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Old 01-19-2011, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill-n-Brillo View Post
Car engines that a common person could work on.
Roller skates.......that had skate keys.
Skate boards - if you wanted one, you made it yourself.
Sunoco 260
The "gas wars" - 19.9 cents/gal.
Then later.....waiting in line to buy gas "forever" during the energy crisis.
Fuzzy dice.
Everyone got dressed up to go to an indoor theater.
Drive-in movies.
Most all men wore hats (my dad always did!).
Women's stockings had the seam up the back of the legs.
The local dairy delivered to your door.

Bill
Esso gas stations
Velvet Elvis
Everyone dressed up to fly
Women wore stockings

also...
Victrola's then vinyl albums then cassettes
color TVs before color programming
party line phones, rotary phones and "Princess" phones