Finish this sentence! I remember a time when.............

[Newtire]

.22 shorts were cheaper than longs and longs were cheaper than Long Rifles. .55 , .65 and .75 per 50 round box in that order.

[lylejb]

going to the S&H green stamps store was a treat.

[km101]

going to the S&H green stamps store was a treat.

Or when there WAS an S&H green stamp store!

[RayinNH]

going to the S&H green stamps store was a treat.

My first fishing reel, a Berkely push button came from there. Cost, one book. I still have it fifty three years later but no longer use it...Ray

[RayinNH]

Jeeze Loiuse, double post.

[WILCO]

Jeeze Loiuse, double post.

Still counts!

[WILCO]

Everybody had a C.B. radio and foul language was discouraged.

[dagger dog]

Top Value trading stamps from the local Kroger store.

25 cent haircuts, Vitalas hair lotion and combing your hair into a DA.

Sock hops during lunch hour and Friday in the local school gym, doing the Stroll.

Keeping a dime in your penny loafers in case you need to use a phone booth to call home.

Calling "shotgun" to ride copilot if you weren't driving.

Pitching in two bits with 3 other guys to get enough gas to cruise the strip.

Being able to tell the difference between '49'50'51 Fords and their flat head engines.

Ordering a vanilla phosphate at the local drug store soda fountain.

This thread is darn near enough to bring a fella to tears !

[10-x]

Going on a date , holding hands and NOT expecting to get anything but a kiss goodnight!!!!

[WILCO]

Every vehicle had a cigarette lighter and a honest to God full sized spare tire.

[snuffy]

When my buck fifty allowance would buy enough bubble gum for a week,(14 pcs. for a 2-a-day chew), A pack of BB's, a bag of pees for the pea shooter, and a bottle of Coke!

Other needs were met by mowing the neighbors lawn for another 2 bucks. A quarter of which got a highly illegal pack of cigarettes to be taken in the deepest woods to be smoked. I just paid 25 bucks for a kid to mow my lawn that's ¼ of what I used to mow.

Major money was made by helping the local farmer bale hay. 6 hours of sweating in that metal roofed haymow was torture, but that 15 bucks sure went a long way.

Middle of June meant strawberry picking time. Some sunburn, but every quart was worth 20 cents.

Fair time in the fall meant if you were lucky working for the carnies during the fair.

Dadgummit, there I go rambling again, file it in the for-what-it's-worth-department!

[RayinNH]

When the TV guy would show up at your house with a black case full of tubes, and it would usually cost less than five bucks to get you back in service.

[TXGunNut]

When the TV guy would show up at your house with a black case full of tubes, and it would usually cost less than five bucks to get you back in service.

One of my first jobs was at a grocery store. Hardware department had a rack full of tubes, you could bring in your old one(s) and match it up with a new one.

[slim1836]

My Colt 1911 (made in 1917) was bought from a washtub full at the hardware store for $29.95, gas was .17/gal, cigs were .19/pack, and condoms were a quarter each.

[Frank46]

My brand new dodge dart with stock 318 engine which I drove for 15 years.1970
When penny candy actually cost a penny
When milk shakes cost a quarter
When gas was 25 cents a gallon
When I used to get paid in cash
Frank

[WILCO]

A new Matchbox car would keep a boy busy for hours.

[357maximum]

Watching EJ Potter make a run on his 327 bike back when I worked for Chrysler at the old dodge main plant

I was raised 1 mile from EJ's house/workshop, hunted his lands and killed coon/rabbits in his yard. You should have seen the things he never took public.

[dpunch]

We took shotguns into the school for trap shooting unit in gym class.

[smkummer]

In the late 70's, it was suggested as a topic for high school rifle class, that I bring my USGI 1911A1 to school and show the class how to take it apart and clean it. The instructor was my (dad's) FFL and he ordered it for us for I believe $150. He was also my wrestling coach. This was Minot, ND. I was the one that didn't think it was a good idea.

[1Shirt]

So many good ones here. But I also remember when Castboolits was new. And my handle 1Shirt was on the first page of #. Now it is on page 9. And now that seems like a long time ago.
1Shirt!