Probably been said already but the merry-go-rounds at parks, man those things were awesome... Even better when you stick the back wheel of a dirtbike up to one.
Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
Join free Log in
Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.
Things you don't see anymore
- Thread starter DblG
- Start date
- Status
Dog poo on the pavement that has been there so long that it's gone all fluffy and white. I used to think they looked like bunny rabbit tails.
- Oct 7, 2000
- 18,619
- 38,939
- Disclosures
- Endorsing artist: Musicman basses
I've a feeling these things still exist, but I never see them:
Official Stick Ball equipment.
a little smaller than a tennis ball.
Push button automatic transmission controls for automobiles
Teletouch push button automatic transmission controls found on many Edsel brand automobiles manufactured by the Edsel and Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln (M-E-L) Divisions of the Ford Motor Company. Chrysler Corporation automobiles introduced pushbutton automatic transmission controls for their PowerFlite and Torqueflite transmissions for the 1956 model year. Instead of the traditional placement of a gear selector on the column, Chrysler's system mounted the gear buttons in dashboard pods to the left of the steering wheel, becoming the first U.S. carmaker to offer such a system. This system was mechanical. Packard also introduced a steering-column-mounted electro-mechanical pushbutton transmission control pod in its "Touch Button Ultramatic" in 1956, placed off to the right of the column about 6 in (15 cm). Using technology that it purchased from a Packard supplier, Auto-Lite, this push-button system proved problematic as the electric motor was insufficient to move the car out of Park on a steep hill, and would pop the circuit breaker; electrical contact problems, wiring problems and other issues were prevalent even when new; and the problems worsened with age.
Link Removed
Link Removed
Teletouch push button automatic transmission controls found on many Edsel brand automobiles manufactured by the Edsel and Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln (M-E-L) Divisions of the Ford Motor Company. Chrysler Corporation automobiles introduced pushbutton automatic transmission controls for their PowerFlite and Torqueflite transmissions for the 1956 model year. Instead of the traditional placement of a gear selector on the column, Chrysler's system mounted the gear buttons in dashboard pods to the left of the steering wheel, becoming the first U.S. carmaker to offer such a system. This system was mechanical. Packard also introduced a steering-column-mounted electro-mechanical pushbutton transmission control pod in its "Touch Button Ultramatic" in 1956, placed off to the right of the column about 6 in (15 cm). Using technology that it purchased from a Packard supplier, Auto-Lite, this push-button system proved problematic as the electric motor was insufficient to move the car out of Park on a steep hill, and would pop the circuit breaker; electrical contact problems, wiring problems and other issues were prevalent even when new; and the problems worsened with age.
Link Removed
Link Removed
[Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
Pitchers that would consistently go nine innings in almost every start and dominate from April to September, and sometimes beyond. They knew how to work themselves out of a jam, and they also knew how to pace themselves so they'd have something left in the tank for the last couple of innings. The only way they'd come out of a game is with an injury!
Pitchers that would consistently go nine innings in almost every start and dominate from April to September, and sometimes beyond. They knew how to work themselves out of a jam, and they also knew how to pace themselves so they'd have something left in the tank for the last couple of innings. The only way they'd come out of a game is with an injury!
And their career wouldn't last all that long. With the salaries and multi-year contracts in the majors what they are, pitching 7 innings allows the team a chance to have a pitcher that will last as long as the contract.
My father, a long time T.V. and Radio repairman, always said they were a farce. More a sales tool that a tester. The main thing he didn't like is they didn't test under load, so a tube that tested o.k. or marginal could be bad under load.
He even told me some of them were rigged to show a tube was bad, even if it wasn't.
I did notice in the pic, there are more "other brands" stocked than RCA's.
He even told me some of them were rigged to show a tube was bad, even if it wasn't.
I did notice in the pic, there are more "other brands" stocked than RCA's.
Try telling that to Warren Spahn, who pitched from 1942 to 1965, with three years off for military service in WW2. He pitched until the age of 44!
Dammit. Crystal Pepsi and Bourbon was a great drink.
I couldn't drink it on its own, though.
Just last night on the subway, three teenagers get on the car, loudly announce "we're trying to earn some money to make a recording" and bust into a short tune with some seriously tight close harmonies, with pro-caliber R&B voices. Totally shocked me; normally when panhandlers in NYC interrupt my commute they're worse than grade school talent show rejects. But these kids had some serious chops.
I gave them a dollar.
Man I'd love to see that here. If I want killer harmonies live there are a few churches around here that have some sick choirs. I guess that's a nod to my Philly days too although growing up the fam went to an Episcopal church I liked going in the Pentecostal ones for the jams
I guess I grew up in a reverse "The Jerk" household 
- Status
