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Massengill and Norforms Absent the mention of these two products is perplexing. I recall stopping at the drugstore (1960s) with mom, for my acne Rx (I was a pizza-face in my teens). She would often purchase Massengill (I don't know if it was powder or liquid). Also occasionally Norforms...

50s/60s are @ home at my house in SoFlo. I stopped buying music circa 1980. I enjoy playing all my vinyl and do that often. From time to time I do like to hear Madonna, George Michael, Blondie and occasional disco oldies. Ixnay on Prince, M. Jackson, Wings, and especially later Stones. We...

Inherited GE TL When I bought my house, the TL came with it and looks like it saw a lot of use. So far so good after four years. "Regular/Cotton" cycle is hit-or-miss, sometimes it will completely shut off during the cycle. I've switched to "Easy Care" and no problems. I just leave it set...

Not to be critical, but.... When did you find time for "EDUCATION"? The nuns at my school would have you being punished if you wee found in anyplace clandestine! I had to stay after school once because I was caught walking back to class after Sister asked me to get a fresh box of chalk for the...

Lennon Sisters! For Universal appliances on the Lawrence Welk Show. They always harmonized a commercial.

People make fun of me To my friends up north... Today's temps: Boynton Beach, FL: 90 degrees F. Newark, NJ: 92 degrees F. Who's your daddy?

Hee-Hee Pata-Pata was in regular rotation on the top 40 station, WABC-AM 770 in NYC. My kid sister (now 60) always called it "the Noxzema song". If you listen to the melody, at the end of every line is sung a word that sounds like "Noxzema". Not being fluent in Afrikaan, I couldn't even...

Pata-Pata time By Miriam Makeba (sp). I believe she was a South African songstress. You have the time frame right, I think it was 1963-1966.

Seen Before A friend in Pittsburgh had this setup. He also had the countertop setup from Nutone that incorporated the blender, mixer, etc. I keep all my countertop appliances stashed in the garage, covered, for lack of room in my galley kitchen. Funny, the only thing I use regularly is my...

Go with vinegar! White, please! I have been using this for years. My General Electric TL has an acrylic tub, so I don't foresee problems. It has no fabric softener dispenser, so I just use a "Downy" ball and add a little water. I use Oxydol powder, ordered online, four boxes last me about a...

Ugh. Kmart here in Boynton folded their tents in the 90s, then taken over by Winn-Dixie. W/D closed after a short time, it always "smelled bad" in there. We still have a Kmart north of here, but in an "iffy" 'hood. We still have a nice Sears at the Boynton Mall, but I only go there to get...

Cigarette entrees that hooked us You get a lot to like with a Marlboro, filter, flavor, pack or box. Only Parliament has the filter that's in, recessed in. Winston tastes good, like a (thump-thump) cigarette should. I'd walk a mile for a Camel. A hint of mint makes the difference, so cool, that...

Swan Dish Detergent Swan keeps sudsing and sudsing and sudsing The grease-cuttingist, grease cuttingist soap!

zippered shut I saw these on Amazon for a reasonable price I bought two, knowing how these things disappear from the market after awhile. It has windows for pix and licenses. Slots for crecit cards. Two sections for bills. I'm very happy with this; I rarely make visits to places where my...

@circlew Obviously, you didn't go to Catholic school! Our school viewed movies from time to time, one of which was "The Long Long Trailer" featuring Lucy and Desi. They were married in real life at the time. Whenever they shared an on-screen kiss, one of the nuns would hold a 3X5 card oven...

@suds14 I see you are from Pittsburgh. Do you think your suggestion would work here in FL? The sun is very hot here in the summer, and I don't have a spot that's shaded on my property. As for "first frost", we don't have that in South Florida! My first summer here I put the cactus under a...

Christmas Cacti Mystery As most of you know, I re-located to FL from NJ several years ago. I gave my two cacti to my sister for safekeeping until I could make another trip to the Garden State. Not knowing what to do with them, she put them on top of the toilet tank in her guest bathroom. She...

Just a little confusing I had to go to my library of television to look this up. Westinghouse was the first to develop color TV for the US market. It used the CBS system of electro-mechanical workings. Successful, but not compatible with B&W broadcasts. Most sets were produced and...

We Were Lucky To live in a TV saturation area. Our house in East Orange, NJ did fine with just rabbit ears for many years because of our close proximity to NYC. Our 1948 RCA console was upgraded to a 21" rectangular chassis around 1957, since the RCA factory was only a couple miles away and...

Where? Do you find them? Being from NJ, there was always a bumper crop of tomatoes of all kinds during the summer. My co-workers always brought me some. I just used to slice them kinda thick, toss with flour, S&P, then fry carefully in oil. Drain on paper towels placed over newspaper...