Did your Sears have a "bargain basement"? Piles of clothes, and shoes, and whatever, on these 48"x48" tables with an 8" high wall around the outside. We were *so* jealous of our friends who didn't do their "school clothes" shopping there every fall!
IDK... fortunately, we mostly didn’t have to go as my Mom didn’t want to drag my brother and me when she shopped. Probably did, we wore what she brought home, LOL! Sometimes I didn’t like it much, yeah that wasn’t a factor. Same as we ate what she made for dinner, and we all ate the same thing. If you didn’t like it, tough... you ate it anyway. Not that there was really much that my brother and I wouldn’t eat, boys back in the day!
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I must be old too, remember the 2 shorts and a Long ring on the phone hanging on the wall, cause it probably weighed 40 pounds. All them younger collectors are in search of them now! But more interesting than that was to hear all the clicks as the other people on your party line would pick up and listen to your conservation, yea if that were today they probably would have got a ear full.
Well guess I will mosey down to the penny store, mom just gave me 6 bottles and a Nickle, and I am hankering for a Nesbit Cream Soda, gonna set me back 12 cents a dime for the soda and 2 cent deposit on the bottle.
#1 “The King of Beers” (Budweiser, late 1800s) ...
#2 “I'd walk a mile for a Camel” (Camel, 1921) ...
#3 “When you care enough to send the very best” (Hallmark, 1934) ...
#4 “Breakfast of champions.” (Wheaties, 1935) ...
#5 “A diamond is forever” (DeBeers, 1948) ...
#6 “Finger lickin' good” (KFC, 1952)
I remember when $30 would buy four or five large paper bags full of groceries, and collecting all those bottles form neighbors so dad would take me down to the local grocer and my mind would be blown at all the penny candy I could choose from. I remember mowing lawns for people for money when I was 11-12 years old and the first time I ever heard the words "cable tv". Camping was something we did as a family and it usually involved a tent and no electricity. And I do remember when tv and radio would sign off, when the last broadcast of the day was John Wayne talking about his beautiful America, and then, fuzz and static. Long gone are those days but oh how we could use them now.
Yes, those all day bike rides were great! Never got into trouble and never got harassed, but did sneak onto the orange groves and stole a few Valencias. Navels were novel and not in our area. All day over-the-line with four guys. Alpha Beta and it's ice cream shop, the corner book store, LA5-5555 on all the ads, The Wonderful World of Disney was wholesome, creaks instead of storm canals, the fully loaded blue Country Sedan with AC that we only used on trips to the Mid West, shooting dad's 12 ga bird hunting on the Colorado river...
Prolly not the same company....
My first job was a sack boy at Skaggs Alpaha Beta
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#1 “The King of Beers” (Budweiser, late 1800s) ...
#2 “I'd walk a mile for a Camel” (Camel, 1921) ...
#3 “When you care enough to send the very best” (Hallmark, 1934) ...
#4 “Breakfast of champions.” (Wheaties, 1935) ...
#5 “A diamond is forever” (DeBeers, 1948) ...
#6 “Finger lickin' good” (KFC, 1952)
Old Milwaukee Beer... It doesn't get any better than this
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Yes, those all day bike rides were great! Never got into trouble and never got harassed, but did sneak onto the orange groves and stole a few Valencias. Navels were novel and not in our area. All day over-the-line with four guys. Alpha Beta and it's ice cream shop, the corner book store, LA5-5555 on all the ads, The Wonderful World of Disney was wholesome, creaks instead of storm canals, the fully loaded blue Country Sedan with AC that we only used on trips to the Mid West, shooting dad's 12 ga bird hunting on the Colorado river...
Growing up, all of our cars only had the old 455 air conditioners: all four windows down at 55 mph.
I bought shoes, suits, garden tools, hand tools, garden hoses and appliances all from Sears as late as the early 70's. Got one of my first credit cards from them. I'm still using a couple of power tools my Dad bought from Sears in the 60's.
Still have the Craftsman Jointer and Table Saw and the owners manual that DW's father bought in 1939
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Our number we CL (clearwater)1636. the numbers were the house number. The phone was a party line our ring was 2 quick pause 1 ring, longer pause and it would start over. Heaven forbid you got caught listening to the other parties on the phone. that earned you a switch. Playing outside until the street light came on and going on bike hikes with your friends; a thermos and PB&J in the basket. I am 65 and grew up in a bigger city in Ohio. Remember chicken pox parties. No social distancing there.
Our number we CL (clearwater)1636. the numbers were the house number. The phone was a party line our ring was 2 quick pause 1 ring, longer pause and it would start over. Heaven forbid you got caught listening to the other parties on the phone. that earned you a switch. Playing outside until the street light came on and going on bike hikes with your friends; a thermos and PB&J in the basket. I am 65 and grew up in a bigger city in Ohio. Remember chicken pox parties. No social distancing there.
We had a party line as well, and we lived on route 3 (dirt road).
Edit: That bike is actually mine, and it got me remembering things like the stick shift and fancy speedometer and "slicks" that were common on bikes back then. Good times!
I have an earlier version of your bike (in my barn). It is a 5-speed, stick shift Schwinn StingRay, narrow tires and a silver metal-flake banana seat. It is about a 1965 model if I recall. Just before I got my drivers license at 14 years old (I'd been driving my '42 Willys MB Jeep for a year or so out on the forest roads).
I also have an Exxon/Enco banana seat (tiger striped) bike that was my brother's. . . . yea, it's time to clean out the barn . . .
Yep, the Willys is still there. I just need time to get the brake kit put in that I bought when I put it in the barn . . .
Sinclair. Only know because we had quite a few in Southern Idaho and two of my classmates were Sinclair's.
We still have Sinclair gas stations here in Montana. Though they are becoming an endangered species. The just built a new Sinclair convenience north of Gardiner, Mt at the north entrance to Yellowstone Park. They used to be in "downtown Gardiner", but just moved in the last year or so.
Do you remember when-
Penny bubble gum?
You would pick up coke, adult beverage, bottles and would get paid for them?
Black and white TV?
When you, meaning when you were a child, were the TV remote?
TV and radio would sign off at night?
Gas was under .50 cents?
You didnt need to call for a RV park reservation several months in advance?
Still have the Craftsman Jointer and Table Saw and the owners manual that DW's father bought in 1939
I've got that same table saw in my basement, without the side extension, and sitting on a homemade wooden 'table' (actually an oversized saw horse). Don't think it came with a blade guard
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We didn't have a party line, I don't think. I can still remember the phone number, though, as well as my grandparent's number... my mother used to talk to her mother about daily! Other phone numbers? Ha. Hell, I could barely remember my work number during my last job... that I had for fourteen years!
Oh, and who else liked Fireball XL5?? Yeah, dating myself there I know!
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We didn't have a party line, I don't think. I can still remember the phone number, though, as well as my grandparent's number... my mother used to talk to her mother about daily! Other phone numbers? Ha. Hell, I could barely remember my work number during my last job... that I had for fourteen years!
Oh, and who else liked Fireball XL5?? Yeah, dating myself there I know!
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