Back in the day.

[tr206]

Yeah same up here. A lot of stuff we did back then would land you in prison nowadays.

[luvrbus]

Up till the mid 80's you drive and drink a beer going down the road in Texas the Germans and Boeheim's that made up Texas never drank water.Pot was never a problem because I never tried it because you knew if you were caught it was jail time in a big way there and we all knew it back then,I did try my 1st and last gummy bear about 4 months ago  .I was told it would help me sleep better didn't work for me,Van is still LHAO     

[bobofthenorth]

Sidney I. Robinson (S.I.R.)  They were a mail order gun seller out of Winnipeg (I think). They used to send out a yellow newsprint flyer about every month back when we could still own weapons.  They must have bought up bulk lots of military surplus because they always had WWI and II firearms and usually some pretty good sales. They also sold ammunition and all sorts of firearm paraphernalia. Unfortunately at that time I had even less money than I have now so I didn't stock up as much as I should have. For long arms you just mailed in your cheque and a few weeks later the gun showed up at the post office. Handguns were slightly more complicated - you had to be on the "nice" list with the feds and the weapon came to the local cop shop but it was still no big deal.

Not like today where we're not even allowed to look at pictures of weapons. I'm afraid to Google online vendors for fear the black helicopter will start circling. Note that's helicopter singular - we've probably only got one.

[DoubleEagle]

Do you guys remember J.C Whitney catalog back it the day? Pop use to buy model T parts out of it? and if you didn't get what you needed on Saturday you were screwed until Monday out in the boondocks anyway couldn't buy anything on Sunday.

I remember J.C. Whitney alright, also known as J.C. Witless for their ordering performance. The actual beginning of that catalog was the one by Warshawsky & Co in Chicago. Back in the sixties both catalogs existed and they were identical with the fine print descriptions, the only difference was the headers on the pages and the front cover. A garage mechanic once told me that they changed the name because Warshawsky sounded too ethnic.

That was the era of Polish jokes, like how many Pollacks does it take to change a light bulb? Three, one to hold the bulb, and two to rotate the ladder. Of course we know that is not true anymore since they invented the light bulb holder that inserts into an electric drill while two guys hold the ladder.

I fondly remember the Wards and Sears Catalogs as well, it's a shame they did not keep up with the Kmart and Walmart competition. The Craftsman Tools and the Powercraft Tools were good. I still have a Ward's 1/2" drill that was bought in 1962. I had to replace the power cord about 20 years ago, but otherwise it is fine even though it is not double insulated.

[luvrbus]

I remember 1 time my younger brother and I decided to take our kids camping and fishing leaving the stick in mud wife's home since their idea of a fun time was at a Holiday Inn around a pool.All the camping and boats places were closed. He said I think I saw a pop out camper and boats and motors at Wards, so we go to Wards, and they did have both, he bought the pop out camper, and I bought the boat with a 35 hp Scott. Atwater engine labeled as a Ward we bought everything for our trip in Wards, we had a great 2 weeks and brought home 4 nasty kids needing a bath bad but were happy campers and ready for another trip to the lake. It was funny the wife's hugging the kids saying did you miss your Moma, his youngest son told her no I had fun and want to go back. Do any remember when Sears sold the Henry J as a AllState car I saw one not long ago at a car show
 

[chessie4905]

They have guns and ammo auctions several times a year about 500 feet from the house at the community hall

[windtrader]

Yeah same up here. A lot of stuff we did back then would land you in prison nowadays.

I'm deathly afraid to even talk about some of the $#!% we did as kids. Fed pen for certain. no violence so rest easy.

[tr206]

I'm deathly afraid to even talk about some of the $#!% we did as kids. Fed pen for certain. no violence so rest easy.

lol. I won't ask big brother is probably monitoring but good clean fun for that era I'm sure. If it was like smoking on school grounds or something like that I think the statute of limitations might apply.

[luvrbus]

I remember the taps on your shoe fad,3 times getting my butt popped for walking across the gym floor with shoes and taps got my attention 

[oltrunt]

I spent hours cross referencing parts in the Sears catalogue.  That's how I learned that GM really only built Chevrolets with different names--then I found Hollander's!!
Jack

[chessie4905]

In our then new high-school, students couldn't wear those slacks with that short strap with buckle on the back or jeans with the copper rivets. They were paranoid about scratching the new furniture.

[luvrbus]

In our then new high-school, students couldn't wear those slacks with that short strap with buckle on the back or jeans with the copper rivets. They were paranoid about scratching the new furniture.

When I was in school everyone wore starch and iron clothes even you blue jeans, can you picture a mom now starching and ironing the kids school clothes? lol most don't even own a iron or ironing board now ,when Sonja and I got married she did my jeans 1 time and told me ok if you want starched and iron jeans from here on do it yourself or take those to laundry     

[CrabbyMilton]

In our then new high-school, students couldn't wear those slacks with that short strap with buckle on the back or jeans with the copper rivets. They were paranoid about scratching the new furniture.

I remember back in high school that the librarian told the girls that they couldn't comb their hair in the library because the hair would get wrapped around the brush roll of the vacuum cleaner. Now they would probably just throw the vacuum away let alone never bother to repair or replace/empty the bag.
BTW, I still remember when I was in kindergarten in the 1969-70 school year. We went to a downtown department store for a breakfast with santa program. Santa asked each of us what we wanted for Christmas. Most of the guys said a GI JOE doll. I asked for a school bus.

[Utahclaimjumper]

When I saw 69 70,, I cracked up..  My kiddy garden years was 1944 during the 2nd world war..>>>Dan  ( And yes I had to disembark from the Ark )

[Tedsoldbus]

My buddy and I went to Lesher Jr High in Ft. Collins Colorado. We couldn't walk home in time to get our shotguns and make it back the other way in time to hunt geese before it got dark. Solution? We brought our shotguns to school! We both had cheap Mossberg pumps that we could take the big nut off so the barrel would come off. That was the only way they fit in our lockers.

A few of the women teachers gave us the evil eye but said nothing. A coach asked if they were unloaded and why we brought them to school. We said "unloaded and we are going to Johnson's field after school to try to shoot some geese". He said "That is a good field. I have hunted it myself.".

Johnson' field is now townhouses and the guns to school thing has changed a bit....