Other things only a Clevelander would know/appreciate (Mentor, Cleveland Heights: university, closing)

[rugercaptain]

Originally Posted by Miss Chris

But the one thing I find it very hard to explain to my husband here and to my grandkids back in Ohio.....the legend of Parma Socks and WMMS "the home of the Buzzard" and going to Jamaica with Jeff and Flash!!........Thanks for the flashback

...and bowling, and pink flamingos in the front yards.

[rugercaptain]

Originally Posted by Desdemona123

Yes, he's got some....ah...issues....but the default thing was a mess he got from the prior administration...he didn't create it.

Ah, good old Ralph Perk. Who could forget how he set his hair on fire with a welding torch?

[1watertiger]

i dont think anyone has mentioned "charlie chip" .

[LewLew]

Originally Posted by 1watertiger

i dont think anyone has mentioned "charlie chip" .

Nope...the big tins that I remember gracing the tops of refrigerators everywhere!

[hokiejane]

Originally Posted by happyfeet888

Remember?

Mis ter Jing a Ling
How you ring a ling
with your many keys
at Halles 7th floor well be waiting you
you to bring the keys


*** you can fool some of the people all of the time
and all of the people some of the time
but you can't fool Mom

(Captain Penny)

Yes!!! I remember the jingle well, and the Captain Penny quote was a truth to live by!

And here's something that will really take you to a different era...

Does anyone remember when McDonald's would give you free tickets to an Indians game for your report card? I can't remember if you had to get straight A's or just an A in a subject, but for that they'd give you two tickets. They were bleeder seats, but since only about 5000 people attended the games in the stadium back then, you could sit anywhere you wanted. Most of them were probably people with free tickets too.

[serendipitylady]

Giant Tiger's
Hot Dog Inn
Taco Lukes
Egg Palace
Police Bar
Hilbilly Heaven
Mr. Jingaling
Ghetto Birds
Tommy's
Rebel's
corner stores
corner bars
corners
Roger Martin (RIP)
St. Rocco's
"The Feast"/Murray Hill/Little Italy
4th of July (fireworks) on Euclid Beach Pier
Ali-Baba's
Woodrow the Woodsman
frosted malteds (May Co.)
chocolate phosphates
Coventry
Buzzard Sunday

[newmex]

The one true show that I miss was the Rick Gilmore Show on 1100 WTAM.

He was on some weeknights, and on weekends from 8 to midnight.

Rick Gilmore had a great repartee with his audience, and catered to a younger mixed crowd. He picked some interesting topics to light up the board. Where is he now???

[BelieveInCleve]

Im pretty young (in my 20s) but I think the older people here would remember some place called Euclid beach or something. My grandma told me about it a few times I think it was an amusement park.

[mercury327]

Originally Posted by hokiejane

Any remember the big storm on July 4, 1969? I was only 7, but I think it traumatized me for life! I did some Googling and found the following page. I've never even heard of a derecho!

The Ohio Fireworks Derecho

I remember! I was 6. That storm took half of our house on Beachview Drive in Willoughby!

[mercury327]

This is AWESOME! I grew up in Willoughby, lived there all my life until last year(I'm 44). Moved to Kentucky. How about "Gary Dee"? "Bargain Fair", "Lockee Lee", "Euclid Race", Remember the insulated milk box on the porch? The weekend could not start until Murry Saul told us we had to "GET DOWN"! How bout the "Coffee Break Concerts" at the Agora? "Master Pizza" "Dog-n-Suds" "Mentor Ave." "Vine St." The snow storms at the end of the 70's. "Lazerium" Keep these coming folks, this is great. Thanks for the memories! Oh yeah, "Manners Big Boy"