Have you ever...

[Pam]

Drove a "CORVAIR" ??

/s/ Wunna the OLD Pharts

Not just drove one but owned one. Wasn't too happy when Ralph Nader wrote *Unsafe at any Speed.*

[Dorothy39]

Richard, for your amusement, click onto this link.http://www.gatorpress.com/stories/page3.html

[Cinder & Smoke]

Corvair ...
Not just drove one but owned one.
Wasn't too happy when Ralph Nader wrote *Unsafe at Any Speed.*

My First Car!
A '65 ... I LOVED it - drove like a race car, good in the snow (till you packed too much snow
under the belly pan - an the lil wheels couldn't reach the ground! )

As for Ralph ... ... he sure killed the resale value on mine!

[Pam]

My First Car!
A '65 ... I LOVED it - drove like a race car, good in the snow (till you packed too much snow
under the belly pan - an the lil wheels couldn't reach the ground! )

As for Ralph ... ... he sure killed the resale value on mine!

My folks had a snappy little red Corvair with white interior. Boy was that It was a breeze to park which my mom loved as she never quite mastered parallel parking. Hubby liked theirs so much that he bought a snappy little black Corvair with a white interior for our first car after we got married. It was fine except for the smoke that would occasionally come up from under the dashboard and hit us in the face as we rode down the highway. We never did find out the cause of that.

I also learned to type on a manual typewriter. I was so excited when my employer, back in the 60's, brought in all new IBM Selectrics with the changeable little balls. Thought I'd died and gone to heaven.

[RICHARD]

I was so excited when my employer, back in the 60's, brought in all new IBM Selectrics with the changeable little balls. Thought I'd died and gone to heaven.

Yep, it's all in the balls.


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LOL,
Did anyone ever do laundry in a machine that had the wringers aboove the tub?


Randi,

Dot Matrix Printers!

[cyber-sibes]

Drove a "CORVAIR" ??

/s/ Wunna the OLD Pharts

Hey Phred, that's what I learned to drive with! My brother taught me in his old white Corvair, standard shift, of course. (LOL! The spellcheck highlights "Corvair" I.e. there ain't no such word)

Ever drive a car with a Hydro-glide semi-automatic transmission? You had to shift into first, but it became "automatic" and shifted into 2nd & 3rd on it's own. Had one in the first car I "co-owned" - a '49 Dodge!

I've used all of it - wringer washer, carbon paper, dial phones, party line etc. I was just talking to my older brother (same one that taught me to drive) about S & H stamps a couple weeks ago! Gawd, must be getting old!

But the best thing I recall is having to bathe in the old metal tub, that when I look at it now should be filled with ice and cold drinks, certainly I didn't fit into that!!! Oh yes, and the outhouse. I didn't experience a flush toilet until I was 10 years old - can you imagine???

My grandmother didn't have running hot water till the 70's, so she used to heat kettles & pour it into a tub to bathe in at her house. But, I grew up with the luxury of flushing toilets!

[Jadapit]

Yes, I remember all that. Lol, Dorthy I remember the tv signing off at around midnight.

We used to turn our soda bottles in for a refund, we could buy more soda.

[Dorothy39]

Yeah, 2 cents a bottle!!! Right?

Oh, those were the days my friend (We thought they'd never end )

[jenluckenbach]

YES!!!!!!!!

Count me as one of the oldies, too!

(I loved green stamps.)

[Dorothy39]

How about becoming scared STIFF after watching Boris K (God rest his Soul) as FRANKENSTEIN?

OR~~~ better yet~~~ those air raid drills in the 60's!!!

Talk about FIRE DRILLS

[RICHARD]

OR~~~ better yet~~~ those air raid drills in the 60's!!!

The last friday of the month at 10 a.m..

God help you if you forgot the day!

Super scary!


Phred.

Rode in a car with no seat belts built into it!



Jada,


Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of earth..

And touched the face of god.

Did they ever show that clip right before sign off?


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Buy a glass bottle from the vending machine!

Or dipped your hand into the "coca cola" tub for an ICE COLD BOTTLE??

[critter crazy]

Used carbon paper.YES

Used a pay phone?YES

Dialed a phone?YES

Used a dial to change the TV channel?YES

Bought Cigarettes from a vending machine?NO

Played a pinball machine?YES

Drank soda from a glass bottle?YES

[Queen of Poop]

Yes to it all. I was going to mention the wringer washer but Richard beat me to it. I also recall my mom bringing in sheets off the line in winter time - frozen solid. But the best thing I recall is having to bathe in the old metal tub, that when I look at it now should be filled with ice and cold drinks, certainly I didn't fit into that!!! Oh yes, and the outhouse. I didn't experience a flush toilet until I was 10 years old - can you imagine???

Oh My Goodness, I'm OLD!!!!!

[lvpets2002]

Oh Great Richard you told my age == yes to all && even == Used Pay Phone & it was 10 cents,, The Turn Dial On Our Black & White TV,, Cigs Were 50 cents,, The Glass Coke Bottle that I Drank Out Of I turned back in for 1 cent deposit.. Good Thread & it has you to remember when!!

[borzoimom]

Remember sugar cigarrettes.. Or having a remote for your tv that had a chord that went along the floor ( that the dog chewed up) or how big it was to have a chordless phone in the house? Or the first cell phone mounted in your car,, or your computer was at work, a DOS and the computer room filled the whole room???? Or wow- new technology on this thing called a "fax".. or you had a color tv set? And you had to replace the different color bulbs, or seperate color lights on your christmas tree?