SGT FURY
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Remember when?
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rkrochen
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Remember when it was a test of manhood to crush a beer can.
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
atari 2600
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
Who wears "short shorts". Life Magazine, 1956, somewhere in Sunny So. Cal.
Before I was born, but not my parents (Mom woulda been 17, Dad was 22).
Yeah, my Mom had "tasteful" pics of her and fellow teenyboppers in the Midwest in them in 1957 -- got her grounded for a week she recalled with glee youthful glee at age 83).
source: Female Short Pants in the 1950s: The Day When the Shorts Were “Short Shorts”
Life, 1971. When I knew them in the 1970's, they were called "Hot Pants." Even flight attendants wore them in the WW 70's
source: History’s coolest fads: No.1 – Hot pants
Before I was born, but not my parents (Mom woulda been 17, Dad was 22).
Yeah, my Mom had "tasteful" pics of her and fellow teenyboppers in the Midwest in them in 1957 -- got her grounded for a week she recalled with glee youthful glee at age 83).
source: Female Short Pants in the 1950s: The Day When the Shorts Were “Short Shorts”
Life, 1971. When I knew them in the 1970's, they were called "Hot Pants." Even flight attendants wore them in the WW 70's
source: History’s coolest fads: No.1 – Hot pants
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azblackhemi
Old Man with a Hat
That's when it was "Fly the Friendly Skies"
I was a decade too young as a flyer .. 
. These days were LONG gone by the time I started flying (circa. 1982)
. These days were LONG gone by the time I started flying (circa. 1982)
azblackhemi
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Today, Certainly not as visually appealing!
patrick66
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Now, the stews (excuse me, "flight attendants") are all grumpy old 50 and 60-something females, or gay-as-can-be "dudes" in their 20s and 30s. Times have certainly changed.
67newport
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67newport
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67newport
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Mid70's Chrysler Fanatic
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I barely remember Mom using these. I was too young (~4-6 y/o at the dawn of the Seventies) to comprehend what they were all about. For some reason I have a scene in my head with Mom asking the Texaco man about them when he gassed up the ’67 Newport from the “Sky Chief” pump.
EDIT: I just looked it up: she must’ve been asking for them.
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There’s a ca. 1991 Dodge B-van (Maxi) I’ve seen in a seedy Omaha neighborhood with a license plate reading, “FRE CNDI.”No but I saw this one creeping around the city in the past decade!
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(not funny... oh yes it is he he)
Mid70's Chrysler Fanatic
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“Santa Claus” gave me this a long long time ago:
Remember when this mark didn’t imply something (toy, tool, shirt, etc.) was an antique?!
Remember when this mark didn’t imply something (toy, tool, shirt, etc.) was an antique?!
Justin Plant
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I had one of these, by brother broke it in half the day I got it. Little ****
65sporty
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I had one of these, loved it. Awesome Christmas gift. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
