I'm so old I remember... (driver, buy, daughter, roller skating)

[motormaker]

Originally Posted by David A Stone

Fender skirts have been around a long time.


( my dad's " big boat" 48 Buick had them )


Why did they quit?

And curb feelers too.

Fender skirts were kinda a pain to remove and put back on if you had a flat.

[David A Stone]

Originally Posted by motormaker

And curb feelers too.

Fender skirts were kinda a pain to remove and put back on if you had a flat.

Yes, and years ago flats were much more common.


Leaving fender skirts on in a northern winter and discovering the lever was frozen in a ball of dirty ice was a real pain when you got a flat.

[David A Stone]

Originally Posted by longneckone

I remember when they signed the truce for the Korean Conflict

Do you also remember all the hassle leading up to it?


North Korea disagreeing about the shape of the negotiating table and storming out...........and the war continuing with more American GI's killed.


North Korea pulled that childish stall tactic several times.


Seems North Korea was in no rush to end the war.

[Steve Bagu]

I have pictures of my old bunker ,(today's DMZ zone. Wonder if the well is still there...kept our 3.2 beer cold. Do think NK was running low of troops in 52 as we were shooting at Chinese troops. All those responsible then have passed away.
different generation now.

[fresnochili]

Originally Posted by CAjerseychick

No seatbelts mandatory for kids!
Loved laying out on the backseat of my family's Chevy Impala(leather seats I could lie full out) with the air conditioning on full blast while my dad drove along...

those were the days...

Speaking of the chevy impala, we had a '59 (i think) 4 door red n white one. My dad would take the fam to Santa Cruz for 2 weeks for our vacations...and then my brother , the oldest of us kids went and put flames on the car....lol..we were so cool...lol

[Steve Bagu]

I had a 59 Chev ,4dr BelAir 6cyl Powerglyde tranny. Good gas mileage. Car was economical back in the early 60's.

[fresnochili]

Tin Man...trying to remember the card board ring around the Big Mac..?????

[David A Stone]

Originally Posted by Steve Bagu

I had a 59 Chev ,4dr BelAir 6cyl Powerglyde tranny. Good gas mileage. Car was economical back in the early 60's.

A real economical car was those 6 cyl Chevy BelAir with a stick and overdrive.


A co-worker bought one from an old lady in the late 70's.


That 20 year old car lasted him a long time.

[TN Tin Man]

Originally Posted by fresnochili

Tin Man...trying to remember the card board ring around the Big Mac..?????

When the first sold them they were wrapped in wax paper.. to keep the double stack from falling over they placed a collar around it.. it had the Logo plus Did you know factoid on it.. a quiz

[TN Tin Man]

I'm so old I remember...
The two talking trash cans with the jingle
The Professor
Mayor McCheese
Fry Kids
Hamburglar
Officer Big Mac
Birdie the Early Birde
Grimace