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[Bannedjoe]

Then somehow, some of our friends parents decided they didn't like their kids anymore, or else decided they needed to be weaponized at school.

I'm willing to bet you couldn't even get on to a plane today with these in your pocket.

 

[Bannedjoe]

How about these stupid things?
The "Footsie"

I remember seeing more of them hanging from power lines than I do seeing people actually playing with them.

 

[Bannedjoe]

Then, it almost goes without mentioning....
This child extermination game.

 

[Doc]

I remember Jarts. Fun game ruined by PC bullshit. To old for the others I guess, as I never played them.

 

[pirate_girl]

How about these stupid things?
The "Footsie"

I remember seeing more of them hanging from power lines than I do seeing people actually playing with them.

I liked those.

 

[Bannedjoe]

I liked those.

So did my sisters.
I guess somehow it was more of a girl thing.

 

[pirate_girl]

So did my sisters.
I guess somehow it was more of a girl thing.

The boys would've looked like sissies hopping around with those things.

 

[Bannedjoe]

The boys would've looked like sissies hopping around with those things.

It' probably why they ended up in power lines.

 

[Doc]

do you remember ....

 

[Doc]

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[Bannedjoe]

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I remember my Mom bitching about it costing $5 to fill up her huge family truckster station wagon.

 

[nixon]

 

[pirate_girl]

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Yep.
With the pointy end of a bottle opener.

 

[pirate_girl]

Cigarette machines.
Used to be in restaurants, usually near the exit.
We used to sneak in a place called The Line Up and buy a pack after school.
With the lunch money we saved from skipping lunch for smokes.

 

[Bannedjoe]

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Not only do I remember the cork as a kid, I remember the taste of that cork soaked with beer.

 

[Bannedjoe]

Cigarette machines.
Used to be in restaurants, usually near the exit.
We used to sneak in a place called The Line Up and buy a pack after school.
With the lunch money we saved from skipping lunch for smokes.
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We certainly felt like we were getting away with hell, huh?

I never understood the little sign on the machines.
Why were the guys who worked deep in the ground digging up coal, gold and diamonds prohibited from buying cigarettes?:th_lmao:

 

[Bamby]

You know that there were other non-painful products available even way back then. Wise mothers choose this for two reasons one its effective but two it had a painful enough sting to impart a secondary punishment for being careless and getting oneself hurt.

 

[Bannedjoe]

 

[Doc]

Want to feel really old? "Eddie Haskell" is now 76, "Wally Cleaver" is now 74, and "the Beaver" is now 71

 

[Millsboro]

Damn Doc, that does make me feel old! Lol

 

[pirate_girl]

Here's an old menu from a Woolworth's lunch counter.
Wish I knew the year.

 

[Bamby]

 

[Bannedjoe]

Or why I hated my Uncle's.

 

[Bannedjoe]

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[Bannedjoe]

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[Doc]

 

[Doc]

Cost of living 1952

 

[Doc]

Remember when ....1984

 

[Doc]

Comments from 1957 ....

 

[Bamby]

do you remember ....

You know a while back I was reflecting back on my life. One of the conclusions I did come to was my Mom was a lot cagier than I ever gave her credit for.

She was a big fan of Mercurochrome herself and always doused us kids liberally with it when we got careless and hurt ourselves. Like she wanted to ensure we were well compensated for our efforts and wouldn't likely pull at least one stupid stunt again.

But then I can also remember the kind compensate mom who could find much gentler means to care for ones wounds that one received in a pure involuntary accident.

PS I was most always at least partly painted Mercurochrome orange, being the daredevil that I was.