Old Enough To Remember?

bdalameda said:
yep - It was a 1957 Mercedes 190 sedan that was passed down to me starting from my mother to my brother to my sister and then to me. When I finally got rid of it it was pushing 800K miles. The radio was a Blaupunkt.
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Blaupunkt (Bosch) was a quality product! Used to have one in a Camry back in 91... great removable CD player! I was looking to drop a Nakamichi in the car, but they were looking at 10 weeks for it to arrive... needed tunes NOW! :nuts:
 
Recently on the Timmelsjoch I met a group of bikers riding 50cc Kreidler, Zündapp, Horex and Simpson mopeds. The bikes of my youth, now that was a blast from the past.
 
Being born in 64, a few years later, around 69-70, I played with gumby and pokey, slinky, spirograph, etc.

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Also, talking about the cold war, we had two or three booklet at home, from the civil protection of the canadian government, that my mom had ordered, and it was showing how to make a nuclear shelter at home, list of items to keep in there, how long you should plan to stay, etc.

I still remembers one of the drawing was showing a car stopped in the middle of the road, with the door still open, and the driver jumping on the ditch on the side of the road, with a nuclear mushroom visible on the horizon.
They were explaining that if you were, say 15 miles away, you still had only a few seconds before the blow from the heat wave hit you, and just by being in the ditch, that could protect you from the wind blast and severe burns. Yep... cold war.... the fear of a nuclear nuke was really present.

My mother let us read those booklets, because they were explaining that parents should explains to their kids what to do, etc. But.. yes, I also had comic books and kids stuff.
 
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ChriSTian_64 said:
Being born in 64, a few years later, around 69-70, I played with gumby and pokey, slinky, spirograph, etc.

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Also, talking about the cold war, we had two or three booklet at home, from the civil protection of the canadian government, that my mom had ordered, and it was showing how to make a nuclear shelter at home, list of items to keep in there, how long you should plan to stay, etc.

I still remembers one of the drawing was showing a car stopped in the middle of the road, with the door still open, and the driver jumping on the ditch on the side of the road, with a nuclear mushroom visible on the horizon.
They were explaining that if you were, say 15 miles away, you still had only a few seconds before the blow from the heat wave hit you, and just by being in the ditch, that could protect you from the wind blast and severe burns. Yep... cold war.... the fear of a nuclear nuke was really present.

My mother let us read those booklets, because they were explaining that parents should explains to their kids what to do, etc. But.. yes, I also had comic books and kids stuff.
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I was born in 61... in San Diego CA. Was a Navy brat, stationed in SoCal (Long Beach/Wilmington/San Pedro) and Ewa Beach HI during my Elementary School years. They would test airaid sirens on base, Duck and Cover days, hide under a desk? :rofl1: If you were on the playground, hit the ground and cover your head with your arms? :nuts:

Those were the days... :biggrin:
 
sherob said:
I was born in 61... in San Diego CA. Was a Navy brat, stationed in SoCal (Long Beach/Wilmington/San Pedro) and Ewa Beach HI during my Elementary School years. They would test airaid sirens on base, Duck and Cover days, hide under a desk? :rofl1: If you were on the playground, hit the ground and cover your head with your arms? :nuts:

Those were the days... :biggrin:
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Or a picknic blanket if I remember.
 
sherob said:
Old enough to remember hearing the national anthem played when stations went off the air, and when they came back on the air.

Also remember the RCA broadcast test pattern would be displayed after the national anthem.

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I remember seeing this several times a day as there was no local broadcast show that filled in the gaps in network schedules. Until the local affiliates caught up AND the networks themselves filled in, dead periods. We would wake up to the pre dawn farm reports, then blackness until Captain Kangaroo came on. Another dark spot or two until it was soap opera time, then pretty consistent until the 10pm news ended. Sundays were dark until noon or so until the locals began showing old military newsreels. Didn't take too long for the locals to realize commercial money was really profitable and the dead spots filled in. Now we can watch tv 24/7 and there's still little worth watching.
 
I am so old that i remember daily pledging allegiance to the flag and morning prayer in school.

school also had a supply locker where you could buy a 5 cent pack of paper.

I also remember When your newspaper was delivered to your door daily (I carried AM & PM) by a 12-year-old kid on bicycle for 50 cent a week.
 
sherob said:
Old enough to remember hearing the national anthem played when stations went off the air, and when they came back on the air.

Also remember the RCA broadcast test pattern would be displayed after the national anthem.

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That test pattern was usefull to adjust the focus, vertical and horizontal size and displacememt on the TV set. I remember playing with these buttons, trying to find best adjustments.
 
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