Quoted from mcluvin:No, Mexican Coke is the original. Made with good old cane sugar. All that other stuff is BS....
Actually, "Colombian Coke" is the original. You know, the kind that really had coke in it!
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Wichita, KS
And one more rock-n-roller check out.
Ronnie Hawkins of The Band dead at 87
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/30/entertainment/ronnie-hawkins-dead/index.html
Here’s how you really know you’re old. I had a painful blister on my right index finger. I came to find out that it’s called a “digital myxoid cyst”, and it’s caused by osteoarthritis. Basically the joint degenerates and leaks fluid into the surrounding skin. The cute PA at the dermatologist removed it for me, and asked me to come back for an annual full-body skin cancer check. Oof.
Quoted from swampfire:Here’s how you really know you’re old. I had a painful blister on my right index finger. I came to find out that it’s called a “digital myxoid cyst”, and it’s caused by osteoarthritis. Basically the joint degenerates and leaks fluid into the surrounding skin. The cute PA at the dermatologist removed it for me, and asked me to come back for an annual full-body skin cancer check. Oof.
At least she's cute!
Quoted from swampfire:Here’s how you really know you’re old. I had a painful blister on my right index finger. I came to find out that it’s called a “digital myxoid cyst”, and it’s caused by osteoarthritis. Basically the joint degenerates and leaks fluid into the surrounding skin. The cute PA at the dermatologist removed it for me, and asked me to come back for an annual full-body skin cancer check. Oof.
That. And when you are told you have to start taking blood pressure medicine 
Oh, and yes, when YOU start realizing you are old enough to be Little Cutie's grandfather. 
I have moved from "30 years younger" to "If I were 40 years younger". (sigh)
Quoted from cottonm4:Oh, and yes, when YOU start realizing you are old enough to be Little Cutie's grandfather
That’s exactly what occurred to me while I was sitting on that butcher paper with my gnarly knuckles in her hand.
Quoted from poppapin:At least she's cute!
The last dermatologist I went to was a knockout. Tall, blonde and gorgeous!
Quoted from swampfire:That’s exactly what occurred to me while I was sitting on that butcher paper with my gnarly knuckles in her hand.
What hurts the most is now that you cannot do very much about it, they are all smiles and friendly. When I was younger, they would not give me the time of day.
Quoted from cottonm4:Has anyone gone to see Top Gun Maverick? If so, what did you think?
Didn't see it IMAX but the movie was terrific, very glad to see it in the theater.
Quoted from cottonm4:I have an IMAX theatre near me. I'm thinking going to see it in IMAX.
Yes - get to it ASAP. Well done.
You know your old when Top Gun Marverick brings a tear to the eye. 
Alcona, ON
Quoted from cottonm4:Has anyone gone to see Top Gun Maverick? If so, what did you think?
I have an IMAX theatre near me. I'm thinking going to see it in IMAX.
Same..Want the full blown Imax. Good call Cotton.
Quoted from jrpinball:The last dermatologist I went to was a knockout. Tall, blonde and gorgeous!
Sugar daddy moment and you blew it!
Quoted from wolverinetuner:It seems that adults under 40 are starting to regularly call me “sir.”
It's about time..
Quoted from cdnpinbacon:Toronto Newspaper (The Glove and Mail ..an institution) babe of the year as voted by the WLA.
World Lawn Association.
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Stone Cold Fox ..also Soledad Obrien.
Quoted from ReadyPO:Didn't see it IMAX but the movie was terrific, very glad to see it in the theater.
+1 on a "regular" screen this morning. Damn good show!
Wouldn't say I teared up but did get goose bumps a couple of times.
Quoted from cdnpinbacon:Sugar daddy moment and you blew it!
Sugar daddy? She probably makes more in half a year than I've made in my lifetime!
Quoted from cdnpinbacon:Same..Want the full blown Imax. Good call Cotton.
The IMAX is only 2 miles from me. I think I will try for Wednesday when most people are at work ( or used to be at work).
Time slots are 12:15pm ; 3:35pm; 6:25 pm.
I think I'll aim for 12:15pm and hope there are a lot of empty seats.
EDIT: IMAX is 15 miles from me. The standard theater is 2 miles away.
Quoted from cottonm4:The IMAX is only 2 miles from me. I think I will try for Wednesday when most people are at work ( or used to be at work).
Time slots are 12:15pm ; 3:35pm; 6:25 pm.
I think I'll aim for 12:15pm and hope there are a lot of empty seats.
EDIT: IMAX is 15 miles from me. The standard theater is 2 miles away.
Senior discount applicable?
Every day you look at yourself in the mirror and think, " Hey, I don't look too bad, don't look too old... yada yada.
Now, whip out that cell phone and take a selfie. You are gonna say, " This is not me. I don't look this old...yada yada." But you do look this old. 
Quoted from cottonm4:Every day you look at yourself in the mirror and think, " Hey, I don't look too bad, don't look too old... yada yada.
Now, whip out that cell phone and take a selfie. You are gonna say, " This is not me. I don't look this old...yada yada." But you do look this old.
You also look better without your glasses on.
Quoted from poppapin:You also look better without your glasses on.
I think that I actually look smarter w my reading glasses on..but I still do stupid shit w them on..example poker..
Quoted from swampfire:No mo Ho Jo. The last remaining one closed today.
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I miss HO JO. I always went there for the fried clams.
Quoted from swampfire:No mo Ho Jo. The last remaining one closed today.
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Another one bites the dust!
Quoted from cottonm4:I miss HO JO. I always went there for the fried clams.
You beat me to it. I liked the fried clams too. You can still spot an old Howard Johnson’s building. Someone may paint it differently, put out a different sign, and use the building for something else, but it still looks like a HoJo.
So many businesses we never thought would go away:
TWA
Pan Am
Montgomery Ward
Sears
Kmart
American Motors
Spiegel
Burger Chef
Howard Johnson
Gottlieb
Williams
Bally
and many many more, I’m sure!
Quoted from wolverinetuner:So many businesses we never thought would go away:
TWA
Pan Am
Montgomery Ward
Sears
Kmart
American Motors
Spiegel
Burger Chef
Howard Johnson
Gottlieb
Williams
Bally
and many many more, I’m sure!
Nice rundown.
Not exactly independent companies, but Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Saturn. "Not your father's Oldsmobile" had been circling the drain for a while. But Pontiac was a surprise.
Zenith TVs. RCA TVs.
Radio Shack ( I miss my Radio Shacks ).
Quoted from wolverinetuner:I liked the fried clams too
About the time I discovered that Red Robin sold HO JO style clams, they were dropped from the menu. 
Quoted from swampfire:No mo Ho Jo. The last remaining one closed today.
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Howard Johnson's has special meaning as my aunt started working there when I was young. She and my uncle were from Florida and the most fun me and my brother and sisters had. She has passed on since then and I always remember them and her in her uniform. Getting to old I guess...
Quoted from wolverinetuner:So many businesses we never thought would go away:
TWA
Pan Am
Montgomery Ward
Sears
Kmart
American Motors
Spiegel
Burger Chef
Howard Johnson
Gottlieb
Williams
Bally
and many many more, I’m sure!
You forgot:
Eastern
Allegany
ATA (This was based out of Indianapolis)
Zayre's
Woolco
Oldsmobile
and all the arcades that I went to. 
Quoted from Grayman_EM:You forgot:
Eastern
Allegany
ATA (This was based out of Indianapolis)
Zayre's
Woolco
Oldsmobile
and all the arcades that I went to.
Mine was by no means an exhaustive list. Everyone feel free to add to it, it certainly shows how old we are (especially since you and I are equally old to the day)!
Quoted from cottonm4:Woolworth's
Kresge
Indian Motorcycles
Gibson's
Gibson-Pomida
Hudson
American Motors
Packard
Nash
Crosby..Stills
I always wondered whatever happened to Pete's Wicked Ale.
They were one of the top microbrews, and apparently just fizzled out.
Quoted from jrpinball:They were one of the top microbrews, and apparently just fizzled out.
Maybe they Petered out. 
Quoted from jrpinball:I always wondered whatever happened to Pete's Wicked Ale.
They were one of the top microbrews, and apparently just fizzled out.
They were acquired by Spoetzl Brewery in 1998, which later became Shiner (bock). They focus primarily on brown ale which is what Pete's was. So they bought their competition and sold them side by side until 2011 when Spoetzl phased out the Pete's brand and rallied/marketed around Shiner.
Quoted from superNoid:They were acquired by Spoetzl Brewery in 1998, which later became Shiner (bock). They focus primarily on brown ale which is what Pete's was. So they bought their competition and sold them side by side until 2011 when Spoetzl phased out the Pete's brand and rallied/marketed around Shiner.
Ok. Thanks for the information on that. I've tried Shiner, and thought that all their beers tasted very watery. Not unpleasant, but as if they brew beers, then cut them with water before bottling!
Quoted from cdnpinbacon:Ponderosa
Mothers pizza
I don't know if they ever had them in Canada anyway, but is Bob's Big Boy still around?
Quoted from jrpinball:I don't know if they ever had them in Canada anyway, but is Bob's Big Boy still around?
No..only big boy was here over 30 years ago?
Quoted from cdnpinbacon:No..only big boy was here over 30 years ago?
Elias Brothers Big Boy is still around in Michigan.
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