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What do you do now to tell him you want off the bus? Yell? I was still pulling the cord in the early 80s, which was the last time I had a downtown job and actually rode the bus.
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They still have the cords at least in NYC. I haven't rode a bus in long time elsewhere.
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was created for an ad campaign.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is famous for his eponymous Christmas tune and for using his luminous nose to heroically guide Santa Claus through the dense snow and fog on Christmas Eve. But originally, Rudolph was created as part of an ad campaign to guide Chicago area customers into department stores. Montgomery Ward was a retailer known for releasing Christmas-themed promotional coloring books in the 1930s to attract shoppers. After years of buying and distributing books made elsewhere, it opted to cut costs by designing a book of its own in 1939. The retailer enlisted the help of copywriter Robert L. May to conceive a new story, and thus, Rudolph was born.
According to the fact-checking site Snopes, May was inspired by the story of the “Ugly Duckling” and decided to create a character that was similarly ostracized for his physical appearance. He was also influenced by the fact that reindeer had been associated with Christmas as far back as the early 19th century. May settled on a reindeer with a glowing red nose, and at first considered names such as Rollo (which he later said in a 1963 interview was “too happy”) and Reginald (“too sophisticated”); Rudolph, however, “rolled off the tongue nicely.”
May’s story was a hit with both his young daughter and his employer, which distributed 2.4 million copies of the book in 1939 and another 3.6 million in 1946. Rudolph became a national sensation in 1949, when May’s brother-in-law, Johnny Marks, composed a song about the character. That tune was recorded by Gene Autry and went on to sell 1.75 million copies in its first year, becoming the first No. 1 song of the 1950s.
I actually didn't know that until just recently. Good ol' Monkey Wards, eh? LOL!
santas not coming this year. mrs clause divorced him because she said shes had enough as santa only comes once a year!
I remember little boys using straws and chewing up the paper they were wrapped in to spit through the straws at people. Spitballs. 
I wonder what they used before straws were wrapped in paper? Maybe real peas? Or just little pieces of paper chewed up.
I wonder what they used before straws were wrapped in paper? Maybe real peas? Or just little pieces of paper chewed up.
It went way beyond little wads of paper in school. Some of the boys would chew on an entire sheet of paper, and hurl that against a wall, sometimes hitting the clock.I remember little boys using straws and chewing up the paper they were wrapped in to spit through the straws at people. Spitballs.
Guess what… 58 years ago, in 1966, the holiday favorite “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” aired for the first time, becoming a holiday favorite that’s still popular today. We watch it together as a family every Christmas - it’s part of our tradition!
I can remember as a kid people would come around singin Christmas Carrols and invitin them in for hot chocolate or coffee and homemade cookies, then a few years later when I got old enough I went too.
Anyone remember that wonderful time.
Now ya'd probably be arrested
Anyone remember that wonderful time.
Now ya'd probably be arrested
I can remember as a kid people would come around singin Christmas Carrols and invitin them in for hot chocolate or coffee and homemade cookies, then a few years later when I got old enough I went too.
Anyone remember that wonderful time.
Now ya'd probably be arrested
That still happens here. A bunch of the church people go caroling every Christmas Eve. They drive from ranch to ranch because of the distance between ranches and the cold weather. I tried to make hot chocolate and cookies for them one year but I was WAY short, LOL! Most of the kids got something, though. Now we have to keep the driveway gates shut to keep the dogs in, so they don't stop here anymore. It's OK, though, I can't bake enough cookies to feed all of them!
It has been announced that there will be a flatbed trailer loaded with caroling folk towed through the most wealthy part of town. Even the Christmas parade doesn't go there, because those people find it annoying. I hope they got a good amplifier and kick-ass speakers for spreading that Christmas spirit.
I went rounds with my step nephew to keep elbows off the table. Also, went rounds with him to bring his fork or spoon up to his mouth not his mouth down at the plate and shoveling in his food. For goodness sake! He never did neither!!
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Just keep your hands and feet from in front of his face...
Oh yes... the ashtrays we made for parents/relatives. No matter how bad or ugly they were, everyone loved them. Also, it was a tradition when camping to put a few empty bottles in the fire before bed time. If everything went well, you woke up to a semi-flat bottle that could be used as an ashtray. Sometimes they broke. One time, we woke up because it was raining and you could hear all of the glass shattering LOL
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Three on the tree...
Who knows?
That's what I learned on with a manual shift. My dad's F150 and the delivery vans from my first job.
that would've earned an ear clap in our house.
if i started eating before my grand dad od left the table before him it was a ear bashing. if i spoke at the tabe it was a kick up the butt time! he celibrated his 100th b/day by going pheasant shooting!
pretty sure they still make and sell them
ROFL! And when you did, the ringer bell would ding and go on for quite some time! It was almost more satisfying than slamming a solid wood door.
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Before cell phones airports would have these everywhere. Now you have to go hunting.Who remembers
And the operator said 40c more for the next three minutes please?
These used to be in bars, arcades, malls, some restaurants, bus and train stations, etc... But when put in a booth, you had to hold the receiver while standing outside the booth to use it. Otherwise, the smell could overwhelm you and male you lose your lunch.Who remembers
And the operator said 40c more for the next three minutes please?
i just got to talk to her, ille only keep her a while thn the operaror says 40cents more......
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And you could just punch 0 and get an operator or call collect, or dial 411 to get a phone number. Free.Who remembers
And the operator said 40c more for the next three minutes please?