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Remember all of them. Never played Old Maid though. My grandparents were big into cards and we learned more sophisticated card games at a very young age, including one they called Methodist Rummy which was an awful lot like the game Phase 10, except we were playing it years before Phase 10 existed.
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I still have all my Dad's slides. I should get them digitized.remember the old slides they would put in a slide projector?
Best flavor ever.
If you were a teen in the 70_s, you might remember running behind the mosquito truck in the 1960_s. My daughter thought I was lying.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbi...oCrj9gEwVtGLQ6Ay_x_KXXlePmhC55HjZ&__tn__=EH-R
I remember runnin behind these, who know what toxins were really used
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbi...oCrj9gEwVtGLQ6Ay_x_KXXlePmhC55HjZ&__tn__=EH-R
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbi...oCrj9gEwVtGLQ6Ay_x_KXXlePmhC55HjZ&__tn__=EH-R
I remember runnin behind these, who know what toxins were really used
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbi...oCrj9gEwVtGLQ6Ay_x_KXXlePmhC55HjZ&__tn__=EH-R
I loved that flavor, could never figure out why they deleted it
Fun fact-DDT was developed as part of army funded research because more troops were dying from mosquito-borne diseases in the pacific theater than were being killed by the enemy forces. The army declared it a matter of national security to deal with the blood-sucking pests, and so all of the testing that would normally take place was skipped. Once the war was over DDT had been quite effective and so no one ever thought to perform any testing. And it became the primary way of dealing with mosquitos back here in the states.If you were a teen in the 70_s, you might remember running behind the mosquito truck in the 1960_s. My daughter thought I was lying.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbi...oCrj9gEwVtGLQ6Ay_x_KXXlePmhC55HjZ&__tn__=EH-R
I remember runnin behind these, who know what toxins were really used
A side effect of DDT usage was it also did a very good job of killing numerous other blood sucking pests. The rise in bedbugs the past couple of decades is thought by some to be a direct result of bedbugs simply returning to their pre-ddt population levels.
It wasn't until the late seventies or early eighties that we discovered the harm that had been done to various other creatures by spraying DDT, especially certain fish populations as I recall. These trucks were still being used in many communities when I was growing up in the seventies.
First time of hearing of this.Remember The Hunter Brinkley Report.
Nope, first time of hearing of this kind of flavour
Nope, never heard of this restaurant.
They are a PITA at least to me they are
They operated under a number of different names in different parts of the country. Here is a (possibly incomplete) listing of the various different Big Boy franchises, I remember a couple. Some of them dropped their affiliation with Big Boy many years ago but still exist, as does the Big Boy name itself, but nowhere near the number that existed in the chain's heyday.
Thanks, Kad! But, still a nope on all of these, lol.
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That was the Huntly Brinkley Report, they were the NBC version of the evening news and competed against Walter Cronkite on CBS.
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They were Bob's Big Boy here on the west coast.
They still use trucks to spray for mosquitoes, but they use different chemicals these days. They still let the public know beforehand. I turn off the AC, so it doesn't suck in the fumes from that. I make sure to turn it back on in the morning.If you were a teen in the 70_s, you might remember running behind the mosquito truck in the 1960_s. My daughter thought I was lying.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbi...oCrj9gEwVtGLQ6Ay_x_KXXlePmhC55HjZ&__tn__=EH-R
I remember runnin behind these, who know what toxins were really used
What's bad is that the spraying seems to have no impact at all on any of the insect population.
Yep. My adoptive mother worked at one for all of two weeks before getting fired for her drinking on the job and toxic behavior towards other employees and customers.
OK, ran across this picture, including lot's of comments from people saying they hadn't seen one since they were a kid, or their grandma used one, or things of that nature. Gathered it was somehow related to ironing but...I'm clueless. Someone who knows please explain this. By the way, my grandma still had an old washtub with one of those hand-crank wringers attached and a washboard, so I've seen old school laundry related items in use, I should be old enough to have seen something like this being used but I'm still clueless.
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Back in the day they didn't have steam irons or if they did they were unreliable or expensive. This sprinkler head would allow you to steam without totally soaking the item being ironed. Dipping your fingers in water to sprinkle the item was also done, but this was a better way and didn't cost a lot.
Who remembers
I had what's either a fun idea or a dumb idea (or might just be depressing).
This is a photo of a 7-11 convenience store from the 1970's.
How many differences can you spot between a 1970's 7-11 scene & a 2020's 7-11 scene???
I'll start:
- Clerks in uniforms
- Two clerks working
- A WASP-y clerk (don't mean to be offensive to anyone but facts are facts)
- No one has visible tattoos
- A customer in a full business suit & tie
- Slurpee machine behind the counter
- Gums & mints in front of the counter and no apparent concern about theft
- Do they still make Dentyne chewing gum (anyone ever find out what the 5th dentist recommended?)?
- A customer has taken only a $1 bill from her wallet to pay for everything
- Is that a soft pack of cigarettes she's buying?
- Looks like a photograph in her wallet
- Are those road maps on the right?
- No card scanner, only a non-digital cash register
Anyone else?
This is a photo of a 7-11 convenience store from the 1970's.
How many differences can you spot between a 1970's 7-11 scene & a 2020's 7-11 scene???
I'll start:
- Clerks in uniforms
- Two clerks working
- A WASP-y clerk (don't mean to be offensive to anyone but facts are facts)
- No one has visible tattoos
- A customer in a full business suit & tie
- Slurpee machine behind the counter
- Gums & mints in front of the counter and no apparent concern about theft
- Do they still make Dentyne chewing gum (anyone ever find out what the 5th dentist recommended?)?
- A customer has taken only a $1 bill from her wallet to pay for everything
- Is that a soft pack of cigarettes she's buying?
- Looks like a photograph in her wallet
- Are those road maps on the right?
- No card scanner, only a non-digital cash register
Anyone else?
And everyone is skinny. 
Sadly, I can say that I remember almost everything on this whole list, including the Coke bottle ironing sprinkler. I haven't seen every page, so there might be some things I don't remember. And some things I don't remember (toys, for example) because they were after my time. But yeah, 99% of this stuff I remember.
And seriously? They discontinued butter rum Lifesavers? That used to be one of my favorite flavors.
Sadly, I can say that I remember almost everything on this whole list, including the Coke bottle ironing sprinkler. I haven't seen every page, so there might be some things I don't remember. And some things I don't remember (toys, for example) because they were after my time. But yeah, 99% of this stuff I remember.
And seriously? They discontinued butter rum Lifesavers? That used to be one of my favorite flavors.
most importa
most important one..females wore skirts!! decondly people smiled,finaly people used actual cash!
its a model of jimmi!
stop standing infront of your m
stop standing in front of your mirror jimmi!Who remembers
funny enough, here in launceston tasmania i saw one in the shop ye
funny enough i saw one in the shop in launceston last week!
