[Qcwa] A little Christmas cheer

[Tom Repstad]

Regarding my last post, it was not the "Firebirds" it was the "ThunderBirds"

--Tom
K1VG


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey D Angus" <jangus@socal.rr.com>
To: <qcwa@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 11:54 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.
> Ignition switches on the dashboard.
> Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall.
> Real ice boxes.
> Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.
> Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner.
> Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.
>
> 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
> 2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
> 3. Candy cigarettes
> 4. Soda pop machines that dispensed bottles
> 5. Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes
> 6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
> 7. Party lines
> 8. Newsreels before the movie
> 9. P.F. Flyers
> 10. Butch wax
> 11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (Olive-6933)
> 12. Peashooters
> 13. Howdy Doody
> 14. 45 RPM records
> 15. S&H Green Stamps
> 16. Hi-fi's
> 17. Metal ice trays with lever
> 18. Mimeograph paper
> 19. Blue flashbulb
> 20. Packard's
> 21. Roller skate keys
> 22. Cork popguns
> 23. Drive-ins
> 24. Studebakers
> 25. Wash tub wringers
>
> If you remembered 0- 5 = You're still young
> If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
> If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
> If you remembered 16-25 = 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
>
> -- 
> "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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