Where were you in 1960

[cirelaw]

Way cool, was there much of a kick?

[John Sabato]

Eric: Way cool, was there much of a kick?

From the Corssman pellet gun or the nuclear weapons?

I was graduating from 8th Grade in South Philadelphia!

[cirelaw]

Which of the two?

[Ron Smith]

Originally Posted by cirelaw

Way cool, was there much of a kick?

If you mean the Crossman Pellet rifle? No, it was like shooting a .22 rifle with a bit more push from the cylinder travel.

The "kick" was that a couple of our neighbors paid me $3 for a half dozen frog legs. I used the money to customize my Schwinn bicycle and buy more pellets.

That is until a County Deputy caught me shooting frogs. He confiscated by my frogs, and told me next time he would take my Crossman. A real career ender...

Ron

[alanint]

I'm shocked that a deputy back then would do anything but applaud a young entrepreneur's efforts.
I guess every era has its difficult cops.

[cirelaw]

I always wanted to live in Mayberry!

[Dick Herman]

I was cruising around New Jersey with the top down on my new Chevrolet Impala convertible. Wish I still had that car.

[saab-bob]

Still a young pup of 8 in those days. The family had just moved to Santa Paula Ca. My parents had been working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs teaching Eskimo kids for years. We had been living in a log cabin at Kotzebue,Alaska. A village located on the Nome peninsula.The move was accomplished by driving the Alcan Highway in our 1954 GMC Panel truck. Still have my wolf fur parka and my walrus skin mukluks.Gifts from the village grandmas.
I remember being amazed it was warm at Christmas time in Ca, not 40 below zero.

Good memories.
Bob

[newluger]

I was working in a pawn shop in Oakland California and taking night classes at USF in San Francisco and dating an ORN at SF Gen Hospital. I had also taken and passed the civil service entrance exam for the electronic apprentiship program at the Alameda Naval Air Station. I later was hired on in October of 61.
Boy, that was a long time ago.

[cirelaw]

We lived in Bayonne and mom bought a 1960 Ford Fairlane, 150 hp, Skymist blue tag FRX-615 Wish we still had it!

[John Sabato]

Eric, you only included one photo! but I wouldn't make a choice of the two most popular restaurants selling Philly Cheesesteak Subs...

In my 17th and 18th summer, I worked in a small South Philly Pizzeria that also sold Subs including their own version of the Philly Cheesesteak... Our bread was made by the Amoroso Bakery, the steak wasn't "Steakums" but was sliced (by machine) by me from frozen flank steaks. It was fried on a grill using olive oil, with wonderful onions that I also personally sliced on the same machine causing me uncountable tears!

The cheese was genuine Italian Provolone (you guessed it--sliced on the same machine)... and the rolls were sliced open (by hand) and placed on the grill to toast until the meat was done cooking and cheese was melted to perfection.

So I don't consider steak sandwiches made with Cheese Whizz to be a Philly cheesesteak...

In the two summers I worked at Tony's Pizza, at 28th and Snyder Ave, I must have eaten a couple hundred of those subs! Never got tired of them.

Next time you are in Philadelphia, stop at Ralph and Ricky's Pizza and say hello to the boys for me... they used to work with me at Tony's... When they quit working there, they opened their own Pizzeria and put Tony's out of business... I was already gone... got drafted in October of 1967!

That Ford may be the right color, but it is a THUNDRBIRD!

[cirelaw]

Every summer I worked for college and school. I worked making Hellmans mayo. Next was Sherwin Williams paint unloading freight cars. In beteen I transported dead bodies for a local funeral polor, $75/head. During the Newark riot I was hired to defend Hanni tavern on orange ave.The best was bartending. Everyone had a story or problem. Each one of these jobs prepared me for the Law. Each one of You have inpacted me in one way or another. Thanks for your patience

[cirelaw]

I know the color of her car and take but since injuriing my brain short term suggs

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by John Sabato

That Ford may be the right color, but it is a THUNDRBIRD!

+ 1

My first car in 1967 was a 1960 Ford - pic of similar car below.

[John Sabato]

Looks like the right Fairlane this time Eric... Didn't mean to pick on you... just wanted all these young whippersnappers to know the difference between a Fairlane and a T-Bird...

My first car was a green 1961 Ford Galaxie. Sorry no photos... bought it in 1966 with 75,000 miles on it (FOR $50.00)... unheard of milage at the time. Cars back then were considered worn out at 50,000 miles... My current car, a 1998 Chrysler Town & Country... while ugly, has 232,000 miles on it, and it has the original engine AND transmission... It is still getting me where I need to go.

Want yours to last that long? CHANGE THE OIL on a regular basis ( I do mine every 3000-4000 miles)

...and change the automatic transmission fluid and filter at least every 30,000 miles (WITH THE CORRECT TYPE... ATF4 for Chryslers... put anything else in them, even a little bit to top it off and the transmission will self destruct in no time). and DON'T flush them. Just drain out the old stuff, and put the new filter in, then button everything up with new gaskets and fill it back up... I am hoping to make it to 300,000 on this one... Think I got my money's worth?

[cirelaw]

Nice the funny part all the Catholics had St Christopher hangfrom a mirror. Allstates stock went to heaven when the dear saint got booted and the Italians switched to St Anthony. Properly pronbounced st Antney. So much for Our Lady of 33rd street!', They all got the boot when they were replaced a green cardboard air freshners! My 68 chey 283 hp skymist blue got me through allot of backseat images. Mom learned her lesson when she let my friend Jimmy take her car on a double date to a drivein. Jimmy had jet black marker stached in his jeans in back seat Picasso print like artwork all over the back seat and roof.The the following next day mom noticed a virtual roadmap all over everything. It was permanent and I was stuck bumbing rides there on. How can a Mom deny such a son. We could have sold it for Bayonnne artwork Forty year later we bought a beautiful 2005 Turbo PT convertable. Unfortunatly Mom died in my first year of lawschool. What ever happen to drive ins?

[tx_oil]

Hmm.. I was two years in the future in 1960. I did own and restore a 1960 Impala Sport Coupe in the mid 90's, and have always loved the mid-century space age part of American cultural history.

[LugerVern]

I was 7 years old with a BB gun collection , living in French Creek Wva.

I still have all the original drawings /paper work of all the BB guns I owned. I could scan them and post if there is an interest.

That was a long time ago.

My girl friends name was Mary, she was such a cutie all that blond hair, I will never forget, we sat together at church and played together at school.

Well, anyway, that is were I was and what I was doing in 1960

Vern

[Ron Smith]

Originally Posted by alanint

I'm shocked that a deputy back then would do anything but applaud a young entrepreneur's efforts.
I guess every era has its difficult cops.

Oregon has very strict Fish & Game regulations with very heavy fines for violators.

I was not only illegally "shooting" frogs , but taking them out of season. The only legal method for taking Frogs in Oregon is by "Gigging" or catching them by hand.

Big Game poaching can result in confiscation of your firearms and vehicle, as well as very heavy fines, and or jail time with loss of hunting privilages for life.

Ron

[cirelaw]

My friends father in Germany so he had to defend our block. The fixt sight was the first and rarest. Model 39, no. 108 Its trigger came off but I still have it. There is a crack In the wood that needs minor repair.