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Remember when...
...a Royal Castle hamburger was 5 cents?
...it took only $5.00 to fill up your whole gas tank and they got mad at you when you only put 50
cents worth in?
...being mischievous was drag racing down some lonely back road with some friends?
...you went to the movies at outside drive-in theatres and battled the windows getting fogged up?
...there were no free-ways?
...the only car hi-jackings there were, were when you had a flat and had to change a tire?
...you could find your engine when you opened the hood?
...you could actually change the fuse without a college degree in electronics?
...a cool prank was to tie the police cars rear end to a telephone pole and then go speeding by? (I
did worse!)
...a roll of “Life Savers” was 5 cents? And you could get a 5 pack of “Juicy Fruit” for another
nickel?
...houses cost as much as cars do now days? And the cars were as BIG as the houses are now days
and had STYLE?
...you went to a gas station and a guy came out and pumped your gas, checked your oil and washed
your windshield?
...a brand new Ford Shelby 427 Cobra Sports car cost $6,000 and everyone had sticker shock that
saw it?
...automobiles had those chrome bumpers, fabulous fins, standard V-8 engines and how each car
had that "special look"?
...the words to the songs talked about “Yellow Polka Dot Bikinis” rather than shooting policemen
or committing suicide?
...you could go to a drive-in soda stand and get your food served at your car window?
...a double dip ice-cream cone was 25 cents? And really had a double dip!
...motor oil was 25 cents a quart, and came in those cans that you had to put the spout through the
top of?
...there was ROOM in your trunk?
...tax on gasoline was only 2 cents?
(Now the tax is MORE than gas used to cost! And are the roads any better?)
...you could get your car painted for $200.00 and it really looked pretty darn nice?
...the word “bad” meant “not good”?
...the worst thing that would happen in your school was someone playing “Wipeout” on their desk?
...kids would fight in school and used fists instead of AK-47’s?
...a bottle of soda was 10 cents and the deposit was 2 cents? And you didn’t see soda bottles all
over the side of the road? I am sure glad I don’t have to put Coke in my gas tank!
