Remember?
Happy middle-of-the-week to you. Thanks for stopping by.
Recently I was prompted to remember a couple of things from way back when, and began to think of more such items that fit that description. Glance through the list and see which of these YOU remember (bearing in mind that we're not all in the same age range), listed in no particular order:
A mail truck that was essentially a slow three-wheeled go-kart that would only hold the driver
Superhero TV shows that sought to capitalize on the popularity of "Batman," like "Captain Nice" and "Mr. Terrific"
Speedy, the Alka-Seltzer mascot/commercial character
Johnson Smith, a novelty company
Columbia House, seller of recorded music by mail
Trading stamps (in my part of the world we had both S&H Green Stamps and Top Value Stamps)
The Osmond Brothers appearing on the "Andy Williams Show"
Nancy Sinatra singing a duet with her father Frank called "Something Stupid"
Baseball players before facial hair came back into style
The first personal computer you ever saw
Your first pocket calculator
Protractors and compasses
Magic 8 Ball
Those plastic pencils that had six or seven lead cartridges inside; when the one you were using got dull, you'd pull it off the top, insert it in the bottom of the pencil, and a new lead would then be exposed
Parkay margarine commercials where the carton says "butter" (note: my grandchildren love all of these)
Playing any sport in cheap sneakers
Ruining baseball cards by putting them in the spokes of your bicycle (they always worked better than playing cards, in my experience)
Evel Knievel
H.R. Pufnstuf
The breakup of the Beatles
The death of Elvis Presley
The death of John Wayne
Feel free to respond in the comments with some that YOU remember!
Recently I was prompted to remember a couple of things from way back when, and began to think of more such items that fit that description. Glance through the list and see which of these YOU remember (bearing in mind that we're not all in the same age range), listed in no particular order:
A mail truck that was essentially a slow three-wheeled go-kart that would only hold the driver
Superhero TV shows that sought to capitalize on the popularity of "Batman," like "Captain Nice" and "Mr. Terrific"
Speedy, the Alka-Seltzer mascot/commercial character
Johnson Smith, a novelty company
Columbia House, seller of recorded music by mail
Trading stamps (in my part of the world we had both S&H Green Stamps and Top Value Stamps)
The Osmond Brothers appearing on the "Andy Williams Show"
Nancy Sinatra singing a duet with her father Frank called "Something Stupid"
Baseball players before facial hair came back into style
The first personal computer you ever saw
Your first pocket calculator
Protractors and compasses
Magic 8 Ball
Those plastic pencils that had six or seven lead cartridges inside; when the one you were using got dull, you'd pull it off the top, insert it in the bottom of the pencil, and a new lead would then be exposed
Parkay margarine commercials where the carton says "butter" (note: my grandchildren love all of these)
Playing any sport in cheap sneakers
Ruining baseball cards by putting them in the spokes of your bicycle (they always worked better than playing cards, in my experience)
Evel Knievel
H.R. Pufnstuf
The breakup of the Beatles
The death of Elvis Presley
The death of John Wayne
Feel free to respond in the comments with some that YOU remember!
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