Thursday, May 14, 2009

My Life, so far – a work in progress

I am sharing this with you today because it ended with a double dog dare to pass it on. To remember what a double dog dare is, read on. And remember that the perfect age is somewhere between old enough to know better and too young to care.

How many of these do you remember?



  1. Candy cigarettes

  2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside

  3. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles

  4. Coffee shops with table side jukeboxes

  5. Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum

  6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers

  7. Newsreels before the movie

  8. P.F. Fliers

  9. Telephone numbers with a word prefix... (Raymond 4-601).

  10. Party lines

  11. Peashooters

  12. Howdy Doody

  13. 45 RPM records

  14. Green Stamps

  15. Hi-Fi's

  16. Metal ice cubes trays with levers

  17. Mimeograph paper

  18. Beanie and Cecil

  19. Roller-skate keys

  20. Cork pop guns

  21. Drive ins

  22. Studebaker

  23. Washtub wringers

  24. The Fuller Brush Man

  25. Reel-To-Reel tape recorders

  26. Tinker toys

  27. Erector Sets

  28. The Fort Apache Play Set

  29. Lincoln Logs

  30. 15 cent McDonald hamburgers

  31. 5 cent packs of baseball cards - with that awful pink slab of bubble gum

  32. Penny candy

  33. 35 cent a gallon gasoline

  34. Jiffy Pop popcorn

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Whether you like this and agree with me, or not, thank you for your comments. I normally do not purge an individual comment, unless it is obscene or obvious spam. If you have a question, do feel free to e-mail me at this address rulesforlife@gmail.com – Stan W.