wheatonFJR
...
10.
memories for thos of us older than dirt
- Thread starter Feejer/Weejer man
- Start date
Help Support Yamaha FJR Motorcycle Forum:
wheatonFJR
...
SacramentoMike
Not Safe For Work
Oh hell, I watched Lassie before they had Timmy. Remember Jeff? And his pal Porky?well no, but I did watch Lassie...Do you guys watch "Mad Men" - tv series set in early 60s. GOOD show
Patriot
Isabella is Lazarus
nope, but I guess after Timmy and in color was Cory the Forest RangerOh hell, I watched Lassie before they had Timmy. Remember Jeff? And his pal Porky?well no, but I did watch Lassie...Do you guys watch "Mad Men" - tv series set in early 60s. GOOD show
my kids growing up would ask me what were my fav shows as a kid at their ages;
when Nickelodeon started showing reruns of classics: Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, Roy Rogers, Lone Ranger - I recorded them - back then to Beta or VHS
as soon as they would play them to check it out, they said the TV broke as the color "went out"
when I explained they were filmed in black and white, they said the shows were "below them" and never watched the tape(s) again :angry2:
and it comes to mind when I found out that Lassie had a wang up under all that fur, I was very upset and disillusions that they lied to me...and then the next day my friend told me there was no Santa and... :assassin:
Last edited by a moderator:
HotRodZilla
GOD BLESS AMERICA
You just wait 'till I tell Carrie you said she looks like an Armadillo!! :huh:That's a very odd picture of Hot RodZilla! Why isn't there an Armadillo under AJ's left arm?
Fixed. No need to say thanks.
Last edited by a moderator:
Khunajawdge
Toto El Mundo!
For me, most of the above is good stuff!
So.... knowing what we know, how did we F_ _ k this up?
So.... knowing what we know, how did we F_ _ k this up?
Joe2Lmaker
Well-known member
The damn test is RIGGED!
There were only four I didn't personally experience. I didn't just hear about 'em!
I must have been raised in a museum or an antique shop or something.
'cause there's no WAY I'm as old as the rest of you FJR riding Geezers!
fjrchooser
Well-known member
I still have many of the items mentioned but my favorite by far was the party line. Ours was shared by a rather cranky lady who was ALWAYS on the line. The phones made an audible relay click when you picked up the receiver giving you away to those already on. She'd snarl "ITS BUSY !" before you had a chance to discreetly hang up.
Most people took this as their signal to cut it short and clear the line for at least a few minutes, but she never got it.
One day, after about the tenth try in an hour hoping for an open line I lost it and replied "No **** lady, it's always busy ! ". My Dad, usually deaf as a doornail and standing a few feet away promptly slammed me to the floor with a single smack to my melon. Didn't see that coming.
We were also taught to be polite to adults no matter what kind of aggravation one of them gave you.
Most people took this as their signal to cut it short and clear the line for at least a few minutes, but she never got it.
One day, after about the tenth try in an hour hoping for an open line I lost it and replied "No **** lady, it's always busy ! ". My Dad, usually deaf as a doornail and standing a few feet away promptly slammed me to the floor with a single smack to my melon. Didn't see that coming.
We were also taught to be polite to adults no matter what kind of aggravation one of them gave you.
Last edited by a moderator:
Cavy
Well-known member
When I was about five I broke the windshield of my uncle's '51 Plymouth with my head as I was standing on the passenger seat and he had to hit the brakes.
There were no child seats or seatbelts for that matter. Probably made me the man I am today.
I can remember all those things. I used to love candy cigarettes.
There were no child seats or seatbelts for that matter. Probably made me the man I am today.
I can remember all those things. I used to love candy cigarettes.
Bugnatr
Well-known member
Remember the starter button for the car was down by your foot.
My teen age son informed me that I'm "so old I was busing tables at the last supper"
My teen age son informed me that I'm "so old I was busing tables at the last supper"
Last edited by a moderator:
charismaticmegafauna
Well-known member
That system eliminated alot of potential electrical gremlins: ignition switch/starter button, starter relay, and starter solenoid. When you pushed on the post on the floor, you mechanically connected the cable from the battery to the starter motor windings -- as simple and basic as it gets.
Well, almost... At about that same time, cars still had holes below the radiator to access a special bolt/nut on the front of the crankshaft that allowed the engine to be started with a hand-crank.
T
Tim05fjr
Guest
I used to have an old Land Rover. It had a crank starter as a back-up. Even though it was A 1973 truck, it looked very old in design. My buddies would always make fun of it.
One night we were out driving around and we stopped to hang out in a parking lot where a bunch of other friends were. After an hour or so we went to leave and the battery was too weak to crank it over. As they all were making fun of me and my old POS truck, I just calmly walked to the back of the truck and retrieved the crank from under the rear seat, then to the front and cranked it up. The look on all their faces was priceless!!!!
One night we were out driving around and we stopped to hang out in a parking lot where a bunch of other friends were. After an hour or so we went to leave and the battery was too weak to crank it over. As they all were making fun of me and my old POS truck, I just calmly walked to the back of the truck and retrieved the crank from under the rear seat, then to the front and cranked it up. The look on all their faces was priceless!!!!
WBill
Well-known member
I still miss kick starters on motorcycles, though I can see how it wold be hard to kick start my FJR. WBill
SacramentoMike
Not Safe For Work
:lol: :lol: :lol: Got a son like that too. I was bragging about the National Parks pass I got last year--gets you into any N.P. for free the rest of your life. I called it a "Golden Age" pass.
Kid says "They should've called it a Bronze Age pass." Punk.
Last edited by a moderator:
wfooshee
O, Woe is me!!
A friend and I were chatting about TVs we had in the families as kids. Of course, TVs "back in the day" had to warm up: you turned it on and waited 2 or 3 minutes for stuff to start happening. They also had clunky rotary tuners: chunk- chunk- chunk- to change channels. Then you had to hit the fine-tuning dial, which was a ring outside the main dial. Then you hit the horizontal and vertical hold knobs as needed. Once the picture was stable and "clear" you hit the brightness and contrast. If you had a color set, you also had color and tint. Sometimes you had to go back to the fine tuning to get the color, too.
It's no wonder you found a channel and stayed there. If you didn't change channels you only had to do all these adjustments every fifteen minutes or so.
My cousin's dad bought a Sylvania set in the mid-60s, color, with REMOTE!!!!!! The remote was a box he kept at his chair, and he hit up or down, and the set would turn its own knob with a motor, and stop on the channels he'd set the little catches for. Of course he still had to get up to do the other stuff, or just deal with whatever came up when it landed on a channel.
I thought that set was The Bomb, because ours was black-and-white, and we had to operate the knob by hand.
Dad had a "hi-fi" set, too. Built it himself. The cabinet, bigger than the TV was, had an AM radio, a speaker, a record player (the kind with the heavy tone arm that could play 72s) and a 10 or 15-watt amplifier. Only needed about 25 vacuum tubes, took 3 or 4 minutes to warm up.
Why am I telling you guys this? Every one of you here grew up with the same stuff, except that upstart kid HotRodZilla.
It's no wonder you found a channel and stayed there. If you didn't change channels you only had to do all these adjustments every fifteen minutes or so.
My cousin's dad bought a Sylvania set in the mid-60s, color, with REMOTE!!!!!! The remote was a box he kept at his chair, and he hit up or down, and the set would turn its own knob with a motor, and stop on the channels he'd set the little catches for. Of course he still had to get up to do the other stuff, or just deal with whatever came up when it landed on a channel.
I thought that set was The Bomb, because ours was black-and-white, and we had to operate the knob by hand.
Dad had a "hi-fi" set, too. Built it himself. The cabinet, bigger than the TV was, had an AM radio, a speaker, a record player (the kind with the heavy tone arm that could play 72s) and a 10 or 15-watt amplifier. Only needed about 25 vacuum tubes, took 3 or 4 minutes to warm up.
Why am I telling you guys this? Every one of you here grew up with the same stuff, except that upstart kid HotRodZilla.
I remember our 1st color tv.
The NHL expanded to 6 teams and my dad couldn't tell them apart anymore on the B&W tv. That's the ONLY reason we got it.
No remote tho......and he never bought a dishwasher.
"what do I need a dishwasher for when I have you 3 kids?"
I did dishes at home right up until he passed. Bugger...*L*
The NHL expanded to 6 teams and my dad couldn't tell them apart anymore on the B&W tv. That's the ONLY reason we got it.
No remote tho......and he never bought a dishwasher.
"what do I need a dishwasher for when I have you 3 kids?"
I did dishes at home right up until he passed. Bugger...*L*
Bustanut joker
Well-known member
Oh boy. How many had to go outside and turn the antenna because the 'old man was to cheap to buy a rotor let alone a color TV.. We didn't have one(color) till '75..
Seriously... I remember going to the grandparents house and actually listening to old tyme music on the wax tubes via Victrola type machine. We and they was kinda poor.
Might be why I enjoy livestock so..
:jester:
Seriously... I remember going to the grandparents house and actually listening to old tyme music on the wax tubes via Victrola type machine. We and they was kinda poor.
Might be why I enjoy livestock so..
:jester:
Last edited by a moderator:
FJRay
Well-known member
We used to wait for the weekend to listen to the radio shows. My dad liked Gunsmoke and Jonny Dollar. We didn't have a TV until somebody gave my dad one and he had to see if he could fix it.
I still drive the 48 Ford coupe he bought new. My wife still won't try to shift it.
I still drive the 48 Ford coupe he bought new. My wife still won't try to shift it.
The "start button" in my first car, a '57 Buick Special, was in the gas pedal. To impress a girl on the first date, I would get her to push the button on the glove box and I'd press the gas pedal at the same time. They thought it was so cool that they helped to start the car! Of course it opened up all kinds of opportunities for a good line...."Start me up, baby!"
Last edited by a moderator:
