As a little guy, I had a lot of fun with this cheesy plastic train set. But it was not while using it as intended, instead I would create Rube Goldberg-esque setups using mostly the straight pieces, with steep ramps and launches, and wow, I just realized I was basically using the tracks like Hot Wheels track before they invented Hot Wheels track (which was in 1968, so yeah, this was before then)! I would tape pennies to the train to get more oomph! So, I guess when I was 5, I was an inventor and experimenting with physics!
7f0bb9060b594e6695974f0d8c14d7a5 (resized).jpgQuoted from DanQverymuch:As a little guy, I had a lot of fun with this cheesy plastic train set.
I played with that same train set when I was a kid. They had a set at my pre-school. It was so much fun to create layouts with those interlocking gray plastic track pieces.
A279A91F-4B0E-47A2-AC63-B909E1ACDD5A (resized).jpeg13A8EB1F-7B74-427E-9F96-EECCF30EDAE0 (resized).jpegQuoted from mooch:...They had a set at my pre-school...
You went to pre-school? Pre-school for me was the stoop and the warning not to go past the sidewalk.
///Me
Quoted from RichWolfson:You went to pre-school? Pre-school for me was the stoop and the warning not to go past the sidewalk.
///Me
Yeah, my parents split up when I was about 4. My Mom then sent me to pre-school while she was working. She later remarried. When I mention my Dad in my posts, it usually refers to my stepdad. I had no problem with pre-school. It was an absolute blast. Tons of toys and activities. Lots of kids to play with. There was a great lady “Miss Harriet” who cooked a fantastic hot lunch daily. The place is still there thriving 60 years later.
EF2DD1C3-0B59-4D14-B991-8E18523652DA (resized).jpegThis old image of Oscar Mayer lunch meat triggered my memory.
When I was at my Grandma’s house in the 60s, she’d tell me there were cold cuts in the fridge if I wanted to make a sandwich.
It was always this same Oscar Mayer variety pack in her fridge.
Really enjoy this thread
Reminds me of the time in middle school I stumbled upon a rare business opportunity
I decided to take a freshly made batch of my newly acquired oven goodness to school to show off my little friends to classmates.
To my surprise They quickly were drooling for such gag desire that soon I was rolling in lunch money. Quarters and dimes funneling in quicker then I could dish out any product I had.
Next day I arrived fully stocked and ready to disburse a colorful new plastic bag of wigglers. Business was booming until some poor kid must have narcd or whined they spent their last milk money quarter and had a change of heart. teachers quickly snubbed my lucrative business in a flash and confiscated any remaining product.
I ate well that day or two. Only the finest lunch time pizza and choc milk for me.
Oh creepy crawlers how I miss thee
Quoted from Atari_Daze:For high school graduation we went to New Zealand and Australia as a family. The first place we stopped for food once we got to our first stop was this little pub, they put beats on the roo burger.
We never did figure out if that was common or if they were just messing with the yanks.
Beetroot is very common on Aussie burgers and pineapple is included if you go for one with "the lot". Kangaroo meat is available but not that common, it is pretty healthy for human consumption and the animals, not having hooves, are gentle on the land.
Quoted from mooch:This old image of Oscar Mayer lunch meat triggered my memory.
When I was at my Grandma’s house in the 60s, she’d tell me there were cold cuts in the fridge if I wanted to make a sandwich.
It was always this same Oscar Mayer variety pack in her fridge.
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I'll take #1 ,#3, and #4. You can have all of the pickle loaf you want. Yes. Even my share
Quoted from mooch:It was always this same Oscar Mayer variety pack in her fridge.
It was Bologna in our house. I remember the kid that sang the Bologna song on the commercial - My bologna has a first name, it's O S C A R ...
I also remember my mom made me a bologna sandwich for lunch for the 8th grade trip to the state capital. Sat on the bus and went bad which I found out after I ate it - not a pretty sight.
Quoted from cottonm4:I'll take #1 ,#3, and #4. You can all of the pickle loaf you want. Yes. Even my share
Here are some more to choose from.
How about a Head Cheese and Olive Loaf sub?
Quoted from rollinover:Really enjoy this thread
Reminds me of the time in middle school I stumbled upon a rare business opportunity
I decided to take a freshly made batch of my newly acquired oven goodness to school to show off my little friends to classmates.
To my surprise They quickly were drooling for such gag desire that soon I was rolling in lunch money. Quarters and dimes funneling in quicker then I could dish out any product I had.
Next day I arrived fully stocked and ready to disburse a colorful new plastic bag of wigglers. Business was booming until some poor kid must have narcd or whined they spent their last milk money quarter and had a change of heart. teachers quickly snubbed my lucrative business in a flash and confiscated any remaining product.
I ate well that day or two. Only the finest lunch time pizza and choc milk for me.
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Did you ever get them back? Teacher confiscated my Burger Chef Yo-yo back in the days and never gave it back! It still makes me mad that I only had a day or two to play with it.
Quoted from cottonm4:I'll take #1 ,#3, and #4. You can all of the pickle loaf you want. Yes. Even my share
Just how old is the old fashioned loaf? I was more of a Buddig person any except the turkey and add the potato chips (for the salt) to the sandwich and push down. The taste was great and I remember it to this day!
9a8d59cbdbaa969fdeb1d4c6250dc694 (resized).jpgQuoted from mooch:Here are some more to choose from.
How about a Head Cheese and Olive Loaf sub?
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I really liked the Oscar Mayer Hard Salami. That was my go to for bag lunch sandwiches. If I was eating at home, fried bologna was hard to beat.
I like fried garlic bologna!
Quoted from zombywoof:I really liked the Oscar Mayer Hard Salami. That was my go to for bag lunch sandwiches. If I was eating at home, fried bologna was hard to beat.
Quoted from OLDPINGUY:Im still waiting for my Atomic Powered Car![quoted image]
Do you remember those General Motors contests/sponsorships in the 60s where a kid could design a futuristic looking model car and enter it in the GM contests. Sometimes the winners would receive scholarships or maybe even get a job with GM design department?
Quoted from pinwiztom:Our family was a liverwurst family, at least my mom loved the stuff. It was an acquired taste.
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You only see that weird lunch meat stuff in the Midwest, it seems.
Ugh. My dad liked that stuff.
Quoted from pinwiztom:Our family was a liverwurst family, at least my mom loved the stuff. It was an acquired taste.
I thought I'd heard (or owned) almost all of Alan Sherman's stuff, but I've never heard that one before.
Quoted from dirkdiggler:first thing I started collecting without knowing it. Found some recently and enjoying reading them
Now are these new finds from yard sales or stuff that you already had pack rat stored away in the attic?
Quoted from pinwiztom:Now are these new finds from yard sales or stuff that you already had pack rat stored away in the attic?
Found them in a box in the garage. They definitely weren't mine. All my childhood toys are long gone. Unfortunately my parents had a yearly garage sale and unused toys were sold
I bought this book “CDB” in grade school from a Scholastic book club flyer.
It has cartoons with captions made of letters and numbers which when read aloud sound like words.
So CDB is “See The Bee.”
Quoted from EdisonArcade:Cool!
Reminded me of these:
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The camel holding the books like some gal with some pasties glued on.
Remember when you'd win cool things at the fair? I can remember throwing darts at stars and winning beer posters with hot babes on them. Found these glass fair prize tiles today and the lady gave them to me. I'm sure there's 1000s of designs out there. I've never seen them before. Pretty cool
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https://www.tattooarchive.com/history/temporary_tattoos.php
Quoted from zombywoof:Remember the temporary tattoos in your box of Cracker Jack?
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Remember when you used to get 1) actual real toys and 2) some actual peanuts in there?
Quoted from Azmodeus:Temporary tattoos of my early youth.
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Quoted from Azmodeus:These weren’t the exact ones but the style of the printing and transfer is identical.
Action Man was a licensed copy of G.I. Joe and was sold in the U.K.
Are you saying we need a GI. Joe pinball machine?! If so I completely agree! Lol
Quoted from girloveswaffles:Action Man was a licensed copy of G.I. Joe and was sold in the U.K.
Quoted from Zartan:Are you saying we need a GI. Joe pinball machine?! If so I completely agree! Lol
But Zartan hated G.I. Joe! NO! It must be COBRA pinball!!! But Cobra Commander will allow the pin to have Kung Fu grips.
Zartan was a mercenary for hire! He worked for the highest bidder! But kung fu grips are definitely a must have!
Quoted from Grayman_EM:But Zartan hated G.I. Joe! NO! It must be COBRA pinball!!! But Cobra Commander will allow the pin to have Kung Fu grips.
Quoted from Zartan:Are you saying we need a GI. Joe pinball machine?! If so I completely agree! Lol
No, we need a Robot Chicken pin, so we can get GI Joe, Barbie, and Masters of the Universe all at the same time.
Quoted from mooch:I bought this book “CDB” in grade school from a Scholastic book club flyer.
It has cartoons with captions made of letters and numbers which when read aloud sound like words.
So CDB is “See The Bee.”
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Ahh.. good old William Steig. Author of many excellent books, most notably Shrek. The movie is nothing like the book.
shrek (resized).jpgQuoted from Pablito350:William Steig, author of Shrek. The movie is nothing like the book.
There is a reason Shrek rhymes with dreck.
Quoted from Pablito350:Ahh.. good old William Steig. Author of many excellent books, most notably Shrek. The movie is nothing like the book.[quoted image]
I wonder if this is the same Stieg that often has cartoons in the New Yorker?
Quoted from swampfire:No, we need a Robot Chicken pin, so we can get GI Joe, Barbie, and Masters of the Universe all at the same time.
swampfire I agree with "The Masters of the Universe" but the question is will it be a movie adaption one and if so will it be current Dolph or 1987 movie Dolph. By the way not muscle bound currently as in 1987.
Robot Chicken if we are going there then we should just have another Family Guy pin which I am more than happy with!
Barbie to be honest shouldn't that have been made years ago as a EM? But you are right as it could have phrases like: "I wish they taught shopping at school." "Let's bake some cookies for the boys." "Don't ask me, I'm just a girl!
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