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26 Sep 2018
03:41:39pm

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We may be able to keep this thread going...heres my contribution...Whatever happened to Whitewall tires and bowls of wax fruit on the dining room table ?
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26 Sep 2018
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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?
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26 Sep 2018
05:00:06pm
re: Whatever happened to ?

"Whatever happened to rock candy?"



Burl Ives nicked it all for his big mountain.

"Whatever happened to saving for a rainy day?"



In England the rainy days came too often, we could never save fast enough.
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27 Sep 2018
09:14:56am
re: Whatever happened to ?

What about,

"Good Service"

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27 Sep 2018
11:43:41am
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

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27 Sep 2018
02:50:49pm

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I suspect that apple was made for a wooden Eve, no?

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27 Sep 2018
02:59:49pm
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"...that apple was made for a wooden Eve"


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Whatever happened to all the great artists when they did Adam and Eve renditions? In other words, why are Adam and Eve always depicted with belly buttons!?! How can that be!?!
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27 Sep 2018
03:41:32pm
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"Whatever happened to...the days when eBay did NOT charge sellers commission on shipping costs?"


Unfortunately far too many sellers abused it by selling expensive items for a nominal amount and then making up the actual price in shipping.

For example I remember purchasing a synch cable for a handheld device on eBay, sale price was 99c, shipping was something like $25.

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27 Sep 2018
05:16:48pm

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Sigh ! I started this .Sad

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28 Sep 2018
10:05:28am
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What happened to 8-tracks!?

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28 Sep 2018
12:27:41pm
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I still have a reel to reel tape recorder!

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28 Sep 2018
04:17:16pm

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Johnny i think 8 tracks got what they deserved !Happy

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29 Sep 2018
09:30:50am
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As you said, Phil -

YOU started this.....


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sdsimon

29 Sep 2018
02:25:38pm
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whatever happened to yo-yo's???????

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29 Sep 2018
08:28:22pm
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I LOVED Yo-Yo's.....

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29 Sep 2018
08:30:54pm
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....or drive-in movies??

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29 Sep 2018
08:46:32pm
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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.


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02 Oct 2018
07:26:24am
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I still love yo-yos!

And can do a couple tricks! Happy


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02 Oct 2018
11:04:00am
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Bit more serious, whatever happened to Philatelia (Theresa)

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02 Oct 2018
04:11:17pm
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....politics....she could not separate her collecting interests from her political interests and still post here....sad - she is missed.

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03 Oct 2018
07:50:17am
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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....
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03 Oct 2018
04:02:21pm
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You can stil buy yo-yos. I bought a couple for my kids with replacement strings. Also need some wax, but thats easy.

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03 Nov 2018
06:55:17pm
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03 Nov 2018
08:47:45pm
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"I bought a couple for my kids with replacement strings. Also need some wax, but thats easy."



Yeah. Just get a Q-Tip and get the wax out of their ears!

(As someone else said...Phil started this, so don't blame me!)
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04 Nov 2018
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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):

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04 Nov 2018
01:08:45am
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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.

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04 Nov 2018
06:57:10am
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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.

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04 Nov 2018
09:30:19am
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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/

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04 Nov 2018
09:54:58am
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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.


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26 Sep 2018
03:41:39pm

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We may be able to keep this thread going...heres my contribution...Whatever happened to Whitewall tires and bowls of wax fruit on the dining room table ?

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26 Sep 2018
04:13:54pm

re: Whatever happened to ?

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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

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26 Sep 2018
05:00:06pm

re: Whatever happened to ?

"Whatever happened to rock candy?"



Burl Ives nicked it all for his big mountain.

"Whatever happened to saving for a rainy day?"



In England the rainy days came too often, we could never save fast enough.
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27 Sep 2018
09:14:56am

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What about,

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ikeyPikey

27 Sep 2018
11:43:41am

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

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27 Sep 2018
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I suspect that apple was made for a wooden Eve, no?

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27 Sep 2018
02:59:49pm

re: Whatever happened to ?

"...that apple was made for a wooden Eve"


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Whatever happened to all the great artists when they did Adam and Eve renditions? In other words, why are Adam and Eve always depicted with belly buttons!?! How can that be!?!
Don
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27 Sep 2018
03:41:32pm

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"Whatever happened to...the days when eBay did NOT charge sellers commission on shipping costs?"


Unfortunately far too many sellers abused it by selling expensive items for a nominal amount and then making up the actual price in shipping.

For example I remember purchasing a synch cable for a handheld device on eBay, sale price was 99c, shipping was something like $25.

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27 Sep 2018
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Sigh ! I started this .Sad

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28 Sep 2018
10:05:28am

re: Whatever happened to ?

What happened to 8-tracks!?

Winking


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28 Sep 2018
12:27:41pm

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I still have a reel to reel tape recorder!

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28 Sep 2018
04:17:16pm

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re: Whatever happened to ?

Johnny i think 8 tracks got what they deserved !Happy

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29 Sep 2018
09:30:50am

re: Whatever happened to ?

As you said, Phil -

YOU started this.....


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sdsimon

29 Sep 2018
02:25:38pm

re: Whatever happened to ?

whatever happened to yo-yo's???????

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29 Sep 2018
08:28:22pm

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I LOVED Yo-Yo's.....

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29 Sep 2018
08:30:54pm

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....or drive-in movies??

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29 Sep 2018
08:46:32pm

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.


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02 Oct 2018
07:26:24am

re: Whatever happened to ?

I still love yo-yos!

And can do a couple tricks! Happy


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02 Oct 2018
11:04:00am

re: Whatever happened to ?

Bit more serious, whatever happened to Philatelia (Theresa)

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APS #213005
02 Oct 2018
04:11:17pm

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....politics....she could not separate her collecting interests from her political interests and still post here....sad - she is missed.

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TuskenRaider

03 Oct 2018
07:50:17am

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....
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03 Oct 2018
04:02:21pm

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You can stil buy yo-yos. I bought a couple for my kids with replacement strings. Also need some wax, but thats easy.

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03 Nov 2018
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michael78651

03 Nov 2018
08:47:45pm

re: Whatever happened to ?

"I bought a couple for my kids with replacement strings. Also need some wax, but thats easy."



Yeah. Just get a Q-Tip and get the wax out of their ears!

(As someone else said...Phil started this, so don't blame me!)
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04 Nov 2018
12:35:43am

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):

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michael78651

04 Nov 2018
01:08:45am

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.

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04 Nov 2018
06:57:10am

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.

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04 Nov 2018
09:30:19am

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/

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APS #213005
04 Nov 2018
09:54:58am

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.


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