Happy Day - Page 2

ol'saltybastage · #26 07/26/2006, 02:32 PM

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Originally posted by latazyo

also, how good was nintendo cereal, it came with two different types, separated in the same box

hah, i remember that.. BTW 81 was a by far cooler year to be born.

Amy83820 · #27 07/26/2006, 03:36 PM

Happy Birthday Little Stevie!

It's not the birthday wishes that are odd.....just him

pewter_jean · #28 07/26/2006, 03:38 PM

No, infact I beleive it was way cooler to be a kid in the late 60's early 70's. We may not have had microwaves or video games. But we had a blast. Candy bars were 10cents. penny candy were several pieces of candy for that penny. Totally cool tv shows like Marcus Welby MD. Brady Bunch (when it was the original airing) Emergency, Hulk. We had awsomely cool radios that twisted open to form an "S" or close it for the "O" We had the Beatle, Who. Kiss, Eagles, Jorney. Heck, it was so great being born in the 60's, I think every other kid should get a refund. Cuz they got Jipped !

Reefer Wannabe · #29 07/26/2006, 04:17 PM

Don't forget Donny and Marie!

(Did I say that out loud?)

Kathy55g · #30 07/26/2006, 04:31 PM

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Originally posted by capncapo
I'll say nothing more than Kathy is younger than I am ........

Not possible. No one is older than I am. I am the oldest living person, except perhaps for Martin Moe, my hero.
He might be a year or two older.

pewter_jean · #31 07/26/2006, 04:47 PM

Sonny and Cher Comedy hour, We sat in our classrooms and water the first man walk on the moon. How cool was that.
We actually had high dives at the swimming pool. Our slides were as high as a house. It was a time before the goverment thought they had to protect us from ourselves.
We had the best of both worlds. We were the last of one generation, and the begining of another.

scubabill · #32 07/26/2006, 05:15 PM

That was the year I started collecting social sercurity

Letmegrow · #33 07/26/2006, 06:11 PM

In 7th grade OJ was found "not guilty", I was in music class.

That was my JFK.

Amy83820 · #34 07/26/2006, 06:19 PM

Ok. The Juice is Loose *can't* be your JFK. Pick something else

latazyo · #35 07/26/2006, 06:23 PM

I was in geography class in 7th grade when we watched the OJ verdict live

6th grade for the oklahoma city bombing

JxMetal · #36 07/26/2006, 09:13 PM

You young pup! What I wouldn't give to be that age again!

Amy83820 · #37 07/26/2006, 09:15 PM

My birthday is Sunday. I'll be 22. Again. 22 was a good year

Letmegrow · #38 07/26/2006, 09:16 PM

I thought I was older than you Jeff ?

JxMetal · #39 07/26/2006, 09:30 PM

Yes, yes you are. MUCH older.........ok only a few years. I turn 22 beginning of December.

fkdenton · #40 07/26/2006, 09:50 PM

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Originally posted by ol'saltybastage
hah, i remember that.. BTW 81 was a by far cooler year to be born.

I agree completly, 81 was THE year to be born.

chadscamaro · #41 07/26/2006, 10:18 PM

We have a lot more younger people than I thought on here !
Now I feel old and I'm not !

JxMetal · #42 07/26/2006, 10:24 PM

So Steve.....did old man Smith give you the day off?

Poof · #43 07/27/2006, 12:40 AM

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My birthday is Sunday. I'll be 22. Again. 22 was a good year

I agree! I turned 22 in May. 84' was the year to be born!

chadscamaro · #44 07/27/2006, 01:09 AM

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Originally posted by JxMetal
So Steve.....did old man Smith give you the day off?

No, I took the day off for him ! He's off tomorrow.

JxMetal · #45 07/27/2006, 04:16 AM

Kathy55g · #46 07/27/2006, 07:12 AM

The Columbine massacre happened on the day we watched a satelite feed of the Federal Drug Administration debating the merits of a potential arthritis medicine we had been working on for 10 years. We switched our attention between the feed and the TV.

JFK was killed when I was in first grade. I watched as the Arch and the late Busch Stadium were built. Howard Johnson's, Velvet Freeze, and Baskin Robbins were great places to get ice cream, all well under a dollar.

Our parents told us to go outside and play. Unsupervised. They didn't care where we went a long as we did not cross the highway. We showed up for meals and after dark, and all was well.

toungetwster · #47 07/27/2006, 06:57 PM

I was sick the day JFK was gunned down. I stayed home from school was watching T.V., when it was interupted with the news. When I told my Mom, she jumped on me and said, "Don't be telling those lies"! Then she saw the news! Anyway, I was born 3 minutes after the fourth of July, 1954. That, I believe, makes me an ole Gezzer! LOL

I remember; soda's costing 10, 1/2 gallon of milk and a loaf of bread at the corner store was less than a dollar, gas was 25-29 cents per gallon and you got Eagle stamps! Holy crap, I am old!

Kathy55g · #48 07/27/2006, 08:30 PM

Yeah, Eagle stamps... My mom let me put them in the little books....

pewter_jean · #49 07/27/2006, 08:47 PM

I remember those, I would always plan what great thing I was going to get when the book got full. Problem was, I never got to go cash in the books.
I remember the playgrounds were so different too. not plastic coated like today. I think I heard somewhere they can't even have metal slides anymore for fear the poor little ones will burn thier bums going down.
Does anyone remember the huge clacky merri-go-round thing. Looked like a badmitten birdie upside down, on a pole. That thing would sway back and forth hitting the pole in the middle. We would sit on the seats and hope no part of the body would get crushed when it came down. You definately won't be seeing any of those anymore. But I think that was my favorite on the play ground.

zt444a · #50 07/28/2006, 07:32 AM

Steve,

Happy Birthday man. I keep waiting for the uphill, both ways in the snow walk to school story from some of my fellow old geezers.

Hope you have a great day! You are as old as you feel and that becomes even more apparent the older you get. Today, I feel ancient.

Howie