I can remember when my eyebrows didn’t grow all over my face.
Old Enough To Remember?
- Thread starter Shuey
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We were so poor ,that for Christmas my mum cut the pockets out of our pants so we could have something to play with.
ToddC
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Ha..!!!!
That was my dad's line. Except it was a new pair of overalls........
Odie1
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I'm so old I remember..ah....uhm..
What are we talking about again?
Odie1
What are we talking about again?
Odie1
Mr. Bruce Jenner on my Wheaties box.
Slydynbye
Will ride for Pie
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Oh by the power of Greyskull, I just understood the meme. All this time wondering who Bruce Jenner is.
Beeflips
(it's me...Greg) Returning some videotapes
Slot car tracks, H.O. and 1/32 scale. Also Hot Wheels Sizzlers.
sherob
Old Herder of cats.
Steel Lionel trains that puffed smoke... what?!?
And now their skirts are their bras.
Uncle Phil
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I've still got my slot cars up in my garage attic - complete with some track!
diferg
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WOW Uncle Phill! I used to go to the local slot car track about 4 or 5 days a week 1964-1966 (used up all my paper route and grass cut money!) I would rewind the cox and classic motors with what I think it was #24 or 28 wire, cover windings with epoxy then balance armature with a file while it was sitting on two single edge razor blades that had been leveled in a vice with a carpenters level and polish contacts with crumpled grocery bags. Masking tape behind magnets to move them closer to the armature helped a lot also. Did very well in races, took all winnings in parts instead of track time! finally won a "Globe Screamer" (Boy that was fast) motor and shortly after track closed.
{EDIT these were using 1/32 and or 1/24 scale bodies.
{EDIT these were using 1/32 and or 1/24 scale bodies.
Uncle Phil
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Yeah, I remember those 'centers' with lots of lanes so you could 'show your stuff'! They had one even in my very small town - which did not allow any chain stores or chain restaurants to come in. I never care for the H.O. stuff as it was just small for me.
I never care for the H.O. stuff as it was just small for me.rwthomas1
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They still make slot cars! My kids have them, new digital kind that can change lanes. Very cool.
I remember my dad and older brother going to the tracks in Denver had to be mid 60's
diferg
Dan & Ingrid
talk about your small towns! my slot car experience was in Kingston, TN. in the mid 60's. But we did have a red light in the down town area!
We had two different places that had 8-lane tracks, with colored seating stations that matched the lane colors. Each station had a 3-wire 1/4" jack and three posts for alligator clips for the controller.
The tracks both had an over-and-under configuration, a long straight-a-way, and a very high banked turn. One of them also had a scale-sized 1/4 mile two-lane drag strip.
I remember the hot setup was a car with the pickup hinged at the rear of the chassis, so you wouldn't lose power or hop out of your slot when you accelerated real hard.
The tracks both had an over-and-under configuration, a long straight-a-way, and a very high banked turn. One of them also had a scale-sized 1/4 mile two-lane drag strip.
I remember the hot setup was a car with the pickup hinged at the rear of the chassis, so you wouldn't lose power or hop out of your slot when you accelerated real hard.
Odie1
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I literally spewed coffee on that last one....
Odie1
Odie1