[Qcwa] A little Christmas cheer

[lawrence campi]

Jeff I'm just a bit older @ 56  Thanks for the memories from Twimbrook 9 =
- 3914 How about the small glass bottle coke machine dispensers for 5 =
cents and then you blew over the open empty top to make whistle sounds?  =
Merry Christmas  Larry  WA5TRX=20

  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Jeffrey D Angus=20
  To: qcwa@mailman.qth.net=20
  Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 10:54 AM
  Subject: [Qcwa] A little Christmas cheer


  Just a little something to fill in between the arguments:
  How many of you remember the following?

  Head lights dimmer switches on the floor. Y
  Ignition switches on the dashboard. Y
  Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall. N
  Real ice boxes. Y
  Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards. N
  Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner. Y
  Using hand signals for cars without turn signals. Y

    ## Your too young to remember the rain gutters on automobile roofs =
##

  Older Than Dirt Quiz:

  Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told about!
  Ratings at the bottom.

  1. Blackjack chewing gum N
  2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water Y
  3. Candy cigarettes Y
  4. Soda pop machines that dispensed bottles Y
  5. Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes Y
  6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles  Y   with cardboard stoppers  N
  7. Party lines Y
  8. Newsreels before the movie  Y  AND A CARTOON
  9. P.F. Flyers Y
  10. Butch wax N
  11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (Olive-6933) Y
  12. Peashooters Y
  13. Howdy Doody Y
  14. 45 RPM records Y
  15. S&H Green Stamps  Y
  16. Hi-fi's  Y
  17. Metal ice trays with lever  Y
  18. Mimeograph paper  Y
  19. Blue flashbulb  Y
  20. Packard's Y
  21. Roller skate keys Y
  22. Cork popguns Y
  23. Drive-ins  Y
  24. Studebakers Y   My Dad had a green 4 dr. sedan
  25. Wash tub wringers  Y
  If you remembered 0- 5 =3D You're still young
  If you remembered 6-10 =3D You are getting older
  If you remembered 11-15 =3D Don't tell your age,
  If you remembered 16-25 =3D You're older than dirt!

  I might be older than dirt, but those memories are the best part of my =
life.

  I scored 17 out of 25.... Gaaaah. but I'm _only_ 50!
  Jeff
  wa6fwi

  --=20
  "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
   safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin
  "A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
  Tara Morice as Fran, from the movie "Strictly Ballroom"



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