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Life Boy Soap.. The orange soap you got a taste of when you said a foul word
Carter's Little Liver Pills
Speedy.. as in Plop-plop-fizz-fizz
Bromo thing on the bar.. 5 cent the bar tender would tip the blue container into a glass of water.
The " Rocking & Tipping Bird on the bar.. taking a drink..
Geratol for low iron.. as Lawrence Welk would say..
Atomic Fire Ball Candy the size of a base ball.. when you were a kid only a penny..
Ovaltine and the decoder ring. Every Saturday you got another clue watching Hop Along Cassidy and you used your decoder ring
Nelle Belle the " Jeep "
Life Boy Soap.. The orange soap you got a taste of when you said a foul word
Carter's Little Liver Pills
Speedy.. as in Plop-plop-fizz-fizz
Bromo thing on the bar.. 5 cent the bar tender would tip the blue container into a glass of water.
The " Rocking & Tipping Bird on the bar.. taking a drink..
Geratol for low iron.. as Lawrence Welk would say..
Atomic Fire Ball Candy the size of a base ball.. when you were a kid only a penny..
Ovaltine and the decoder ring. Every Saturday you got another clue watching Hop Along Cassidy and you used your decoder ring
Nelle Belle the " Jeep "
I don't remember Nelle Belle. I do remember Cassius Clay. I have no idea why I thought of that today. Maybe some brain plaque moved.
I'm so old I remember..
Hold doing doors open for people older than you.. or being cute and sweet
Please and Thank You
Yes Ma'ma ..... NO Sir
Christmas Tree being real and green you cut..
Paper or Glass.. or "TIN" no plastic / no aluminum till the 60's.. Everything came in glass.. or " TIN" can which was lined .
Hand Made gifts.. birthday or " Christmas " nothing bought.
Real Cloth Diapers.. you rinsed in the " Thorn " and washed with Ivory Snow Flakes and zinc oxide for the bottom.
When there were gas station attendants who pumped gas for you, checked your oil level and washed your windshield. And freebies like S&H green stamps, steak knives and drinking glasses.
When most gas stations had repair bays, which were a lot more useful than discount cigarettes.
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