#49680 - 08/21/05 10:58 PM
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rosebud
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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 - 
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#49682 - 08/22/05 12:22 PM
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dashing
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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  .
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#49684 - 08/22/05 08:29 PM
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rosebud
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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.
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#49685 - 08/22/05 08:40 PM
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whiterabbit11
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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
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#49686 - 08/22/05 10:03 PM
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rosebud
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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.
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#49687 - 08/22/05 10:57 PM
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Roadrunner
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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........
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#49688 - 08/23/05 06:53 PM
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whiterabbit11
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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
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#49689 - 08/23/05 07:41 PM
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MerryA
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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.
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#49690 - 08/23/05 07:52 PM
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LASHB
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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.
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#49691 - 08/23/05 10:47 PM
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tandi
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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...
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#49692 - 08/24/05 10:39 AM
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dashing
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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
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#49693 - 08/24/05 11:33 PM
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Roadrunner
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