There's a button on the floor of your car to change to high beams..........there's no TV after midnight..........You only have 3 channels.............AM radio only..............leaded gas...........White gas but only at Amoco stations. I got a ton more but I'm 78 and I need a nap now.
Dial zero for the operator. Those little yellowish things are called "popcorn kernals" (had to show the grandkids the popcorn popper and how it worked).
Those plastic circles you glued on your side windows for keeping them defrosted. Waiting for the neighbors to hang up so you can make a phone call. Cisterns. Setting points.
There's a peddle on the floor of your car to start the engine.....there's no TV......the kitchen range burned kerosene, which was great.....no more hauling wood into the kitchen.........
Three on the tree Straight 6 with a 1bbl carb Replacing points Timing light and a dwell tach Rabbit ears TV antenna and I was the remote control Freezer was inside the ‘fridge The RadarRange was a miracle of modern technology (and we didn’t have one) Reel lawnmower with no engine
Also: 225 Slant Six Hood pins Cigarette lighter sockets that actually had cigarette lighters in them Side vent windows Floor mounted high beam switches Foot-pump for windshield washer fluid (located near the high beam foot switch) Almost all cars had hand-cranked windows (Cadillacs were one of the few exceptions) "Typewriter" automatic transmission (Push-buttons mounted on the left side of the dashboard rather than the steering wheel mounted 'PRNDL' gear shift lever) 'Bubble' dash
I started driving in '67, started Auto Shop in '65, so I connect with everything mentioned, above and below. I'M NOT OLD! I'm vintage, with patina. I hear that's in high demand these days.
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ReplyDelete#1 I need 3.8 more guns just to be average.
ReplyDeleteI need about minus 20.2.
DeleteKeep buying until the decimal point moves over to the right one more unit, those are rookie numbers.
DeleteI don't know how many I'm over the average.
DeleteI was was happy to learn that at least by one measure, I am above average. :-)
DeleteCanoe accident. In about 15 fathoms kind sorta off The Neck about a mile or so north north south east-ish. On a choppy day -
DeleteIsh
Coelacanth
The correct number of guns to have is just a couple more.
DeleteThere's a button on the floor of your car to change to high beams..........there's no TV after midnight..........You only have 3 channels.............AM radio only..............leaded gas...........White gas but only at Amoco stations. I got a ton more but I'm 78 and I need a nap now.
ReplyDeletecollecting pop bottles
DeleteDial zero for the operator. Those little yellowish things are called "popcorn kernals" (had to show the grandkids the popcorn popper and how it worked).
DeleteThose plastic circles you glued on your side windows for keeping them defrosted.
DeleteWaiting for the neighbors to hang up so you can make a phone call.
Cisterns.
Setting points.
There's a peddle on the floor of your car to start the engine.....there's no TV......the kitchen range burned kerosene, which was great.....no more hauling wood into the kitchen.........
Deletelawn darts, pop rocks, those 'knocker things' lol
DeleteUsing long distance to make a phone call outside city limits. Walk up to airline departure gate without any reason or ticket or luggage.
DeleteI remember that button on the floor for high beams - and the time the carpet got into it and jammed it, with the high beams on.
DeleteDiamond in the window with the number of ice blocks you want delivered - coal chute in the basement - s&h green stamps
DeleteThe answer for #2 is India, the whole country.....
ReplyDeleteToilet, not the Ganges River.
Delete#1 Damn! I'm 12.2916 times over the average...
ReplyDelete#1) Oh c'mon, Stan! Move the damn decimal point! Statistics should be a believable.
ReplyDelete# 4...........
ReplyDelete"my 4-speed dual-quad positraction 409"
"3 deuces and a 4-speed and a 389"
'syntax error' (Commodore 64 users will get it)
4-tracks
UHF tuner 14-83
FM band was 42-50.......and NO stereo
Three on the tree
DeleteStraight 6 with a 1bbl carb
Replacing points
Timing light and a dwell tach
Rabbit ears TV antenna and I was the remote control
Freezer was inside the ‘fridge
The RadarRange was a miracle of modern technology (and we didn’t have one)
Reel lawnmower with no engine
Also:
Delete225 Slant Six
Hood pins
Cigarette lighter sockets that actually had cigarette lighters in them
Side vent windows
Floor mounted high beam switches
Foot-pump for windshield washer fluid (located near the high beam foot switch)
Almost all cars had hand-cranked windows (Cadillacs were one of the few exceptions)
"Typewriter" automatic transmission (Push-buttons mounted on the left side of the dashboard rather than the steering wheel mounted 'PRNDL' gear shift lever)
'Bubble' dash
I started driving in '67, started Auto Shop in '65, so I connect with everything mentioned, above and below. I'M NOT OLD! I'm vintage, with patina. I hear that's in high demand these days.
Delete4.8 is a low average per room, not house hold, in many red states.
ReplyDelete#1 Time for a canoe trip.
ReplyDelete#4: Heck, we got two channels when I was a kid. It was a big deal when the third channel happened.
ReplyDelete#7 The gal in the Pink suit has a Rainbow in her pants!
ReplyDeleteNeck
When I was 8 years old, my grandmother sent me to the local liquor store to pick up her order -- at 11 PM, in the Bronx.
ReplyDelete"How many guns do you need?"
ReplyDelete"Just one more."
Repeat.
4: I remember that. It had a switch to pick channel 3 or 4. My dad was insistent that it had to be channel 3.
ReplyDeleteI also know my own gender. Really aging myself here.