You know you're old when...

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Christmas '78 I was 12 and got a .22 rifle. Pulled that bad boy out a few weeks ago thinking I might get to plink some mice in the chicken coop

You kids get off my coop forun I make you dance a little jig

Christmas '78 I was home on leave from Ft. Campbell, KY. 2nd duty station.

Get off my lawn, youngster!

[Murf993]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Had a three-on-the-tree for my first car. Had some 78RPMs. Milkman would deliver milk and leave in between the screen door and the main door. Wringers and margarine color...not so much.

I got my fingers caught in the roller.....school of hard knocks.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Christmas '78 I was 12 and got a .22 rifle. Pulled that bad boy out a few weeks ago thinking I might get to plink some mice in the chicken coop

You kids get off my coop forun I make you dance a little jig

If you were 12 in 1978 you are too young for this thread. I have underwear older than you. In fact, I'm wearing them right now!

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Had a three-on-the-tree for my first car. Had some 78RPMs. Milkman would deliver milk and leave in between the screen door and the main door. Wringers and margarine color...not so much.

Our family had a '48 Pontiac Straight-Eight with 3 on the tree. The first car I ever drove. That sure brings back memories.

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

If you were 12 in 1978 you are too young for this thread. I have underwear older than you. In fact, I'm wearing them right now!

TMI

[3.0L]

You know you're old if you watched Howdy Doody in black & white on Saturday mornings.

[vreihen16]

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[M_Six]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

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Blasted Firefox won't show a pic with http in the url when the rest of the page is https.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Blasted Firefox won't show a pic with http in the url when the rest of the page is https.

I used a direct link from the small town's web site that included it in their town's photo gallery. Looks like their web server is almost as old as the item in the photo!

Here it is, from my own more-modern web server:




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[M_Six]

Does Superman still use those? Or has he found a new place to change?

[kscarrol]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Does Superman still use those? Or has he found a new place to change?

Lady's room? All unisex now right?

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by kscarrol

Lady's room? All unisex now right?

Dr Who still needs those, right vreihen16 ???

[wknd_M]

You know when your old when...your responding to this thread

[BMWCCA1]

Originally Posted by wknd_F82

You know when your old when...your responding to this thread

. . . when you understand grammar!

[kscarrol]

Grammar police.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by kscarrol

Lady's room? All unisex now right?

Well, with all the actual newspapers going belly up, he's probably working from home now anyway, so changing is easy.

[M_Six]

When you fail to comprehend why Alec Baldwin's wife's variable accent is of any consequence at all. The fact that enough people seem to care about this that it becomes a major news item is indicative of why we're so f**ked up right now.


Or...maybe I need to stop looking at Google News.

[1MOREMOD]

He has a wife? Don't care!

[bobowar135]

Originally Posted by Dpc2u

As a kid, I remember going to the candy counter at the five & dime and getting these licorice candies. I can't say what they were called because it would be totally political incorrect today.

Golliwogs?, sorry I couldn't resist.

[UncleWede]

Five and dime

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Five and dime

Woolworth's and Bradlees department stores. We had a Bradlees near our neighborhood. We hung out there a lot.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Five and dime

Funny, that's what everyone calls a notorious inner-city intersection in these parts! Definitely trend-setters, having offered curbside pharmaceuticals for 50+ years before COVID changed the face of brick-and-mortar retail forever.....