Fun from the past, do you remember when?

[AngelswDirtyFaces]

Originally posted by Mouse7088
Pssst...there isn't bread in the bread box...shhh...there are Little Debbie snack cakes! LOL! I buy Schwabel bread 99% of the time and it doesn't fit in there nicely until we've eaten about 25% of it so a lot of times I just put the lunch snacks in the bread box.

I won't tell.. ! if you share the Little Debbie snack cakes.
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[Pipanella]

Originally posted by AngelswDirtyFaces

..does anyone remember when DISNEY, had disney movies
every SUNDAY NIGHT! (wonderful world of disney/family nite)

Oh yes!!!!!!!!! It came on right after Lassie, and my very favorite movie was "Thomasina." I cried every time I watched it. It had the same two kids in it that were in "Mary Poppins."

I also remember when T.V. had Ch. 2-13 .. only.
& NO remote control,
haha.. we had to turn the "dial".

We didn't have those channels, ours were UHF - Channels 15 (CBS), 21 (ABC), and 33 (NBC). AND THAT'S ALL! And of course, no remote. Jenna has a remoteless TV in her room. She HATES it, and never turns it off at night. She'll fall asleep, then one of us has to go in and turn it off.

straw filled with flavor SUGAR!! lolol

Pixy Sticks!!! YUM!!!!!!!!!! And you had to keep tearing the top down, because your spit would make the end clog up. LOL!

[dlabrie708]

Originally posted by AngelswDirtyFaces

I remember watching "Happy Days' a lot w/ my family. lol
..does anyone remember when DISNEY, had disney movies
every SUNDAY NIGHT! (wonderful world of disney/family nite)

I also remember when T.V. had Ch. 2-13 .. only.
& NO remote control,
haha.. we had to turn the "dial".

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lol....I loved Happy Days!!! I use to have a little stuff animal dog that I called Fonzie and a stuffed bunny called Pinky [Tescadero...sp?]...lol!

The no remote thing is something I also remember quite well. How many of you can remember when the channel knob would break off and then you needed to use pliers to change the channel....ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can remember my sister and I would fight over what to watch and she would torment me by putting on the channel she wanted and then hide the pliers...lol!!!

Lori

[Pipanella]

OMG, the PLIERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I FORGOT ABOUT THE PLIERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ROFLMBOPIMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hmsram]

Just when I thought I was still young I go and read this thread now i feel wayyyyy old because I remember almost all of this LOL


We had the tv with no remote, little bunny ear type antanna LOL and we didnt get cable until I was 8 and then the remote that came with the cable box had a long long cord on it so that thing would be all over the living room LOL

I also used to just get to watch Little House on the Prarie one nite a week was all it played I sure loved that show....

Oh and the Incredible Hulk to had a game come out that was awesome LOL

We also used to get to walk to granmas house with out getting robbed LOL ( lived in Houston) LOL

when I was 5 My dad could send me to the corner store with a dollar to get him a pak of Kool Filter Kings and a news paper and ya know I still had change LOL
Funny thing now they would never let a 5yr old buy cigarettes which is a very good thing....

I sure miss being a kid

Thanks all for sharing

Oh and dont forget way back in the day you could actually get music on your am radio


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[Pipanella]

Originally posted by hmsram

Oh and dont forget way back in the day you could actually get music on your am radio

Yeah, baby! CKLW, The Big 8, from Detroit!! And WLS from Chicago! FM was for OLD PEOPLE! LOL!!!

[dlabrie708]

Originally posted by Pipanella
OMG, the PLIERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I FORGOT ABOUT THE PLIERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ROFLMBOPIMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought it was funny that no one had mentioned the pliers yet...lol! Thank God I'm not alone.

Lori

[dlabrie708]

Originally posted by hmsram
Oh and the Incredible Hulk to had a game come out that was awesome LOL
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I liked watching the Incredible Hulk too. I don't remember a game though...waaaah! These shows are sooooo dated now, huh! The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman were a couple of my favorites too! Oh, and if they had a special show where the two of them were together.....whoa!!!...now that was something to stay home for...rofl!!! Didn't these two characters get married??? Am I making it up? Why do I think the 6 million dollar man and the bionic woman were married? Were their names Steve and Jamie??? Oh, the dust is just flying around my brain now...lol!

Lori

[hmsram]

WONDER WOMAN LOOLOLLOL

DARN I always wanted one of those bracelets LOL


Oh and I have in my shed some Garbage pail kid trading card still LOL

[AngelswDirtyFaces]

Originally posted by dlabrie708



when the channel knob would break off and then you needed to use pliers to change the channel....ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lori

Originally posted by Pipanella
OMG, the PLIERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I FORGOT ABOUT THE PLIERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROFLMBOPIMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

.....ROFL !!!!!!!! I REMEBER THE PILERS TOO!!!!!!!!OMG
that is hysterical!!!! just think of everyone wayyy back then..
watching T.V. w/ a pair of pilers at hand!!!! LOLOLOL!!!!

Yes! I think you're correct...
,...The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman
were named Steve and Jamie & married!
Lindsey Wagner & .... Oh what's his name??
OHHH LEE MAJORS!! LOLOL
Do you remember they had a Bionic German Shep. dog too!!! LMAO
... wasn't their boss's name "Max"? or was that the dogs name? lol

... How about "courtship of Eddie's father" !!!
( People let me tell you "bout my Bessst friend...
Anyone remember the Theme song?

.. anyone remember the T.V. show "Benji" ( the dog)
( I was in his fan club (lol) & I STILL have his 'Paw' Print on
a photo--That was mailed to me for being a FAN!!! lol


Ahh, & we can't forget about ..The Waltons?.... lol


Good Nite Mary Ellen(s) & John Boy(s) LOL

[Pipanella]

Originally posted by AngelswDirtyFaces


OHHH LEE MAJORS!! LOLOL

... How about "courtship of Eddie's father" !!!
( People let me tell you "bout my Bessst friend...
Anyone remember the Theme song?

Ahh, & we can't forget about ..The Waltons?.... lol

Good Nite Mary Ellen(s) & John Boy(s) LOL

And Lee Majors was married to Farrah Fawcett, the girl with 'The Hair.' LOL. I have a Clairol hair dryer that has her picture on the front of the box, and that was BEFORE she was a Charlie's Angel and everyone knew her name! (Well, I think I still have it, maybe it got sold on a garage sale awhile back. I mean, who uses HAIR DRYERS anymore??? LOL!!)

I most certainly do remember "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" theme song. Let's sing together now.....LOL. And weren't they walking along the ocean's edge during that opening?

The Waltons............they just started showing those on the Hallmark Channel a week or so ago! And yes, we're watching. That Mary Ellen just thought she knew EVERYTHING, didn't she? What a brat.

[nrages]

Originally posted by MariB


And then there was the silliness about McDonald's hamburgers containing worms. One of my friends swore that her brother saw a story about this tasty additive on 60 Minutes so it HAD to be true.

Actually, this is true. They use meal worms as a filler for their meat. Up to 50%. You can find this out if you do research.

That is why they never claim 100% ground beef!

[Pipanella]

Now I have yet ANOTHER reason to not like McDonald's. GAG

[Mouse7088]

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"Food Urban Legend #6
McDonald's Hamburgers Contain Worm Meat

by The Sleuth

The Story

"To save money, McDonald's uses worm meat in its hamburger patties."


The Facts

I've seen many variations to this story which dates back to the early 70's, including "McDonald's uses kangaroo meat," "McDonald's buys cow eyeballs," and "Taco Bell uses mealworms in the tacos." Each version states the company uses these bizarre fillers in the beef to save money and that the practice is allowed by the FDA.One version even states that the scandal was first publicized on the TV show 60 Minutes. None of this, of course, has a shred of truth to it.

You can see the story makes no sense if you go snag a bag of earthworms for a fishing trip. You'll pay around six to seven bucks a pound for those suckers, which is something like four times the cost of ground beef in the supermarket. And McDonald's gets beef even cheaper in huge volume from its various wholesale beef suppliers.

Apparently the rumor had such an effect on the company that McDonald's held a press conference in 1992 to rebut it, presenting proof of the pure beef content in its burgers. And the April 30, 1992 issues of Time magazine reported:

"Ray Kroc, who bought McDonald's from Mac and Dick McDonald in 1955, added his own assurances: 'We couldn't afford to grind worms into our meat, ' he countered. 'Hamburger costs a dollar and a half a pound, and night crawlers six dollars'."

Besides, from what I hear, earthworms taste like chicken."

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"Claim: McDonald's hamburgers contain worm meat.
Status: False.

Origins: Common sense should tell us this rumor is false. Pound for pound, earthworms cost more than beef -- it doesn't make sense to use a filler that's more expensive than what's being replaced.

Ah, but rumors don't rely upon common sense. It's the "yuck!" factor that gets us, and so the earthworm (sometimes kangaroo meat) additive rumor has long bedeviled McDonald's. (In some locales, the local Jack in the Box is fingered instead of McDonald's.) Dating to 1978 (it might well be older -- one reader recalls hearing it in 1973 or 1974) and of uncertain origin, this tale has a long tradition of being believed. By one common account, CBS's 60 Minutes dug up the worm scandal; in fact, it never had.

Adding credibility to these tales, many corporate rumors include the names of television news or talk shows -- either the rumor was investigated and found to be true by [name of investigative show] or the CEO of whichever company appeared on [name of talk show] and admitted [horrifying thing]. One wonders at all these CEOs with something to hide showing up on talk shows. One also wonders at the prescience of those who book the guests, for one wouldn't think a chat with the relatively anonymous CEO of a large corporation would make for that interesting a show.

As to what kind of damage a rumor like this can do, the experience of one owner of four McDonald's in Atlanta, Georgia, was typical. Back in 1978 he saw his sales plunge by 30% and consequently had to lay off about a third of his employees. Corporate rumors aren't victimless.

McDonald's did what they could to refute the lie. From the 27 November 1978 issue of Newsweek:


At an Atlanta press conference, McDonald's officials, backed by a regional officer of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, denounced the rumors as "completely unfounded and unsubstantiated," and swore that the company's hamburgers contain nothing but beef.



The 1 October 1982 Financial Times confirms the involvement of the Feds by saying that "the story gained such wide circulation that McDonald's held a press conference to rebut it and even obtained a letter from the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture attesting to the pure beef content of its burgers."

Perhaps the final word on this subject should belong to Ray Kroc as quoted in the 30 April 1992 issue of Time:


Ray Kroc, who bought McDonald's from Mac and Dick McDonald in 1955, added his own assurances: "We couldn't afford to grind worms into our meat," he countered. "Hamburger costs a dollar and a half a pound, and night crawlers six dollars."



Barbara "would you like fries with that?" Mikkelson

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[Pipanella]

Good info, Paula. I still hate McDonald's. I don't care WHAT they put in their burgers! LOL!!

Now chocolate...........I'm sure you know what is allowed in chocolate.....and even I will eat that.