Whatever happened to....

[Bullaholic]

O.k. old folks, chime in....

Roadside produce stands
Drive-in theatres
Real hamburgers
Stuckey's
Burma Shave signs
Hare Krishnas
Moonies
Hippies
Dude Ranches
clip-on ties
white bucs
penny loafers
chinos
madras shirts
Gant shirts
nehru jackets
tiebars
embroiderd collars on dress shirts
gold initial cuff links
Jade East, English Leather, & Canoe colognes
bell bottoms
mini-skirts (real problem in HS)
rah-rahs (black & white shoes)
pointed dress shoes
white pants
moon pies
boys highschool rings w/corn pad spacers worn by girls
flattops & butch wax
anklets
ascots
ouija boards
8-ball fortune tellers
kaliedoscopes
viewmasters
slinkys
crocheting
pez
atomic fireballs
3-D movies
music records

That's just a few old things at random that I remember out of my head probably spanning 3 or 4 decades. How bout' you? What did you wear in highschool?

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by Bullaholic
O.k. old folks, chime in....

Roadside produce stands
Drive-in theatres
Real hamburgers
Stuckey's
Burma Shave signs
Hare Krishnas
Moonies
Hippies
Dude Ranches
clip-on ties
white bucs
penny loafers
chinos
madras shirts
Gant shirts
nehru jackets
tiebars
embroiderd collars on dress shirts
gold initial cuff links
Jade East, English Leather, & Canoe colognes
bell bottoms
mini-skirts (real problem in HS)
rah-rahs (black & white shoes)
pointed dress shoes
white pants
moon pies
boys highschool rings w/corn pad spacers worn by girls
flattops & butch wax
anklets
ascots
ouija boards
8-ball fortune tellers
kaliedoscopes
viewmasters
slinkys
crocheting
pez
atomic fireballs
3-D movies
music records

That's just a few old things at random that I remember out of my head probably spanning 3 or 4 decades. How bout' you? What did you wear in highschool?

You wore all that stuff in high school? :D

[kepdawg]

I bet Coach Ford in Celina has some of that stuff!

[Bullaholic]

Originally posted by pirate4state
You wore all that stuff in high school? :D

Anything that I thought would catch the eye of the girls, P4S--and I did try a lot of stuff....:D

[44INAROW]

We were limited on what we could wear - NO PANTS until I was in the 7th grade - then we could wear "pant suits" as long as the top matched the pants and COVERED the "rear end" Couldn't wear jeans either. No open toed shoes. Dresses - we'd have to stand against the wall with our arms at our sides and the hem had to be LONGER than the end of the finger tips. (I got sent home alot lol - believe it or not, I pushed the envelope alot back then)
There was a tree out by the "back" parking lot and it was called the smoking tree and students actually could go smoke there between classes and it wasn't always Marlboros if you get my drift :) ..... Honest. :crazy1: :crazy1: :crazy1: (this was circa 1972- 1976 - totally different time than now for sure)

The science dept now sits where the smoking tree was.

[BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END]

Originally posted by Bullaholic
O.k. old folks, chime in....

Roadside produce stands
Drive-in theatres
Real hamburgers
Stuckey's
Burma Shave signs
Hare Krishnas
Moonies
Hippies
Dude Ranches
clip-on ties
white bucs
penny loafers
chinos
madras shirts
Gant shirts
nehru jackets
tiebars
embroiderd collars on dress shirts
gold initial cuff links
Jade East, English Leather, & Canoe colognes
bell bottoms
mini-skirts (real problem in HS)
rah-rahs (black & white shoes)
pointed dress shoes
white pants
moon pies
boys highschool rings w/corn pad spacers worn by girls
flattops & butch wax
anklets
ascots
ouija boards
8-ball fortune tellers
kaliedoscopes
viewmasters
slinkys
crocheting
pez
atomic fireballs
3-D movies
music records

That's just a few old things at random that I remember out of my head probably spanning 3 or 4 decades. How bout' you? What did you wear in highschool?

There is still a dude ranch in Bandera. It's called Mayan Dude Ranch, and it's a really nice place. People come from all over the United States and Europe. It is a huge family business and is ran by the family of two of our posters from here, bulldogman06 and bandera7.

[Farmersfan]

Originally posted by Bullaholic
O.k. old folks, chime in....

Roadside produce stands
Drive-in theatres
Real hamburgers
Stuckey's
Burma Shave signs
Hare Krishnas
Moonies
Hippies
Dude Ranches
clip-on ties
white bucs
penny loafers
chinos
madras shirts
Gant shirts
nehru jackets
tiebars
embroiderd collars on dress shirts
gold initial cuff links
Jade East, English Leather, & Canoe colognes
bell bottoms
mini-skirts (real problem in HS)
rah-rahs (black & white shoes)
pointed dress shoes
white pants
moon pies
boys highschool rings w/corn pad spacers worn by girls
flattops & butch wax
anklets
ascots
ouija boards
8-ball fortune tellers
kaliedoscopes
viewmasters
slinkys
crocheting
pez
atomic fireballs
3-D movies
music records

That's just a few old things at random that I remember out of my head probably spanning 3 or 4 decades. How bout' you? What did you wear in highschool?


Most of those things were before my time. I have flashbacks a lot when I hear the Beach Boys or see Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Do you remember the Shlitz Little Bulls? I also had a few Silk Shirts and platform shoes(4" heels). Long hair and puka shell chokers. Big belt buckle with a marijuana leaf on it and a ink pen that when you turned it upside down the clothes comes off the lady. I just threw away about 100 8-track tapes and almost cried about it. Do you remember klackers? Glass balls on a string that you tried to smash to bits so peices would fly into your eyes.(JK) Even if you failed at that you could count on huge knots on your wrists from it. My mother still has my original Atari console with the Pong game, Tanks, Asteroids and Missile Command. Boy, the list is endless now that I start thinking about it...

[Ranger Mom]

We have a drive in theater in Midland...it has 3 screens and talk of possibly adding a 4th one this summer!!

$5 dollar entry for 2 movies....can't beat it!!

[waterboy]

Dang, Bullaholic! Feeling nostalgic, are we?:D

roadside produce stands - we still have them here in the sticks.:D
drive-in theaters - only one that I know of in East Texas.....and it shows porn only.:doh:
Real hamburgers - lots of GOOD hamburgers joints in East Texas!
Stuckey's - haven't seen any of them since the late '70s, I believe.:(
Burma shave signs - don't really remember them
Hare Krishnas - won't find any out here in the country.
Moonies - not sure what you're referring to
Hippies - still a few around.....:smoker: :D
Dude Ranches - we don't have any of those around here.....we just go to a buddy's farm and drink cold ones, eat venison chili, and fart around the campfire.
clip-on ties - used to have a couple of 'em when I was a kid....threw 'em away when I learned how to tie a tie.

The rest I either don't remember, or don't know, or......well......

:D

[Phantom Stang]

Platform shoes for men.

[44INAROW]

Originally posted by Farmersfan
Long hair and puka shell chokers. Big belt buckle with a marijuana leaf on it

my mother found my brothers when she moved last summer......... we all laughed :D She never figured out what the "roach clip earrings" were..............:evillol: :evillol:

[STANG RED]

Here's a few I can think of.
Hot pants (loved seeing those!!!)
Bellbottoms
Hiphuggers
Tidly Winks (sp?)

Howdy Doody
Mr. Green Jeans
Getting licks with a big wooden paddle in front of the class
M80 firecrackers (like 1/4 stick of dynamite)
I.D. bracelets
etc. etc. etc....

[Farmersfan]

Originally posted by Phantom Stang
Platform shoes for men.


Late 70's everyone who was cool had at least 3" heels. I was 6'5" tall for a couple of years there...................

[waterboy]

Originally posted by 44INAROW
my mother found my brothers when she moved last summer......... we all laughed :D She never figured out what the "roach clip earrings" were..............:evillol: :evillol:
Hey!......that reminds me.......guess what they put on the front of our yearbook. I'll give you a hint: a buckeye has 5 leaves where as this leaf has seven, but other than that they look almost identical.:smoker: True story! Seems somebody told the yearbook committee that it was a buckeye leaf!:spitlol: Hahaha! Dang, I wish I would've bought one......:dispntd:

[DDBooger]

growing up a teen in the mid to late 90s...seeing the ladies in Rocky Mountain jeans...were those sprayed on? :eek:

[Bullaholic]

Originally posted by Farmersfan
Late 70's everyone who was cool had at least 3" heels. I was 6'5" tall for a couple of years there...................

http://www.pcpros-tx.com/fishshoe.jpg

[Keith7]

They have stuckey's in far west texas and all over New Mexico / Arizona..

I always see them when we drive out to California

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by Bullaholic
http://www.pcpros-tx.com/fishshoe.jpg

Is that a terrarium?

[Phantom Stang]

Originally posted by waterboy

Stuckey's - haven't seen any of them since the late '70s, I believe.:(
.
Stuckey's at Lone Star Mobil Food Store of Van Alstyne
312 US Highway 75 North & Farm Market Road 121
Van Alstyne, TX
Phone: 903-482-5008

Stuckey's at Citgo Food Mart of Giddings
791 North Main Street (US Highway 77 & Independence Avenue)
Giddings, TX
Phone: 979-542-7507

Stuckey's at 7-Eleven Fina of Wichita Falls
7351 NW Freeway (TX Highway 287 & Farm Market Road 369)
Iowa Park, TX
Phone: 940-855-5925

Stuckey's at 7-Eleven Fina of Harrold
19765 US Highway 287 (US Highway 287 & TX Highway 240)
Harrold, TX
Phone: 940-886-2661

Stuckey's at Conner Corner Grocery Diamond Shamrock of Edna
102 East Houston Highway (US Highway 59 & TX Higway 111)
Edna, TX
Phone: 361-782-7216

Stuckey's of Winnie
I-10 Exit 819
Jenkins Road
Anahuac, TX
Phone: 409-374-2132

Stuckey's at 7-Eleven Fina of Sweetwater
I-20 Exit 244
1811 Lamar Street
Sweetwater, TX
Phone: 325-235-4553

Stuckey's at 7-Eleven Fina of Abilene
I-20 Exit 288
1657 State Hwy 351
Abilene, TX
Phone: 325-677-7622

Stuckey's at Tiger Mart Exxon of Lancaster
I-20 Exit 468
3799 Houston School Road
Lancaster, TX
Phone: 972-228-3300

Stuckey's at Ross Shell Truckstop of West
I-35 Exit 346
16074 North I-35
West, TX
Phone: 254-829-0669

Stuckey's at Tiger Mart Exxon of Italy
I-35 Exit 386
101 LR Campbell Road
Italy, TX
Phone: 972-483-7600

Stuckey's of Adrian
I-40 Exit 18
Adrian, TX
Phone: 806-538-6353

Stuckey's at Tiger Mart Exxon of Wilmer
I-45 Exit 270
105 South Interstate 45
Wilmer, TX
Phone: 972-441-3330

[Keith7]

I guess they are all over texas too just more spread out than in new mexico / az

[Farmersfan]

Originally posted by 44INAROW
my mother found my brothers when she moved last summer......... we all laughed :D She never figured out what the "roach clip earrings" were..............:evillol: :evillol:


Oh yea! the roach clips with the big feathers on them. Some of the girls would use them as hair clips during the day and..........well "you know what" at night. Big glass Bongs could be purchased in almost any store. Exchanging class rings was huge back then. If a girl had your class ring you were steady and it was a big deal. These frequently became flying missiles during harsh breakups. I also remember that it seemed like a lot of people were using metal detectors back then looking for whatever.

[Phantom Stang]

I just noticed the 7-11/Stuckey's in S'water!!:eek:

when did that go in??:confused:

[STANG RED]

Lots of stores around back then that I dont think exist anymore.
Gibsons
TG & Y
Piggly Wiggly
Safeway (I think theres still some of these around)
Super Duper
Motts 5 & 10
C. R. Anthony's
Sears and Roebuck (just Sears now)
Munden's

[Bullaholic]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
Is that a terrarium?

Nope---actually its a b-o-o-t. :D

(It's a mini-aquarium with a real goldfish in it, RM).

[44INAROW]

Originally posted by waterboy
Hey!......that reminds me.......guess what they put on the front of our yearbook. I'll give you a hint: a buckeye has 5 leaves where as this leaf has seven, but other than that they look almost identical.:smoker: True story! Seems somebody told the yearbook committee that it was a buckeye leaf!:spitlol: Hahaha! Dang, I wish I would've bought one......:dispntd:

that's hysterical.. :D :D

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by STANG RED
Lots of stores around back then that I dont think exist anymore.
Gibsons
TG & Y
Piggly Wiggly
Safeway (I think theres still some of these around)
Super Duper
Motts 5 & 10
C. R. Anthony's
Sears and Roebuck (just Sears now)
Munden's

2 Piggly Wiggly's in Sherman

[SWMustang]

Do you Canoe?

[Farmersfan]

Originally posted by STANG RED
Lots of stores around back then that I dont think exist anymore.
Gibsons
TG & Y
Piggly Wiggly
Safeway (I think theres still some of these around)
Super Duper
Motts 5 & 10
C. R. Anthony's
Sears and Roebuck (just Sears now)
Munden's


Wackers or Winns.......

[Keith7]

there are 2 piggly wigglys in Denton too.. I have no clue how they stay open though, it seems like the parking lot is always empty

[44INAROW]

We had a
Ben Franklins 5 & 10
Perry's 5 & 10
Liebermans Dept Store
Montgomery Wards
all long gone :(

[Farmersfan]

Originally posted by Keith7
there are 2 piggly wigglys in Denton too.. I have no clue how they stay open though, it seems like the parking lot is always empty


I use to spend a lot of Saturday nights in the Piggly Wiggly parking lot in Spur Tx as a young man. Even then they didn't seem to do much business. Anyone remember listening to KOMA out of Oklahoma City? Driving around drinking Boones Farm or Little Bulls and listening to KOMA rock smoking Swisher Sweets and dipping Copenhagen. I still don't understand why it was so hard to get dates back then..........:(

[44INAROW]

Originally posted by Farmersfan
I use to spend a lot of Saturday nights in the Piggly Wiggly parking lot in Spur Tx as a young man. Even then they didn't seem to do much business. Anyone remember listening to KOMA out of Oklahoma City? Driving around drinking Boones Farm or Little Bulls and listening to KOMA rock smoking Swisher Sweets and dipping Copenhagen. I still don't understand why it was so hard to get dates back then..........:(

have you ever kissed someone who had a mouth full of Copenhagen? eeewwwww:o Swisher Sweets - I have a story about them but I better not "go there" :D

[waterboy]

We had a Piggly Wiggly 'til the early '80s, then Vinyard's bought them out. It used to be the best grocery store in Gilmer. We also had a Safeway which was nearly as good. Then Walmart came to town,....Brookshire's bought Vinyard's, then Safeway,.......and now we have to go to Skinner's in Longview to buy decent meat. I will NOT buy meat at Walmart, but I will buy it at Brookshire's in a pinch though I don't really like their meat.:dispntd:

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by 44INAROW
We had a
Ben Franklins 5 & 10
Perry's 5 & 10
Liebermans Dept Store
Montgomery Wards
all long gone :(

ahhhh 5 & 10 stores! loved 'em! :D


speaking of roach clips....a few weeks ago i come into the office and sitting on my desk are 3 photo clips that look just like roach clips, from my boss. LOL

[waterboy]

Originally posted by pirate4state
ahhhh 5 & 10 stores! loved 'em! :D


speaking of roach clips....a few weeks ago i come into the office and sitting on my desk are 3 photo clips that look just like roach clips, from my boss. LOL
Yeah, I bet he'll still burn one,........just not with you!:D

[Emerson1]

There are 3D movies coming out all of the time now. In fact there is a horror movie in 3D coming out tomorrow and every new pixar film will be in 3D. Some of human 3D movies coming out to this year

[44INAROW]

Originally posted by Emerson1
There are 3D movies coming out all of the time now. In fact there is a horror movie in 3D coming out tomorrow and every new pixar film will be in 3D. Some of human 3D movies coming out to this year
is that the Valentine 3D or whatever? Jimmy Kimmel did a bit on it last night...........

[STANG RED]

Do they still make BIG CHIEF tablets, and those huge first grader pencils we used to use?
And remember having to bring a cigar box to school to put all your crayons in?

[Emerson1]

Originally posted by 44INAROW
is that the Valentine 3D or whatever? Jimmy Kimmel did a bit on it last night...........
Yes

[crzyjournalist03]

I saw Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3D, and it didn't even have those colored glasses. I was really disappointed when I got the blu-ray to find out that it used the red and green glasses...

[waterboy]

Yeah, when are they gonna invent 3-D without having to wear those cheap, uncomfortable glasses? I hate wearing them.

[Trashman]

Originally posted by Bullaholic
O.k. old folks, chime in....

Roadside produce stands
Drive-in theatres
Real hamburgers
Stuckey's
Burma Shave signs
Hare Krishnas
Moonies
Hippies
Dude Ranches
clip-on ties
white bucs
penny loafers
chinos
madras shirts
Gant shirts
nehru jackets
tiebars
embroiderd collars on dress shirts
gold initial cuff links
Jade East, English Leather, & Canoe colognes
bell bottoms
mini-skirts (real problem in HS)
rah-rahs (black & white shoes)
pointed dress shoes
white pants
moon pies
boys highschool rings w/corn pad spacers worn by girls
flattops & butch wax
anklets
ascots
ouija boards
8-ball fortune tellers
kaliedoscopes
viewmasters
slinkys
crocheting
pez
atomic fireballs
3-D movies
music records

That's just a few old things at random that I remember out of my head probably spanning 3 or 4 decades. How bout' you? What did you wear in highschool?

I still have most of this stuff.:D

[Emerson1]

Originally posted by waterboy
Yeah, when are they gonna invent 3-D without having to wear those cheap, uncomfortable glasses? I hate wearing them.
The new ones aren't bad at all

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/4373/168816480304mm1.jpg

[crzyjournalist03]

has anyone seen any of the glasses that NBC is giving away for the Super Bowl and Chuck? I'm wondering if they're just regular 3D glasses or if there's something different about them.

[Phantom Stang]

Clacker balls