Memories of Growing Up in the 40's and 50's (and since, even)

email | 1/4/01 (this time) | Unknown

[BBT]

Who's the leader of the club, That's made for you and me?

M I C, K E Y M O U S E! Mickey Mouse, Mickey Mouse,

Forever let us hold our banner high.

Come along and sing our song, And join our family.

M I C, KEY M O U S E!

Hey, there, Hi, There, Ho There,You're as Welcome as can be

M I C, KEY M O U S E

That's just a partial version. You can hear it in the last scene of "Full Metal Jacket." Cowboy does good.

[tubebender]

I'm 2 days late and a dollar short on this thread, but did you ever hear of a Renault-Dophine??

Don't ask me to spell but I know it was something like Daphene. Did it have the engine in the rear ? They were the Yugo of their time. I saw a Honda 600 the other day. It was Hondas early entries and it had a Scramble MC 3 cylinder engine.

[potlatch]

it was something like Daphene. Did it have the engine in the rear ? They were the Yugo of their time.

Yes, the engine was in the rear, little bitty things!! LOL

[tubebender]

Yes, the engine was in the rear, little bitty things!! LOL

Fiat had the same type of car(?) the engine may have been identical.

[potlatch]

I know we called it a Renault. Thankfully my parents had a new buick that I got to drive too!!
One thing I've never seen at all the fleamarkets and antique shows we go to are the fancy 'knobs' that would attach to a steering wheel and let you drive 'one handed' easily!! Remember those?

[St.Chuck]

It really pisses me off when my wife and I go through a checkout and after being married for 42 years some little twit says 'Did you guys find everything?'

I find that a silly question as well. I always say that, "I wasn't looking for everything."

[tubebender]

One thing I've never seen at all the fleamarkets and antique shows we go to are the fancy 'knobs' that would attach to a steering wheel and let you drive 'one handed' easily!! Remember

I can't remember what I had for breakfast but I remember those "knuckle busters". It was a beta for todays power steering. Every one had one and once you had one on the wheel you had to leave it there because it cut a deep grove in the steering wheel. BTW...we pronounced that car of yours Rheno.

[potlatch]

I remember those "knuckle busters".

Where did they all go??? Some had very fancy designs, and you'd think they'd be a collectors item. -- I guess they all got 'collected'! LOL

[potlatch]

My mother used the 'rags' on me when I was little. I have pictures of me with 'corkscrew' curls a la Shirley Temple!! Sometime, I want to show my daughters how it was done!

[tubebender]

I had a friend that collect and sold quality auto stuff and he had a couple. You can find them in a JC Whitney catalog. He passed away last year as many of my associates are doing. Have to go to a funeral tomorrow as a matter of fact.

I hear Nurse Ratchett making here rounds so it's off to bed.

[potlatch]

My parents, two brothers and I would drive from Texas to Pennsylvania every summer, before air-conditioning. I would get car sick, so we three kids would sleep a lot.
One on the back deck, one on the seat, and me on the floor!! The open windows probabily saved me from the carbon monoxide!!

[OldFriend]

Our ice box was on the back porch........and the delivery man carried huge blocks of ice up three flights of stairs to put the ice into the box.......

[homeschool mama]

Growing up in the 40's and 50's? Jeez Louize, Mom! You could write the book on 1843. Get over it!!!

[Brad’s Gramma]

SHhhhhhhhhhhhh

[WVNan]

Uh oh! I thought this thread was dead, but if you two start at each other we'll be here until 2004.

[homeschool mama]

YOU GOTTA PROBLEM WITH THAT?!?!?!

[homeschool mama]

Bag it, creep.

[potlatch]

the delivery man carried huge blocks of ice up three flights of stairs

LOL! Those 'old' days the delivery man wouldn't want to go back to!

[homeschool mama]

Our 'dry cleaners man' resembled Jimmy Durante and came to our home to pick up/drop off clothing. As little kids we'd hang on to his truck for a ride to the town hall. He was a great sport. :o)

[potlatch]

Maybe it WAS Jimmy Durante!! LOL. When My parents were dating, they would go in to Pittsburg to see shows with top performers like Perry Como. My Dad wore a white suit and people thought he was Robert Taylor!!