Back when KFC commercials were scary as heck!
I got dizzzzy looking at it
got to love some of those old adds, very creative for the times , bring back lots of memories .
Grew up in the 1960's. We didn't even have a TV for many years, although that was somewhat rare. My parents bought an encyclopedia set (like wikipedia, but printed in books), loved sitting around and reading that. Grew up in the country so rode the ponies of all the neighbors whose kids had grown up and moved away. Man, those were vicious beasts. Riding bikes. Building tree houses. Used to ride my horse to the nearest store (an old-timey convenience store) and buy all my friend's cigarettes. It was a quarter a pack (50 cents?). Dancing wildly to vinyl records, not cool stuff. "Building" stuff with random wood, nails, hammers, PVC pipe, whatever. Making dirt ramps to ride our bikes over. Going to town to do the weekly laundry and also visit the library. There were 3 of us kids and we'd play cards except we'd have to hide behind the living room chairs so no one could cheat by looking at each other's cards. You'd have to crawl out to the middle of the floor to draw or leave cards. When we moved to California (Central Valley) we swam in the irrigation canals, freeezzzziiinnnggg cold water from the bottom of the reservoirs. We raised some quail from eggs that didn't hatch from the nest the mother built in our yard. One lived to adult hood.
Back when KFC commercials were scary as heck!
https://www.bing.com/images/search?...+stamps&tsc=ImageHoverTitle&form=IGRE&first=1 Rember a drawer full of books saving for some big family purchase , and putting the new stamps in the book after a shopping trip. Don't recall what we got with them , maybe a kitchen appliance . Pretty good sales gamic back then every one saved them. had big catalogs of all the wonderful things you could earn,https://www.bing.com/images/search?...9800E88&selectedIndex=2&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0
Flavos WAS a shrimp roll. Maybe in your area the shrimp rolls had a different name. In the commercial for Flavos they said "Flavos...... they're SHRIMPLY delicious".Don't remember ever hearing of "Flavos" but I'm guessing the name "Flavos" didn't seem to equate to "flavor"
I seem to remember our local drive-in that I would walk to and sit on one of the benches outside the concession stand had "shrimp rolls" but they were one of the more expensive items so I don't remember ever trying theirs, my concession stand budget as a kid made me want to choose the less expensive items that would fill me up more, like the boxes of popcorn
Flavos WAS a shrimp roll. Maybe in your area the shrimp rolls had a different name. In the commercial for Flavos they said "Flavos...... they're SHRIMPLY delicious".
Thanks for specifying they were shrimp rolls, I do remember our local drive-in theater having shrimp rolls but don't remember if they called them a brand name, offhand I don't seem to remember the name "Flavos" but since I knew the shrimp rolls were out of my concession stand budget range as a kid I was not too focused on them
I just did a search and found a vintage ad for Flavos
I tended to focus more on the popcorn, as it could last a while and fill you up more for less money than most if not all of their other snacks
wonder if they were anything like these https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0...mp-4-Oz-Pack-Of-12_1024x1024.jpg?v=1636520213 we buy them at Asian grocery stores pretty good. Don't recall the others but when we were lucky enough to go to a drive in we brought our own snacks to save money . There were 4 kids in the family and my dad was a school teacher so money was tight.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ZaoAAOSwzvNijr1c/s-l500.jpg how did we ever get from here to there with out a device telling us where to turn. Be fun to see some of the young ones try to make a cross country trip with a map only .
Or if you were a AAA Club member, you could have a "state of the art" TripTik made at your local AAA.
i did that for a recent trip as a back up in case the GPS failed , they still make them. I have been in remote areas where cell towers are few and far between . Also great to help mark out sights along the way. When my daughter was living down in Arkansas we did hit some areas of no cell service during miles and miles of cotton fields and few road signs.
I always thought these were great. I only remember getting one once though.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ZaoAAOSwzvNijr1c/s-l500.jpg how did we ever get from here to there with out a device telling us where to turn. Be fun to see some of the young ones try to make a cross country trip with a map only .
Or if you were a AAA Club member, you could have a "state of the art" TripTik made at your local AAA.
i did that for a recent trip as a back up in case the GPS failed , they still make them. I have been in remote areas where cell towers are few and far between . Also great to help mark out sights along the way. When my daughter was living down in Arkansas we did hit some areas of no cell service during miles and miles of cotton fields and few road signs.
Hmm, I didn't know they still made them.
I always thought these were great. I only remember getting one once though.
don't think i ever saw one of those
Neat machine, thanks for sharing that !
Helium balloons were really fun as a kid, though I don't remember seeing any machines for them before, perhaps they might not have made those machines till sometime after the 60's though.
I think I could still have fun with a helium balloon now - maybe try tying one of those chemical light sticks that glow for hours to one and let it soar at night though with the weight it might not get much higher than just over the treetops
I remember using paper maps
We are AAA members, but have been using GPS for so long hadn't even thought of using a map in a long while
Neat, other option would be if you had a map downloaded on your phone that you could view even without phone service.
Good to know just in case, though we are so used to GPS now, it's hard not to use GPS when your dashboard has a large screen with a map constantly showing your location and you can have voice directions also if needed.
Neat machine, thanks for sharing that !
Helium balloons were really fun as a kid, though I don't remember seeing any machines for them before, perhaps they might not have made those machines till sometime after the 60's though.
I think I could still have fun with a helium balloon now - maybe try tying one of those chemical light sticks that glow for hours to one and let it soar at night though with the weight it might not get much higher than just over the treetops
my old truck (1989) has no large screens to watch , so have to use the GPS on the phone , but always good to have a back up plan . Even if the map stays in the glove box and the map service is free if you are a member and the maps updated right off the internet . Another thing about the maps you can study them for nearby attractions .They also offer books on each state that show attractions and places you might want to explore. These were a lot of help when we went to Colorado last year in deciding what to visit and see.