Do you remember when...

[Keeland]

(Was Nash part of Hudson?)

Hudson and Nash, two companies that were small in comparison to each of the Big 3 and in jeopardy because of that, merged to form American Motors.

Wags dubbed the resulting product the Hash.

 

[Kahaih]

Do you remember when you could go to the cinema (double feature), and buy a bag of chips on the way home and still get change out of a penny.

Do you remember when Turkana Boy worked as a Saturday Matinee usher to pay for his flint knapping lessons?

 

[JohnnyAnger]

Do you remember when you could go to the cinema (double feature)

You still can - I go to them more often than single features! Just you have to head to an independent cinema.

 

[gsdx]

I remember when Coke and Pepsi came in 2 sizes. A small bottle cost 5 cents including 2 cents deposit. A larger bottle cost 10 cents with 5 cents deposit. There were 2 sized of potato chips, too, for 5 and 10 cents.

 

[FPNY]

what about an ad for what i think was chase manhattan bank car loans that featured a "forchevamchryslerwagen" they had a car that was an amalgamation of all those car manufacturers on one car. I've checked the inter web for it and never found it. Anyone remember that?

 

[pigface]

I remember these:

You could separate the ring part, and use the triangular part as a ' spring launcher' to make the ring fly quite a distance.

 

[gsdx]

^ I remember people used to pull them off and slip them into the can through the hole... and then choke on them when they swallowed them.

Oh, and apparently thousands of people tried to get free phone calls with them in phone booths after watching War Games.

 

[seven2go]

5¢ Baby Ruth and Butterfinger candy bars and 10¢ Cracker Jacks.........

 

[peeonme]

do you remember the term "church Key"
it was used for a devise used to open beer and pop cans before the tabs were around.

 

[gsdx]

^ I'd forgotten it, but I remember it now. We used it when I was a kid.

 

[frankfrank]

what about an ad for what i think was chase manhattan bank car loans that featured a "forchevamchryslerwagen" they had a car that was an amalgamation of all those car manufacturers on one car. I've checked the inter web for it and never found it. Anyone remember that?

I assume that was their way of saying that "We offer loans for any new car that you want to buy" (and targeted to "we the people" as note the absence of Rolls-Royce, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, etc.)

 

[johaninsc]

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do you remember the term "church Key"
it was used for a devise used to open beer and pop cans before the tabs were around.

I still have a couple of those in a kitchen drawer

I think they had Miller or Schlitz stamped on them

 

[bankside]

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do you remember the term "church Key"
it was used for a devise used to open beer and pop cans before the tabs were around.

I know the object, still useful for bottled liquids, but we called it a bottle opener.

 

[peeonme]

I know the object, still useful for bottled liquids, but we called it a bottle opener.

Church key was used back in the '60's mostly by teens out killing a 6 pack of beer.

 

[DonQuixote]

We have several in the kitchen.
Non-screw-top caps and even stubborn screw-top caps on bottles.

We much more needed back in the day of reusable bottles, as opposed to today's single use/recycle bottles.

 

[gsdx]

Do you remember when car companies advertised things about their cars like anti-lock brakes, air bags, mileage, and other important features instead of being able to talk to it, being able to let it park itself for you, and being able to open the back hatch with your foot?

 

[peeonme]

Do you remember knowing what make a car was at first glance? Today you have to look for the insignia.

 

[gsdx]

^ I could never do that. I wasn't a 'car guy'.

 

[DonQuixote]

Those were the days when the different lines within a manufacturer still made unique bodies for their cars - not just a little fancier trim.

 

[peeonme]

Those were the days when the different lines within a manufacturer still made unique bodies for their cars - not just a little fancier trim.

I loved chrome, the tail fins, I really miss the cars of the 50's and60's