Some early attempts

We had no SSnumbers, nobody was secure

We didn't have burber king, fire was still a theory by some crazy guy down the street

The dead sea was just starting to fill up

Soddam and Gamora were in Nevada.  Some think that they are still there under an assumed name.

Ponce DeLeon tried for years to discover the Fountain of Youth.  A few weeks after he gave up, Dick CLark was seen walking out of the woods.

My first driver's license was written on a clay tablet, in cuneiform

My high school track team had dinosaurs on it

Social security numbers were only four digits long

In school, there was no history class

Burger King was still a Prince

The Dead Sea was just starting to get sick

Cain and Abel signed my yearbook

Fred Flintstone owes me a dollar

only NASA had the new "radar range" and could afford them.

Pactric McNee was Secret Agent man.

Man in Space was a new show.

Victory at Sea was starting its first season

More shows:  Whirlybirds

                   Science Fiction Theater

                   One Step Beyond

                   the Lieutenant

                   Navy Log

                   West Point

                   Supercar

                   Galant Men

                   Astro Boy

                   8th Man

                   Man and the Challenge

                   Man in a suitcase

Brontosaurus was still a dinosaur

Pluto was still a planet

Thalidomide was the new "Wonder Drug"

Scientists were warning us about Global Cooling, and feared another ice age

Rap (rap) verb [slang] to talk; chat

Sean Connery was James Bond. Roger Moore was Simon Templar.

Saying: "You sound like a broken record" made sense

When listening to Jimmy Hendrix on the "8-track", at certain points the music would stop in the middle of a song. After a moment you would hear a loud mechanical ‘Ka-Chak!', at which point the music would resume

Woody Allen Movies were still relevant, and Mel Brooks movies were still funny

Being a hunter did not make you a social pariah

Two words: Corduroy Pants

Two more words: Station Wagons

And yet two more: Hood Ornaments

Yul Brenner starred in anti-smoking ads... after he died of lung cancer.

So did John Wayne

Rich people could cook food in a "Radar Range"

"Plastic" was an insult

"Wood Paneling" was an acceptable choice in interior décor, especially if you also had "Shag Carpeting"

Sheppard Paine made flyers entitled "Diorama Tips" for inclusion in Monogram kits that made us all want to be model builders

Lenny Bruce...drunken comic

Rowan and Martin comedy team...bad jokes covered up by Goldie Hawn in a bikini

William Shatner sang about being the "Rock-it Man" while smoking and drinking on TV

Civil defense drills, w/ that cute children's tune: "Duck...and Cover!"

Being 'gay' meant you were happy

Getting arrested and hauled down to the station...for being a teenager out after curfew

Women smoke and drank while pregnant

McDonald's had a sign that said: "Over 3 million served"

When a man said he was "going out for cigarettes", he wasn't going out for cigarettes

Indian motorcycles had a "Suicide Clutch", the stick shift was mounted to the left of the fuel tank

The National Guard were the Bad Guys

Iran and Iraq were the Good Guys

People actually sat in front of their TVs and watched "The Munsters"

Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon did dog food commercials live on "The Tonight Show"

Joey Heatherton was a girl's name, and the hottest girl I had ever seen

This has been a Quinn/Martin production

Foster Brooks...comic drunk

Hudson and Landry comedy team..bad words were covered up with various noises

Leanard Nimoy singing about Bilbo Baggins on the various music shows from California.  (Where the Action Is and so on)

The TV would shut down at the end of the day and reopen with the national anthem

Loss of picture during a broadcast would result in a test pattern or a still frame and a voice requesting you to "Please Stand By"

At night a viuce would come on and ask "It's 10:00 O'clock, do you know where your children are?"

The Flintstones was for adults only

THe beverly Hillbillies would do cigeratte comercials. Granny would say "Winston tastes good, like a cigarette had oughta"

a show in color would be announced that it was in color, example:  "The Invaders..In Color"

cars on shows actually kept their company and model markings displayed

In the original outer limits, the good guys won

Sounds like y'all grew up under very different circumstances than I did...

My Huffy had a banana seat and ‘chopper style handlebars, and I didn't need a helmet to ride it

I could ride my Huffy anywhere, as long as I didn't cross Broad Street into the Italian neighborhood, or go north of City Hall into the black neighborhoods, and stayed out of Chinatown in Central City.

One loud bang was "backfire", three or more bangs in sequence was "gunfire"

Watching ten square blocks of north Philadelphia burn over the course of three days because police chief Williams dropped a bomb out of a helicopter onto the MOVE compound

On a snowy night, you could read outside at midnight by the light of the refinery flares

Minimum wage was $1.50, but a stolen screen door would get you $20 at the junkyard. At 14 years old, crime does pay, if you don't mind running down the street carrying a screen door

A "Lid" was not something you put on a jar, or a hat, but a very specific unit of measurement

The phrase "Dropping a Dime" made sense

The punch line "Dave's Not Here!" never failed to make a certain crowd laugh

If you wanted to buy condoms, you had to ask the pharmacist for them

Diapers were made of cloth. When soiled, you washed them, bleached them and reused them. They were held on w/ "Safety Pins"

A "Saturday Night Special" cost less than a Saturday night out

Lee Marvin, Steve McQueen and Sam Peckinpah

Everyone thought that Archie Bunker acting like a bigot was funny

Jesus was a conscientious objector, you may be thinking of Juan or Jose

The letter "Q" was not yet widely accepted as a letter of the Alphabet

One day they made the announcement we would be getting a machine to connect us to the NCIC.  On mids they practiced at the desk running names.  Someone got the idea to put in the base commanders name.  His kid poped up for a few violations included a weapons charge.  They had to turn it over to the OIC for hte ight who had to inform our commander who had to inform the base commander. 

 used any kind of vehicle available for patrol.  Try pulling someone over in a 1 1/2 ton steakbed truck.

no actual dedicated police cars until 1976 when we got our first Volare'

car dealers had plastic models of their products that you could pick up when you bought a new car

cars had white wall tires that covered the entire side of the tire up to the tread

tires had tubes inside

The first firebird cars were experimental  and powered by a turbine engine

the mustang was brand new and put on display at the New York World's fair with the firebird cars and the X-15

Shae stadium opened up and could be seen from the fair

our family had a Pierce Arrow and a Mercury with spotlight/mirrors

It was still easy to find cars with wood spoked wheels

I remember spending a lot of time ironing fatigues, polishing shoes and my holster,handcuff, first aid, and ammo pouches. 

Our training books in school covered the M-1 carbine and M-16

spent weeks at Camp Bullis (partly rented from the army) running around the artillery ranges on manuvers being careful not to trip on anything laying around.

helments were steel with a fiberglass liner, sometimes with a cammo cover

harnesses were if you could get them.  some had left overs from WWII/Korea

some M-16s were equipped with the M147 grenade launcher

also had the XM-174 automatic launcher.  No safety but could spit out a clip of 12 in about 12 seconds.  No spare parts so broken ones were cannibalized for parts.

you had to know how to drive a stick to get a government license.

sirens on our cars and trucks were mechanical, not electronic.

The most advanced watch could wind itself by your wrist motion and had the day displayed.

steam radiators to heat the house

air conditioning...open the window

automatic transmissions were optional

A neaarby military installition held open houses on armed forces day

my first military portable radio was about 1 1/2 inches thick, and about 9x12 inches.

sport shoes..Converse, canvas sides black and white only.

Kids listened to their parents, yeah I did that on purpose. :D

The biggest crime a kid did in school was put gum under the desk, or get in a fight, or chase a girl (GASP).

Lincolns were the biggest cars on the planet.

Men actually had "Men's Clubs."

Star Trek came BEFORE the first Moon landing.

Doors didn't open when you approached them.

Cell phones didn't exist.

Calculators took up entire rooms and used tape, or punch cards.

You could walk on the street at night. (Even though everyone was already asleep)

Streets were safe, schools were safe, crack was in a sidewalk...... 

For those who don't know or have never seen one, here's a key punch card:

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I kept some from when I was in the 5th FIS.  I couldn't tell you what the event was that the pilot had accomplished now without the key book.

here we go again:

hanging clothes out on a line..who could afford a washer AND a drier?

hanging a rug on the same line and beating the dirt out of it

AM transistor radios from Japan with a plastic case and ear piece to listen when you are supposed to be asleep.

suply of 9 volt batteries for the afore mentioned radio

the hood of my brother's 5os something ford flying open in a turn as we went down a hill

being called out of class to meet the rest of the school in the gym/dinning area/auditorium to watch a space launch on the school's only TV (B/W)

practicing air raid drills at school

hearing the daily air raid siren go off everyday at 5pm

using that siren as a signal to head home for dinner

being able to go out after school and wander just about anywhere to play

Going with my parents to a friends house and sneaking off with his kids to sneak onto a government facility that stored war surplus equipment

fenced in fields with rows of turrets and other parts from bombers being scrapped

Men were men and acted like it.

Refrigerators were still made by Philco.

Women were women and acted like it.

Lionel made trains that lasted forever.

Slot car racing was still a craze.

NASCAR was a bunch of moonshiners trying to beat each others records.

You could smoke in elevators, Hospital waiting rooms and theaters.

Cars were made of steel and were like driving your living room.

Kids listened to their parents..... 

Cosmic J wrote:

Coke came in glass bottles, and you needed a device called a "Bottle Opener" to drink it Crushing a beer can w/ your hand was an actual feat of strength My father's Oldsmobile had fins on the rear My mother's stereo was 5 feet long by 3 feet high, and it was made of wood Bakelite was also used for some telephones Lawn darts were legal Tamiya? Who's that? Computers used punch cards to store data. God help you if the card tray spilled... My apartment building has a coal chute now

Coke came in glass bottles, and you needed a device called a "Bottle Opener" to drink it

Crushing a beer can w/ your hand was an actual feat of strength

My father's Oldsmobile had fins on the rear

My mother's stereo was 5 feet long by 3 feet high, and it was made of wood

Bakelite was also used for some telephones

Lawn darts were legal

Tamiya? What's that?

Computers used punch cards to store data. God help you if the card tray spilled...

Light switches were little knobs. You literally turned on the lights

My apartment building has a coal chute now

These are all very kewel!  I like your Slug Salvage Craft.  Makes me think of an early Puddle Jumper from "Stargate: Atlantis". 

My aunt had a wind up victrola in her basement

My father still had some of the steel needles

he also had a telegraph key unit ( I have it now)

Railroad transformers used bakelite housings

Fouintain pens had to be loaded using a bottle

school desks were made of wood and iron with an ink well and groove for pencils

my house had a coal chute

one of my oldest brother's girl friends lived in a house with an outhouse.

I bought a car brand new, for 1,500 dollars.

Talk about the good old days. BTW, I've been meaning to tell you, I love your sig. I too am a LL fan. Been a fan of RA Heinlein for a long time. Like his older work the best. 

Cosmic J wrote:

ikar01: Here's older, they just did the four basic functions. And:  cars didn't have seat belts          some cars had vacuum powered wipers          only the luxury cars had A/C...the rest of us had wing windows          no power brakes or steering          AM only          no rear window defoggers I got that beat. I think I got that beat. We copied our model designs onto wood, with Carbon Paper. We didn't have photocopiers, so we Mimeographed our designs. Burned out vacuum tubes (looted from our 11" black and white TVs) were a source of super-detail parts. Car antennas were extendable (by hand), and made a cheap source of tubing, as long as you didn't get caught. Captain Kirk was thin.

G.I. Joe was 12" tall

The Invaders might make a mirror duplicate of you, but Captain Scarlet was unkillable

The Beach Boys were both Hip and Cool

Records came in three types: 33rpm, 45rpm and 78rpm (‘45s' required an adapter in the center)

Televisions had two knobs. One for VHF stations and one for UHF stations. Reception depended on "Rabbit Ears"

Using a rotary phone to call numbers like MAryland 6-5432

Frog models had the pilot molded as part of the fuselage, on kits you bought at Woolworth's

Soldier figures were easy to paint. One color: Testor's OD Green

Leonard Nimoy as a chainmailed alien with a rocket powered space craft  (In reruns, I'm not old enough to see the original run)

getting on the roof to adjust the TV antenna

having the picture go weird when an aircraft flew by

seing a KC-97 flying low altitude with a flight of fighters in trail

manual choke on your dashboard

speedometer going to 120

breaking open lightbulbs for the broked filiments for communication cords.

Aurora kits with solid wings and national markings stamped into them

Here's older, they just did the four basic functions. And:  cars didn't have seat belts          some cars had vacuum powered wipers          only the luxury cars had A/C...the rest of us had wing windows          no power brakes or steering          AM only          no rear window defoggers

I got that beat. I think I got that beat.

We copied our model designs onto wood, with Carbon Paper.

We didn't have photocopiers, so we Mimeographed our designs.

Burned out vacuum tubes (looted from our 11" black and white TVs) were a source of super-detail parts.

Car antennas were extendable (by hand), and made a cheap source of tubing, as long as you didn't get caught.

Captain Kirk was thin.

Here's older, they just did the four basic functions.

And:  cars didn't have seat belts

         some cars had vacuum powered wipers

         only the luxury cars had A/C...the rest of us had wing windows

         no power brakes or steering

         AM only

         no rear window defoggers

ikar01:

Not sure, I'll try again.  It could have been me.  I wasn't brought up around these things.  When I graduated High School the hand held calculator had just come out and cost a couple hundred dollars.

Yeah! I had one of those. The buttons 'clicked' and it had LEDs for the numbers.

, now I feel all old...

ikar01:

How's that?

Much better.

Not sure, I'll try again.  It could have been me.  I wasn't brought up around these things.  When I graduated High School the hand held calculator had just come out and cost a couple hundred dollars.

How's that?

Alot nicer than than the models I was building in the '70's.

The salvage craft photos don't show on my computer. Is the problem at my end or yours?

I like the camo/markings on the tank.