New Group

[GeneW]

Figured that we needed a group for us old timers. Not to exclude anyone but simply so that the youngins here aren't inundated with posts about Deep Purple, Apollo Moonlandings, Carburetors, Bell Bottoms, Woodstock, and other antique stuff.

http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/group.php?groupid=9

Gene

[LtNoogie]

Hey, I remember all that stuff!

[SIPNGAS]

So, how old do we have to be to quailify?

[LtNoogie]

So, how old do we have to be to quailify?

Let's see... did you ever own a pair of Ditto jeans with the wierd saddle butt?

[ZING]

So, how old do we have to be to quailify?



30, but preferably over 40. According the the group description atleast.

[coheed]

Some youngins know about that stuff. Thank you very much. :tongue:

[tuckevalastin]

I love how Carburetors makes the list these days... As a "youngin" that"s still sad to me!

[jclo3313]

Done and done!

[LtNoogie]

Yeah, how many young people ever had a TV dial to turn? The term "don't touch that dial!" isn't used that much anymore.

[SIPNGAS]

Let's see... did you ever own a pair of Ditto jeans with the wierd saddle butt?

Ummm...no. :bellyroll:

[Bob_VT]

The reason my parents had kids was to use us are personal remote controls to change channels...... I had a kid so he could fetch me the remote!

[SIPNGAS]

I remember our TV when I was a little kid. It was a 13 inch black and white. Yes, with a turn dial.

[jclo3313]

Who had a black and white TV.

[SIPNGAS]

LOL

[LtNoogie]

We had a B&W Zenith that had a metal enclosure that was painted woodgrain. My dad could figure out how long we'd been watching TV by feeling how hot the top of the TV was.

[PreciousPups4U]

OK, I'm in.

AND telephones with cords. You had to stand/sit in the same room to talk on the telephone.

[LtNoogie]

OK, I'm in.

AND telephones with cords. You had to stand/sit in the same room to talk on the telephone.

That's why I got myself one of these. Now I can comply with California's handsfree law when driving.

[SIPNGAS]

We had a B&W Zenith that had a metal enclosure that was painted woodgrain. My dad could figure out how long we'd been watching TV by feeling how hot the top of the TV was.

YES!! Sounds like ours. =)

[SIPNGAS]

and no microwave ovens.

[churp]

Old timers to me .....having your 1st born delivered before hospitals allowed the father in the delivery room. .....or was that just old phart?

[SailDesign]

Old timers to me .....having your 1st born delivered before hospitals allowed the father in the delivery room. .....or was that just old phart?

No - you're thinking of having your frst-born before the father WANTED to be in the hospital room (or was that "was forced to be..."?) :smile:

[churp]

No - you're thinking of having your frst-born before the father WANTED to be in the hospital room (or was that "was forced to be..."?) :smile:

Sorta!!!!:biggrin: but a friend of mine found that the only hospital in Dade County (Miami area) that allowed it in 73, was a small hospital in Hialeah....my daughter and son were born in 72 and 73 in Miami Shores Hosp.

I was there for the next 3 though....even though it's 'expected' nowadays, sorry I missed the 1st 2.

[GeneW]

30, but preferably over 40. According the the group description atleast.

The idea is not to exclude anyone but to allow the youngins some peace and quiet while us oldsters reminisce.

Gene

[1NZYaris1]

Ah the good old day's datsun 1200 sedan travel 40miles to the hot pools in an
hr , today with a modern car same drive takes 2 hours due to traffic:laugh:

[bobselectric]

The reason my parents had kids was to use us are personal remote controls to change channels...... I had a kid so he could fetch me the remote!

DITTO Bob!

I tell my kids that all the time- even about twisting the knob around the dial to "fine tune" the station in!

[bobselectric]

Sorta!!!!:biggrin: but a friend of mine found that the only hospital in Dade County (Miami area) that allowed it in 73, was a small hospital in Hialeah....my daughter and son were born in 72 and 73 in Miami Shores Hosp.

I was there for the next 3 though....even though it's 'expected' nowadays, sorry I missed the 1st 2.

Hell I asked for a refund when they wanted me to cut the cord- if I'm doing the work, no one else gets paid!

[jclo3313]

I have started two new groups.
For owners of Absolutly Red Yarii.
http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/group.php?groupid=14
Off color humor, or pictures R-rated only please!
http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/group.php?groupid=13

[bobselectric]

I'm in

[train317]

Anyone remember "theh first remote" for tvs? It was a tuning fork in a box that when you pushed the button on top of the box it struck the tuning fork turning the tv on or off...I know...some of you are saying...what's a tuning fork???:iono:

[bobselectric]

Anyone remember the X-Ray machines at the Buster Brown shoe stores? You used to stick your foot in and "Look at all the cool bones!".
It was a teaser to sell the shoes- our shoes fit your foot properly!

[KCALB SIRAY]

Yeah, how many young people ever had a TV dial to turn? The term "don't touch that dial!" isn't used that much anymore.

Who had a black and white TV.
we had the console TV, Black and White that made the tops of everyones head taller thatn they actually were (damn tubes) lol We used to hook up the Pong game to it on Sunday nights and play that for hours
DITTO Bob!

I tell my kids that all the time- even about twisting the knob around the dial to "fine tune" the station in!

ours had to be "clicked" slowly, otherwise the station you really wanted to get on would get passed up by "overclicking" :laugh:

[kou]

when i was growing up in the UK we had a milkman that would deliver the milk in glass bottles with a horse and kart. i loved the whole milk with the layer of cream on top, that was some good stuff on my corn flakes.

[darthbauer]

I had a TV with the tuning and channel dial's.

[KCALB SIRAY]

we had M*A*S*H

[LtNoogie]

when i was growing up in the UK we had a milkman that would deliver the milk in glass bottles with a horse and kart. i loved the whole milk with the layer of cream on top, that was some good stuff on my corn flakes.

Wow, you don't look old enough to have had a milkman like that. Maybe they kept traditions longer in the UK?

[kou]

Wow, you don't look old enough to have had a milkman like that. Maybe they kept traditions longer in the UK?

i am not that old,he had a farm nearby milk was from his cows and bottled there it was great i dont think he is in business anymore.

[kou]

i joined and might be the youngest so if anyone needs something lifting or whatever in north jersey get in touch.

[bobselectric]

when i was growing up in the UK we had a milkman that would deliver the milk in glass bottles with a horse and kart. i loved the whole milk with the layer of cream on top, that was some good stuff on my corn flakes.

I remember that too- not the same guy mind you, but the milkman would place the milk,cream,eggs,butter,etc. in a small insulated tin box on the front steps.

My wife grew up in the Bronx and she and her brothers remember a guy driving around with a small "carnival" ride on trailer. He'd set it up in 5 minutes and would charge 25 cents to ride the Whip!

Kind of makes me wonder where my mom and dad in-law were!