[Esteban]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I think we've seen this movie not long ago, no?

There's probably several 'movies' in this thread that we've seen before. We're old, we get excused if it's a repeat.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I learned to drive on one. '67 Dodge Dart.

I learned to drive on one; a '48 Pontiac.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Judge Chamberlain Haller

He's looked better.

My Cousin Vinny is one of my favorite movies.

[Lady Jane]

[Esteban]

This is one of the best western films imo of the 60s.

[dscabra]

Originally Posted by Esteban

This is one of the best western films imo of the 60s.

The Magnificent Seven!

[Esteban]

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[3.0L]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

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Oh yeah! We had one in the biffy at our mom and pop store. A fellow from
the local laundry firm replaced the roll once a week, plus left an extra roll,
shop rags and broom mop towels.

Every once in a while one of us would pull on towel machine and get the end
of the roll. This meant opening the box, removing the soiled towel roll and
replacing it with a new one. Threading the new towel took a few moments.

Well dad, being somewhat of a prankster, would stuff the end of the towel
back into the dispenser, knowing that if our shop manager got the end, we’d
hear a lot of expletives. 🤣

[hubbahubba]

When I went away to college the only phone I really had access to was the pay phone at the end of the hall in the dorm. I’d place a collect call to my folks who would refuse the call and then call back.😎👍🏼

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by hubbahubba

When I went away to college the only phone I really had access to was the pay phone at the end of the hall in the dorm. I’d place a collect call to my folks who would refuse the call and then call back.������

Clever...

[M_Six]

I called home from Korea on my first tour there in '77. It was painful. Had to travel to Seoul to the main Army base. You sat in a booth and an operator placed your call. It took several seconds for your voice to reach the other person and vice versa, so it wasn't a lively conversation.

Calling home from Germany in the 80's was a little better. It was clearer and faster, but man, it was pricey. 5DM (about $2) would get you maybe 10 minutes.

[///MPhatic]

You know you're old when you can still do the crazy things you used to do when you were younger...but no longer want to. Old is in the mind as much as it's in the body, sometimes more.

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I called home from Korea on my first tour there in '77. It was painful. Had to travel to Seoul to the main Army base. You sat in a booth and an operator placed your call. It took several seconds for your voice to reach the other person and vice versa, so it wasn't a lively conversation.

Calling home from Germany in the 80's was a little better. It was clearer and faster, but man, it was pricey. 5DM (about $2) would get you maybe 10 minutes.

I tried to call home from Germany, Christmas of ‘68. Stood in line for two
hours for a 2 minute call. After the operator worked hard to put the
connection through to California I heard my sweetie on the other end.
We chatted on the scratchy connection for maybe 30 seconds, then it
disconnected. Operator tried to reconnect, but not enough time left.

My total calls home from Vietnam during my 12 month tour equaled zero.

[Lady Jane]

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

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...and half of those channels were in metric!

I actually lived a spoiled childhood in Buffalo, because we had all of the US TV networks as well as the Canadian TV networks from Toronto.....

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

...and half of those channels were in metric!

I actually lived a spoiled childhood in Buffalo, because we had all of the US TV networks as well as the Canadian TV networks from Toronto.....

We had CBS (2), NBC (4), KTLA (5), ABC (7), KCAL (9), KTTV (11), and KCOP (13) in Los Angeles in the 60s and 70s. 7 TV channels in all.

[M_Six]

IIRC, 5 and 6 were Boston and Providence ABC stations, 4 and 10 were NBC, 7 was CBS, 2 and 44 were PBS, WLVI was 56, and WSBK was 38 (Bruins station).

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

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... and one channel was french. Oh, and I was the remote.

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I called home from Korea on my first tour there in '77. It was painful. Had to travel to Seoul to the main Army base. You sat in a booth and an operator placed your call. It took several seconds for your voice to reach the other person and vice versa, so it wasn't a lively conversation.

Calling home from Germany in the 80's was a little better. It was clearer and faster, but man, it was pricey. 5DM (about $2) would get you maybe 10 minutes.

Called my wifey from the PI in '77, '78 & '79 (yup, 2 WESTPACs in 19 months; first was 9 months, second was 8 with a 10 month break in between) and it was $1 per minute. We were newlyweds for the first cruise (with all the time we spent at sea, we had 52 days together our 1st year), so I called when I could.

[dscabra]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I called home from Korea on my first tour there in '77. It was painful. Had to travel to Seoul to the main Army base. You sat in a booth and an operator placed your call. It took several seconds for your voice to reach the other person and vice versa, so it wasn't a lively conversation.

Calling home from Germany in the 80's was a little better. It was clearer and faster, but man, it was pricey. 5DM (about $2) would get you maybe 10 minutes.

When I was stationed in Okinawa in the mid '80s, if you wanted to make a call to the U.S., you had to call the operator to schedule the call hours in advance. The time difference made most of the call happen in the middle of the night on my end. When your time finally came, the operator would place the call. There was still a delay of a second or so, so it was a lot of starting to talk on both ends and then waiting to see who would continue the conversation.

[Esteban]

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[Boomer 2019]

They are "Heel Plates" made by Eagle. You attached them to the heels of your boots or shoes with the provided screws or nails for resistance to heel and sole wear. In the 1950's and 1960's they were made of metal, and I firmly believe that the majority of them were used by adolescent males who were looking for that additional touch of cool clicking when they strutted. As time went by they were made of rubber and polyurethane, and lost their cool factor. Never used them myself, and I laughed at the guys who did. When you've got it there is no need to flaunt it.