Things you don't see much anymore!!

[MICHAEL]

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/holycrap_zps51b8aadb.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/holycrap_zps51b8aadb.jpg.html)

[MICHAEL]

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/holycrap_zps51b8aadb.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/holycrap_zps51b8aadb.jpg.html)

holey crap,,, is that a ,,,, bunny and dog in the bush togerther???

[Mudpuppy]

lol, it's funny on so many different levels

[Rdmonster]

I see red x's all the time

[Aslan]

What about the old coin operated ball polishers? I still see them…but they used to be at EVERY alley.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mmMZiEeG0W4/SuyS_XridyI/AAAAAAAAB38/6-JivdjavUE/s320/ball+cleaner.jpg

Or what about the single ball bags with the metal frames like this:

http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mXhdiHHe6jb-FG9XhfBUGXw.jpg

I still have one…wood bottom with the metal frame that holds the ball. Classic.

[sprocket]

I'll tell you what, that old Luster King got me a 300 in a tournament once.

[dnhoffman]

Pay phones... Nope couldn't tell you where one is nowadays

[Rdmonster]

I got a Brunswick single ball arrier with the metal frame and wood bottom!! Its a Rhino branded bag to go with my old Urethane Rhino...and the lanes I bowl on have a Luster King.....no pay phone though...

[MICHAEL]

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/aaabowlingtrophy_zpsff213025.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/aaabowlingtrophy_zpsff213025.jpg.html)
Yes, everybody wants CASH $$$$$$$$$! Don't see many trophies any more... so many things we don't see anymore that ICEMAN seen a lot of when he was your age!! Another thing,,, "they don't make em like they use 2, for better in some cases, and worst in others!!

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[Aslan]

The emergence of roller bags is interesting.

Back in the 80s...the vinyl/leather single ball bags started to go away in favor of shoulder bags bad out of the standard material. Same thing happened with hockey bags a bit earlier...they used to be like mostly canvas with just hand loops. But then...emergence of the "shoulder strap" and thats how things were through the 90s.

Somewhere along the lines...as we approached the new millenium...roller suitcases showed up (many youngsters nowadays don't realize all suitcases back in the day just had handles...wheels came much later. And I remember playing hockey and lugging around this massively heavy hockey bag...and thinking, "Why don't they make roller bags for hockey?" Then one day, back in the early 2000s...our goalie (older guy) showed up carrying his hockey bag on a 2-wheel dolly. Nowadays...we have roller bags. Same thing with bowling...went from shoulder straps to eventually roller bags. Paintball? Roller bags.

But here's the negative side effect (besides people becoming weaker from not carrying heavy bags)...the bags got HEAVIER!! We never had a huge issue at airports with heavy bags...until it became so easy to roll them to the airport. You never had bowlers carrying 6-7 balls to the alley...until you had roller bags which made that one trip from the car. And even hockey bags...you used to just take the equipment you needed...nothing more...because it was too God awful heavy...now people carry around their equipment plus a bunch of other equipment and on occasion a case of beer.

It's kinda like the arguement against better protective equipment leading to more reckless play (hockey, football, lacross, etc...)...as we've tried to limit the ergonomic burden by creating things that bear more of the weight (shoulder straps, rollers on bags)...the end user has countered that by adding massively more weight. To the point now...where it may be easier to carry those 6 bowling balls from you car to the alley...but ya nearly throw your back out putting them in and out of you car/truck.

[MICHAEL]

Yes everyone could use this old vintage, devise, to help you forget a night of 7 / 10 leaves, ect... strictly for medicinal purposes! http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/bowlforyourhealthwiskyholder_zpsccc40b80.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/bowlforyourhealthwiskyholder_zpsccc40b80.jpg.html)

[MICHAEL]

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/steelskates50s_zpsffb11a9c.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/steelskates50s_zpsffb11a9c.jpg.html)

many of you don't even know the joy of strapping these on, and turning the key that gripped the front part of your shoe! Yes,,, them there were the days.... as Iceman thinks back!! hummm

[Mudpuppy]

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many of you don't even know the joy of strapping these on, and turning the key that gripped the front part of your shoe! Yes,,, them there were the days.... as Iceman thinks back!! hummm

Was this back when Iceman was just a young budding icecube?

[bdtrob300]

What about the Novelty Machine in the men's restroom?

You don't have a novelty machine in your men's restrooom??? And you call this place a 'Bowling Alley'?!

[MICHAEL]

What about the Novelty Machine in the men's restroom?

You don't have a novelty machine in your men's restrooom??? And you call this place a 'Bowling Alley'?!

LOL,,,, very funny,,, I think you are confusing a bowing alley with a GAS STATION!!! LOL

[Bunny]

What about the Novelty Machine in the men's restroom?

You don't have a novelty machine in your men's restrooom??? And you call this place a 'Bowling Alley'?!


LOL,,,, very funny,,, I think you are confusing a bowing alley with a GAS STATION!!! LOL


It's a quote from the movie Kingpin. Every bowler should own a copy along with The Big Lebowski.

[bdtrob300]

It's a quote from the movie Kingpin. Every bowler should own a copy along with The Big Lebowski.


Obviously MICHAEL isn't a golfer...

[MICHAEL]

Obviously MICHAEL isn't a golfer...

Obviously you don't know Michael!! LOL I have a copy of both movies, and I use to be a pretty damn good golfer!
Back in the mid 80, I won the Long Ball Drive contest at the annual TWA tournament! Not only did I win it one year, but 3 years consecutively! (:) It was on ONE particular hole each year, and they changed the hole every year.
At the time I could it a ball at or over 300 yards on a given level, or down hill hole! My dad will testify to the fact that it happened,,, give him a call!! (:)

My dad worked for TWA, and at that time Son's and Daughters could play with family members that worked for the company.

I was a low, to high 80's golfer almost all the time..... Had a lot of fun, and could I tell you some funny stories related to my golf experiences!! (:)

[MICHAEL]

Obviously you don't know Michael!! LOL I have a copy of both movies, and I use to be a pretty damn good golfer!
Back in the mid 80, I won the Long Ball Drive contest at the annual TWA tournament! Not only did I win it one year, but 3 years consecutively! (:) It was on ONE particular hole each year, and they changed the hole every year.
At the time I could it a ball at or over 300 yards on a given level, or down hill hole! My dad will testify to the fact that it happened,,, give him a call!! (:)

My dad worked for TWA, and at that time Son's and Daughters could play with family members that worked for the company.

I was a low, to high 80's golfer almost all the time..... Had a lot of fun, and could I tell you some funny stories related to my golf experiences!! (:)

OK.... ONE golf Story that is true! How do you get a birdie in golf on just one stroke on a par 4 hole?? I did!!! My dad and his friend were present when it happened!

I hit a low line drive over the crest of a hill, and it landed blind on the other side. As we walked to are balls, a couple guys coming from the other direction yelled (YOU GOT A BIRDIE!)

I thought to myself WHAT,,,, THE ,,,,, then as I crossed over the top of the hill and just on the other side was a DEAD Bird, with my Titleist 3 golf ball just a few feet from his resting spot... I doubt it knew what hit!

What kind of a bird brain would spend time looking for worms on a golf fairway anyway??? TRUE STORY!

I did give the fellow a decent burial in a sand trap on the following hole!

[mc_runner]

Haha, I nailed a goose once. Only problem was it was about 100 feet in front of me off the tee... I am not very good at golf (also it didn't die, but was pretty clearly surprised and not happy at all).

[Mike White]

Haha, I nailed a goose once. Only problem was it was about 100 feet in front of me off the tee... I am not very good at golf (also it didn't die, but was pretty clearly surprised and not happy at all).

Well to combine the "odd things hit with a golf ball" and "things you don't see much anymore"

I once hit the hood ornament on our 1966 Ford, with a golf ball.

1146

[MICHAEL]

A tall man riding a small pony? When was the last time you remember seeing a sharp dressed gentleman ridding a short pony!!


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[MICHAEL]

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Not much giant grasshopper hunting going on around here anymore!! :(

[MICHAEL]

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[MICHAEL]

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/younevergettoseechildrenenjoyasmokewitharoosterany more_zps6ea38273.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/younevergettoseechildrenenjoyasmokewitharoosterany more_zps6ea38273.jpg.html)

Yes it's been a long time since I have seen this!

[Mike White]

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/younevergettoseeanyonehuntgiantgrasshoppersanymore _zpsf1afb0e1.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/younevergettoseeanyonehuntgiantgrasshoppersanymore _zpsf1afb0e1.jpg.html)

Not much giant grasshopper hunting going on around here anymore!! :(

Gotta believe that is photoshoped.

Notice in the background, there is not much grass around.

Maybe that is an extinct breed of tumbleweed hopper.

P.S. looking at the picture again I noticed, thats an odd breed of grasshopper that doesn't cast a shadow.

[MICHAEL]

Gotta believe that is photoshoped.

Notice in the background, there is not much grass around.

Maybe that is an extinct breed of tumbleweed hopper.

P.S. looking at the picture again I noticed, thats an odd breed of grasshopper that doesn't cast a shadow.



http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/giantgrasshopper_zps2adff91b.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/giantgrasshopper_zps2adff91b.jpg.html)

YES they are getting even bigger,,, they think its NOW due to GMO'S!! This guy was less then 2 hours old,,,,, can you imagine a swarm of these hitting CA!!!

[Mike White]

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/giantgrasshopper_zps2adff91b.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/giantgrasshopper_zps2adff91b.jpg.html)

YES they are getting even bigger,,, they think its NOW due to GMO'S!! This guy was less then 2 hours old,,,,, can you imagine a swarm of these hitting CA!!!

I think I hit one of those while driving through Texas. It's the only time I've ever had to stop at a gas station, not for gas, but just to clean off the windshield.

I'm not sure what kind of bug is was, but it had to be violating a leash law.

[MICHAEL]

I think I hit one of those while driving through Texas. It's the only time I've ever had to stop at a gas station, not for gas, but just to clean off the windshield.

I'm not sure what kind of bug is was, but it had to be violating a leash law.

If they don't smell League Bowling Oil on your hands,,, THEY EAT YOU!! BAD, Bug!!! Yes they can make a huge mess of a motorcycle too, happened to me up in North Dakota One summer on a bike trip! When you hit them,,, it looks just like fresh human blood, bright red! One actually knocked my helmet off, while traveling at 60 or so MPH!! When I would stop for gas,,,, they would cover your body!! As bad as it was, not nearly as hard on me as my AMF closing!!

the guy in the picture, lucky for him, is a league bowler! He still has his hand!

[MICHAEL]

Yes,,, I was in deep contemplation, thinking about my house lanes closing down,,,,,,no smile on my face,,,,,, feeling empty,,, hollow,,,, without cause! THANK god for my YMCA,,, it helps get me through painful events like this!!


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[Mike White]

[QUOTE=MICHAEL;105815]Yes,,, I was in deep contemplation, thinking about my house lanes closing down,,,,,,no smile on my face,,,,,, feeling empty,,, hollow,,,, without cause! THANK god for my YMCA,,, it helps get me through painful events like this!!


I don't know the distances, but it looks like the bowling alley called Gladstone is near by, and they even have a scratch league mixed trios on Thursdays.

[MICHAEL]

[QUOTE=MICHAEL;105815]Yes,,, I was in deep contemplation, thinking about my house lanes closing down,,,,,,no smile on my face,,,,,, feeling empty,,, hollow,,,, without cause! THANK god for my YMCA,,, it helps get me through painful events like this!!


I don't know the distances, but it looks like the bowling alley called Gladstone is near by, and they even have a scratch league mixed trios on Thursdays.


ITS A smoking allowed alley!! They have one night that is not smoking and that would be Tuesday! When I say smoking,,, I mean SMOKING! Its a great bowling alley, like it a lot, but being the only one that still allows smoking on all but one night, I cant handle it!!

I will find one I am sure,,, I think AMF North Kansas City will have one this summer,,,, I am going there Monday and will talk to management. Its a huge bowling alley for around here, I believe its 42 lanes!

I will know more Monday!

Gladstone is not far away at all, about the same as the one that is closing.

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/smokingdangerious1_zpsd4454827.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/smokingdangerious1_zpsd4454827.jpg.html)

[MICHAEL]

A knight that need to find a Rest-Room!

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/younevergettoseeaweirdknightwhoneedstogotothebathr oomanymore_zps8ca48038.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/younevergettoseeaweirdknightwhoneedstogotothebathr oomanymore_zps8ca48038.jpg.html)

I LIKE HIS SHOES.... LOL... Is that a flower on his knightly shoes!!! LOL

[MICHAEL]

I remember when you could get a shot of whiskey for just 4 quarters!! Them-There-Were-The-Good-Old-Days!!

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[Wigman]

Before Polyurethane wheels were a big thing on roller skates, I remember a roller skate rink had a small station for making wheels out of wood/plastic. Said place also had booths which we dubbed the nooky booths. few homeruns were made in those booths =p oh the days of unchaperoned fun.

[MICHAEL]

to this gentleman, (I am sure he loves his children), but one particular child seems to be a real PAIN IN THE ......

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/childrencanbeAREALPAININTHE_zpse31a2d4b.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/childrencanbeAREALPAININTHE_zpse31a2d4b.jpg.html)

[MICHAEL]

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[MICHAEL]

WHAT ARE THESE FOR??? Iceman knows.... lol ( Good old days,,,, damn I mess them)


http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/thingsyoudontsee_zps45f9181d.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/thingsyoudontsee_zps45f9181d.jpg.html)

THE BIG QUESTION is what make and model car is this?????

[classygranny]

Are we aging ourselves? The lower one rolls the window down, the upper one, opens the vent window.

I'm guessing it is late 40's or early fifties, as it looks a bit newer than my '41.

[MICHAEL]

Are we aging ourselves? The lower one rolls the window down, the upper one, opens the vent window.

I'm guessing it is late 40's or early fifties, as it looks a bit newer than my '41.

Your absolutely correct, and right!! You know I not sure what year, or even make/model it is, but I bet someone out there does! (:)

[zdawg]

LOL, I've never even heard of a "vent window". But when I was about 4 years old, I remember my grandfather had a car with manual windows

[MICHAEL]

Every back yard had a cloths line system, (as they called them in the 50's and earlier... depending on the size of your family, you could have a huge set of lines running many feet to handle the cloths that were hung to dry! THAT WAS IT! No other option! LOL Yes the good old days! I still remember my grandmother that had 8 children, 5 boys and 3 grils, including my mother, hanging out the wash! Women them days had to be TOUGH!!! Washing machines did not have a spin cycle,,,,lol,,, they had a wringer! As a woman using the wringer could be a very dangerious operation.... Its where that saying came from,((( don't get your @$#@ in the wringer!)) LOL

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/thingsyoudontsee1_zps280cdafd.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/thingsyoudontsee1_zps280cdafd.jpg.html)

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[got_a_300]

Yeah I can still remember when I was a young kid when mom
would do a big load of laundry using one of the old wringer type
washing machines.

I can still remember grandma doing all of the washing by hand with
one of those old washboards in a big steel tub of water and then she
would wring them all out by hand.

For those of you young enough to not know what a washboard looks
like here is a pic of one.

http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t652/getit292/washboard_zps7b1f6342.jpg (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/getit292/media/washboard_zps7b1f6342.jpg.html)

[MICHAEL]

Yes those days,,,,, on board chief are HISTORY NOW! Peanuts and a diet coke given to you by a 90 year old guy or gal. I remember when stewardesses were beautiful, and you had to be knock out gorgeous! You also in the early days could not be married! Now,,,, some are great grandmothers... !! O,,,,, I am all for it!!! Age and ugly should not keep a person from being hired as a stewardess.


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This was the GOOD OLD DAYs and reason many young men dreamed of becoming a pilot in their teens!! LOL

[MICHAEL]

When was the last time you actually saw a woman with NATURAL hair color??? ALMOST NEVER might be the answer~~~ That is getting to be about the same never for MEN! LOL Many women will, and do lie about their hair color.

Only ONE way to know for sure,,,,,

See if the color under their arms matches!!



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A perfect match below, rare to find!!!http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/8410a5ea-9000-4343-be29-4394331db6b3_zps2a119676.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/8410a5ea-9000-4343-be29-4394331db6b3_zps2a119676.jpg.html)

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[rv driver]

1) Phone booths
2) As a corollary, pay phones
3) box TVs
4) clotheslines
5) TV antennas
6) pocket calendars
7) analog clock radios
8) men's garters
9) women's hats with veils
10) Sitcoms
11) incandescent bulbs
12) harvest gold refrigerators
13) ash trays in cars
14) AM radio
15) record players (not DJ turntables or expensive home components -- cheap, portable record players)
16) as a corollary 45s
17) rubber bowling balls

[MICHAEL]

You know there was a time when you would see dozens of chicks just like this one, all riding alligator bikes!! I think that company went out of business several years ago. Funny, I thought they were swamped with orders, back in 1967!!

The company that use to make the bikes, went into Health Drinks,,,, Gator-aide,,,, and now you know the rest of the story! Those bikes were
beautiful!http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/bikergirloncoolbike_zpse3309b3b.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/bikergirloncoolbike_zpse3309b3b.jpg.html)

[rv driver]

You know there was a time when you would see dozens of chicks just like this one, all riding alligator bikes!! I think that company went out of business several years ago. Funny, I thought they were swamped with orders, back in 1967!!

The company that use to make the bikes, went into Health Drinks,,,, Gator-aide,,,, and now you know the rest of the story! Those bikes were
beautiful!http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/bikergirloncoolbike_zpse3309b3b.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/bikergirloncoolbike_zpse3309b3b.jpg.html)
Get it? Alligator? Swamped? What a crock! :D

Now: If they could just get an alligator to look like a Harley...

[rv driver]

You know there was a time when you would see dozens of chicks just like this one, all riding alligator bikes!! I think that company went out of business several years ago. Funny, I thought they were swamped with orders, back in 1967!!

The company that use to make the bikes, went into Health Drinks,,,, Gator-aide,,,, and now you know the rest of the story! Those bikes were
beautiful!http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/bikergirloncoolbike_zpse3309b3b.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/bikergirloncoolbike_zpse3309b3b.jpg.html)
Gee, Goldilocks, what big... teeth you have!

[classygranny]

1) Phone booths
2) As a corollary, pay phones
3) box TVs
4) clotheslines
5) TV antennas
6) pocket calendars
7) analog clock radios
8) men's garters
9) women's hats with veils
10) Sitcoms
11) incandescent bulbs
12) harvest gold refrigerators
13) ash trays in cars
14) AM radio
15) record players (not DJ turntables or expensive home components -- cheap, portable record players)
16) as a corollary 45s
17) rubber bowling balls

Hey! Did RV just call me "old" since I still have/use about 8 or 9 of these items?

Oh, and Iceman, my hair is still natural color! Red, with a few grays here and there...

[MICHAEL]

Hey! Did RV just call me "old" since I still have/use about 8 or 9 of these items?

Oh, and Iceman, my hair is still natural color! Red, with a few grays here and there...


Post a current picture,,,, Not sure I have seen one of you? Everyone has seen mine, for better or for worse!! (:)

[rv driver]

Hey! Did RV just call me "old" since I still have/use about 8 or 9 of these items?

Oh, and Iceman, my hair is still natural color! Red, with a few grays here and there...
No... I called you "classic."

[classygranny]

No... I called you "classic."

Nice save...

[rv driver]

Nice save...
Just affirming what I know about you from your username... ;)

[MICHAEL]

Just affirming what I know about you from your username... ;)

People all over the bowling world are still wondering, is classygranny real??? If so,,, WHY,,, why not SHOW YOUR Classy self!! A PICTURE!

Something you don't SEE MUCH ANYMORE is a Classy chick from AZ!!! LOL POST IT,,,, do the right thing!! Surly your not a wiener dog??? LOL

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[MICHAEL]

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/telephone-300x222_zpsd0a3eaab.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/telephone-300x222_zpsd0a3eaab.jpg.html)

With every thing push button and video while talking,, I be if you showed this to many young kids today, they would be lost!! LOL

Iceman did some of his best talking on one of these there things!! when you hear someone on TV say,,, Dial so, and so number,,, this was the
real Dial telephone! (:)

When someone wanted call you it actually ringed!! LOL,,,, didn't play music, tell you who's calling!! NO caller Id,,, YOU had to take your chances!

[MICHAEL]

You probably had a boob, like this in your graduating class! I guy,,,, that just never was abreast of how to make a decent honorable living! This same guy was probably on your high school swim team, and might have be a pretty damn good at THE breast stroke!
When eating chicken, has favorite and only piece of the chicken he ate was ,,,,,, YOU GOT IT!! Yes the white meat...

You use to see these guys all over Kansas city, especially Down Town just trying to make a living!

Then the FDA found out that the Test was only 50 percent accurate, and shut them down!

I bet the 50 percent that they saved were very grateful!!!

The very fact that they did it for FREE,,,, WoW!!

IT was FREE but they did accept donations!!




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[MICHAEL]

Where is there a group of signs that look this COOL,,,, and a alley that is open 24 hours??? NOT AROUND HERE? AMF's open around 4 pm now!

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/6048155065_185ac030f7_b_zpse5f64520.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/6048155065_185ac030f7_b_zpse5f64520.jpg.html)

[Blacksox1]

[QUOTE=MICHAEL;109573]Where is there a group of signs that look this COOL,,,, and a alley that is open 24 hours???
I just returned from las vegas and this place is there, and part of the LINQ project :)

[MICHAEL]

Yes I can believe that. Vegas is the city of eternal LIGHT,,, everything is open 24 hours a Day! I wonder if Rob bowls at this establishment? I am going to find that place if it is in Vegas when I go there to meet Rob, and bowl against the almighty Aslan! JUST to show him who's WHO!! LOL

[MICHAEL]

Don't see 6 Tuba players on the front of most trains anymore???? What a treat it was to hear them come through town blowing them tuba's!!!



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[rv driver]

Where is there a group of signs that look this COOL,,,, and a alley that is open 24 hours??? NOT AROUND HERE? AMF's open around 4 pm now!

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/6048155065_185ac030f7_b_zpse5f64520.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/6048155065_185ac030f7_b_zpse5f64520.jpg.html)
My center is open at 10 am and closes at 1 or 1:30 a.m. Bar, restaurant, game room, pro shop, plenty of well-lighted parking, a drive-under portico, a good house pro, well-maintained lanes, nice restrooms & lockers, and plenty of lanes.

Beats 16 wood lanes, no food, no pro shop that I grew up with. But I loved that old bowling alley!

[rv driver]

Don't see 6 Tuba players on the front of most trains anymore???? What a treat it was to hear them come through town blowing them tuba's!!!



http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/sixmenleadingatrainplayingtheirtubas_zps0511183a.j pg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/sixmenleadingatrainplayingtheirtubas_zps0511183a.j pg.html)
Technically they're Sousaphones -- same scale and key as a tuba, but wrapped differently, so as to be easy to carry in marching bands -- large-flare bells front to project sound outdoors. Not the same thing as the "Suzy-phone," which you showed us in post #56, although they could both be referenced as "blowers." I have no idea why they're posing on a locomotive...

[MICHAEL]

My center is open at 10 am and closes at 1 or 1:30 a.m. Bar, restaurant, game room, pro shop, plenty of well-lighted parking, a drive-under portico, a good house pro, well-maintained lanes, nice restrooms & lockers, and plenty of lanes.

Beats 16 wood lanes, no food, no pro shop that I grew up with. But I loved that old bowling alley!

That's hard to find around here anymore.... AMF really sucks... all of them have very limited hours now, so hard to find a good time to practice, like in the morning, or even early afternoon. I miss those 12:00 noon practice sessions Jason and Ice use to have. It was 12:00 to 2:00 free bowling for all league members. I only have Gladstone, and Retro in liberty Missouri that are close. Two Amf's but their hours suck now!!

What the name of the center you bowl at? I have been up around St Louis, and bowled the Weber Lanes! I guess the Weber family still owns it?

[rv driver]

That's hard to find around here anymore.... AMF really sucks... all of them have very limited hours now, so hard to find a good time to practice, like in the morning, or even early afternoon. I miss those 12:00 noon practice sessions Jason and Ice use to have. It was 12:00 to 2:00 free bowling for all league members. I only have Gladstone, and Retro in liberty Missouri that are close. Two Amf's but their hours suck now!!

What the name of the center you bowl at? I have been up around St Louis, and bowled the Weber Lanes! I guess the Weber family still owns it?
Usually Enterprise Park Lanes in Springfield, but also at Sunshine Lanes (both owned by the same guy I've known since 1981 -- Steve Wiemer) and Battlefield Lanes. My old home alley was in Marshfield -- Coach Light Lanes. That was a great place, back in the day. Roy Chapman, I believe, was the owner/proprietor.

[MICHAEL]

A Gas station attendant!! Not just for the COOL uniforms and the smell of gas 8 hours a day, but because it was COOL, and it drew chick's like a magnet. Service with a Smile,,,, gone are those days!
http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/gaspumpattendent_zps071280f5.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/gaspumpattendent_zps071280f5.jpg.html)

[rv driver]

A Gas station attendant!! Not just for the COOL uniforms and the smell of gas 8 hours a day, but because it was COOL, and it drew chick's like a magnet. Service with a Smile,,,, gone are those days!
http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/gaspumpattendent_zps071280f5.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/gaspumpattendent_zps071280f5.jpg.html)
God! What I wouldn't give for some real service like we had back then!

[MICHAEL]

A Gas station attendant!! Not just for the COOL uniforms and the smell of gas 8 hours a day, but because it was COOL, and it drew chick's like a magnet. Service with a Smile,,,, gone are those days!
http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/gaspumpattendent_zps071280f5.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/gaspumpattendent_zps071280f5.jpg.html)


The proud service station attendant is tell the kid: " Stay in school, do well, get that College Education, and YOU 2 might be pumping gas one day son!" "Do you like my bow-tie, comes with the job!!"

[rv driver]

Notice where the tank filler is? When was the last time you saw a filler hidden under the license plate?

[MICHAEL]

Notice where the tank filler is? When was the last time you saw a filler hidden under the license plate?

LOL,,, it was a great idea keeping the lines of the car CLEAN,,, but your right,,,, its been a long time!! (:)

[rv driver]

LOL,,, it was a great idea keeping the lines of the car CLEAN,,, but your right,,,, its been a long time!! (:)
And I thought they were kind of difficult to use, because if you weren't careful, the plate would spring up on you.

[Mike White]

Notice where the tank filler is? When was the last time you saw a filler hidden under the license plate?

1966 Corvette

[rv driver]

1966 Corvette
Was it little?


And red?

[MICHAEL]

Was it little?


And red?


MY uncle Bill, let me use his brand new 427 vet, maroon, with the black air scoop, black rag top, 3 deuces, 4 speed manual, tiger paws tires, for Prom! One heck of a car! Needless to say we were at the dance for about 30 minutes then out hitting all the drive through hot spots!!
That Vet today would go for over 60,000! I believe he paid around 7,000 new. But remember a mustang went for around 2000.

[Amyers]

When I was seventeen I had been looking for a new car to buy for a while. One day at this old car wash I seen this nice looking older car sitting there with a for sale sign on it. I didn't even know what it was turned out it was a 1966 model thunderbird with a 428 needed paint but everything else on the car was perfect. The guy who owned it was about to lose his business and needed money offered to sell it to me for $1500. I bought it and took it to a buddy of mine who was taking auto body shop and he painted it the original waterfall blue. I loved that car.

I had it about three months and my dad said I was going to kill myself in it and he took it and made me drive his truck. He got racing someone out one of our back roads and lost control hit a tree and totaled it. I do have to give the old man props he apologized and took me to the car lot and bought me a brand new 1989 model Camaro. Still missed the Thunderbird though.

[MICHAEL]

When I was seventeen I had been looking for a new car to buy for a while. One day at this old car wash I seen this nice looking older car sitting there with a for sale sign on it. I didn't even know what it was turned out it was a 1966 model thunderbird with a 428 needed paint but everything else on the car was perfect. The guy who owned it was about to lose his business and needed money offered to sell it to me for $1500. I bought it and took it to a buddy of mine who was taking auto body shop and he painted it the original waterfall blue. I loved that car.

I had it about three months and my dad said I was going to kill myself in it and he took it and made me drive his truck. He got racing someone out one of our back roads and lost control hit a tree and totaled it. I do have to give the old man props he apologized and took me to the car lot and bought me a brand new 1989 model Camaro. Still missed the Thunderbird though.


sad story, about the thunderbird!! (:(... But at least your dad made right on 66 bird!!

[rv driver]

MY uncle Bill, let me use his brand new 427 vet, maroon, with the black air scoop, black rag top, 3 deuces, 4 speed manual, tiger paws tires, for Prom! One heck of a car! Needless to say we were at the dance for about 30 minutes then out hitting all the drive through hot spots!!
That Vet today would go for over 60,000! I believe he paid around 7,000 new. But remember a mustang went for around 2000.
My brother-in-law gave me the keys to his brand-new Camaro SS with T-tops for prom. I thought it was damn nice of him.

[rv driver]

My dad probably would have just made me sell the car and get another one.

I had an opportunity when I was in my late teens to buy a neighbor's 1968 Olds Cutlass 442 Hurst Edition. It had been tricked out with custom engine and suspension upgrades.


Dad wouldn't let me get it.

[MICHAEL]

My dad probably would have just made me sell the car and get another one.

I had an opportunity when I was in my late teens to buy a neighbor's 1968 Olds Cutlass 442 Hurst Edition. It had been tricked out with custom engine and suspension upgrades.


Dad wouldn't let me get it.

Your dad reminds me of the old saying: "Do as I say, not as I do"! (:) It sounds like you had a great Dad, who didn't want you to make the same mistakes he made, and was making! (like when he hit the tree racing your thunderbird lol)

I remember that GREAT Era of muscle Cars, as they called them! My Dad had a 1965 GTO, could have taken it to prom, but when my uncle offered that beautiful Brand New 1967 vet, loaded.... WELL ...you know the rest of the story! (:)

That cutlass 442 hurst edition was one of the hot one, I remember well. I still see a few around here, but NOT VERY often.

[Amyers]

Your dad reminds me of the old saying: "Do as I say, not as I do"! (:) It sounds like you had a great Dad, who didn't want you to make the same mistakes he made, and was making! (like when he hit the tree racing your thunderbird lol)

I remember that GREAT Era of muscle Cars, as they called them! My Dad had a 1965 GTO, could have taken it to prom, but when my uncle offered that beautiful Brand New 1967 vet, loaded.... WELL ...you know the rest of the story! (:)

That cutlass 442 hurst edition was one of the hot one, I remember well. I still see a few around here, but NOT VERY often.

My dad had a lot of do as I say not as I do moments. He also had a 67' Chevelle that was a beauty when I was a kid.

[rv driver]

Your dad reminds me of the old saying: "Do as I say, not as I do"! (:) It sounds like you had a great Dad, who didn't want you to make the same mistakes he made, and was making! (like when he hit the tree racing your thunderbird lol)

I remember that GREAT Era of muscle Cars, as they called them! My Dad had a 1965 GTO, could have taken it to prom, but when my uncle offered that beautiful Brand New 1967 vet, loaded.... WELL ...you know the rest of the story! (:)

That cutlass 442 hurst edition was one of the hot one, I remember well. I still see a few around here, but NOT VERY often.
Dad was pretty wild in school... you're right.

I still want that car! Oh, man! It was hot! Original turquoise. I've always been a fan of the Cutlass -- have owned 4 of them: a '70, two '73s, and a '79. A friend of mine had a '67 -- totaled it on a telephone pole; replaced it with a '79.

[MICHAEL]

The sharpener says to the pencil, I get your point!! LOL (thought I might add that myself) (:) yep,,, do people use those little cheap sharpeners anymore? I have not seen one for ages... Anyway I like this cartoon!

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/484198_549091315131801_627748571_n_zps95b19e8b.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/484198_549091315131801_627748571_n_zps95b19e8b.jpg .html)

[Hampe]

Lol....Iceman, most people don't even use pencils anymore!

[rv driver]

Lol....Iceman, most people don't even use pencils anymore!
I'm not sure I even remember how to write! Everything I do is typing on the computer.

[MICHAEL]

Even if your lucky enough to find a Drive In now days, (we have a few around here), they don't use these anymore.... I miss that crappy sound that came out of those blown out speakers! Now you use you own car radio, which in many cases is a pretty nice sound system!

But to do a Drive in RIGHT,,, these hard to hear, usually lots of static noise, many times not working speakers were part of the nostalgia!
Damn Iceman misses them!!

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/nowdaysyouuseyoucarstereo_zps03ee2f8a.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/nowdaysyouuseyoucarstereo_zps03ee2f8a.jpg.html)

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/drivein_zpsb410425d.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/drivein_zpsb410425d.jpg.html)

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/drivein3_zps0fac98a1.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/drivein3_zps0fac98a1.jpg.html)

JUST LOOK at the lonely, sad face of this speaker! If is could speak, maybe this is what it would say,,, #@!#!#@#%%#$~@ !!!
O,,, wait,,, it's out of order!!

[rv driver]

Even if your lucky enough to find a Drive In now days, (we have a few around here), they don't use these anymore.... I miss that crappy sound that came out of those blown out speakers! Now you use you own car radio, which in many cases is a pretty nice sound system!

But to do a Drive in RIGHT,,, these hard to hear, usually lots of static noise, many times not working speakers were part of the nostalgia!
Damn Iceman misses them!!

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/nowdaysyouuseyoucarstereo_zps03ee2f8a.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/nowdaysyouuseyoucarstereo_zps03ee2f8a.jpg.html)

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/drivein_zpsb410425d.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/drivein_zpsb410425d.jpg.html)

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/drivein3_zps0fac98a1.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/drivein3_zps0fac98a1.jpg.html)

JUST LOOK at the lonely, sad face of this speaker! It is could speak, is would say,,, #@!#!#@#%%#$~@ !!!
O,,, wait,,, it's out of order!!
You mean you actually watched the movies??? I was too busy making out...

[MICHAEL]

Everyone on my block had one of these 5 spheres fish tanks! I use to love watching my guppies flee from one sphere to the other in hopes that my piranhas, George, would not catch them! George loved goldfish, and guppies in a pinch!!


http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/Weird-Things-You-Dont-See-Often-52_zps8d8820e7.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/Weird-Things-You-Dont-See-Often-52_zps8d8820e7.jpg.html)


http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g6/lemonleslie/piranha-3d-concept.jpg (http://media.photobucket.com/user/lemonleslie/media/piranha-3d-concept.jpg.html)

this is not George, but the resemblance is uncanny!! Maybe a relative!!

[Mike White]

The sharpener says to the pencil, I get your point!! LOL (thought I might add that myself) (:) yep,,, do people use those little cheap sharpeners anymore? I have not seen one for ages... Anyway I like this cartoon!

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/484198_549091315131801_627748571_n_zps95b19e8b.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/484198_549091315131801_627748571_n_zps95b19e8b.jpg .html)

I have two of those in my shop.

The "lead" of the pencil to mark the ball is too soft for just about any kind of sharpener other than a knife.

[rv driver]

Aslan:
By all accounts, you should just post a picture of a woman in this thread.
(Personally, I think you've got a woman stashed away in your closet with all the other stuff you haven't drilled yet, but Ice seems to think not...)

[MICHAEL]

Aslan:
By all accounts, you should just post a picture of a woman in this thread.
(Personally, I think you've got a woman stashed away in your closet with all the other stuff you haven't drilled yet, but Ice seems to think not...)

Nice,,, rv!!!! VERY NICE...LMAO .. I imagine most of us don't even WANT TO KNOW what ALL is in that infamous closet!!

[rv driver]

Nice,,, rv!!!! VERY NICE...LMAO .. I imagine most of us don't even WANT TO KNOW what ALL is in that infamous closet!!

Only his hairdresser knows for sure...

(remember that commercial?)

[rv driver]

I don't see my feet much anymore...


Does that count?

[MICHAEL]

I don't see my feet much anymore...


Does that count?

LOL.... maybe you need a good set of mirrors!! (:) I think many in this country fall into that category! It all started with GMO's!! Food is not food anymore.... don't get me going on that.... I lost 70lbs just by eating REAL FOOD, and no soda pops! If I do drink one it would be a Stevia sweeten one ONLY!!

[Shaneshu87]

LOL.... maybe you need a good set of mirrors!! (:) I think many in this country fall into that category! It all started with GMO's!! Food is not food anymore.... don't get me going on that.... I lost 70lbs just by eating REAL FOOD, and no soda pops! If I do drink one it would be a Stevia sweeten one ONLY!!

right there with ya big hoss i'm down 116 and doing crossfit now, i went to a primal diet no soda's (i do use supplements lol) basically if a cave man couldn't eat it neither could i

[MICHAEL]

Only his hairdresser knows for sure...

(remember that commercial?)


Yes I remember that one!! Wow,,, I actually did a little research and found Aslan's barber!! (He doesn't like to be called a stylest, prefers OLD SCHOOL title, BARBER)!

One of San Diego's finest.... Ralph-e-L!! LOL The MAN's, Man type of fricken hair cutter!!! http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/BlitzSteve2011a_zps20f33c13.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/BlitzSteve2011a_zps20f33c13.jpg.html)

Not being far from Holley Wood,,,, his favorite Star of all times is John Wayne!! Yes Ralph not only a down to earth cru-cut, cutting machine, he loves to watch old westerns, and ride ponies! Nothing pony about this man or men!! He even drinks Buck Horn Beer!!

[rv driver]

Yes I remember that one!! Wow,,, I actually did a little research and found Aslan's barber!! (He doesn't like to be called a stylest, prefers OLD SCHOOL title, BARBER)!

One of San Diego's finest.... Ralph-e-L!! LOL The MAN's, Man type of fricken hair cutter!!! http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/BlitzSteve2011a_zps20f33c13.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/BlitzSteve2011a_zps20f33c13.jpg.html)

Not being far from Holley Wood,,,, his favorite Star of all times is John Wayne!! Yes Ralph not only a down to earth cru-cut, cutting machine, he loves to watch old westerns, and ride ponies! Nothing pony about this man or men!! He even drinks Buck Horn Beer!!
Goes by the moniker "Sir Slums-A-Lot."

[tccstudent]

If thats what passes for a barber in kaleforneia then im glad I am where I am

[rv driver]

If thats what passes for a barber in kaleforneia then im glad I am where I am
We gotta guy here named "Ray." He runs "Ray's Barber Shop." He has a Snap-On Tools calendar on his wall that dates to 1985. He sells plastic combs off of a card hanging on the wall. And he's got a crew cut.

That's a barber.

[tccstudent]

Now ray sounds like a barber but I am not sure bout that IT aslan uses with the picture posted down the page

[rv driver]

Now ray sounds like a barber but I am not sure bout that IT aslan uses with the picture posted down the page
You mean "Raye?" S/he has a current "Transsexuals of the Fashion Runway" calendar, and sells overpriced hair products and trendy blow dryers in gift boxes with leather bows. Sets out bagels and eclairs for customers. Does NOT have a crew cut.

[zdawg]

If thats what passes for a barber in kaleforneia then im glad I am where I am

If you saw the nice 21 year old girl that cuts my hair you might think differently ;)

[Blacksox1]

If you saw the nice 21 year old girl that cuts my hair you might think differently ;)

Can you provide a picture ?

[MICHAEL]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBhIppA6bAU

Well worth the look! Brings back the good old days, and many happy memories!! Things have sure chanced! Enjoy a step back in time!

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/retrobutton12_zpsf31cea4c.gif (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/retrobutton12_zpsf31cea4c.gif.html)

[MICHAEL]

delete xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx... delete...............oops!!

[rv driver]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBhIppA6bAU

Well worth the look! Brings back the good old days, and many happy memories!! Things have sure chanced! Enjoy a step back in time!

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/retrobutton12_zpsf31cea4c.gif (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/retrobutton12_zpsf31cea4c.gif.html)
I remember paying 50 cents to see a first run of You Only Live Twice at our local theater when I was a kid. The ushers still wore the monkey suits with the gold braid and checked the theater intermittently with little flashlights.

[MICHAEL]

You use to see this all the time, walking down the street, on every corner... A guy or gal with their finger sticking through their nose!

Then the word came out about cooking on aluminum pans, and things have gotten a lot better, with the exception of the State of California!

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/weird_things_you_29_zps98a733c6.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/weird_things_you_29_zps98a733c6.jpg.html)

Old Habits die hard!!

[rv driver]

You use to see this all the time, walking down the street, on every corner... A guy or gal with their finger sticking through their nose!

Then the word came out about cooking on aluminum pans, and things have gotten a lot better, with the exception of the State of California!

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/weird_things_you_29_zps98a733c6.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/weird_things_you_29_zps98a733c6.jpg.html)

Old Habits die hard!!
Does aluminum cause rampant piercing???

[MICHAEL]

You know you use to see Iceman and Icewoman all over the skies flying around in their Hot Air Balloon,,,, or was it just Hot Air??

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/5433aaa9-f765-4bdf-8062-42527bbfca11_zpsaacd49b1.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/5433aaa9-f765-4bdf-8062-42527bbfca11_zpsaacd49b1.jpg.html)

Great way to check out the glaciers and Icecaps!! Come to think of it, it wasn't a HOT Air balloon at all,,,,,, it ran on imagination!!!

[rv driver]

You know you use to see Iceman and Icewoman all over the skies flying around in their Hot Air Balloon,,,, or was it just Hot Air??

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Great way to check out the glaciers and Icecaps!! Come to think of it, it wasn't a HOT Air balloon at all,,,,,, it ran on imagination!!!
Love the pic! You guys both look so happy. (BTW, Ice, your wife's a looker!)

[MICHAEL]

Be sure to refill the ice trays, we're going to have company after
while.
Watch for the postman, I want to get this letter to Aunt Mary in the
mail today.
Quit slamming the screen door when you are on your way out!
Be sure and pull the windows down when you leave, it looks like
a shower is coming up.

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YES the good old days of making your own ice with those aluminum trays, and Grandma's screen door leading to her home made Cherry/Apple pies are gone, HUMMM.

[rv driver]

Be sure to refill the ice trays, we're going to have company after
while.
Watch for the postman, I want to get this letter to Aunt Mary in the
mail today.
Quit slamming the screen door when you are on your way out!
Be sure and pull the windows down when you leave, it looks like
a shower is coming up.

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/51V1bmwN2L__SX522__zps7f9745db.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/51V1bmwN2L__SX522__zps7f9745db.jpg.html)

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YES the good old days of making your own ice with those aluminum trays, and Grandma's screen door leading to her home made Cherry/Apple pies are gone, HUMMM.
We have a screen door, but it doesn't look like that. There's no squeaky spring and so satisfying SLAP! as the door hits the jamb, either. We have ice trays, but they're not metal, nor do they have the little handle to break the cubes away from the divider.

[MICHAEL]

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Don't see this much anymore, and many of us have never seen it at all!! LOL Guess what it is for a prize!! Will give the answer tomorrow!

Lets just say if you were to see one, back then ,,,,,,you just might see 50,000 or more!!! What was it used for??

It's a Football rattle, used at games back in the early 1900s!!! NO winners!!! LOL

[MICHAEL]

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wow,,, I remember dad, and even grandpa, taking tubes out of the old TV sets, then taking them to one of these testing devices! Yes not only computers, but TV's ran off of vacuum tubes like those tested by this machine. You would open up that back of your 12 inch tv, and look for tubes that didn't glow,,, some didn't glow, and you just took a hand full, and tested them on this type of machines!!

Then the crash in Roswell New Mexico, alien space craft, and this ushered in the world of transistors, good bye vacuum Tubes!! Even Velcro came from that crashed UFO,,, Aliens had it on their clothing instead of zippers... lots of technology was reversed engineered from that unfortunate crash, all for the betterment of Mankind, even Womankind!! THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE!!

[Mike White]

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/tubeomatic_zps2a1c837d.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/tubeomatic_zps2a1c837d.jpg.html)

wow,,, I remember dad, and even grandpa, taking tubes out of the old TV sets, then taking them to one of these testing devices! Yes not only computers, but TV's ran off of vacuum tubes like those tested by this machine. You would open up that back of your 12 inch tv, and look for tubes that didn't glow,,, some didn't glow, and you just took a hand full, and tested them on this type of machines!!

Then the crash in Roswell New Mexico, alien space craft, and this ushered in the world of transistors, good bye vacuum Tubes!! Even Velcro came from that crashed UFO,,, Aliens had it on their clothing instead of zippers... lots of technology was reversed engineered from that unfortunate crash, all for the betterment of Mankind, even Womankind!! THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE!!

Lets do a little fact checking.

The Roswell incident occurred in 1947.

Hook and Loop on the scale of "Velcro" was conceived in 1941 by observing nature on the microscopic level.

Transistors related patents starting in 1921.

[MICHAEL]

Lets do a little fact checking.

The Roswell incident occurred in 1947.

Hook and Loop on the scale of "Velcro" was conceived in 1941 by observing nature on the microscopic level.

Transistors related patents starting in 1921.

LIGHTEN up Bro!! LOL If you truly want reality here you go! Strange this was after Rosewell... (:)

One lovely summer day in 1948, a Swiss amateur-mountaineer and inventor decided to take his dog for a nature hike. The man and his faithful companion both returned home covered with burrs, the plant seed-sacs that cling to animal fur in order to travel to fertile new planting grounds. The man neglected his matted dog, and with a burning curiosity ran to his microscope and inspected one of the many burrs stuck to his pants. He saw all the small hooks that enabled the seed-bearing burr to cling so viciously to the tiny loops in the fabric of his pants. George de Mestral raised his head from the microscope and smiled thinking, "I will design a unique, two-sided fastener, one side with stiff hooks like the burrs and the other side with soft loops like the fabric of my pants. I will call my invention 'velcro' a combination of the word velour and crochet. It will rival the zipper in its ability to fasten."

Mestral's idea met with resistance and even laughter, but the inventor 'stuck' by his invention. Together with a weaver from a textile plant in France, Mestal perfected his hook and loop fastener. By trial and error, he realized that nylon when sewn under infrared light, formed tough hooks for the burr side of the fastener. This finished the design, patented in 1955. The inventor formed Velcro Industries to manufacture his invention. Mestral was selling over sixty million yards of Velcro per year. Today it is a multi-million dollar industry.

Not bad for an invention based on Mother Nature.


In the mid 1940’s a team of scientists working for Bell Telephone Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey, were working to discover a device to replace the then present vacuum tube technology. Vacuum tubes were the only technology available at the time to amplify signals or serve as switching devices in electronics. The problem was that they were expensive, consumed a lot of power, gave off too much heat, and were unreliable, causing a great deal of maintenance. Vacuum Tube

Bardeen, Brattain and ShockleyThe scientists that were responsible for the 1947 invention of the transistor were: John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley. Bardeen, with a Ph.D. in mathematics and physics from Princeton University, was a specialist in the electron conducting properties of semiconductors. Brattain, Ph.D., was an expert in the nature of the atomic structure of solids at their surface level and solid-state physics. Shockley, Ph.D., was the director of transistor research for Bell Labs.

The First Transistor Their original patent name for the transistor was: “Semiconductor amplifier; Three-electrode circuit element utilizing semiconductive materials.” In 1956, the group was awarded the Noble Prize in Physics for their invention of the transistor. In 1977, John Bardeen was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

References: •Interactive Transistor Exhibit by PBS

[MICHAEL]

UFO's


from where ever, be it this galaxy, or one of the other Billions that have been seen so far with our new technologies,,,, , or even
aliens coming from another dimension! These dimension are now being discussed in physics!!

THINGS just might be Stranger then ONE can EVEN imagine! What is reality?

Do you Believe in the evidence that 1000's of witnesses have come forward with! Creditable ones like astronauts, Pilots, even presidents! Radar has tracked them along with visuals.... is it not easy to believe when you look at the ancient City's, and the pyramids, Easter island,,, stones weighing over 200 tons, that would be a HUGE issue to lift today, might just have been with the use of ET's!!

Do you really think that some of the stones in Egypt were hoisted into place with wood blocks, and primitive ropes??

We don't know to this day HOW they did this!

They didn't even have steel, then! Bronze was the only metal used in making weapons ect... Not a strong metal to do battle with,, as the Romans proved to them!! (:)
Having been a Iron Worker, putting cranes together, and having made some huge lifts around town, believe me THEY DIDN"T Put up those monuments together THEMSELFS!! NO WAY!! I could give many examples of over 200,000 ton objects all over the world that were erected and constructed by primitive people.

technology has made quantum leaps since the mid 40s,,, Have we been assisted by ET's???? I think so, WHO ever, or What EVER they are!

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Could they be here Mike,,, living maybe in the woods, hidden from view, but making contributions to US,,,, (:?)

[rv driver]

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wow,,, I remember dad, and even grandpa, taking tubes out of the old TV sets, then taking them to one of these testing devices! Yes not only computers, but TV's ran off of vacuum tubes like those tested by this machine. You would open up that back of your 12 inch tv, and look for tubes that didn't glow,,, some didn't glow, and you just took a hand full, and tested them on this type of machines!!

Then the crash in Roswell New Mexico, alien space craft, and this ushered in the world of transistors, good bye vacuum Tubes!! Even Velcro came from that crashed UFO,,, Aliens had it on their clothing instead of zippers... lots of technology was reversed engineered from that unfortunate crash, all for the betterment of Mankind, even Womankind!! THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE!!
I remember those old tube testers. And, it's a little-known fact that the automatic pinsetter and ball return was reverse-engineered from that crash. (People are led to believe that AMF stands for American Machine and Foundry; it actually stands for Alien-made frou-frou).

[MICHAEL]

I remember those old tube testers. And, it's a little-known fact that the automatic pinsetter and ball return was reverse-engineered from that crash. (People are led to believe that AMF stands for American Machine and Foundry; it actually stands for Alien-made frou-frou).

YES,,,, yes!!! from the planet Bowula!!! I have a picture of it,,, YOU KNOW WHAT they say,,,,, a picture is worth 1000 words, (Aslan)!
http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/aaaalienbowlinglaneoutside_zps37f03b5e.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/aaaalienbowlinglaneoutside_zps37f03b5e.jpg.html)

Just to satisfy the skeptic's out there I have a picture I took of one! He has the ability to project a holographic image of a human form around himself while bowling here on Earth! This is The Dude,,, that on this web site... I took this picture of him while taking a dump! ((( I know,,, I KNOW,,, but its the only time their holographic image has to be shut down! It has something to do with changing power cells, and a bunch of other crap!!

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/aaaaJasonwithfakehumanskincoveroff_zpsfa6b4f1f.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/aaaaJasonwithfakehumanskincoveroff_zpsfa6b4f1f.jpg .html)


you might think the thought of Iceman doing it,,,,,, STINKS.... and it DID at the time, but THE TRUTH needs to get out!


I did what I had to do,,, this just might be a picture of SOMEONE YOUR BOWLING RIGHT NEXT TO!!! They LOVE OUR BEER,,, and they love to BOWL!!

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/aaaaliendrinkinghisfavorite_zpsa889a7c3.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/aaaaliendrinkinghisfavorite_zpsa889a7c3.jpg.html)

ALIENS like to BOWL, DRINK OUR BEER, and chase Women! They have none on their planet!

[MICHAEL]

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this will tell your age, if you were into math, back in the early days,,, we used them up to the 60's/70s! Can you tell Ice what it is???
Don't slide out on me,,, give it a guess!! (:)


There was a time when electronic calculators did not yet exist. This did not stop us from doing complicated things, like going to the moon, figuring out the double helix, or designing the Boeing 747. In those days, when we needed to compute things, we used slide rules which are marvelous and beautiful instruments!
There are many pages about slide rules on the web, and you can still buy brand new slide rules (40 years old but never used, and still in their factory supplied box) in various places. The purpose of this particular and quite idiosyncratic slide rule page is to describe common scales used on slide rules, and the kind of mathematical expressions that could be evaluated with those scales.

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The two images on this page show the two sides of a particular slide rule in my collection. This may be one of the fanciest and perhaps most beautiful slide rules ever made, a Faber Castell Novo Biplex 2/83 N. It's made of plastic, and has 30 scales and 11 cursor marks. The rule is about 13.5 inches long and 2.25 inches wide. You can click on the pictures and see an enlarged image, but that doesn't come close to holding the real thing in your hands. It feels heavy and solid. The slide and cursor move with silky smoothness and yet they stay in place wherever you let go of them. The lettering is crisp and detailed, and pristine! No space is wasted, but the information is not crowded either. Every scale has a purpose.

German made slide rules of that time (the late 1960s) usually come with an accessory plastic ruler. This particular slide rule has a ruler (not shown) that lists common formulas and physical data on one side. Those may be useful for slide rule calculations. However, the other side of that ruler has a detailed list and explanation of common notations in set theory! This is about as useless for slide rule calculations as a list of large mammals. Apparently this slide rule was made when the "new math" was at its zenith and Faber Castell wanted its share of the action.

The above was taken borrowed from another website,,,, he does a great job of explaining the uses! Ice used one back in the 60's, for a short time while attending School! They would be useless to me today, give me a Texas Instruments hand held led unit any day! My sliding days are over!! LOL

In fact not putting up buildings, and laying out various jobs anymore, the need for anything more complicated then fingers and toes is not needed! LOL

Hey,,,, I am RETIRED, and loving it!!

[Amyers]

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/slide-rule_zps5d92da5b.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/slide-rule_zps5d92da5b.jpg.html)

this will tell your age, if you were into math, back in the early days,,, we used them up to the 60's/70s! Can you tell Ice what it is???
Don't slide out on me,,, give it a guess!! (:)


There was a time when electronic calculators did not yet exist. This did not stop us from doing complicated things, like going to the moon, figuring out the double helix, or designing the Boeing 747. In those days, when we needed to compute things, we used slide rules which are marvelous and beautiful instruments!
There are many pages about slide rules on the web, and you can still buy brand new slide rules (40 years old but never used, and still in their factory supplied box) in various places. The purpose of this particular and quite idiosyncratic slide rule page is to describe common scales used on slide rules, and the kind of mathematical expressions that could be evaluated with those scales.

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/side1half_zpsb857740c.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/side1half_zpsb857740c.jpg.html)



The two images on this page show the two sides of a particular slide rule in my collection. This may be one of the fanciest and perhaps most beautiful slide rules ever made, a Faber Castell Novo Biplex 2/83 N. It's made of plastic, and has 30 scales and 11 cursor marks. The rule is about 13.5 inches long and 2.25 inches wide. You can click on the pictures and see an enlarged image, but that doesn't come close to holding the real thing in your hands. It feels heavy and solid. The slide and cursor move with silky smoothness and yet they stay in place wherever you let go of them. The lettering is crisp and detailed, and pristine! No space is wasted, but the information is not crowded either. Every scale has a purpose.

German made slide rules of that time (the late 1960s) usually come with an accessory plastic ruler. This particular slide rule has a ruler (not shown) that lists common formulas and physical data on one side. Those may be useful for slide rule calculations. However, the other side of that ruler has a detailed list and explanation of common notations in set theory! This is about as useless for slide rule calculations as a list of large mammals. Apparently this slide rule was made when the "new math" was at its zenith and Faber Castell wanted its share of the action.

The above was taken borrowed from another website,,,, he does a great job of explaining the its uses! Ice used one back in the 60's, for a short time while attending School! They would be useless to me today, give me a Texas Instruments hand held led unit any day! My sliding days are over!! LOL

Iceman what does a Ironworker need a slide rule for?

[MICHAEL]

Iceman what does a Ironworker need a slide rule for?

I don't know??? YOU tell me??? LOL I am retired,,, but only used it personally while taking classes back in the 60's! (requirement)
Just thought it was worth bring up,,,, It was a HUGE tool back in its day, to assist in mathematical solutions, before the age of electronic hand healed units now! (:)

[rv driver]

YES,,,, yes!!! from the planet Bowula!!! I have a picture of it,,, YOU KNOW WHAT they say,,,,, a picture is worth 1000 words, (Aslan)!
http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/aaaalienbowlinglaneoutside_zps37f03b5e.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/aaaalienbowlinglaneoutside_zps37f03b5e.jpg.html)

Just to satisfy the skeptic's out there I have a picture I took of one! He has the ability to project a holographic image of a human form around himself while bowling here on Earth! This is The Dude,,, that on this web site... I took this picture of him while taking a dump! ((( I know,,, I KNOW,,, but its the only time their holographic image has to be shut down! It has something to do with changing power cells, and a bunch of other crap!!

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/aaaaJasonwithfakehumanskincoveroff_zpsfa6b4f1f.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/aaaaJasonwithfakehumanskincoveroff_zpsfa6b4f1f.jpg .html)


you might think the thought of Iceman doing it,,,,,, STINKS.... and it DID at the time, but THE TRUTH needs to get out!


I did what I had to do,,, this just might be a picture of SOMEONE YOUR BOWLING RIGHT NEXT TO!!! They LOVE OUR BEER,,, and they love to BOWL!!

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/aaaaliendrinkinghisfavorite_zpsa889a7c3.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/aaaaliendrinkinghisfavorite_zpsa889a7c3.jpg.html)

ALIENS like to BOWL, DRINK OUR BEER, and chase Women! They have none on their planet!
the game of bowling actually comes to us from the planet Remulak -- where the Coneheads live. That's why the pins are shaped the way they are. The only difference is that their balls are nuclear-powered and have high-definition laser-sighting. The ball returns are reminiscent of the procession of the moons of Meepzor.

[rv driver]

I don't know??? YOU tell me??? LOL I am retired,,, but only used it personally while taking classes back in the 60's! (requirement)
Just thought it was worth bring up,,,, It was a HUGE tool back in its day, to assist in mathematical solutions, before the age of electronic hand healed units now! (:)
I remember when the Texas Instruments Ti-30 calculator with scientific notation was introduced. Everybody had one, and they wouldn't let you use them on tests. Nowadays, they recommend that you use a calculator on tests.

I also remember in college, when they wouldn't let you type papers on the computer -- had to actually be typewritten (I had an IBM Selectric). Now, they insist that all papers be done on the word processor -- and that electronic versions be posted to the instructor's web page for easier grading.

[MICHAEL]

Tell me these two entertainers didn't have the same plastic surgeon! Guess who they are??

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/WayneNewtonWithWife_zpsefe30c39.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/WayneNewtonWithWife_zpsefe30c39.jpg.html)

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Don't soak your balls in Listerine!! Don't even soak your bowling balls in Listerine!!


Not only will it destroy the wonderful fragrance that ALL STORM BALLS HAVE,,,, it will transform them into what's PICTURED ABOVE! One thing maybe both entertainers have in common,,,, :rolleyes: ((( I have heard that Their Plastic Surgeon Soaks his privates in Listerine also!)))

I even think its listed on the bottle under, ( How not to Use Listerine).

Plastic Surgery, did help in the case of one Singer I know ,,,, shown below. But for most,,,, its money that could have been spent on something that could enhance your life, ,,,, ,,, Like,,, Bowling balls!

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We miss you Michael!!

[Mike White]

LIGHTEN up Bro!! LOL If you truly want reality here you go! Strange this was after Rosewell... (:)

One lovely summer day in 1948, a Swiss amateur-mountaineer and inventor decided to take his dog for a nature hike. The man and his faithful companion both returned home covered with burrs, the plant seed-sacs that cling to animal fur in order to travel to fertile new planting grounds. The man neglected his matted dog, and with a burning curiosity ran to his microscope and inspected one of the many burrs stuck to his pants. He saw all the small hooks that enabled the seed-bearing burr to cling so viciously to the tiny loops in the fabric of his pants. George de Mestral raised his head from the microscope and smiled thinking, "I will design a unique, two-sided fastener, one side with stiff hooks like the burrs and the other side with soft loops like the fabric of my pants. I will call my invention 'velcro' a combination of the word velour and crochet. It will rival the zipper in its ability to fasten."

Mestral's idea met with resistance and even laughter, but the inventor 'stuck' by his invention. Together with a weaver from a textile plant in France, Mestal perfected his hook and loop fastener. By trial and error, he realized that nylon when sewn under infrared light, formed tough hooks for the burr side of the fastener. This finished the design, patented in 1955. The inventor formed Velcro Industries to manufacture his invention. Mestral was selling over sixty million yards of Velcro per year. Today it is a multi-million dollar industry.

Not bad for an invention based on Mother Nature.



My readings reached the same story, but dated it in 1941.



In the mid 1940’s a team of scientists working for Bell Telephone Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey, were working to discover a device to replace the then present vacuum tube technology. Vacuum tubes were the only technology available at the time to amplify signals or serve as switching devices in electronics. The problem was that they were expensive, consumed a lot of power, gave off too much heat, and were unreliable, causing a great deal of maintenance. Vacuum Tube

Bardeen, Brattain and ShockleyThe scientists that were responsible for the 1947 invention of the transistor were: John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley. Bardeen, with a Ph.D. in mathematics and physics from Princeton University, was a specialist in the electron conducting properties of semiconductors. Brattain, Ph.D., was an expert in the nature of the atomic structure of solids at their surface level and solid-state physics. Shockley, Ph.D., was the director of transistor research for Bell Labs.

The First Transistor Their original patent name for the transistor was: “Semiconductor amplifier; Three-electrode circuit element utilizing semiconductive materials.” In 1956, the group was awarded the Noble Prize in Physics for their invention of the transistor. In 1977, John Bardeen was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

References: •Interactive Transistor Exhibit by PBS

Read a little here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Edgar_Lilienfeld), here (https://web.archive.org/web/20130402013304/http://web.archive.org/web/20021102173031/http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~eugeniik/history/lilienfeld.htm), and here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_transistor)

Lillenfeld invented the transistor and patented it in 1925.

When his patent expired, the Bell labs group re-patented it in 1947.

[MICHAEL]

My readings reached the same story, but dated it in 1941.




Read a little here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Edgar_Lilienfeld), here (https://web.archive.org/web/20130402013304/http://web.archive.org/web/20021102173031/http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~eugeniik/history/lilienfeld.htm), and here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_transistor)

Lillenfeld invented the transistor and patented it in 1925.

When his patent expired, the Bell labs group re-patented it in 1947.

its a WELL KNOW FACT, Mr. Fact checker,, ( wow your a trip you know it), that Time travel is going on at the present time, and many of the inventions that we THINK were invented at a certain TIME and PLACE, are in reality being manipulated by the future, for reasons THEY seem Fit!

MIKE,,, they ( The Time Lords) might even have MORE knowledge, then YOU!! ( I know hard to believe,,, but then Aslan beating you scratch in bowling blew Me AWAY! Did it really happen,,,, or was that make-believe, facts guy! ( I know bad oil, da,,,,da,,,da,,, why didn't you adjust,,, throw a straight ball, surely your advanced knowledge and skills knew how to do that???????

MIKE,,, do you EVEN know how to HAVE FUN??

Facts mean nothing in reality! Reality is not absolute, its all a matter of perspective! Facts are being manipulated by the future, based on a NEED FOR YOU not to know! Dates and times are being changed at such and alarming rate, that some escape the Time Loards detection! YOU ARE reading such data!!

Chill out,,,, believe what ever is IMPORTANT to you MIKE, and take a deeeeeep breath.....

ARE YOU COMING TO Vegas ???

Rob and me, are taking on YOU and Aslan... should be interesting.

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TIME TRAVEL IS REAL!!!!!! GET OVER IT!!!!

I almost HATE TO PASS the below KNOWLEDGE on to YOU MIKE ,,, but I feel a need to let you in on this REALITY!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYaHL79eScw

[MICHAEL]

As any of you know that own a poodle, they are not dogs, they are people. One thing you don't see much anymore,,, a talking Poodle! A touching moment in time between a poodle and his young friend!!

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As they both gaze out the door, they know that day will arrive in the not to distant future!!

[MICHAEL]

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[tccstudent]

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Don't walk on Thin Ice!

I don't get it people delete stuff all the time these days it not like when you were a young caveman during the ice age and you carved everything in stone

[MICHAEL]

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Don't walk on Thin Ice!

I don't get it people delete stuff all the time these days it not like when you were a young caveman during the ice age and you carved everything in stone

LOL,,, the dang animation I posted did not appear, said ICEMAN need a premium membership at the place where I got it? So in desperation, I deleted the whole message, and picture, it was late,,, AND,, ,,,,,well,,,,, I am in training at this point in time for the big show down in Vegas on my birthday!!

[MICHAEL]

Wow, when I was younger, I remember waking up to the FRICKEN sound of loud bells ringing!! Its a wounder I survived, or anyone else back then! Now I wake up to Barry White sings SOFTLY songs, like Can't Get Enough, or Your My Everything!!

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa19/nonnamanis1967/goodmorning.jpg (http://media.photobucket.com/user/nonnamanis1967/media/goodmorning.jpg.html)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHCcM_uV-r8

One of my favorite wake up songs,,, on my alarm clock!! HUmmmmmmm... I miss Pavarotti, and Barry White,, check out the Spice Girls and Pavarotti,,, who would have thought???













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Pavarotti

[MICHAEL]

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Doctor recommended smokes,,, don't see, or hear that much anymore.... I remember the commercials back when I was a kid!

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Even good FOR YOU, if your into sports!! It wasen't that long ago!!! When was the last time your doctor told you: " ICEMAN all you need is a carton of Camel's to relive your constant lack of energy! Start out with a pack a day, and work you way up from there!! LOL

All the Cool in types SMOKE!! Ralph, shown below, coulden't pick up a chick, until he started smoking,,, now he can't keep them away! Ralph is a Chick magnet!

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[rv driver]

Does anyone remember the old cigarette ads on TV?
"Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should."
"I'd rather fight than switch" (Tarryton)
"I'd walk a mile for a Camel."

[MICHAEL]

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Yes there was a time when most women preferred bigger balls... but now days research confirms the fact that most prefer something lighter in the grip of their hands. Many that use to throw super heavy balls back in the stone age, like Wilma Flintstone,,, now days prefer the grip,,,,,, and feel of a lighter balls!

Yes don't see many of these puppies anymore!!

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Mainly used on prehistoric stone lanes!!

[MICHAEL]

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Begging on street corners is an everyday occurrence in most big cities... but I think this beggar has got it all upside-down!! I guess he must ask the phrase, "will work for money" using sign language! Just when beggars come up with creative ways to ask for money, along comes a guy like this? Where does he put his money? His pockets??? Upside down? Hey Ice would give a buck to a guy trying to get-a-Head this way!!

[MICHAEL]

Yes Iceman is telling his age here! I remember going down town to shop for school cloths with my mom every year through grade school. All the building downtown had Elevator Operators,,, (NO SUCH THING as automatic, push button types like now days). Mom would dress up, wear a hat, and white gloves just to go shopping!

It was a job lost to technology like so many others! Maybe not the best job in the world, but it had its Ups, and Downs!!

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The great thing about having an operator was, just give him a buck, and they would take you directly to the floor you wanted by passing the continuous stops that all
automatic elevators do! Yes machines cannot be bought off!! Their only need is Electricity!! LOL

[MICHAEL]

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God Lofts balls sometimes too! ;) But you don't see it much anymore. Not like the old days!!! So the next time you hear Thunder, be prepared! Just hope its scented, and has some great colors!!

Imagine what a BALL, it might be to have one hit your house!!

[MICHAEL]

But when they do talk, YOU BETTER LISTEN!!

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Seriously!!
Don't look!

[got_a_300]

But when they do talk, YOU BETTER LISTEN!!

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Seriously!!
Don't look!

LOL!!!!! That just made my day Iceman it was very funny I'm still laughing.

[VampyreBowler]

Was it little?


And red?

I see what you did there....going for the Prince line/

[rv driver]

I see what you did there....going for the Prince line/
And do you still party like it's 1999?

[MICHAEL]

Yes it was a hot item for infants back years ago! I remember as a child doing a six pack in one evening! (much better then breast milk, and good with a little vodka) Iceman started out with 7 up,,, and worked his way up to the stronger stuff by age 3! Yes Coke-a-Cocaine, as they called it back then! I remember at age 5 going through withdraw after they took the cocaine out and replaced it with caffeine! http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii232/AMSTEADMAN/Old%20Ads/image002.jpg (http://media.photobucket.com/user/AMSTEADMAN/media/Old%20Ads/image002.jpg.html)as in Rehab at age 6!! Tough years for Iceman...

Picture my mom took of me downing a 7 up, in less then five seconds!! She was real proud of me back then, but not knowing what horrible things this would lead to in my future!!
Nothing did it like a 7up, not breast milk, baby food, NOTHING!

[MICHAEL]

Put on your thinking cap for this one....LOL
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don't STOP thinking,,,,, look again!! LOL

[MICHAEL]

Ten Things That Will Disappear In Our Lifetime



This is USA-oriented, but Canada and the rest will not be far behind. Whether these changes are good or bad depends in part on how we adapt to them. But, ready or not, here they come.

1...The Post Office---Get ready to imagine a world without the post office. They are so deeply in financial trouble that there is probably no way to sustain it long term.

Email, Fed Ex, and UPS have just about wiped out the minimum revenue needed to keep the post office alive. Most of your mail every day is junk mail and bills.

2...The Cheque. Britain is already laying the groundwork to do away with cheque by 2018. It costs the financial system billions of dollars a year to process cheques. Plastic cards and online transactions will lead to the eventual demise of the cheque. This plays right into the death of the post office. If you never paid your bills by mail and never received them by mail, the post office would absolutely go out of business.

3. The Newspaper
The younger generation simply doesn't read the newspaper. They certainly don't subscribe to a daily delivered print edition. That may go the way of the milkman and the laundry man. As for reading the paper online, get ready to pay for it. The rise in mobile Internet devices and e-readers has caused all the newspaper and magazine publishers to form an alliance. They have met with Apple, Amazon, and the major cell phone companies to develop a model for paid subscription services.

4. The Book You say you will never give up the physical book that you hold in your hand and turn the literal pages. I said the same thing about downloading music from iTunes. I wanted my hard copy CD. But I quickly changed my mind when I discovered that I could get albums for half the price without ever leaving home to get the latest music. The same thing will happen with books. You can browse a bookstore online and even read a preview chapter before you buy. And the price is less than half that of a real book. And think of the convenience! Once you start flicking your fingers on the screen instead of the book, you find that you are lost in the story, can't wait to see what happens next, and you forget that you're holding a gadget instead of a book.

5. The Land Line Telephone
Unless you have a large family and make a lot of local calls, you don't need it anymore. Most people keep it simply because they've always had it. But you are paying double charges for that extra service. All the cell phone companies will let you call customers using the same cell provider for no charge against your minutes.

6. Music
This is one of the saddest parts of the change story. The music industry is dying a slow death. Not just because of illegal downloading. It's the lack of innovative new music being given a chance to get to the people who would like to hear it. Greed and corruption is the problem. The record labels and the radio conglomerates are simply self-destructing. Over 40% of the music purchased today is "catalogue items," meaning traditional music that the public is familiar with...older established artists. This is also true on the live concert circuit. To explore this fascinating and disturbing topic further, check out the book, "Appetite for Self-Destruction" by Steve Knopper, and the video documentary, "Before the Music Dies."

7. Television
Revenues to the networks are down dramatically. Not just because of the economy. People are watching TV and movies streamed from their computers. And they're playing games and doing lots of other things that take up the time that used to be spent watching TV. Prime time shows have degenerated down to lower than the lowest common denominator. Cable rates are skyrocketing and commercials run about every 4 minutes and 30 seconds. I say good riddance to most of it. It's time for the cable companies to be put out of our misery. Let the people choose what they want to watch online and through Netflix.

8. The "Things" That You Own
Many of the very possessions that we used to own are still in our lives, but we may not actually own them in the future. They may simply reside in "the cloud."

Today your computer has a hard drive and you store your pictures, music, movies, and documents. Your software is on a CD or DVD, and you can always re-install it if need be. But all of that is changing. Apple, Microsoft, and Google are all finishing up their latest "cloud services." That means that when you turn on a computer, the Internet will be built into the operating system. So, Windows, Google, and the Mac OS will be tied straight into the Internet. If you click an icon, it will open something in the Internet cloud. If you save something, it will be saved to the cloud. And you may pay a monthly subscription fee to the cloud provider.

In this virtual world, you can access your music or your books, or your whatever from any laptop or handheld device. That's the good news. But, will you actually own any of this "stuff" or will it all be able to disappear at any moment in a big "Poof?" Will most of the things in our lives be disposable and whimsical? It makes you want to run to the closet and pull out that photo album, grab a book from the shelf, or open up a CD case and pull out the insert.

9. Joined Handwriting
Already gone in some schools who no longer teach "joined handwriting" because nearly everything is done now on computers or keyboards of some type (pun not intended).

10. Privacy
If there ever was a concept that we can look back on nostalgically, it would be privacy. That's gone. It's been gone for a long time anyway. There are cameras on the street, in most of the buildings, and even built into your computer and cell phone. But you can be sure that 24/7, "They" know who you are and where you are, right down to the GPS coordinates, and the Google Street View. If you buy something, your habit is put into a zillion profiles, and your ads will change to reflect those habits. "They" will try to get you to buy something else. Again, and again.

All we will have left that can't be changed are "MEMORIES."

[MICHAEL]

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This Song says it ALL!! LOL check it out..... if you missed on TV...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMwhl4IrPNc

ICEMAN actually took his last pair of , (pants on the ground), to Goodwill 6 months ago, and guess what,,,,, they are still there!! Maybe it had to do with their knee size? LOL ,,, mine is 14 inches... (knee size, get it??) Not waist,,,, OOO Forget it!!!

maybe this has gone its course,,, Lets HOPE!!

P.S. The main complaint Iceman had about HIS pants on the ground! I had a hell of a time reaching my wallet in my back pocket!!

[MICHAEL]

http://safeshare.tv/w/FEDEwZHZXu enjoy... I know I did!! Rob,,, and anyone from 55 to 100 will enjoy this! Anyone under 55, disregard! It won't make any sense to you at all.... no need to even watch...:rolleyes:

[got_a_300]

http://safeshare.tv/w/FEDEwZHZXu enjoy... I know I did!! Rob,,, and anyone from 55 to 100 will enjoy this! Anyone under 55, disregard! It won't make any sense to you at all.... no need to even watch...:rolleyes:

That video brought tears to my eyes such great memories
such great stuff long gone never to be seen again. :(

[rv driver]

http://safeshare.tv/w/FEDEwZHZXu enjoy... I know I did!! Rob,,, and anyone from 55 to 100 will enjoy this! Anyone under 55, disregard! It won't make any sense to you at all.... no need to even watch...:rolleyes:
I'm 54 -- a little too young, but I do remember the early '60s -- not much change there, actually, so I remember a lot of the stuff in the slide show. Good stuff! Thanks, man!

[MICHAEL]

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Times are hard!! Don't throw that old lawn mower away!! You certainly don't see creative thinking like this anywhere but here In Orick Missouri!!
Patty Joe, is pulling Mary Louise to the creek to wash the cloths! Patty, was Pro queen with high expectations back in here days at School!

Now she just thumbs rides with her motor less lawn mower to get around town!!

[MICHAEL]

Wonder what she's up 2 now days? Don't see much of her anymore?

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pictured above was Wonder Woman on her way to Vegas to watch the Iceman vs Aslan tournament,,, unfortunately she didn't make it in time!! (:(

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above is Wonder Woman trying to Time travel to the event in Vegas she missed!

[J Anderson]

Ten Things That Will Disappear In Our Lifetime

6. Music
This is one of the saddest parts of the change story. The music industry is dying a slow death. Not just because of illegal downloading. It's the lack of innovative new music being given a chance to get to the people who would like to hear it. Greed and corruption is the problem. The record labels and the radio conglomerates are simply self-destructing. Over 40% of the music purchased today is "catalogue items," meaning traditional music that the public is familiar with...older established artists. This is also true on the live concert circuit. To explore this fascinating and disturbing topic further, check out the book, "Appetite for Self-Destruction" by Steve Knopper, and the video documentary, "Before the Music Dies."

Music will not disappear. The music industry may very well disappear. Before the nineteenth century there wasn't a Music industry. What we call classical music was sponsored by either the Church or the Nobility. If you did not live in a city you did not hear this kind of music. Those who did not live in cities or who were of too low a caste to attend a concert or opera still had folk music. The industrial revolution gave the middle class the leisure time to learn music, cheaper musical instruments, and printed music. The later invention of phonograghs, radio, tape recorders, etc. created a music industry that while on the one hand has preserved the voices of singers from Enrico Caruso to Johnny Cash, and given almost every one on the planet access to pop music, it also neatly boxes every performer for sale to a particular group of music fans.

[MICHAEL]

Music will not disappear. The music industry may very well disappear. Before the nineteenth century there wasn't a Music industry. What we call classical music was sponsored by either the Church or the Nobility. If you did not live in a city you did not hear this kind of music. Those who did not live in cities or who were of too low a caste to attend a concert or opera still had folk music. The industrial revolution gave the middle class the leisure time to learn music, cheaper musical instruments, and printed music. The later invention of phonograghs, radio, tape recorders, etc. created a music industry that while on the one hand has preserved the voices of singers from Enrico Caruso to Johnny Cash, and given almost every one on the planet access to pop music, it also neatly boxes every performer for sale to a particular group of music fans.

Now that I am a GOD,,, I KNOW things! Music will disappear Mr Anderson, on 6/14/16 sorry,,, its on the list of things to go!! Its replacement will be HUGE, and spectacular! Hang on!!

[Jessiewoodard57]

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Times are hard!! Don't throw that old lawn mower away!! You certainly don't see creative thinking like this anywhere but here In Orick Missouri!!
Patty Joe, is pulling Mary Louise to the creek to wash the cloths! Patty, was Pro queen with high expectations back in here days at School!

Now she just thumbs rides with her motor less lawn mower to get around town!!

Turn that lawn mower deck into a ball carrier LOL