Remember when...

[petey_c]

Hmmm, this thread is blowing the dust out of corners of what's left of my mind. Good read.

 

[Dan]

Corn dogs. Not the crappy ones you buy at the grocery freezer section. Carny corn dogs! The ones fresh dipped and fried in something terribly unhealthy at the county fair, or in my memory the fall festival in the small hometown Central Park.




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[brewbama]

Corn dogs. Not the crappy ones you buy at the grocery freezer section. Carny corn dogs! The ones fresh dipped and fried in something terribly unhealthy at the county fair...




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I remember Fletcher's Corn Dogs at the Texas State Fair.


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[unionrdr]

I liked the cheeseburger on a stick dipped in corn batter & fried at Cedar Point. Good & different.

 

[GrogNerd]

I liked the cheeseburger on a stick dipped in corn batter & fried at Cedar Point. Good & different.

make mine a bacon cheeseburger and I'll divorce the BigHair to run off and elope with it

 

[unionrdr]

The bacon addition would've been great. Everything's better with bacon! :rockin:

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Smoked bratwurst (or a polska) on a stick, wrapped in bacon, dipped in corndog batter & deepfried...
Then dipped in your favourite mustard, oh ya baby! Wash it down with your favourite beer.
Regards, GF.

 

[MaxStout]

When I was a kid, my parents would sometimes fry up a bunch of Little Smokies (cocktail weenies) in a pan and serve them for breakfast. Yum.

 

[unionrdr]

I roll the lil smokies in crescent roll dough & bake'em. Dip in various sauces.

 

[glenn514]

^^^That is a traditional part of our Christmas Day "spread." Can't imagine Christmas Day without those little thingies!

glenn514

 

[unionrdr]

Yeah man! We mak'em for Christmas eve,Christmas day,Halloween. Gube Stoff!

 

[gratus fermentatio]

When I was a kid, my parents would sometimes fry up a bunch of Little Smokies (cocktail weenies) in a pan and serve them for breakfast. Yum.

I remember the "Little Smokies" having a bigger brother, same tasty goodness, but the size of regular pork sausage links. I haven't seen those in a long time.

I remember we'd get those little glasses of shrimp cocktail at the store & save the glasses to use for morning juice. I've always loved shrimp cocktail, it makes me happy.

I remember my dad's fav coffeepot, it looked like this:
https://img0.etsystatic.com/000/0/5525503/il_fullxfull.291437572.jpg

I can remember my grandmother ironing with one of these:
http://galleryplus.ebayimg.com/ws/web/200510714334_1_0_1/1000x1000.jpg

I remember standing in my uncle's livingroom, waiting for the cuckoo clock to strike & watch the cuckoo pop out (I was 4).
Regards, GF.

 

[Subsailor]

I remember we'd get those little glasses of shrimp cocktail at the store & save the glasses to use for morning juice. I've always loved shrimp cocktail, it makes me happy.
I remember standing in my uncle's livingroom, waiting for the cuckoo clock to strike & watch the cuckoo pop out (I was 4).
Regards, GF.

Holy Cow! I had forgotten about the little glass shrimp cocktails! I remember my Dad loading them with hot sauce and sharing with us kids, that might be why I like hot sauces so much! We also used the glasses for juice or milk.
My mom used to colect the S&H Green Stamps every time she was shopping and us kids would stick them in the books for her!

I had an uncle that returned from Germany with one of those fancy cuckoo clocks, we used to do the same thing, watch for the cuckoo!

 

[Kirkwooder]

these!
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgref...IAv2ESbZk_M:&docid=OxK1Yln3B8_RSM&h=839&w=910

Shmoo tabs is what we always called them. Before that you needed to carry a can opener with you to open your beer! lol

 

[countchunkula]

Remember when the Pledge of Allegiance was taught and repeated everyday in classroms

Remember when it did not include the phrase "under god" shoehorned in the middle.

 

[countchunkula]

I love this thread. I was born at the ass end of the 70s. I'm surprised no one mentioned these:

I remember using bbs in the pre-internet days. I loved the text game LegendOftheRedDragon. I also loved the pirate software and porno bbs's. Once you found one bbs, you downloaded the directory for all the other local ones.

I walked the 1/2 mile to and from school as a 1st grader. All of the neighborhood kids did.

 

[Hopinista]

I remember when it used to be socially acceptable to dress like this in public

while drinking this

and listening to this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-FPimCmbX8

I slightly remember crystal Pepsi as one of my first memories after moving to the states. I was sad to see it go

 

[krackin]

I remember commenting that the one I had was made of steel when those came out.

 

[jcoxen]

I love this thread. I was born at the ass end of the 70s. I'm surprised no one mentioned these:

I remember using bbs in the pre-internet days. I loved the text game LegendOftheRedDragon. I also loved the pirate software and porno bbs's. Once you found one bbs, you downloaded the directory for all the other local ones.

I walked the 1/2 mile to and from school as a 1st grader. All of the neighborhood kids did.

I was born in 1960 but still...

 

[unionrdr]

these!
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgref...IAv2ESbZk_M:&docid=OxK1Yln3B8_RSM&h=839&w=910

Shmoo tabs is what we always called them. Before that you needed to carry a can opener with you to open your beer! lol

I remember the super modified guys complaining about those pull tabs getting stuck in their slicks when they were still hot pulling back into the pits at the local speedways. And I don't mean the gas stations. We used to make chains & vests out of them.

 

[Beernik]

I love this thread. I was born at the ass end of the 70s. I'm surprised no one mentioned these:

I remember using bbs in the pre-internet days. I loved the text game LegendOftheRedDragon. I also loved the pirate software and porno bbs's. Once you found one bbs, you downloaded the directory for all the other local ones.

I walked the 1/2 mile to and from school as a 1st grader. All of the neighborhood kids did.

I rocked that big wheel! Wore that shirt and Toughskins doing it.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Holy Cow! I had forgotten about the little glass shrimp cocktails! I remember my Dad loading them with hot sauce and sharing with us kids, that might be why I like hot sauces so much! We also used the glasses for juice or milk.
My mom used to colect the S&H Green Stamps every time she was shopping and us kids would stick them in the books for her!

I had an uncle that returned from Germany with one of those fancy cuckoo clocks, we used to do the same thing, watch for the cuckoo!

Remember getting free drinking glasses (with a fill up) from the service stations? Or there was a brand of laundry soap that put a free glass in the box.
How about Brooks catsup? http://www.catsupbottle.com/archive/1961/pix/1970label.jpg

Or the Brooks catsup water tower?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_catsup_bottle_water_tower
Regards, GF.

 

[Subsailor]

I have 8 glasses that my Grandmother saved from Bonded Oil way back when. They are the Famous Ohio Indian Collection. I guess there was a pitcher that was supposed to go with them for an Iced Tea set but I don't have the pitcher. The glasses are 16oz. I think I am going to keep them for my bar once I get set up in Arizona later this year.
My Mother used to save certain jelly glasses with a pop off top and they made nice little juice glasses because it was just a bead rim and not threaded like ball jars.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

I remember when Slurpees were new. You could only get them at 7-11 & they only had Coke & cherry. You'd save the plastic cup & eventually it would melt in the dishwasher.

I remember going to the drive-in movie theater, sitting in the back of the truck, watching the movie with a blanket over our laps. We'd bring our own snacks & drinks in one of those cheap, squeaky styrofoam coolers.

I remember my sister making those braided chains out of gum wrappers.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1NgBBDpSJ34/RkSt3oqDgxI/AAAAAAAAAq0/r6XWkljnP2Y/s1600-h/GUM-ROPE-2.jpg

 

[Subsailor]

Oh Yeah, the gum wrapper chains and pull tab chains. I had a buddy in junior high, his sister made one of those doorway chain hanging things for her room out of pull tabs from soda cans.

Remember these, made from beer cans (do they still make them):

 

[glenn514]

I received my master's degree in 1980, but "commencement" was scheduled during my vacation time in northern Wisconsin. Somewhere I have a photo of me in my graduation "garb"....wearing a beer can hat, holding a martini in one hand and a big cigar in the other! If I ever run across that photo, I'll scan it and post it.

glenn514

 

[kingboomer]

Internet lol. You guys remember zork?

 

[Roadie]

Loved zork. I had my maps for every direction from a room including the one cyclops ran out of making a new door when you said Odysseus.


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[Jacob_Marley]

I remember as a kid traveling with my folks to visit relatives in the far reaches of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and passing motels and overnight cabins to rent that proudly displayed on the motel sign, "HOT WATER".
Many years later the boast became "HBO" ... But back in the day it was the plumbing at motels that was the star.

 

[orangehero]

I love this thread. I was born at the ass end of the 70s. I'm surprised no one mentioned these:

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNZCZsHJIR8[/ame]

 

[iaefebs]

If you can't remember any further back than last year. Please feel free to post anything.

 

[Goofynewfie]

Anybody have these?

 

[Beernik]

I never did but my daughter had some.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

I remember those sea monkeys, it was quite a let-down to discover they were actually brine shrimp. It was fun watching them getting eaten by the fish in the aquarium though.
Remember the "Creepy Crawlers" toy?
http://www.vintagetoysillustrated.c...EATURING_CREEPY_CRAWLERS_SET_4477_BOX_LID.JPG
I never had one, but always thought it would be a cool thing to have. Which reminds me of those little rubber monsters made to go on your pencil eraser.

I remember playing with those toy parachute things for hours, the ones with a little plastic paratrooper or a silly looking spaceman as a weight & a clear plastic parachute. They could be had for a quarter & you'd roll up the parachute & throw it as high as you could; as it fell the 'chute would open & it would drift down to the ground.

When they broke beyond all repair, and they always did eventually, or we couldn't get to the store, we'd make our own out of plastic bags from the dry cleaners or even a bandanna, some string & a couple of steel washers.
Regards, GF.

 

[bleme]

I remember playing with those toy parachute things for hours, you'd roll up the parachute & throw it as high as you could; as it fell the 'chute would open & it would drift down to the ground.

We always threw them off the roof. We also tried jumping off the roof with one in each hand but that didn't work so well....

 

[kenoglass]

I used to rock these Z Cavaricci all the time!!!

and I would have my hair like this too!!

 

[Homercidal]

Sea Monkeys, yes. I liked them, but it was kind of a let down to know they were just shrimp.

Parachuter, yes. Eventually we just dropped the parachute part and tied a couple of heavy nuts to a string and twirled it around and let it fly. They would fly a LONG ways!
Sometimes even on top of the neighbor's roof! We also stripped the eyes off of old fishing poles and jammed green tomatoes down onto it and flung them things as far as possible. Then moved onto riper veggies until it was a contest to see how rotten a tomato could be before it would not fling. Those suckers would sail!

I should gather some scrap wood this summer and build a trebuchet...

 

[BierMuncher]

My quarterback always ran in circles...

 

[shelly_belly]

I had the creepy crawler maker. When the novelty wore out and we ran out of plastigoop we used it to roast peanuts!

 

[ButcherBoy]

I had the Creepy Crawler set, and the Giant Bug add on set. (Is that considered an expansion pack?) I still have both sets, probably have some dried up Goop. No box though, that bit the dust years ago. Made lots of bugs.