Assorted Bytes

May 3, 2008

How Old Are You?

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How many of these do you remember?

1.  Blackjack chewing gum

2.  Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water

3.  Candy cigarettes

4.  Soda pop machines that dispensed bottles

5.  Cafes with tableside juke boxes

6.  Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers

7.  Party telephone lines

8.  Newsreels before the feature movie

9.  P.F. Flyers

10. Butch wax

11. Telephone numbers with letter prefixes

12. Peashooters

13. Howdy Doody

14. 45 RPM records

15. S&H Green Stamps

16. Metal ice cube trays with levers

17. Mimeograph stencils

18. Blue flashbulbs

19. 3-in-1 oil

20. Beanie and Cecil

21. Roller skate keys

22. Cork popguns

23. A&W drive ins

24. Studebakers

25. Wash tub wringers

If you remembered 0-5, you’re still young; 6-10, you’re getting older; 11-15, don’t tell your age; 16-25, you’re older than dirt.

April 8, 2008

Celebration

Filed under: Uncategorized — helianthus43 @ 4:07 am

ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK, KU !!

March 28, 2008

Hello world!

Filed under: Uncategorized — helianthus43 @ 4:09 pm

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