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I was really excited to get a remote controlled robot that even picked stuff up. Christmas morning and the thing didn't work. When we returned it to the store a couple days later there were stacks of them behind the desk. Seems even if you got a working one it didn't last long.
Tobor is robot spelled backwards, what a concept. The commercial made it look like you had complete control but in actuality it would only go forward and turn in a circle. As for picking stuff up you had to perfectly ram the arm into the support module so that never worked either.
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Quoted from mooch:Trick and Treat was shown on “Garfield Goose and Friends” hosted by Frazier Thomas, which aired weekday afternoons after school on WGN. In between puppet skits, they showed various short cartoons and films like Clutch Cargo, Spunky And Tadpole, The Mighty Hercules, The Funny Company and the timeless classic Chatter’s World.
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Any NTN Buzztime trivia players here?
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I used to spend a lot of time in the 90s at BW3 playing that all night. So many stories.
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Quoted from onemoresean:Remember Tv POWWW?
I was on the Cleveland version of the show. I won a handheld Coleco electronic football.
Quoted from onemoresean:This was my daily diet in the 70’s
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Taco Doritos are the best. They still sell them but only in certain areas. Haven't been able to get any here for years now.
Quoted from OLDPINGUY:Heres one for the memory check.
I received mine in the 1960s, for the Bronx zoo.
An Elephant Key, for Talking Storybooks!
In looking this up, I just learned, other zoos had them too![quoted image]
I still have mine from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. They used to have a small train that ran around the outer edge of the zoo and you could ride tortoises as a little kid too. As a kid the zoo and Sea World were my favorite places.
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Quoted from mooch:Can it core a apple?
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That might be my favorite episode. Unfortunately the joke would be lost on a lot of people today.
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Quoted from Mr68:How many of you remember this book?
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One of the most heartbreaking things I ever saw was at the state fair years ago. It was towards the end and a young girl around 12 or 13 was hugging a cow and crying her eyes out. Most people don't know these kids spend a year raising and caring for these animals and at the end of the fair they are auctioned and most go off to slaughter.
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Quoted from pinwiztom:For some reason I remember it being at Thanksgiving Time, not Easter?!?!? in the early 60s
Could be my memory ain't so good now
I remember Thanksgiving as being King Kong. Looked forward to it every year.
Quoted from cottonm4:And for the next 4-5 years it was a battle between the kids, their parents, and the school principle as to how we kids could wear our hair.
I still find it funny that the early Beatles were considered long hair, half of them their hair didn't even touch their collar. I was told as long as I lived at home my hair had to be kept cut and I couldn't move out until I was 18.
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Quoted from mooch:I was crushed when Chef Boy-Ar-Dee discontinued its boxed Goulash Dinner. My late-1960s childhood favorite! I asked my Mom to make it for dinner as often as possible. The meatballs in this stuff were so good! But apparently the rest of the world did not share my love for this product. It disappeared after only a year or two. Today, it wallows in obscurity with very few images of the box online. But I remember you Goulash Dinner!
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Being Hungarian I will tell you that is no goulash. Goulash does not have meatballs and that is not how Hungarians enjoy goulash.
I had that Star Trek magic slate.
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Quoted from mooch:How old were you before you could tie your own necktie? I’m embarrassed to admit it, but my Dad had to tie my tie for me until I was about 20 years old.
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Never learned how. I would always have someone to do it for me. In my adult life I have only worn a tie a handful of times besides bow-ties for tuxedos.
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Quoted from OLDPINGUY:Thanks! Ill take it! Have my 4th Heart procedure on Thursday....Need another 30 years!
I want to grow young!
Damn, I was just thinking I should call you tomorrow to see how things were going.
Everything will be good and I'll talk to you soon.
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Quoted from Luckydogg420:Nice S- - - - . No more hints. Can you see it too.?
I've always been able to see these right away and my vision is crap.
I like these too, the fun part is trying to turn them off if you can.
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We used to go to DQ for burgers and such. For ice cream we would go to Baskin Robins, my parents considered it 'real' ice cream where as DQ wasn't.
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Okay, we've all seen them but none of us are that old.
Quoted from dirkdiggler:My mom didn't have a ET finger but I was horrified when I found her toy drawer looking for Xmas presents
Yeah, I didn't just find a toy but a couple of Polaroids too. 
Quoted from Atari_Daze:While we did not have one of these when I was doing the lawn as a yute, two of my neighbors did. Always thought they were so weird with the staggered wheel![quoted image]
We used those along with the Jacobsen reel type mowers for the high end yards. I used to do the lawns that were the same as putting greens in the wealthy neighborhoods back in the 80s. They put out a great pattern. I used to do designs in the lawns like a stadium.
Quoted from mooch:That Harlem Drive-In ad was dated January 9, 1970. It was open all year round and they did have heaters. I remember using one in the car. Looks like there were a few different heater models.
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Could you imagine the liability issues if that was today?
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Quoted from cottonm4:The anodized colors remind me of those aluminum "glasses" my aunt had back in the 60s. Same colors.
I just figured out what "The smoker's friend" is. Those are cigarette snuffers.
I was kind of curious how many people had ever seen these or knew what a snuffer was.
Quoted from bssbllr:Grandma took to the Neil Armstrong museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio several times as a kid. So when I got the chance I was able to take my children and it was still as kool as always.
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Grew up right by the NASA Lewis Research Center in Cleveland. Loved going there as a kid. Cleveland had some really great museums.
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I think I got mine at TJ Maxx. Of course you had to make sure the pins were in the exact same spot as that picture.
Quoted from cottonm4:I lived in Arlington TX in early 70s. On Sunday, you walk into grocery store and more than half the aisles were roped off. You could buy some food but not all of the food offerings. That was bizarre. I think it was in 1975, right before I left Texas, that the blue laws were done away with.
Texas still has some crazy liquor laws, I think. One county will be wet and the next country is dry. When I lived there, anything east of the Trinity River was wet. And the industrial road that was on the west side of the river was a shopping center of liquor stores. And then westward for 15 miles all of Dallas County was dry until you got to the Dallas/Tarrant County line where it was wet again. And there was a huge shopping center of bars with any kind of bar action you could want. It was called The County Line.
Did you like to dance? There was Deb's Danceland. Did you like to get drunk and pick fights? There were a couple of bars for that, too. Down at the south end were the go-go bars ( titty bars were not legal, yet). And it was safe. I never heard of anything bad happening.
And during those days with the wet and dry counties, it was legal to carry an open beer can while behind the wheel.
But the grocery stores had to have their aisle roped off on Sunday.
I regret I never got to see Mickey Gilley's place.
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This is the little boy peeing toy I remember.
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Quoted from cottonm4:I always thought the Pinto was a nice looking body style. And I have always liked station wagons. I never drove one, but always thought they looked nice.
I never was a big fan of the Maverick, but bought one while in the car biz. It was a nice driving car. I was impressed.
My mom had a Mercury Bobcat which was the same car as the Pinto, it really wasn't a bad car. My brother also had a Maverick but it was a rust bucket when he got it.
I am still a fan of the Mustang II and wouldn't mind finding a nice one some day.
1977-ford-mustang-cobra-ii (resized).jpg1977-ford-mustang-ii (resized).jpgQuoted from mooch:Remember when Jeno’s Pizza Rolls were a new thing? They first appeared in the late 60s as a spin-off of Chun King Egg Rolls. At a party, each batch would get gobbled up in seconds after coming out of the oven.
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Jeno's was the shit then I think it was in the late 90s they became Totino's and they just weren't the same.
Costco carries Pappalo's and they must have the original recipe because they are great. Usually $9.99 for a box of 2 50 count bags but they go on sale for $6.99 all the time. I know they aren't exactly healthy so I only have a few every month or so but damn they are good.
Quoted from mooch:My teacher at school will never know I have a cap gun. It’s cleverly disguised as an ordinary lighter and cigarettes.
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My high school had a courtyard in the center where you could smoke until the early 80s.
Quoted from cottonm4:I was kicked out of high school for smoking. Twice ! One week each time. For the first time, I did not know the school sent a letter in the mail to my parents. Busted !
The 2nd time around, I watched that mailbox like a hawk and made the interception
I got written up twice at my old job for smoking in a vehicle, someone complained there were ashes on the floor. I went to my boss right away to let him know and was told not to worry about it, he said the vehicles were usually so dirty how would anyone know. The person who was in charge of vehicles was an old bitter drunk woman and her only joy in life was making things difficult for others. She passed away from drinking about a year after she was fired.
Never had a problem with smoking in school, one teacher even told me the best place to smoke at.
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Quoted from bicyclenut:Do you ever ask for a raw egg in your Orange Julius? It made it really creamy
I have never asked for a raw egg in anything. I loved Orange Julius back in the day and never knew this was a thing or completely forgot about it.
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Quoted from mooch:Remember “cum gum?”
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Yep, there is a flashback.
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Does everyone remember what this tap went to?
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Quoted from dirkdiggler:Anyone know what these are? The left ball slides from one end to the other. Can't figure it out. Is it complete?
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Quoted from kungfucop:Here is the craptacular Energized Spiderman toy from the 70's that only the rich kids had while I oogled over the commercials and could never convince my parents to splurge for.
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I had a friend with divorced parents and they both would buy him every toy ever created while I was happy with kites and army men. He would hook me up with firecrackers though.
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Quoted from swampfire:I love my little Bob & Doug diorama. They’re kinda dwarfed by the Replicades. Take off, eh?
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That is awesome.
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Quoted from OLDPINGUY:Just bought a can of Pik Nik String potatoes!
Chili dogs, topped with them!!!
My childhood relived this weekend!
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Not as good as that Chicago dog I had at lunch today. That does look good though.
Quoted from OLDPINGUY:Rob and I had Lunch yesterday.....Smart Alec!
Once again, thank you for lunch and everything else.
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Quoted from mooch:Does anybody still play croquet?
I once saw a croquet set in my Grandpa’s garage when I was a kid in the 60’s.
I had my uncle set it up in the yard and I played a game with my cousins.
But no adult in my family was interested.
It seemed like croquet went out of style long before I showed up.
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The park around the corner from me put in croquet fields a few years back. Everyone dresses in solid white, not a hint of color anywhere and nobody under 70.
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