Category: Back in My Day

Bennett Cerf pocket joke book
Posted in Back in My Day Flotsam

Chief says I have good taste!

I found my old “Bennett Cerf Vest Pocket book of Jokes”. I think I got it at a yard sale for a dime years ago….

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Posted in Back in My Day Grey Gardens West

Fred Flintstone’s toilet was a… pelican? Droll. Very droll.

My mother loved anthropomorphic characters, like Fred Flintstone’s turtle lawnmower, who would pause, look at the camera, and say “It’s a living.” So it’s no…

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MySpace seminar for concerned parents!
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THE MYSPACE HORROR!

OMG the Cyber-threat that is MYSPACE! We have to protect our youth! They might start a garage band, or whine about their geometry teacher!

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Uncle Hank

I sure would love to see my dad’s Uncle Hank pull up in his old pickup, usually with a dog along for the ride.

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Lancelot Link's organizition C.H.I.M.P.. fought evildoers, but I wasn't real clear on the plot sometimes.
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GET OFF THE SCHWINN – Time for Lancelot Link

Loved watching Lancelot Link! Chimpanzee intrigue at it’s finest.

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Posted in Back in My Day Ephemera

Do the math on your phone bill

I found this old GTE promo from probably 1990 or so? Back then we had a “land line” so had to pay

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The Grayhounds Japanese tribute band
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The fabulous Grayhounds!

The pompadours, Nana’s poodle skirts and big hair bow. What a package!

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Zenith Trans-Oceanic with manual
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Happy to be playing again

I got caught up in bidding frenzy and wound up buying this old Zenith Trans-Oceanic at the Saturday auction for forty bucks. I figured to…

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The DOCTORS
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The Military-Mandibula complex

They want me to get an “endoscopy”, which begs the question, which end?

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Posted in Back in My Day The postcards

Honda Keyfob cost more than a Chrysler

So glad I found my lost keys to my 2014 Honda Civic. It would have cost $100 or more to get this taken care of…

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