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06-26-2008, 09:59 AM
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Ak-sar-beN ~ another time and place ;-)
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: LEFT of the white house
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Remember when businesses provided prepaid stamped envelopes for return mail to them.
Now they don’t even give you the envelope, much less prepay postage.
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06-28-2008, 07:39 PM
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Finally... Queen of the Music Freaks!
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Close to Bruce Springsteen
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How about one cent gum, being one cent!
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06-28-2008, 08:36 PM
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Ak-sar-beN ~ another time and place ;-)
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: LEFT of the white house
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When you could buy a watermelon for under a dollar and eat it all by yourself!  |
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06-28-2008, 09:11 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Vermont / NEK
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Perhaps this has been mentioned in the previous posts somewhere, but speaking of sweets, I remember chocolate babies. You could buy them loose by the bag - half pound or whatever at the local five and dimes. They were about the size of Hershey's Kisses and looked just like little babies. I also remember that they had a very politically incorrect name which got a pass, at least in my all-white hometown in NH. I don't recall anyone referring to them as chocolate babies, but rather N----- Babies.
Little old ladies would ask for a pound of N----- Babies. Kids would ask their moms to buy them a bag of N----- Babies. Here, sweetie, I got you your favorites - N----- Babies.
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06-28-2008, 11:35 PM
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Maryland's Main Attraction
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"Killing time till naptime. I'm pooped!"
(set 6 days ago)
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Maryland
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I'm so old I remember the variety shows "Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters" and the Andy Williams Christmas specials.
Lucy
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06-29-2008, 01:17 PM
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Finally... Queen of the Music Freaks!
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Close to Bruce Springsteen
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A really weird record player that I had. It was like a box (covered), with a handle and you were able to slide the record in (only 45's) and when it was done, it slide out. OR, if you wanted to hear something else there was a button to push to get it to come out. Anyone remember that? I will do a search and see if I can find a photo of it. I remember it was pretty darn cool.  |
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06-29-2008, 02:01 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Circle City, CA. Sometimes NE of Bagdad.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AksarbeN
When you could buy a watermelon for under a dollar and eat it all by yourself! |
I'm so old I remember swiping them out of the neighbors garden. We were bad. |
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06-29-2008, 03:21 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Vermont / NEK
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A really weird record player that I had...
I think they looked something like this. I wanted one when I saw it in a catalog, but it never happened.
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06-29-2008, 03:48 PM
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Finally... Queen of the Music Freaks!
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Close to Bruce Springsteen
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Quote:
Originally Posted by square peg
A really weird record player that I had...
I think they looked something like this. I wanted one when I saw it in a catalog, but it never happened.
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sort of like the one I am talking about, but it was longer, and had a little spot for the record to go in. I can't seem to find a photo yet. |
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06-30-2008, 12:07 AM
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Ak-sar-beN ~ another time and place ;-)
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: LEFT of the white house
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Karla where is she when I need her?
I’m so old I remember ~ staying up all night just to study for the next “Question of the Day” thread that comes in the morning. 
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