It was ordered through schools. They'd deliver them in class.
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It was ordered through schools. They'd deliver them in class.
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Yeah, I remember when those first came out. They would do a 2-page reprint of some Marvel comics in the middle of them. That was where I first saw the origin of Thor. Scholastic used to distribute them through my old elementary school in the monthly book order.
When I was in grade school in Dorchester, we had a little newsletter thing that had articles and a couple of comic strips that I think was distributed by Scholastic. Sounds familiar, anyway. I seem to remember they had a different version for each grade, but I forget what the titles were.
Commander Rabbit
Commander
I don't know if this is the same thing, but, in elementary school, we used to get a little newspaper called My Weekly Reader.
Here in AZ, we did NOThave any snow in the winter. And usually we did not around around during the summer (TYo freaking hot)
But, three time a week, mom would drop us of fat the city pool when it opened at 0800, and not pick us up until 6:00 that evening. The sun was still out and we'd argue to stay longer, but the pool closed, and the gaurds were in a hurry to leave. (I had a crush on this cute teen lifegaurd, she must have been about 19, and I was all of 11 yeards old) SHe knew I had a crush on her, and she wouldflirt with me.I didn't relize she was flirting/teasing me back then, until I was older. I thought she was just being nice to me.
Other days, we would stay in most days, and sleep, and go out at night to look at the desert sky. There was no pollution then, we could see stars just fill the night sky. My father or uncles would tell stories, we could never tell which ones were real, and which ones were from his imagination.
The extended family was much bigger back then, and were all real close. Meaning, most of my aunts and uncles lived in the same neighborhood, attended the same church and kids atteded the same schools.
NowI only see them once a year at a famiy reuion, or funerals or weddings.
But, three time a week, mom would drop us of fat the city pool when it opened at 0800, and not pick us up until 6:00 that evening. The sun was still out and we'd argue to stay longer, but the pool closed, and the gaurds were in a hurry to leave. (I had a crush on this cute teen lifegaurd, she must have been about 19, and I was all of 11 yeards old) SHe knew I had a crush on her, and she wouldflirt with me.I didn't relize she was flirting/teasing me back then, until I was older. I thought she was just being nice to me.
Other days, we would stay in most days, and sleep, and go out at night to look at the desert sky. There was no pollution then, we could see stars just fill the night sky. My father or uncles would tell stories, we could never tell which ones were real, and which ones were from his imagination.
The extended family was much bigger back then, and were all real close. Meaning, most of my aunts and uncles lived in the same neighborhood, attended the same church and kids atteded the same schools.
NowI only see them once a year at a famiy reuion, or funerals or weddings.
You learned how to use a Card Catalog when looking for books at the library.
I remember catching horned toads in the fields near the house...in addition to catching all sorts of beetles and butterflies, and keeping them in a jar for the afternoon.
My parents didn't get a color TV until 1980. I remember three channels which went off the air in the late evening. I remember watching the TV test pattern on Saturday mornings before the broadcast day (cartoons) started. The broadcast day started & ended with the national anthem.
I remember having to keep a little change in my pocket when I left home, in case I needed to call home.
I used to spend almost every summer day, all day at the neighborhood swimming pool.
I had a curfew.
I used to babysit for the family next door. When my date came to pick me up for the prom, the neighbor came over to meet the boy and remind my date that in addition to my dad & brothers, that he would be keeping an eye out on him.
My parents didn't get a color TV until 1980. I remember three channels which went off the air in the late evening. I remember watching the TV test pattern on Saturday mornings before the broadcast day (cartoons) started. The broadcast day started & ended with the national anthem.
I remember having to keep a little change in my pocket when I left home, in case I needed to call home.
I used to spend almost every summer day, all day at the neighborhood swimming pool.
I had a curfew.
I used to babysit for the family next door. When my date came to pick me up for the prom, the neighbor came over to meet the boy and remind my date that in addition to my dad & brothers, that he would be keeping an eye out on him.
That's it! Thank you.
Up to the age of 12 I was a country boy, they were great times. During the summer holidays I would cycle miles to visit friends who lived near a farm wher we play in the barn, we even got drunk (my first time) when we were 11, we found a barrel of home made scrumpy that was for the farm workers dinner break drink, this of course would not be allowed today, and drank several cups. I tried to convince my mum that it a cider lolly, nope she did not believe me. I seem to remember that there were no worries by my family being out on my own and miles down the road. I don't if life was safer in those days as we had our killers/bad people. People the UK of 50+ will certainly remember the moors murders! But looking back I certainly don't remember feeling in danger. Except the time when my friends and I thought that we had found a haunted shed in a wooded area, we crapped ourselves, never run so fast in all my life!!!!!
Just one thing...one thing I wish would come back...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creature_Features#KTVU-Channel_2_.28San_Francisco.29
with all the infomercials out there turning late night TV into a movie watchers nightmare..this nation lost something great...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g37Xp6LLwk&feature=related
I miss those days..
http://www.bobwilkins.net/creaturefeatures.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creature_Features#KTVU-Channel_2_.28San_Francisco.29
with all the infomercials out there turning late night TV into a movie watchers nightmare..this nation lost something great...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g37Xp6LLwk&feature=related
I miss those days..
http://www.bobwilkins.net/creaturefeatures.htm
Oh my God Creature Features was the best! I loved to seeing that montage style opening again with all the cheesy horror movie monsters like Blackula. Captain Cosmic was a great show too. That's where I was introduced to all the great Japanese monster fighters Goldar, Spectreman, Ultraman. Johnny Socko's Giant Robot.
I miss card catalogues, and libraries and real books.
I'm a lawyer, and I was probably just about the last generation of lawyers taught to do legal research primarily using actual books. We were taught computer research, as well, but Lexis and WestLaw were just coming on the scene at the time and, while everyone recognized they were the wave of the future, they were still really a side note at the time. I am fairly proficient at computerized legal research, but I miss going to the library to do my research and searching the stacks for the right case reporter and Shepardizing cases by having a series of books open before me, cross referencing from one to the other. Undoubtedly, so much less efficient, but also so much more "tactile". I'm a very "visual" person, and it's just hard to have visual cues from computer generated search results.
Oh my God, I just realized that I sound like Samuel T. Cogley! When the hell did that happen?
We had Creature Double Feature on Saturday night, plus the late movie; and, very often, an episode of a Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers serial. Channel 56 did all the Sciffy and Horror movies, and Channel 38 had all the old black-and-white Mysteries. Channel 56 also showed the original Outer Limits, Star Trek, Lost In Space et cetera. You can find a little of that on Cable-- TCM is good at showing stuff from the 30s and 40s-- but not enough.
Some good news -- this particular art form is making a comeback of sorts:
http://www.nightmaresinema.com/
I miss card catalogues, and libraries and real books.
I'm a lawyer, and I was probably just about the last generation of lawyers taught to do legal research primarily using actual books. We were taught computer research, as well, but Lexis and WestLaw were just coming on the scene at the time and, while everyone recognized they were the wave of the future, they were still really a side note at the time. I am fairly proficient at computerized legal research, but I miss going to the library to do my research and searching the stacks for the right case reporter and Shepardizing cases by having a series of books open before me, cross referencing from one to the other. Undoubtedly, so much less efficient, but also so much more "tactile". I'm a very "visual" person, and it's just hard to have visual cues from computer generated search results.
Oh my God, I just realized that I sound like Samuel T. Cogley! When the hell did that happen?
I'm fine with either print/paper or digital technologies, but I hate having to deal with both in this time of transition. Especially now, when "digital" means pictures of printed pages!
Hell, when i was in elementary school there was a whole class devoted to the subject of how to use the library. The Dewey Decimal System and all that fun stuff! I don't think kids in school have a "library class" anymore...do they?
I remember those classes and how, if we still didn't understand how to properly look up books in the card catalog, the librarian would treat us like imbeciles. It entailed a stern lecture and a series of dirty looks.
I remember when Harrison Ford was "that guy from American Graffiti."
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