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In the discussion thread: It's hot, our AC isn't working - so it's time for some nostalgia (no AC for us back then either!)... [View all]

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Mon Jun 25, 2012, 11:09 PM

HeiressofBickworth (1,230 posts)

2. Lived in Indiana until I was 10

We had no AC but we did have a nice cool basement and I always loved to read. It made those hot summer days bearable.

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75 replies	Author	Time	Post
It's hot, our AC isn't working - so it's time for some nostalgia (no AC for us back then either!)... [View all]	NRaleighLiberal	Jun 2012	OP
43 here and almost always had some type of AC, thank goodness.	Systematic Chaos	Jun 2012	#1
The ac is not really working in my truck.	texanwitch	Jun 2012	#3
Check the coolant level. We've got a leak and that's the first sign it is low.	HopeHoops	Jun 2012	#14
Lived in Indiana until I was 10	HeiressofBickworth	Jun 2012	#2
My Chicago Twister top was blue.	GoCubsGo	Jun 2012	#4
I still have a couple of those. The walk around the cone trick was my favorite.	HopeHoops	Jun 2012	#13
I remember seeing one of those tangled up in the neighbor kid's hair.	davsand	Jun 2012	#20
One can still buy the Wham-o Super Ball	Kaleva	Jun 2012	#5
The skybar............	mrmpa	Jun 2012	#6
These folks have carried Skybar in the past...	WinstonSmith4740	Jun 2012	#40
The cracker barrell carries them............	mrmpa	Jun 2012	#48
I don't remember Skybar (do remembr the rest) but saw them recently at OSH.	Live and Learn	Jun 2012	#68
i'm 31 and have never had ac	fizzgig	Jun 2012	#7
A nostalgic tune for your trials and tribulations...	bluesbassman	Jun 2012	#8
That song says it all.	texanwitch	Jun 2012	#16
I remember the fizzies and the superball	Art_from_Ark	Jun 2012	#9
I think my brother and I each went through several Super Balls -	NRaleighLiberal	Jun 2012	#28
Bosco? Bosco? What kind of man are you?	Denninmi	Jun 2012	#10
I HATED fizzies. They must have been a Communist plot. One thing about the past that trumps	raccoon	Jun 2012	#11
I LOVE SkyBars!!!!!!!!!!!	HopeHoops	Jun 2012	#12
ah - but which part? I liked the nougat part best....then chocolate - worst was PB	NRaleighLiberal	Jun 2012	#15
The whole fucking thing. They rock.	HopeHoops	Jun 2012	#19
Don't need no	pipi_k	Jun 2012	#17
Here's a tune for your cool-ass car...	bluesbassman	Jun 2012	#60
Colorforms! Had not thought about those in a couple of ice ages!	Manifestor_of_Light	Jun 2012	#75
I barely remember having no AC	OriginalGeek	Jun 2012	#18
Gah! The worst pain is stepping on a Barbie shoe in the middle of the night	riderinthestorm	Jun 2012	#25
Yick!	OriginalGeek	Jun 2012	#26
Try stepping on a LEGO barefoot -	bhikkhu	Jun 2012	#49
I grew up in Miami, FL, with no air conditioning.	RebelOne	Jun 2012	#21
Clacker Balls.	bluesbassman	Jun 2012	#22
I never could get mine to clack more tha a few times.	GoCubsGo	Jun 2012	#23
You probably just got all the defective ones.	bluesbassman	Jun 2012	#24
I don't remember them exploding	OriginalGeek	Jun 2012	#27
The damn things were dangerous.	texanwitch	Jun 2012	#29
lol I still carry more than a couple scars	OriginalGeek	Jun 2012	#31
We used to play in the railroad yard, a busy railroad yard.	texanwitch	Jun 2012	#32
I don;t recal a railroad yard anywhere near	OriginalGeek	Jun 2012	#33
Bet you had fun.	texanwitch	Jun 2012	#34
Worst stupid kid's game story from the 50's -	bhikkhu	Jun 2012	#50
Clackers (albiet with a different design, and made of plastic) came back when I was a kid...	TheMightyFavog	Jun 2012	#59
I've seen those. Different plastic.	bluesbassman	Jun 2012	#64
I had that! But after everyone heard that they could explode no one played with 'em anymore :( nt	Tx4obama	Jun 2012	#65
Oh I LOVE Bosco, It's rich and chocolaty.	1monster	Jun 2012	#30
I still have no a/c.	Curmudgeoness	Jun 2012	#35
We played in the heat all the time.	texanwitch	Jun 2012	#36
I have heard that attic fans did wonders.	Curmudgeoness	Jun 2012	#37
From what I remember the attic fans were loud but they did work.	texanwitch	Jun 2012	#39
Fans make it worse when there is high humidity.	Manifestor_of_Light	Jun 2012	#44
You got that right.	texanwitch	Jun 2012	#46
Attic fans do NOT work! I finally got AC 5 years ago, after 45 years without it in IL	riderinthestorm	Jun 2012	#54
Maypo!!	WinstonSmith4740	Jun 2012	#38
sssshhh....."they" don't know we are here!	NRaleighLiberal	Jun 2012	#42
Still have my early 1950s Toy Builders -- like Lego but wood.	JDPriestly	Jun 2012	#41
I remember attic fans and swamp coolers	Major Nikon	Jun 2012	#43
I have an Erector set in the metal box.	Manifestor_of_Light	Jun 2012	#45
I'm 63 here are some of mine	HarveyDarkey	Jun 2012	#47
Next to the Fizzies in the grocery store were these:	Art_from_Ark	Jun 2012	#51
I definitely remember those ads! We bought and drank lots of Funny Face drink mix!	NRaleighLiberal	Jun 2012	#53
I remember the first AC units I ever saw	Warpy	Jun 2012	#52
How do swamp coolers work?	texanwitch	Jun 2012	#55
How works a swamper?	Warpy	Jun 2012	#61
Unless you live somewhere where it 100° AND humid as hell.	hobbit709	Jun 2012	#66
I know, it's one reason I moved here, cheap AC,	Warpy	Jun 2012	#70
It's currently 92° with 47% humidity here.	hobbit709	Jun 2012	#71
Silly Putty !!! How could you leave out Silly Putty...	reACTIONary	Jun 2012	#56
and I forgot these three important iconic toys I loved -	NRaleighLiberal	Jun 2012	#57
32 here, young by some standards, but i think I'm entitled to SOME nostalgia...	TheMightyFavog	Jun 2012	#58
My high school in Northern Va did not have A/C	Digit	Jun 2012	#62
my wife got sent home from high school for wearing culottes! she still chuckles about it....	NRaleighLiberal	Jun 2012	#63
What wild women we were!	Digit	Jun 2012	#72
Do you have a basement and forced air heating?	Motown_Johnny	Jun 2012	#67
Ours isn't working either	Live and Learn	Jun 2012	#69
Goodness, I hope it's working now.	nclib	Jun 2012	#73
Hey friend! Seems time for a get together, hey! Yes, it's fixed...	NRaleighLiberal	Jun 2012	#74

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