...no, that's me after an overindulgence of beer and chili...
God I'm Old!
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...try explaining vinyl records to a tween...let alone various speeds like 33, 45 and gasp!...78rpm...
My first car was a 14 year old 1960 putrid green Corvair. And thanks to Ralph Nader’s "Unsafe at any Speed," I got a low mileage, mechanically sound car for only $125. The Pinto’s safety was nothing compared to the Corvair LOL. No "Park," no backup lights, no radio, and no key was needed unless you wanted to lock the door, and you had to be careful with your speed in turns for fear of breaking the axle. When you parked the car, you put it in Neutral or a gear, pulled on the medieval emergency brake crank (being careful not to break the cable) and put a brick in front of a tire if you parked on an incline.
I installed an 8-track player, but the strange electrical system in the car made the speed of the 8-track contingent on the pressure applied to the gas pedal while driving. My toolbox shaped black fake alligator case was filled with 8-tracks -- two of them in fact. That thing was a chick magnet... NOT!
LOL with the Ted Nugent, Boston, and Sam Cooke thing. I bet it was pretty easy to guess what kind of a mood you were in. But I’m torn on which mood I’d prefer if we would've been on a date back then... The Motor City Madman or the King of Soul.
My first car was a 14 year old 1960 putrid green Corvair. And thanks to Ralph Nader’s "Unsafe at any Speed," I got a low mileage, mechanically sound car for only $125. The Pinto’s safety was nothing compared to the Corvair LOL. No "Park," no backup lights, no radio, and no key was needed unless you wanted to lock the door, and you had to be careful with your speed in turns for fear of breaking the axle. When you parked the car, you put it in Neutral or a gear, pulled on the medieval emergency brake crank (being careful not to break the cable) and put a brick in front of a tire if you parked on an incline.
I installed an 8-track player, but the strange electrical system in the car made the speed of the 8-track contingent on the pressure applied to the gas pedal while driving. My toolbox shaped black fake alligator case was filled with 8-tracks -- two of them in fact. That thing was a chick magnet... NOT!
LOL with the Ted Nugent, Boston, and Sam Cooke thing. I bet it was pretty easy to guess what kind of a mood you were in. But I’m torn on which mood I’d prefer if we would've been on a date back then... The Motor City Madman or the King of Soul.
Who cared what kind of car you drove back then - as long as you had wheels and some music you could party anytime, anywhere!
The girls cared! Well most of them anyway! But the cool hippie-like checks were more interested in where we could go and what we could do. And I was always drawn to the more unusual artsy type girls anyway.
And it was always a battle between which was the ultimate party car... My Corvair, a friend’s Rover, and another friend’s VW Bug.
Well most of them anyway! But the cool hippie-like checks were more interested in where we could go and what we could do. And I was always drawn to the more unusual artsy type girls anyway.And it was always a battle between which was the ultimate party car... My Corvair, a friend’s Rover, and another friend’s VW Bug.
The girls cared!
And it was always a battle between which was the ultimate party car... My Corvair, a friend’s Rover, and another friend’s VW Bug.
Cool hippie-like checks, huh?.......what the heck were you smokin' back in the day???
Cool hippie-like checks, huh?.......what the heck were you smokin' back in the day???
Oh man, what a dumbass I can be at times LOL.
(although we had a big representation of Slovaks in my town... so it kinda fits. )Well, whatever it was I was smokin' back in the day sure seems to have had some long term effects.
My brother is married to a Check. She's from Prague....
LoL.....no worries....you're my elder.....so I will be respectfulOh man, what a dumbass I can be at times LOL.
Well, whatever it was I was smokin' back in the day sure seems to have had some long term effects.
I actually have some cool hippie-like checks..... betcha can't guess what's on them....
Daisies!! 
Yeah, I remember that clicking noise, it would occur right in the middle of Sympathy for the Devil. Long songs did not play well on 8-tracks
I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot Pole.
How does she feel about the blatant level of discrimination against them you often see here in many retail stores and restaurants? "No Checks Allowed"
No....no. She's a lovely girl. Makes a mean carp soup.
How does she feel about the blatant level of discrimination against them you often see here in many retail stores and restaurants? "No Checks Allowed"
It took some getting used to no doubt. She was more worried about the signs saying what would happen to any returned Check.
Nobp, I remember them too. My brother had one in his Pacer.
LoL.....no worries....you're my elder.....so I will be respectful
I actually have some cool hippie-like checks..... betcha can't guess what's on them....
Daisies!!
LOL
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I was mightily tempted to buy one of those old reel-to-reel tape players when I saw one in a garage sale a couple years ago, complete with a library of music on reel-to-reel tape. Today most kids probably only would know about those if they saw the one in Pulp Fiction...and even that movie is pushing 20!
Years ago when Aunt Bea babysat...heh! she musta been a teenager or early 20s...she'd entertain us by playing records at the wrong speed. Sounded like Alvin & the Chipmunks. You haven't lived until you've heard I'm getting nottin' for Christmas in the voice of a munchkin...or that's the best that memory serves up at the moment. I think the world would be a better place if our elected leaders all talked like that. Maybe if we start a petition?
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