Old Enough To Remember?

I'm so old I remember when Hot Wheels came out...
I'm so old I have a first edition of the book that started me on the path to being on this and other motorcycle forums:
The Mouse And The Motorcycle...
 
Igofar said:
One of my favorites.
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I met her here in Portland back in the 80's. She loved that I still had my copy from 1965. Oddly, my life is filled with friends that are famous authors these days, but I'm still in awe of that meeting with her...
 
Roger. said:
Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop anyone?

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I used to work in the entertainment industry (A few friends and I formed a magic and comedy troupe in high school, that went on for years after) and one night we're at a presentation dinner. Sherry and her husband were at a table near ours, and the waiter brought a large bowl/tray festooned with shrimps to their table.
Her husband stared at them for a moment, and muttered, loud enough for us to hear "Please dear god don't let her make the shrimp talk..."
 
Re: Topo Gigio, that was the rule when I was a boy too.

Funnily enough, my son who’s probably never seen Topo Gigio, has nicknamed me that for years…

Thanks that, Slydynbye!
 
schlep1967 said:
If you had one of these
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You probably know how to work on your bikes electrical system.
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I did, and I certainly do! I started around six years old building foxhole radios and adding home phone extensions, and later automotive wiring like stereos and cruise controls.

I'm now an electrical contractor and also do low-voltage work like audio/video, computer networking, cameras, automation, etc. I even put a Rostra cruise control on my '96 Nighthawk 750.

I have one for my 1100, but I'm waiting to install all of the electronics and lighting mods at one time, hopefully over this coming winter.
 
once long-long ago i had a "crystal" radio that had no battery or power source and almost no volume in the headphones.
i have no idea how the electronics of the ST-1300 work!
 
drbuzzard said:
did anyone mention those milk trucks that delivered most dairy products and eggs, we had twin pines in my area
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Hadn't thought of this in many years . . . Borden's Dairy delivered to our house in the Cincinnati area. We'd get 4 quart bottles of milk put in an aluminum sided insulated box on our back porch. That was when the top was sealed with a cardboard like "pog" with an inch or two of sweet cream at the top of the bottle. Delicious.
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Shuey
 
We had not only a milk delivery truck come to our house but there was also a Bakery truck that came through the neighborhood. As kids we called him the Donut Man as he would sell donuts to kids for a nickel, I can remember anxiously waiting for him on Saturdays.

I can remember so vividly opening the glass milk bottles. The bottles had a waxed cardboard plug in the top that you had to peel a tab up to pull it out.

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