At 06:15 PM 11/10/95 -0800, you wrote:

       I remember:  25 cent gasoline, regular and ethal
                    5 cent candy bars
                    a quart (not liter) of soda pop for
                       28 cents and that included the
                       3 cent deposit.
                    five percent sales tax (now 8.25)
               and the body counts of the Vietnam war
               each night on the news.

How about:
        3 cent postage
        Sunkist kites for 15 cents, string, a dime.
        Balsa Gliders, 10 cents, Skeeter rubber powered planes 15 cents,
        Thunderbirds are Go!, Jet Jackson, Super Car
        The Avengers
        The Untouchables
        "I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, and danced the skys on
        laughtered silvered wings..."
        Discovery 63 - for 10,000 points identify the name of the mascot dog.
        Legos
        The Beatles on Ed Sullivan
        Cacious Clay becoming Muhamad Ali
        Ready Killawat
        Bobby Vee (50s singer, maried to a friends sister.)
        Sting Ray Bikes
        Ski do, Arctic Cat, Inboard/outboard motors
        GI Joe
        Moustrap Game
        Opperation Game
        Super 8
        Milk Delivery
        Green Stamps
        Tying Packages with twine
        Citgo Oil
        The Texaco star
        The Super Beatle: 500 points if you remember the commercial
        The Instamatic Camera, Flash cubes, Microdol-X
        Hi-Fi
        Silvertone Guitars
        The Wild Kingdom
        Twister
        GE Wildcats (45 RPM 7" player)
        Muntz TVs
        Bobby Sherman
        The Beatles Cartoon: 700 points if you can name the notes played
                             in the eye catch
        The Monkeys TV show
        Mario Andretti winning the Indy 500 {Big deal back then}
        Saddle Shoes
        Sea Hunt
        _THE_ Superbowl (The first one) (Big deal in MAD Magazine)
        My mother the car, My favorie Martian, Lost in Space
        The second vatican council
        Pope Pias (sp?)
        The Edsel (My mom's freinds had a PINK one!!!!!
        The Music man (In a drive in theater!)
        UFO detectors: 5000 points if you ever built one.
        Spirograph
        The Pueblo
        Godzilla
        Bonanza, in color!
        Death Valley Days
        20 mule team Borax
        Salvo Laundry detergent: 1000 points for knowing what was different
                                 about it!
        Duane Cole: 750 points if you can name his book.
        The ralago wing
        The first "Digital" clock in a local bank
        The first digital watches
        Slide Rules
        Johny Quest: 50 points if you saw the "Spider" episode
        Punched Cards:  300 points if you ever actualy saw
                        the words :"Do not bend, fold, or mutilate"
        The polaroid swinger: 500 points if you can sing the add song
        The Watergate Trial: 700 points if you ever saw the spoof add by
                             the public library
        Six finger! six finger! man alive...: 1000 point if you know the end
        James Bond. (The first movie)
        Leave it to Beaver


I could go on and on.
        Jeez I'm old.

J.



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