Nice!
Funny now, but I actually think a couple episodes slightly traumatized me with that damn skylon and the kids always just missing their mom.

Could you imagine the liability issues if that was today?

So, every Christmas and birthday during that era, my little brother would get several G.I. Joe toys. Since I'm 10 years older, it was my job (loved it) to assemble them. I always cut out the little "points" and sent them in the mail for the rarer items. He had a bunch!
Anyways, I was long out of the house when I heard he dumped them all in the garbage one day in a teenage purge.
Ouch.

Beyond the cheap look of the effects and the fact that LotL was a Saturday morning show, It was well written and deserves a GOOD reboot (not like the 1990's Chido Bros. reboot or that Movie with Will Ferrell).

That aside, It may well be a great theme for a pin.

Thanks. Clever solution to try an expand the business's seasonal attractiveness. We can have some hellish winters in Kansas. This the first I have heard of, and seen pics of a drive-in movie in-car heater.

In this day and age they look like lawsuits waiting to happen.

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EDIT: That thick cord would mean that for all of your efforts to stay warm, a niggling crack in the window would draft in a lot of cold air, I would think.

Not sure this is what you're looking for but it was part of a Mountain Dew commercial. They'd have 3-4 young X-sports type kids and the announcer would say something like "Niagra Falls" and the kids would say "jumped it" "flew it" "swam it", then new quote like "Golden Gate Bridge" and they'd say "skated it" "jumped it" "biked it" then finally the announcer would say "Mountain Dew" and they'd say "Nope" "uh-uh" "no" "not me".

I have to think you-tube'ing Mountain Dew commercials would bring it up.

I think it was technically illegal. You had to wear your shoes due to potential glass at the bottom. What exactly was I thinking?

Not alone though, as the video proves!

It looks like it was a blast ! Just like misery loves company, idiocy demands it

These are a couple of old cars the railroad company outfitted with special wheels so the RR guys can ride down the tracks and inspect them.

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An old '53 Chevy ( I imagine most of the old Chevy's were on the same wheel base ) will ride down the tracks, as well. I took a late night ride with my friend. Once you were no the tracks you were committed until you could get off on the next country road because you could only roll forward to have the front tires track properly.

Of course, the RR guys had copies of the train schedules. We did not. It was an experience. I have to say that. I was suicidal at age 25. At age 70, I think I'll stay off the tracks.

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In honor of Ron Popeil who passed away today.

Dammit Sally, again??

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(sigh) ... Damnit Sally! Again?!?

Like you, I watched his commercials. My dad had one of those pocket fisherman's ( It never got used as it seemed more like a novelty item. I wonder if any of them were ever used or were just something to place behind the bar as a conversation piece).

Anyway, I never knew anything about the history of Ron.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/28/us/ron-popeil-tv-infomercial-dead/index.html

" Ronco's best-remembered infomercial was for the Showtime Rotisserie..."

" ... Ronco said it sold more than a billion dollars' worth of rotisseries."

That's a lot of rotisseries.

I'm surprised I even found a picture of this thing. My dad had one when I was a kid.

It is a mechanical fish hook. The premise is when the fish takes the bait, the two larger hooks swing in and grab the fish by the gills. It is another one of those novelty items you keep behind the bar to "wow" all your buddies with.

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https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-mechanical-spring-loaded-fish-138557039

One of these sold at an auction. I am not a member and have no idea how much it sold for. Maybe I will never want to know.

My dad's was still in the box and had the instructions. That is is a joke item seemed to be lost on the seller. Without reading the instructions you could possibly surmise it was a real deal.

I dunno, this one still on its card doesn't seem to be a gag. Sold for $53.

ebay.com link: itm

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Dupe. Is anyone else having hangs, and winding up double posting when refreshing?

I remember my dad's was in a box and the instructions...well, I don't remember the instructions. I just remember my day showing this thing and laughing his ass off.

These instructions read like you can do 15 things with one item. "Catch any fish. Large or small. And then you look at the hook and realize what you just read is BS. This hook does it all: casting, trolling, bottom fishing, ice fishing. About the only thing not said about it is, " The only hook you will need in your tackle box."

I am impressed that you found this. What was your search term?

VACV-U-FORM

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That’s got to be it! WOW! Thank you!!

Looks like the figurines are all the same but just the data sheet comes customized?

Man this was a great memory!

Yeah, a quick perusal of eBay shows the figure you’d get in the mail. Included a backpack, gun, patch and a printout sheet with the custom info you had chosen.

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I believe I just used "spring loaded fish hook." Then once I knew it was called a "Shur Hook," I searched that and found a bunch of them. I searched on Terapeak though, eBay's search for sellers, which has a one year history.

Yes, even on that card the description is a little hyperbolic. You mean it isn't the only fishhook in everyone's tackle box?

These have been brought back, and my kids had a ton of fun playing with them.

I grew up near the Harlem-Irving Plaza, an outdoor shopping mall in Norridge IL with a huge parking lot. (Years later, the mall was enclosed with a roof covering the lot.) This lot was frequently used for carnivals and fairs. Occasionally there was a TV or radio personality making an appearance to crowds in the lot. Sometimes there was a weird attraction there like a flagpole sitter. I got oral polio vaccine on a sugar cube as part of a big crowd there in the mid-60s. But the wildest attraction I ever saw there was an X-15 rocket plane in the late 60s. How they ever transported that huge plane to their parking lot, I’ll never know. My Dad and I went to check it out and it was so cool. Here’s a pic of some guy named Neil with the X-15.

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Up until I turned 10, the summers of 63-69, I grew up spending time at the Rockaway Boardwalk.
At the Age of 3, my parents let me play "Fascination". Easy, just release a rubber ball.
I was too young for Pinball, until I was 6, but the arcades, lights, sounds, and prize counter hooked me.

My favorite prizes were Punk Sticks, and This utterly useless coin purse. (1960s Rubber didnt last)

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I had a couple of those growing up - they were used by company's as giveaways. Believe it or not, these are still being sold today for imprinting or just to buy (in a wide array of colors). Who buys one of these things?

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Wrong thread

I travel a fair amount for work and have had one of these clipped inside my suitcase for about 10+ years.

Back when I bought it, I was still carrying cash, so the coins that inevitably came from spending my cash would hit this pouch. I hated carrying coins in my pockets cause they never got spent and let everyone know I was coming. Gotta maintain my stealth! At the end of my trip I dump the coin purse into the big glass jar o coins that we all have.

I leave the coin purse in my suitcase as a reminder of my cash carrying days gone by.

Got mine at the Amana Colonies in Iowa who’s logo is proudly emblazoned upon it. Fitting to have this from such an epic Midwest highway roadside icon.

I take great pride in my pouch!
(Yeah that’s right, I said it!)

Upgraded my Microvision with backlight

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1950s Hasbro.

Im trying to find the 1965-6 version
It was a computer with punch cards that played tic tac toe.
My uncle worked on Post WWII early computer/crypto code breaking in England, and gave to me.
Who knew Id be doing Punch Cards in College, and writing software.
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The tic tac toe stuff reminds me of this Pop Up ball game I used to like playing at a bowling alley when I was a kid. I played a newer version of it at Dave & Busters many years later.

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I was just a kid, about 10 years old so we are talking early 60s. In some podunk town in Nebraska in some podunk restaurant was this band of musicians hanging on the wall, up close to the ceiling. Drop a nickel, maybe a dime, into the jukebox and the band would start to play.

I never saw one of these before or since but it impressed my 10 year old eyes.

It was similar to this one.

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https://www.fiftiesstore.com/chicago-coin-band-box-1950-1952-restored.html

EDIT: I found a little more about this. It is called Chicago Coin Band-Box. AS you might imagine, they are not cheap

https://www.ronsusser.com/inventory/listing/1950-chicago-coins-band-box-jukebox-orchestra-speaker-beautiful-condition/

A toy I picked up at an auction recently. Haven't had a chance to play with it, but I love the look! Think-a-tron's box above reminded me of it.

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Anyone else make spool racers as a kid?

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Damn! I have several cartridges (still have the boxes as well), but I don't have a Microvision!

And how does one backlight the screen?

Here is the upgraded screen

ebay.com link: 1979 Milton Bradley Microvision Game IN STOCK New Backlit LCD Display Kit

Search Ebay for Microvision. There is all kinds of stuff there

Lenny's Beach 35th Street. I am a bit older than you and I don't remember the calculations but you could also win cash. In Times Square too, 42nd Street, before it got "cleaned up". Took some effort but it was a game of skill.

///Rich

Lennys it was!

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I've still got 4-5 of those weather boxes. Some are for time and such. Last I tried them (at least 10 years ago), some were still working, or at least doing something.

I was going to post this on the Funny Caption thread but it seems more at home here:
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not for vegans

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That's an old box, like I remember. Nowadays they have the animals depicted as no longer behind bars, guess they're free range cookies now.

Here’s a pic of some guy named Neil with the X-15.

Somehow that posting reminded me of this.

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Yep. How 'bout match rockets?

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This stuff was so toxic. You could taste the chemicals from the fumes

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One of my favorite cereal box prizes ever was the Trix Mystery Window. A black and white cartoon image turned to color when pulled out of its frame.

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My favorite chip dip of all-time is Kraft Onion “Ready to Serve” Dip, made in the 1970s. It came in a copper-colored metal container with a pry-off lid, and packaged in a cardboard sleeve. This stuff was so good. Made with fancy-sounding “Neufchatel Cheese.” I see now that it also contained the magically tasty ingredients Chicken Fat and Beef Fat.

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I learned something that was a complete surprise to me the other day. If your body gets no fat, you will not be able to absorb the nutrients in your food and you will die.

My youtube education: Ask a Mortician. She is sort of funny. This clip talks about Moby Dick and the ship's crew that were the nucleus of the Moby Dick story written by Herman Melville.

Yes, Moby Dick was based on a true story. Somewhere close minute marker 30:50 and 31:10 she talks about how the fat from bone marrow saved a couple of guys life. It goes by pretty fast.

In my best TV voice: Warning. Disturbing content. Watch at your own risk. She talks about cannibalism.

If you like history and really want to know more about whaling and Moby Dick, try to find this movie from American Experience " Into the Deep.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/whaling/

Anyway, your body needs fat to survive. But I suppose, as with everything else, we over do it.