How about:
Dinah Shore commercials with her singing "See the USA in your Chevrolet"
Man, that goes back a long way..."America's the greatest land of all"
When there was no cable TV and you had 4 channels to watch, the local CBS, ABC, NBC and PBS stations.
Boy, you were lucky...we got 2 CBS & NBC, plus a station from Quebec that was all in French. We didn't speak French but we watched it anyway.
When Cable TV was called Pay TV and folks said people would never pay for receiving TV channels.
Nope...didn't have that available.
Seeing a first run episode of "The Dick Van **** Show".
Yup, and don't forget Red Skelton, Milton Burle, etc.
When that new hamburger place opened in town, McDonalds....and you could get a burger, shake and fries and get change back from your dollar.
The start of the 15 cent hamburger. And they were great. At least from my memory.
Getting a Bell Beefer at Taco Bell.
Didn't have one in our town.
Every Kentucky Fried Chicken had fried livers, and there was only the original recipe.
Didn't have one of those either.
Watching Ed Sullivan when Topo Gigio was on.
And always someone that would spin plates on the end of sticks. Good times!
Drinking Fizzies, which turned your tongue different colors, and those colors turned up again when you went number 2.
The only thing that came in "Root Beer" flavor. Well, not even close but it was brown and fizzy.
When soda came in glass bottles than you returned to the store for a refund.
Some still do around here.
Going with your dad in September to see the new cars at the local dealership. (Bonus points if you remember going to see that new Mustang at the Ford dealer in 1964.)
Yes to both. It was a right of passage. Every fall a trip around to all the dealers. New car smells and wishful hoping.
When Toyotas and Datsuns were considered crappy cars.
Do you remember how laughable Saabs were. Three cylinder, two cycle engines that sounded like popcorn popping except with less power.
When you stood up in the back of your parents car while they drove so you could see better...and nobody had seatbelts in their car let alone airbags.
How about sleeping on the shelf between the back seat and the rear window.
Milk was milk, there was no non-fat, 1% or 2%. And the milkman came to your house once a week and delivered the milk in a glass bottle that you returned. If you weren't home he'd come in and put it in your fridge because he had a key to your house.
And the cream would come to the top so it was usually poured off and used for whipped cream. Paper caps with round cardboard inner caps on the bottles.
The garbage man actually got out of his truck, went into your back yard, got your trash can, carried it to the truck, dumped it, and then carried it back into your backyard.
No trash collection in our neighborhood. Once a week we went to the dump and sometimes foraged for whatever good stuff we could find there.
Making Jiffy Pop popcorn on the stove.
An early version of Space Ship Earth. We also had a screened basket with a long handle that you would rub over the burner of an electric stove (yes, we did have electricity) and watch it pop and fill the basket.
Having Tonka Toys.....and trying to destroy them...only to discover they were indestructable.
Yea, they were.
Before there were Legos, there were Lincoln Logs.
Still have my set someplace stashed away.
Your dad drank Olympia, or Schlitz, or Pabts Blue Ribbon Beer.
Schlitz...the beer that made Milwaukee famous. It was my favorite when I was older...I really miss it.
You'd come home from school and watch Lassie, or Dark Shadows, or reruns of I Love Lucy.
What do you mean "reruns", I remember the originals. I also remember sitting on the floor in front of the old black and white console watching Superman and The Mickey Mouse Club (mostly Annette) as well as Sky King and Sgt. Preston of the Yukon.
Nobody played soccer.
Played what?
There were two Professional football leagues, the NFL and the AFL.
I lived in New York State so it was all baseball and only the Yankees. Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Roger Maris.
) on our local Chicago tv news because Shell was refusing to sell him any gas. I remember when they sold gas by the liter here in the States because gas prices went over 99 cents a gallon and the pumps couldn't be calibrated for more than that.
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. I've been going there for years, they know they have to be one step ahead of the big guys (Wawa, Costco etc) to stay alive, I really like getting gas there, plus if the car needs to be fixed I know I can trust them
Lockers in elementary? 
