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Re: Do You Remember..........?
Anyone mention Crusader Rabbit or Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog? How about Felix and his bag of tricks? Used to get those strips of paper with drops of candy stuck on them. Sure we ate as much paper as candy. Think you can still get those. You know you could start a fire with the magnifying glass you got in your Cracker Jack? Then your buddy could respond to the fire blowing on the siren whistle he got in his. Any old Wisconsinites remember Colonel Caboose? He visited an orphanage I was in in Green Bay one time. Remember orphanages? They used to have newspapers delivered to the Muller-Potter Drug Store in stacks. The store wouldn't be open yet so people would grab a paper off the stack and leave the money on the pile. Remember when model cars came with 2 engines and tons of decals? Sugar Daddy's were big and so were the ice cream drumsticks. Could make a quarter shoveling a sidewalk and you could build a snowman without getting a permit. Got free matches and suckers at the Clark station along with the green stamps and you could get a set of dishes for free, one piece at a time. All the cool guys had their collars up and suicide knobs on the steering wheel. Clarabelle the Clown never spoke on the Howdy-Doody Show until the last show. Then he said "Goodbye kids". Had some Red Ryder gloves with the gauntlets and tassles. Shot real 22's at the fair. Now they use midnight specials and the place is full of drunks. Girls had "Home-ec" in school. Actually had square dancing for gym class. No one wanted to dosey-do with the girl that had psoriasis. I always wished I could be Elvis, now he wishes he was me. Anyone remember the black, round kerosene pots they would use to warn motorists at construction sites? You can start a fire with those also. Cops used to actually walk the streets. Seemed like the milkman brought it early so it would be frozen by the time you got it off the porch. Did anyone actually weigh the coal they poured into the basement so they didn't get ripped off? We helped the farmers by buying all those dried peas for our pea shooters. Root beer barrel candy travels farther than Boston Baked Beans at the movies. I used to put rubbers on my feet. Hanging on to the bumper of a slow moving car after it snows can break your arm. Wolfman Jack was the only adult that made any sense. Cherry bombs flushed down a toilet can get attention in the theater also. You could reach up the cup dispenser on the Coke machine and pull the cups out until you got the one that was marked for free admission next time you came. Stuffing the matches you got from the Clark station into a spent CO2 cartridge can be either a rocket or a bomb. Lassie.......come home.
Anyone mention Crusader Rabbit or Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog? How about Felix and his bag of tricks? Used to get those strips of paper with drops of candy stuck on them. Sure we ate as much paper as candy. Think you can still get those. You know you could start a fire with the magnifying glass you got in your Cracker Jack? Then your buddy could respond to the fire blowing on the siren whistle he got in his. Any old Wisconsinites remember Colonel Caboose? He visited an orphanage I was in in Green Bay one time. Remember orphanages? They used to have newspapers delivered to the Muller-Potter Drug Store in stacks. The store wouldn't be open yet so people would grab a paper off the stack and leave the money on the pile. Remember when model cars came with 2 engines and tons of decals? Sugar Daddy's were big and so were the ice cream drumsticks. Could make a quarter shoveling a sidewalk and you could build a snowman without getting a permit. Got free matches and suckers at the Clark station along with the green stamps and you could get a set of dishes for free, one piece at a time. All the cool guys had their collars up and suicide knobs on the steering wheel. Clarabelle the Clown never spoke on the Howdy-Doody Show until the last show. Then he said "Goodbye kids". Had some Red Ryder gloves with the gauntlets and tassles. Shot real 22's at the fair. Now they use midnight specials and the place is full of drunks. Girls had "Home-ec" in school. Actually had square dancing for gym class. No one wanted to dosey-do with the girl that had psoriasis. I always wished I could be Elvis, now he wishes he was me. Anyone remember the black, round kerosene pots they would use to warn motorists at construction sites? You can start a fire with those also. Cops used to actually walk the streets. Seemed like the milkman brought it early so it would be frozen by the time you got it off the porch. Did anyone actually weigh the coal they poured into the basement so they didn't get ripped off? We helped the farmers by buying all those dried peas for our pea shooters. Root beer barrel candy travels farther than Boston Baked Beans at the movies. I used to put rubbers on my feet. Hanging on to the bumper of a slow moving car after it snows can break your arm. Wolfman Jack was the only adult that made any sense. Cherry bombs flushed down a toilet can get attention in the theater also. You could reach up the cup dispenser on the Coke machine and pull the cups out until you got the one that was marked for free admission next time you came. Stuffing the matches you got from the Clark station into a spent CO2 cartridge can be either a rocket or a bomb. Lassie.......come home.
"I know Nuttzing!"~~~~Colonel Klink
