OT: Are you older than dirt?

[cohenzone]

That is all modern stuff. I remember Studebakers and Hudsons.

 

[Dogstar]

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Is tht the card catalog?

 

[jaundicedeye]

I didn't know butch wax... Was that for those pompador hair styles or was that what the surfers used to put on their boards? I wasn't into either.

Butch wax for "butch" or "crew" cuts (not quite as short as what we now call a "buzz" cut.

 

[SoFla Steve]

18 of 20 so I guess I'm old as dirt. Thought I would get a perfect score but alas . . .

So what is Butch Wax anyway?!

 

[OviedoFLHusky]

Hey, #14 shouldn't count! There are still drive-in theaters in operation, notably the Wellfleet (Cape Cod) Drive-In, which still shows movies during the summer.

Thankfully I'm not quite as old as dirt yet...

 

[Monte]

How old are "Rabbit Ears?"

 

[VA Huskie]

19 of 20. Didn’t know Butch Wax. Happy to be “older than dirt”… way better than the alternative!

 

[AzHusky]

I remember going to the Star theater on Park Street in Hartford and seeing a double feature with a cartoon and news reel before the first movie. My sister, brother and I could go to the movies for under a dollar.

 

[arch]

That is all modern stuff. I remember Studebakers and Hudsons.

And Henry Js, Kaisers and Fraziers.

 

[arch]

Life before aluminum foil.

 

[Zarathustra]

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I used to punch my own computer cards to run my computer tasks!

That is all modern stuff. I remember Studebakers and Hudsons.

I rode in a STUDEBAKER! A nice Nosey Hood!

 

[Zarathustra]

I scored 17 out of 20. AND... I was "ON" the Howdy Doody Show ... My older sister
won the bicycle! Great memories of being in the " PEANUT GALLERY "!

 

[Sifaka]

Size wise, that is to a PC what ENIAC was to a VAX (RIP Gordon Bell). (Take that whippersnappers!)

Do you still have one of those long needles used to move decks of punch cards?

 

[huskeynut]

Rock'em Sock'em Robots? Gumby and Pokey toys? Lincoln Logs. BTW...I'm officially...dust. lol

Erector sets

 

[cohenzone]

I remember going to the Star theater on Park Street in Hartford and seeing a double feature with a cartoon and news reel before the first movie. My sister, brother and I could go to the movies for under a dollar.

Same for the Lenox Theater on Albany Ave. and yo yo competitions before the movies.

 

[cohenzone]

Life before aluminum foil.

Tin foil to you.

 

[cohenzone]

I used to punch my own computer cards to run my computer tasks!

I rode in a STUDEBAKER! A nice Nosey Hood!

My twin aunts had one.

 

[Dogstar]

I remember going to the Star theater on Park Street in Hartford and seeing a double feature with a cartoon and news reel before the first movie. My sister, brother and I could go to the movies for under a dollar.

I went to the Strand theater, across from G. Fox

 

[Skeets]

I don't remember BlackJack gum. Was Butch Wax in an orange tin? If so, I might have one floating around somewhere. For the old NJ people, was there a Service Merchandising store in or near Montvale NJ? One of everything was on display. If you wanted to buy it, you filled out a form and gave it to a worker who went in back and got it for you. Now in high crime areas this is making a comeback. History repeating... Sadly, I remember everything else.

Remember the Outer Limits? We control the vertical! Ha, ask a kid what the vertical is.

 

[Monte]

On this site, I have to mention: Girl's Half Court Basketball: 3 players from each team on both sides of the court. No one could cross the half court line........This stopped in 1971.

 

[Skeets]

Gee our old LaSalle ran great. Those were the days. (I'm not that old.) By the way you guys got the "Teaberry Shuffle" running through my head. Thanks.

Remember the Soupy Shuffle? Office Joe Bolton and the 3 Stooges? Dark Shadows?

 

[Viet Vet]

Fire Balls, Hula Hoops, S & H Green Stamps, Fort Wayne Pistons and Syracuse Nationals, Salk (polio) vaccine in little paper cups.

 

[Centerstream]

How about Sears and Montgomery Ward Catalogs?

I remember waiting for the Sears Xmas catalogs...

 

[Centerstream]

But the girls wore Keds.

I remember us guys wearing Chuck Taylor All Stars more than PF Flyers. Chuck's were mandatory for my Junior High and High School basketball teams and all of the other schools we played.