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WinstonSmith4740

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38. Maypo!!

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Tue Jun 26, 2012, 08:33 PM

Jun 2012

You forgot Maypo...great ad campaign, horrible product! And you know how much those "Happy Fizzie" parties at the local ice cream parlor indeared us to the waitresses!!

BTW, one of my sisters lives in the North Raleigh area...I didn't know they allowed liberals. Hold down the fort for us!!

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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