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USMC88-93
09-08-2015, 21:28
I remember sitting on that tractor watching a couple of the Apollo Moon landings on that TV.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/PhotoTWB/Old%20family%20pix/Tim%20Young%2030_zps3xucp2ei.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/PhotoTWB/media/Old%20family%20pix/Tim%20Young%2030_zps3xucp2ei.jpg.html)
gnihcraes
09-08-2015, 22:32
We had a tractor like that, used to try and pull things with it, like tree stumps and stuff. Lol
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That is awesome. Never seen anything like that.
Aloha_Shooter
09-08-2015, 23:01
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My first gun ...
Saw the first moon landing, in the auditorium, in the fifth grade. Watched a B&W TV.
The first tractor was on my Grandfather's ranch. 60s IH tractors. Traded for an IH combine with heat and 8 track.
I'll see your tractor and raise you one group of superheroes.
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/08/26103a424730aab9d042ab3c0f009489.jpg
Oh, and my mom made those costumes.
I'll see your tractor and raise you one group of superheroes.
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/08/26103a424730aab9d042ab3c0f009489.jpg
We had that clock in the dining room!! 8 tracks in the living room.
That was my grandparents house. If you look to the right side of the picture you can see some long guns in the gun cabinet.
Is that Tupperware on the left of the TV? I have one of those lettuce keepers.
Which one were you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qP-NglUeZU
Niiiice.... [LOL]
Reminds me or my clown costumes. No, not any pics.
USMC88-93
09-09-2015, 00:17
It's easy for me to tell where I got my love of shooting though. Check out the early 70's cheezy trap and sporting clays trophies in these two pictures. My father used to shoot at the trap club at Sloans Lake, and the club on what is now Hwy 7 near Sheridan blvd. I think also another club out east Also Im kind of digging that lamp shade though I do not remember it at all.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/PhotoTWB/Old%20family%20pix/Tim%20Young%201_zpshxzrk2ts.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/PhotoTWB/media/Old%20family%20pix/Tim%20Young%201_zpshxzrk2ts.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/PhotoTWB/Old%20family%20pix/Tim%20Young%2013_zpsw04oeh18.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/PhotoTWB/media/Old%20family%20pix/Tim%20Young%2013_zpsw04oeh18.jpg.html)
Fancy push button phone on the wall, we had rotary dial phones into the 80's.
USMC88-93
09-09-2015, 09:02
Fancy push button phone on the wall, we had rotary dial phones into the 80's.
He worked for Mountain Bell so I imagine we were early adopters of phone technology. I still know the guy whos name is on the patent for caller ID.
Martinjmpr
09-09-2015, 09:03
Saw the first moon landing, in the auditorium, in the fifth grade. Watched a B&W TV.
The first tractor was on my Grandfather's ranch. 60s IH tractors. Traded for an IH combine with heat and 8 track.
You were in school in the middle of July?
gnihcraes
09-09-2015, 10:41
I think i've located the same clock.
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Great Granmother, Brother on left, I'm on right. ~ 1973 or 74 my guess.
You guys need to turn off the Sepia tone setting on your camera phones.
BPTactical
09-09-2015, 13:53
Random things that make me feel old?
Mirrors
Great-Kazoo
09-09-2015, 14:06
I think i've located the same clock.
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Great Granmother, Brother on left, I'm on right. ~ 1973 or 74 my guess.
73 or 4?? what are you like 30?
Mom & Dad
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The old man He's 86 now , still has a full head of hair and smoking those italian stinkers.
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http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jW8_IXB7SPw/VcG4BB2durI/AAAAAAAA1AM/3-RQSrCSSoQ/s400/11209403_742150415889894_3434544668479636214_n.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pO63b1ZrNLI/VW67v6DxLnI/AAAAAAAA0Lw/iqmdzVk6ud0/s400/11160592_10153338253658486_8716011460492739958_n.j pg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pO63b1ZrNLI/VW67v6DxLnI/AAAAAAAA0Lw/iqmdzVk6ud0/s400/11160592_10153338253658486_8716011460492739958_n.j pg
Chevy did that thru the 90s.
Threads like this make me feel young until my arthritis kicks in while typing
gnihcraes
09-09-2015, 15:01
73 or 4?? what are you like 30? Older, Guess again.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pO63b1ZrNLI/VW67v6DxLnI/AAAAAAAA0Lw/iqmdzVk6ud0/s400/11160592_10153338253658486_8716011460492739958_n.j pg
Is it sad that I still have a vehicle that requires both?
Bailey Guns
09-09-2015, 17:28
Who remembers only 4 TV stations, even in a big city? I grew up in Houston...CBS, NBC & ABC and a UHF channel. And I remember what a big deal it was when we finally got a color TV. A Curtis Mathis, made in by God America.
But could you get all 4 channels without adjusting the rabbit ears or fine tune ring?
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JohnnyDrama
09-09-2015, 17:37
My day job includes archaeologist. I'm darn near historic in technical terms. I have to look twice at some pop/beer cans someone threw away 50 years ago. Some of my friends have been assigned site numbers.....
SideShow Bob
09-09-2015, 18:26
Saw the first moon landing, in the auditorium, in the fifth grade. Watched a B&W TV.
The first tractor was on my Grandfather's ranch. 60s IH tractors. Traded for an IH combine with heat and 8 track.
I call B.S. !
The he first moon landing was July 20, 1969.
Unless you were a bad boy and had to go to summer school........ You may have seen one of the subsequent landing while at school.
StagLefty
09-09-2015, 18:35
Who remembers only 4 TV stations, even in a big city? I grew up in Houston...CBS, NBC & ABC and a UHF channel. And I remember what a big deal it was when we finally got a color TV. A Curtis Mathis, made in by God America.
Haha I remember my Dad buying some gizmo that supposedly magnified the picture and made it color. A stand with saran wrap probably.
Who remembers only 4 TV stations, even in a big city? I grew up in Houston...CBS, NBC & ABC and a UHF channel. And I remember what a big deal it was when we finally got a color TV. A Curtis Mathis, made in by God America.
Yep, I grew up in Houston as well.
We had to go outside and rotate the pole the antenna was on if we wanted to watch UHF.
Our first color TV was a Zenith. Lasted for 15 years or so.
http://www.boxcarcabin.com/zenith-25cc50-console.jpg
Fentonite
09-09-2015, 19:06
Who remembers only 4 TV stations, even in a big city? I grew up in Houston...CBS, NBC & ABC and a UHF channel. And I remember what a big deal it was when we finally got a color TV. A Curtis Mathis, made in by God America.
So you must remember Marvin Zindler. "SLIME IN THE ICE MACHINE!"
(sorry, for those of you who didn't watch Houston TV in the '70's, that won't mean much)
Dlesh123
09-09-2015, 19:13
Grew up north of Denver, occasionally got channel two, 4 was NBC, 7 was CBS, 9 was ABC, occasionally got a channel 5 out of Cheyenne. Our antenna was fixed up on the roof, so we got what we got on our "new" black and white, the service calls to check the tubes on the old TV just got to be too much.
Hmmm, six of my vehicles still require the two keys.
Still have a couple guns that don't have serial numbers due to age.
Rotary dial phone with 12 party line.
I did move on from my 8088XT computer.
Dlesh123
09-09-2015, 19:16
So you must remember Marvin Zindler. "SLIME IN THE ICE MACHINE!"
(sorry, for those of you who didn't watch Houston TV in the '70's, that won't mean much)
Didn't grow up there, but lived there in the 90s, and he was still on TV, with the slime in the ice machine.
So you must remember Marvin Zindler. "SLIME IN THE ICE MACHINE!"
(sorry, for those of you who didn't watch Houston TV in the '70's, that won't mean much)
Ha
I forgot all about that guy.
Quite the character.
"Marvin Zindler...I Witness News"
gnihcraes
09-09-2015, 20:14
KAIJ5759
My father's CB radio callsign. Lol
Or having to turn the TV antenna rotator to get the TV station from KY or from Indianapolis, one channel at a time..
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I lived just far enough from Houston that I couldn't get the UHF station so we only had three channels. Sometimes if the weather was bad we could get the UHF channel but it was pretty fuzzy.
Great-Kazoo
09-09-2015, 20:26
Haha I remember my Dad buying some gizmo that supposedly magnified the picture and made it color. A stand with saran wrap probably.
It was a CYM (possibly) blue & green added, colored plastic sheet one taped to the screen.
I remember the first VCR my dad bought. It had a remote control. It was a wired remote that plugged into the back of the unit. Of course you still,had to walk up to the TV and turn the channel knob to whatever channel it had to be on for the VCR.
Great-Kazoo
09-09-2015, 20:34
Grew up north of Denver, occasionally got channel two, 4 was NBC, 7 was CBS, 9 was ABC, occasionally got a channel 5 out of Cheyenne. Our antenna was fixed up on the roof, so we got what we got on our "new" black and white, the service calls to check the tubes on the old TV just got to be too much.
Hmmm, six of my vehicles still require the two keys.
Still have a couple guns that don't have serial numbers due to age.
Rotary dial phone with 12 party line.
I did move on from my 8088XT computer.
SH8-0842 (my late grandparents) ph # back east. In Brooklyn you had a Terrace or Shore Road prefix.
You had to click the receiver 2-3x to let who ever was on the line you needed it.
The drug store was also the place one went to test the tv & radio tubes if one stopped working.
AS a kid one would have to stand in the apt doorway if the "locals" were having zip gun fights. Duke Snyder lived down the block along with a few other Brooklyn Dodgers.
Do you have a picture of yourself riding your dinosaur, Kazoo?
[Coffee]
Great-Kazoo
09-09-2015, 20:49
Do you have a picture of yourself riding your dinosaur, Kazoo?
[Coffee]
Silly Ray. of course i do.
https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=JN.FV68KGexWXvkbsYP3Acxcg&pid=15.1&P=0&w=300&h=300
Here's one of the grand-kids. Terrorizing each other, as usual
https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=JN.neXCy0bLVLQtUYONCih%2fog&pid=15.1&P=0&w=300&h=300
F**k me. Should have known you did. That'll teach me to be a smart ass.
Dlesh123
09-09-2015, 22:24
SH8-0842 (my late grandparents) ph # back east. In Brooklyn you had a Terrace or Shore Road prefix.
Sounds pretty neat for the time.
You had to click the receiver 2-3x to let who ever was on the line you needed it.
To call someone on the "other" side of the line. 6 and 6, we dialed the number, hung up while it ran on the other side and then guessed if they answered and clicked back on. We sometimes had to be a little more direct: " you have been on the phone long enough, get off so I can make a call". Usually worked.
The drug store was also the place one went to test the tv & radio tubes if one stopped working.
For us that came a little later, the new age of self service, still did not know what self serve gasoline pumps were though.
USMC88-93
09-09-2015, 22:36
So you must remember Marvin Zindler. "SLIME IN THE ICE MACHINE!"
(sorry, for those of you who didn't watch Houston TV in the '70's, that won't mean much)
Dude was still doing it well into the mid 2000's Crazy suit and sunglasses and all.
Fentonite
09-09-2015, 23:11
Dude was still doing it well into the mid 2000's Crazy suit and sunglasses and all.
I had no idea he lasted that long. Heck, I can't understand how he lasted through the '70's! He must've just been kinda a joke and kept around as a gimmick. Oh well, he entertained me as as tyke.
Aloha_Shooter
09-09-2015, 23:32
When my dad was overseas, I think we only had the 1 channel. When he PCSed to DC, we got 5: ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, and Channel 26 (had Ultraman, Johnny Socco and his Robot, a bunch of cartoons I've never seen anywhere else, and some goof ball who dressed up in silver and used the Vulcan sign all the time). When we moved back to Hawaii, we still had 5, replacing Channel 26 with the Japanese language KIKU channel 13.
Well, I remember when I was going into the fifth grade and they decided to desegregate the schools. We went and drew a ping pong ball and that determined what school you would go to.
I ended up at one school, the neighbor beside me at a different school, and my cousin in the house beside him was at the third school. The three of us would stand out in front of my house waiting for the bus. The first bus would come and my cousin would get on. Another bus would arrive and pick up the neighbor. Then my bus would show up.
Bailey Guns
09-10-2015, 06:27
So you must remember Marvin Zindler. "SLIME IN THE ICE MACHINE!"
Oh, yeah. I almost mentioned him when I posted. But I figured no one would remember the guy!
Amazing how many of us did time in the Houston area. It may explain how we ended up here in CO with its low humidity.
I remember testing and buying tubes for the TV with my dad.
What makes me feel old these days is waking up in the morning and having to put my feet on the floor. That, and the sound of snapping twigs as I make my way to the bathroom.
You were in school in the middle of July?
Went back and did the math. It must have been the Apollo 14.
Must be one of those getting old things.
.455_Hunter
09-10-2015, 13:26
I still have problems with the Denver TV channels, as the Ch 4- NBC, Ch 7- CBS and Ch 9- ABC pattern is STILL ingrained into my head from my childhood.
The only thing I can contribute to this thread is that my daughter watches the Patty Duke show on over the air tv every morning for breakfast. Cousins...identical cousins.
I still have problems with the Denver TV channels, as the Ch 4- NBC, Ch 7- CBS and Ch 9- ABC pattern is STILL ingrained into my head from my childhood.
Fortunately, my satellite provider remaps them to these channels so this old dog doesn't need to learn a new trick.
buffalobo
09-11-2015, 22:40
Not really anything I have found makes me feel old. Much posted here I experienced when young and it makes me nostalgic.
My grandkids make me feel good about being young for a grandpa.
Great-Kazoo
09-11-2015, 22:44
The only thing I can contribute to this thread is that my daughter watches the Patty Duke show on over the air tv every morning for breakfast. Cousins...identical cousins.
Still, they're cousins,
Identical cousins and you'll find,
They laugh alike, they walk alike,
At times they even talk alike —
You can lose your mind,
When cousins are two of a kind.
buffalobo
09-11-2015, 22:44
Cept for the Kazoo stuff, he is pretty much next to Blasterbob for being old ass an shit. [handbags]
Great-Kazoo
09-11-2015, 22:47
Cept for the Kazoo stuff, he is pretty much next to Blasterbob for being old ass an shit. [handbags]
Hey I resemble that remark. I owe it all to, Good Clean Living
More Filet of Dragon, Grandpa ?
Seeing A flock of Turkeys and not having a 25/20
Not all of my skills are particularly useful anymore.
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Just kidding, this wasn't my key. Our Wireless door had a combination lock.
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BPTactical
09-12-2015, 18:07
Carl Akers and Stormy Rottman on Channel 9.
Bob Palmer on Channel 7.
Never watched Channel 4.
Creature Features on Saturday afternoons.
All in The Family, Love American Style.
BushMasterBoy
09-13-2015, 17:21
Sambos...
BPTactical
09-13-2015, 17:50
Azars Big Boy
Shakeys Pizza
The Organ Grinder
After the Gold Rush
Sams on Lookout Mountain
Just found this during the move and makes me feel old as hell. This pic was the last time I had and could grow hair lol
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Great-Kazoo
09-13-2015, 18:25
Sambos...
They were off parker rd east of CCR. That's where the metro area ended long time ago.
BushMasterBoy
09-13-2015, 19:17
I saw a UFO fly over Sambos in southwest Little Rock. Two cops walking out the restaurant looked up, as it was only a 100 feet in altitude. The look on their face was priceless. Oh the summer of 1976! Some things you never forget.
USMC88-93
09-13-2015, 19:33
Now the random junk making me feel old is current. I last drove one of my personal vehicles 7 days ago. I woke up this morning thinking I wanted to leave the house and go spend money on a nice breakfast somewhere. Currently missing is my LAST set of keys for both of my personal vehicles and I am stuck at the house looking for them. Problem is they could have been lost at work or at home and I have no recollection of where I hid them from myself. It is going to get expensive if I have to pay for new keys on both to get either on moving. (Insert profanity laced tirade with brand new made up words here regarding not making more sets of keys.....)
EDIT to add: Found in the last location I was going to tear up tonight before beginning the scavenger hunt again in the morning. The stupid tax total I paid today was 13 total hours burnt up of my weekend.
Bailey Guns
09-13-2015, 19:53
Shakeys Pizza
Ha! When I was a senior in HS in Casper, Wy we used to go to Shakey's and have pizza and pitchers of Schlitz. I was terrified I was gonna get carded cuz I was only 17. I finally asked the waitress one time why they never checked ID. She said cash was the only ID she needed to see. Life was good in WY...cold and windy, but good.
BPTactical
09-13-2015, 20:58
Just found this during the move and makes me feel old as hell. This pic was the last time I had and could grow hair lol
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Who is that holding you?
Great-Kazoo
09-13-2015, 21:09
Just found this during the move and makes me feel old as hell. This pic was the last time I had and could grow hair lol
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Westy. You one of those micks from the other side of manhatten?
Westy. You one of those micks from the other side of manhatten?
fuggedaboutit
Btw I was 15 when that was taken and benching more than I could hope to even lift with another person now.
Zundfolge
09-14-2015, 15:37
Saw in the news that Gary Richrath has just died.
Then I see a recent pic of him and I feel even older.
http://i.imgur.com/ZTArGKg.jpg
Hah, I worked at a Sambos in my yoot...then they renamed it to Season's.
Great-Kazoo
09-14-2015, 18:12
Hah, I worked at a Sambos in my yoot...then they renamed it to Season's.
Denny's took them over (or) some of them.
SideShow Bob
09-14-2015, 20:38
Denny's took them over (or) some of them.
You mean Lenny's ?
gnihcraes
09-14-2015, 21:30
realized earlier this evening at the ARC thrift store, I know what a lot of weird things actually are, recognize older furniture, LP's and the artists on them... all the young crowd thinks it's all really cool old shit. (re;my children)
Saw in the news that Gary Richrath has just died.
Then I see a recent pic of him and I feel even older.
http://i.imgur.com/ZTArGKg.jpg
Jaba the Hut plays guitar?
Zundfolge
09-15-2015, 11:06
Jaba the Hut plays guitar?
Played. He's dead now :p
I'm getting a kick out of how the 'station wagon' is something brand new called a 'crossover utility vehicle' (CUV). They're not fooling anybody that has been around a while.
Great-Kazoo
09-15-2015, 11:51
I'm getting a kick out of how the 'station wagon' is something brand new called a 'crossover utility vehicle' (CUV). They're not fooling anybody that has been around a while.
The Cross -Over is for Cross Gender / Dressing drivers.
james_bond_007
09-15-2015, 12:35
And don't forget the 'knockouts' at the top of the key with the codes for making new keys.
...you were supposed to take those off the keys when you got them.
Older, Guess again.
Is it sad that I still have a vehicle that requires both?
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