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When there was only the Big Three and every part of American cars was actually made in the USA.
When your first car was a turquoise 57 Chevy that you had carpeted and completely reupholstered (seats, door panels, headliner) in White leather and it's now a classic that you really wish you had kept.
When there was only the Big Three and every part of American cars was actually made in the USA.
When your first car was a turquoise 57 Chevy that you had carpeted and completely reupholstered (seats, door panels, headliner) in White leather and it's now a classic that you really wish you had kept.
My parent's best friends had one but it wasn't old enough to be restored. That was some hood ornament.
When your first radio was a crystal set that you assembled yourself from a kit.
When the ice man came twice a week and left a 25 pound block of ice.
When you listened for the Helms Mans whistle.
When you went to a fair or carnival you could shoot a real rifle, usually a Winchester Model 62, not tied down, at any shooting gallery.
When your first radio was a crystal set that you assembled yourself from a kit.
When the ice man came twice a week and left a 25 pound block of ice.
When you listened for the Helms Mans whistle.
When you went to a fair or carnival you could shoot a real rifle, usually a Winchester Model 62, not tied down, at any shooting gallery.
I remember at the State Fair of Texas, shooting some rifle at the shooting gallery, that I didn't realize ejected the spent shells out from the underside in front of the trigger somewhere. In the way that I was holding the rifle, a spent shell was ejected and lodged just under the cuff of my sweater. Still have the scar.
When everyone got so dressed-up for the (Jersey shore) boardwalk, they made little rubber heel tips for the women's high-heels so they didn't get stuck between the boards.
When the cheap variety store was called the "5 and 10".
When cars had bench seats and the girls used to sit really close to their boyfriends.
When your Mom would give you raw ground beef rolled up in a little ball with salt while she was making meatloaf (using a hand grinder)....and you didn't die.
When you had to stand in the corner if you were bad in school.
When your brand-new postwar subdivision still had party lines (telephones...) and milk and bread were delivered by a guy in a truck.
There were three TV stations, UHF that showed bullfighting from Mexico and wrestling with Killer Kowalski and Johnny Valentine, and PBS was called "educational TV" and I never watched it until I was an adult.
And yes, I remember the "5 and 10" stores.
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