August 20, 2005 - L.A. to Port Canaveral - Eastbound Repo Cruise - The SHIP OF FOOLS Part 2

[izzinmac]

Originally posted by mark & sandra
In an effort to help streamline further advertising, JGE would like to know how old you really are?

From the following list of 25 items, count all the ones that you remember -- not the ones you were told about! How to score yourself is at the end.


1. Blackjack chewing gum
2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar-water
3. Candy cigarettes
4. Soda-pop machines that dispensed bottles
5. Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
7. Party lines
8. Newsreels before the movie
9. P. F. Flyers
10. Butch wax
11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (e.g., Olive - 6933)
12. Peashooters
13. Howdy Doody
14. 45-RPM records ... and 78-RPM records
15. S&H Green Stamps
16. Hi-fi systems
17. Metal ice trays with lever
18. Mimeograph paper
19. Blue flashbulb
20. Packards
21. Rollerskate keys
22. Cork popguns
23. Drive-in theaters
24. Studebakers
25. Washtub wringers

If you remembered!

0 - 5 = You're still young

6 - 10 = You are getting older

11 - 15 = Don't tell your age

16 - 25 = You're older than you think!

The really sad thing about that list - I do remember every one of them!

Think I'll go kill myself!!!

 

[Scratch42]

Originally posted by mark & sandra
In an effort to help streamline further advertising, JGE would like to know how old you really are?

From the following list of 25 items, count all the ones that you remember -- not the ones you were told about! How to score yourself is at the end.


1. Blackjack chewing gum
2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar-water
3. Candy cigarettes
4. Soda-pop machines that dispensed bottles
5. Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
7. Party lines
8. Newsreels before the movie
9. P. F. Flyers
10. Butch wax
11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (e.g., Olive - 6933)
12. Peashooters
13. Howdy Doody
14. 45-RPM records ... and 78-RPM records
15. S&H Green Stamps
16. Hi-fi systems
17. Metal ice trays with lever
18. Mimeograph paper
19. Blue flashbulb
20. Packards
21. Rollerskate keys
22. Cork popguns
23. Drive-in theaters
24. Studebakers
25. Washtub wringers

If you remembered!

0 - 5 = You're still young

6 - 10 = You are getting older

11 - 15 = Don't tell your age

16 - 25 = You're older than you think!

YIPPEE!

Survey says...................................

I'M STILL YOUNG!

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!

Scratch

 

[winotracy]

I'm not telling....my parents made me know about those things....I'm not old. I haven't asked DH about the list yet. His answer can't be good.

 

[DonnaDavid]

About that aging survey . . . oh well. There's a lot of nice things about aging . . .

 

[DonnaDavid]

Darlene,

I've only lived in Hillsboro for about 2 1/2 yrs. and it's a big enough city that I probably don't know your daughter anyway, but that is neat that she lives nearby.

I usually fly Southwest or Alaska to LA, but I always book roundtrip. I'm fairly sure that Southwest is going to be the best for a one-way trip. I've read (on these boards, of course) that once SWA releases their rates, the other airlines will often lower their fares. We do need to book those flights on the first day that they come out though.

 

[invaderzim]

Wow -- that list was a great trip down memory lane. I remember 19 of them, my husband remembers 22. Oh, well -- we certainly don't feel 50 -- and we never act our age

 

[invaderzim]

Yikes - I just realized we're below the 300 mark!!!!!

 

[paulcrsb]

Nice list! Thanks a lot Mark for making me feel really old!

Paul

 

[Mom2Belle&PeterPan]

Originally posted by winotracy
Ok, I'm now up to date with the index.

Index

~~~THANK YOU TRACY!!!!!!! :sunny~~~

 

[gassmandy]

Just when I was starting to feel old------I took the quiz and only remember 2 items first hand. YIPEEEEE!!!!!!!

 

[mark & sandra]

Just some Travel humor:

Tendjewberrymud

Read aloud for best results (and some semblance of comprehension). This was nominated "best email of 1997".

The following is a telephone exchange between a hotel guest and room-service, at a hotel in Asia which was recorded and published in the Far East Economic Review...

Room Service (RS): "Morny. Ruin sorbees"
Guest (G): "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service"
RS: "Rye..Ruin sorbees..morny! Djewish to odor sunteen??"
G: "Uh..yes..I'd like some bacon and eggs"
RS: "Ow July den?"
G: "What??"
RS: "Ow July den?...pry, boy, pooch?"
G: "Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry, scrambled please."
RS: "Ow July dee bayhcem...crease?"
G: "Crisp will be fine."
RS : "Hokay. An San tos?"
G: "What?"
RS:"San tos. July San tos?"
G: "I don't think so"
RS: "No? Judo one toes??"
G: "I feel really bad about this, but I don't know what
'judo one toes 'means."
RS: "Toes! toes!...why djew Don Juan toes? Ow bow singlish mopping we bother?"
G: "English muffin!! I've got it! You were saying 'Toast.' Fine. Yes, an English muffin will be fine."
RS: "We bother?"
G: "No..just put the bother on the side."
RS: "Wad?"
G: "I mean butter...just put it on the side."
RS: "Copy?"
G: "Sorry?"
RS: "Copy...tea...mill?"
G: "Yes. Coffee please, and that's all."
RS: "One Minnie. *** ruin torino fee, strangle ache, crease baychem,tossy singlish mopping we bother honey sigh, and copy....rye??"
G: "Whatever you say"
RS: "Tendjewberrymud"
G: "You're welcome"

 

[invaderzim]

This one cracks me up every time I see it. You have to read it out loud to get the full impact!

 

[ehtpnt]

There are no smilies with canes or crutches. I remember 22 of those items. The list does bring back memories. Boy did I love Black Jack gum.

We have trip insurance for this cruise. Our TA reccomended it this time and we agreed. She felt that since we were so far out from the trip it was a good idea. So we did it this time.
Yes we are into the 200s as far as the count down is considered. Was thinking this afternoon as I put on my heavy sweat shirt this time next year we will have been home for over a month.
Estelle

 

[mark & sandra]

Hey Grumbo, I received the plates for you and Jazz. I'll send them out tomorrow

 

[Grumbo]

Gassmandy said.....Just when I was starting to feel old------I took the quiz and only remember 2 items first hand. YIPEEEEE!!!!!!!

Big deal.
Your dad doesn't remember ANY of them
Then again your mum says finding his car at the mall is an expedition

Cheers,
Grumbo

 

[ehtpnt]

Maybe his car at the mall IS an Expedition.

Yeah I know that was poor. But I have DHs' cold and that was the best I could do. Besides the wit is among the first things to go. Along with hearing and potty breaks.

Things are getting dark around here early. House is decorated for Halloween. We even have flashing eyes in the bushes out front. There's a ghost, pumpkin and spider on top of the computer screen. DD is trying to come up with a great costume for her boyfriend. She actually asked me if I had any ideas. I told her he could borrow my Maleficent costume. She didn't seem to think he would go for that. Made perfect sense to me.

Estelle

 

[mississaugamom]

Originally posted by mark & sandra
In an effort to help streamline further advertising, JGE would like to know how old you really are?

From the following list of 25 items, count all the ones that you remember -- not the ones you were told about!

Darn - I'm "older than I think"!

Based on this, start sending me the Depends and Geritol advertisements!

Arlene

 

[EileenAmI]

What's a "record?"

Just kidding!

 

[Bmwdsny]

Originally posted by mississaugamom
Darn - I'm "older than I think"!

Based on this, start sending me the Depends and Geritol advertisements!

Arlene

Yeah, i am with you Arlene!! I didn't like the test because i am realizing that i am older than i think, too!!
In fact, i have a habit of telling my kids, "you sound like a broken record" and they too asked me "what is a record?"!!

Ok, i am leaving for Atlantic City tonight and staying til Friday....My Dh has a business trip and i am going along for a ride. My parents are staying here at my house and watch my kids. Nice break for me!! I will bring along my laptop with me to check in every now and then, so chat all you want!!! There is no way i am going to get behind here!!!

 

[mississaugamom]

Have a great time in Atlantic City, Melinda!

Enjoy the break

Arlene