Things of yesterday but not today

[Saroyan]

Giant American cars like a 4 door Torino with green vinyl bench seats that were a full mile across- hot as blazes in the summer- and your mom slung her arm across you (instead of using the seatbelt) if she came to a sudden stop.

[ctc]

>Yeah Mopeds are still around.

Big thing around here are E-bikes, which are like mopeds but more irritating. I ride a regular ol' bicycle, and these things clog the bike lanes, amking this weird, whiney nerd noise.

Don C.

[EmergencyIan]

Before that Yoohoo diarreah in a bottle, there was Chocolate Soldier. There was also, in my childhood home of Evansville, IN, a local drink called Ski. It was a knockoff of Mountain Dew that I thought was better. I bet Ian remembers this too...

Sorry for the delay in posting a response.

I do remember Ski, quite well. I too think that it is better than Mountain Dew. In fact, I am so fond of it that I have a vintage rectangular aluminum sign (now in a closet) for Ski. I believe that it's circa 1960s.



Ski soda is a Double Cola product and was introduced in 1956.



In fact, one bottler, in the mid-west (Exel in Breese, Illinois), was still producing Ski with pure cane sugar as late as a five years ago (they may still be doing it). Over a year or so, they sent me several 24 bottle shipments, about 7 years ago. They neatest thing about it, is that they bottled the Ski in the vintage bottles, as seen above (both types ... the bottle with people skiing is from the 1960s). They had a lot of vintage bottles that were fit for reuse. They sterilized and filled with Ski, for me.

Ok, I'm done rambling.

- Ian

PS. A country band, the Kentucky Headhunters, mentioned Ski in one of their songs, Dumas Walker

[thunderbolt]

^^^ Our current house came with Avacado green stove and refrigerator. The stove bit the dust in Hurricane Charley and the fridge left as soon as we bought the house, ice cubes wouldn't freeze in it.

[piecemaker]

maybe they figure all you can hurt is yourself on a moped? All I know is its still a way around the laws down here. Its always bums and dui guys riding them.

Yeah that may be part of it and i'm sure its a low priority when it comes to enforcement.As long as they dont break any other laws they will get away with it but if they happen to get pulled over for something else they will find out the hard way that what they thought was legal,really isn't.


At one point years ago, this myth through some loophole in some states law,probably having to do with the definition of a motor vehicle was probably true and some people used that to get out of actually being charged for an offense.These myths have to start some where,but i would think that any loophole like that was closed long ago.



Anyway back to the topic.....Another thing you dont see today is the use of the color Avocado Green on Everything from cars,furniture,kitchen appliances,etc,etc.

[Red Hulk]

I forgot about Hi-C and Hawiian Punch being in big cans.
Garment Factories
Lebanon PaperBox-my granddad used to work there they used to make School Boxes

[vulcan2074]

Smokers. Smokers as far as the eye could see.
Police that would drive around looking for bad drivers, instead of hiding in the bushes with speed guns.
Drink driving.


Hey this is my current desk phone.



Mint 1974 Telecom 802 model.

I don't use it for outgoing calls. Life's too short.

At work, this is our Crash Phone that we notify the on field fire department.
Sammy

[Captain Big Trousers]

Smokers. Smokers as far as the eye could see.
Police that would drive around looking for bad drivers, instead of hiding in the bushes with speed guns.
Drink driving.

rotary dial phones

Hey this is my current desk phone.



Mint 1974 Telecom 802 model.

I don't use it for outgoing calls. Life's too short.

[thunderbolt]

Yeah Mopeds are still around.You can even buy Kits to convert a bicycle into a "Moped".But i think thats a big misperception alot of people have about Mopeds especially the DUIers and i've went round and round with people over this,especially the DUIers.Maybe the laws in Florida are different but it makes no sense if you lose your license to operate a Motor Vehicle in any state,that some how Mopeds are exempt.Mopeds are still a motorized vehicle.You can get a DUI on a horse,a bicycle,a lawn mower or golf cart,etc.It doesn't matter,if you are convicted of a DUI,you lose your privelige to operate ANY vehicle on any State road period.Another law they just passed in Illinois is any motorized vehicle whether its actually built for On Road Use or not,you better have insurance on it or there is another reason for them to give you a ticket.
Sorry about the rant ,but that is another thing that has changed from yesterday is the increase in laws and them actually enforcing those laws.Its all about more ways to get your money,ESPECIALLY Illinois which is broke and i 'wonder' why????

maybe they figure all you can hurt is yourself on a moped? All I know is its still a way around the laws down here. Its always bums and dui guys riding them.

[Werewolf]

Children's Palace and Kaybee Toys.

[piecemaker]

we still have mopeds down here. The DUI people use them as they don't need a liscense for them.

Yeah Mopeds are still around.You can even buy Kits to convert a bicycle into a "Moped".But i think thats a big misperception alot of people have about Mopeds especially the DUIers and i've went round and round with people over this,especially the DUIers.Maybe the laws in Florida are different but it makes no sense if you lose your license to operate a Motor Vehicle in any state,that some how Mopeds are exempt.Mopeds are still a motorized vehicle.You can get a DUI on a horse,a bicycle,a lawn mower or golf cart,etc.It doesn't matter,if you are convicted of a DUI,you lose your privelige to operate ANY vehicle on any State road period.Another law they just passed in Illinois is any motorized vehicle whether its actually built for On Road Use or not,you better have insurance on it or there is another reason for them to give you a ticket.
Sorry about the rant ,but that is another thing that has changed from yesterday is the increase in laws and them actually enforcing those laws.Its all about more ways to get your money,ESPECIALLY Illinois which is broke and i 'wonder' why????

[piecemaker]

TV Dinners in foil trays
knobs on TV sets
Hi-C and Hawaiian Punch in large cans
Kodak Insta-Matic cameras
Pong video games
stereos w/ 8 track players
transistor radios
Ben Cooper/Collegeville plastic Halloween costumes

I'll think of more later.

PONG! Got it for Christmas one year.Another Awesome toy of yester year was the Tyco and AFX Slot racing tracks.

[drquest]

Anybody remember Charle's Chip when they were delievered to you at home? You left the big metal container on the porch and like magic they were filled up the next morning.

My uncle used to work for Charles Chips

[piecemaker]

Feel free to add or discuss
I was born in the 60's but still seen these things.
Today they're long gone.

Milk men ....
Yep, we used to have a milk man bring milk to our house

Ice house .....
We had a town ice house which sold huge blocks of ice.

Outhouse ....
We had indoor plumbing, but we also had an old outhouse.

• A-Treat soda outlet ....

Oh yeah,the good ole days.My StepDad was a Milkman when my Mom met him.I went out with him on his route in the early 70s during my summer vacation for a couple weeks.Man,that wore me out running all that stuff up to the house and putting it in the Milkbox.They sold milk,icecream and juice.I think he was paying me like 9.00 a day.So i guess i was a 'MilkBoy' for awhile,lol.
I remember visiting my Grandpa in rural Iowa one year and the house he was in had no indoor plumbing with the Outhouse in back.That was a treat using that,ha.We had a nice bowl to use if you had to go in the night and then dispose of it in the morning.

[Random Axe]

Before that Yoohoo diarreah in a bottle, there was Chocolate Soldier. There was also, in my childhood home of Evansville, IN, a local drink called Ski. It was a knockoff of Mountain Dew that I thought was better. I bet Ian remembers this too...