Comments on: On I Remember These http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/on-i-remember-these/ Thoughts from the Inner Mind Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:44:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: aFrankAngle http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/on-i-remember-these/#comment-9419 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:06:01 +0000 http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/?p=5289#comment-9419 John,
Be careful with Spiced. Not only is she new here and an Aussie, she probably doesn’t know how to take you. Oh no … she may see this and crack our heads together!

]]> By: aFrankAngle http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/on-i-remember-these/#comment-9416 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:58:50 +0000 http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/?p=5289#comment-9416 Spiced,
You are very welcome. Based on your post, I thought it fit … and I happen to post it not all that long ago. Wow … thanks for sharing the interesting story (of long ago) about the rifle. Thanks for visiting and sharing.

]]> By: Larry Novak http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/on-i-remember-these/#comment-9412 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:35:58 +0000 http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/?p=5289#comment-9412 FYI. I ended up paying 10.9 cents but I had to get premium to pay something. I wanted a price to show on the Photo.

]]> By: John Erickson http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/on-i-remember-these/#comment-9409 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:25:25 +0000 http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/?p=5289#comment-9409 It’s better now, Hotlyspiced. Back then, they’d just find a place to put your rifle for the flight. Today, they’d find a place to put YOU, for the rest of time! :D

]]> By: hotlyspiced http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/on-i-remember-these/#comment-9406 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:59:25 +0000 http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/?p=5289#comment-9406 Thanks for pointing me here, Frank. Loved it. Brought back so many memories. Love the one about airports having outdoor observation decks. My father went on board a plane with a rifle once and the air hostess just said, ‘Would you like me to put that in a locker for you, sir?’ Imagine walking around an airport with a rifle today!

]]> By: aFrankAngle http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/on-i-remember-these/#comment-8047 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:35:21 +0000 http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/?p=5289#comment-8047 Oh my … John and El Guapo sharing Dodge Dart stories on this site. I’m honored.

]]> By: John Erickson http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/on-i-remember-these/#comment-8044 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:28:54 +0000 http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/?p=5289#comment-8044 I was 5 when it left our lives, so I don’t remember a whole lot, but it was light blue, and when you closed the driver’s door, it made the same sound the tank hatches on an M-60 made – super-heavy steel-on-steel. I can believe, house vs. car, that the ol’ Dodge would emerge triumphant!

]]> By: aFrankAngle http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/on-i-remember-these/#comment-8026 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:45:59 +0000 http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/?p=5289#comment-8026 Guapo,
LMAO … love it. Besides, I recently heard that Chrysler is bringing back the name in a new model! Can’t wait to her about your new car. Thanks for visiting!

]]> By: El Guapo http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/on-i-remember-these/#comment-8019 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:52:04 +0000 http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/?p=5289#comment-8019 Good lord – we had a Dodge Dart. I drove it into the side of the house. Took out chunks of brick from the house.
All it did was scratch the paint on the car.

]]> By: aFrankAngle http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/on-i-remember-these/#comment-8013 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:03:02 +0000 http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/?p=5289#comment-8013 Meesh,
Glad I was able to spark a reminder of your friend. Many thanks for sharing his memory with a smile.

]]> By: aFrankAngle http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/on-i-remember-these/#comment-8012 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:01:27 +0000 http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/?p=5289#comment-8012 John,
Especially for this post, I’ve been waiting for your additions because I knew you would add good stuff. Love the push-button transmission reminder.

Regarding HeathKits, although they are no longer around, here’s a virtual museum dedicated to them. http://www.heathkit-museum.com ….. Enjoy! … and thanks for sharing.

]]> By: John Erickson http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/on-i-remember-these/#comment-8011 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:45:35 +0000 http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/?p=5289#comment-8011 I used to know how to work a slide rule – my father insisted I know in case I never had a calculator. And I remember building both our family organ (musical instrument) and B&W TV from Heathkit. The all metal cooler my dad earned from drinking Hamm’s beer. The tube tester at Walgreens, and the radio my dad still has that took almost a minute to warm up before it would play. The recording needle that fit on the old Girard turntable, so we could record our own LPs. LPs at 78 rpm, including the whole bundle of Japanese music my dad brought back from his Army tour in Korea – all marked with “Made in Occupied Japan”. Cars with manual chokes and carburetors. The Dodge Dart with the push-button transmission my dad traded in on our 1968 wagon.
Okay, I’ll stop now…. :)

]]> By: Meesh http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/on-i-remember-these/#comment-8010 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:59:21 +0000 http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/?p=5289#comment-8010 Hahahaha I forgot about that scene. Charlie, my friend, got his tongue stuck while going up. (No, he wasn’t hanging up there Ha!) The monkey bars structure was all made out of metal.

Come to think of it Frank, not sure what was funnier, him or watching two nuns climbing up behind him with their full habits. Nevertheless, because of Charlie, the monkey bars became off territory in the cold weather…Here in Canada, it can be almost five months.

Like your friend who you recently lost…Charlie passed away while we were in high school, I am sure he’s looking down and smiling as I type this. We never let him forget about that one. Ah Memories, eh?

]]> By: aFrankAngle http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/on-i-remember-these/#comment-8006 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:14:03 +0000 http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/?p=5289#comment-8006 Les,
And looking back at TV at that time – lotsa cheese! But hey, that’s in retrospect. And I agree – today is just different cheese, but still cheese. Thanks for visiting and commenting.

]]> By: bestbathroombooks http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/on-i-remember-these/#comment-8005 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:06:50 +0000 http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/?p=5289#comment-8005 Yeah, Frank! I thought those 1 hour football summaries were better than the games. It was more dramatic. And Batman–it’s amazing what cheese we enjoyed back then. The world is changing, but I’m not sure the cheese tastes that much better.
Les

]]> By: aFrankAngle http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/on-i-remember-these/#comment-8001 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:46:30 +0000 http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/?p=5289#comment-8001 Otto,
Pre-cable TV takes nostalgia to another level because so few can relate. I recall being in Italy (long ago) when commercials did not interrupt movies … thus a 15 minute or so block of commercials before the movie. But I don’t recall that in the US. How about Norway? … but a coin in a TV? Wow … a new one to me.

Being a photographer, I imagine you have seen MANY changes in equipment! After all, I can’t recall the last time I saw a photographer using a light meter. Thanks for visiting and commenting.

]]> By: munchow http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/on-i-remember-these/#comment-8000 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:31:44 +0000 http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/?p=5289#comment-8000 Thanks for the memory lane. Some of your past stops don’t quite cross my world, but it was fun to follow you. Like I still have no idea what Howdy Doody is (except you put up a video in one of your answers), but I remember having to put a coin on the first TV we got and I remember when flying wasn’t any hassle as today (before security took over life at the airports). Fun read.

]]> By: aFrankAngle http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/on-i-remember-these/#comment-7999 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:27:47 +0000 http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/?p=5289#comment-7999 Eva,
First of all, someday you’ll be looking back at your life at things today that are long gone. And when you do, I hope you think “I remember a post long ago … :) .

As for Howdy Doody, find my reply to Nonnie as I provided an old video clip.

So for you, two things about Fizzies … this website (http://www.fizzies.com/) and the video below. Thanks for stopping.

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