Are you old enough to remember when................

[mbailey]

Heh!  I inherited a 1978 Mercury Marquis from my grandfather.  When I drove it to San Diego past the air bases, I had to wave off jets trying to land on the hood.

   Yep thats the car.

I remember my dad bringing me home one night after football practice, snowy as heck and the roads were a mess. We were just heading thru a green light when all of a sudden an old AMC Rambler blew thru the light and BAM...... we nailed him broadside. My dads Merc pushed in the whole ( and i mean the WHOLE ) drivers side of that Rambler, it had to be totalled. My dads car suffered a scratched bumper and a cracked headlight  . The only difference between that car and a tank, was the tank had tracks.

[IronDog]

<S> to all the gents that replied to my post.I forgot about the hot rods in high school.My baby was a 51 Ford with 2 two dueces.Lot of good times in that ride!Yes you could get a good meal for a buck back then.I noticed a lot of fellows that posted, seem to be in my age group.You know the saying about WWII vets leaving us at an ever increasing rate,well soon we Viet Nam era gents are going to fall into that situation.Change Up typed in a humorous blip on 200 the other night,Jesus is coming back  soon.....look busy!!I have diabetes,and I see where Ron Santo,one of my heros,died the other day.He suffered from diabetes.We lost a good one there!I haven't led a sinless life,but I'm hoping to be one of the Marines guarding Heavens Gate when the good Lord punches my ticket!
IronDog

[TOMCAT21]

I remember when gas was 49.9 cents a gallon,  monthly cable bill was $8.00, drive in movie theaters were in abundance, parents could actually discipline their kids.

[DaCoon]

I saw a Datsun B510 on my way to work the other morning. Brought back a lot of memories as well.

[Hajo]

Older then that.......Gas was 28 cents a gallon.........coke was a dime and a candy bar was a nickle.

Saturday Movies....double feature with Cartoon was 50 cents.  Saw The Magnificent 7 and a Cartoon for 50 cents.

[Hawk55]

I recall gasoline at 17 cents a gallon,Nickle Cokes,Get in the movie theater for 12 cents.Overseas a carton of Luckys cost me a buck.My wife and I could fill a grocery cart for 25-30 bucks.Saying damn was about the only thing you could get away with in the movies.T.V. was just coming out,and all we had was a radio for entertainment.
I recall having WWII vets for D.I.'s,and they could run my sorry arse into the ground!I recall fighting in a war that wasn't a war,and asking myself why is all this toejame happening?The good old days,yessir I recall them well.
ID

You sound like a man with whom I'd love to spend an evening with sharing beers, a few "toasted Lucky's" and listening to your stories.   Sir!!!

[Hawk55]

In the 70's in grammer school, we had the weekly Air Raid drills where you went to the bomb shelter in case Russia sent the 'big one' over.
I find this one of the best threads ever here...after reading each post I find myself saying 'Oh Yeah, I remember that too'!    Well done Boys!  

[DarkHawk]

As a kid i remember going to the movies at the local theater, could get in but a bag of popcorn, a good and plenty box of candy, and a drink for just a 0.25 cents, 1961 gas was 18 cents a a gallon and witheach gallon a 16 oz drinking glass, McDonald's hamburgers .15 cents, was a treat when your parents took you there, not like now. radio was the main entertainment, with long ranger, Zorro, green hornet, jack Benny show and others. Vietnam was no picnic in the delta area around ca may.

 

[RTR]

A&W was a true drive in. They brought your burger, onion rings and rootbeer out to your car on a tray that hooked onto your window. You could buy a gallon of rootbeer in a glass jug. When you emptied it you could bring it back and get it filled up again

Dad bought a tiny portable TV so we could watch Armstrong and Aldrin land on the moon. black and white of course.

Crewcuts, jeans and short sleeve shirts with a collar and pocket.

Neighborhood Moms were Moms.

Dairy queen was a walk up ice cream parlour.

Those really were the good old days.

RTR

[greens]

im old enough to remember when i didnt give a dam about money. no issues no and ifs or buts. i remember clearly being a kid and not giving a dam about anything just living life at the fullest. oh n copenhagen was 2.45 a can.

[68ZooM]

I can remember some of these things growing up..... what can you remember about prices and things during your childhood that were memorable to you?

.... you could go to the store and buy a 100 pieces of candy with a dollar....    

.... 1 gallon of gas was 75 cents.

.... you could get an Ice Cold Coca Cola and other flavors in a vending machine that served it in a ice cold glass bottle for 25 cents.  

candy = yes  

Gas = 65 cents

Dad's mortgage = 135 a month including taxes and insurance

those were the days  

[xbrit]

For the English amongst us I remember-
Ben Sherman shirts with button down collars, Doc Martin boots. Being able to go into town on the bus for 2d.
The change over to that new money, think it was 1972 it started.

[Changeup]

<S> to all the gents that replied to my post.I forgot about the hot rods in high school.My baby was a 51 Ford with 2 two dueces.Lot of good times in that ride!Yes you could get a good meal for a buck back then.I noticed a lot of fellows that posted, seem to be in my age group.You know the saying about WWII vets leaving us at an ever increasing rate,well soon we Viet Nam era gents are going to fall into that situation.Change Up typed in a humorous blip on 200 the other night,Jesus is coming back  soon.....look busy!!I have diabetes,and I see where Ron Santo,one of my heros,died the other day.He suffered from diabetes.We lost a good one there!I haven't led a sinless life,but I'm hoping to be one of the Marines guarding Heavens Gate when the good Lord punches my ticket!
IronDog

When we are both gone....and I hope its a long time from now, I will he HONORED to have you check my ID and pass this request up the chain...."Changeup, reporting as ordered, requesting permission to come aboard sir"...until then, thank you for your service and watch the diabetes.  My father was an O-1, O-2 and O-3 with the 173rd LRObserver(Airborne and Ranger)...1965-1967.5 and has diabetes as well.  We have to beat him to death to leave the chili alone...not that chili is that bad but he likes to add and entire pack of Ballpark hotdogs to his pot of chili, whole, so that for leftovers, he can have chilidogs with onions, cheese and mustard!!! lmao. 


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[Changeup]

A&W was a true drive in. They brought your burger, onion rings and rootbeer out to your car on a tray that hooked onto your window. You could buy a gallon of rootbeer in a glass jug. When you emptied it you could bring it back and get it filled up again

Dad bought a tiny portable TV so we could watch Armstrong and Aldrin land on the moon. black and white of course.

Crewcuts, jeans and short sleeve shirts with a collar and pocket.

Neighborhood Moms were Moms.

Dairy queen was a walk up ice cream parlour.

Those really were the good old days.

RTR

I FORGOT ABOUT A & W!!!!  My Dad would take me there after every baseball game!!!  It was awesome!  Cold, frosty mug of rootbeer with a burger and fries....great way to end the day.  I can't believe those bozos couldn't figure out how to make money seeing how Sonic has made a damn fortune!!

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[DERK13]

Wow yalls stories are a kids dream, sure wish i was alive in yalls time period <S>