[Lady Jane]

If you remember the traffic cop in the Holland tunnel, NYC in 1955.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

If you remember the traffic cop in the Holland tunnel, NYC in 1955.

I got ticketed once for passing someone in the Sumner Tunnel under Boston Harbor. Early on a Saturday morning going to a job site. That tunnel has two lanes for traffic, but there was a ridiculous rule that you had to stay in your lane once you were in the tunnel. I came up behind someone crawling along well below the speed limit and there were no other cars in sight, so I changed lanes and went by the slowpoke. There was a small booth in that tunnel and a cop just happened to be manning it that morning. He called ahead and a cop in a car outside the tunnel pulled me over and gave me a ticket for a lane violation. I swear it was all a setup to generate tickets.

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I got ticketed once for passing someone in the Sumner Tunnel under Boston Harbor. Early on a Saturday morning going to a job site. That tunnel has two lanes for traffic, but there was a ridiculous rule that you had to stay in your lane once you were in the tunnel. I came up behind someone crawling along well below the speed limit and there were no other cars in sight, so I changed lanes and went by the slowpoke. There was a small booth in that tunnel and a cop just happened to be manning it that morning. He called ahead and a cop in a car outside the tunnel pulled me over and gave me a ticket for a lane violation. I swear it was all a setup to generate tickets.

The slowpoke was probably a cop too.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Buug959

The slowpoke was probably a cop too.

This is what I'm saying. That car was moving so slow that it was obvious the driver was pushing me to pass.

[JeffL0]

You know you're old if...

[Lady Jane]

Does that sound familiar?

[JJ 911SC]

Originally Posted by JeffL0

You know you're old if...

And much older when the deal was...

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by JJ 911SC

And much older when the deal was...

I went for the cassette deal but I remember seeing the 8-track deal.

[3.0L]

Eskimo Pie and don’t blow your horn before you leave.

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

Eskimo Pie and don’t blow your horn before you leave.

Besides the ads, there was the playground under the screen. All we kids up there playing in our jammyjams!

[M_Six]

We saw The Poseidon Adventure at a drive-in in North Conway, NH way back when. My Dad had a pickup truck and pulled into the space backwards so we could sit in chairs in the truck bed.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by M_Six

We saw The Poseidon Adventure at a drive-in in North Conway, NH way back when. My Dad had a pickup truck and pulled into the space backwards so we could sit in chairs in the truck bed.

Good movie, starring Gene Hackman. One of the movies I saw at the drive-in was The Godfather; second time seeing it. First time was at a theater.

[JJ 911SC]

Originally Posted by Buug959

I went for the cassette deal but I remember seeing the 8-track deal.

Did all 4 deals.

[Lady Jane]

Some of you might remember.

[dscabra]

Originally Posted by M_Six

We saw The Poseidon Adventure at a drive-in in North Conway, NH way back when. My Dad had a pickup truck and pulled into the space backwards so we could sit in chairs in the truck bed.

I saw that movie at a drive in, too! Some others I remember from those days include Fist Full of Dollars, Live and Let Die, and Herbie The Lovebug.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

Some of you might remember.


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I remember. I took typing, not to learn how to type, but because there was a girl I liked and she said she was taking it.

It's a skill that most boys didn't have back in my school days. It really helped me when computers became popular.


Coincidentally, I was just looking at my junior high school yearbook. Here is a photo of our typing class in 1962. I suppose this makes me old.

[Lady Jane]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

... but because there was a girl I liked and she said she was taking it.

Did she enjoy it?

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

Did she enjoy it?

I don't know, she wasn't my type.

[Lady Jane]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

I don't know, she wasn't my type.

Just as well. They tend to miscarriage a lot.

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

I remember. I took typing, not to learn how to type, but because there was a girl I liked and she said she was taking it.

It's a skill that most boys didn't have back in my school days. It really helped me when computers became popular.


Coincidentally, I was just looking at my junior high school yearbook. Here is a photo of our typing class in 1962. I suppose this makes me old.

I did that, too. We dated for a while, but it didn’t work out. She was a nice
gal, but a little too religious for me. We both soon found someone else.

And that reminds me of something. Wasn’t it possible to defeat the carriage
release so the carriage would fly off for the next user?

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

I remember. I took typing...

I took typing as well, in high school. Got pretty good; don't remember my WPM. Basically forgot how and now use two fingers and hunt-and-peck.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

I don't know, she wasn't my type.

Groooaaann