The Good Old Days-2011 Edition

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Or, the Goodle Days, as recorded by John Hartford in one of his songs. He was a good man, good musician and very easy to talk to. Like talking to an old friend. I like his twist of The Goodle Days.

So, I was thinking that at this time of year, everyone who watches TV or reads papers or magazines will be inundated with the best/worst of 2011.

Which, led me to think of happenings far in the past that I remember, fondly or not. Which, led me to think that everyone has thoughts of the good old days whether you're 16 or 101. We all have them. So, I'll start with one and maybe others will contribute.

We're all different ages and have gone through varied experiences growing up and growing older. Would be a pleasant jog down memory lane for all of us, I think.

I grew up in much simpler times, so I'll start with the legendary Coca Cola.

My first memory of Cokes were when they were a nickel. They were available in crude and large red vending machines. You put a nickel in the slot, turned a rather large aluminum handle and magically the Coke would appear in a chute towards the bottom of the machine. After awhile, they went to six cents. All the machines were modified to accept a nickel in one slot and a penny in another slot. Turn the crank for the delicious treat to appear in the chute. Ice cold and delicious.
 
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If you can find a machine they are worth $

and it gets no colder than coke in a glass bottle....
 
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Im a relatively young fella and remember Lincoln Logs.

Spent hours trying to come up with different things to build.
 
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My grandmothers brother had one in is shop when I was a young kid. Cost a qtr. You could return the bottles for a dime.
 
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Dudleys87 said:
Im a relatively young fella and remember Lincoln Logs.

Spent hours trying to come up with different things to build.
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Don't know your age, but were they plastic or real wood. Those things were invented in the early 1900's. I loved them.
 
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jhen713 said:
My grandmothers brother had one in is shop when I was a young kid. Cost a qtr. You could return the bottles for a dime.
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We always got 2 cents for the bottles when they were a nickel or six cents. We'd walk the two lane back roads and pick them up to return to the local Mom/Pop store for our reward.
 
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I seem to remember the coke bottles in holes inside the door. You had to grab the bottle, which was laying down, by the top and pull like hell to get it out.
 
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I miss big wheels. We had a huge unfinished basement which was my racetrack. I had one with a metal frame which would smoke a real big wheel
 
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Lawn darts were bad ass

Mix in a 3 wheeler and you had good odds of going to the hospital
 
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I remember my Dad paying 35 cents a gallon for regular gas. No such thing as unleaded. Also, all the stations were full service, no self service.
On vacations or long drives I would lay up in the back window of the car and sleep. As kids we always rode in the back of the pickup truck whether there was room up front or not.

I remember the first time I got to ride shotgun in Dad's truck. We were coming home from fishing and Dad turned left onto a street and whoosh...my door flew open and I fell out (no seat belts then). I stood up after tumbling into the ditch and still had the door handle in my hand. I thought Dad was going to keep driving. He retrieved me and drove to the first gas station that had a street light and examined my injuries. I had a big scrape on my head and that was it, except the fact that one of my cowboy boots was flung off and nowhere to be found.
Dad told me "let me tell your mother what happened so she won't get all upset." I said ok, but when we walked in the front door, I shouted "guess what Mommy, I fell out of the truck!!". Dad=face palm. Good times!
 
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Without reading a single word, other than the thread title, a Judd's song immediately popped in my head. Thanks abunch OP.
 
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I remember Dad paying twenty five cents for them at the store. When the store got a new fangled vending machine, they were .27 or .28. Dad would insert a quarter and a nickel into each designated slot. When the cigs fell out, the change (2 or 3 pennys) were sealed inside the cellophane wrapper.
 
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