Well, those UHF stations (25, 43, 61) all came about in the mid to late 60s, so few will remember them. I'm considered "old" now, and that was all several years before I was born in the early 70s.
That said, I'm back to what I grew up with... just a rooftop antenna and those handful of local over-the-air stations, albeit augmented with a couple of streaming services. I'll never go back to cable, nor will I pay for a ton of a la carte streaming services.
Browns is the Browns
... there goes Joe Thomas, the best there ever was in this game.
Someone knocks on my door at 11:30pm. I hesitate, think about answering, then stop. Now it sounds like they're trying the knob. I run upstairs -- that's where my wife is, that's where my gun is. My wife is already looking at the Ring app (person is leaving). It's a lady, I rewatch a couple times, notice the bag she's carrying has a receipt. Door dash! lol Obviously had the wrong address in her GPS.
Remember when we just answered the door regardless?
Remember when you broke down on the side of the road and had to knock on someone's door?
Pull tabs on beverage cans. Returnable bottles. (TRUE recycling) Transistor radios. TV stations going off the air every night. Stores being closed on Sunday.
Browns is the Browns
... there goes Joe Thomas, the best there ever was in this game.
I remember going up to the candy store as a kid, and walking out with a big (ish ... I was 9)bag of candy for a dime.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
The milkman put milk on your steps. The bottles were usually brown and had tin foil type bottle toppers.
My mother, who is 81, STILL hangs her clothes on a clothesline, she refuses to use a dryer. God love her, and she won’t eat any bread except the home-made bread she makes herself. Which is GOAT, BTW.
Pull tabs on beverage cans. Returnable bottles. (TRUE recycling) Transistor radios. TV stations going off the air every night. Stores being closed on Sunday.
At sign of they would play the National Anthem, then the test signal with the image of an Indian Head similar to the one on a Buffalo nickel.
Also, on pull tabs, I remember my dad having to use a can opener to puncture those triangular openings on his beer cans or on us kids Hi-C cans.
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If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
Since this is a Browns site, I thought about a "remember when" in terms of sports. I remember a time before free agency when team rosters were mostly consistent. Players moved less and you had time to form a "relationship" with players. players then felt like part of a family. AS a kid it was an awesome feeling, and I knew 90% of NL baseball players and a lot of NFL guys. .
I am not saying free agency is not good for players and owners weren't doing what they could to keep players under their control. But it made me feel different about the team I cared about. The contracts now make the players more unapproachable and less real sort of like TV or movie stars.
Non sports, the penny candy thing was a huge memory for me. From age 8 until I retired 4 years ago, I have had a job of some sort. I don't know how many of you know about the old weekly news magazine, The Grit. It is/was published in Williamsport PA. My weekends until I was 13 were spent selling these things in local/bar restaurants about 5 times a day every F, S & Sun. When I first started I would get about $5 a week of which my mom took it for me to save and I was given a dime each week to spend. I grew up in a small town, about 1,300 people in NW Ohio and we had 2 dime stores. I went "uptown" Saturday night, and it took me about a 1/2 hour to figure out how to spend it. It is a great memory of mine.
We had a milkman, bought eggs direct from farmers, actually watched my mom butcher a turkey for Thanksgiving. We knew where 90% of our classmates lived and nearly all had both original parents and we addressed them as MR & Mrs. It wasn't until high school age when a few we were comfortable calling them by their first name. It made me feel solid growing up.
Mom hung our clothes out to dry, she made homemade bread and baked goods & homemade noodles, sewed ripped clothes.
Sorry this is so long but there is a lot more if I took some time.
We have a push mower. Mainly, for mowing under the evergreens behind the pond.
My job.
Few weeks ago wife said, on a 95 degree day "WE (meaning me) should trim the bottom branches off so it's easier to mow under them." I agreed. "but not today, it's hot."
So, I did it then, in the heat. Put my old work coat on, hood up, so I didn't get sappy as I was going to need to crawl in/under the evergreens. Protective gear.
About halfway done, no sap on my body, I thought "Shorts and flip flops don't really count as personal protection when using a chain saw." But, I lugged the branches out from under, and stepped on them as I cut them up small enough to burn in our fire pit.
We had our own chickens for years and our milk came from the farmer down the road.
My Grandfather lived in town and if we stayed all night with him, he would give us money to buy a pint of chocolate milk from the horse drawn milk wagon that used ice to keep the milk cold. I must have been about 5yrs old at the time and I still remember sitting under the big cottonwood tree out front waiting to hear the horse's hooves on the brick street.
Back in the ‘80s, a child, Going to Grandmas off of Lorain and watching the Love Boat, Putting on the Hits, and Amen- Sherman Helmsley version on a Saturday. Channel 3,5,8.
Barnaby and Romper Room.
The Lanigan Morning movie and prize reel.
Superhost and the monster movie.
Channel 61, after school, getting home to watch HeMan and Transformers.
- Summers at grandma’s - Days of our Lives.
- My grandfather taking us to the Sears at 65th and Lorain. - Cafeteria and candy counter.
-Those were great times to be a kid, and it’s great to see that old neighborhood being rebuilt and revitalized.
I also remember the ice man delivering the 50 lb blocks of ice. Even though my grandmother had a Frigidaire, she also had an icebox as a back up just in case the new contraption stopped working.
She had a crazy washer. It had roller wringers. You didn't want to get caught in that or you would be up to your elbow in a world of trouble.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
J/C Yep, grandma had a push mower. Around 1990, my uncle upgraded her to a lawnmower- no joke, you had to plug the thing in and use an extension cord. 😂. Old Pollacks. 😂
I remember visiting my grandma in Kentucky as a little boy. She lived alongside a dirt road off the beaten path. She did have electricity but no modern plumbing. She got her water by using a bucket drawn from a well and an outhouse for a toliet. I helped milk the cow and gather the eggs her chickens had laid. They had a motorless push mower as well. I was so young that my dad let me sit on his lap and steer the car down that dirt road. While I enjoyed those visits it made me so thankful for my life in Ohio. Dad offered to help her move to town but she wouldn't hear of it.
We too had nothing but an antenna with which to watch TV. While living in the greater Dayton area my dad did have a rotor on the TV tower so we could watch Cincinnati and Columbus stations. I remember the day JFK was assassinated quite vividly because it was the first time I ever saw my mom cry. Then what was only a few short ears later it was RFK and MLK along with Malcom X. I remember the Vietnam war. It had gone on for so long and I was entering my mid teens. I felt certain that I was destined to be drafted and sent to Vietnam. But the war ended well before I turned 18. I remember the anger I felt about the way our troops were treated when they returned home. That was the first time I remember being that angry in my life.
I lived very close to the Miami River and my community was mostly farm land. So fishing and hunting was a very large part of my life growing up. Camping on the river bank was a big part of my summers when I wasn't baling hay for the farmers or involved in school sports. Baling hay was a great way to save up for the county fair and my dad helping teach me a great work ethic and the value of saving money. And once mom was done canning and freezing everything from the garden I was allowed to sell the leftover vegetables at a road side stand for all the work I had contributed to the garden.
My dad and I had found this huge blackberry patch where we would pick blackberries for jam. We picked strawberries at a local fruit farm for strawberry preserves. I can still remember the smell of my mom's homemade wheat bread in the air of our home.
I remember back to that time and just how much I disliked living in a rural area because at the time it felt like there was nothing to do. Now, when looking back I was always doing something and I wouldn't have changed growing up there for anything.
Both of my parents are long gone now. But I'll never forget to be thankful to them for the life they provided me with. We weren't wealthy and we weren't poor. We were in fact middle America.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
I remember the Vietnam war. It had gone on for so long and I was entering my mid teens. I felt certain that I was destined to be drafted and sent to Vietnam. But the war ended well before I turned 18. I remember the anger I felt about the way our troops were treated when they returned home. That was the first time I remember being that angry in my life.]]
I was a little kids and early teen during Vietnam and my older brothers sweating out the draft lottery. Do you, or anyone else remember how it was reported on the nightly news. I recall Walter Cronkite with the casualty listing every night for the NV, SV & US soldiers. The numbers were always larger for both Vietnam armies, less so for us. It was reported by small country flag icons on the screen with numbers next to them.
As a young kid I found this interesting. I also remember watching the US soldiers returning home from war, live coverage IIRC.
I really enjoy remembering some of the toys and TV of my youth. We played at "War", running over about 8 acres of backyards that were connected. I got the best toy weapon in the neighborhood: A Johnny Seven OMA (One Man Army) that had seven weapons all combined into one massive rifle. Long before Rambo, THIS. Another violent toy was the spy set for The Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV show. And just a reminder of some favorite shows, that had marionettes in sci-fi settings, a lot like Thunderbirds today. Had this toy: The spaceship from Fireball XL-5. Supercar, anyone? There was also an underwater sub, futuristic. I believe it was called Stingray. Really watched the Seaview on TV, and I had the sub for it, too. And thanks for the Ghoulardi! I still remember his Rat Fink models, explosives, and the lame "How do you kill a Purple Knif?" (pronounced 'ka-niff'). Answer : With a ka-nife to his ka-nee!" Good thread! Thanx for the memories!
"Every responsibility implies opportunity, and every opportunity implies responsibility." Otis Allen Glazebrook, 1880
My grandmother had one of those old push mowers, I used to have to mow her yard with it when i was about 9 or 10 and that was a task as she didn't have a small yard. I remember vending machines where you could get a coke in a small bottle for 5 cents. Going to our local small town grocery store and getting 4 regular size candy bars for a dollar. Driving to the gas station with my dad and getting gas for 35 cents a gallon while the attendant filled up the tank, washed the windows, and checked the oil. Aaahhh the good old days.
For us it was Hawaiian Punch. Rare treat. Usually the Kool-Aid packets; they were cheap. Like 20 for a buck, some ridiculous number. Mom made frozen popsicles for us out of them using molds and many flavors.
We had a special contraption for us as kids. It was a round gadget, split in two at its equator; it was hollow, had a mouthpiece top and bottom at its "poles." Put ice cream in the middle, closed it, and put it into the top of a bottle of pop.VoilaQ Instant float! I think it was put out by 7-Up, which we drank, but preferred to use it with Hires root beer. That was summer!
"Every responsibility implies opportunity, and every opportunity implies responsibility." Otis Allen Glazebrook, 1880
Hawaiian Punch was my thing too. And Country Time lemonade
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
Pop Tarts. I won't come within a country mile of one of those things today, but they were the best during my "wonder years." Fruit flavors > savory, syrupy.
Writing jingles that actually work is a real craft. In 5-7 seconds, you must put your stamp on millions of brains.
"You'll wonder where the yellow went, when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent" "So come to the golden arches- McDonald's makes it so good" "You've got a lot to like with a- Marlboro" ""Oh I wish I were an Oscar Meyer wiener- that is what I'd truly like to be..." "When you say Bud-"
On a roll now. Comedy show themes. They don't write'em like they used to.
Addams Family F-Troop Gilligan's Island Mr. Ed
Lost arts? Or, just more victims of evolution?
It's not up to me to determine. I just remember these things foldly.
Writing jingles that actually work is a real craft. In 5-7 seconds, you must put your stamp on millions of brains.
"You'll wonder where the yellow went, when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent" "So come to the golden arches- McDonald's makes it so good" "You've got a lot to like with a- Marlboro" ""Oh I wish I were an Oscar Meyer wiener- that is what I'd truly like to be..." "When you say Bud-"
On a roll now. Comedy show themes. They don't write'em like they used to.
Addams Family F-Troop Gilligan's Island Mr. Ed
Lost arts? Or, just more victims of evolution?
It's not up to me to determine. I just remember these things foldly.
Originally Posted by Clemdawg
Commercial jingles of any sort.
Writing jingles that actually work is a real craft. In 5-7 seconds, you must put your stamp on millions of brains.
"You'll wonder where the yellow went, when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent" "So come to the golden arches- McDonald's makes it so good" "You've got a lot to like with a- Marlboro" ""Oh I wish I were an Oscar Meyer wiener- that is what I'd truly like to be..." "When you say Bud-"
On a roll now. Comedy show themes. They don't write'em like they used to.
Addams Family F-Troop Gilligan's Island Mr. Ed
Lost arts? Or, just more victims of evolution?
It's not up to me to determine. I just remember these things foldly.
Jingles...Barry Manilow might have been the king of jingles. He did pretty good with catchy songs over maybe a 15 year period.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
He did this 4-7 minute solo bit, where he'd talk biographic storytelling patter on the mic, while transitioning from one jingle to the next. The audience (and even we pros) were astounded at how many instantly-recognizable jingles were his. Every time he'd start playing another jingle, the house would erupt into spontaneous applause. By the end, he'd play 2-3 introductory chords, start singing the first line... and the entire audience was singing with him. It was very cool to witness.
It was a regular feature of his road shows, because it hit everywhere. NYC, Peoria IL, Galveston, TX.
I developed mad respect for his writing skills... and finally understood why he put together such a long string of Pop hits. Dude just knew what worked on people.
So for a couple of years I worked for web.com, and people would pay to have web.com build or update their sites.
My job was to interview them over the phone, gather their info and write copy, collect their photos or stock images for the business owners. Mostly small or medium sized businesses in the U.S.
So one day, I’m interviewing a woman who had studied classical music composition and wanted a site to sell her music. It was good music but the coolest part?
In the 1970s, she was a studio session vocalist and probably her most famous session was to sing the jingle for Folger’s coffee.m, which is still used today, so she told me.
“The best part of waking up is Folger’s in your cup.”
I wish I could remember her name but she told me she once sang backup for Tony Bennett at a gig in NYC, and once did a session for Sinatra. I have no reason to think she was BSing me.
Oh and another fun interview: a woman in her 80s wanted a website to “sell” vocal lessons on-line. She was from Columbus, Ohio, and in the late 50s, she was part of her high school marching band that played a half-time show at a Browns home game.
He did this 4-7 minute solo bit, where he'd talk biographic storytelling patter on the mic, while transitioning from one jingle to the next. The audience (and even we pros) were astounded at how many instantly-recognizable jingles were his. Every time he'd start playing another jingle, the house would erupt into spontaneous applause. By the end, he'd play 2-3 introductory chords, start singing the first line... and the entire audience was singing with him. It was very cool to witness.
It was a regular feature of his road shows, because it hit everywhere. NYC, Peoria IL, Galveston, TX.
I developed mad respect for his writing skills... and finally understood why he put together such a long string of Pop hits. Dude just knew what worked on people.
It wasn't a gift. It was craft.
As a player, I respect skill above all else.
Good call, 'Peen. Barry was the s#.
I can't say I was ever the biggest fan, but some 20 years ago a friend had tickets to see him here in town and couldn't use them so he gave them to me. Barry did the same thing at that show, started playing the jingles. It got the same reaction here.
Barry was one of those writers who wrote songs you might not admit liking, but you always found yourself singing along at some point. He knew how to write that "hook".
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
Yep. Never uncommon to hear a muffler dragging and see some sparks flying.
Luckily, there was an easy solution. A solution so popular that people would just yell at those cars as they scraped their way down the street: "Better Midasize!!"
Lol, i remember stopping in the street and running back to pick up the exhaust pipe that was no longer attached to the car. And my buddy using a beer can to lessen the sound after using some rope or something else - I can’t remember lol - to get us moving again without being loud. Happened more than once.
That's funny! Everybody patched holes in their pipes with those old-school steel beer cans. One beer can, two clamps, good-to-go.
I dropped my muffler while driving home from Filthy McNasty's in Kent. It may have been Metal Night, it may have been 25¢ draft night, my buddy and I may have been buying 4 at a time. Luckily I had a coat hanger in the trunk and wired that baby back up... after shimmying under my El Camino without a jack. Then I crept away from every stop very slowly so the sound wouldn't alert the local 5-0. 😇
Ah yeah, Sunday Heavy Metal Night at McNasty's. I remember it well. I saw a band called Zebra there one Sunday. They were a Rush tribute band, and were pretty good. I was on my way home, and this girl pulls up next to me at the light and yells out, "I hate your car, but you're pretty cute". lol She wanted to race, and at the last second before the light changed, I looked in the rear view mirror, and saw a cop behind her. I yelled for her to stop ... but she was either too far away, or too drunk to hear me. She floored it, the wheels spun, and the cop's lights went on. I felt bad for her, but I wasn't going to stick around.
I always liked the El Camino and the Ranchero, and felt that they were really ahead of their time. Now people are looking for those smaller vehicles that combine some truck capability with car comfort.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
After reading some of the old drinks, does anyone remember Funny Face drink mix? It was like Kool Aid made by Pillsbury. THey had all teh normal flavor, Jolly Ollie orange, Choo Choo CHerry, Goofy Grape, etc but I loved one called With-It watermelon. I loved that and drank it by the half gallon.
Great time... great times. Those stories always bring a smile, and a cringe, gotta count my blessings that I'm still here in one piece. Us 'kids of the eighties' did some crazy stuff and somehow always came out smellin' like roses. 🤣
This may not qualify as a "Remember when" moment but something that certainly makes me reflect on my age. While I was far too young to remember this, it seems strange realizing that when I was born there were only 48 states.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
I put that with getting hit by the realization that the actor I'm enjoying watching in one of my favorite shows (Green Acres) was born in 1888 (Hank Patterson/ Fred Ziffel).
Or that we're closer to the year 2100 than 1945.
Browns is the Browns
... there goes Joe Thomas, the best there ever was in this game.
I remember going to drive in theater in mid 50s- nine of us in 55 Chevy- at intermission all of us ran to the playground and had a ball---no thought of kidnapped kid/s or some other crap. Huge bag of popcorn popped at home with lots of butter---lots of hands when in and got your share......great, fun, free times.
"You've never lived till you've almost died, life has a flavor the protected will never know" A vet or cop
Remember when there was live championship boxing on TV. I haven't seen that in yeeeeeears.
Muhammad Ali/Casius Clay, George Foreman, Mike Tyson, Jerry Quarry, etc, etc, etc
Haven't the slightest idea if champion boxing even exists anymore.
every once in a blue moon boxing will be on ESPN2 on a random Saturday night. No idea outside of that
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
I was writing a post in the Ali/Frazier fights thread which made me think of this, so here is the rebirth of this thread.
Remember when nearly all drug stores had a vacuum tube tester? They were these massive things over in a corner with multiple ports where you could take the suspected bad tube, plug it in to see if it was bad or not.
Below was a storage area that held replacement tubes. Naturally the one you needed was never in stock. Then you had to drive around from drug store to drug store with your dad for an hour and a half in search of the tube he needed.
At the time it seemed like some sort of punishment, listening to dad cussing as we walked out of the store empty handed, then cussing again as we walked in to the next store which was surely going to end up a futile attempt.
But right now, I have a big smile on my face. Funny how what seemed like punishment at the time is now a cherished memory, all brought forward by a thread on dawgtalkers.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
Haha. I can see it clear as day without having been there. 🤣 Back in the day something like that would be on a Saturday "to do" list -- fully knowing it may take all day and three or four gallons of gas.
My wife and I do a lot of vintage shopping, your other post reminded me of the heft of everything from the past. Just holding the phone receiver up to your ear was a chore. A case of Coke was glass bottles in a wooden crate. People packed stuff in a 40lb trunk to travel.
I recently bought one of those old full size free standing radios... about four feet tall with the built in speakers. Needs a full restoration and the tubes need to be tested... I pulled the whole board and that damned thing is not an ounce less than ten pounds. 🤣
Early/mid 70's. 9 of us would load up in a car and go skiing. For a week at a time. In 1 car. Either a Ford LTD, or my parents Dodge something.
I was young and sat on mom's lap. In the trunk, the first thing in was a "portable" tv. About 2 1/2 feet wide. (the cheap places we stayed didn't have tv's, and we always went during bowl season).
Then my parents and the other adult couple's ski boots would go in the trunk. Clothes for 9, ski's on the roof, and some food. We didn't eat out back then except for maybe once during the week. Granted, my older brothers were only 10-11, and the other couples 2 kids were about the same age. Somehow, in those cars back then, 8 could sit - not comfortably of course. But, it was only about 6 hours away.
Haha. I can see it clear as day without having been there. 🤣 Back in the day something like that would be on a Saturday "to do" list -- fully knowing it may take all day and three or four gallons of gas.
I don't think may people were very concerned about the gas. It was 29 cents a gallon. Since it's the "Remember When" thread not only was it 29 cents a gallon, they would give you something called trading stamps when you bought gas and groceries. You could save them up and cash them in for things around your home such as China, small appliances and bedding. As I remember the most popular brands of those trading stamps were Gold Bond, S&H Green Stamps and Top Value stamps. Mom would save them up and get things for around the house with them. For those too young to remember they worked a lot like those Marlboro miles only a much bigger variety of far more useful things.
Many items such as glassware, place settings and other things were given as gifts for filling up at many service stations. Stations would also compete for your business with what they used to call "gas wars". They would compete back and forth lowering their prices to compete for your business. They were referred to as service stations because not only did they pump the gas, they would check all of your fluids, wash your windshield and check the air in your tires if you requested. Not everything has changed for the better.
These days I often wonder what the hell they mean by "customer service". When you grew up during a time to see what customer service actually looked like it's not hard to see it's virtually no longer existent.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
Yeah, no concern for the gas price. I only say that to point out 'Peen and his dad likely went to three different towns and the car got 15 MPG. 😁
And those gas stations had the 3x4 steel cigarette cases strapped to the pole by the pump @ 35 cents per pack.
Those gas jockeys would move around the vehicle. Hit the pump, pop the hood, check the oil and antifreeze, clean the windows... and lean in at the end and tell you your front passenger tire looks a little low. Ninjas in coveralls.
Even at 29 cents gas was somewhat of a concern. Not in proportion to today...I remember many times just putting $1 in the tank because I only had $3. Now days you pretty much need $100 in the pocket if you are going out to do anything. I am sure you remember when if you had $20 in the pocket, you were rolling in the clover, treating your friends to burgers and whatnot.
What was the old McDonalds commercial...get two burgers, a fry and drink and get change back from your $1 bill.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
Yeah I do remember. The first time I ever had a taco at Taco Bell they cost a quarter. Starting out early in life my pay was low. But it sure stretched a very long way.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
Remember the Yugo? I had a friend with one and road in it a couple of times.
Remember when kids weren’t completely soft and could run all over town by themselves? GenX never had the luxury of being allowed to be whiny and soft. Parenting in the 70’s broke the long tradition of kids being seen and not heard… then those kids gave the world the eighty’s and ninety’s… the last two GOOD decades. Everything has gone down hill since IMO.
Yeah I do remember. The first time I ever had a taco at Taco Bell they cost a quarter. Starting out early in life my pay was low. But it sure stretched a very long way.
Like I said earlier, it doesn't seem to stretch as far today, but people also spend money on things that aren't necessary. People don't need cable TV or multiple streaming services. When you get down to it people don't need cell phones. I'll give it to you a cell phone might be a necessity since you can't find pay phones anymore. It doesn't have to be a contracted service. A basic Trac phone is all one really needs.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
Everybody says Mom needs to work. Well Peen I agree back in the day not a single family I knew had these bills
Cable TV Cell Phones 2nd, 3rd, or 4th cars. We didn't go out to eat twice a week, and order out another 4 times a week. We didn't spend a fortune on grocery delivery fees and surcharges.
My mom pays $75/mo to ATT for really basic phone service. What a ripoff.
I pay roughly $18/mo for VOIP phone and $20/mo for my cell. I pay each annually, but when my Magic Jack comes up for renewal, I will have to decide whether or not I still feel it is worth it. (My cel it through Mint Mobile, with unlimited talk/text and 15 GB data ... which is more than enough with so many places having WIFI available for free)
I am shocked at how people can afford to, essentially, double their restaurant food bill and having a service deliver it for them.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
I won't take your entire concept to task. But I will say such phones are a great way for parents to stay in touch with their children and track where they are. It's a great way to insure your children can reach out to the to 911 in case of an emergency. They're also a means many use to get a great deal of information.
I only use mine as a phone. You know, the name by which it's called. And of course with my grandchildren it's texting because well, that's what they do.
And as far as what people used to spend on such things?
People didn't even have many of those options to choose from. So nobody can say whether they would have used those options if those options had been available. More and more both parents work, there are so many extracurricular activities for children that a second car in many cases is a need, not a luxury.
Now the entire going out to eat so much and crazy delivery prices we're 100% in line with.
But when my daughter was growing up I certainly would have wanted her to have a cell phone. I just didn't have that option.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
Everybody says Mom needs to work. Well Peen I agree back in the day not a single family I knew had these bills
Cable TV Cell Phones 2nd, 3rd, or 4th cars. We didn't go out to eat twice a week, and order out another 4 times a week. We didn't spend a fortune on grocery delivery fees and surcharges.
You forgot the $5 cup of latte once or twice a day.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
Everybody says Mom needs to work. Well Peen I agree back in the day not a single family I knew had these bills
Cable TV Cell Phones 2nd, 3rd, or 4th cars. We didn't go out to eat twice a week, and order out another 4 times a week. We didn't spend a fortune on grocery delivery fees and surcharges.
You forgot the $5 cup of latte once or twice a day.
I have my own machine for that. Not sure what the cost for a latte is down to now, I suppose it could be $5.
Everybody says Mom needs to work. Well Peen I agree back in the day not a single family I knew had these bills
Cable TV Cell Phones 2nd, 3rd, or 4th cars. We didn't go out to eat twice a week, and order out another 4 times a week. We didn't spend a fortune on grocery delivery fees and surcharges.
You forgot the $5 cup of latte once or twice a day.
I have my own machine for that. Not sure what the cost for a latte is down to now, I suppose it could be $5.
I have heard people say they cost more. Maybe they aren't lattte...I have never had one. I drink black coffee. I have never had a latte, frappe or whatever the hell they are called.
I do have a K-up brewer. I use the Starbucks Sumatran. It's a good dark coffee that brews out a bold cup
LOL....my wife has a friend named Buffy. That should tell you all you need to know. I've only met her twice. The second time we did the subject of K-cups came up. She started talking about landfill space being short and K-cups being a big problem, bla bla bla.
Maybe I was a bit irritated, I'll admit to that, but I told her as long as we have the Grand Canyon we have more landfill space than we could use in 1000 years. Needless to say my wife wasn't very pleased with me once we left the restaurant.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
Everybody says Mom needs to work. Well Peen I agree back in the day not a single family I knew had these bills
Cable TV Cell Phones 2nd, 3rd, or 4th cars. We didn't go out to eat twice a week, and order out another 4 times a week. We didn't spend a fortune on grocery delivery fees and surcharges.
You forgot the $5 cup of latte once or twice a day.
I have my own machine for that. Not sure what the cost for a latte is down to now, I suppose it could be $5.
I have heard people say they cost more. Maybe they aren't lattte...I have never had one. I drink black coffee. I have never had a latte, frappe or whatever the hell they are called.
I do have a K-up brewer. I use the Starbucks Sumatran. It's a good dark coffee that brews out a bold cup
LOL....my wife has a friend named Buffy. That should tell you all you need to know. I've only met her twice. The second time we did the subject of K-cups came up. She started talking about landfill space being short and K-cups being a big problem, bla bla bla.
Maybe I was a bit irritated, I'll admit to that, but I told her as long as we have the Grand Canyon we have more landfill space than we could use in 1000 years. Needless to say my wife wasn't very pleased with me once we left the restaurant.
Supposedly K-cups are still unable to be recycled, which is ridiculous. That said, it takes all of 2 seconds to discover that there are K-cup alternatives that CAN be recycled. They sell these brands at Costco.
Also, they make refillable K-cup pod thingies where you can plop your own coffee and reuse the 'cup'. When I had a Keurig I found this to be the best way to a good cup of coffee out of that thing.
There is no level of sucking we haven't seen; in fact, I'm pretty sure we hold the patents on a few levels of sucking NOBODY had seen until the past few years.
Supposedly K-cups are still unable to be recycled, which is ridiculous. That said, it takes all of 2 seconds to discover that there are K-cup alternatives that CAN be recycled. They sell these brands at Costco.
Also, they make refillable K-cup pod thingies where you can plop your own coffee and reuse the 'cup'. When I had a Keurig I found this to be the best way to a good cup of coffee out of that thing.
At the office every couple of months some one will leave a reusable KCup next to our Kuriegs. To be used one needs to change a part and that won't happen on the commercial grade machines we use.
Everybody says Mom needs to work. Well Peen I agree back in the day not a single family I knew had these bills
Cable TV Cell Phones 2nd, 3rd, or 4th cars. We didn't go out to eat twice a week, and order out another 4 times a week. We didn't spend a fortune on grocery delivery fees and surcharges.
You forgot the $5 cup of latte once or twice a day.
I have my own machine for that. Not sure what the cost for a latte is down to now, I suppose it could be $5.
I have heard people say they cost more. Maybe they aren't lattte...I have never had one. I drink black coffee. I have never had a latte, frappe or whatever the hell they are called.
I do have a K-up brewer. I use the Starbucks Sumatran. It's a good dark coffee that brews out a bold cup
LOL....my wife has a friend named Buffy. That should tell you all you need to know. I've only met her twice. The second time we did the subject of K-cups came up. She started talking about landfill space being short and K-cups being a big problem, bla bla bla.
Maybe I was a bit irritated, I'll admit to that, but I told her as long as we have the Grand Canyon we have more landfill space than we could use in 1000 years. Needless to say my wife wasn't very pleased with me once we left the restaurant.
Supposedly K-cups are still unable to be recycled, which is ridiculous. That said, it takes all of 2 seconds to discover that there are K-cup alternatives that CAN be recycled. They sell these brands at Costco.
Also, they make refillable K-cup pod thingies where you can plop your own coffee and reuse the 'cup'. When I had a Keurig I found this to be the best way to a good cup of coffee out of that thing.
I tried one of those, even bought special filters to supplement the screen mesh. I still ended up with grounds in my coffee. I'd rather just fill up the Grand Canyon than mess around with that.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
Supposedly K-cups are still unable to be recycled, which is ridiculous. That said, it takes all of 2 seconds to discover that there are K-cup alternatives that CAN be recycled. They sell these brands at Costco.
Also, they make refillable K-cup pod thingies where you can plop your own coffee and reuse the 'cup'. When I had a Keurig I found this to be the best way to a good cup of coffee out of that thing.
At the office every couple of months some one will leave a reusable KCup next to our Kuriegs. To be used one needs to change a part and that won't happen on the commercial grade machines we use.
Now that you mention it, I do remember buying the "wrong" version once.
There is no level of sucking we haven't seen; in fact, I'm pretty sure we hold the patents on a few levels of sucking NOBODY had seen until the past few years.
That's a bummer. Once I got it all figured out I had great results... it did take a little trial and error, though.
There is no level of sucking we haven't seen; in fact, I'm pretty sure we hold the patents on a few levels of sucking NOBODY had seen until the past few years.
Remember when you had to dodge mufflers, and in some cases entire exhaust systems that rusted off the car?
I was watching a Youtube about HS in 1978 done by someone with a home video camera. Some of it was taken outside the school at dismissal. One thing that took me awhile to hear in the background was cars not starting on the first try. I immediately recalled cars needing 2, sometimes 3 turns of the key before it would kick in.
Remember when you had to dodge mufflers, and in some cases entire exhaust systems that rusted off the car?
I was watching a Youtube about HS in 1978 done by someone with a home video camera. Some of it was taken outside the school at dismissal. One thing that took me awhile to hear in the background was cars not starting on the first try. I immediately recalled cars needing 2, sometimes 3 turns of the key before it would kick in.
Anyone else remember this?
Typically before fuel injection. Sometimes chokes would stick, which would create problems, both starting and running .... carburators would gunk up more easily than fuel injectors, and other problems.
I usually carried carb cleaner and starting fluid in my 1st 3 or 4 cars.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
Back when I was 5 years old, I remember my mother getting me up at 6am, Monday-Friday so she could drop me off at the babysitter, while she worked the 7am to 3pm shift at the factory.
One of the streets mom had to travel had railroad tracks and sometimes we would have to wait for a train to pass...
...I still remember how fascinating it was to watch those huge steam locomotives pass by..with steam coming out everywhere and especially noticeable in the winter.
Below is a YT video example of what those locomotives looked like...
Remember when you had to dodge mufflers, and in some cases entire exhaust systems that rusted off the car?
I was watching a Youtube about HS in 1978 done by someone with a home video camera. Some of it was taken outside the school at dismissal. One thing that took me awhile to hear in the background was cars not starting on the first try. I immediately recalled cars needing 2, sometimes 3 turns of the key before it would kick in.
Anyone else remember this?
No doubt. Electronic ignitions were a great improvement.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
Remember when you had to dodge mufflers, and in some cases entire exhaust systems that rusted off the car?
I was watching a Youtube about HS in 1978 done by someone with a home video camera. Some of it was taken outside the school at dismissal. One thing that took me awhile to hear in the background was cars not starting on the first try. I immediately recalled cars needing 2, sometimes 3 turns of the key before it would kick in.
Anyone else remember this?
Typically before fuel injection. Sometimes chokes would stick, which would create problems, both starting and running .... carburators would gunk up more easily than fuel injectors, and other problems.
I usually carried carb cleaner and starting fluid in my 1st 3 or 4 cars.
Speaking of chokes...my first vehicle was a 53 Dodge truck my Grandfather gave me. It had a manual choke switch on the dash. Pull it out or push it in.
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If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
I wish that Frank Sterle’s country inn was still open. On 55th. Closed a few years ago but it had a great run. What Id give right now for their chicken noodle soup followed up with a schnitzel. They used to bring it out on those square carts. Man was that good. And the original Hofpra house in Cleveland. Grandma would get so ticked at us for not behaving in there. 😆 Beautiful times.
That was a hell of a place. My late dad did a chili dog eating contest with a buddy of his there decades ago. They both agreed to tap out mutually after 10 I think.
Pansies.
Blue ostriches on crack float on milkshakes between the sidewalk titans of gurglefitz. --YTown
Yeah, no concern for the gas price. I only say that to point out 'Peen and his dad likely went to three different towns and the car got 15 MPG. 😁
And those gas stations had the 3x4 steel cigarette cases strapped to the pole by the pump @ 35 cents per pack.
Those gas jockeys would move around the vehicle. Hit the pump, pop the hood, check the oil and antifreeze, clean the windows... and lean in at the end and tell you your front passenger tire looks a little low. Ninjas in coveralls.
I'm just old enough to remember this from my earliest kid days. Getting a fuelup at the local gas station was like a NASCAR pit stop.
I loved the sound of our car's tires ringing that pneumatic bell inside the station... it meant that I was about to get a show.
You forgot the $5 cup of latte once or twice a day.
That one, I'll never understand. I drink coffee. I drink it black. At home.
If I think I might want coffee after I leave my house, I take a small THERMOS® with me.
The only times I've ever spent money at a Starbucks outlet is at an I-80/90 rest plaza. Always, the same order: "Coffee. Black. That size [points to cup stack matching Clem's desired volume]."
It gets me what I want, with a minimum of dialogue... and I don't need to learn a second language to get my caffeine fix.
Starbucks: the perfect example of the power of marketing: giving consumers permission to spend outrageous money on unhealthy luxuries that they've been convinced are daily necessities.
I may get a coffee outside the house now and then but I have been drinking it black since the early 70's. When I do, 95% of the time it is a brew from McDonalds or a Circle K type store. Something for a buck and change I grab from one of the cup holders in the car where I toss change.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
Starbucks: the perfect example of the power of marketing: giving consumers permission to spend outrageous money on unhealthy luxuries that they've been convinced are daily necessities.
People are dumb.
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Yes I remember back to a time that people clearly understood the difference between want and need. That's one part of the past I truly miss.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
Starbucks: the perfect example of the power of marketing: giving consumers permission to spend outrageous money on unhealthy luxuries that they've been convinced are daily necessities.
People are dumb.
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Yes I remember back to a time that people clearly understood the difference between want and need. That's one part of the past I truly miss.
I think most people understand the difference between wants and needs. I think where people are lax is knowing the difference between being able to afford their wants and not being able.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
You could be right but I'm judging my opinion based on their priority lists. You know, they have the latest IPhone but can't pay their utility bills kind of situation. Then when I listen to them talk they say they "need" everything they don't actually need. Maybe it's simply their lack of being able to communicate their thoughts properly.
But basing it on both their words and actions I'm not so sure.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
You forgot the $5 cup of latte once or twice a day.
That one, I'll never understand. I drink coffee. I drink it black. At home.
If I think I might want coffee after I leave my house, I take a small THERMOS® with me.
The only times I've ever spent money at a Starbucks outlet is at an I-80/90 rest plaza. Always, the same order: "Coffee. Black. That size [points to cup stack matching Clem's desired volume]."
It gets me what I want, with a minimum of dialogue... and I don't need to learn a second language to get my caffeine fix.
Starbucks: the perfect example of the power of marketing: giving consumers permission to spend outrageous money on unhealthy luxuries that they've been convinced are daily necessities.
People are dumb.
.02
I read an article from a guy that was trying out for the Olympic speedskating team. There was a female skater that was also trying to make the team that was complaining that she couldn't afford the food and supplements she wanted to take, but she came to practice with a 7 dollar cup of Starbucks every morning. He asked her if another 200 a month would help her out and she said that would just about cover what she needed, but she wouldn't give up her Starbucks.
And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul. - John Muir
You forgot the $5 cup of latte once or twice a day.
That one, I'll never understand. I drink coffee. I drink it black. At home.
If I think I might want coffee after I leave my house, I take a small THERMOS® with me.
The only times I've ever spent money at a Starbucks outlet is at an I-80/90 rest plaza. Always, the same order: "Coffee. Black. That size [points to cup stack matching Clem's desired volume]."
It gets me what I want, with a minimum of dialogue... and I don't need to learn a second language to get my caffeine fix.
Starbucks: the perfect example of the power of marketing: giving consumers permission to spend outrageous money on unhealthy luxuries that they've been convinced are daily necessities.
People are dumb.
.02
For a while, Starbucks wasn't a terrible value if I was running late and a stop for food/beverage was needed on the way to work. Breakfast sandwich and a coffee for not much more than $5... and there has been two times now that the local SB's couldn't be any more on my way to work.
I was laughing at your dialogue. Here's mine.
Oober: "Good morning... I'll have a sausage breakfast sandwich and a medium coffee... black."
Cashier: "a Grande coffee?"
Oober, but slightly annoyed: "No. Medium."
There is no level of sucking we haven't seen; in fact, I'm pretty sure we hold the patents on a few levels of sucking NOBODY had seen until the past few years.
Different tact: when I was 10 or 11 years old, Jacklyn Smith’s poster - she of Charlie’s Angels - had a place on my bedroom wall. Who was on your wall?
Linda Carter Cheryl Ladd Farrah Fawcet Majors Susan Anton
Maybe 10 or 15 more.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
Had to get rid of her. She kept making that weird noise all the time.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
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