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And a spool of wrapping string hanging from the ceiling and sawdust on the floor and the meat 'department' was an actual butcher shop with a real butcher. Mom would ask for a cut of meat and he'd cut it. We had 12 neighborhood grocers in this little town of 10K and now there's one chain supermarket clear off on the edge of town....and the sumbitches rearranged the whole dang store last summer and I still have to hunt for every dang thing.

 

These....

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mkr3GureeA"]Classic '60s & '70s TV Commercials - YouTube[/ame]

 

Some commercials were better than others.... Old Milwaukee Beer....:beer

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c2NEFPqTwY"]Old Milwaukee Beer Swedish Bikini Team: "Truck" - YouTube[/ame]

 

My sister and I used to get up early and watch the test pattern then the national anthem, followed by a farm show and finally Captain Kangaroo.

Factoid: Captain Kangaroo was neither a captain nor a kangaroo.

 

A real barber shop where you could get a flattop and they had Gentleman's magazines mixed in with the others ( "Hey lady, do you know your kid is lookin at a gentleman's magazine?") - think I got knocked upside the head for that one.

 

The "Flesh" Crayola Crayon.

 

Girls in pink hot pants pumping gasoline @ $0.29 a gallon for regular.......

 

Products without bar codes

Princess Phones

Television remotes that emitted an audible click and only changed the channel

 

STD's that could be cured.

 

Console TV's with the radio (or better yet....the STEREO) and record player built in.

Gilligans Island

Captain Kangaroo

Romper Room

 

Wild man then, yes, pillows on the windshield and stretch out on the hood. Now all an old guy can do is run to the end of his chain and bark.

 

Friction tape is a type of adhesive tape made from cloth impregnated with a rubber-based adhesive and is mainly used to increase grip or friction. Because the adhesive is impregnated in the cloth, friction tape is sticky on both sides. The rubber based adhesive makes it an electrical insulator and provides a degree of protection from liquids and corrosion. In the past, friction tape was widely used by electricians, but PVC electrical tape has replaced it in most applications today. The frictional properties of the tape come from the cloth material which is often made from cotton. One common use is to wrap it around the blade of a hockey stick to improve puck control. Another use is to wrap it around the handle of a softball or baseball bat to give one a better grip. It's also useful as a base when wrapping a bicycle handlebar with handlebar tape.

An interesting phenomenon is the Triboluminescence observable in a dark room as the tape is pulled off the roll.

 

Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom with Marlin Perkins

 

Flash Cubes

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91zsKaEMIFk[/ame]

 

Woah..who new...Dr Ruth was a sniper.

When I was in my routine training for the Israeli army as a teenager, they discovered completely by chance that I was a lethal sniper. I could hit the target smack in the center further away than anyone could believe. Not just that, even though I was tiny and not even much of an athlete, I was incredibly accurate throwing hand grenades too. Even today I can load a Sten automatic rifle in a single minute, blindfolded.

 

I remember when Coke came in a bottle, and gay meant you were happy

Mark

 

How about the neighborhood football or baseball game held in of all places, someones yard or an empty lot... Good times they were!

 

When spell check was on a shelf and called a dictionary.