I ain't talking about the car.
Posted on 08/11/2018 3:39:55 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
On this day in 1973, “American Graffiti,” a nostalgic coming-of-age tale set on the streets and steeped in the car-centric culture of suburban California, is released in theaters across the United States. The movie went on to become a sleeper hit. --SNIP-- The 1970s saw a boom in classic-car restoration, even as more and more Americans were driving Japanese imports. The era also saw an increasing number of “lowriders”–or classic cars or trucks with suspensions that had been modified so that they rode as low to the ground as possible
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Yeah, that’s kind of scary. Seems like a nice enough fellow though. Life can be tough...
“Rock and Roll has been going downhill ever since Buddy Holly died.”
“File it under CS.”
“My wife died too. Her name wasn’t Idey and it wasn’t in a flood.”
“You would, you grungy twerp.”
“If I had a boyfriend, he’d pound you!”
“Hey cuz, how’s your bod?”
“Peel out, I just love it when guys peel out.”
“Watch out, the cop’s at Jerry’s Cherries.”
“JUSTICE!!!”
Milner and falfa are dragging between lights. Milner stops at a red and falfa blows through it
I was a kid in the 1950s. When I was 8 I smoked my first cigarette. A friend from down the street swiped a couple of his mom’s cigarettes and we went behind his garage and lit up. Not good.
Me too. Graduated high school in 57. Started my professional smoking and drinking career at 16 though. Puked my guts out more than once while climbing the learning curve.
You nailed a lot of them but there were so many more.
40 miles of bad road-Duane Eddy
Any of the 4 Seasons
Any of the Beach Boys
Any Buddy Holly
The Twist-Chubby Checker
La Bomba-Richie Valens
Volare-Dean Martin
Wild Thing-Troggs
It Never Rains in Southern California- Albert Hammond
Any Elvis
Any Beatles
The 50’s-60’s list goes on and on...golden era.
Met the love of my life .....she was a car hop at an A & W.
And goodf root beer! Way to go.
My wife and I met the old fashioned way, at a bar.
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