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      03-28-2022, 05:42 PM   #4643
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...if you know all of the ingredients of a McDonald's Big Mac...but have to sing a song to tell them to someone.....
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      03-28-2022, 05:46 PM   #4644
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...if you know all of the ingredients of a McDonald's Big Mac...but have to sing a song to tell them to someone.....
Yep, that's the way I learned. Make it a song and we'll usually remember it.
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"Special Sauce" worked better in the song than Thousand Island Dressing.
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^^^That's in an age where my Dad was earning $250/week and raising 5 kids on it. He was probably grumbling about the high cost of gas then, too.
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^^^That's in an age where my Dad was earning $250/week and raising 5 kids on it. He was probably grumbling about the high cost of gas then, too.
Yeah but that Nova was only about 2 grand brand new.
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You remember buying one of those...
We built a dune buggy from a kit in high school auto shop. The teacher kept it when we were done! We were cheap labor, but I did learn how to build a VW engine in that class.
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We built a dune buggy from a kit in high school auto shop. The teacher kept it when we were done! We were cheap labor, but I did learn how to build a VW engine in that class.
...you've rebuilt an air-cooled VW engine on your family's dining room table!
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...you've rebuilt an air-cooled VW engine on your family's dining room table!
My Mom would never have let us bring a VW engine into the house. There would have been a boxer rebellion.
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...you know you are old when you used to go with your dad down to the liquor store to test the tubes in your TV. It was so exciting when we found a bad tube and they had it in stock. That meant we could get right home and put the new tube in and get the picture looking good again, all 15 inches of it in black and white with 3 stations from which to choose. That was a big leap from radio shows.
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...you know you are old when you used to go with your dad down to the liquor store to test the tubes in your TV. It was so exciting when we found a bad tube and they had it in stock. That meant we could get right home and put the new tube in and get the picture looking good again, all 15 inches of it in black and white with 3 stations from which to choose. That was a big leap from radio shows.
You're old, haha. We tested our tubes at the market and had a black & white with 7 channels. Now we have hundreds. We're spoiled.
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You're old, haha. We tested our tubes at the market and had a black & white with 7 channels. Now we have hundreds. We're spoiled.
We are spoiled for sure. There is a tendency to look back at the good old days as being better, but that isn't always the case. Great topic for another thread if could last more than a page without blowing up!
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Reminded me of this. Was always one of my favorites!

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Reminded me of this. Was always one of my favorites!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpJkuE_vDYU" rel="ugc" target="_blank">http://<a href="https://www.youtube....pJkuE_vDYU</a>
Hmmm, I think I remember that one
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HA! I bet you do!
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