Lost Words From Our Childhood!

[woody1]

That'll happen when pigs fly!

[woody1]

"If you can't find it, grind it".

Grind me a pound.

[Smoke4320]

that mans got deep pockets and low morals

[Smoke4320]

you can that a redneck out of the country but you cant take the country out of a redneck

[buckwheatpaul]

jumpin' jeehosafat

[buckwheatpaul]

Mrs. buckwheatpaul used to say: "rid up" .... she is from PA.

[Winger Ed.]

Overhaul kits for Holly (& other) 4BBL carburetors. .Mallory dual points distributor.
Setting your points with 'feeler' gauges and using a timing light. National top speed limit 55mph. 'Cheater' slicks.
'3 duces' / '6 pack' carbs, or a pair of Holly 650 'double pumpers' with tunnel ram on a 429 Cobra Jet.
'White gas' for 15 cents a gallon-- in your own can. 105 octane Leaded 'premium' gas for 33 cents a gallon.
A '2-55 air conditioner'---- going 55mph with both windows rolled down.
Steering wheels and shifters that didn't lock. No seat belts. Bias ply tires. '8 track' tape player.
'Mom's car' usually had a 400 + horse power big block V8 and weighed almost 5,000 pounds. Turbo 350 and 400 Transmissions with no overdrive.
Big luxury cars were available with a 'trailer towing package' and "posi-track" rear ends.

A '64 Stingray still smelled 'new'.

Shop tools with no plastic in them. 'Long distance' phone calls went through various 'big city' operators.
Since your phone number might be: 'FLeetwood' or 'CApital' 1-2345--- you used those letters on your rotary dial phone.
There were no Postal 'ZIP' codes, and all mail was sorted by hand.
Steel toys from Tonka and Erector sets. Kid chemistry sets that you could make gunpowder with.

Eating at the local 'greasy spoon'. Burger King Whoppers on a Kaiser roll so big it was hard to finish one.
Sneaking people into the drive in theatre by hiding in the trunk.
Having a 'DA', 'crew', 'Beatle', or 'buzz' haircut.
Without a Poloroid camera, you took your film to the drug store to be turned into pictures.... or slides.

Being 10-12 years old and buying ammunition and BBs (100 pack for 5 cents) at 7-11. '7-11' meant 7AM to 11PM.

When you wanted something, Dad always asked, "Do you think money grows on trees"?

At the military surplus store, you could actually buy real military surplus from WWII that was dumped onto the market.

[MyFlatline]

Dwell meter, that throws the new guys for a loop.. then toss out wouble stick and the are lost. Couldn't adjust the points on a Cheby without them

[high standard 40]

Dwell meter, that throws the new guys for a loop.. then toss out wouble stick and the are lost. Couldn't adjust the points on a Cheby without them

Dwell was 28-32 degrees on most V8s.

[Les Staley]

Kmart (just getting started from Kresges) sold tune up kits for most cars (points, condenser and roter) for $2.39. If car started running rough, pull over, pop the distributer cap, file the points with the wife's nail emory board, set the gap useing a matchbook cover (pretty close to 016 thousandths) and hit the road to K mart.

[JWFilips]

To Follow up Winger Ed:
Overdrive!
3 on the column or 4 on the floor!

[woodbutcher]

Then there`s:
Carrying the mail.
Balling the jack.
Terms for very fast drivers.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

[one-eyed fat man]

One I heard on a few occasions, "I brought you into this world, and by God, I can take you out."

[AZBronco]

I`m saving up to buy....

[Winger Ed.]

I`m saving up to buy....

That went away with 'hula hoops', rabbit ear antennas to get in the 3 TV stations, and steel roller skates that clamped onto your saddle or penny loafers.
Also gas stations with a service bay & mechanic on duty, and you had to get permission to pump your own gas, then go inside and pay.

[buckwheatpaul]

dagnagit!

[Winger Ed.]

Mom would say, "Those kids are running around like a 33 & 1/3 record played on 78".

Grandma's cure for any illness was 2 table spoons of Castor oil.
Grocery stores only had paper sacks. Meat came in white paper wrappers.
Mom packed your steel lunchbox with a sandwich wrapped in wax paper.
You stood in line for your new prison made license plates that all expired on the same day every year.
You returned your empty glass soda bottles for deposit when you got refilled ones.
People knew what a 'church key' was for.
There was a very good reason you checked the oil and tire pressure whenever you got gas.
Nobody knew 'white gas' or the cheapest 'no Lead' was a perfect substitute for Coleman fuel.
If you drove a pick up truck into the city- you were some kind of really poor country bumpkin.
In older houses, you still occasionally saw Deerborn or even open flame gas heaters.

[WheelgunConvert]

Only you can prevent forest fires
Ask what you can do for your country, not what your country can do for you.
Smokey
If I tell you a rooster can pull a freight train, you better harness him up
Flipped chicken

[mold maker]

This thread should be called "Giggles and memories".

[Smoke4320]

in like flynn