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Post by guido2 on Nov 15, 2018 9:25:23 GMT -5
Wasn't Junior High grades 6, 7, and 8 and isn't Middle school grades 5, 6, 7? Not sure when and why the change occurred. I was in elementary school from 1st to 6th grade. Junior High was 7th, 8th, & 9th. High School was 10th, 11th, & 12th grade. I don't know when they started the middle school stuff. In NJ where I grew up the 'schedule' above was pretty much the standard. However the terms Jr. High and Middle school were interchangeable depending on the county.
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Post by guido2 on Nov 15, 2018 9:34:12 GMT -5
My wifes father was a self taught master cabinet maker. She tells me the story...that.....for many years almost each and every toy she had except for a doll or two. Came out of his workshop. Doll houses, sleds, wagons, pull toys. Because they couldn't afford many store bought toys. I have seen his work...incredible. One she told me about stands out. He built her a complete kids kitchen complete with cans of food and such. Back in the day ...she tells me...there used to be 'mini' cans...samples if you will of things like corn, peas etc. And here parents collected them and put them in the kitchen. My father would do the same as your wife's father. He made a circus scaled to HO complete with train and wild animals in the cars. The people were made out of pencils and my mother dressed them - big hats, long skirts. It was incredible. When I was little we took a trip to see Mt. Vernon and I fell in love with the bedrooms. He made me a complete bedroom with canopy bed, nightstand, everything. It was an exact replica of one of the rooms at Mt. Vernon. Besides the kitchen he built for her. He built her a doll house....compete with lights. And in that kitchen he made miniture cans from wooden dowels and boxes of cerial out of tiny wooden blocks. Her mom would clip coupons and ads that were small enough ...say for a box of Ivory Soap flakes ..and glue and shellac them on. Very creative. Remember making snow men from Ivory Soap flakes? Or stars with food coloring for the tree?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 9:58:06 GMT -5
My father would do the same as your wife's father. He made a circus scaled to HO complete with train and wild animals in the cars. The people were made out of pencils and my mother dressed them - big hats, long skirts. It was incredible. When I was little we took a trip to see Mt. Vernon and I fell in love with the bedrooms. He made me a complete bedroom with canopy bed, nightstand, everything. It was an exact replica of one of the rooms at Mt. Vernon. Besides the kitchen he built for her. He built her a doll house....compete with lights. And in that kitchen he made miniture cans from wooden dowels and boxes of cerial out of tiny wooden blocks. Her mom would clip coupons and ads that were small enough ...say for a box of Ivory Soap flakes ..and glue and shellac them on. Very creative. Remember making snow men from Ivory Soap flakes? Or stars with food coloring for the tree? Yep, my sisters and I each had a doll house built for us by my father. Your wife's sounds exactly like ours.
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Post by guido2 on Nov 15, 2018 10:04:43 GMT -5
Besides the kitchen he built for her. He built her a doll house....compete with lights. And in that kitchen he made miniture cans from wooden dowels and boxes of cerial out of tiny wooden blocks. Her mom would clip coupons and ads that were small enough ...say for a box of Ivory Soap flakes ..and glue and shellac them on. Very creative. Remember making snow men from Ivory Soap flakes? Or stars with food coloring for the tree? Yep, my sisters and I each had a doll house built for us by my father. Your wife's sounds exactly like ours. Sure does. This thread is interesting in revealing how many people had similar lives growing up. But I kinda find one thing odd. Down here in Maryland it 'seems' to me that fathers and mothers were a lot more 'craft' orientated in general. Not so much so up in NJ. Or at least in my minds eye. My Dad was a wiz on keeping the cars going. Ask him to build a doll house. Hhahahhahhahhahha.
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Post by pickle20 on Nov 15, 2018 10:26:26 GMT -5
Anyone remember St. Mary's College AKA Hell House in Ilchester?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 10:41:36 GMT -5
Yep, my sisters and I each had a doll house built for us by my father. Your wife's sounds exactly like ours. Sure does. This thread is interesting in revealing how many people had similar lives growing up. But I kinda find one thing odd. Down here in Maryland it 'seems' to me that fathers and mothers were a lot more 'craft' orientated in general. Not so much so up in NJ. Or at least in my minds eye. My Dad was a wiz on keeping the cars going. Ask him to build a doll house. Hhahahhahhahhahha. My father did it all. He had polio and so when he was young he wore an iron leg brace and therefore couldn't run around with the other boys. He learned to do things that he could do in one spot. He rebuilt engines, he made things out of wood, he could fix anything from a broken toy to a big appliance to a car.
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Post by apexbud on Nov 15, 2018 11:16:46 GMT -5
Going to GBHS in the fall of '69 meant freedom was close. I turned 16 in January 1970, and aced the driving test. I took the test in my Mom's first year '70 Monte Carlo. You could land a small plane on that hood. It was like driving from the back seat, but wow, it was cool! I bought my first car, a '65 Corvair Monza, for $350! Seamist green, white interior with bucket seats, and a 4 speed. Suspension upgrades from previous year Corvairs made the 2nd generation more like a Porsche, then "unsafe at any speed". I had a blast in that car. Well the 2nd gen Corvairs LOOKED a lot better anyway. Before the ragtop I had a 61 Valiant....slant 6 was unbreakable except for the transmission. I bet I drove it 6 months, no 1st or reverse. Always needed to carry guys to push me out if I were going to Greasy Macs. Remember Krebs Sunoco on Crain and 5th? My best buddy worked there for his father... when the old man went home I got use of the lift and tools. Cars were so easy by comparison back then, the Impala had a 327/350 from a 65 Vette in it when I got it for $350. No time flat I spun a rod bearing. So I'm broke, hit Mom up for the 30 bucks I needed since I can't get to work so the guy at Airport Gulf sold me a old 348. Push, pull, click click I was riding again.... less the tire smoke but even a big pig block would use the same bellhousing, xmission, tranny, shifter... everything as the small block. Nowadays.... not so much, maybe the air in the tires are the same. I lived about 2 blocks away from Krebs. Head down 5th towards Ritchie, turn right on Delmar. I could walk through the woods behind my house to Luckies store on Crain.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 12:27:18 GMT -5
Lets see, riding bikes to FRIENDSHIP Intl, sneaking under fence by the old Benson House, then sneaking inside a old B-25 parked in the back forty and playing Sky King. Never damaged anything, just played. Playing football most everyday in winter, baseball everyday in summer. Playing in woods, playing with fire and cutting trees down. Walking RR tracks looking for Coke bottles, 2 cent deposit. Baseball cards were 5 cents with a huge wad of gum inside. Yeah, lot simpler back then and we made our own fun. Malls like Harundale were still a novel thing but one could always get model airplanes or chemicals for his chemistry set. Damn bird....except for the airplanes...you and I did exactly the same thing. Oh god chemistry sets. Were they fun or what. Our generations version of 'A Christmas Story' ….hey kid you'll blow your head off. And damn well you could....just using the chemicals and the FORMULA book. You could make gunpowder and no one thought twice about it. And balsa airplanes...maybe a buck or two and a tube of Dupont 'Bond anything' glue steal ......ahhhh borrow a handful of stick pins from Mom's sewing basket and you were set to go. Once I discovered one could buy sulfuric acid from a auto parts store and tear dead flashlight batteries apart for the zinc, mix together and voila hydrogen gas! Put balloon over vessel while generating inflate balloon, tie off and allow it to float up to heat ducts, light match, LOUD explosion and instant heart attacks on overbearing parents!
Also saltpeter (sodium nitrate) from a pharmacy mixed with sugar (60/40) ... rocket fuel for the amateur rocketboy wannabe.
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Post by pickle20 on Nov 16, 2018 15:34:23 GMT -5
$0.97 a gallon gas.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2018 15:41:49 GMT -5
When I got my license and started driving, gas was $0.30 per gallon!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2018 15:53:32 GMT -5
When I got my license and started driving, gas was $0.30 per gallon! That's about right............ Crown High Test made my budget at maybe .36 but Sunoco 260 was just tooooo much!
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Post by pickle20 on Nov 16, 2018 15:56:33 GMT -5
When I got my license and started driving, gas was $0.30 per gallon! I wonder what that would be considering inflation.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2018 16:26:51 GMT -5
When I got my license and started driving, gas was $0.30 per gallon! I wonder what that would be considering inflation. Good question, I have no idea.
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Post by Hoot on Nov 16, 2018 17:25:10 GMT -5
When I got my license and started driving, gas was $0.30 per gallon! That's about right............ Crown High Test made my budget at maybe .36 but Sunoco 260 was just tooooo much! It was around 25¢ when I start driving, you didn't pump your own AND you got a free glass with 8 gallons or more.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2018 17:44:46 GMT -5
That's about right............ Crown High Test made my budget at maybe .36 but Sunoco 260 was just tooooo much! It was around 25¢ when I start driving, you didn't pump your own AND you got a free glass with 8 gallons or more. I was thinking it was 25 for me too but my husband said 30. I started driving in 1963. I got my parents an entire set of dinner dishes buying gas.
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Post by apexbud on Nov 16, 2018 18:50:50 GMT -5
I burned my share of .29 cent premium. I could fill the tank of my Triumph Spitfire for $3.
Of course I only made $1.75 an hour working at Burger King.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2018 18:57:15 GMT -5
I burned my share of .29 cent premium. I could fill the tank of my Triumph Spitfire for $3. Of course I only made $1.75 an hour working at Burger King. I had a 62 Spitfire until I got squished between 2 big old cars on an icy rode. Cop was amazed I walked away for it.
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Post by apexbud on Nov 16, 2018 19:05:39 GMT -5
I burned my share of .29 cent premium. I could fill the tank of my Triumph Spitfire for $3. Of course I only made $1.75 an hour working at Burger King. I had a 62 Spitfire until I got squished between 2 big old cars on an icy rode. Cop was amazed I walked away for it. Yikes! I always hoped I would be able to avoid that by being small & nimble Never got hit, but there were some close calls. I remember that with the top down I could drive under a tractor trailer without touching... It was parked, not moving! Mine was a '66 Mk2.
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Post by WKDWZD on Nov 16, 2018 19:11:05 GMT -5
When I got my license and started driving, gas was $0.30 per gallon! Back when gas was 30 cents a gallon ...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2018 21:03:06 GMT -5
That's about right............ Crown High Test made my budget at maybe .36 but Sunoco 260 was just tooooo much! It was around 25¢ when I start driving, you didn't pump your own AND you got a free glass with 8 gallons or more. I got mine in a 65 Coronet, circa 1967. We had old Cities Service glasses around the house for like forever. No idea where he got them because he bought Sinclair for as long as I remember. I had a part time gig as a kid at Lansdowne Shell for a few months, we gave away 6 packs of Coke I think. Check oil, clean glass, check air, battery, radiator...... no questions asked.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2018 10:16:09 GMT -5
I had a 62 Spitfire until I got squished between 2 big old cars on an icy rode. Cop was amazed I walked away for it. Yikes! I always hoped I would be able to avoid that by being small & nimble Never got hit, but there were some close calls. I remember that with the top down I could drive under a tractor trailer without touching... It was parked, not moving! Mine was a '66 Mk2. I went through a lot of cars when I was young. It seemed like every other time I stopped for a red light someone would run into the back of my car. My parents were seriously considering not allowing me to drive.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2018 13:23:12 GMT -5
How many under 60 could find the gas cap on a 56 Chevy?
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Post by Bartman on Nov 17, 2018 23:38:15 GMT -5
How many under 60 could find the gas cap on a 56 Chevy? Over 60 but Yeah since my Folks had one in two tone Black & White. Turn the thing under the taillight on one side and flip down the taillight! Ta Da!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2018 23:46:34 GMT -5
How many under 60 could find the gas cap on a 56 Chevy? Over 60 but Yeah since my Folks had one in two tone Black & White. Turn the thing under the taillight on one side and flip down the taillight! Ta Da! We had a 55... brand new, 2Dr post, base Belair. I think he said he paid $1900.00 for it I remember he sold it for $300.00 in 61 or so... 100K miles which was a lot back then. 2 tone maroon and white.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2018 8:35:04 GMT -5
Over 60 but Yeah since my Folks had one in two tone Black & White. Turn the thing under the taillight on one side and flip down the taillight! Ta Da! We had a 55... brand new, 2Dr post, base Belair. I think he said he paid $1900.00 for it I remember he sold it for $300.00 in 61 or so... 100K miles which was a lot back then. 2 tone maroon and white. We had a 55 too. That was the only brand new car my parents ever owned. It was teal and white.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2018 13:34:14 GMT -5
We had a 55... brand new, 2Dr post, base Belair. I think he said he paid $1900.00 for it I remember he sold it for $300.00 in 61 or so... 100K miles which was a lot back then. 2 tone maroon and white. We had a 55 too. That was the only brand new car my parents ever owned. It was teal and white. Pretty much anything BUT Ford and the all embarrassing Ramblers. Lot of Chrysler's in the mix, fuel be damned.... powerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2018 14:22:38 GMT -5
We had a 55 too. That was the only brand new car my parents ever owned. It was teal and white. Pretty much anything BUT Ford and the all embarrassing Ramblers. Lot of Chrysler's in the mix, fuel be damned.... powerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. After the Spitfire and Midget got crushed, my parent got me a big axx Rambler. I had a Ford Fairlane that the previous owner supped up. It was funny, every time I went to a gas station, they would check under the hood and then ask if I had my brother's car. That thing was so fast. I would do 100 going up 95, which was JFK Highway at the time, to Philly to watch my boyfriend play football.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2018 14:33:02 GMT -5
Pretty much anything BUT Ford and the all embarrassing Ramblers. Lot of Chrysler's in the mix, fuel be damned.... powerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. After the Spitfire and Midget got crushed, my parent got me a big axx Rambler. I had a Ford Fairlane that the previous owner supped up. It was funny, every time I went to a gas station, they would check under the hood and then ask if I had my brother's car. That thing was so fast. I would do 100 going up 95, which was JFK Highway at the time, to Philly to watch my boyfriend play football. I went through a mess of 1st generation Mustangs as a side gig to flip. Easy to restore since Chinese sheet metal parts are cheap and and "close enough". I also had and not that long ago a 68 Cougar which was much sweeter and refined than the early Mustangs. Slinging a recap on the Bay Bridge on the way to Carlisle was a white knuckle adventure. Too many aches and pains to pull engines and beat on fenders anymore, easier to just buy what you want.... within reason.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2018 14:40:13 GMT -5
After the Spitfire and Midget got crushed, my parent got me a big axx Rambler. I had a Ford Fairlane that the previous owner supped up. It was funny, every time I went to a gas station, they would check under the hood and then ask if I had my brother's car. That thing was so fast. I would do 100 going up 95, which was JFK Highway at the time, to Philly to watch my boyfriend play football. I went through a mess of 1st generation Mustangs as a side gig to flip. Easy to restore since Chinese sheet metal parts are cheap and and "close enough". I also had and not that long ago a 68 Cougar which was much sweeter and refined than the early Mustangs. Slinging a recap on the Bay Bridge on the way to Carlisle was a white knuckle adventure. Too many aches and pains to pull engines and beat on fenders anymore, easier to just buy what you want.... within reason. I don't know anything about cars really but I did have some really sweet cars and several really bad ones. I did have a lot of fun driving back then when there wasn't nearly as much traffic on the road.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2018 14:45:10 GMT -5
I went through a mess of 1st generation Mustangs as a side gig to flip. Easy to restore since Chinese sheet metal parts are cheap and and "close enough". I also had and not that long ago a 68 Cougar which was much sweeter and refined than the early Mustangs. Slinging a recap on the Bay Bridge on the way to Carlisle was a white knuckle adventure. Too many aches and pains to pull engines and beat on fenders anymore, easier to just buy what you want.... within reason. I don't know anything about cars really but I did have some really sweet cars and several really bad ones. I did have a lot of fun driving back then when there wasn't nearly as much traffic on the road. Worst car.... had to be the Pinto. Worst bike.... the 69 Sportster but it at least looked good.
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