Do You Remember? 60s-80s

[cabowabo 4484]

22 hours ago, Underdog said:

You guys ever heard or had Potato Candy?  My grandmother used to make it all the time and we'd devour it. 

Just posting this for good measure...

 

Got damn..........

[ruitxn 296]

On 3/27/2018 at 2:15 AM, Topper13 said:

 

Really comfortable starched.  Really comfortable. Especially with a little jock itch.

[Eldodroptop 35]

 

 

 

I had each one of these growing up. I miss them all. 

 

 

 

[AUinHsv 579]

Chemistry sets would come with a lawyer these days. No safety glasses or anything and plenty of pyro enabled chemicals....

[Underdog 28611]

Lawyer or your own set of PPE. 

[Chad Fuck 17669]

My friend had the whole package of all the teams. He wouldn't give me the Steelers pencil unless I said the Cowboys were my favorite team. I didn't end up with Steelers pencil

And his Surly handle is....?

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

22 hours ago, RDCanecutter said:

When you rode your bike to school, the last few feet you'd speed up, and then bail out as you shot the unmanned bike ahead to the bike area, where it crashed into all the other bikes.

I would never treat my Tangerine orange Raleigh chopper or My lime green Schwinn Stingray with such disrespect.  

Well, I did stick playing cards in the spokes, which eventually fucked uo the true of the wheels, but that sound was de rigor for neighborhood bike travel.

[89Horn 1514]

On 3/30/2018 at 7:25 AM, El Moco said:

I remember when you didn’t have to lock your front door.

Or your car when you went in to 7-11.

[abuelo gringo 321]

There was a whole series of these biographies of famous men's (and women's) lives as  youths.  I must have read scores of them in elementary school.  Graduated to more adult books by about sixth grade.

[AUinHsv 579]

I remember a whole series of "We Were There" books.  Found a link

https://www.exodusbooks.com/we-were-there-series/7831/

[Anwar Namtut 344]

On 3/30/2018 at 10:56 AM, idigTexas said:

I had a green round radio and my sister a red. They had a bunch at the Speed Museum in Wilsonville, OR, of all places on display. I took pictures and no one else in my family remembered having them. My family sucks.

[idigTexas 2286]

Every 7-11 had these on the floor leading to the Slurpee machine.

 

Hours of fun unless an adult was whipping your ass with a piece of track.

 

 

 

[Deej 76759]

A favorite.

Edited April 4, 2018 by Deej

[Mileslong 4727]

Me, mom and my new Lemon Peeler I got for Christmas , while sporting a UT shirt of course.

 

 

[phdhorn 6224]

Which one's you?

[Chewy's Hairy Horn 868]

[Armybrat 40832]

Which century is the OP talking about?

[Antidean 200]

13 hours ago, Mileslong said:

Me, mom and my new Lemon Peeler I got for Christmas , while sporting a UT shirt of course.

 

 

Always wanted a Lemon Peeler but got a Huffy Stingray from OTASCO instead.

[AUinHsv 579]

whomever put that stick shift right there deserves to smacked in the balls by every kid who hit their junk on it when crashing......

[phdhorn 6224]

7 different types of ammo fired, well maybe make that about 4 after losing some of your ammo within a half hour.  But still badass as shit.

[BigDHornfan 6546]

[Fudge Nuggets 19190]

14 hours ago, Mileslong said:

Me, mom and my new Lemon Peeler I got for Christmas , while sporting a UT shirt of course.

 

 

Is that your mom or grandmother?

[NIUHuskies 504]

Speaking of the era. these photos are from an upcoming estate sale here in San Antonio:
 

 

 

 

 

 

Listing here: https://www.estatesales.net/TX/San-Antonio/78209/1817166

[Shoxthemonkey 1977]

20 hours ago, Mileslong said:

Me, mom and my new Lemon Peeler I got for Christmas , while sporting a UT shirt of course.

 

 

Nobody in our neighborhood could afford a Schwinn. Brother and I had Western Flyers from Western Auto.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

23 hours ago, abuelo gringo said:

There was a whole series of these biographies of famous men's (and women's) lives as  youths.  I must have read scores of them in elementary school.  Graduated to more adult books by about sixth grade.

Holy fuck.   The library was a block from my house and I read all of those.  

[Don Keibals 113]

HEB being closed today reminded me that all stores used to be closed on Sunday, remember the Blue Laws?

[Knoxtnhorn 5974]

On 3/31/2018 at 6:45 PM, idigTexas said:

Every 7-11 had these on the floor leading to the Slurpee machine.

 

Hours of fun unless an adult was whipping your ass with a piece of track.

 

 

 

Is this last pic the waterfall billboard on I-35 heading into downtown Dallas?  If so, it's currently one of the most depressing things I've seen since moving back to Dallas last summer.  The billboard is still there, but there's a very large condo behind it and it now just looks out of place.  Effing sprawl.

Edited April 2, 2018 by Knoxtnhorn

[Knoxtnhorn 5974]

4 hours ago, Shoxthemonkey said:

Nobody in our neighborhood could afford a Schwinn. Brother and I had Western Flyers from Western Auto.

Were the Western Flyers yellow?  I seem to recall my parents by yellow bikes from an auto parts store for my brothers and me.

[Armybrat 40832]

My brother & I both got new 1954 Schwinn Traveler 3 speed bikes when we moved to St. Louis. Coolest bikes in the neighborhood. His was blue, mine was red, and they looked like this one:

[rage-a-holic 4382]

1 hour ago, Don Keibals said:

HEB being closed today reminded me that all stores used to be closed on Sunday, remember the Blue Laws?

I don't think it was all stores, just specific types. Pretty sure grocery stores were open on Sunday.

[Shoxthemonkey 1977]

53 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Were the Western Flyers yellow?  I seem to recall my parents by yellow bikes from an auto parts store for my brothers and me.

Mine was gold, his was red. Mine had a twist-grip 3-speed which was kinda cool. Our grade school was 2 1/2 miles away but we rode bikes everyday that the weather was fit. Used to take our .22s and ride south of Wichita to plink in the Big Ditch around town. Moms today would scream bloody murder to see that roll through the neighborhood today.

[Humpy 112]

On 3/26/2018 at 6:33 PM, retread said:

Best game ever as a kid when the family went camping.

[Chewy's Hairy Horn 868]

1 hour ago, rage-a-holic said:

I don't think it was all stores, just specific types. Pretty sure grocery stores were open on Sunday.

Seems like they didn't open until noon though.

[Hornstrader 179]

I remember eating Sunday lunch at Luby's at North Hills Mall in Richland Hills and it being the only thing open in the mall due to Blue laws

[Aqua Buddha 14588]

On 3/29/2018 at 6:47 PM, Underdog said:

 

Just posting this for good measure...

 

Now I'm starting to understand why there was so much sexual repression back in the day.....

[Eldodroptop 35]

2 hours ago, rage-a-holic said:

I don't think it was all stores, just specific types. Pretty sure grocery stores were open on Sunday.

They were, but much of the store would be literally roped off, lest some poor lost soul would attempt to buy a spatula on the Sabbath and be condemned to hell.

[Damor 1236]

I like to think that Capsela ultimately gave us

[BigDHornfan 6546]

On 3/29/2018 at 1:50 PM, LonghornLib said:

 

Fucking loved that thing.  One of the best toys ever.

 

[idigTexas 2286]

13 hours ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Is this last pic the waterfall billboard on I-35 heading into downtown Dallas?  If so, it's currently one of the most depressing things I've seen since moving back to Dallas last summer.  The billboard is still there, but there's a very large condo behind it and it now just looks out of place.  Effing sprawl.

Yep. 

[DoobieWah 1435]

Blue Laws were weird as shit. There were certain items that you couldn't buy on Sunday.

For example, you could buy a nail but not a hammer or vice versa. All based on religious grounds.

Even as a kid, I knew that was some bizarre shit.

[buffalobill989 167]

17 hours ago, B1G said:

Best game ever as a kid when the family went camping.

lawn darts. one of the best things to throw at my brother and sister

[swTXSU 18]

[NWBuck 8552]

58 minutes ago, DoobieWah said:

Blue Laws were weird as shit. There were certain items that you couldn't buy on Sunday.

For example, you could buy a nail but not a hammer or vice versa. All based on religious grounds.

Even as a kid, I knew that was some bizarre shit.

Well, they didn't want anyone else to get crucified, given what happened with the last guy.

[Johnny Sack 8397]

18 hours ago, rage-a-holic said:

I don't think it was all stores, just specific types. Pretty sure grocery stores were open on Sunday.

My grandfather's grocery stores stayed closed on Sundays until the mid 80s.  I think the grocery store blue laws ended in the 70s.

Edited April 2, 2018 by Johnny Sack

[DoobieWah 1435]

1 minute ago, NWBuck said:

Well, they didn't want anyone else to get crucified, given what happened with the last guy.

Well, since he got crucified on Friday and resurrected on Sunday they screwed it ALL up.

[tfoolry 8208]

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[Damor 1236]

 

 

[Jerry Callo 8700]

Yo, that ball is hard as a rock when you get beaned in the back of the head.

[Damor 1236]

 

[Don Keibals 113]

11 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said:

Yo, that ball is hard as a rock when you get beaned in the back of the head.

Not as bad as Ka-knockers or clackers or whatever they were called where you were: