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everyone wants a (real) Slinky...you oughta get a (real) Sli Haven't seen an original metal Slinky in years; I think they were introduced nationwide around 1957 or 1958, because I remember seeing the TV commercials when I was about five or six years old. Don't know if electric shocks had...

down the tubes, tolivac? What kind of radio station are you talking about? I work at an AM station in St. Louis, and we switched to a solid-state transmitter back in 1980! I'm amazed that someone's still usin' tubes... just curious, bro'...

big bars for big hand jobs... In the Philippines, there are washing machines, but many more people still do their wash by hand...the bars are not far removed from the P & G bars our grandmothers and great-grandmothers used on a washboard. Tide and Mr. Clean are recognizable P & G brands, but I...

No need to "lurk!" Hey, Washerfanatic! I'm from the Illinois side of the St. Louis metro area...so there's more than a few appliance fans in the "Lou" than you'd think! Got some relatives in Columbia, too, so you're not alone on that count either! Welcome aboard!

Ram who? Not to worry, hoover1060...the Firebird had a Ram Air (air induction) system during most of its production life... ...and it's more tasteful than something I've seen on more than a few Dodge trucks lately: "If you can't DODGE it...RAM it." Enjoy, bro'!

Kwik-e-Marts... DOH!!!!

there's a moment of silence, then... (ping!)

More high dramatics... Hey, cadman, the only rough-shifting Hydra-Matics were the ones that were low on fluid! Hydra-Matic, BTW, was the favorite automatic not only with Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Cadillac buyers, it was the only automatic you could get on early Chevy and GMC pickups...and the...

Hey! You forgot the big guy! Ahem, buddies...a moment of silence for Gordon Jump, the previous Maytag repairman and the general manager on "WKRP in Cincinnati"... I must have a purely personal reaction to seeing the independent Maytag dealers in the St. Louis area now advertising themselves as...

It's only a game show...keep repeating: It's only a In this thread and many others, people have commented about the fun they've had watching Bob Barker on "The Price is Right." The current version (1972-today) is my guilty TV pleasure (the music, the games, and of course Bob Barker's unmatched...

Having just turned 55, here's the b-bro's take... A few things I remember first-hand (and some I can still find)... Glass milk bottles (still have a milk store a couple blocks from home where I buy milk in glass bottles!) ... "step-down" Hudsons ... bathtub Nashes ... the eerie glowing hood...

High dramatics on (Turbo) Hydra-Matics Hey, 48bencix, a little clarification on the Turbo Hydra-Matic: Hydra-Matic debuted in 1940 as an option on Oldsmobiles, and appeared as an option on Cadillacs the following year. Pontiacs offered Hydra-Matics in 1948... In 1952, the "Dual Range"...

Mr. Humbertson's nephew???? Heard this morning both Mr. and Mrs. Humbertson have since passed away; supposedly there is a nephew who will receive the '57 Plymouth...or what's left of it...

Glad to hear the good news! Hey, DADOes, take care of yourself...glad to hear you're doin' better! BTW, Bob, early wishes for a happy birthday on Saturday...it could be a long weekend for the party crowd, bro', since my birthday's on Friday (the 22nd!) Charlie bongobro

Games people play(ed) I love watching the old "Match Game" (with Brett, Charles and Richard)--you realize of course they'd raise a major stink (pun intended) about Charles Nelson Reilly smoking cigars and pipes on air if the show were in production today! I loved the original "Password"...

(T)-Bird Watching '58 T-Birds had a honeycomb front grille and rear trim section similar to the grille of the 1958 Ford. '59s had a horizontally-barred front grille and rear trim panel (and standard wheel covers identical to the '59 Galaxie). '60's, as countryford correctly noted, are the only...

Jump the shark? That's what could happen if Bob's ad (cue tuba and orchestra contestant failure music sting--"foom-FOOM-fa-foom, blaaaaaaahhhh...") Bob Barker himself said he would love to see Rosie O'Donnell replace him on TPIR... Instead of "come on down," my reaction is "COME ON NOW!!!"

No way you can restore this one, bro'! I spent most of Sunday night reviewing the pix of the Tulsa Plymouth. The rear end was sagging as if the frame had rusted or broken off at the body mounts or the rear spring mounts. I remember seeing trade magazines for body-and-fender repairmen (which my...

look at my member name.... Hey, guys (AHEM!!!) there is at least one drummer among the contributors...where do ya think I got the name "bongobro"? Will find a couple of pictures of yours truly in action to show ya what I got... BTW, nothin' like the sound of a B-3 in jazz mode...that really...

An unexpected side effect from dryer sheets... A co-worker of mine was telling me that his 13-year-old daughter was breaking out in an inexplicable rash where her clothes were contacting her skin; red bumps, welts, the whole bit. Turns out the daughter's doctor asked if the girl's mother used...