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Oh Man, THAT Waterpik Model!
Somehow, we ended up with 2 of them, with 4 boys.
Anyone else have waterpik fights?
Boy, were we punished! We soaked the Shag Carpeting in the Bathroom, Caused the Wallpaper to curl, and soaked the toilet paper!
If that wasnt enough, I would set a fire in the sink, and play fireman with the waterpik, to put out the fire!
I can still see my fathers face!
My Mothers was worse, when we discovered Flaming Tampon Cannons!
Quoted from Mr68:I remember the girls doing this for some reason.
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...or the first time you saw your friends older sister or your mother look like this:
pasted_image (resized).pngQuoted from Liftserv:My Mothers was worse, when we discovered Flaming Tampon Cannons!
Do tell please
Ill do it in my 3rd grade memory.
What are these? Paper wrapped in a box? Open one up, and see.
I can twirl it has a string and its in a carboard "popsicle" tube.... Ill take it apart.
What happens when it gets wet? Wow! It gets like 5 times bigger!!!
It says Natural Cotton.
Cool, lets fire them in the bathtub...Wow, I can use the cardboard plunger like a pop gun, and fire these at my boats!
Do they Burn? Lets try and see! Oh yes! they Burn Great!
Lets put the Boats in the sink, and Fire them Lit and hit the Boat!
Missed! Missed! Too much smoke from stomping them out!
Mom: Whats Burning? Its in the bathroom.
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING!!!?? MY TAMPONS!!!???
pasted_image (resized).pngQuoted from pinwiztom:Just curious, how many of you old timers, lived in a town that still had a milk delivery man?
I can not honestly recall if our family ever signed up for such a service.
I did have an uncle that ran a dairy in a small town back in South Dakota (Blue Valley Dairy).
Back in the early 80s, I did live in a duplex, in Newport Beach CA,
that had a little compartment (going into the kitchen, thru the wall accessible from outside)
that the milkman could leave milk, eggs and butter;
that is if there was still a delivery service.
I probably used it once or twice for friends to drop off some stash, if i were not home.
In 1967, in Baldwin, NY, we still had Milkman. Eggs, and Butter, in a Galvanized Metal Box at the Door.
We also had Brooklyn Seltzer delivered in an Ancient Truck.
Then came Drive thru Dairy Barn, with lower Milk prices, and more products. I believe its still there.
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Quoted from pinwiztom:Did not recognize or remember it
but thinking it may be this one[quoted image]
I think you are right. I see now one child holding what looks like the barn, so that might be a record player underneath.
Ill look further.
It was looking like a Freaky Mystery Date Game!
Heres another one!
And Yes, 40 years ago, I gave one as a gag gift to a friend that graduated in Proctology! 
pasted_image (resized).pngOk, I need help again. There was a toy, that's a roll of paper, today its plastic, on a stick or small sword handle, that when you flick your wrist, it telescopes out say 6 ft. What was it called in the 60s and reappeared around 20 years ago with a new name?
Lloyd?
Quoted from LTG:Too easy.
Flix Stix
https://zing.store/products/flix-stix
LTG : )
Thats Great! Thats a new one, and I can get one for my grandaughter.....Now there is one with a great B & W Commercial from the 60s...
Found the "generic" name or original name....chine paper yo yo.
Quoted from cottonm4:$8.00 for that stick of what ever it is ! That's a lot of money for one party favor.
12 for $6 with shipping on Amazon from Rhode Island Novelty.
pasted_image (resized).pngI have a few of my old super balls, including a fireball. First it's interesting that there is almost no bounce left.
Chemical degradation?
So I bought some new ones, and they weren't very "super" in their bouncing.
I wonder what changed?
In 1975-6 I was so thrilled with the rubber post rings we made from White super golf balls, I went on a letter writing campaign to WHAMO to try to make pinball rubbers out of super ball material.
A Nice vid on marx toys....The first few minutes are unique, and then commercials.
My dilemma? Whats the name of the Music in this video?
Its haunting me from Wonderama.....
Quoted from Mr68:Remember Coke Classic? They need to make Kool-Aid Classic.
So you made me order this!!!!
pasted_image (resized).pngJust a heads up, for anyone interested. In my other Lifelong Hobby, we have a HUGE Puzzle Auction starting tomorrow night on Erics Site, Cubic Dissection. I have a bunch of stuff up there and Puzzle Paradise.
https://market.cubicdissection.com/
pasted_image (resized).pngQuoted from cottonm4:How does this thing work?
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The button you push moves a 'plate", of paper, I assume with a BW image of the ass, to as close as it can to the circular material.
My assumption is the lens is cellulite or a wax paper, that is opaque under normal light. A shadow box type effect.
I noticed these pop up on ebay sometimes, for around $20to $30.
I'll be listing on Ebay my last round of Space Fidgets, if anyone wants one.
I saved the best out of hundreds for last.
I'll share the story and pics tonight.
Everyone must have one!
Heres a Space Fidget, did anyone have one?
I purchased a box of several hundred, that were found in a warehouse in NJ, wrapped with Newspaper from 1972.
I sold them for years on Amazon, if youll search, youll still see the reviews, as well as Ebay.
I saved the Best and have Non Nucleus for $40 inc shipping at this time....maybe 8 left.
With a Nucleus, $55.
No packaging,
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Quoted from DennisDodel:We used to call those one of our "Trip Toys".
This comes to mind, Dennis......Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters!
(if this doesnt mean much, a great read in The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test!)
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I had a lengthy discussion with Musician Friends about music from the 60s to 80s.
The usual, Zep vs Queen, Hendrix, etc.
What we circled back to was the effect of weed, and Acid, on music.
We all can see how the Beatles changed appearance, and Album art, ala Peter Max.
We concluded the profound effects on Music, and culture..Woodstock, Acid Parties with the Dead, to clothing worn by our parents.
Somehow this influence is lost by the next generation in knowledge.
Quoted from cottonm4:I love Huckleberry Finn. Wonder if it could be published today after all of the brouhaha with Dr. Seuss and 6 of his books. Would we be reading about Mr. Jim today?
Think if Blazing Saddles came out today,!
I think every view would be insulted!
pasted_image (resized).pngHow many remember the uproar over Jeannie showing belly button, or a single queen size bed over 2 twins, for a married couple, or All in the family having a Toilet Flush? Even Star Treks interracial kiss.
The moral compass on either side, swings
back and forth. Polarizing this, now that we have SM, and changes in news, creates a new method.
It's interesting to me, as I watch this from a historical sociological view.
It happens over and over.
What's sad, is when people think it's new.
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This is a Toy my son enjoyed immensely. I think this is a total of 3 sets, and I dont see them on the net at this time.
Colored Plastic cubes with a Spring inside.
Build a Square building/Project, ala minecraft, The cubes interlock. We have maybe 150 Cubes.
Remove a clip from the first one, and like cascading mousetraps, they all instantly explode!
Real cool, and several years of fun.....Today, at 25, he is back playing with them.......So am I !
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They were a niche toy on the Net around 20 years ago. They didnt make it in to stores.
Maybe British, or Canadian?
I found my Windows Beta Test copies on 5-1/4.
I was writing Gates, and he sent me copies and asked me to be a Beta Tester.
Microsoft had around 50 people then in Texas, when he offered me a Job.
BIG Mistake, turning that down. Ill grab pics when I get back to office.
Quoted from cottonm4:I'd like to hear this story.
Ill share more in a bit with some pics....I think it will be better.
Ive posted before.
I worked at the James Strates Traveling Fair in Florida in 1976 and 1977.
At first, I was selling Pachinko Machines, for Pachinko house out of Georgia.
I hung out so much, and dated a girl, that I ended up behind the cranes, selling water insoles, and magic carpet cleaner,
and helped run the ring on a string to a pole that you had to stand a coke bottle up.
But my favorite was watching the people spend hours tossing coins into stacks of Plates,cups and glasses.
There were many trying to get a full set, and would spend hundreds of dollars....
I couldnt find a pic, but does anyone else remember this massive tent?
Watching them set up all the plates was a trip too!
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MAD Magazine was everything to me as a Kid.
It got even better when around 1979, I started visiting the offices in NY regularly, with a close friend/family was doing Art, and then Editor.
Yes, Gaines, and much of the crew was as crazy as the rag, but you could always smell the Best Weed coming from the Offices....
Cleaning out books yesterday, I found a stash from 8-13 years old....Note my first Oak Island Book!
That cleaning lead to finding this pic of me, just turned 15, my first cigarette, from the night before, which was also the first night I got drunk,
with Tequila!
A summer of 75, on Siesta Key, Snorkeling all day, and learning about Women, Booze, and Sex....
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I want to grow young!
I just picked this up with stand, box, and playing well.
A little memories, some fun for the 2 year old...its like pachinko, and a Christmas gift to my brother in law, who will freak out!
(BTW Rebound is one seriously great game!)
pasted_image (resized).pngWe use to sell dozens a day of this watch and a few others.
Retail I think was $300-$500 then, to go with leisure suits, platform shoes, and Jordache Jeans!
The batteries would die from 1-3 months, depending on usage.
People would line up outside the door to replace batteries.....
Strange times gone.
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Trading a watch for cigs....pretty cool.
When it was a new thing, I would grab a handful of fake rolexes, to bring to my travels to Jamaica.
I would trade for drinks, scuba lessons, or a baggie.
I would tell them they were fake, but in Jamaica then, they were going for $200!
A childhood memory of mine, and an Adult memory till today, is I always wanted to own a miniature golf course!
So many great summers of playing.....and then to the arcade for pinball!
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Hey Guys! Im Back. 
Just spent 23 hours in the Hospital. The procedure took 3 hours, and I was awake while they threaded a Heart Catheter, and inflated an angio balloon in
several spots, and inserted a Stent in my left diagonal artery.
I Was shocked at the difference in this procedure, then that of 12 years ago. This was my 4th stent, 3 Bypasses, and Ive lost count on Angioplasty.
Within minutes, everything in my body changed from my breathing, to muscle strength.
I Highly recommend, at the first sign of being short of breath from a short walk, or a few stairs, that you start the process of Heart Testing.
Most tests can be "passed", when an Angio is really whats needed.
Find a Interventional Cardiologist with the newest equipment....Dyes, Sound and even Light (OCT) can be used to image arterial system.
Through the years, many family and friends would still be with us, if they didnt ignore the signs.
A Childhood Memory Pinside Public/Personal Health Message......I feel like I just got another dozen years to go!
I was reading Pinside, pre procedure, for Peace of mind yesterday....So you guys helped me out as well!
Thanks for sharing....!! I think in our childhood, and for many still today, we are invincible!
I remember wondering why all old people talked about their health, and today, I know its to try to share
not just for empathy, but for solutions, and for others to be "aware".
It always pays to be proactive and have some knowledge....whether fixing a pin or our body.
I believe under a non involved situation, they would have opened me up again.
Having everyone know, and I sure had to sign off on it, that I wanted all steps taken to fix it then and there, led to the extra time,
and my thanks, to achieve this with minimal cutting.
As a side note for anyone learning about what ails them, dont hesitate to read problems and solutions from other countries.
I have helped myself by reading in Japan, Thailand, Spain, Britain, and Northern European studies, to be more aware.
I feel its not that much different than fixing a Pin....A fixed amount of parts, with Problems.
Quoted from Mr68:Hey Art. Do you remember this being our GPS back in the day.[quoted image]
Id fight my brother for the job of Navigator. For some reason, we felt that was Spocks job....So one of us was Kirk, and the other Spock.
pasted_image (resized).pngQuoted from DCFAN:They still have plenty of South of the Border signs leading up to South Carolina. My wife and I drove to Florida twice during the pandemic last year. I noticed the place looked pretty dead when we drove by.
I always wondered how that place makes it financially with so much property and facilities. It never looked very special and I am pretty sure we always just drove by without stopping when I was a kid when we were doing a family road trip vacation to Myrtle Beach or Florida.
Not much going on off the highway in the 60s, and nothing in the car, except fighting with my brothers. The signs served a distraction, but I was itching for fireworks as a 9 year old.
Anyone else collect Mini Lighters?
I remember dumping a weeks worth of Quarters in a Vending machine in TSS, Time Square Stores, in Oceanside, NY, to get all I could.
I ended up with about 6, and boy did they get a lot of Playboy magazine trades in 5th-6th grade.
We thought they were great for lighting firecrackers.....in theory.
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We would make a day of it, and would light up in the mall, and share, as we walked between one shop and the other.
3000 sq feet of toys.
No one bothered us, although Im sure we reeked.
Of course, we were always sidetracked by the food stands, Orange Julius, Pretzel Annie, etc....
Id like to try being 18 again!
Quoted from cottonm4:Give me my 18 year old body with my 70 year old mind. I could go for that
I would have chased a different group of cars and different type girl if given the option.
I would have Kept the 68 GTO, I had, and I was with my wife since 15.....Id still take my wife, but should have met her at 25.
Quoted from Elvishasleft:So dumb.... last night the parking was limited so there were cars everywhere.
People kept lighting stuff near cars or shooting things off that went underneath them etc...
probably not the wisest move to shoot something under a car or truck.
Quoted from RichWolfson:My question is who wins? The guy who has to go to the hospital or the one that sent him there?
And of course I have seen many a roman candle explode rather than shoot the ball out of the top. My vote is that guy who has that blow up in his face is the loser. Or in his mind is he the winner?
///Rich
Young and Dumb! 16 to 21. And yes, we were going to drop a lit Roman Candle in the middle of a large intersection Near Hospital and Stadium, (Hempstead Turnpike by Colosseum) and we saw a police car, so a 10 ball exploding candle went off in a small car with us 6 drunk idiots!
they were bouncing all over the car!! We finally pulled into a Fridays, as the bulk of the smoke poured out.
Id say I was laughing and scared shitless at the same time.
While dining, I guess an ember still was burning, and the rear car seat caught fire as we watched from our table.
By the time we got out, the car was engulfed in flames.
Yup. Stupid stuff. Lawn Darts, watching lightning from the roof, fireworks. Yet, I still manage a few new "ones" of stupidity today.
I should add, I was in the Fireworks business in Florida and NY, so that turned out dumb too.
Quoted from RichWolfson:Ah yes. As you well know there is a runway there pointing towards the Colosseum. Or there was when we were kids. It was a perfect place for an automotive speed competition aka a drag race. One evening some policeman knew we were there and decided that what we needed some behavior modification. My mother picked me up at the Hempstead lock-up that night. She was not happy. <G>
Note that runway was the same one that Charles Lindberg took off from before the Colosseum was there as he would have never had enough altitude to clear it.
Sorry everyone for a bit of nostalgia on my part. Now back to our regular programming.
///Rich
Definitely! lots of drag racing!
The area of Roosevelt field was the largest. last Natural Plains, East of the Rockies. turned into a Horse Race Track, and a 270 Store Mega Mall.
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pasted_image (resized).pngIm sure I shared this earlier, but its time for my grand daughter to play!
Clean Sweep! the highlight of Christmas in 1967!
2 to 4 players, 4 different hand sweep brooms, and hundreds of colored plastic charms explode out of the garbage pail!
Sweep the treasures into your corner, and sweep the trash into others!
My granddaughter will be thrilled!!
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Quoted from cottonm4:When I was 10 I went to stay a couple of weeks at my older sister's. It was a small/medium size town. I got acquainted with the local kids and we tore up the neighborhood with out bicycles.
There was an old abandoned house ( kid magnet) and we started looking around. This house had the basement doors on the outside; Those types with the double doors that swing out to show the stairs. The doors were gone and the basement was open. We went in.
There were mountains of those old Edison cylinder records. We loaded up and came home on out bikes cradling a load of Edison records in one arm.
I had them for years. And now I don't. I can't remember what I did with them but when I found out they were worth pennies, I lost interest.
cool story, Rob.
I grew up with my grandmother having a player and cabinet.
Watching and listening to Wax cylinders, the first 10 years of life provides strange memories.
Later, when the kids were young, we found this restored 78 player.
At the time, it was very unusual to find a fancy grill, and in a light colored wood, in this case Oak.
Many memories of playing "Chicken in the Car" and the kids dancing and singing along!
(Furby to the left, Hillary nut cracker to the right)
Try the whole song, guys....my 2 year old granddaughter started dancing like a 1930s flapper first time she heard it!
Old soul.
Quoted from cottonm4:I'm Craig
Sorry Craig, I started a reply to Rob, and walked away from the screen.....wheres my Meds!!!?
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I spent a couple weeks filling in for the Barker at the Freak Show in the Early 70s, when the Strate shows brought their State Fair into Orlando Fairgrounds,
I had no idea what I was doing, but had made friends with the daughter of the Barker, which got me on stage.
Some of the nicest people in the world, and I felt so bad for them, because of the peoples behavior towards them.
pasted_image (resized).pngQuoted from mooch:Ever see one of these “Family Dog House” plaques? I remember seeing one on my cousins’ kitchen wall sometime in the mid-1960s.
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Oh, we had one! And with 4 boys in the house constantly fighting!
I was ALWAYS in the Dog House!
Quoted from Atari_Daze:Don't forget Alexa and Siri are always listening too!
We talked about bathroom remodeling, yesterday with Google Home listening, and this morning I was bombarded with Ads.
Even a Google Ad, on a News/portal site, NOT in side Bar, masquerading as a News/info story.
This bothers me to no end.
We will try tonight to see if a discussion on "Sex Toys" produces the same results!
Quoted from ReadyPO:Pick any controversial topic - pretty much any, but usually left wing vs right wing. Example, abortion
Duck Duck Go first returns: Wikipedia, Planned Parenthood, Pros and Cons, World Health Organization, Definition, Medical Facts
Google first returns: 3 ads on how to get an abortion, then planned parenthood, then how to get an abortion again, abortion is a right
On some searches, returns are omitted all-together - no links to websites of certain groups or stories. On others, more nuanced but a definite bias. And from Googles own page:
"Google and its subsidiary companies, such as YouTube, have removed or omitted information from its services in order to comply with company policies, legal demands, and government censorship laws. Numerous governments have asked Google to censor content."
Note, "company policies" is the catch-all for whatever we want.
Search Pro-Life on Google, and you get the results you want.
Sometimes its the "words" like "Patriot Act" vs "Govt Spying"
More people use Google, and its for Money, absolutely.
Perhaps it simply the results of users who need more privacy, vs the Millions that arent.
Quoted from Rezdog:Is that a big lighter or a little World’s Series?
The lighter...well both.
In my early 20s, I had the pleasure of opening a NIB (New in Crate) Rockola World Series.
It was packed in Straw, and was an amazing experience to set up and play!
Quoted from Luckydogg420:Some would say that the ‘90’s were 30 years ago. I still feel like the ‘70’s was 30 years ago
Really old people dropping their canes and walkers in vids or commercials, and dancing, were Greasers in the 50s.
That freaks me out!
Elvis would be 86!
Rat Stories?
My first was in East Brooklyn, in a 100 plus year old building the family owned.
They laid new sewer lines, and disturbed all the rats.
We had traps in the ancient basement, and I had to shovel the dead ones up.
12 to 16" bodies, and one ran up the shovel, my arm and head!
Looked as nasty as the pic above!
This week, I had rats build a nest in a front wall shrub. Tore the whole bush up in 24 hours.
Another was my wife sitting on the can at the beach, and her a noise. Screaming in a primal way I have never heard was a rat going for a swim! Almost bit her Ass!
Our dogs have brought rats into the house.
One time they chased a rat for hours, knocking everything over. The rat settled under and inside our stove.
Gosh I hate rats!
Quoted from RichWolfson:Sunrise Highway Rockville Center. Not far from Motion Performance. I learned a lot about life in that parking lot!
///Rich
Know where that was!
From my wife working at Green Acres Mall, to growing up in Baldwin!
Rockville Center, and WLIR!
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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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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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pasted_image (resized).pngQuoted from cottonm4:Oh yeah, Captain Kirk is now 90 years old.
Gosh, I remember the first show on opening night like Yesterday!
Batman too!
I gotta find the pic of the 9 year old me with a Batman Cake!
With a white Plug in my Ear, here is how I listened to the Mets and the Yankees at the Beach.
(Think Flamingo Kid Movie)
We were chatting about this as the Yankees play the White Sox on the Field of Dreams Field.....35 years ago!!! Agghhh Old Age!
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I have loaded my Grandaughter
with every pop up book I could find.
They are her favorites and thrill her everything we read through one.
Grandpa relieving his childhood!
We have a packed closet and 8 bins of
toys to grow through.
At 15 and 16, 1975 and 1976, we were able to get our drivers license in Florida.
My first car was a 1968 GTO Loaded. 8 miles to the Gallon, and an engine that sounded of power.
Of course the first thing to do was add an 8 track tape player:
Next was driving with a case of beer on the back window....ie drinking and driving, was an excepted sport.
If you had a case in the school parking lot, it meant you were cutting class and heading to the beach.
But we werent old enough to buy beer, so we headed downtown Orlando to buy a fake ID!
Of course once we got to this point, Central Florida was loaded with Topless bars.
With my new ID came my 16th Birthday at a strip club, and I was thrilled, scared, and well "educated" at 16.
Clun Juana! ....... Seems like Yesterday!
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Heres how to make at home. This is Not the glue borax method, so its cheap to make a ton of this.
But still not for hair, carpet, fabric, wood.
Back when I was young, with an invincible stomach, BeefSteak Charlies would have all you could eat Shrimp, Salad bar, Wine and Beer!
Plus a Steak, All for $10!
Of course we drank and gorged ourselves! We would spend 3-4 hours there and really get hammered, upsetting them, Im sure.
But the clubs didnt start hopping until after midnight, so it was a good start!
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Perhaps, this Ad.
pasted_image (resized).pngI woke up at 5 AM dreaming a childhood dream.
Likely close to my thoughts of the day, I was remembering my first trip
to the Circus.
Every Kid HAD to get this flashlight on a Lanyard!
We would swing them around when they were lit, and hold them up, like our
first Lighter at a concert.
Anyone else remember these?
pasted_image (resized).pngThe 70s had some interesting Drug Paraphernalia ads.
In Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall, we had 4 Stores selling stuff.
Changed pretty quickly though.
Today, the collectible side of it is through the roof!
Ahh...the 70s! Used Pins were $50-$100 Working, Free if they werent!
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All the weed I want to buy, 1 mile away, but the Paraphernalia is still somewhat illegal.
180 degree change from the past.
Who would have ever thought?
Strange where 37 states approve, and 18 rec.
Anyway...childhood memories....
I remember bringing my fathers Playboy Magazine into school for show and tell in 2nd grade! 7 years old!
Boy did i get MY ASS in Trouble!
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We would put these in the fridge, and then eat all the chocolate off, and see who could unroll the pastry best.
Eventually because of the mess, others came home. Devil Dogs, Funny Bones, and Ring Dings!
My after school snack, along with the Gong Show!
Darker Chocolate on the Yodels, as well as a darker cake.
Ho Hos, had a sweeter cake, but I liked Yodels creme better.
In 1973, when I moved from NY to Florida, we had no Drakes Products.
At that time, I revolted against Ho-Hos, (aside from my brothers teasing me I was eating a Ho!)
I finally gave in. by 1975, Drakes showed up, along with acne and girls, (that girl is still my wife, 46 years later)
So the Yo's and Ho's went away.
We owned a Party Good Store Off Park avenue by Rollins College in the 70s, and heres a pic of Lisa and Myself, Age 17.
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My Grandfather too, came from roots in Hungary/Poland Austria. He Invented and patented a Watch Cleaning Machine.
Overseas, he created Cigarette Vending Machines.
Ill take credit for creating things, no patents. Wasnt smart enough.
Sadly, he received his Patent within a couple weeks of the stock market crash.
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On the subject of toilets. not a memory, a very rare private toilet was found thats 2700 years old!
(No signs or door found)
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/2700-year-old-toilet-found-in-jerusalem-180978813/
pasted_image (resized).pngSucrets Tins! Boy did you bring back memories!
I gave a bracelet as a gift, to a girl in First grade, gift wrapped in a Sucrets Tin.
By 3rd grade, Sucrets tins held my firecrackers. They were very precious.
By 4th Grade, it held my change, either a slice of pizza, a comic, but always a few games of pinball.
By the end of 6th Grade, they held Magic Tricks.
By 8th they held condoms.
By High School, My Sucrets Boxes held my weed.
Oh, and they held my Sucrets too!
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I often share what concerts were like for me in the 70s, and 80s in NY.
Clubs opened at 11 PM. Tickets were $5-$15 to see Bands. Police, U2, XTC, Squeeze, the Cars.
Crowds were under 1000 people and often only a few hundred.
We made Press Badges, and hung out back stage.
Clubs like The Ritz, Privates, CBGBs, and the Peppermint Lounge.
On the Island, it was Spitz, Leggs, or Malibu.
Every Weekend, we would Pick a concert.
Connections led to a Dinner Party, with Ric Ocasek, Late Night Parties with Joan Jett, or the Ramones.
I think our memories of Concerts, at least what we do remember, are some of our Best Youthful Memories.
Quoted from Indypin:LOL So True!
Never understood why the rodents loved those things, but they sure did!
I guess the same reason we have treadmills, and stationary Bikes at home....
But you can get one too!
Of Course, w had a smaller version of these Habitrails....
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I made it a thread....Win a Pair of Dice! Get Lucky!
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/can-you-guess-how-many-win-a-free-pair#post-6641381
(GOOD Guesses!)
This is a Photo from 1966, when the Winter Park Mall was one of the first Indoor Malls.
I remember the overwhelming smell of chlorine, following the years of Mold smell from the fountains.
My father worked there, I did a small stint, and my wife worked there too, in the 70s.
Sure, Id play Pinball there, by my memory takes me to the service hallways, were I made out for the first time
at 15.
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Ill Up your Snack Pack!
My Wife remembered this, do you?
Too funny!
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Switch N Gos were a 1960s Kid Favorite!
In my neighborhood, one year, around 6 kids got sets, for Christmas, and by New Years,
we had them put all together in the Basement, along with Army Men, Lincoln Log Forts, and catapults.
A Snowy School Break, with World War III in the basement.
(It only sucked when my younger brother got PB&J all over the set!
That and Super Stuff)
I have the Tank Set in the closet, to share with my Granddaughter, before it leaves.
She loves old toys too!
Here she is this week, she decided she HAD to dress as a Ladybug, Match her glasses to purple scooter, and take off
on a mission with determination!
I restored this 1930's-50s, Scooter for her, it weighs a ton, doesnt steer, but she prefers it to plastic ones.
2-1/2 years old with an Attitude!
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A quick Dancing Story. In Florida, there was a Junior High Square Dance, where the Girls asked the Boys.
It was called "Sadie Hawkins".
A sweet Freckled lass asked me out. I was 14.
I have seen here frequently every year, as she stayed in town and became my Dental Hygenist!
The weird Part in My life along with this, is she married a Guy named, "Art".
3 of My 4 School grade Girlfriends, all Married men named, "Art".
A good Ego boost for sure, maybe.
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In 1976, after mowing lawns, cleaning pools, and doing magic shows, I saved up enough for my first car.
I wanted a Cougar, Mustang or Camaro.
So, my Saturday with my Dad, who had no patience and was a cross between Fred Flintstone, and Archie Bunker,
took me with my $1600 , to shop.
All day and we found nothing.
Then a salesman said he had a car that was traded, he took home for his daughter, and if I could spend 2K,
I could have it.
I didnt know the car, or what it looked like. My dad was very impatient, and we waited an hour.
After seeing it 5 minutes, the 16 year old me, said, I want it!
2 days later, all checked out and detailed, it was delivered to my home a few days before my 16th Birthday.
The First Day I drove it, I was pulled over for speeding....50 in a 25mph!
No ticket, but officer Walt would pull me over several times in the next few years!
Traded it towards a New 78 Camaro, at 18.
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Needed a Car, as I started working at Disney in the BiCentennial Parade, and met my wife still Today.
We filled the Trunk with 2-3 people, and hit the Drive Ins, with Steak and Shake, and a Case of Brews
with Skynyrd. Took forever for Boston and Tusk album to come out that summer
2 years Later, Im in NY, suffering with Disco in Platforms and a Polyester Leisure suit!
Took forever for Boston and Tusk album to come out that summer, and thats where the women were.
That lasted one year 1978, and I heard the Sex Pistols, The Plasmatics, and British Invasion started!
Jersey is my 3rd home!
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Really? I started in 2nd grade, when an Uncle bought me a kit from FAO Shwartz in NY.
I had become friends, with another kid, who was just learning English, and we bonded over Magic,
Girl Crushes, the Marx Brothers, along with Simon and Garfunkel.
This was in Baldwin, NY.
He surpassed me, but we were good friends, and a few shows were shared.
His name is Vito Lupo, and he still performs.
I moved to Florida at 13, and there were very few Magicians, so I started doing Birthday Parties for kids,
and events, relying more on the bought trick, then my skills.
I must have done 1 a month, and along with Lawn mowing, lakefront clearing and pool cleaning, I saved up enough.
Nothing really special about the Magic shows, other then it was a girl magnet.
I still have my Chinese Dice Box, and some wands, and the Phantom Tube Vito gave me.
Here is the Routine Vito did to win the Grand Prix in Paris.
I helped a bit....Glycerine bubbles filled with smoke, late night partying, and working on his routine.
The Pantomime influenced by Marcel Marceau, but mostly Harpo Marx.
His influence as a friend and a performer opened many doors, and his work on/off broadway
ultimately lead me to IBM, Wang, and microsoft contracts, when he "borrowed" new tech in a BetaMax Camera
and player.
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Actually, I did! Although the reading material, ahem, at 12 was of great Interest!
I bought my First Pinball when I was 11, and started playing at 3!
(Bingo Ball Roll)
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Quoted from ClarkGriswold:You're in luck (if you have the space and money) - you can purchase your own slightly used chuck e cheese animatronic show - haha
www.craigslist.org link
We have a sometime Pinsider, that Bought a whole setup like this and restored it!
My wife's First boyfriend went on to Design some of the Original Chuck E Puppets in '78...He later did the Small Aliens, on MIB.
His Prototype Moon, Hangs in our House.
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I found the Aluminum tasted better!
(pic is stock)
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Speaking of Memories, Ive been helping my 85 year old Mom.
One of the things that made her smile the most, was a Free Colorize app, that works on old BW
photos.....family memories brought back to life!
A great day down memory lane for us!
(My Father is like 15, in the photo, my grandmother, and the young boy, is my cousin, a retired 45 year career in Nuclear Fusion, and Nobel Nominee)
Quoted from cottonm4:A family of 4. Sitting in the living room eating their TV dinners. But the TV is not turned on.
Where do I get this colorize app at? That looks cool. I want to try it on some of my phamily fotos
Google play store. Several free choices under colorize photos....
Did you say, "Sugar Sugar?"
5th Grade, Im playing Trumpet at Steele School in Baldwin NY.
We hat a Small Band. "Sugar Sugar" was our debut, at a school Assembly.
Somewhere I have a cassette tape of the that. We sounded Awful!
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Does everyone have their first, or Memorable Firecracker/Fireworks story?
Me first Exposure was my older cousin, and cracker balls. Early Snap and Pops.
He lived on like the 12 floor, with a view that allowed us to watch the Verrazano Bridge in NY
being built.
We would drop them into the courtyard and scare people. My Ass was Grass!
I was 5, and got all the blame from the older boys.
Next Generation, I gave these to my son, around age 3.
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These is before Ebay, Amazon and Google, and we set up BBS with this.
I shared the software with everyone. Gosh, to think I turned down all the Jobs, like Google with Larry and Serj, or
the move to WA with Microsoft.
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I was a Superman Comic Fan, and likely have most all of my .12 Cent ones from the 60s.
They remind may of the days lying in the grass on my back reading, and watching the clouds, and the sunset,
until the fireflies came out.
Or the Smell of Coppertone, and taking a break at the beach, with the newest release.
MAD has a special place in my heart, for the Magazine, and later spending time in NY offices.
Nothing but weed and laughter!
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I remember all those songs except, "pushin too hard", which was on this thread or another.
For some reason, It hauntingly grew on me.
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Quoted from DanQverymuch:Cool! Yes, old batteries are the scourge of the vintage electronic game collector. It's noble of you to rescue that one!
Speaking of electronic games, keep your eye out, I plan to start a thread about them soon. I searched and one has never been started here. I'm going to start it off with my vintage electronic pinball games...
There was an early handheld electronic "pinball type" toy Ive seen only once on Ebay, and maybe from England?
About the size of a large cellphone, it had a metal playfield, glass or plastic covering, and what looked like old school
1930s spring bumpers. A metal ball was rolled around, I think to avoid hitting them maybe, which affected a score.
Im guessing from the 70s, to maybe early 80s?
Any ideas, anyone?
Thanks, close, but no. It had no graphics or colors. Industrial looking.
But i loved playing wildfire ages ago!
Like a miniature Hockey rink, with the ice being a brushed metal plate,
and maybe 8 spring scoring posts, scattered.
Years ago, I lost the auction at over $150.
It just looked cool as hell and looked more plain and 1930s.
Thats Amazing! Ive never seen that, before. Thank you for sharing that!
Here is a Vid for it.
Thats the period and "feel" but it was handheld, and simpler.
I do love the one you shared!!!
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Mostly Carbs/Sugars....Too much in our diets. But even those watching close can be fooled.
It can be hidden today, by changing a name.
I was just remembering toys that are not "PC" today.
I had the first two, and got into a lot of Trouble, when in kindergarten,
I went into the bathroom with the kit hidden, and came out in black face!
OMG! Was I punished! What did I know? I thought it was funny.
I guess this was the beginning of my warped humor, and deviant behavior.
It never ended, with one of the last being a Lemon Meringue Pie in a teachers Face.
Cant do that today in high school!
I wonder if Boob had the last one?
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My grandfather, somewhere around 1918, in British Palestine, as the son of a British Soldier, invented a countertop Cigarette machine, that dispensed one cigarette at a time for a coin.
I dont have any exact pictures, but I owned some US machines from that time.
When he came to the US, he continued inventing and patented a watch cleaning machine.
Ultimately, Women issues and the stock market crash in 1929 sealed his young career.
Quoted from HFK:Not as good as that Chicago dog I had at lunch today. That does look good though.
Rob and I had Lunch yesterday.....Smart Alec!
I met a Gentleman at an Antique Show at the Nassau Coliseum in 1979.
He sold me a Baffle Ball, I still have today. His specialty was Slot Machines,
and I still have more than I need of them.
We became friends, and I learned he was a Firefighter, and a Minister (for Tax reasons),
Even as a firefighter, his side business was Fireworks, and he was the big supplier in Oceanside, Long Beach, Baldwin back than. ( I sold them too, for many years, and got in lots of trouble)
He had famous fireworks parties in his long property in Oceanside. Basketball size mortars launched from buried steel tubes, just feet away, from Drunk enthusiasts, in lawn chairs.....We were actually blown back from the launch!
Eventually, one year, the Police found their way back into the woods and shut it down.
But for several years, the best show was the hour long backyard pro display.
My wife and I were eventually married by him, and slots and pins continued, as he introduced me to Steve Young,
Daniel Mead, Gordo, The Tolberts, and others in the hobby almost 50 years ago.
Every 4th, I toast Phil, and family for all he did for us.
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I first saw one of these in an Antique store around 7-8 years old in Manhattan.
It was Christmas time, and I just discovered warm brown bags of Chestnuts,
that were roasted over an open coal fire, on street corners.
(The reason I have chestnut trees today)
The weather turned foul, and the only cover was an Antique store, which isnt really
where 3 Young Boys, Wet, and fighting should go.
I remember the scolding as touching Anything, was like Instant death.
But this Box, was like a magnet to me. and it haunted me for many years.
I even tried to import them some years ago.
Lucky me, puzzlemaster.ca had restocked just a few, and it is very heavy,
and a good puzzle chest today, as it has been for centuries in India.
One Key, a double layer tumbler, a few moving pieces on the surface, and
a double lock. All hand made.
Thats a fake giant Diamond Engagement ring on top.
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The neighborhood right around us had at least a dozen boys our age.
(lots of stick ball, and a backyard big enough for a playfield)
Anyway, we didnt know how to play croquet so we just went for it like golf.....
Long distance smacking!
Put a Wooden ball through some sliding glass doors!
3 months newspaper delivery tips, and a walloping was the result.
Sending Flips to family and friends....OMG, Thats me!
(I still have my original xray specs, joy, buzzer, etc.)
I just gave my 3 year old GD, a Snake in a can of nuts!
She squealed, and said "Thats funny, its a joke!"
But they are "almonds" and the yellow snake is a "banana snake"...too smart for 3.
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At 5 years old, I was allowed to go to the movies next to my families Store in City Line Brooklyn, Alone!
(Who would do THAT Today?)
This Amazing piece of Cinema stuck with me.
Gorgeous Building!
There are a few MSM buildings in South Florida, Sarasota, still standing.
But Air Blasters were Awesome!, werent they?
Id love to see them brought back, or a modern small version!
I got in so much trouble bringing one to school, and shooting the girls skirts up. 
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Quoted from mooch:Did you ever play with one of these “Jacob’s Ladder” toys?
I could never get it to work right.
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I have one a few feet away from me right now.
Played with it when some young ones came to visit last week.
I let them all take some toys home.
Its a $25 PITA Puzzle!
The four squares move in and out, and the head goes up and down.
Some take hundreds of moves. I cant do them at all, but better than a fidget spinner to exercise the brain!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/arcWoodPuzzles?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=917409604
Heres another new one thats insane.
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I was!
I saved a lot of my toys, and my kids. My Granddaughter, 3, comes over and is in Heaven!
Im kinda weird, as I often have given to many family friends, and customers, Toys for the Holidays,
instead of something useful.
One Year, I sent out 5 pound blocks of Gold Silly Putty!
I still have a blob of it here!
20220822_200042 (resized).jpgI had a customer who worked at Crayola, I ordered something like 200 or 250 pounds, at around $3.00 a pound.
I then found an 8" display cube with a black acrylic base, and threw in a clump.
I added an engraved Plaque, and sent to my top customers as a Christmas Present.
It was very well received, and for many years, it would come up in conversation.
I felt it would be a good "Adult Silly Putty Gift"
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Hmmm Metal balls, They have the same construction method, but Likely wasnt a puzzle, likely. Maybe a Rattle Box, for sound affects?
In this case, I was on Discord. Do I know you from the Hobby, Rich?
Well, I find myself here in Florida, seeing the end of Summer.
I imagine this is now across the country, even with the recent heat
But my summer childhood in NY, would end with Labor day, packing up the lockers at Atlantic Beach, and this was a favorite song in the summer of 1970.
I never saw the video until today, and I just love the energy, Raw Talent, and Foot work!
You guys remember your Summer #1 Song?
I had 3 teachers in High School that kept Mad Dog going all day from their desk drawer.
No one complained, as a case in your cars rear window in the parking lot, meant you were cutting class, and going to the beach!
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I grew up spending summers at a Beach club, on Atlantic Beach, NY
The adults might plat Poker, Mah Jong, Dominos, or bet on the horses in NY
But my favorite, and I still have some, were the paper horse racing sheets!
Put a cigarette up to start, and each horse has a squiggly burn path to the finish!
Who would win? The let the kids get involved, and its just one of those memories, that stuck
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Quoted from cottonm4:Where can one buy these at? What are they called?
bazel wolvertine was the first artist Im aware of in this genre, Rat Fink existed separately.
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In 4th grade in Public school, I had a crush on a red head, and got on the bus to "catholic school" without permission to be with her.
Raised in a Jewish household in NY, I was certainly exposed, but when I went in and saw the worship of a Crucifixion, I had nightmares
for years!
I havent recalled that until just now.
Maybe it was the trigger that put me on my lifetime studies of Historical theology.
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