The good old days

[dennishoddy]

Maybe this is an answer ( scare them 2 death)....

I gotta buy a new keyboard now.

 

[Profreedomokie]

When gay meant you were happy, and politicians were afraid to be caught in a lie.

 

[montesa]

I just did the "propeller" with my pants down to seal the deal...

60 percent of the time, it worked, every time...

Usually I bought the heart-stopping ephedrine pills to offset the liquor I'd be drinking that night.

You partied. Haha

 

[Aku]

Pre-Walmart. When small towns still had downtown stores, like TG&Y, and local hardware stores.

 

[Snattlerake]

Service station bathrooms where you could buy Spanish Fly for a quarter.

And french ticklers!

And you had to turn them real slow to keep those damn loud snapping and clacking machines from telegraphing to everyone outside the bathroom what you are doing.

 

[Snattlerake]

Going to the local A&W drive-in for a real root-beer float in a tall frosty glass mug. It was the standard brought right to your car window. Drink up and leave the mugs on the red tray and drive away. Now you have to go inside and pay $5 extra dollars for the drink served in the frosty mug. But at least you get to keep the mug.

Without having to steal it like the good ole days.

 

[mr ed]

When my local Walmart had the little boxes of 22 ammo for .98 cents, every pawn shop had 30-30's for $150. Boys were boys & girls were girls

You must be a youngster . I remember when Otasco had 22 shells for 55 cents a box and Later at Kmart 7.70 a brick

 

[CanadianRiverRat]

Pre-Walmart. When small towns still had downtown stores, like TG&Y, and local hardware stores.

As a young feller, my first "town job" was working in Wilson's Hardware and Feed, just off main street near the TG&Y and Franklin's 5 & 10 cent stores. I still remember wooden barrels with milsurp rifles stacked in them, most expensive were the Garands @ $79.99 and we carried dynamite and caps behind the counter in wood crates.

 

[dennishoddy]

You must be a youngster . I remember when Otasco had 22 shells for 55 cents a box and Later at Kmart 7.70 a brick

I paid 51 cents a box when Gibsons closed out for Winchester white box. Gave some to my dad who didn't really like guns but had a .22 when they went camping. I got that pistol and 1.5 boxes back when he passed away. Still have the ammo.

 

[dennishoddy]

As a young feller, my first "town job" was working in Wilson's Hardware and Feed, just off main street near the TG&Y and Franklin's 5 & 10 cent stores. I still remember wooden barrels with milsurp rifles stacked in them, most expensive were the Garands @ $79.99 and we carried dynamite and caps behind the counter in wood crates.

Our hardware store in Ponca had dynamite in wood boxes stored openly in the back room. Not locked down. Don't know where they kept the caps though. I was in high school then. Walking past that box didn't frighten me a bit. My uncle (ex EOD in WWII ) used it to clear stumps while clearing the land he bought to put into farming. I was around it all the time.