Wally_Hood
One Too Many
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- 1,772
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- Screwy, bally hooey Hollywood
Or they ape some sort of near-culture that is flogged at them on television screens.
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Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?
- Thread starter LizzieMaine
- Start date
Earl Needham
Familiar Face
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- 92
- Location
- Clovis, NM
You can fry grits, too, as I remember from when I was a little boy. I don't think I've seen anybody fry grits since around 1963 or so, but --
Let the grits sit in the pot in the refrigerator overnight, then scoop them out and shape them into patties to fry. As I recall, they were pretty good that way, but geez, it's been just about 50 years!
Let the grits sit in the pot in the refrigerator overnight, then scoop them out and shape them into patties to fry. As I recall, they were pretty good that way, but geez, it's been just about 50 years!
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- 10,883
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- Portage, Wis.
My mom still fries grits and they are delicious.
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Stanley Doble
Call Me a Cab
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- 2,808
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- Cobourg
Speaking of culture... Canada was supposed to combine an English government, French culture and American technology.
But somehow we wound up with a French government, American culture and English technology
But somehow we wound up with a French government, American culture and English technology
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Speaking of culture... Canada was supposed to combine an English government, French culture and American technology.
But somehow we wound up with a French government, American culture and English technology
:rofl:
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- 15,563
- Location
- East Central Indiana
Here's how grits should be fixed. Not cakey,flakey,or gritty with the consistency of mashed potatoes or pasty rice ...but creamy and buttery like a thick gravy. A friend from SC told me that in many parts of the US..they are not cooked long enough and not seasoned right...which describes Indiana restaurant grits to a T. Tasteless!
But 'Low Country' shrimp and grits or sausage and grits is just simply delicious...and I shore am whistlin Dixie!
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/lowcountry-shrimp-and-grits/
But 'Low Country' shrimp and grits or sausage and grits is just simply delicious...and I shore am whistlin Dixie!
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/lowcountry-shrimp-and-grits/
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- 15,563
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- East Central Indiana
Shrimp and grits
Shrimp and cheese grits
Shrimp and cheese grits
Chattanooga still does (or did in 2002) Blue light laws. But it was only after midnight Sat until 6 am Sunday. I hated it because I am a night owl so if I needed to go to wal-mart on a Sunday, I had to drive to Fort O'. Kinda a dumb law IMO.
Yes. After the winter 2 years ago where we were stranded for 2 months. I decided to start parking at the end of the road in Winter. This year I joined the Vol Fire Dept and was given a set of chains for my car.
AMEN!! We used to take off at sun up and be gone all day till sun down, then would spend another 4 hours in the back yard climbing trees and shooting each other with rubber band guns.
Now you can't even get a kid to look at outside on TV, let alone GO outside.
Not my son though. We go out and play and build things and ride bikes and climb trees. He is 5, I am 33. My wife says she is not sure who the kid is when we play.
YES!!! Man I remember working in the library at school and teaching other students to use the card catalog. Now it's lal on a computer, which is fine and great. but the look and smell of a card catalog.
scottyrocks
I'll Lock Up
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- 9,161
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- Isle of Langerhan, NY
This statement has been banging around inside my head since I first read it. Kids in this neighborhood, who idolize, let's call them "urban 'musicians'", would crap their pants if dropped into the actual surrounds of their 'heroes.' Makes me wanna puke.
richie1958
New in Town
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- 40
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- Hampshire England
I have gone away to sea and worked on British scientific research ships ever since I left school. I remember on one of my first cruises, we were steaming along somewhere in the Atlantic, when for no apparent reason, we stopped. We were just wallowing around not going anywhere.... I went and found the Old Man (Captain) and asked him what was wrong. "Nothing's wrong" he said "We're just waiting for a satellite to go over, so we can find out where we are" I believe we sat there for a couple of hours! That must have been the late seventies.
Richie
Richie
countryclubjoe
Banned
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- 1,184
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- NJ/phila
Barber shop poles
CCJ
CCJ
BigFitz
Practically Family
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- 630
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- Warren (pronounced 'worn') Ohio
Of course, they haven't completely disappeared but they are fewer in number than when I was a kid.
LizzieMaine
Bartender
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- Where The Tourists Meet The Sea
For that matter, what ever happened to the traditional Civil Defense logo?
It used to be all over the place, on fire trucks and ambulances and helmets and posters, and then all of a sudden it disappeared, along with the term "civil defense." "Emergency Management" may be trendier, but it doesn't have anywhere near as good a logo.
It used to be all over the place, on fire trucks and ambulances and helmets and posters, and then all of a sudden it disappeared, along with the term "civil defense." "Emergency Management" may be trendier, but it doesn't have anywhere near as good a logo.
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Of course, they haven't completely disappeared but they are fewer in number than when I was a kid.
Now that you mention it, yes, you are right there are far fewer now than there used to be.
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- 13,376
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- Orange County, CA
At Knott's Berry Farm there's a traffic/pedestrian tunnel underneath Beach Blvd that connects the main part of the theme park to the Independence Hall area across the street. For many years I remember there used to be a fallout shelter sign there.
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Shangas
I'll Lock Up
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- 6,116
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- Melbourne, Australia
A barbershop opened up down the street from my house. Every day I walk past, they hang the red and white pole out the front, and take it down every evening at closing-time.
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- Orange County, CA
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