Whitewalls? Easy. They disappeared because they sucked. I can attest to this after spending countless hours trying to keep them clean. Brake dust, yellowing. Yuck. Typically the wide whitewalls were also found on bias ply tires; remember how bad they made a car handle? Or how about the flat spots the bias ply would get after the car sat for a while? You would run down the road with vibrations until the tire got some heat in them.
So they disappeared along with vacuum wipers. Nothing like pulling a big hill and having your windshield wipers slow to a crawl in a hard rain. Yikes. Some things deserve to disappear.
Whatever happened to history and civics in schools?
Whatever happened to saving for a rainy day?
Whatever happened to Netscape?
Whatever happened to rock candy?
Don
"Whatever happened to rock candy?"
"Whatever happened to saving for a rainy day?"
What about,
"Good Service"
or
"Truth Telling"
Ah, wax fruit.
I saw some wooden fruit at a second hand store, but easily resisted any temptation to take them home.
Great line from a newish TV ad: Dennis Quaid, about to take a bite, being cautioned:
"That's a prop apple."
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
I suspect that apple was made for a wooden Eve, no?
"...that apple was made for a wooden Eve"
"Whatever happened to...the days when eBay did NOT charge sellers commission on shipping costs?"
What happened to 8-tracks!?
JR
I still have a reel to reel tape recorder!
As you said, Phil -
YOU started this.....
whatever happened to yo-yo's???????
I LOVED Yo-Yo's.....
....or drive-in movies??
Drive in movies ain't dead yet. The Ocala drive in movie theater opened in 1948 and is still alive and kicking showing a double feature of 1st run movies seven nights a week.
I still love yo-yos!
And can do a couple tricks!
JR
Bit more serious, whatever happened to Philatelia (Theresa)
....politics....she could not separate her collecting interests from her political interests and still post here....sad - she is missed.
Hi Everyone;
@ Randy, & Ernie;
I miss drive ins also. My first one was Frankenstein, and scared us kids to nightmares. I still love scary movies, with a good plot line.
@ Johnny Rockets;
I never could master those danged yo-yos, but I'm fascinated by planetary yo-yo orbits and other weird space stuff.
Still just sortin....
TuskenRaider
You can stil buy yo-yos. I bought a couple for my kids with replacement strings. Also need some wax, but thats easy.
"I bought a couple for my kids with replacement strings. Also need some wax, but thats easy."
I'm sure there's more than 1 yo-yo floating around in the playroom closet.
We also still have Calvert City drive-in (since 1955):
Austin had several drive in theaters. Perhaps the most notorious was the "Rebel Drive-In" that stood from 1979 to 1988 in South Austin. What was so notorious about it? It showed explicit adult movies. It was torn down and became a business park.
Drive in's often are victim of land prices. They use a lot of real estate and the value of the land makes them a better investment for something else as cities grow outward. Also property taxes usually rise with the land value so ongoing costs rise.
Still lucky enough to live in a community that still has one going strong. Only 18 left in the province of Ontario.
http://www.lindsaydrivein.ca/
Near my wife's hometown of Olean, N.Y. is the Portville Drive-In -
They have been in operation since 1970 and have 2 screens
and a capacity of 500 cars.
re: Whatever happened to ?
Whitewalls? Easy. They disappeared because they sucked. I can attest to this after spending countless hours trying to keep them clean. Brake dust, yellowing. Yuck. Typically the wide whitewalls were also found on bias ply tires; remember how bad they made a car handle? Or how about the flat spots the bias ply would get after the car sat for a while? You would run down the road with vibrations until the tire got some heat in them.
So they disappeared along with vacuum wipers. Nothing like pulling a big hill and having your windshield wipers slow to a crawl in a hard rain. Yikes. Some things deserve to disappear.
Whatever happened to history and civics in schools?
Whatever happened to saving for a rainy day?
Whatever happened to Netscape?
Whatever happened to rock candy?
Don
re: Whatever happened to ?
"Whatever happened to rock candy?"
"Whatever happened to saving for a rainy day?"
re: Whatever happened to ?
What about,
"Good Service"
or
"Truth Telling"
re: Whatever happened to ?
Ah, wax fruit.
I saw some wooden fruit at a second hand store, but easily resisted any temptation to take them home.
Great line from a newish TV ad: Dennis Quaid, about to take a bite, being cautioned:
"That's a prop apple."
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
re: Whatever happened to ?
I suspect that apple was made for a wooden Eve, no?
re: Whatever happened to ?
"...that apple was made for a wooden Eve"
re: Whatever happened to ?
"Whatever happened to...the days when eBay did NOT charge sellers commission on shipping costs?"
re: Whatever happened to ?
What happened to 8-tracks!?
JR
re: Whatever happened to ?
I still have a reel to reel tape recorder!
re: Whatever happened to ?
As you said, Phil -
YOU started this.....
re: Whatever happened to ?
whatever happened to yo-yo's???????
re: Whatever happened to ?
I LOVED Yo-Yo's.....
re: Whatever happened to ?
....or drive-in movies??
re: Whatever happened to ?
Drive in movies ain't dead yet. The Ocala drive in movie theater opened in 1948 and is still alive and kicking showing a double feature of 1st run movies seven nights a week.
re: Whatever happened to ?
I still love yo-yos!
And can do a couple tricks!
JR
re: Whatever happened to ?
Bit more serious, whatever happened to Philatelia (Theresa)
re: Whatever happened to ?
....politics....she could not separate her collecting interests from her political interests and still post here....sad - she is missed.
re: Whatever happened to ?
Hi Everyone;
@ Randy, & Ernie;
I miss drive ins also. My first one was Frankenstein, and scared us kids to nightmares. I still love scary movies, with a good plot line.
@ Johnny Rockets;
I never could master those danged yo-yos, but I'm fascinated by planetary yo-yo orbits and other weird space stuff.
Still just sortin....
TuskenRaider
re: Whatever happened to ?
You can stil buy yo-yos. I bought a couple for my kids with replacement strings. Also need some wax, but thats easy.
re: Whatever happened to ?
"I bought a couple for my kids with replacement strings. Also need some wax, but thats easy."
re: Whatever happened to ?
I'm sure there's more than 1 yo-yo floating around in the playroom closet.
We also still have Calvert City drive-in (since 1955):
re: Whatever happened to ?
Austin had several drive in theaters. Perhaps the most notorious was the "Rebel Drive-In" that stood from 1979 to 1988 in South Austin. What was so notorious about it? It showed explicit adult movies. It was torn down and became a business park.
re: Whatever happened to ?
Drive in's often are victim of land prices. They use a lot of real estate and the value of the land makes them a better investment for something else as cities grow outward. Also property taxes usually rise with the land value so ongoing costs rise.
re: Whatever happened to ?
Still lucky enough to live in a community that still has one going strong. Only 18 left in the province of Ontario.
http://www.lindsaydrivein.ca/
re: Whatever happened to ?
Near my wife's hometown of Olean, N.Y. is the Portville Drive-In -
They have been in operation since 1970 and have 2 screens
and a capacity of 500 cars.