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Something Posing As Meat
I had always heard it was "shoulder of pork and ham," but I guess that was wrong! I just looked up the history of SPAM (a brain-numbing experience, let me tell you), and found this:
Although lore behind the name Spam varies, Hormel himself claimed the product was named for a combination of the words "spice" and "ham," despite the fact that neither ingredient appears in Spam. The confusion has led some to speculate that Spam is an acronym for "Shoulder of Pork And Ham," but company line gives Kenneth Daigneau, the brother of a Hormel VP, credit for naming the product. As Hormel tells it, he launched a naming contest for the new product during a New Year's Eve party, when Daigneau spit out "Spam" as if "it were nothing at all," Hormel told Gill. "I knew then and there that the name was perfect."
From this website, if you want to know more about SPAM, LOL!
https://www.eater.com/2014/7/9/6191681/a-brief-history-of-spam-an-american-meat-icon
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As a kid I would not touch that. I hated coconut. I could tell the coconut ones by smell in a box of chocolates as well.
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Almost older than dirt...
Yeah, although I never used one, I know that's an oil can. 
I never liked those coconut candies, either. I like coconut fine, but they were SO SWEET, it made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I've never had much of a tolerance for sugar. The worst candies in the world (to me) are those marshmallow peeps. Even as a kid, I couldn't eat more than one bite of one. UGH!
I never liked those coconut candies, either. I like coconut fine, but they were SO SWEET, it made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I've never had much of a tolerance for sugar. The worst candies in the world (to me) are those marshmallow peeps. Even as a kid, I couldn't eat more than one bite of one. UGH!
It's an oil can from a Model T or Model A FordYeah, although I never used one, I know that's an oil can.
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Back in the day I had a push button phone, but I had to set it to use dial pulses. Ma Bell wanted an extra $5 a month for touch tone. At least I could hit redial to make it somewhat faster.Does anyone remember doin this
it would be worth more now!
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Never saw those.Who remembers
Does anyone remember doin this
We had one of the first push button phones when they came out, and it made this procedure SO much easier.
I won a little transistor radio from the local radio station KISN in Portland, Oregon by being the FIRST caller!When I was 17 years old and setting up my first apartment, my dad gave me a Sunbeam hand mixer as a housewarming gift. That is the only hand mixer I've ever used, and I still use it, 50 years later.
I never did have a Sunbeam toaster, and I've gone through more toasters in my adult life than I can count, but that mixer never quits.
I would have thought people had better spelling skills back in 1965. Unless this is a fake ad, made to look old, done by a millennial who can't spell "license." Makes you wonder...
Before my time, but here you go. Enjoy.
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Yup, I did and I'm still alive and kicking...
As my mom used to say, "still kicking, just not as high".
That's how we got to the fields to detassle corn stalks on a summer job I had at age 14.Kids used to ride countless miles in pickup beds without camper shells.
Kids used to ride countless miles in pickup beds without camper shells.
I didn't realize it was illegal until about a year ago
first time ive seen a one
These used to be in stores all over the U.S., they saved many from havin to pay a TV repairman to come and fix your TV/radio. Tubes are stored in the bottom drawers, you could test your tube, gat a new one and have your TV workin in a short time if it was just a bad tube and most times it was.
good idea. pity i dont watch tv jimmi lol
Same here.
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I remember going to the local grocery store with my Dad, tubes from the TV in hand to test.
