For you Baby Boomers...

**CosmicPal** · 02-20-2007, 10:24 AM

This is a cool site.

Remember the Klackers? The Whee-Lo? Remember full-service gas stations? Candy cigarettes and wax lips? Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots?

Then, this is the site to spark all those childhood memories for you...

http://www.irememberjfk.com/mt/

38yrsfan · 02-20-2007, 10:58 AM

yep, brings back a few memories ..... thanks

Stewie · 02-20-2007, 11:08 AM

Heh, push button car radios. Hell, my mom had a Dodge station wagon that had a push button gear selector.

**HemiEd** · 02-20-2007, 11:12 AM

Lots of fun on there. I had forgotten about biting into those wax things to get the colored water out.

**HemiEd** · 02-20-2007, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stewie

Heh, push button car radios. Hell, my mom had a Dodge station wagon that had a push button gear selector.

It had to be a 56 to 64 model.

chagrin · 02-20-2007, 11:14 AM

Hey, I'm not a baby boomer and I know many of those things

Kraut · 02-20-2007, 11:15 AM

Hell, I'm a Gen Xer and remember that stuff

chagrin · 02-20-2007, 11:19 AM

True, I wasn't around when they all first started, or came out, etc

**chefsos** · 02-20-2007, 11:33 AM

Oh, man. That Mattel Thingmaker was frickin' awesome.

bbbaldie · 02-20-2007, 06:43 PM

Thanks, Cosmicpal, and all others for your kind words.

I was thrilled when Lenny, Otis, and the rest evened up the AFL score in 1970. When Jan couldn't make a field goal against those stinking Dolphins in postseason 1971, AARGH!

And I created the I Remember JFK site in November.

I'm coming off a couple of traffic blasts, from Pirillo's Picks and a mention on CBS's The Early Show last Saturday.

I'm a Boomer, born in 1959, and I'm having an absolute ball putting my memories out there, and I'm getting a response like I never imagined.

Please keep tuning in, I post a new memory daily. AND THANKS AGAIN!

**Skip Towne** · 02-20-2007, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stewie

Heh, push button car radios. Hell, my mom had a Dodge station wagon that had a push button gear selector.

We called that "typewriter drive".

bbbaldie · 02-20-2007, 07:14 PM

http://www.irememberjfk.com/mt/2007/...smissions.html

**sd4chiefs** · 02-20-2007, 07:15 PM

http://www.irememberjfk.com/mt/2007/...ills.html#more

Boy were these a pain in the ass. I used them in college. You would create a program with them and give it to the computer center to run. It would take a couple of hours to get it back only to find out it did not run because you made a 'keypunch error'. It was just one step away from stone knifes and bear skins.

**Bob Dole** · 02-20-2007, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sd4chiefs

http://www.irememberjfk.com/mt/2007/...ills.html#more

Boy were these a pain in the ass. I used them in college. You would create a program with them and give it to the computer center to run. It would take a couple of hours to get it back only to find out it did not run because you made a 'keypunch error'. It was just one step away from stone knifes and bear skins.

Quote:

Punch cards used to be one of our most common sights. Dumpsters outside office buildings would contain hundreds of thousands of them, long before recycling caught on.

Does this mean Bob Dole's dad was a trendsetting ecologist? When we asked for toys, we got a box of old punchcards. Recycling at its finest.

**Bob Dole** · 02-20-2007, 07:28 PM

The Big Chief tablet one is good.

Bob Dole finally realized he was officially old when one day at work, he informed a constantly confused computer end-user that if she didn't stop calling, Bob Dole was going to take her computer away and give her a Big Chief tablet and a fat pencil.

She had no clue what Bob Dole was talking about.

02-20-2007, 10:24 AM
CosmicPal Learn it. Know it. Live it. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Casino cash: $10004900	For you Baby Boomers... This is a cool site. Remember the Klackers? The Whee-Lo? Remember full-service gas stations? Candy cigarettes and wax lips? Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots? Then, this is the site to spark all those childhood memories for you... http://www.irememberjfk.com/mt/
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02-20-2007, 10:58 AM	#2
38yrsfan Veteran Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: In many minds, rent free. Casino cash: $9945667	yep, brings back a few memories ..... thanks __________________ During the 75 season the Chiefs mascot Warpaint would circle the field after a touchdown. This prompted a great quote from long ago Raiders coach John Madden after the 42-10 loss at Arrowhead. "We couldn't beat the Chiefs, but we damn near killed their horse."
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02-20-2007, 11:08 AM	#3
Stewie MVP Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: West of the Equator Casino cash: $1959901	Heh, push button car radios. Hell, my mom had a Dodge station wagon that had a push button gear selector.
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02-20-2007, 11:12 AM	#4
HemiEd Supporter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ozarks Casino cash: $3330564	Lots of fun on there. I had forgotten about biting into those wax things to get the colored water out.
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02-20-2007, 11:14 AM	#6
chagrin Giggitty! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Missoula, Mt Casino cash: $9914905	Hey, I'm not a baby boomer and I know many of those things
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02-20-2007, 11:15 AM	#7
Kraut Don't Make Me Angry... Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hells Kitchen, NY Casino cash: $9984925	Hell, I'm a Gen Xer and remember that stuff
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02-20-2007, 11:19 AM	#8
chagrin Giggitty! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Missoula, Mt Casino cash: $9914905	True, I wasn't around when they all first started, or came out, etc
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02-20-2007, 11:33 AM	#9
chefsos Fifty eight sixty two... Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Felton, DE Casino cash: $8507676	Oh, man. That Mattel Thingmaker was frickin' awesome.
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02-20-2007, 06:43 PM	#10
bbbaldie Rookie Join Date: Feb 2007 Casino cash: $10004925	Thanks, all Thanks, Cosmicpal, and all others for your kind words. I was thrilled when Lenny, Otis, and the rest evened up the AFL score in 1970. When Jan couldn't make a field goal against those stinking Dolphins in postseason 1971, AARGH! And I created the I Remember JFK site in November. I'm coming off a couple of traffic blasts, from Pirillo's Picks and a mention on CBS's The Early Show last Saturday. I'm a Boomer, born in 1959, and I'm having an absolute ball putting my memories out there, and I'm getting a response like I never imagined. Please keep tuning in, I post a new memory daily. AND THANKS AGAIN!
Posts: 6

02-20-2007, 07:14 PM	#12
bbbaldie Rookie Join Date: Feb 2007 Casino cash: $10004925	(ahem) http://www.irememberjfk.com/mt/2007/...smissions.html
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02-20-2007, 07:15 PM	#13
sd4chiefs error 404 Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Bizarro World Casino cash: $8830445	http://www.irememberjfk.com/mt/2007/...ills.html#more Boy were these a pain in the ass. I used them in college. You would create a program with them and give it to the computer center to run. It would take a couple of hours to get it back only to find out it did not run because you made a 'keypunch error'. It was just one step away from stone knifes and bear skins.
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02-20-2007, 07:28 PM	#15
Bob Dole King Shit of **** Mountain Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Texarkana, Texas Casino cash: $2634497	The Big Chief tablet one is good. Bob Dole finally realized he was officially old when one day at work, he informed a constantly confused computer end-user that if she didn't stop calling, Bob Dole was going to take her computer away and give her a Big Chief tablet and a fat pencil. She had no clue what Bob Dole was talking about.
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