As one of the younger sibs, that would be me. Seriously, the only time I remember having to do that for any length of time was during the 'World of Disney' show, or whatever incarnation it was in the very early seventies.


Years ago, we used to joke that people getting foil highlights were just trying to get better reception. Nowadays, few young people get it.

I do like shifting vocabularies and how they place you in time. In Vancouver, Washington, when I was a young kid there was a local (I presume) chain of grocery stores called Keils that closed or was sold to Safeway (most of them became Safeways anyway).

I love that 20 years later my Grandmother still calls the Safeway out on Andreson by its very old previous name.

I remember the Alpha Beta that became a Liquor Barn and now it's a 24 Hour Fitness. And the Lucky's that's now an Albertson's.

My grandma had a hard time getting over saying "I'm going to Lucky's." And she still calls the freezer the "Ice Box."

I can't remember what else they call the glove box. The glove compartment? Some type of compartment? I know I've heard another term. But they laugh because who keeps gloves in it and where did I get that from. It could be that my family likes to tease me relentlessly? A possibility.

LOL Oh yes, down here by the border we have no reception without cable. But, at my mothers' house, we were able to get L.A. stations with just the plain antenna.

Funny about the foil and rabbit ears. And the frosting!

And, yes, Alex, I love that, too about how time changes places but not necessarily in our minds.

Utotem. Remember those? Pioneer Chicken. Now mostly they are some number of Albertos'.

Oh, I still call it the ice box too. I don't know why.

1989... That was the year I sobered up and made the Dean's list in college.

I was a freshman in high school. I had a perm. I won a medal at the Empire State Games.

Were you a victim of coffee sabotage back in 1989? Well then folgers put a fast one on you! So long as you were eating in a fancy eatery!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HukRz6uWBg4

OOH! I remember where I was during the Whittier quake! I bet Chris remembers where he was too. Think epicenter.

I was thinking of this thread last night while I was watching Magnum PI.

Alpha Beta
Market Basket
Pocketbook
Glove Box
Walk-in
Pup-n-Taco

It's all flooding back to me.