) New Years Eve's my girlfriends and I would keep score sheets .
The "main guy" showed up 2yrs ago bearing pink roses . dash

rosebud
(Member)
06/11/06 01:00 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

What the hey? I think Flicka did it Rob, I just got a red x the first time around.

Thanks on the dress comment Flicka. I made it in Home Ec Class. Get a load of those scratchy crinolines underneath.

whiterabbit11
(Member)
06/11/06 05:34 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

You and Date are both lookin pretty "Bitchin" there Rosebud.

Is that Brylcream or Wildroot holding his hair in that Ricky Nelson do? :p I admit I'm relieved to see his pant leg cuffs rolled up.

One girl I took to a drive-in movie wore a dress with so many "can cans" under it that she took up the whole front seat of my car.

Great Picture and you were cool lookin there Rosebud.

That 383 was a great engine Craig and good buy for $1200.00. I gave a guy $50.00 for the Ford. It was kind of a fixer-upper. :rolleyes: WR

.

rosebud
(Member)
06/11/06 09:04 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Yep, WR, it was Brylcreem "A little dab 'il do ya" a touch of mustache wax (to keep the sides slicked back) and "Old Spice" after shave. rolled up khaki's, white socks and buckskin shoes. We went together all through HS, then he went into the Navy and we eventually went separate ways. Sure had a lot of wonderful times back then.

ps: thanks for compliment, WR, think we all looked kinda cool back then though.

push4me
(Member)
06/15/06 09:16 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Nice pics Wr and Rosebud

I remember rollin' the pant legs under too Wr, when they were too long, or gawd forbid you got a pr. of them flood jobs.....not much you could do with them but hang yer head.
I can see the pinstripin' on the car too....nice touch! Seems you could cram in about 4 major things to do in one day back then, now it's a job just to get dressed

Good lookin' pic at the Fair Rosebud. I used "butch wax" to push up the hair when it was in the "flat top" stages. I did try the "DA" thing, but ol' Mom pitched too much of a fit to make it worthwhile (thankfully). I always wanted to get my hands on the guy that invented that damn girdle, cuz that was like runnin' up against a immovable (or removable) object, although with some skill and patience, it could be worth the try.

PUSH

nadajoe
(Member)
06/18/06 12:02 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

WOOHOOOOOO.....Rosebud. Lovin' it! I wish...OOoooooo,,,my..I wish! Times like that will never be again. ,,,joe..

cbal-craig
(Member)
06/18/06 12:37 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I agree with Joe Rosebud, you look marvelous in that dress.
The dude looks good too..
You have a good eye Flicka.

cbal-craig
(Member)
06/18/06 12:46 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

BTW Flicka, did you know they are making a re-make of the movie "I Love Flicka" ? I still remember the original, that must be 30 yrs. old and that was the first thing I though of when I met you a few years ago. well maybe I have chatted with you for more than a few years, lol .. they years just keep flowing on by..ya know?

flicka
(Member)
06/18/06 08:56 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by cbal-craig:
"I Love Flicka"
I know you do.

But, the movie is called "my friend flicka"!

Back when you called an operator to call collect, they used to always ask me if I was named after the horse!
Quote:
Originally posted by cbal-craig:
years just keep flowing on by..ya know?
Incredible. This year is flying by the fastest yet!

cbal-craig
(Member)
06/19/06 07:47 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

LOL, Flixs, Freudian slip..

dashing
(Member)
06/19/06 12:17 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Do all of posting here remember when we needed can and bottle openers to open our favorite beverage? dash

Paul I
(Member)
06/19/06 11:04 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Wasn't that a church key?

dashing
(Member)
06/21/06 11:54 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I guess my brain rusted on that part . But, true, we called it a "church key" on Long Island also. It was kind of a joke to my Pop and Uncles (who tried to avoid the attending Church event used as the usual excuse for a family party (Christenings, Confrmations, Weddings, Funerals...). Thanks for the memories ,dash

rosebud
(Member)
06/23/06 06:55 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

You mean you all still don't have a church key someplace in a kitchen drawer? I found one today in my catch-all drawer.

Since I turned 63 last month, I've been in a panic mode, making a list of things I have to do, people to see, places to go, etc. (Is this normal behavior?) I hope there's enough time to accomplish it all. Tomorrow is my hs 45th class reunion and I'm going. (one of the things on my list ) I haven't seen any of my old classmates since my accident, but guess they won't have any trouble figuring out who I am.

Paul I
(Member)
06/24/06 01:00 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Wow, Rosebud, HS reunions can be a real psychological trip. I remember my first one that was
probably the 15. It was compare success time. After that things got a little more loose. One of my classmates was Roger Ebert who always emcees the reunion and is very gracious, inclusive, and non-achievement oriented. Our next should be in 2010 if we all live that long. The last was 2000.

I wish you the best of times at your reunion, just enjoy the people although in your unique circumstance it will be very interesting. Take some photos and give us a report. 63 Candles, eh? Is there a song for that? Paul I

dashing
(Member)
06/26/06 03:08 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Wishing Rosebud good reunion thoughts too. I think my classmates are surprised when I've survived long enough to reach another let alone able to keep up on partying. Funny, my friends were those always in the principals office but we put these things together. We had a 10, 20, 25 and 30(which I missed). We'd like to do one w/ a couple of classes. One good/bad thing is the "other" quad from my high school class (we went steady, ID bracelet and all for a week or three in 8th or 9th grade). He uses a PCA at night. Beginning w/ our 10th, classmates make sure he can stay out late and help him to bed. It sure made them realize what I had faced at 16.
Oh, a guy in my class is now a millioniare and was once married to actress Julie Hagerty. I remember him as the guy who always asked me to slow dance. He felt sweaty through his sports jacket and always had a hard on (is that one word or two?). Too bad I wasn't attracted to the preppy type good guys.
Yes, Rosebud, we have found a good old church key, AND a Coca-Cola bottle opener meant to be screwed to a wall, during that hurricane nightmare summer 2yrs ago. We now keep them w/ our other emergency supplies. dash

rosebud
(Member)
06/28/06 12:44 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

The reunion was very casual and a lot of fun, though only 7 classmates, some spouses and myself showed up. We played songs from the old days 50s and 60s stuff, ate plenty of food and had lots of laughs remembering some the shenanigans that went on back then, and the old pictures were a hoot to see. I took some pictures, but since I'm still in the dark ages, have to wait till I use up the film before developing it. The guy who sat in front of me in math class and used to help me out a bit, is an architect, pilots his own plane (that's how he and his wife flew here from Utah, where they live), and has 8 children and 19 grand kids! Would you guess they're Mormons? Another person's granddaughter is a Radio City Rockette. One person was surprised to see that I was "still" in a w/c and another didn't even know what had happened to me. The equipment on my van and how I operate it was an amusement to some. I found out that my old bf in pic I posted on previous page is presently in an ICU after suffering a heart attack. Six of the classmates are deceased. Not too encouraging, hey? Think I better get moving on the next thing to check off my list. The sound of the constant rain outside my window is making me very sleepy.
~Goodnight all

cbal-craig
(Member)
06/29/06 07:13 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Sounds like you had fun Rosebud and I bet you out live all of them

MrSoul
(Member)
06/29/06 10:13 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Glad you enjoyed it, Rosebud!

whiterabbit11
(Member)
07/03/06 08:54 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by rosebud:
You mean you all still don't have a church key someplace in a kitchen drawer? I found one today in my catch-all drawer.

Since I turned 63 last month, I've been in a panic mode, making a list of things I have to do, people to see, places to go, etc. (Is this normal behavior?) I hope there's enough time to accomplish it all. Tomorrow is my hs 45th class reunion and I'm going. (one of the things on my list ) I haven't seen any of my old classmates since my accident, but guess they won't have any trouble figuring out who I am.
Congrats Rosebud and wait till you see what's in store for you next year-played it over and over in honor of Paul M. Sunday.
__________________________________________________

When I get older losing my hair,
Many years from now.
Will you still be sending me a valentine
Birthday greetings bottle of wine.

If I'd been out till quarter to three
Would you lock the door,
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I'm sixty-four.

You'll be older too,
And if you say the word,
I could stay with you.

I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone.
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride,

dashing
(Member)
07/04/06 03:52 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

"Just call me angel in the morning" dash

rosebud
(Member)
07/04/06 07:57 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

"You can knit a sweater by the fireside."

Oh, no, WR! I can't even do that now with this lousey tendonitis in my thumbs! Other than that, I'm going to keep doing my best. Too bad for Paul M., but bet he'll move on with his life just fine.

Good luck to you with new doctors and hospital, and get "fixed up" this time, WR. You know we're all pulling for you.

dashing
(Member)
07/05/06 12:00 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I wonder how many young ones know the reason a Doctor would say, "the rabbit died" dash

whiterabbit11
(Member)
07/05/06 08:18 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by dashing:
I wonder how many young ones know the reason a Doctor would say, "the rabbit died" dash
The SPCA and Friends of animals are goingto hear about this. Good thing rabbits don't rule or they'd inject wabbit wee wee into people. Know what I mean?

wr

cbal-craig
(Member)
07/15/06 05:40 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

she said young ones WR ....

Johnboy 64
(Member)
07/15/06 05:06 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

cool pics...wr and rosebud.

my 1st car was an '80 cougar ...title actually said 80 and 1/2

rosebud
(Member)
07/16/06 01:34 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Here's my first car, a '64 Plymouth Valiant. A physical therapist from Rusk Rehab (standing) and two friends (one taking pic and one in back seat) came along for a weekend up at Bear Mt. The friend in back seat was my roommate while in rehab at Rusk. She was from Algeria and had both legs blown off by a bomb in the 7 day war. We corresponded for many years, then I lost track of her when she went to Paris to work.

cbal-craig
(Member)
07/30/06 01:33 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I like just about any coupe..

dashing
(Member)
08/03/06 09:07 PM
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Rosebud, you're another Rusk alumni? I was in the class of 1970. 1st floor, Dr.Covalt, Dr. Sanders Davis, Dr. Chin. pt Beverly Binns, RN Carole Koreki, Urology nurse Mr. Whalen... dash

Peaches
(Member)
08/11/06 02:46 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Well... I just turned 51 and I'm searching for any "senior discounts" I can get!

Thought maybe you guys could give me the
heads-ups in this department

Afterall... you're all experts have this, right?


And you're all so cute

Your favorite fruit

dashing
(Member)
08/11/06 04:40 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I still lie about my age so use nothing that gives me away dash

Robert64
(Member)
08/16/06 02:54 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by dashing:
I still lie about my age so use nothing that gives me away dash
I like asking people to guess my age. Being able to tell if they're being honest with me would be cool though.

Anyone been through a mid life crisis kinda thing? or something similar? I bet it's easy to just develop a complex about it and actually create syptoms based on only our fears about them. Some research seems to suggest it's a real phenomenom. I just want to see what otheres in simalar shoes have gone through. N what they did to get through it alive.

dashing
(Member)
08/16/06 04:28 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Help me, my sig-ot is turning 55 on the 21st . All I hear is old man crap . He even started watching the weather channel :rolleyes: . Listening to "Classic Rock ", dash

MrSoul
(Member)
08/31/06 11:49 AM
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Hey, Dash, ain't nothing wrong with classic rock. :p

Trying to jump-start the golden oldies thread! WAKE UP, YOU OLDSTERS! LOL

cbal-craig
(Member)
08/31/06 04:33 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by Peaches:
Well... I just turned 51 and I'm searching for any "senior discounts" I can get!

Thought maybe you guys could give me the
heads-ups in this department

Afterall... you're all experts have this, right?


And you're all so cute

Your favorite fruit
I'm 51 too ! I guess you already have an AARP card,..I do ..

cbal-craig
(Member)
08/31/06 04:35 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by MrSoul:
Hey, Dash, ain't nothing wrong with classic rock. :p

Trying to jump-start the golden oldies thread! WAKE UP, YOU OLDSTERS! LOL
Classic is the best and most copied music there ever was/is, period. ...LOL ..
Although I dig Big Band music too..

cbal-craig
(Member)
08/31/06 04:40 PM
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Where is the Roadrunner ? Anyone know ?

Peaches
(Member)
09/01/06 02:46 PM
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What is good about having an AARP card?

Classic rock rules

As does Peaches

cbal-craig
(Member)
09/02/06 07:46 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Quote:
Originally posted by Peaches:
What is good about having an AARP card?
You get $2 off the dinner specials...

JR
(Member)
09/04/06 03:38 AM
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2 dollars
every little bit helps. JANDWRABBIT

wultk
(Member)
09/04/06 06:38 AM
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AARP: cheaper car insurance, guaranteed life insurance (no disability related questions), lots of discounts - hotel rooms, car rentals, restaurants, movie theatres, Pepperidge Farm senior citizen day. Especially useful if you don't look like a senior citizen yet, but you are over 50. Show your AARP card and get the senior discounts.

Peaches
(Member)
09/04/06 01:03 PM
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Oh, what's fun!

Having an AARP card will be like being "carded" again!

Peaches is out to have fun, again!

humnbird
(Member)
09/04/06 01:46 PM
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Maybe I'll git me one a thim there cards.

Chris...bein' goofy today

MrSoul
(Member)
09/10/06 02:34 PM
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The flesh-eating termites in my elbow are back, ugh. :rolleyes: I don't think I will be able to walk (on crutches) much longer, or at least, will have to go back and forth (crutches/wc) even more than I do now. I don't want to stop all weight bearing (since I know that's good), but damn. :rolleyes: huge pain in the ass. (elbow)

dowdy
(Member)
09/10/06 07:22 PM
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I remember my father buying old car batteries and if we had a bbq which was a weekend thing we would be watching as dad would be melting the leed and pouring it into molds to make sinkers for fishing.

110 degrees was not unusual ands I remember trying to decide which was cooler inside the beach shack, actually a tin shed with a cement floor about 10 feet from the beach we were in the sencond row. The fridge would be removed every winter and taken to my uncles place as if the tide was big it would flow through the shack.

The flat bottomed dingy was great for getting you to the other side of the bay to set the net, The net would stretch 1/2 way across the the bay if 2 families were setting nets we would almost meet in the middle of the bay The channel that ran down the middle of the bay dropped vertually straight down 30 feet in 2 feet sheer walls. And the black stinky sticky mud that you sank into up to your waste if you werent

dowdy
(Member)
09/10/06 07:35 PM
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quick enough. the campouts on the other side of the bay and the constantly coming and going every hour a the tide ran, of the dingy up and down the net to remove the fish and blue swimmer crabs, and to stop the build up of seaweed from ripping out the poles that the net was attached to. Because if this happened you knew the net would be gone for miles down the bay and you would spend the next day finding it. and that youd have to wade and pull the dingy because anymore weight in the dingy than the net and it would be on the mud banks.

Then the following day you'd see the nets on the beach drying and the holes would be patched by the old men ready for the next night.

Linda252
(Member)
09/15/06 09:08 PM
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""AARP cheaper car insurance, guaranteed life insurance (no disability related questions), lots of discounts - hotel rooms, car rentals, restaurants, movie theatres""

Heck, you don't have to a senior citizen to get that stuff. Just join AAA! They will also come rescue you if you lock yer keys in the car...

Hellonwheels
(Member)
09/16/06 12:42 PM
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Triple-A wouldn't take me because I'm unable to drive, thus no license. I wanted to cover my vehicle for any of my PCA's, but they said it covers a driver, not a vehicle. I would've had to buy a membership for both my drivers, and still would'nt be covered if a someone else, like a friend, drove me, unless I bought one for them. I'm looking at AARP.

dashing
(Member)
09/18/06 02:04 PM
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A brother turned 50 last June. He's currently living incognito. No phone in his name, moved into a friends home, no job, no vehicle and I supect a loss of drivers license, no bank account... A psycho-X was stalking. He was shocked AARP found him when no one else can :rolleyes: . dash

LASHB
(Member)
09/24/06 05:51 PM
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Well, I guess it had to happen; I'm officially old. When I was a kid, we had '50s day - where we dressed up like the 50s. Well, this week at school is Spirit Week leading up to Homecoming. Tomorrow is '80s day! It will be interesting to see how the kids dress! Too bad I didn't save some of my legwarmers...

rosebud
(Member)
10/23/06 03:08 PM
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rosebud
(Member)
11/04/06 03:07 PM
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I'm in this third grade photo somewhere.

Where were you in 1952? You get one try a piece to locate ms rosebud in this vintage photo. Maybe you'll win a prize!

Bring on the old timey photos kids. Lets get some fun going here again.

~ barb
I removed the pic, as it took up too much space. Looks like nobody besides Tandi wanted to take a guess. Oh, well, have a good nite all.

ok, here it is again...let the fun begin.

JR
(Member)
11/13/06 12:08 AM
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What 3d grade photo Rosebud? I have a pic I'd like to postbut I'min the damn hospital with no scanner.

JR
(Member)
11/13/06 12:11 AM
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Oh-okay didn't read far enough. WR

cbal-craig
(Member)
11/13/06 08:28 AM
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LASHB, we are Vintage, NOT old...

Paul I
(Member)
11/13/06 11:40 AM
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Rosebud, Resize the photo- I like prizes. PI

rosebud
(Member)
11/13/06 03:11 PM
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Hey JR/WR how the heck are ya? Sorry to hear you're still out of commission.

PI, glad to see you back.

Rob hosted the pic, but I haven't been able to get his attention today to resize, so I put it back larger than life.

I'll check back later.

toodle-oo

MrSoul
(Member)
11/13/06 08:11 PM
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I was (quietly) humming with the satellite music station in our office today; the song playing was R.E.M.'s "Man on the Moon"... And one of the mailroom guys (in his 20s) says "You like R.E.M.?" and I said, "Yeah, I have all of their CDs" and he answers, "Yeah, they're my dad's favorite band, too!"...

YOW--when did R.E.M. turn into "Dad music"? :p

Paul I
(Member)
11/13/06 11:43 PM
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Rosebud, Top row rt or bottom, second from left. PI

Paul I
(Member)
11/13/06 11:46 PM
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Mr. Soul, REM- around the same time Buddy Holly turned into Grandpa's music. PI

cbal-craig
(Member)
11/14/06 06:57 AM
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I was thinking Rose was the one in front and 4th over from the right........?

Paul I
(Member)
11/14/06 11:41 AM
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OK, until Rosebud checks in-
Time to kill Sunday nite so I flipped on the TV and went to the channel guide. Not much on- but- out the past- Kung Fu! Hadn't see it for decades. Now I was an alledged adult when this program was first shown but never the less Quai Chang Kane represented the major fantasy traits of the average male of the era. We were primed on the Hardy Boys, honed to the hero image by Roy Rogers, Sky King and Shane, graduated to Bond, James Bond, (the real Bond that is-the books) Howard Roark and so on. So here comes this not so physically impressive character (which in reality most of us were not) but exuding self-confidence, defensive capabilities beyond belief, massive inner strength, impressive reserve, and limitless freedom. Ah Grasshopper! So we settled in.

The marketing people had a feast! About 40 minutes of action and 20 of commercials during which we were educated about "can't go, can't stop going- more traveling, fewer stops? Can't get it up?
We can help BUT an erection that lasts more than 4 hours...?" Hell, if Kane had that problem he would have leveled an acre of Redwoods with it! "tired and aching joints?" Oh, and it may not be a bladder problem; it may be the PROSTATE! No sweat, Man, we can shrink it! Hell, this stuff will turn a Keilbassa into a Vienna sausage! And lest we not forget-the SCI homerun ad- RLS- Restless Leg Syndrome. God forbid, the dreaded of syndromes, RLS. You ain't seen nothing yet. Dude, wanna see RLS? Watch this! Literal kick-ass RLS!

Can't remember what the story was about. (Ginko should solve that) but whoever pulled the demographics of the likely viewing audience had a real strong stereotype of what we "vintage" (thanks Craig) folk have to deal with. Send US that marketing guru with the peach fuzz and pimples on his face and we'll descretely apply a little RLS where the sun don't shine and in 4 hours the wimp will be at his doctor.
Hang in, agers! PI

rosebud
(Member)
11/14/06 01:30 PM
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LOL, PI, Your above post is hilarious!

But as for your rosebud picks PI and Craig, sorry, no and no. Those little girls are Donna Sweet and Connie Stafford. :p good try

Cute incident MrSoul. I love R.E.M., too, and I'm way older than you.

Roadrunner
(Member)
11/15/06 01:01 AM
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ROTFLMBO, Paul I how in the world do you remember all that? Priceless!

Rosebud middle row, 1st on left.

Went out to Anne Murray concert tonight. She was just awesome. What a lady! Still has a great voice..............looks great, and handles her age well. Ladies no face lifts, no coloring hair, no other crap and was dressed appropriately. Was so refreshing! : )

cbal-craig
(Member)
11/16/06 07:40 AM
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LMAO Paul, too funny, it is great to see you posting again! I missed you.

Hey RR, hope all is well ..

rosebud
(Member)
11/16/06 07:05 PM
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Hi Roadrunner - How are you and what the heck have you been up to all these past months?

Sorry, you didn't pick the right person either RR. That's the beautiful Ramona Hoag.

Glad you enjoyed the Ann Murry concert. Where did you see her? I saw one of her concerts in the early 80's Hershey, PA. and enjoyed it very much. I saw Chris Isaak in concert this past summer and got to meet him afterwards when he gave me a kiss on the cheek and autograph on his new CD. Oooooohweeee! LOL My sis and I had such a good time that night. I love live concerts, but don't get to many these days.

Here's a picture sis took of me after the concert outside the casino.



Hi Craig!

Hmmm, pic looks a little fuzzy.

Roadrunner
(Member)
11/17/06 12:05 AM
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Oh darn Rosebud I thought I might be a good detective, but I guess not. Will be very interesting to see who guesses right.

You look great .............. all dressed up, Lady! And Chris Isaak yet, and a kiss! How lucky can you get? We need these kind of gestures in our lives and I applaud celebrities who take the time and effort to acknowledge us so...............it happened to me with Freddy Fender, and Russell Hitchcock (Air Supply). It's just nice to be the envy of every female around once in a while.....

Thanks Craig and Rosebud for asking after me......HUGS to both.....didn't think anyone would miss me.......appreciate it very much.
Just needed some time away..........

JR
(Member)
11/17/06 06:10 AM
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hey roadrunner and other vintage types,
my presence on the board has been kind of scarce too if you haven't noticed.

my guess is bottom row 1st on left. did i win?
RR AKA WR.

MrSoul
(Member)
11/17/06 09:13 AM
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Roadrunner, great to see you again! I was wondering where you were!!!

rosebud
(Member)
11/17/06 10:31 PM
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Hi JR, Are you getting better and when are you getting out? Hope you can be home for Christmas. Sorry, you didn't win. The first one in front is Kathleen Pickens.

RR, happy to hear you were just taking a break. Are you still following the NASCAR and who are you cheering for now that Rusty is gone? I'm still sticking with Mark Martin. The little guy just won't quit.

Aren't you going to take a quess, MrSoul? There aren't that many girls left.

Roadrunner
(Member)
11/18/06 12:58 AM
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Hugs, MrSoul.......I've missed you too......... And I will say welcome to JR. Looking forward to getting to know you.

Oh dear Rosebud, it's been a difficult year for me without Rusty. His youngest, Stephen has been running in Busch part time this year so I have followed him somewhat. I have watched Cup as I'm in a Fantasy League, but my enthusiasm isn't there. Kind of sad to be so devoted to one driver, but................. MM has been doing very well this year up until the last now. Next year should be quite interesting...........with Dale Jarrett and Mark moving.

Yes MrSoul, come on now be brave...........which one is Rosebud?

Paul I
(Member)
11/22/06 10:47 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Out with the old-in with the new! Looking at this new format clearly shows that New Mobility was indeed aging. But we all know about that, don't we? Hmmmmm, perhaps my body can be re-formatted also. Can't say I'd go with the blue on pale green but heathily tan with blond hair would be more marketable. And let's dump this antiquated sitting format. Vertical sounds good as in AB. But then if Steven Colbert can use an IBot that looks like fun too. AH well, were it only that easy.

I wish everyone a pleasant and reflective Thanksgiving day.

Paul I

Roadrunner
(Member)
11/23/06 12:34 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hmmmmmmmm well I like the new format which confuses me a little as the older I get the more I dislike things changing. You know what I mean you reach for the volume button and somehow it's not where it's supposed to be 'cause you had to get a new radio. AND, of course, let's not forget the worst of the worst a new w/c. Oh yes you really needed one, and this baby has all the bells and whistles, besides that old Bertha could have left you on the street any old time and never even batted a wheel. But dang the toggleswitch is no longer there, you get a beep everytime you press the "on", and .................. what's all this other lighting for? Do engineers really think I need all these lights, sounds, etc.

I remember when my parents used to say they didn't like the changes on this or that, there's nothing good on TV, and so on. I wondered what are they saying...........recently I find myself understanding!!!!!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! : ) : )

Erica
(Member)
12/05/06 02:37 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Originally Posted By: Nancie
"the waltons" was based on all you ppl, right?


I was thinking "Little House on the Prarie"...Olsens Mercantile ....hehe jk

I only read first 2 pages

MrSoul
(Member)
12/07/06 10:33 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I drove a fancy-shmancy hybrid SUV w/hand controls on Tuesday. (Toyota Highlander) Blew my mind. I couldn't even tell when it was ON. I kept saying "Is it on?" and the owner just kept laughing at me. (The engine doesn't make any NOISE and it's just WEIRD to me, LOL.) I felt like someone using a CD player or fax machine for the first time.

But lemme tell you, when you merge onto the interstate, it's like Luke going into hyperspace! YES! I could really get used to something like that on a daily basis, my friends!

Paul I
(Member)
12/10/06 04:46 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

You're right Nancie and Erica our generation did serve as the model for some series. First ones that come to mind are West Wing and Star Trek Voyager, perhaps The Equalizer and I'm sure others can come up with some more. For you youngsters feel complimented you are the role models for the Simpsons and MTV. PI

Paul I
(Member)
12/13/06 11:14 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Just happened to catch the last 15 minutes of a biography of the Everly Brothers. Brought back some memories. My best friend in high school was a guitar player and he and another guy could sound just like and almost as good as the Everly Brothers. So they got up at the talent show and sang Dream. The place went wild! Then they did Bird Dog. These guys were more golden than the quarterback of the football team. Have to say I envied him like you might imagine.
His buddy there did cut a 45 that went no where beyond our town. Those were the days of payola I believe. At any rate seeing the Everly Brothers and hearing their story brought back real memories. Our high school gym could just as well been Carnegie Hall as far as we were concerned. How surreal things looked through the eyes of a teenager.

Roadrunner
(Member)
12/15/06 12:10 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

"Wake Up Little, Susie, Wake Up"..............going to have that song running through my head all night long now! Saw them back about 1958 when I was in rehab and they were the "cat's meow"! Can still see them bobbing their guitars in unison and all of us young girls screaming our heads off, lol.

They came to our little town fair in the late '70s and although their voices weren't quite as good us "vintage" people there still loved them!

I'd post a pic but all I get is a URL!

cbal-craig
(Member)
12/15/06 06:13 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Originally Posted By: Paul I
You're right Nancie and Erica our generation did serve as the model for some series. First ones that come to mind are West Wing and Star Trek Voyager, perhaps The Equalizer and I'm sure others can come up with some more. For you youngsters feel complimented you are the role models for the Simpsons and MTV. PI


LOL Paul....

Paul I
(Member)
12/24/06 04:38 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

1969- Midnight Cowboy- 37 years ago.
Got the DVD from Netflix and watched it the other night. What a movie! I had not seen it since I saw it in the theater back in 69. The film operates on so many levels. After thinking about it for the evening I decided it was also a Christmas film as it embodied a great deal of the spirit of giving and receiving. If you haven't seen it- get it. Paul I

Paul I
(Member)
01/03/07 06:08 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Where's Rosebud?

Paul I
(Member)
01/04/07 12:34 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

OK, Old Timer Motorheads, you've got to check this out. I just subscribed to Hemmings Classic Cars magazine and got the first issue. It's pure nostalgia and I love it. This month's feature article was a retrospective on Cadillac. PI

cbal-craig
(Member)
01/05/07 03:59 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Cadillac always made a good car.

Paul I
(Member)
02/13/07 08:05 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..





TO ALL THE KIDS
WHO SURVIVED the
1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!




First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.


Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.




We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we
rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.

Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.


We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
!

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and


NO ONE actually died from this.




We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank koolade made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because:


WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!




We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.




No one was able to reach us all day.




And we were OK.



We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down
the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.




We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD 's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat rooms.....
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!




We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no
lawsuits from these accidents.

!


We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.




We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,

made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang
the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!




Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!




The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.




They actually sided with the law!




These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!




The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.




We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned




HOW TO

DEAL WITH IT ALL!




If YOU are one of them . . . CONGRATULATIONS!




You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as
kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives


for our own good




And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were.




Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!

seabreeze
(Member)
03/29/07 06:45 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Just got here after many months away and, wow, really neat thread! I can't read it all, of course, but love this very last post, Paul I. Seems like the end, but I can't resist remembering....

walking to the swimming pool everyday in the summer in nothing but a bathing suit with a towel slung over my neck -- never got a warning I'd be picked up by some 'pervert'.

The hot tar from the road sticking to my feet. My girlfriend and I stepped in it on purpose then cleaned it up later with turpentine. As long as we took care of it ourselves our parents didn't mind.

Then there were single speed bicycles with footbrakes. A really fancy bike back then was an English racer -- three whole speeds!

Riding on the back fender of my sister's bike. Do kids still do that? do bikes have back fenders? I still have a scar from when I stuck my ankle in the spokes.

Being allowed to spend all day at the beach without an adult. They trusted the lifeguards even though the ratio was two to hundreds! They trusted us, too, of course.

Nevertheless, an older 'bad' boy drowned when he insisted he could tame the big Atlantic in a hurricane.

The farmer chasing us out of his field with a waving rifle. Didn't stop us from coming back the next day.

....Anybody inspired to write novel, full of Elvis Presley and Johnny Mathis and watching the Kennedy Assasinaton on TV -- watching your mother cry all weekend?

Roadrunner
(Member)
03/30/07 12:13 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Thanks for another "walk" down memory lane, Seabreeze. You said the magic words, Johnny Mathis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just had to post the album cover of "Heavenly". That pic graces his very 1st publicity "shot" and graces his 1st program. The one he signed for me..................sigh.....LOL.



seabreeze
(Member)
03/30/07 01:44 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I read the early posts on this thread and that's why Johnny Mathis was on my mind.

I remember that album cover! I listened to those songs over and over again. That's so cool you got his signature many years later!

My first awareness of Johnny Mathis was from my mother who pointed him out on the radio. She thought he was a wonderful singer and she said, "but he doesn't sound at all like a Negro!" LOL Maybe I shouldn't have said that, but that's she said.

Roadrunner
(Member)
03/30/07 07:52 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Originally Posted By: seabreeze
I read the early posts on this thread and that's why Johnny Mathis was on my mind.

I remember that album cover! I listened to those songs over and over again. That's so cool you got his signature many years later!

My first awareness of Johnny Mathis was from my mother who pointed him out on the radio. She thought he was a wonderful singer and she said, "but he doesn't sound at all like a Negro!" LOL Maybe I shouldn't have said that, but that's she said.


LOL, well I honestly don't know if that's politically correct or not, but it is just a statement of fact.

I first heard him singing "Wonderful Wonderful" and immediately fell madly in love with his voice! I honestly cannot remember at what point in time I first saw a pic of him.......it didn't matter I was a teen absolutely wild about him, LOL. I got his autograph in Reno, NV................he and his Manager were absolutley stunned that I had kept this program for 40 plus years. Never met him ...............however he did acknowledge me when he came on stage! Even in my senior years .........I immediately became just a teeny bopper at heart all over again! AND goodness can he can sing.

seabreeze
(Member)
04/02/07 12:56 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I certainly liked him back then, but in all the intervening years, I had kind of forgotten about him. It's cool to hear he's still performing and doing it well!

Paul I
(Member)
04/03/07 10:21 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

My Sister loved Johnny Mathis. There was a thing on him on CBS Sunday Morning a few weeks ago. Still doing his thing. My Sister
also loved Vic Damone and Pat Boone who will soon be here in Mesa for a performance. I think Glen Campbell may have left Scottsdale after his last DUI. There are a few other stars around here but I don't know who. They live up in the high rent district.

I you want some more nostalgia check out the gas station photos in the General forum. PI

Roadrunner
(Member)
04/04/07 11:45 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Glen Campbell was in our "neck of the woods" a couple years ago and he was great! His daughter was with him and she sang a song or 2 with him.

A few years back now in Reno some ladies I got talking to said that Johnny had undergone major back surgery. They said he had quite a time with it and some was reported in the news. However there is not much written about him as he keeps his provate life out of the public eye.

justadildo
(Junior Member)
04/04/07 12:02 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

i know where that old store still is, if anyone is interested..its called "montgomery's" in yampa, colo.......you can still even put your groc. on your tab...and when you buy steaks, they're cut from the side of beef hanging in the cooler while you wait and chat with the old timers hanging out on the front porch......

Roadrunner
(Member)
04/06/07 07:59 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..



Finally got to see this Lady last night. I absolutely love classical guitar and can she play!

For the "young ones" this is Charo. She made $$$$$$$$$ with her catch phrase "Hootchie Kootchie" way back when and was basically sold as a sex symbol. However she is an accomplished classical gutarist. By the way gentlemen she still looks fabulous.

Lorrie
(Member)
04/07/07 03:35 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Originally Posted By: seabreeze
Just got here after many months away and, wow, really neat thread! I can't read it all, of course, but love this very last post, Paul I. Seems like the end, but I can't resist remembering....

walking to the swimming pool everyday in the summer in nothing but a bathing suit with a towel slung over my neck -- never got a warning I'd be picked up by some 'pervert'.

The hot tar from the road sticking to my feet. My girlfriend and I stepped in it on purpose then cleaned it up later with turpentine. As long as we took care of it ourselves our parents didn't mind.

Then there were single speed bicycles with footbrakes. A really fancy bike back then was an English racer -- three whole speeds!

Riding on the back fender of my sister's bike. Do kids still do that? do bikes have back fenders? I still have a scar from when I stuck my ankle in the spokes.

Being allowed to spend all day at the beach without an adult. They trusted the lifeguards even though the ratio was two to hundreds! They trusted us, too, of course.

Nevertheless, an older 'bad' boy drowned when he insisted he could tame the big Atlantic in a hurricane.

The farmer chasing us out of his field with a waving rifle. Didn't stop us from coming back the next day.

....Anybody inspired to write novel, full of Elvis Presley and Johnny Mathis and watching the Kennedy Assasinaton on TV -- watching your mother cry all weekend?



Great posts!
Ahhh, I remember it well.
I got my big toe caught in the spokes and was in several accidents on the handle bars, still have the scars

Every summer at the shore, total freedom. I was really bad though so that may not have been so good, but still here, barely
We had it good. My teen nephew here in Fl. now loves going to the Jersey shore in the summer with my mom to stay with his cousins....

Damn! Your post brought a flood of great memories.

Where are you from?

I'm still upset over the ban of click clacks!
and having my skateboard confiscated in grade school!

Roadrunner
(Member)
04/18/07 07:22 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..






Wish the pics would have ashown on this one!!!!!!!!!!
DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN...?

All the girls had ugly gym uniforms?

It took five minutes for the TV warm up?

Nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got home from school?

Nobody owned a purebred dog?

When a quarter was a decent allowance?

You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny?

Your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces?

All your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had
their hair done every day and wore high heels?

You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time?
And you didn't pay for air? And, you got trading stamps to boot?

Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box?

It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner
at a real restaurant with your parents?

They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed. . and they did?

When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise,
peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady?

No one ever asked where the car keys were
because they were always in the car,
in the ignition, and the doors were never locked?

Lying on your back in the grass with your friends
and saying things like, "That cloud looks like a "

and playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game?

Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger?


And with all our progress, don't you just wish, just once,
you could slip back in time and savor the slower pace,
and share it with the children of today?


When being sent to the principal's office was nothing
compared to the fate that awaited the student at home?

Basically we were in fear for our lives,
but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc.
Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat!
But we survived because their love was greater than the threat.

Send this on to someone who can still remember
Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Laurel and Hardy,
Howdy Dowdy and the Peanut Gallery,
the Lone Ranger, The Shadow Knows,
Nellie Bell, Roy and Dale, Trigger and Buttermilk.

As well as summers filled with bike rides, baseball games,
Hula Hoops, bowling and visits to the pool,
and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar.
Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, "Yeah, I remember that"?

I am sharing this with you today
because it ended with a double dog dare to pass it on.
To remember what a double dog dare is, read on.
And remember that the perfect age is somewhere between
old enough to know better and too young to care.

How many of these do you remember?

Candy cigarettes

Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside
Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles

Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes

Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum

Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers

Newsreels before the movie

P.F. Fliers

Telephone numbers with a word prefix...(Raymond 4-601).
Party lines

Peashooters

Howdy Dowdy

45 RPM records

Green Stamps

Hi-Fi's

Metal ice cubes trays with levers

Mimeograph paper

Beanie and Cecil

Roller-skate keys

Cork pop guns

Drive ins

Studebakers

Washtub wringers

The Fuller Brush Man

Reel-To-Reel tape recorders

Tinkertoys

Erector Sets

The Fort Apache Play Set

Lincoln Logs

15 cent McDonald hamburgers

5 cent packs of baseball cards -
with that awful pink slab of bubble gum

Penny candy

35 cent a gallon gasoline

Jiffy Pop popcorn

Do you remember a time when...

Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-moe"?

Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "Do Over!"?

"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest?

Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening?

It wasn't odd to have two or three "Best Friends"?

The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was "cooties"?


Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot?


A foot of snow was a dream come true?

Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute commercials for action figures?


"Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense?
Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles?

The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team?
War was a card game?


Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle?
Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin?


Water balloons were the ultimate weapon?


If you can remember most or all of these, then you have lived!!!!!!!


Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from
their "grown-up" life . . .I double-dog-dare

Paul I
(Member)
04/19/07 12:13 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Jeez RR, I remember all but a couple of those and they may have been more regional things.

Which reminds me. Was in the grocery today looking over hot cereals
as I am tiring of oatmeal. To my mind came the name Instant Ralston.
Then Tom Mix. Couldn't find it. Is it still made? anybody know?

Great Post!

whiterabbit11
(Member)
06/02/07 12:59 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hey RR, Paul1, Lorrie,Dash, Rosebud, Mr. Soul and all vintage people.

Good to see all you guys again after 15 months. RR knows I made a couple appearances on pq.

But! Yesterday I noticed "just plain agings" founder, P1's, April,19 dusty old post, wiped off the cobwebs and remembered promising a picture of the old GTO, way back when. Didn't have a scanner in the hospitals.

Thrilled yet? Kinda like being invited to neighbors for steak dinner, but the price is neighbor breakin out the slides of 4 generations of neighbor's trip to Disneyland.

Gotta tell you though in Jan. 2006 I entered V.A. hospital lookin for help with scoliosis and shoulder pain. Now I'm healing the last 2 of 6 sores, I overcame osteomyelitis with 6 major surgeries beginning last Oct. 4th '06,, ending in March '07, 2 cases of pneumonia, MRSA. Life threatening drug overdoses, hallucinations and all.Misdiagnosed with cancer. Didn't leave me with much faith in American Health Care System.

So some Ludicrous, Em 'n Em groupies are diss'n the Beatles huh? We'll see who stands the test of time. Not only did us "vintage people" (that rings a bell) see, smell experience all the wonderful stuff in RR's post we brought in the 60's-Sputnik,
mutual annihalation Cuban missile cliffhanger, 10 years of Vietnam, Beatles, Dewap (sp?)Motown,man on the moon and "Muscle Cars" before the music died. So here's the american muscle car, No KiA's at my house.



Just don't pay any attention to the waterpainting and stuff. That was some kind of mistake I made, y'all know about those?

bring back the "Vintage People". WR

Paul I
(Member)
06/03/07 02:33 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Haul that GTO down to Barratt Jackson and then visit the bank. I like the Jeep Wagon in the background. Always wished I had one.
Glad to hear you survived the medical industry. It's more than scary. I often worry about what would happen if it wern't with it enough to monitor what was happening. Paul I

Lorrie
(Member)
06/04/07 10:16 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

So, WR, did you get any resolution to your scoliosis and shoulder problems?

Most doctors are just making guesses.

whiterabbit11
(Member)
06/05/07 08:51 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Thanks for asking Lorrie. Yeah I guess you can say the V.A. resolved it by taking a year to admit me and two months of screwing around and now it's too late. I did pick up 6 pressure sores, osteomyelitis and MRSA. Thanks to a plastic surgeon in Rapid City at least the sores are almost healed.

Roadrunner
(Member)
06/09/07 10:49 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Howdy......................sure is quiet around here! Guess us vintage folk are getting our zzzzzzzzz's.

Glad you're on the mend WR

Love the car pic (of course). Racking my brain trying to remember the makes, lol.

Here's some fun for everyone..................

http://tropicalglen.com/

Roadrunner
(Member)
06/09/07 11:05 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Another good EMail I got!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.

1956 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up
best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.

2006 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge
them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.

1956 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by Principal.
Sits still in class.

2006 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. School gets
extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his father's car and his Dad gives him a
whipping.

1956 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college,
and becomes a successful businessman.

2006 - Billy's Dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster
care and joins a gang. Billy's sister is told by state psychologist that she
remembers being abused herself and their Dad goes
to prison. Billy's mom has affair with psychologist.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Jack pulls into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack .

1956 - Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack's rifle, goes to
his car and gets his to show Jack.

2006 - School goes into lockdown, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and
never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized
students and teachers.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some headache medicine to
school.

1956 - Mark shares headache medicine with Principal out on the smoking
dock.

2006 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car
searched for drugs and weapons.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.

1956 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.


2006 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state democratic party. Newspaper
articlees appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a
requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit
against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from
core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a
living because he can't speak English.

+++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the 4th of July,
puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed .

1956 - Ants die.

2006 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic
terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers
confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed
to fly again.

+++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He
is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.

1956 - In a short time Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

2006 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job.
She faces 3 years in State Prison.


+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Which era makes the most sense????

AND HOW DO WE EVER CHANGE IT BACK???

whiterabbit11
(Member)
06/10/07 02:44 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Paul, the old jeeps weren't much for comfort but sure as hell took you where you shouldn't be. Had a '51 Willys cj-5 my dad and I usede for hunting, fishing-even if you got stuck it didn't take muchto push it out. 60 h.p. flathead 4 banger. Poppin out of 2nd gear when goin downhill was standard equipment along with vacuum drivers w/shield wiper that didn't work when accelerating and a cool manual passenger side wiper, very dependable.

RR-what a fantastic "pass it on" e-mail and so sad but so true.

Don't know how to turn it around. Should we ask Dr. Phil? WR

Paul I
(Member)
06/14/07 12:01 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Life Explained!

On the first day, God created the dog and said: "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years."

The dog said: "That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten? So God agreed.

On the second day, God created the monkey and said: "Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span."

The monkey said: "Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform How about I give you back ten like the Dog did?"

And God agreed.

On the third day, God created the cow and said: "You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years."

The cow said: "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?"

And God agreed again.

On the fourth day, God created man and said: "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years."

But man said: "Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?"

"Okay," said God, "You asked for it."

So that is why the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.
Life has now been explained to you.

push4me
(Member)
06/18/07 08:05 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hey wakey wakey......just joshin' ya....go on back to bed, we need our rest.
Great God WR, that's a nice blast from the past

Little GTO, you're really lookin' fine
Three deuces and a four-speed and a 389
Listen to her tachin' up now, listen to her why-ee-eye-ine
C'mon and turn it on, wind it up, blow it out GTO


Good rememberances there too RR. Ain't those too close to the truth.

PUSH

Roadrunner
(Member)
06/19/07 08:02 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hey Push, long time no see.............. Been wondering how you were................didn't think I had seen you 'round for a while.

Hope the world's been treating you good........we've missed you.

Paul I
(Member)
06/20/07 11:23 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Received my new issue of Hemmings Classic Cars. The monthly feature
is on Corvairs. Back in college days a classmate had a Corvair. Highly accessible for wheelchairs with the flat floor in the 2 door model. I am totally sick of the new cars with the consoles that go for ever, no bench seats and the distance to the front seat due to side impact frame changes. They suck. Talked a long time with a fellow from Braun about modified vehicles. Vans are the most desirable product these days but I just can't get into the price tag or all the mechanical devices involved. PI

dashing
(Member)
06/28/07 02:18 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

A friend from hs, our local cop car #208 kept watch on, ownwed a 60 something Corvair. It was great spinning in circles on snow covered parking lots. It had no windshield for a while. One summer day it started raining while we were at the beach. Many packed into that car. Of course #208 came down Shore Rd. in the opposite direction. We lit cigarettes, turned on the wipers then hoped we looked dry. It must have worked. We didn't get stopped.

I'm just amazed at all the people under 30 who are clueless hearing, "the rabbit died". dash

Roadrunner
(Member)
06/28/07 07:52 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Dashing
Quote:
I'm just amazed at all the people under 30 who are clueless hearing, "the rabbit died". dash


It doesn't carry all the "forbbiden" connotations, consequences, etc. that it did back then. Now they just come out and say it................like it's nothing.

dashing
(Member)
07/07/07 12:46 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Double beds and one person required to keep one foot on the floor in all old movies and TV shows.
One brand of Kotex (God forbid they be in a commercial) and kleenex therefore the common names.
The wise tale that you weren't a virgin if you used tampons.
Woman "powered" their noses to ensure there was never a health looking clean shine.
Old ladies rolled their hose or nylons down. Girdles or garter belts were worn to keep hose up.
In WWII women drew a line to pretend they were wearing hose or nylons in short supply.
Women never went to church or mostly anywhere w/out a hat.
No sleveless dresses in church therefore those little jackets on Easter dresses and wedding gowns.
There were no scented douches or sprays.
Remember the white cleaning product "Jublie?"
Girls would never be allowed to go to a prom or certain dances w/out a date. Only women of ill repute went to a bar w/ out a man.
A phone ot TV in a childs bedroom? Never!
Wait till your father gets home.
I couldn't wait to get my 1st penjouis(sp) or neglige(sp). Times changed and I missed out on that dream of little girls. I was born nude and came of age right out of pj's.
To be continued...dash

Paul I
(Member)
07/07/07 01:48 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

That's great Dash! Remember mixing the orange powder with lard to make fake butter? Glass milk bottles with cream on top?

I think you ladies had it much tougher as it was far more of a man's world back then. I remember my older sister telling me what girls did with tampons when I was about 12. I couldn't believe it!
Left me awestruck and all I could picture in my mind was that string. It being the midwest in the 40',50's, didn't have much else to picture. Playboy was yet to be created.

Waiting for your next installment. PI

dashing
(Member)
07/07/07 03:19 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Oh, the milkman. When real young we had a wood box, later upgraded to metal. When it froze and the cream came pushing up through the lid my Mom would make special hot chocolate w/ a dollop on top.
We were recyclig way before we realized.
I remember all those cloth baby diapers too. Not that nice when 4 of the younger siblings were a year apart.
Those glass baby bottles that had to be sterilized made life hard on the Mom's. dash

dashing
(Member)
07/10/07 05:18 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I remember each fall how impt we felt following Pop around when he "bled" the radiators to keep us warm. dash
I just remembered when a teen my girlfriend and I taking one of those glass baby bottles and filling it w/ a little bit of alcohol from my Pop's bar. We gagged that mixture down while walking through the woods to an older teens party. There was no need. Alcohol abounded. Our tipsy arrival only got enhanced. I think I was in 9th grade when the last baby was using those.

Paul I
(Member)
07/12/07 11:16 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Our milkman had a horse drawn wagon. Others used trucks but his
was in institution in the town. He could deliver 3 or 4 houses
and the horse and wagon would meet him down the way. Our eggman would would come in the kitchen, X all the old eggs with a pencil so we'ed use them up and add the new ones to the egg basket.
Man I'm old!

Roadrunner
(Member)
07/17/07 04:44 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..



1967 vs 2007


Only to those whose level of maturity qualifies them to relate to it...


1967: Long hair

2007: Longing for hair


1967: KEG

2007: EKG


1967: Acid rock

2007: Acid reflux


1967: Moving to California because it's cool

2007: Moving to Arizona because it's warm


1967: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
2007: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor

1967: Seeds and stems
2007: Roughage

1967: Hoping for a BMW
2007: Hoping for a BM


1967: Going to a new, hip joint
2007: Receiving a new hip joint

1967: Rolling Stones
2007: Kidney Stones

1967: Being called into the principal's office
2007: Calling the principal's office

1967: Disco
2007: Costco

1967: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
2007: Children begging you to get their heads shaved

1967: Passing the drivers' test
2007: Passing the vision test

1967: Whatever
2007: Depends

Just in case you weren't feeling too old
today, this will certainly change things..

The people who are starting college this
fall across the nation were born in 1987.

They are too young to remember the first
space shuttle blowing up on liftoff.

Their lifetime has always included AIDS
.
Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.


The CD was introduced the year they were born.

They have always had an answering machine.

They have always had cable.

They cannot fathom not having a remote control.

Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.

Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.

They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.

They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.

They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.

They never heard: "Where's the Beef?";
"I'd walk a mile for a Camel" or "de plane, Boss, de plane"

They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.

McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.

They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

Do you feel old yet? Pass this on to the
other oldies on your list. Notice the larger
type, that's for those of
you who have trouble reading...

Garyis
(Junior Member)
08/03/07 07:38 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Okay, I'm new here... my first post is on the subject of aging; ageing in the chair is something else indeed. I tell you young ones; it is something that you have no idea about, trust me. Get in physical and mental shape NOW (B-4 age 40 at least)

I'll get back in here with what I hope R words of aging in the chair wisdom, if not, then you can give me advice tips ideas and anything that helps me age gracefully.

Garyis

Garyis
(Junior Member)
08/05/07 02:26 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

About aging in da chair? Yes Ido recall al these things of the psat long ago way far away past thingat tha tby wha tya all are saying I ca nguess that yer all over 50? 46? 60 even?

Cool to look baxk and see how things have changes including oneself troo!
BUt, aging in the chair today is the subject Ithought?

How do you cope with some of these hard to do things when you ger weak and can't do a lot..

Lets get a flow of things that are gtting harder to do as we age.

Lets speak of the uhspeakable, getting old in thc hair.

I'll be back with something that I know ro be important as I age and how to deal or not deal with it.

Take care all you dudes and Dudesses

Garyis getting older, maturing, aging as we speak, maybe trying to find a suitable partner or not looking at all and how hard this is and how to d oit anyway? If you want that is.

Everybody needs somebody!

Garyis doing his best.

Ben T
(Member)
08/07/07 05:15 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

What a great thread~!1 I only read the last page, but Im going to start at page 1 tomorrow. I laughed and laughed at dashings post. All true.

dashing
(Member)
08/09/07 03:08 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Which? The rabbit died? dash

Lorrie
(Member)
08/15/07 03:27 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Originally Posted By: Paul I
Our milkman had a horse drawn wagon. Others used trucks but his
was in institution in the town. He could deliver 3 or 4 houses
and the horse and wagon would meet him down the way. Our eggman would would come in the kitchen, X all the old eggs with a pencil so we'ed use them up and add the new ones to the egg basket.
Man I'm old!

I wonder if your milkman was my dad?

Paul I
(Member)
08/17/07 11:41 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

If his name was Chet Lane then he was.

wr11
(Junior Member)
08/22/07 11:49 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Originally Posted By: dashing
Which? The rabbit died? dash
wr

Paul I
(Member)
08/29/07 12:01 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..



1. When did "Little Suzie" finally wake up?
a) The movie's over, it's 2 o'clock
b) The movie's over, it's 3 o'clock
c) The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock

2. "Rock Around The Clock" was used in what movie?
a) Rebel Without A Cause
b) Blackboard Jungle
c) The Wild Ones

3. What's missing?_____Baby, Earth_____, _____On My Shoulder
a) Angel
b) Head

4. "I found my thrill..." where?
a) Kansas City
b) Heartbreak Hotel
c) Blueberry Hill

5. "Please turn on your magic beam, _____ _____ bring me a dream"
a) Mr Sandman
b) Earth Angel
c) Dream Lover

6. For which label did Elvis Presley first record?
a) Chancellor
b) RCA
c) Sun

7. He asked, "Why's everybody always pickin' on me?" Who was he?
a) Bad Bad Leroy Brown
b) Charlie Brown
c) Buster Brown

8. Bobby Darin's "Mack The Knife", the one with the knife, was named:
a) MacHeath
b) MacCloud
c) MacNamara

9. Name the song with "A-wop bop a-loo bop a-lop bam boom"?
a) Good Golly Miss Molly
b) Be-Bo p-A-Lula
c) Tutti Fruitti

10. Who is generally given credit for the term "Rock And Roll"?
a) Dick Clark
b) Wolfman Jack
c) Alan Freed

11. In 1957, he left the music business to become a preacher.
a) Little Richard
b) Frankie Lymon
c) Tony Orlando

12. Paul Anka's "Puppy Love" is written to what star?
a) Brenda Lee
b) Connie Francis
c) Annette Funicello

13. The Everly Brothers are...
a) Pete and Dick
b) Don and Phil
c) Bob and Bill

14. The Big Bopper's real name was:
a) Jiles P. Richardson
b) Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
c) Marion Michael Morrison

15. In 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. started a small record company called...
a) Decca
b) Cameo
c) Motown

16. Edd Brynes had a hit with "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb.".What TV show was he on?
a) 77 Sunset Strip
b) Hawaiian Eye
c) Surfside Six

17. In 1960 Bobby Darin married:
a) Carol Lynley
b) Sandra Dee
c) Natalie Wood

18. They were a one hit wonder with "Book Of Love."
a) The Penguins
b) The Monotones
c) The Moonglows

wr11
(Junior Member)
08/31/07 02:42 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..



1. When did "Little Suzie" finally wake up?
a) The movie's over, it's 2 o'clock
b) The movie's over, it's 3 o'clock
c) The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock-X--

2. "Rock Around The Clock" was used in what movie?
a) Rebel Without A Cause_X_
b) Blackboard Jungle
c) The Wild Ones

3. What's missing?_____Baby, Earth_____, _____On My Shoulder
a) AngelX--
b) Head--x

4. "I found my thrill..." where?
a) Kansas City
b) Heartbreak Hotel
c) Blueberry HillX_

5. "Please turn on your magic beam, _____ _____ bring me a dream"
a) Mr Sandmanx_
b) Earth Angel
c) Dream Lover

6. For which label did Elvis Presley first record?
a) Chancellor
b) RCA
c) SunX_

7. He asked, "Why's everybody always pickin' on me?" Who was he?
a) Bad Bad Leroy Brown
b) Charlie Brown_X
c) Buster Brown

8. Bobby Darin's "Mack The Knife", the one with the knife, was named:
a) MacHeath_X
b) MacCloud
c) MacNamara

9. Name the song with "A-wop bop a-loo bop a-lop bam boom"?
a) Good Golly Miss Molly
b) Be-Bo p-A-Lula
c) Tutti Fruitti-X


-

10. Who is generally given credit for the term "Rock And Roll"?
a) Dick Clark
b) Wolfman Jack
c) Alan Freed--X

11. In 1957, he left the music business to become a preacher.
a) Little Richard_X
b) Frankie Lymon
c) Tony Orlando

12. Paul Anka's "Puppy Love" is written to what star?
a) Brenda Lee
b) Connie Francis
c) Annette FunicelloX

13. The Everly Brothers are...
a) Pete and Dick
b) Don and Phil--X
c) Bob and Bill
_
14. The Big Bopper's real name was:
a) Jiles P. Richardson
b) Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
c) Marion Michael Morrison--X

15. In 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. started a small record company called...
a) Decca
b) Cameo
c) MotownX

16. Edd Brynes had a hit with"Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb.".What TV show was he on?
a) 77 Sunset Strip---X
b) Hawaiian Eye
c) Surfside Six

17. In 1960 Bobby Darin married:
a) Carol Lynley
b) Sandra DeeX__
c) Natalie Wood

18. They were a one hit wonder with "Book Of Love."
a) The Penguins
b) The Monotones
c) The Moonglows -X-

Edited by Paul I (08/29/07 02:01 PM)

Wabi
(Member)
08/31/07 02:50 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

The last one's wrong. It was the Monotones.

And I think #2 might be Blackboard Jungle, and #14 Jiles Richardson. Marion Morrison was John Wayne's real name.

Roadrunner
(Member)
08/31/07 10:39 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Originally Posted By: Wabi
The last one's wrong. It was the Monotones.

And I think #2 might be Blackboard Jungle, and #14 Jiles Richardson. Marion Morrison was John Wayne's real name.


I agree! The sky is falling..........I agree with WABI!

Paul I
(Member)
09/01/07 09:57 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Me too. Maybe there is something to exposure to radiation after all. Wabi, you should form a rock band- Neutron and the Radiants.

Wabi
(Member)
09/01/07 11:05 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I did have one... a street corner group, anyway, in 1961. And half of its name came from the Monotones.

wr11
(Junior Member)
09/01/07 10:29 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I knew all those answers. Just seein if anyone would catch it.

Roadrunner
(Member)
09/01/07 11:40 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Originally Posted By: wr11
I knew all those answers. Just seein if anyone would catch it.



WR!!!!!!!!!!! You're up late! Are we having a PJ Party?



wr11
(Junior Member)
09/02/07 12:13 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

No party rr. Insomnia. Why are you still up?WR

Paul I
(Member)
09/06/07 03:07 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I posted this over on PQ I wonder what you'all think.

Someone once said that the United States is a country for the young and strong. I'd say that's about right. Being disabled over 30 years go I was young and strong. You could make things work accessible or not. I'd put on long leg braces and climb on a Greyhound bus. Now I'm old and weak so it's different. So now the young and strong have to pay for the old and weak. Time is the great equalizer in the US. Europe is way ahead of us in the relative positions of the young and strong/old and weak. But it's changing as the youth become busier and more self-involved. Interesting times we live in.

dashing
(Member)
09/13/07 09:13 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

i was injured 37yrs ago. don't try revolving doors, though schooching a hotel room chair across the bathroom will get you to the intended fixture. dash

Roadrunner
(Member)
09/14/07 08:08 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..





If you remember the Original Hollywood Squares and its comics. These questions and answers are from the days when " Hollywood Squares";game show responses were spontaneous, not scripted, as they are now.


Peter Marshall was the host asking the questions.

Q. Do female frogs croak?
A. Paul Lynde : If you hold their little heads under water long enough.


Q. If you're going to make a parachute jump, at least how high should you be?
A. Charley Weaver (aka Clifford Arquette ): Three days of steady drinking should do it.


Q. True or False, a pea can last as long as 5,000 years.
A. George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.


Q. You've been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a man or a woman?
A. Don Knotts: That's what's been keeping me awake.


Q. According to Cosmopolitan, if you meet a stranger at a party and you think that he is attractive, is it okay to come out and ask him if he's married?
A. Rose Marie: No; wait until morning.


Q. Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older?
A. Charley Weaver : My sense of decency.

Q. In Hawaiian, does it take more than three words to say "I Love You"?
A. Vincent Price : No, you can say it with a pineapple and a twenty.


Q. What are "Do It," "I Can Help," and "I Can't Get Enough"?
A. George Gobel: I don't know, but it's coming from the next apartment.

Q. As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with your hands while talking?
A. Rose Marie : You ask me one more growing old question Peter, and I'll give you a gesture you'll never forget.

Q. Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather?
A. Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.

Q. Charley, you've just decided to grow strawberries. Are you going to get any during the first year?
A. Charley Weaver: Of course not, I'm too busy growing strawberries.

Q. In bowling, what's a perfect score?
A. Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy.

Q. It is considered in bad taste to discuss two subjects at nudist camps. One is politics, what is the other?
A. Paul Lynde: Tape measures.

Q. During a tornado, are you safer in the bedroom or in the closet?
A. Rose Marie : Unfortunately Peter, I'm always safe in the bedroom.

Q. Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls?
A. Marty Allen : Only after lights out.


Q. When you pat a dog on its head he will wag his tail. What will a goose do?
A. Paul Lynde : Make him bark?

Q. If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to?
A. Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark.

Q. According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people?
A. Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army.

Q. It is the most abused and neglected part of your body, what is it?
A. Paul Lynde : Mine may be abused, but it certainly isn't neglected.

Q. Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his head, what was he trying to do?
A. George Gobel: Get it in his mouth.

Q. Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant?
A. Paul Lynde : Who told you about my elephant?

Q. When a couple have a baby, who is responsible for its sex?
A. Charley Weaver : I'll lend him the car, the rest is up to him.

Q. Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they?
A. Charley Weaver : His feet.

Q. According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed?
A. Paul Lynde : Point and laugh.

Paul I
(Member)
09/15/07 07:09 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

That was funny. I think the fake prudishness of the 50s and 60s made humor a lot easier. I'd like to see a today's teenager react to these and see if it was funny to them.

Paul I
(Member)
09/15/07 07:10 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

OK farm folks and old vehicle junkies, check out this link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/automo...=autosmainheadB

flicka
(Member)
09/15/07 04:33 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Originally Posted By: Paul I
OK farm folks and old vehicle junkies, check out this link:

Thanks, Paul! Bill almost passed out in excitement. Very cool!

wr11
(Junior Member)
09/18/07 01:58 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Originally Posted By: flicka
Originally Posted By: Paul I
OK farm folks and old vehicle junkies, check out this link:

Thanks, Paul! Bill almost passed out in excitement. Very cool!


Thanks from me too Paul. The black '62 Chev Impala SS is just like the '62 409 Chev I had. It was white when I bought it. Had it painted black
after about a year.

I'd give anything to have it now. I spent every dime of Army pay I made replacing clutches, trannys, u-joints and all putting it back together after going to the Sunday drag races when I was in Fort Hood Texas. About ever small Texas town had drag races you could enter on Sundays.

What a memory.

wr

Nona
(Member)
09/18/07 06:40 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

After reading the Hollywood Squares quotes above thought I'd mention:
Brett Somers (sp) of Match Game Fame died today at age 83.
The boys on the radio said, "I don't even remember him"
Brett was a lady.

Paul I
(Member)
11/08/07 10:48 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

The great disappointments in life- I came to realize today that I had failed to even make the finalists in the AARP beauty contest of faces of senior citizens. Time for that nose job and skin tightening I've been anticipating. Move over Burt Reynolds. (seen him lately? He looks like if he smiles his entire face will split open)

Then comes the real kicker- Medicare. Got my official card in the mail. Ordered a new W/C just before the card came so I could get it on BC/BS. So my priviliged days of picking my own physician are over. I'm now in with the poor, the lonely, the huddled masses.

So now I wake up angry. Angry at our government. Angry at Urocare for changing a product and angry at getting to that stage in life where one is respected for longevity, tolerated for the
failures of aging and generally not taken real seriously. Maybe Warren Buffet will adopt me. Then things will change!

Paul I
(Member)
05/16/08 11:42 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Tonight, PBS, The Statler Bros. What a great program.
"Remember Them"- the song about Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Johnny Mack Brown, Durango Kid, Lash Laru, Smiley Burnett, Randolf Scott and all the rest- "The Great Pretender, Flowers on the Wall and so many greats. Made my evening; bound to be repeated.

AzGary
(Member)
05/24/08 08:35 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Yesterday is dead and gone. Those that learn from the past, rather than living in the past will succeed in the future.

Becoming chained by the past is common in the those that have had "life changing moments". Don't let what you were/did/had in any way interfere with what you can "learn" to do, "if" you please.

The day you stop learning, you immediately limit everything possible.

I am overjoyed awaking today, will have a good time, tomorrow will be better yet, "if" I let it...

The future is now, simply be an optimist, it ALWAYS leads to self full filling prophecy!

We all know what a pessimist leads too...

It's you choice, how much will you learn before you think it's too hard to learn more?

Paul I
(Member)
05/25/08 06:57 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

The past is an important part of my life. Enjoying the memories,
talking about the old days like on this thread does not mean one is living in the past by any means. It is entirely possible to find pleasure in past experiences and events and carry them into the present and future. If I had a stagnant life or dwelt excessively on the past I might worry about it. We all realize that everyone's past also contained huge mistakes, misjudgements, etc. That's life.

Roadrunner
(Member)
05/25/08 08:47 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Paul 1
Quote:
We all realize that everyone's past also contained huge mistakes, misjudgements, etc.


...............and sadly as a culture we do not look to elders for that wisdom. It is only in our old age that we begin to understand what our elders were trying to tell us.

George Santayana: "Those who do not learn from the past are condemned to repeat it."

AzGary
(Member)
05/27/08 10:07 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I'd trade all my yesterdays for a today or even a tomorrow...

Paul I
(Member)
06/16/08 05:01 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Ah, but Gary, the beauty of it is that you don't have to make that trade. Incidentally, you anywhere near Mesa?

dashing
(Member)
07/07/08 11:48 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

glad to see us all up and active. so what if it is reminising. again, glad to be back, dash

Lola
(Member)
07/08/08 10:10 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

how nice to see you posting again, donna
hope you're recovering nicely!

Paul I
(Member)
07/23/08 12:46 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

OK, I'm not sure if this is an aging issue or just my issue but I thought I'd post for your entertainment my latest project, building a table.


So I'm building this table for the kitchen which will be entered in the Guiness Book of World Records for the greatest number of construction errors in one piece of furniture. Planning was comprehensive right down to totaling all the dimensions of the elements from top to caster to give an exact height. Top angles were predetermined by protractor to the nearest whole degree (it's a parallelogram). Exhaustive plans and sketches with technically correct drafting protocols, etc. were created.

Glued two pieces of 5/8 plywood (that's 3/4 in trade jargon- or was it 9/16 or 19/32?)) together for the top- strength for the tile. Cut them to dimension. Only took 12 cuts to get it right (as table gets smaller) Cut and mounted legs with glue, screws, etc. Squared all with combination square. Next day- removed legs, mounted again for squareness. Later that day- mounted again for squareness (glue is getting thick) Glued on the little blocks like the real furniture makers do - you know, the ones with the 45 degree angle you see inside a cabinet?
Used Liquid Nails on those to sort of fill the mistakes. Next day- removed the crooked legs and re-glued and mounted them. Liquid nails still wet. Won't buy it again. This time they are really true! Cut new little blocks as too lazy to sand off the glue. Glued them with EPOXY! 5 minutes and they are doing their thing! Well, now that the legs are straight there is a little gap at the top between the leg and the top (outside mounted) Let's hear it for epoxy!
Ran it down the gap; filled the gap and glued the leg all at once. Things are looking up. Table now upright and it's 75% level- not bad as only one leg doesn't reach the floor. Board stretcher time. Hey the top edge trim and leg ends are not the same height. Easy solution- off to Sears for a turbo belt sander with a 60 grit belt and overdrive. This should be fun. I only have to remove 1/4 in of oak in a few places. I can take the sawdust, mix it with epoxy and add it to the other end of the leg it came off of. Silver lining time- never owned a belt sander- always wanted one. I know Norm Abrams doesn't need one (Yankee Workshop) because everything he does fits but not too many Yankees in Mesa (in the summer).

So this table is now a masterpiece of damage control, epoxy and wood filler. It's awaiting rough and finish sanding, stain, varnish and tile.

But a masterpiece is a masterpiece if one is lacking the specifics of what it is so, is it not?

Epilogue: I finished this table for the first time about 4 weeks ago. It was a rush completion as it was needed for an event. Yesterday I finished it for the second time. I had to remove the wood trim, re-cut three tiles that were crooked, cut new trim to be slightly higher than the tiles that were slightly out of level and re-grout the new stuff. It's done! I think.

Bruce, of Maui- bring your chair down here. I'll strip it and spray paint it for you. Oh, come twice so I can redo it after it's done.

ævory
(Member)
07/26/08 05:47 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Originally Posted By: Paul I


But a masterpiece is a masterpiece if one is lacking the specifics of what it is so, is it not?

Epilogue: I finished this table for the first time about 4 weeks ago. It was a rush completion as it was needed for an event. Yesterday I finished it for the second time. I had to remove the wood trim, re-cut three tiles that were crooked, cut new trim to be slightly higher than the tiles that were slightly out of level and re-grout the new stuff. It's done! I think.

Bruce, of Maui- bring your chair down here. I'll strip it and spray paint it for you. Oh, come twice so I can redo it after it's done.


An offer Bruce shouldn't pass up, Paul. LMBO....good job, too. And absolutely, a masterpiece is a masterpiece. I put two paintings unfinished on the wall for months. One is close to a year up and the other day I took a really Very wide new brush to it and covered it completely in two shades of blue. I could see thru the painting and turned it upside down. Began again to recreate some of what I had before and left behind what I didn't like. It is even more of a masterpiece than the first time I painted it. LOL I'm proud of it! Must have gotten pretty darn hot in the garage making that table...hope you had a hefty fan-job working for you. Funny post!

Paul I
(Member)
07/28/08 11:09 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I'm glad someone shares my ability to look at one's own creations with such a positive perspective! (even if others may not?) Such is the pleasure of subjectivity.

Aevory, I have one of those fans with the misters built into the front. Plug it in and hook up the hose and a cool, soothing mist envelopes you. And dampens everything in sight and puts a fine, hard water film on my car, also in the garage and since the relative humidity is now around 45% doesn't cool all that much. Someday I'll have an airconditioned playroom but for now this will have to do. It's 95 to 100 in the garage. Life goes on.

Paul I
(Member)
08/04/08 12:25 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

OK< I got 95. Roadrunner?


*_MEMORY TEST! _*

*This is NOT a pushover test. There are 20 questions. Average score is 12. It will help if you are over 50! This one will be difficult for
the younger set. Have fun, but no peeking! When you forward this to your friends/family, put your score in the subject line & let them know your score. *

*Good luck, youngsters.
*
_
_ *_1. What builds strong bodies 12 ways?
_* _
_ *_A_**. Flintstones vitamins
* *B. The Buttmaster
* *C. Spaghetti
* *D. Wonder Bread
* *E. Orange Juice
* *F. Milk
* *G. Cod Liver Oil
* _
_ *_2. Before he was Muhammed Ali, he was...
_* _
_ *A. Sugar Ray Robinson
* *B. Roy Orbison
* *C. Gene Autry
* *D. Rudolph Valentino
* *E. Fabian
* *F. Mickey Mantle
* *G. Cassius Clay
*
*_3. Pogo, the comic strip character said, 'We have met the enemy and...
_* _
_ *A. It's you
* *B. He is us
* *C. It's the Grinch
* *D. He wasn't home
* *E. He's really me an
* *F. We quit
* *G. He surrendered
* _
_ *_4. Good night David.
_* _
_ *A. Good nigh Chet
* *B. Sleep well
* *C. Good night Irene
* *D. Good night Gracie
* *E. See you later alligator
* *F. Until tomorrow
* *G. Good night Steve
* _
_ *_5. You'll wonder where the yellow went...
_*
*A. When you use Tide
* *B. When you lose your crayons
* *C. When you clean your tub
* *D. If you paint the room blue
* *E. If you buy a soft water tank
* *F. When you use Lady Clairol
* *G. When you brush your teeth with Pepsodent
*
*6_. Before he was the Skipper's Little Buddy, Bob Denver was Dobie's
friend...
_*
*A. Stuart Whitman
* *B. Randolph Scott
* *C. Steve Reeves
* *D. Maynard G. Krebbs
* *E. Corky B. Dork
* *F. Dave the Whale
* *G. Zippy Zoo
*
*_7. Liar, liar...
_*
*A. You're a liar
* *B. Your nose is growing
* *C. Pants on fire
* *D. Join the choir
* *E. Jump up higher
* *F. On the wire
* *G. I'm telling Mom
*
*8. _Meanwhile, back in Metropolis, Superman fights a never ending battle for truth, justice and...
_*
*A. Wheaties
* *B. LoisLane**
* *C. TV ratings
* *D. World peace
* *E. Red tights
* *F. The American way
* *G. News headlines
*
*9_. Hey kids! What time is it?
_*
*A. It's time for Yogi Bear
* *B. It's time to do your homework
* *C. It's Howdy Doody Time
* *D. It's Time for Romper Room
* *E. It's bedtime
* *F. The Mighty Mouse Hour
* *G. Scoopy Doo Time
*
*_10. Lions and tigers and bears...
_*
*A. Yikes
* *B. Oh no
* *C. Gee whiz
* *D. I'm scared
* *E. Oh my
* *F. Help! Help!
* *G. Let's run
*
*_11. Berkeley free-speech activist Jack Weinberg advised us never to
trust anyone...
_* _
_ *A. Over 40
* *B. Wearing a uniform
* *C. Carrying a briefcase
* *D. Over 30
* *E. You don't know
* *F. Who says, 'Trust me'
* *G. Who eats tofu
*
*12. _NFL quarterback who appeared in a television commercial wearing women's stockings...
_* _
_ *A. Troy Aikman
* *B. Kenny Stabler
* *C. Joe Namath
* *D. Roger Stauback
* *E. Joe Montana
* *F. Steve Young
* *G. John Elway
*
*_13. Brylcream...
_*
*A. Smear it on
* *B. You'll smell great
* *C. Tame that cowlick
* *D. Grease ball heaven
* *E. It's a dream
* *F. We're your team
* *G. A little dab'll do ya
*
*_14. I found my thrill...
_*
*A. In Blueberry muffins
* *B. With my man, Bill
* *C. Down at the mill
* *D. Over the windowsill
* *E. With thyme and dill
* *F. Too late to enjoy
* *G. On Blueberry Hill
*
*_15. Before Robin Williams, Peter Pan was played by...
_*
*A. Clark Gable
* *B. Mary Martin
* *C. Doris Day
* *D. Errol Flynn
* *E. Sally Fields
* *F. Jim Carey
* *G. Jay Leno
*
*_16. Name the Beatles...
_*
*A. John, Steve , George, Ringo
* *B. John, Paul, George, Roscoe
* *C. John, Paul, Stacey, Ringo
* *D. Jay, Paul, George, Ringo
* *E. Lewis, Peter, George, Ringo
* *F. Jason, Betty, Skipper, Hazel
* *G. John, Paul, George, Ringo
*
*_17. I wonder, wonder, who..
_*

*A. Who ate the leftovers?
* *B. Who did the laundry?
* *C. Was it you?
* *D. Who wrote the book of love?
* *E. Who I am?
* *F. Passed the test?
* *G. Knocked on the door?
*
*_18. I'm strong to the finish...
_*
*A. Cause I eats my broccoli
* *B. Cause I eats me spinach
* *C. Cause I lift weights
* *D. Cause I'm the hero
* *E. And don't you forget it
* *F. Cause Olive Oyl loves me
* *G. To outlast Bruto
*
*_19. When it's least expected, you're elected, you're the star today...
_* _
_ *A. Smile, you're on Candid Camera
* *B.Smile, you're on Star Search
* *C. Smile, you won the lottery
* *D. Smile, we're watching you
* *E. Smile, the world sees you
* *F. Smile, you're a hit
* *G. Smile, you're on TV
*
*_20. What do M & M's do?
_*
*A. Make your tummy happy
* *B. Melt in your mouth, not in your pocket
* *C. Make you fat
* *D. Melt your heart
* *E. Make you popular
* *F. Melt in your mouth, not in your hand
* *G. Come in colors
*




*_Below are the right answers: _*



*1. D - Wonder Bread
**2. G - Cassius Clay
3. B - He Is Us
4. A - Good night, Chet
5. G - When you brush your teeth with Pepsodent
6. D - Maynard G. Krebbs
7. C - Pants On Fire
8. F - The American Way
9. C - It's Howdy Doody Time
10. E - Oh My
11. D - Over 30
12. C - Joe Namath
13. G - A little dab'll do ya
14. G - On Blueberry Hill
15. B - Mary Martin
. G - John, Paul, George, Ringo
17. D - Who wrote the book of Love
18. B - Cause I eats me spinach
19. A - Smile, you're on Candid Camera
20. F - Melt In Your Mouth Not In Your Hand

Wabisan Kenobe
(Member)
08/04/08 12:30 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

19 out of 20. (A couple were good guesses.)

flicka
(Member)
08/04/08 12:42 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Originally Posted By: Paul I
15. B - Mary Martin

The was the only one I had to read through the choices on. The others I knew without thinking. 100%. Sad, huh?

Wabisan Kenobe
(Member)
08/04/08 12:47 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

When it came to the Dobie Gillis question, Thalia Menniger popped into my head first.

Paul I
(Member)
03/15/09 01:23 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..




Editor's note: CNN contributor Bob Greene is a best-selling author whose current book is "When We Get to Surf City: A Journey Through America in Pursuit of Rock and Roll, Friendship, and Dreams."
Bob Greene says oldest Americans don't deserve the anxiety they feel about the economy.



(CNN) -- As the country frets about extricating itself from the financial mess, there is one group of Americans to whom the rest of us owe the most sincere words of apology.

That group consists of the oldest of our fellow citizens -- the men and women who went through the Great Depression when they were young, who fought and endured World War II when they were just a little older, and who had hoped for a sense of peace and tranquility in their final years on this earth.

They don't deserve what they are going through. You hear it again and again from money experts: Take the long view of the economy. If you don't need cash from your stock market accounts in the next five to 10 years, leave it in there. Time will heal our current woes -- the economy, even when it's in tatters, runs in cycles. Just wait it out and be patient. Especially young people -- fiscal stability will arrive again in your lifetime. You'll see.
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* In Depth: Commentaries

Nice words. Yet they leave out that one group of people -- the people who have a right to be terrified when they are told the economy will only be brutal in the short term. They leave out the people to whom the short term is all they have: our parents. Our grandparents. The men and women who never should have had to worry about their personal security again.

It's never wise to generalize, yet it is safe to say that, as a group, the men and women who endured the Depression and World War II played it straight when it came to putting their trust in financial institutions. They didn't try to game the system; they didn't believe in esoteric money schemes. As a group, they were cautious, because the two defining national events of their lives taught them that you can never really count on anything. They watched their own parents suffer during the Depression, they went overseas for years on end when our nation asked them to save the world, and when they came home, to the prosperity of the Eisenhower years, they crossed their fingers and hoped the good times were not an illusion.

The mistakes and tricks and reckless gambles of the supposedly sophisticated masters of Wall Street have wounded these men and women, many of whom, before the last year, had never even heard the names of the men who ran the biggest investment banks and brokerage firms. Which is why what those oldest Americans are going through is so unfair. Once more, in a lifetime that has been filled with sacrifices, they are having to pay the terrible price for decisions in which they had no say.

For a while, after Tom Brokaw's "The Greatest Generation" focused belated attention on the quietly heroic lives of our parents and grandparents, it finally seemed that the oldest Americans were being allowed to take a victory lap. One of the points Brokaw made was that, for all the pain those men and women lived through, they seldom complained. They just soldiered on.

That appeared to be the elegiac theme of their final chapter: a warm acknowledgment by us, to whom they gave a better world, that we understood and honored their steadfastness -- that we appreciated and were moved by the uncomplaining way they had made it through their hardest years.

We didn't realize that they would be asked to do it again, in 2009 -- we didn't realize that our parents and grandparents, the vestiges of their retirement income suddenly diminished and threatened, would be asked once more to stoically accept hardships they had done nothing to bring upon themselves.

Think of the disdain they must feel for the Wall Street titans who have hurt them. When they hear about a brokerage executive who spends $1,400 on a wastebasket, their first thought undoubtedly is not that the man has taken advantage of his shareholders, or of the federal government. Their first thought -- remember, these men and women were children of the Depression -- is that the man must be a fool, a complete and utter sucker, to pay someone $1,400 for such an item. If you grew up having nothing, your contempt for such an idiotic expenditure is just about absolute. And you wonder about a society in which a person who would spend money that way is expected to prudently handle the money of others.

All that the oldest Americans asked for, in their final years, is a sense of safety, of stability. Twice in the nation's history, they knew what it was like to go to sleep night after night with their stomachs knotted in fear. What we as a country owed them was nights, at the end, when they never again had to feel that dread in the darkness.

Now they are feeling it, and there is nothing that we -- their sons and daughters, their grandsons and granddaughters -- can do to convince them that their fear in the night is groundless. What they are being forced to go through now is -- in the most elemental sense of this word -- a shame. I hope they know how sorry we are.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Bob Greene.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/15/greene.generation/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

Paul I
(Member)
04/02/09 03:39 PM
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Old Timers Sex


This is too funny to be dirty - enjoy!

The husband leans over and asks his wife,

'Do you remember the first time we had sex together over fifty years ago?

We went behind the village tavern where you leaned against the back fence and I made love to you.'

'Yes', she says, 'I remember it well.'

'OK,' he says, 'How about taking a stroll around there again and we can do it for old time's sake?'

'Oh Jim, you old devil, that sounds like a crazy, but good idea!'



A police officer sitting in the next booth heard their conversation and, having a chuckle to himself, he thinks tohimself, I've got to see these two old-timers having sex against a fence.

'll just keep an eye on them so there's no trouble.

So he follows them.


The elderly couple walks haltingly along, leaning on each other for support aided by walking sticks..

Finally, they get to the back of the tavern and make their way to the fence..

The old lady lifts her skirt and the old man drops his trousers.

As she leans against the fence, the old man moves in..


Then suddenly they erupt into the most furious sex that the policeman has ever seen.

This goes on for about ten minutes while both are making loud noises and moaning and screaming.


Finally, they both collapse, panting on the ground.


The policeman is amazed.

He thinks he has learned something about life and old age that he didn't know.

After about half an hour of lying on the ground recovering, the old couple struggles to their feet and puts their clothes back on.

The policeman, is still watching and thinks to himself, this is truly amazing, I've got to ask them what their secret is.

So, as the couple passes, he says to them,

'Excuse me, but that was something else.

You must've had a fantastic sex life together..

Is there some sort of secret to this?'


Shaking, the old man is barely able to reply,

'Fifty years ago that wasn't an electric fence

Lola
(Member)
04/06/09 12:52 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

lmao!

Stormi
(Member)
04/06/09 03:54 PM
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LMAO!!! =)

Paul I
(Member)
04/14/09 05:33 PM
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This thread begun in 2005 finally comes full circle in at least one respect: http://www.marycoyle.net/ (read the first post)

The ONLY place in Arizona, according to word on the street, that has Maple Walnut Ice Cream and people come from great distances to
get it. I feel vindicated! Rosebud, if you're still around, it finally happened.

shakey56
(Member)
04/18/09 11:48 PM
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Does it taste as good as you remembered?

Paul I
(Member)
04/19/09 11:38 AM
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Better! It's true homemade ice cream that actually melts instead of forming a nondescript, sticky, amorphous pile.

dashingd
(Member)
05/03/09 02:18 PM
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When I was a kid a long, long, time ago my Mom's favorite was maple walnut. Mine was mint chocolate chip.
May be this thread can bring back some good memories. I have been missing old friends and avoiding message bds a bit. Still creaking along, albiet it more slowly, dash

Paul I
(Member)
05/04/09 12:51 PM
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Great to have you back on this thread. I've enjoyed reading back over parts of it periodically and see quite a few "dashing" posts.

dashingd
(Member)
05/06/09 01:34 PM
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Thanks. Remember S&H green stamps? Seems Pop would get a charcoal grill, golf clubs or something. Big sis and I would be so disapointed. We'd study that catalog and choose some girly thing; pre blow hair dryers our own salon type or dust ruffles and bed spreads for our canopy beds...

rosebud
(Member)
05/27/09 09:40 PM
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I'm back! Hi Paul and other "older" kids. YAHOO! So glad you can finally get maple walnut ice cream out there. Last month, a delicious dish of "maple walnut" cost me $250, when I chomped down on a piece of walnut shell and cracked a tooth. I'm now leary about eating my most favorite flavor. Will celebrate my 66th birthday with fresh strawberry ice cream this year! It's pretty darn good, too. Ooh, I had a dish of dark fudge ice cream with a little rhubarb sauce recently that was out of site! (all homemade)

Paul I
(Member)
05/28/09 11:14 AM
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Rosebud, sixty six feels like 65 only you wish the numbers were going the other direction. Did it last year. You posted on the minivan thread and I told you to come here and voila', you are way ahead of me!

Dashing, how well I remember S&H stamps. What a pain when you had a ton of them to put in the book all at once. I recall trading them in and watching the guy tear the book apart to get half a book but only remember that what I got seemed pretty lame compared to all the work of licking stamps for ages.

A friend staying with us produced a taste test of Haggen Das,
Blue Belle, and Dryers, all Vanilla Bean. Blue Belle, which used to be strictly Texas, won hands down. You can get a quart of it for the price of a pint of H D.

Had a Blue Belle Black Cow if anyone not from the Midwest knows what that is.

Roadrunner
(Member)
05/31/09 09:13 PM
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Hi Paul, Rosebud, Dashing......................so nice to see you guys here. Happy Birthday, Rosebud. Your a young 'un, lady. Now I really feel old, as I have you all beat by a few more.

Allrighty, Paul, what is " Blue Belle Black Cow "? I am thinking it is a very, very chocolate kind of ice cream. I love Vanilla Bean, but the Tillamook brand (Oregon company that makes great dairy products). And as I ate this teeny weeny sized Starbucks the other night with this litte plastic spoon that was more like a scoop, my hubby said that it reminded him of "Dixie Cups". Anyone remember them. They had a little wooden spoon to go with them but all I can recall is vanilla flavor, and I cannnot remember how the spoon was attached to the cup which was a lot larger than Starbucks!

Paul I
(Member)
05/31/09 09:49 PM
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Roadrunner, a black cow in vanilla ice cream and rootbeer in a
glass with an iced tea spoon.

I remember Dixie Cups. Wasn't the spoon wrapped in paper? I'm thinking they were just sort of "around" with the Dixie Cups.

I remember when the first Dairy Queen came to town. I couldn't believe ice cream came out of a nozzle like that. And that's all they sold. I think they were before McDonalds, the home of the 15 cent hamburger. Now vanilla bean was new to me. THe best vanilla used to be French vanilla.

shakey56
(Member)
06/01/09 01:01 PM
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My Granny owned a DQ in the '50's and early '60's. She was always very careful never to call it ice cream. It was always soft serve.

paradocs
(Member)
06/04/09 02:14 PM
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In the part of the country where I grew up, root beer and vanilla ice cream was a "white cow." A "black cow" was root beer with chocolate ice cream. I had a friend who liked root beer and coffee ice cream but if it had a name I never learned it. That friend now likes root beer and Kalua(sp?).

Roadrunner
(Member)
06/04/09 07:37 PM
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Oh, I love it! Root beer and vanilla ice cream was a "brown cow" in my neck of the woods! Paradocs the Kalua sounds great, but with root beer???????????????? Yuk, yuk, yuk, lol.

Shakey56 "soft serve" was it! But again my memory has left. I don't recall a DQ in our area for years. Soft serve was sold out of one of the drive-ins, A&W I think.

Last month the little town a few miles from us opened a Sonic Drive-In and it is just impossible to get a spot in it. Roller skates and the whole bit .................... jeepers can it be that long ago?

Paul I
(Member)
06/04/09 08:40 PM
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Afraid so.

A&W was great as was Steak and Shake. THis narrative contains my memories of Steak and Shake as this was my home town.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/04/410_east_washington_street.html#more

rosebud
(Member)
06/05/09 12:08 AM
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Hi All - Thanks for the b'day greeting RR. It turned out to be the best and biggest surprise I've had in many moons! Several friends (old and new) somehow got together at the same time and managed to throw me a big surprise party. It was a blast! My friend Gloria (74 yrs. young) had a few glasses of wine and was down on the floor trying to do a headstand (LOL). It sure was a funny sight! Dora (all 5'9'' 200+lbs) entered the room wearing black tights with a hot pink thong over the top, and an authentic looking black gorilla mask, singing "happy birthday". It was a night of laughs and fun.

Now that I have high speed internet service, I plan on hanging in here more often. I've kinda missed my "old" friends here. I've moved from a (way out in the country) town, to a small city with all the amenities, since we all used to gather here. I've come alive - YAHOO!

Paul, brown cows around here are root beer and chocolate ice cream. Yum, yum! Steak and Shake was a great drive-in in Daytona back when I lived there. Loved their strawberry shake with a steak burger and onion rings. (I was in my 20's then) I wouldn't dare it all of them together today. Roger's column was very sweet. I'm happy to see he is still hanging in there and doing what he loves to do.

tbc
Goodnite all!

Paul I
(Member)
06/05/09 01:05 PM
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Roger has had a very tough time with his cancer but is truly a survivor.

paradocs
(Member)
06/05/09 02:18 PM
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At the Sonic here no one wears skates.

The root beer and ice cream made me think of other soft drinks with ice cream. With Coca-Cola it was a "frosted Coke," regardless of the ice cream flavor. With other soft drinks it was a "float" -- 7-UP float, Pepsi float, etc.

Roadrunner
(Member)
06/05/09 05:56 PM
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Here you go, Paradocs! Not in my area but "our" video does not work!

http://www.kpic.com/news/local/26012179.html?video=YHI&t=a

rosebud
(Member)
06/07/09 03:45 PM
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WOW! Great skaters..sure looks like fun! That was a horrendous storm that whipped through Oregon, RR.

The weather was perfect here yesterday, so I took my power chair out for its first long journey..zipping along 4mph, up and down the new neighborhood, with the wind blowing through my hair. It was great, I went places not wheelable before, and traveled about 3 miles in no time. The best part was not straining the shoulders and hands! Wahoo!

Roadrunner
(Member)
06/07/09 06:48 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Originally Posted By: rosebud
WOW! Great skaters..sure looks like fun! That was a horrendous storm that whipped through Oregon, RR.

The weather was perfect here yesterday, so I took my power chair out for its first long journey..zipping along 4mph, up and down the new neighborhood, with the wind blowing through my hair. It was great, I went places not wheelable before, and traveled about 3 miles in no time. The best part was not straining the shoulders and hands! Wahoo!


I saw that on the news Rosebud, so glad you missed most of it as I gather it took out some pretty big trees south of here!

I am so happy you got your 1st long run in! IT is just the most enjoyable experience to not have to recupe after, AND for once just enjoy the moment. You go girl!

Paul, a most interesting, captivating article. I know everyone at some time or other longs for their youth, but I long for the "time", perhaps not the youth. Every aspect was so very different and lost in that is the peace, quiet, safety, simplicity of life, the enjoyment of the little things. Lost forever.

Paul I
(Member)
06/08/09 10:00 AM
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Yes, I know what you mean by "time" as opposed to "youth". It would be difficult to give up this great wisdom we have acquired
over the years. When do I get to use it?

I wonder if the late 40's and 50's were as great for our parents as they were for us? I remember at 15 having to help my Dad paint houses to supplement the income.

Roadrunner
(Member)
06/09/09 09:34 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Originally Posted By: Paul I
Yes, I know what you mean by "time" as opposed to "youth". It would be difficult to give up this great wisdom we have acquired
over the years. When do I get to use it?

I wonder if the late 40's and 50's were as great for our parents as they were for us? I remember at 15 having to help my Dad paint houses to supplement the income.


Well, Paul, I think we use it all the time, our wisdom, schooling, etc., that is. I am no longer shocked at clerks who cannot add and subtract, move a decimal point.................... I just wonder how in the world they get along in life.

I think a lot of parents supplemented their income by making do, growing their food, and remember "hand me downs", etc.? My cousins clothes all came my way. The variety and plenty of everything is overwhelming today. Things were made "from scratch" back then!

This professer has quite a take on today.......

Emory University professor Mark Bauerlein discussed has a theory that the digital age, with its promise of instant communication and easy access to information, has actually produced a generation of young people (those under 30) who are less knowledgeable about the world around them and more self-absorbed than any that has preceded it.

http://www.dumbestgeneration.com/

paradocs
(Member)
07/02/09 01:49 PM
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This site brought back a lot of memories

http://www.billsretroworld.com/RETROLIFE.HTM

Roadrunner
(Member)
07/02/09 04:52 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Originally Posted By: paradocs
This site brought back a lot of memories

http://www.billsretroworld.com/RETROLIFE.HTM


Originally Posted By: paradocs
This site brought back a lot of memories

http://www.billsretroworld.com/RETROLIFE.HTM



OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Memories, scream, lol.............! I remember that page of what to do for your husband out of our Home Economy Class (as it was called back then). Trust me each of us girls had those rules drilled into us by society and teachers.

The Sony Transister Radio looks like the one I have in a drawer somewhere! It was one of the first things I bought when I went to work. Imagine radio anywhere you went!

Thanks, Paradocs, Great site!

Roadrunner
(Member)
07/02/09 04:53 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Originally Posted By: paradocs
This site brought back a lot of memories

http://www.billsretroworld.com/RETROLIFE.HTM



OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Memories, scream, lol.............! I remember that page of what to do for your husband out of our Home Economy Class (as it was called back then). Trust me each of us girls had those rules drilled into us by society and teachers.

The Sony Transister Radio looks like the one I have in a drawer somewhere! It was one of the first things I bought when I went to work. Imagine radio anywhere you went!

Thanks, Paradocs, Great site!

paradocs
(Member)
07/03/09 02:17 PM
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I wanted to look at a couple of things on this site again today and found it was not there. The only thing I can think of is that it is being updated. I'll try it again in a day or so.

Roadrunner
(Member)
07/03/09 04:12 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Here's why. Are you surprised?

http://www.billsretroworld.com/


Bill's Retro World is no more.
As of June 1, this site was receiving over 20,000 hits per day.
The vast majority of visitors appreciated and respected it for what it was.
Some however, saw an opportunity to profit by copying entire pages including
logo, background, captions, and photo arrangements and posting the page as
their own work. They then add banners and advertisements to generate cash.
More and more of these sites appear weekly and there seems to be no end in sight.
Unfortunately, web pages cannot be protected against this and repeated efforts to
contact these people have failed. Those who truly understand web site design and
the internet can simply take whatever they want for their own benefit.

This site was never intended to sell anything and it will never do so.
Thank you all for taking this journey with me for the last year, and
for the hundreds of wonderful emails you've sent. Hopefully, a small measure of
healing has occurred in our hearts after sharing this great ride together.
".. American Life in Better Times".
That certainly appears to be true now.

paradocs
(Member)
07/06/09 02:02 PM
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DARN!

Well, I'm glad a few of us got to look at it before it folded.

paradocs
(Member)
07/15/09 01:58 PM
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I was talking with a friend about "The Good Old Days" and the conversation got around to the Sunday Comics. On Sundays, my folks got the HOUSTON CHRONICLE since our local paper was printed only three days a week. It was owned by the same folks who owned KTRH in Houston and they had a program where they read the comics to you. We would lie on the floor in front of the radio and follow the action closely.

Does anyone else remember

Mutt and Jeff
Smoky Stover
Moon Mullins
The Berries
Terry and the Pirates
Steve Canyon
Emmy Lou
Winnie Winkle
Mary Worth
Tarzan
The Phantom
Little Orphan Annie
Alley Oop
Brenda Starr
Gasoline Alley
Nancy
The Willets
Major Hoople
Maggie and Jiggs
The Katzenjammer Kids

None of these appear in my local aper so I don't know if they still exist.

Paul I
(Member)
07/15/09 06:18 PM
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This is the part of "aging with disability" that I'm not thriled about. Had a skin breakdown last Dec. Not major. Got a wound vac for a couple of weeks and then they discovered there is a
void, cave, or whatever under the wound. Debridement and more wound vac. So here I sit at the computer just having hooked myself up to an IV of meropenum at 3X/day for possible pseudomonas infection and pondering how to deal with a wound care specialist who says the surgeon didn't do it right so it needs redoing. I wish these people would communicate with each other. There is a showdown on the horizon and it won't be pretty.Wish I'd gone up to Craig but that's problematic also.
At any rate this too shall pass hopefully before 2010. In the meantime I am privilaged to join the exclusive group of those who have had cosmetic ass surgery so that at least shooting a moon is special. Carry on old timers!

Roadrunner
(Member)
07/16/09 10:57 PM
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Paul you have my sympathy. I'm not sure that the doctors are even listening anymore. With this healthcare issue(which I won't get into), they barely have the time to see you let alone come up with an answer. I finally found an answer online for my very sick body...............doc never even heard of it! I wish you luck and remember "the squeaky wheel gets the grease".

Roadrunner
(Member)
07/16/09 11:02 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Originally Posted By: paradocs
I was talking with a friend about "The Good Old Days" and the conversation got around to the Sunday Comics. On Sundays, my folks got the HOUSTON CHRONICLE since our local paper was printed only three days a week. It was owned by the same folks who owned KTRH in Houston and they had a program where they read the comics to you. We would lie on the floor in front of the radio and follow the action closely.

Does anyone else remember

Mutt and Jeff
Smoky Stover
Moon Mullins
The Berries
Terry and the Pirates
Steve Canyon
Emmy Lou
Winnie Winkle
Mary Worth
Tarzan
The Phantom
Little Orphan Annie
Alley Oop
Brenda Starr
Gasoline Alley
Nancy
The Willets
Major Hoople
Maggie and Jiggs
The Katzenjammer Kids

None of these appear in my local aper so I don't know if they still exist.



Jeepers some of those bring back memories! Nothing like sitting on Dad's knee and having the comics read to you in the weekend paper. I do remember a good many of them. Following is a link to a comic site, butI don't know exactly which ones they have.

http://www.gocomics.com/tankmcnamara/

Roadrunner
(Member)
07/19/09 11:29 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

A few pics I snapped yesterday at our "Antique Car Show". Back when cars were cars









ParaDude
(Member)
07/19/09 11:36 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Originally Posted By: Roadrunner
Paul you have my sympathy. I'm not sure that the doctors are even listening anymore. With this healthcare issue(which I won't get into), they barely have the time to see you let alone come up with an answer. I finally found an answer online for my very sick body...............doc never even heard of it! I wish you luck and remember "the squeaky wheel gets the grease".



Squeaky wheel is often the first to get greased, it also, on occasion, is the first to be replaced.

paradocs
(Member)
07/20/09 01:25 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Originally Posted By: Roadrunner
A few pics I snapped yesterday at our "Antique Car Show". Back when cars were cars



Not only were those cars cars, they were also easy to get wheelchairs in and out of.

Roadrunner
(Member)
09/15/09 06:52 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I wish the pictures would show. From an email I got today:


Perhaps some of you will not understand some of this message,

but I bet you know someone who might.



I came across this phrase yesterday 'FENDER SKIRTS.'


A term I haven't heard in a long time, and thinking about 'fender skirts' started me thinking about other words that quietly disappear from our language with hardly a notice like 'curb feelers'



And 'steering knobs.' (AKA) suicide knob,Neckers Knobs.



Since I'd been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went that direction first.

Any kids will probably have to find some elderly person over 50 to explain some of these terms to you.

Remember 'Continental kits?'

They were rear bumper extenders and spare tire covers that were supposed to make any car as cool as a Lincoln Continental.



When did we quit calling them 'emergency brakes?'

At some point 'parking brake' became the proper term. But I miss the hint of drama that went with 'emergency brake.'

I'm sad, too, that almost all the old folks are gone who would call the accelerator the 'foot feed.' Many today do not even know what a clutch is or that the dimmer switch used to be on the floor.

Didn't you ever wait at the street for your daddy to come home, so you could ride the 'running board' up to the house?

Here's a phrase I heard all the time in my youth but never anymore - 'store-bought.' Of course, just about everything is store-bought these days. But once it was bragging material to have a store-bought dress or a store-bought bag of candy.

'Coast to coast' is a phrase that once held all sorts of excitement and now means almost nothing. Now we take the term 'world wide' for granted. This floors me.

On a smaller scale, 'wall-to-wall' was once a magical term in our homes. In the '50s, everyone covered his or her hardwood floors with, wow, wall-to-wall carpeting! Today, everyone replaces their wall-to-wall carpeting with hardwood floors. Go figure.

When's the last time you heard the quaint phrase'in a family way?' It's hard to imagine that the word 'pregnant' was once considere d a little too graphic, a little too clinical for use in polite company, so we had all that talk about stork visits and 'being in a family way' or simply 'expecting.'

Apparently 'brassiere' is a word no longer in usage. I said it the other day and my daughter cracked up. I guess it's just 'bra' now. 'Unmentionables' probably wouldn't be understood at all.

I always loved going to the 'picture show,' but I considered 'movie' an affectation.

Most of these words go back to the '50s, but here's a pure-'60s word I came across the other day - 'rat fink.' Ooh, what a nasty put-down!

Here's a word I miss - 'percolator.' That was just a fun word to say. And what was it replaced with? 'Coffee maker.' How dull. Mr. Coffee, I blame you for this.
?
I miss those made-up marketing words that were meant to sound so modern and now sound so retro. Words like 'DynaFlow' and 'Electrolux.'Introducing the 1963 Admiral TV, now with'SpectraVision!'

Food for thought - Was there a telethon that wiped out lumbago? Nobody complains of that anymore. Maybe that's what castor oil cured, because I never hear mothers threatening kids with castor oil anymore.

Some words aren't gone, but are definitely on the endangered list. The one that grieves me most,'supper.' Now everybody says 'dinner.' Save a great word. Invite someone to supper. Discuss fender skirts

Someone forwarded this to me. I thought some of us of a 'certain age' would remember most of these.







Just for fun, pass it along to others of 'a certain age'!




IF YOU AREN'T OF A CERTAIN AGE. YOU MUST KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS.




























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Lola
(Member)
09/15/09 06:57 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

i am not of a "certain age" and i say supper...

paradocs
(Member)
09/18/09 01:12 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

One of my favorite weekday radio shows in the early 1950's was "Big Jon and Sparkie" and their Saturday morning program "No School Today." The "Little Orley" tales told by Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum, who later became Mr. Greenjeans to Bob Keeshan's Captain Kangaroo, were a favorite part of the show. I just discovered that at least some of the "Little Orley" stories are now on CD.

http://redhenllc.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=91

Roadrunner
(Member)
10/15/09 11:18 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Got this in an email.




Carnation milk - 65 YEARS AGO ... This is priceless!

A little old lady from Wisconsin had worked in and around her family dairy farms since she was old enough to walk,
with a lot of hours of hard work and little compensation. When canned Carnation Milk became available in grocery stores in approximately the 1940's, she read an advertisement offering $5,000 for the best slogan. The producers wanted a rhyme beginning with 'Carnation Milk is best of all.'

She thought to herself, I know all about milk and dairy farms. I can do this! She sent in her entry, and several weeks later, a black limo pulled up in front of her house. A man got out and said:
"Carnation LOVED your entry so much, we are here to award you $2,000 eventhough we will not be able to use it!" Priceless indeed!

paradocs
(Member)
10/21/09 01:23 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..


http://www.snopes.com/business/deals/carnation.asp

Roadrunner
(Member)
10/21/09 11:15 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Originally Posted By: paradocs

http://www.snopes.com/business/deals/carnation.asp





Paul I
(Member)
10/22/09 11:07 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

The Burma Shave link was pretty interesting.

paradocs
(Member)
10/22/09 01:17 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

At one time I had a copy of a book that claimed to have ALL the Burma Shave slogans listed. It is probably around somewhere but I haven't seen it in some time.

Roadrunner
(Member)
11/29/09 12:09 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Hope this hasn't been posted yet.

Read clear down to the end to see what they say about your score. Most kids never watched TV. There was no TV.

NO Cheating - don't look at the answers until you take the test!!!!

History Exam...
Everyone over 40 should have a pretty easy time at this exam. If you are under 40 you can claim a handicap.

This is a History Exam for those who don't mind seeing how much they really remember about what went on in their life.




*** Get paper & pencil & number from 1 to 20.
****Write the letter of each answer & score at the end.




1. In the 1940s, where were automobile headlight dimmer switches located?
a. On the floor shift knob.
b. On the floor board, to the left of the clutch...
c. Next to the horn.

2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle had holes in it.. For what was it used?
a..Capture lightning bugs.
b. To sprinkle clothes before ironing.
c. Large salt shaker.

3. Why was having milk delivered a problem in northern winters?
a. Cows got cold and wouldn't produce milk.
b. Ice on highways forced delivery by dog sled.
c. Milkmen left deliveries outside of front doors and milk would freeze, expanding and pushing up the cardboa rd bottle top.

4. What was the popular chewing gum named for a game of chance?
a. Blackjack
b. Gin
c. Craps

5. What method did women use to look as if they were wearing stockings when none were available due to rationing during WW II.
a. Suntan
b. Leg painting
c. Wearing slacks

6. What postwar car turned automotive design on its ear when you couldn't tell whether it was com ing or going?
a. Studebaker
b. Nash Metro
c. Tucker

7. Which was a popular candy when you were a kid?
a. Strips of dried peanut butter.
b. Chocolate licorice bars.
c. Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside.

8. How was Butch wax used?
a. To stiffen a flat-top haircut so it stood up.
b. To make floors shiny and prevent scuffing.
c. On the wheels of roller skates to prevent rust.

9. Before inline skates, how did you keep your roller skates attached to your shoes?
a. With clamps, tightened by a skate key.
b. Woven straps that crossed the foot.
c. Long pieces of twine..

10. As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision?
a. Consider all the facts.
b. Ask Mom.
c. Eeny-meeny-miney-MO.

11. What was the most dreaded disease in the 1940s and 1950s?
a. Smallpox
b. AIDS
c. Polio

12. 'I'll be down to get you in a ________, Honey'
a. SUV
b. Taxi
c. Streetcar

13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy's pony?
a. Old Blue
b. Paint
c. Macaroni

14. What was a Duck-and-Cover Drill?
a. Part of the game of hide and seek.
b. What you did when your Mom called you in to do chores.
c. Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill.


15 . What was the name of the Indian Princess in the Howdy Doody Show?
a. Princess Summerfallwinterspring
b. Princess Sacajawea
c. Princess Moonshadow

16. What did all the really savy students do when mimeographed tests were handed out in school?
a. Immediately sniffed the purple ink, as this was believed to get you high.
b. Made paper airplanes to see who could sail theirs out the window.
c. Wrote another pupil's name on the top, to avoid their failure.

17. Why did your Mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with purchases?
a. To keep you out of mischief by licking the backs, which tasted like bubble gum.
b. They could be put in special books and redeemed for various household items.
c. They were given to the kids to be used as stick-on tattoos.

18. Praise the Lord , & pass the _________?
a. Meatballs
b. Dames
c. Ammunition

19. What was the name of the singing group that made the song 'Cabdriver' a hit?
a. The Ink Spots
b. The Supremes
c. The Esquires

20. Who left his heart in San Francisco ?
a. Tony Bennett
b. Xavier Cugat
c. George Gershwin
----------------------------- -------------------------------

ANSWERS

1. (b) On the floor, to the left of the clutch. Hand controls, popular in Europe , took till the late '60's to catch on.

2. (b) To sprinkle clothes before ironing.. Who had a steam iron?

3. (c) Cold weather caused the milk to freeze and expand, popping the bottle top....

4 .(a) Blackjack Gum.

5. (b) Special makeup was applied, followed by drawing a seam down the back of the leg with eyebrow pencil.

6. (a) 1946 Studebaker.

7. (c) Wax coke bottles containing super-sweet colored water.

8. (a) Wax for your flat top (butch) haircut.

9. (a) With clamps , tightened by a skate key, which you wore on a shoestring around your neck.

10. (c) Eeny-meeny-miney-mo.

11. (c) Polio. In beginning of August, swimming pools were closed, movies and other public gathering places were closed to try to prevent spread of the disease.

12. (b) Taxi , Better be ready by half-past eight!

13. (c) Macaroni ...

14. (c) Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill.

15. (a) Princess Summerfallwinterspring. She was another puppet.

16. (a) Immediately sniffed=2 0the purple ink to get a high.

17. (b) Put in a special stamp book, they could be traded for household items at the Green Stamp store.

18. (c) Ammunition, and we'll all be free.

19. (a) The widely famous 50's group: The Inkspots.

20. (a) Tony Bennett, and he sounds just as good today.


SCORING

17- 20 correct : You are older than dirt, and obviously gifted with mental abilities.

Now if you could only find your glasses.. Definitely someone who should share your wisdom!

12 -16 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but you're getting there.

0 -11 correct: You are not old enough to share the wisdom of your experiences.

Paul I
(Member)
11/29/09 12:39 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I'm older than dirt.
One phrase from the 50' that has struck to some extent is
"riding shotgun"

Roadrunner
(Member)
11/29/09 12:10 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

You're not alone, Paul. I am too.

'Ridin' shotgun', man I had forgotten that one. It cracks me up tho' as I recall many moons ago, probably around grade 5 or 6, having "theater class" and having to pantomime. 2 guys in class drug a table up front and pretended to be riding shotgun on a stagecoach. The fellow sitting on the back of the table was doing great bouncing around, holding his shotgun until he pointed upward and said, "Up yonder".

It was very funny to us all.

paradocs
(Member)
11/30/09 02:58 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I'm older than dirt, too, but I think for the roller skate question ANY of the answers would be correct since I knew kids with used skates but no skate key who kept them on in various ways.

I also think that the 0-11 correct could be the onset of memory problems for those my age or above.

cbal-craig
(Member)
01/14/10 09:06 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I'm not as old as Paul-1 but my body is falling apart....what gives ? ....LOL

Paul I
(Member)
01/15/10 01:42 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

It has to be cell phone radiation.

Watched this great video for you old timers. Pete Seeger, Power of Song or something like that. I clearly remember the Folk
Festival at Newport, RI. "63" He was there. What a principaled man he is.

Roadrunner
(Member)
01/30/10 12:05 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Just for us oldies...................'cause no one else can remember what it was like. AND it's all fake! This guy has talent.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24796741@N05/show/

Paul I
(Member)
05/29/10 08:30 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Roadrunner, that is incredible! How could anyone build so many models, so realistic that they totally deceive?

Paul I
(Member)
05/29/10 09:57 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Not quite sure where to put this but as a WWII vet maybe this guy fits here:

by Sgt. James Lenihan, World War II Veteran (1921- 2007) on May 18, 2010
Members of the 104th Infantry marching though the snow soon after their attack of Christmas day. Photo courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.


While cleaning out their father Sgt. James Lenihan’s basement after he died, Brooklyn, N.Y. based Rob Lenihan and his sister, Joan Lenihan, found this poem that he wrote about World War II. Lenihan was assigned to the 413th Infantry in the 104th Infantry Division, U.S. Army, nicknamed "the Timberwolves." He toured Europe fighting.

With the mantra, "nothing in hell must stop the Timberwolves," the division was responsible for overrunning the Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp, and was later recognized as a liberating unit by the U.S. Army's Center of Military History and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Sgt. Lenihan was wounded in action and later received a Purple Heart. He never spoke with his family about the emotions he experienced during war, and they were very surprised to find this poem. Towards the end of Lenihan’s life, he actively sought out his old war buddies and described his time serving as one of the "worst and greatest experiences" of his life.

The DCoE Blog Team thanks the Lenihan family for allowing us to share this poem with our readers. We hope it helps you in your personal healing process, or those with whom you work or love.



I shot a man yesterday
And much to my surprise,
The strangest thing happened to me
I began to cry.

He was so young, so very young
And Fear was in his eyes,
He had left his home in Germany
And came to Holland to die.

And what about his Family
were they not praying for him?
Thank God they couldn't see their son
And the man that had murdered him.

I knelt beside him
And held his hand--
I begged his forgiveness
Did he understand?

It was the War
And he was the enemy
If I hadn't shot him
He would have shot me.

I saw he was dying
And I called him "Brother"
But he gasped out one word
And that word was "Mother."

I shot a man yesterday
And much to surprise
A part of me died with Him
When Death came to close
His eyes.


http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/05/28/soldier.poem/index.html?hpt=Sbin

Lola
(Member)
05/30/10 07:58 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

awesome

cbal-craig
(Member)
06/16/10 01:25 PM
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Very Nice PaulI

Winterwhite
(Member)
06/28/10 11:09 AM
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Rosebud.....
This sounds exciting! Perhaps one day I'll get a power chair and do the same as you. I have this image of you sailing along, hair blowing and enjoying this independence. Never stop! Mary

Winterwhite
(Member)
06/28/10 11:13 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

What a touching poem! I write poetry and what struck me was how well it was written. Simple with some beautifully repeating phrases. Thank you for posting. Winterwhite

Lola
(Member)
07/01/10 07:32 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

winterwhite, did you get my PM?

kan5a5
(Member)
09/07/10 05:53 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

lovely

Lola
(Member)
09/07/10 06:22 PM
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adorable

Paul I
(Member)
09/13/10 07:36 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I enjoyed this one:

***********************************************************************************************************

GIRLFRIENDS


A group of 15 year old girlfriends discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally, it was agreed upon that they should meet at the Dairy Queen next to the Ocean View restaurant because they only had $6.00 between them and Jimmy Johnson, that cute boy in Social Studies, lives on that street and they might see him and they can ride their bikes there.




10 years later, the group of 25 year old girlfriends discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally, it was agreed upon that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because the beer was cheap, they had free snacks, the band was good, there was no cover and there were lots of cute guys.




10 years later, at 35 years of age, the group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally, it was agreed upon that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because the cosmos were good, it was right near the gym and if they go late enough, there wouldn't be too many whiny little kids.




10 years later, at 45 years of age, the group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally, it was agreed upon that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because the martinis were big, and the waiters there had tight pants and nice buns.




10 years later, at 55 years of age, the group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally it was agreed they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because the food there was reasonable, the wine list was good, they had windows that open in case of a hot flash, and fish is good for your cholesterol.




10 years later, at 65 years of age, the group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally it was agreed that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because lighting was good and they have an early birdspecial.




10 years later, at 75 years of age, the group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally it was agreed that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because food was not too spicy, the restaurant was handicapped accessible and they even had an elevator!



10 years later, at 85 years of age, the group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally it was agreed that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because they had never been there before.

Lola
(Member)
09/14/10 06:38 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

PRICELESS!!!!

paradocs
(Member)
09/14/10 12:08 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

With only a few slight changes it could also apply to men!

Lola
(Member)
09/14/10 09:27 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

lmao, absolutely!!

Paul I
(Member)
09/14/10 11:12 PM
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waiter to waitress?

paradocs
(Member)
09/15/10 12:46 PM
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Here it is as a "male" joke:


A group of 15 year old guys discussed where they should eat. Finally, it was agreed upon that they should meet at the Dairy Queen next to the Ocean View restaurant because they only had $6.00 between them and Jenny Johnson, that cute girl in Social Studies, lives on that street and they might see her and they can ride their bikes there.




10 years later, the group of 25 year olds discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally, it was agreed upon that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because the beer was cheap, they had free snacks, the band was good, there was no cover and there were lots of cute girls.




10 years later, at 35 years of age, the group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally, it was agreed upon that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because the cosmos were good, it was right near the gym and if they go late enough, there wouldn't be too many whiny little kids.




10 years later, at 45 years of age, the group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally, it was agreed upon that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because the martinis were big, and the waitresses there had tight uniforms and great figures.




10 years later, at 55 years of age, the group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally it was agreed they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because the food there was reasonable, the wine list was good, and fish is good for your cholesterol.




10 years later, at 65 years of age, the group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally it was agreed that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because lighting was good and they have an early birdspecial.




10 years later, at 75 years of age, the group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally it was agreed that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because food was not too spicy, the restaurant was handicapped accessible and they even had an elevator!



10 years later, at 85 years of age, the group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally it was agreed that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because they had never been there before.

Lola
(Member)
09/15/10 07:13 PM
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paradocs
(Member)
10/21/10 12:03 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I got this in an email



Observations on Growing Older


Your kids are becoming you and you don't like them. But your grandchildren are perfect!

Going out is good. Coming home is better!

When people say you look "Great," they add "for your age!"

When you needed the discount you paid full price. Now you get discounts on everything ... Movies, hotels, flights, etc., but you're too tired to use them.

You forget names ... But it's OK because other people forgot they even knew you!!!

The 5 pounds you wanted to lose is now 15 and you have a better chance of losing your keys than the 15 pounds.

You realize you're never going to be really good at anything, especially golf.

Your spouse is counting on you to remember things you don't remember.

The things you used to care to do, you no longer care to do, but you really do care that you don't care to do them anymore.

Your spouse sleeps better in a recliner, with the TV blaring than does in bed. It's called "pre-sleep."

Remember when your mother said "Wear clean underwear in case you GET in an accident"? Now you bring clean underwear in case you HAVE an accident!

You used to say, "I hope my kids GET married." Now, "I hope they STAY married!"

You miss the days when everything worked with just an "ON" and "OFF" switch; when GOOGLE, iPod, email, modem were unheard of, and a mouse was something that made you climb on a chair; and
you used to use more 4 letter words such as "who, what, when, where," etc.

Now that you can afford expensive jewelry, it's not safe to wear it anywhere.

You read 100 pages into a book before you realize you've read it.

Notice everything they sell in stores is "sleeveless?!!!"

What used to be freckles are now liver spots.

Everybody whispers.

You have 3 sizes of clothes in your closet, 2 of which you will never wear again!

But old is good in some things: Old songs ... Old movies...


And best of all OLD FRIENDS!!

Paul I
(Member)
10/21/10 04:56 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..


OK Paradocs, you started it!



Summary of Life

GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED:
1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats..
2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair.
3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person.
4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.
5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food..
6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair..
7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.
8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.
10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandma's lap.


GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED:
1) Raising teenagers is like nailing jelly to a tree.
2) Wrinkles don't hurt.
3) Families are like fudge...mostly sweet, with a few nuts
4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground...
5) Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.
6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy..

GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD

1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional...
2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.
3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're down there.
4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.
5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions...
6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician
7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.

paradocs
(Member)
10/22/10 11:39 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Actually, you can baptize a cat if you do it by the "sprinkle" method. Immersion is not recommended, however, unless you're wearing armor.

Paul I
(Member)
11/10/10 03:39 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

100 YEARS AGO

California became a state

The people had no electricity.

The state had no money.

Almost everyone spoke Spanish.

There were gunfights in the streets.



So basically nothing has changed except the women had

real boobs and the men didn't hold hands.

paradocs
(Member)
11/11/10 01:26 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Actually, California was admitted to the Union as the 31st state September 9, 1850 (160 years ago). The other items are probably correct with the possible exception of men holding hands. I don't know anyone who was living there back then who can verify or disprove that claim.

Paul I
(Member)
11/11/10 03:00 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

Actually if the 100 were changed to 160 it would also be totally more accurate as it was closer to the age of the gunfighters.
Paradocs, you are a veritable source of accuracy.

paradocs
(Member)
11/12/10 12:49 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..

I knew California's admission to the Union was in 1850 because I collected stamps as a kid. The stamp celebrating the California Statehood Centennial was issued the day my best friend's brother was born -- September 9, 1950. We always jokingly