45 r.p.m. mmmmmmm My generation was a lit quicker. 78 r.p.m. Hi Fi. Nah, The Gramaphone. Beer 12 cents a pint. Oh for the good old days. <G> Roger At 07:47 PM 8/13/01 -0400, you wrote: >I remember most of this stuff, and I'm only 54. (Regarding #35, I >remember gasoline at 17 cents per gallon, but that was during a price >war.) > >Regards, Clyde > >Ted Simmons wrote: > >> > Double Dog Dare >> > >> > I am sharing it with you today because it ended with >> > a "double dog dare" >> > to pass it on. To remember what a "double dog dare" >> > is, read on. And >> > remember that the perfect age is somewhere between >> > old enough to know >> > better and young enough not to care. How many do >> > you remember? >> > >> > 01. Candy cigarettes >> > 02. Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water >> > inside. >> > 03. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles. >> > 04. Coffee shops with tableside juke boxes >> > 05. Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum >> > 06. Home milk delivery in glass bottles, with >> > Cardboard stoppers. >> > 07. Party lines. >> > 08. Newsreels before the movie. >> > 09. P. F. Flyers >> > 10. Butch wax >> > 11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix ... >> > (Drexel-5505) >> > 12. Peashooters. >> > 13. Howdy Doody >> > 14. 45 RPM Records >> > 15. Green Stamps >> > 16. Hi-fi's >> > 17. Metal ice cube trays, with levers >> > 18. Mimeograph paper >> > 19. Blue flash Bulbs >> > 20. Beanie and Cecil >> > 21. roller skate keys >> > 22. Cork pop guns >> > 23. Drive ins >> > 24. Studebakers >> > 25. Wash tub wringers >> > 26. The Fuller Brush man >> > 27. Reel-to-reel tape recorders >> > 28. Tinkertoys >> > 29. The Erector Set >> > 30. The Fort Apache Playset >> > 31. Lincoln Logs >> > 32. 15 cent McDonald hamburgers >> > 33. 5 cent packs of baseball cards...with that awful >> > pink slab bubblegum >> > 34. Penny candy >> > 35. 35 cent-a-gallon gasoline >
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