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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2007 12:43:07 GMT -5
Got 'em all. Certified dirt.
Tom
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 2, 2007 12:50:48 GMT -5
I got 15, and was born in '63. Ford was still putting dimmer switches on the floor in the early '80s.
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Post by roylundelius on Apr 2, 2007 12:52:34 GMT -5
Now we know why Ford is in the shape they are in.
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Post by andrewg on Apr 2, 2007 17:08:18 GMT -5
Um, can you do a test for English people please?
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Post by iamjohnne on Apr 2, 2007 17:32:19 GMT -5
I missed the one about the stupidbaker and about the gum.
I never heard of blackjack gum
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Post by andrewg on Apr 2, 2007 17:38:18 GMT -5
I missed the one about the stupidbaker and about the gum. I never heard of blackjack gum 'Stupidbaker' !!! I like it. Blackjacks? You never had Blackjacks? They were four for an English penny-a farthing each, tasted of licorice and turned your mouth black. They weren't gum though, just a kind of chewy, sugary sweet. I wasn't allowed gum; it was 'common' and American hooligans used it! |
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Post by billhammond on Apr 2, 2007 17:38:32 GMT -5
I missed the one about the stupidbaker and about the gum. I never heard of blackjack gum It was nasty, Johnne, if you didn't like licorice. (I didn't.) Looked like this.  |
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Post by iamjohnne on Apr 2, 2007 17:47:19 GMT -5
I am one of the few folks who likes licorice. I prolly would have liked the gum, except that I don't do gum.
I used to date a fella that drove a Metropolitan. It was a kinda funny looking car. Not quite as boxy as the Anglia aka English Ford another running buddy drove, but funny looking never the less.
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Post by andrewg on Apr 2, 2007 17:59:15 GMT -5
I think I'm right in saying that most of the English production of the Metropolitan was exported to the USA.
And you had the Anglia? So I DID spot one in the hillbilly scrapyard scene in 'Deliverance' !
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Post by t-bob on Apr 2, 2007 18:26:27 GMT -5
Yep. I owned a 57 Anglia. Below is a 65, looks pretty much the same, mine was faded royal blue. It rarely ran, less than my 54 Jag did. That's a real feat.  |
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Post by TDR on Apr 2, 2007 18:32:13 GMT -5
You can still get that Black Jack gum. I like the stuff.
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Post by roylundelius on Apr 3, 2007 0:59:56 GMT -5
Also a favorite back in the old days:   |
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Post by dickt on Apr 3, 2007 6:39:40 GMT -5
Well I was born in the 40's (by three months) so of course I scored high. Two answers I wasn't sure about -- Studebaker and sniffing mimeo fluid, but I guessed right on both so I got 20.
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 3, 2007 6:59:14 GMT -5
They still sell Blackjack in Vinton.
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Post by guitone on Apr 3, 2007 7:08:49 GMT -5
18, missed 6 and 18.
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Post by andrewg on Apr 3, 2007 7:16:33 GMT -5
Yep. I owned a 57 Anglia. Below is a 65, looks pretty much the same, mine was faded royal blue. It rarely ran, less than my 54 Jag did. That's a real feat. My dad had one in dark blue-the 'Deluxe'. I think the only difference from the non-luxury version was the chrome grille! It got us from London to Pisa and back, over the Alps, and it still worked! Still remember the reg. no. 4272 MG. Before that we had a'59 Mini Minor; 964 XMF in white with the floor mounted push-button starter, sliding windows and a piece of string to open the doors from inside. |
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Post by John B on Apr 3, 2007 7:34:09 GMT -5
I missed the Indian Princess, the Studebaker, and the holes in the RC lid. Although to be fair, I couldn't figure out why they were being sold that way (bad wording, IMO).
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Post by dradtke on Apr 3, 2007 8:28:18 GMT -5
Do they still use mimeographs in Vinton?
I had to explain the scene in 'Ferris Bueller', where the teacher hands out tests and all the kids sniff the paper, to my kids.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2007 9:45:19 GMT -5
I too got 'em all. I am older than dirt, (68).
Bob ... ;D
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2007 9:54:27 GMT -5
Only missed 1, #15.
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