I had the opposite problem. I had a summer job in a printing place. The propane dryers ran at about 800 degrees and the ink wouldn’t dry properly if the place was air conditioned. Hottest that I remember was 142. I dropped about 20 lb and 2” off my waist. I learned what dehydration feels like and discovered salt tablets.One of my summer jobs during college was as the "runner" on a milk truck. We loaded up the milk,eggs,and butter at 3 AM(that huge freezer was so cold at that hour). I would load up each order in the metal hand carrier , and hoof it up to the front door. Great way to get in shape!
Wow,yes, the old "English Racer"! Got mine at xmas, probably 1952; went right out with it on the snow and ice. I put thousands of miles on that bike.I still have a Flexible Flyer sled in my garage. They were the best. My first "English" bike with hand brakes and gears was a Raleigh.
Rode many miles in the rumble seat of my uncle's Ford.How many of you have ever ridden in a rumble seat or stood on a running board?
I must admit I do not remember Black Jack gum. But then I did not pay any attention to the brand except to the double bubble kids commercial. How about the small coke bottles you bought out of the machine for 5 cents. Or how many of you ever had a Winky Dink set? I did not care for Howdy Doody. He looked too weird ( kind of the Chucky of his era ) and Clarabell and Mr Bluster were just too bazear for my taste. The same went for Pinky Lee who was just plum crazy.
Who ever remembers talking through cans connected by string?
"Plunk your magic twanger Froggy"! Just saw a video of Andy Devine summoning Froggy.Andy’s Gang with Midnight the Cat and Froggy the Gremlin. Froggy was a troublemaker and therefore my favorite.
I used to hear Froggy the Gremlin on a Saturday radio show ...Was it, "No school today?""Plunk your magic twanger Froggy"! Just saw a video of Andy Devine summoning Froggy.
My brother couldn't get enough of Victory at Sea. A career in the Corps.I used to hear Froggy the Gremlin on a Saturday radio show ...Was it, "No school today?"
Howdy doody, Claribel and Buffalo Bob
Carl Braun, "Sweetwater" Clifton and Harry "the horse" on the Knicks...Couz, Sharman and Easy Ed on Boston; Bobby Wanzer on the Rochester Royals...
"Victory at Sea" and "Omnibus" on TV
Mary Martin in the latest Rodgers and Hammerstein on B'way.
Stickball and curb ball in the Bronx
Olinville 5-4050 our telly number
Joe D, "Country" Slaughter, Johnny Mike, Scooter, King Kong Keller and ":Flash" Gordon on the Yanks
And the "breakenest" curve I ever saw from Sal "the Barber."
I had a job offloading tractor trailers. Those things are like an oven during the summer. Every one of us was soaked as if we had come out of a pool. I remember one particular time we were offloading linens for some kind of sale event at a hotel ballroom A bunch of guys dripping wet and stacks of towels are not the best combination.I had the opposite problem. I had a summer job in a printing place. The propane dryers ran at about 800 degrees and the ink wouldn’t dry properly if the place was air conditioned. Hottest that I remember was 142. I dropped about 20 lb and 2” off my waist. I learned what dehydration feels like and discovered salt tablets.
Not only stickball and curb ball in the Bronx, but you play the games with a "Spaldeen." (A pink Spalding rubber ball that you bought at the local candy store. After you finished your egg cream.)I used to hear Froggy the Gremlin on a Saturday radio show ...Was it, "No school today?"
Howdy doody, Claribel and Buffalo Bob
Carl Braun, "Sweetwater" Clifton and Harry "the horse" on the Knicks...Couz, Sharman and Easy Ed on Boston; Bobby Wanzer on the Rochester Royals...
"Victory at Sea" and "Omnibus" on TV
Mary Martin in the latest Rodgers and Hammerstein on B'way.
Stickball and curb ball in the Bronx
Olinville 5-4050 our telly number
Joe D, "Country" Slaughter, Johnny Mike, Scooter, King Kong Keller and ":Flash" Gordon on the Yanks
And the "breakenest" curve I ever saw from Sal "the Barber."
yupNot only stickball and curb ball in the Bronx, but you play the games with a "Spaldeen." (A pink Spalding rubber ball that you bought at the local candy store. After you finished your egg cream.)
Somewhere between moves from NH to Philly to Baltimore I finally lost my big green IFIC Beechnut Gum button, given to every attendee at the Saturday night Dick Clark show. They wouldn't let my older brother in because he was a half inch too short! How sweet that was! Circa 1958.Some of you must have rushed home after school to watch the early years of Dick Clark and American Bandstand.
Friend in high school drove a ‘32 Ford with a rumble seat. Rode home many times, even in rain and snow.Rode many miles in the rumble seat of my uncle's Ford.
I was thinking of "spaldeens" just the other day.Not only stickball and curb ball in the Bronx, but you play the games with a "Spaldeen." (A pink Spalding rubber ball that you bought at the local candy store. After you finished your egg cream.)
collecting baseball cards and stamps-serials Saturday's at the movies. I remember movie posters, one in particular. It seemed like it tookforever for this film to come. It was Fort Apache, and it was well worth the wait. I had a group of close friends in high school; attending movies in a group lasted through college. As I write this, I am watching a film-"The Busby Berkley Disc." Things I started doing as a kid that I still do include being a Husky fan. George Erlich on WTIC sponsored by the Connecticut Milk Producers Association was the start.I was thinking of "spaldeens" just the other day.
De rigueur for stickball and curb-ball
We played stickball against the elevated wall of Woodlawn cemetery at the top of Decatur Ave...the ball
(theoretically) traveling across a large open lot.
I once hit one over the roof of 3525, my abode.
The lot and the "big fat rock" in back of first base are gone with a new (hah) apt building there,
As a really young kid, I remember a Victory garden in the upper third of the lot during WWII.
My Mom danced once on American Bandstand, and I was in the audience when Madonna made her debut.Some of you must have rushed home after school to watch the early years of Dick Clark and American Bandstand.