Are you old enough to remember....

[Mardonzi]

Waterski belts

 

[OCMerrill]

Dads worked and moms stayed home.
We rode our bikes to the moves and parked them in the bike racks without locks. They were there when we came out.
Pinball was $0.05
We took our guns to school for shooting club after school.
We made our hunting knifes at school.
Burgers were made with 30% fat.
We played outside.
You could go to the park and start a workup game with one bat, one ball.
When the fight was over, so was the argument.
I knew everyone on my street and the next.
Dad left the keys in the car.
You could not hold $0.50 of penny candy in both hands.
Cops drove down your street and stopped to say hi.
We spent Sundays as a family.
Every meal was ate at the table, together.

We actually made (cast) handguns in metal shop. Made patterns on a panagraph and then cast the part. They were solid but sure looked real when painted.

 

[OCMerrill]

Waterski belts View attachment 244154

Shark Jumper.

 

[waterhorse]

never mind I was thinking of the one on the way to oxnard

Yeah, that was Jungleland in Thousand Oaks.

 

[OCMerrill]

Skate Park Odyssey

MC places to ride

Claude Osteen's M/C Park in Pomona
Saddleback
Escape Country

 

[h2o225]

The city shopping center in garbage grove was all open air. The traveling band at Angels Stadium. Chis n pits bbq dont know if they are around any more. Two guys department stores. Pup n Taco.

 

[Tom Brown]

We actually made (cast) handguns in metal shop. Made patterns on a panagraph and then cast the part. They were solid but sure looked real when painted.

... and there was less gun violence in schools back then, proving conclusively more guns in school equates to less gun violence. :thumbsup

 

[CampbellCarl]

Who remembers Ski Land?

<<<< Ski Land, yes, spent MANY weekends either there or Lake Elsinore. Pops bought a new boat and "By God, we're gonna ski every weekend this year....."

1969

 

[racered]

Copper brass radiators that lasted the life of the engine, spark plugs that didn't.
Zerex antifreeze commercial, where they poked a hole in the can and it stopped leaking.
Clear bubbly plastic seat covers.
The black buildup in the center of the lane.
The oil lamps at road construction sites
The smell of high test.
Non synchro transmissions.
Rope start mowers that replaced the old push reel mowers.
Lawn Boy two stroke mowers.
Home made anything,(corned beef)
Clothes lines
Flash bulbs
Straight eights
Willie with a crew cut.

 

[Go-Fly]

We actually made (cast) handguns in metal shop. Made patterns on a panagraph and then cast the part. They were solid but sure looked real when painted.

When I lived on LAFB there was a class on gun making and repair. 6TH graders got to shoot full autos on the range.

 

[kevnmcd]

Hwy 395 between Escondido and Corona....before they built the 15 FWY.
Back when the 405/5 freeway had nothing but orange groves on both sides.
Orange County Raceway (wasn't there a drag strip east of the 5 fwy around Irvine area?)
Changing the oil in your truck meant pulling into the dirt lot next door and draining the old oil right into a dirt hole and then covering it up. No big deal back then.

 

[Hammer]

Any you guys own a pair of PK flyers when you were a kid ?

 

[Meaney77]

Thrifty's and their ice cream.

 

[OCMerrill]

... and there was less gun violence in schools back then, proving conclusively more guns in school equates to less gun violence. :thumbsup

Panagraphed of a real hand gun right there in class. So cool.

<<<< Ski Land, yes, spent MANY weekends either there or Lake Elsinore. Pops bought a new boat and "By God, we're gonna ski every weekend this year....."

1969

If we weren't at the River we spent the days at Ski Land. I think the lake is still there in Nuevo?? and its a fishing lake??

When I lived on LAFB there was a class on gun making and repair. 6TH graders got to shoot full autos on the range.

How bitchen was that. :thumbsup

 

[Hammer]

No helmet laws to ride bicycles.

 

[OCMerrill]

I sure do miss a good 2nd or 3rd stage smog alert.

 

[Hammer]

Chief auto parts

 

[Hammer]

Bobs Big Boy

Two near whee in staying right now

 

[Tom Brown]

Panagraphed of a real hand gun right there in class. So cool.

Do you guys mean pantograph? An articulated system of levers with a cutter and a stylus to copy shapes?

Wikipedia doesn't know anything about panagraph. Maybe it's a brand?

 

[Buoy]

I got a swat from a teacher in the 5th grade from Mrs. Kelly ( IT GOD DAMN HURT ) Because I forgot a pencil then saw her again when I was 16 at a gas station I worked at and she wanted me to check the air in her tires :grumble: OK 25lbs in one 55lbs 65lbs in another and 40lbs have a good day bitch

Our shop teacher was mr. Huss.
He had "Huss' 100%".
Depending on how bad what you did determined the "%" of the swat.
I remember our varsity nose tackle take "100%", and it lifted him off the ground.
Other teachers would commission us shop guys to make paddles for them. The viscious ones had holes drilled in them

 

[OCMerrill]

Do you guys mean pantograph? An articulated system of levers with a cutter and a stylus to copy shapes?

Wikipedia doesn't know anything about panagraph. Maybe it's a brand?

Yes. iphone typing and forcing through spell check is no good. This is basically how you would transfer a pattern into a tool or just make a 1:1 duplicate. You could mirror and image but changing around the set-up and also add or reduce scale.

Now you just take a 3D solid model and hit the enter button.

 

[CampbellCarl]

Cruising Whittier Boulevard.........................

 

[Go-Fly]

A carton of smokes was $3.15. $0.35 a pack at the till and if you were hard up, a machine was $0.40. When I was a boxboy at 15, the reps gave us cigs for free. There was always 3 or 4 open cartons by the time clock. You just took a pack on your way out.

 

[TBI]

Sambo's

 

[Go-Fly]

Sambo's

We had a "Little Black Sambos". Later called Sambo's.

 

[OCMerrill]

Sambo's

We had one right next to Zody's.

 

[Skyskier]

Panagraphed of a real hand gun right there in class. So cool.



If we weren't at the River we spent the days at Ski Land. I think the lake is still there in Nuevo?? and its a fishing lake??

You can still see the original layout of Skiland, it's about 4 ft. deep. There's a lake off Ramona expressway, Mystic Lake, it fills from the San Jacinto river when we get heavy rains in late spring. Me & my BF in high school, Bob Hetrick, built a little 8 ft. hydroplane in wood shop :cool, we couldn't afford to register it an run it at Marine Stadium, so we tied it on the roof of his '50 chevy, hung the merc outboard motor outta the trunk an went to Mystic Lake :thumbsup................talk about driving out to "the boonies"

 

[Meaney77]

No helmet laws to ride bicycles.

No helmet law to ride motorcycles

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

No condoms in porn

 

[RogerThat99]

going hunting before school and going right to school with the rifles in a gun rack in your truck at school. There was even a picture of several of my friends holding hunting rifles in the year book.

 

[Meaney77]

Simi Valley drive in and crap meet on Sundays

Scwhin stingray bikes with banana seat

Street racing

Going wheeling or playing in the mud in the kimber fields and in Labrancha here in Thousand Oaks.

Ascot raceway- used to drive down there with my dad to watch the midgets and sprints every Saturday night. Kinda thought it was boaring back then watching a bunch of left turns. I can appreciate them now and miss the races and pops.

When Palmdale was cool and not so dark.

 

[Skyskier]

Cruising Whittier Boulevard.........................

I THINK I saw you at "Harvey's Broiler " one night ..................that was me in the '65 Yellow VW with the button tuck interior, OR, coulda been the purple '47 chevy, drooped to the ground :thumbsup

 

[Go-Fly]

Real slot car tracks at the bowling alley. Remember the Revell 1:32 scale kits. If you short wound the motor you could get more speed out of it.:thumbsup

That makes me smile just thinking about it.

The one below is HO. 1:32 was much bigger.

 

[RogerThat99]

The 200 in 1 electronics kit
Heath Kits
Pepsi in a 16oz glass bottle.
Nudie Beer - Had a lady one the label and her clothes were scratch off like a lottery scratcher.

 

[CampbellCarl]

When I-10 wasn't complete and you HAD to drive thru Indio on the way to/from the river. Set of double railroad tracks right in town.

Bad train de-railment one Sunday on the way home. Traffic backed most of the way up toward Chiraco Summit. After awhile, everybody started to open trunks, crank radios and the party started right there on the 10. Since nobody had 'everything' it was like a buffet, fried chicken at one trunk, a partial cooler of beers at another trunk.......lasted 6 or 8 hours......

CC

 

[stephenkatsea]

Quail and rabbit hunting at what was later to become the Canyon Lake golf course. Back then there was no "Canyon Lake". It was "Railroad Canyon Lake".

 

[Meaney77]

Pioneer Chicken

 

[ltbaney1]

geez you guys are old i havent even heard of some of that stuff. Hammer i actually remember rad the movie and own it on DVD, used to think it was the best movie ever, 18 years later i just laugh at it but i still love it.

 

[stephenkatsea]

You slid 45's into what was called a "toaster" record player in your car. LP's were played in your car on a turn table with an arm that was so heavy you got about 3 plays out of any album. It was like a friggin' lathe for LP's. Then came Mad Man Muntz 4 & 8 track. And "Vibrasonic" sound. Yes, it was Harvey's Broiler long before it became Johnnie's Broiler.

 

[Hammer]

When you could wrench on your car without needing a scanner, cars before EFI.

Jazzercise !!

Knee high socks were cool so were mullets

Erecter sets

Toy Log cabin in a box

Before the bluewater casino no 5 mph zone

Johnny jump ups

Hyper color t shirts

Big wheels

When it wasnt illegal to ride on the back of an ATC, before quads.

You could tow your kid behind a bike on a saucer in the sand

 

[RogerThat99]

23 T-Buckets were a common site

When a Baja Bug could have just the headlights in the hood not the fenders.

 

[Hammer]

Saugus speedway wasnt just a swap meet

 

[Hammer]

geez you guys are old i havent even heard of some of that stuff. Hammer i actually remember rad the movie and own it on DVD, used to think it was the best movie ever, 18 years later i just laugh at it but i still love it.

I do too ! It's corny now , but used to think it was the ish back in the day !

 

[RogerThat99]

When you could wrench on your car without needing a scanner, cars before EFI.

Jazzercise !!

Knee high socks were cool so were mullets

Erecter sets

Toy Log cabin in a box

Before the bluewater casino no 5 mph zone

Johnny jump ups

Hyper color t shirts

Big wheels

When it wasnt illegal to ride on the back of an ATC, before quads.

You could tow your kid behind a bike on a saucer in the sand

Jazzercise !! - They still have Jazzercise

Toy Log cabin in a box - Called Lincoln Logs

Big wheels - Before or after the brodie brake was added.

Don't forget the Green Machine big wheel type thing with turning levers and the rear wheels turned

 

[Hammer]

Your dad would kick your butt when you did something stupid and it wasnt considerd child abuse.

 

[Hammer]

Jazzercise !! - They still have Jazzercise

Toy Log cabin in a box - Called Lincoln Logs

Big wheels - Before or after the brodie brake was added.

Don't forget the Green Machine big wheel type thing with turning levers and the rear wheels turned

I had the dukes of hazard model with a turning brake. My dad modified the brake so I could do bigger skids

 

[RogerThat99]

toy SSP cars with the pull cord to wind them up.

Evil Kinevel toy motorcycles with the little wind up box to make them go.

 

[oldschool]

You could buy real fireworks in California.

 

[Hammer]

Before my time but heard plenty of stories

Lyons Dragstrip

LACR

Boat drags at castaic lake (lower)

 

[Go-Fly]

You could buy the best bud from the High School shop teacher. Power hit a whole bowl and just get a light buzz. :thumbup: