Boomer check-in

[chef larry]

It was actually bell bottom pants, flannel shirts, and hiking boots.

Don't forget about the snorkel winter jackets and chukka boots. Who didn't have a transistor radio?

 

[Vigilant]

Not me mind you, just asking for a friend, what are you if you were born before the boomer years, other than just an old mxxxfxxx?

Churchmouse’s running buddy?

 

[indyjohn]

How old do you have to be to be a boomer? I’m older than some, younger than the Mouse...Nevermind, EVERYONE is younger than the Mouse?

You might be a baby boomer if you wore bell bottom pants.

It was actually bell bottom pants, flannel shirts, and hiking boots.

Don't forget about the snorkel winter jackets and chukka boots. Who didn't have a transistor radio?

Nylon vests dude.

 

[Alpo]

For me, it was Madras plaid shirts. Never had enough money for a Nehru jacket...and for that I am thankful.

 

[Snapdragon]

Don't forget about the snorkel winter jackets and chukka boots. Who didn't have a transistor radio?

I had the coolest radio of them all. In fact, I had two-- a blue one and a yellow one. Remember Toot-a-Loops?

 

[mmpsteve]

In 1970 gas was .32 cents a gallon and a full size candy bar was a dime.

You might be a boomer if you were pumping other people's gas when it 1st went over $1.00 (and washing their windows and checking their oil)
Later in my pumping career, we had some of the the very first self-serve pumps in the country.

Eddie's Standard - US 30 & 41 - Class of '76-80

P.s. Good thread, Pink Dragon Lady.

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[Snapdragon]

You might be a boomer if you remember the melody to "Winston tastes good like a cigarette should".

 

[Snapdragon]

P.s. Good thread, Pink Dragon Lady.

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[Alpo]

[video=youtube_share;bxjb2UJZ-5I]http://youtu.be/bxjb2UJZ-5I[/video]

 

[Expat]

Probably only a boomer is up watching an Audie Murphy movie this morning. :-)

 

[Expat]

My prized possession when I was a kid was the Schwinn bicycle, banana seat, racing slick back tire, lime green.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

My prized possession when I was a kid was the Schwinn bicycle, banana seat, racing slick back tire, lime green.

Couldn't get Dad to spring for a Schwinn "Crate" bike, so I had a Sears "Screamer" (yellow). Gear shift on the crossbar, 20" slick in the back, 16" in the front, ape hanger handlebars and a sissy bar on the back.

 

[Backpacker]

You might be a boomer if you listened to WNAP with Buster Bodine, Atom Smasher and others. Everyday after school before the parents came home from work. Yes, I was a latch key kid.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

You might be a boomer if you listened to WNAP with Buster Bodine, Adam Smasher and others. Everyday after school before the parents came home from work. Yes, I was a latch key kid.

Yes! "The Wrath of the Buzzard!" And I remember the raft races they had up in Broadripple, though I never participated.

 

[gregkl]

I am starting my loud car now boomers!

Turn off Lawrence Welk!

brad, LW was more Greatest Generation and we had plenty of loud cars!

 

[Snapdragon]

I used to like Lawrence Welk. It came on every Sunday. I still watch it if I happen to see it come on.

 

[churchmouse]

You might be a boomer if you listened to WNAP with Buster Bodine, Adam Smasher and others. Everyday after school before the parents came home from work. Yes, I was a latch key kid.

Heck I knew the Adam Smasher.
Yup, we be boomers.

 

[Expat]

I used to like Lawrence Welk. It came on every Sunday. I still watch it if I happen to see it come on.

We were a Hee Haw family.

 

[Snapdragon]

We were a Hee Haw family.

That too.

"Oh where, where, are you tonight? Why did you leave me here all alone?
I searched the world over and thought I found true love
You met another and tthhbbbttt you were gone..."

 

[Backpacker]

Yes! "The Wrath of the Buzzard!" And I remember the raft races they had up in Broadripple, though I never participated.

A few friends and I made a raft and floated the raft race a couple of years.