The Over 40s Club meeting

[T'Bonz]

I remember sometimes waiting in the car with my brother while the parents shopped. We were told NOT to touch the steering wheel, horn or other important stuff.

Tricked my younger brother once.

"If you push that (the horn) part, a Matchbox car will appear there (the ashtray.)"

"No, that's the horn!"

"Uh, uh. It's how you get a free Matchbox car!"

After a few rounds of this, his greed got the best of his common sense. BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!

And the mean older sister laughed and laughed.

 

[M'Sharak]

When I was a kid I would go visit my grandparents at their farm and every time they changed TV channels, they had to fiddle with a big dial on top of the set, to change the position of the antenna. I always thought that was kind of weird.

^ Gawd, yeah. The rabbit ears.

I'm guessing he means an antenna rotator. When you're out in the country where all the stations aren't broadcasting from the same location, and you're switching from a channel transmitting from that town over there to a different channel in another town over thataway, you had a stepper motor on the antenna mast which allowed you to turn the whole roof aerial around to point at that new station you wanted -- took 30-45 seconds to swing it around 180 degrees. You controlled it from a box on top of the TV set which had a big dial knob on top and compass markings to indicate which way the antenna was pointed. Ham radio operators still use this type of rig.

I spent plenty of years twiddling rabbit ears, myself, and know well the part about having to have someone standing at just the right spot in the room to get a better signal. (No, don't move! Stay right there!) I also remember when the addition of more channels meant that they started showing The Wizard of Oz more than the one time each year, and how it didn't seem as special any more, now that you could watch it practically any time you wanted.

 

[Captain Ice]

And I don't think that there was really any less danger than there is now, I just think that people now don't 'watch' other people's kids. Hell, when I was younger, if I did something wrong, my parents knew before I was home. Everyone watched out for everyone else, and told on you when you did did wrong....that was why you DIDNT want to go home cause you Knew your parents knew what you did and you were gonna get in soooooo much trouble!

I agree. If I did anything, my mother always knew before I made it home. Adults back then watched whoever's child happened to be visible and/or wondered into their house to play with their kids.

I think the other thing that's really changed isn't that there are more kidnappers and pedophiles, it's that the authorities now are much, much better about disseminating information to the parents in the neighborhood than they were before and have more tools available to them for such.

 

[sbk1234]

I remember when there were few enough Star Wars action figures that I could keep up with them, and it was reasonable that I could collect them all!

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I had the Star Wars Droid Factory.

 

[Red Ranger]

I'm 47, going to be 48 this year, and I pleasantly remember when you could buy five comic books for a dollar -- at the time, a copy was 20 cents. I fondly remember sweet candies like dots, when the 100 Dollar Grand candy bar and Reese's peanut butter cups debuted, as well as Bonomo Turkish taffy. I also remember the bad Japanese monster movies we watched on the independent stations in New York City like 5, 9 and 11. Me and my brothers did indeed roam our old Bronx neighborhood without fear. Ahhh!

 

[ancientone51]

^ the old Japanese movies....
Did anyone else recall one called "Starman" with a very dumpy looking guy in tghts and wanna be spandex who pulled his punches six inches beofre contct yet downed each bad guy with only one punch? And he did a bunch of flipsway from and toward the fights.

I still remember that as the 4 o'clock movie on channel 4 in St. Louis one day.

 

[TheKeeper]

I'm 47, going to be 48 this year, and I pleasantly remember when you could buy five comic books for a dollar -- at the time, a copy was 20 cents. I fondly remember sweet candies like dots, when the 100 Dollar Grand candy bar and Reese's peanut butter cups debuted, as well as Bonomo Turkish taffy. I also remember the bad Japanese monster movies we watched on the independent stations in New York City like 5, 9 and 11. Me and my brothers did indeed roam our old Bronx neighborhood without fear. Ahhh!

^ All of this, but substitute Detroit for NYC, and you're my brother from another mother.

 

[KimMH]

^Another Michigander! Say hey!

 

[Gertch]

* peeks in the door *

Damn, they're doing the Bump. I'll come back later.

* slowly closes the door *

 

[Yeoman Randi]

I'm 47, going to be 48 this year, and I pleasantly remember when you could buy five comic books for a dollar -- at the time, a copy was 20 cents. I fondly remember sweet candies like dots, when the 100 Dollar Grand candy bar and Reese's peanut butter cups debuted, as well as Bonomo Turkish taffy. I also remember the bad Japanese monster movies we watched on the independent stations in New York City like 5, 9 and 11. Me and my brothers did indeed roam our old Bronx neighborhood without fear. Ahhh!

When i think of all those wonderful Superman comic books i had ....for 15 cents each...and the extra big thick ones were a quarter....and they're all gone now.....i could just cry!

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

* peeks in the door *

Damn, they're doing the Bump. I'll come back later.

* slowly closes the door *

Hey not so fast there buddy! I am up on all the latest dances. I can Cabbage Patch with the best of them.

 

[sbk1234]

I'm 47, going to be 48 this year, and I pleasantly remember when you could buy five comic books for a dollar -- at the time, a copy was 20 cents.

MAD Magazine - $ 0.60 cheap.

 

[RJDiogenes]

^^ 40 cents cheap for me.

 

[Gertch]

I never kept my MAD, Cracked or Nation Lampoon mags ( ) but I did keep one cover. $1.50 in 1979 (year I gradiated HS). No idea what they are now.

 

[1001001]

I'm 47, going to be 48 this year, and I pleasantly remember when you could buy five comic books for a dollar -- at the time, a copy was 20 cents.

MAD Magazine - $ 0.60 cheap.

How about Dynamite Magazine?

 

[Commander Rabbit]

How ironic. Until yesterday I wasn't a memeber of this club.

Welcome, and happy birthday.

 

[Commander Rabbit]

I remember when there were few enough Star Wars action figures that I could keep up with them, and it was reasonable that I could collect them all!

I remember when Star Wars... wasn't.

 

[RJDiogenes]

I never kept my MAD, Cracked or Nation Lampoon mags ( ) but I did keep one cover. $1.50 in 1979 (year I gradiated HS). No idea what they are now.

Terrible at any price. I don't have any of my old Mad, Cracked or Lampoons either (and I never bothered much with Sick), but I do have a few of the early Crazy issues. And I have that Mad CD compilation.

How about Dynamite Magazine?

I don't remember that one at all.

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

I'm 47, going to be 48 this year, and I pleasantly remember when you could buy five comic books for a dollar -- at the time, a copy was 20 cents.

MAD Magazine - $ 0.60 cheap.

How about Dynamite Magazine?

I remember that one. They always advertised it along with Bananas magazine which I think was geared towards teens, and I think there might have been another one I can't remember.