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lilhave · 03-09-2006, 07:06 AM

Why do banks charge you a "non-sufficient funds" fee on money they already know you don't have?

If you get cheated by the Better Business Bureau, who do you complain to?

In a country of free speech, why are there phone bills?

How come there aren't B batteries?

If the post office has machines that can sort snail mail at 1000's of times per minute, then why do they give it to a little old man on a bike to deliver?

If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

How do you know that honesty is the best policy until you have tried some of the others?

How do you throw away a garbage can?

How does a thermos know if the drink should be hot or cold?

What happens to an 18 hour bra after 18 hours?

Why do tourists go to the tops of tall buildings and then put money into telescopes so they can see things on the ground close-up?

Why is it that you must wait until night to call it a day?

What if the Hokey Pokey IS what its all about?

When your pet bird sees you reading the newspaper, does he wonder why you're just sitting there, staring at carpeting?

What happened to the first 6 "ups"?

Harvey

loren · 03-09-2006, 01:39 PM

there are b batteries

back in the day when crank--wall phones were used

the b battery was the power source

it was similar to a soda can , just a little smaller

when i was a kid, we had a crank wall phone, you would crank it up, the operator would say--number please

and then she would connect you

the wall phones were about the size of the current wall pay phones at gas stations

you had to talk into the wall box, no laying on the couch and talking

you needed to stand up, so calls were pretty brief

ours was a dark oak, a real beauty

i saw one like it at an antique mall last summer, for $500

batteries werent included

lilhave · 03-09-2006, 02:09 PM

I stuck the b batteries in as a test to see who would pick up on that, and I'm glad to see it was Loren.

Cream always rises to the top.

Half and half Harvey

debwalsh · 03-09-2006, 02:12 PM

Wow, I never knew that. I don't remember ever having a phone like that, and I'm 49.

Cool!

loren · 03-09-2006, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by debwalsh

Wow, I never knew that. I don't remember ever having a phone like that, and I'm 49.

Cool!

im 51, but i grew up in a rural farm area in central wisconsin

we had one tv channel until 1969

we had the wall phone until 1959, and then we got a desk phone with no dial

we had a party line with 8 total families

we all heard everyones rings

ours was one long 3 second ring

others has combos of long and short rings

but everyone heard all the rings, on every call

we ended up getting a real dial phone in about 1968, but still had the 8 party line

as private lines , were unavaible in the rural area

we also had metered phone rates, so every minute on the phone was a certain cost

i had about 6 minutes total of telephone experience in my days on the family farm

i remember in first grade, we had a lesson on how to use the telephone, very few of the kids ever had used one

i always laugh whe little house comes on and they had a telephone in the 1890s, ya right, especialy in the rural area they were in, get real

lilhave · 03-09-2006, 03:28 PM

Living and growing up in Brooklyn was like paradise. I lived in a six floor apartment house with about 8 tennants per floor, so a phone was not needed. You just knocked and said "is Johnny home"

The one item you carried at all times, that is if you were able to scrounge up15 cents, the cost of a "spaldeen". That allowed you to go in the streets and that's were you spent your days, to play, stick ball on the bounce, single, double triple, hand ball , Chinese hand ball, stoop ball, errors, hit the penny, punch ball, box ball , box baseball. What games!, the intensity was great. Ebbetts field, home of the Dodgers was only 5 blocks away but you had the streets. Girls used the "spaldeen to play "potsie, and some game where they bounced their leg over the ball. If a mom wanted a kid, no phone call, she opened the window and screamed your name, and good grief, you better have come home.

No internet, no tv, no nothing but we had fun, you had to interact with others, and when it rained, you sat on one of the floors of the building and played, checkers, monoply, Ethan Allen baseball, hide and seek etc.

Harvey

y2k3Joker · 03-09-2006, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lilhave

Living and growing up in Brooklyn was like paradise. I lived in a six floor apartment house with about 8 tennants per floor, so a phone was not needed. You just knocked and said "is Johnny home"

The one item you carried at all times, that is if you were able to scrounge up15 cents, the cost of a "spaldeen". That allowed you to go in the streets and that's were you spent your days, to play, stick ball on the bounce, single, double triple, hand ball , Chinese hand ball, stoop ball, errors, hit the penny, punch ball, box ball , box baseball. What games!, the intensity was great. Ebbetts field, home of the Dodgers was only 5 blocks away but you had the streets. Girls used the "spaldeen to play "potsie, and some game where they bounced their leg over the ball. If a mom wanted a kid, no phone call, she opened the window and screamed your name, and good grief, you better have come home.

No internet, no tv, no nothing but we had fun, you had to interact with others, and when it rained, you sat on one of the floors of the building and played, checkers, monoply, Ethan Allen baseball, hide and seek etc.

Harvey

ahh Harvey, now you're getting all nostalgic on me.

Being a city kid myself, I remember playing this game called "off the wall" - Do you remember this game?

lilhave · 03-09-2006, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by y2k3Joker

ahh Harvey, now you're getting all nostalgic on me.

Being a city kid myself, I remember playing this game called "off the wall" - Do you remember this game?

Sure do. Off the wall was another name for single, double, triple. We usually played two to a side. One team was up and one was in the field like in baseball. The first player through the little pink ball off the wall. To be fair it had to pass a mark on the ground. If it didn't it was out. Now if it did, one of the fielders had to catch it on a fly to record a out. If not and it bounced once before you picked it, it was a single, twice a double etc. Three outs a inning like baseball. Some great games were played. Simple as anything but gave hours of enjoyment. As more kids came you switched to punch ball, slap ball or stick ball, of course once you got tired or sweaty, you stopped to have your Mission brand, grape or Orange or Root beer sodas. Soda was 8 cents and you gave Irving the candy store owner 10 cents as there was a 2 cent deposit on the bottle. Some day I'll tell you about egg creams and Lime Rickeys, and Charlotte Russes, and Charleston Chews, Almond Joys, Bonamo turkish taffy, Ju ju fruits, Black Crows, Chuckles, red hots, Mary Janes, Baby Ruths, Peanut Brittle etc.

Harvey who is only 17.

loren · 03-09-2006, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lilhave

Sure do. Off the wall was another name for single, double, triple. We usually played two to a side. One team was up and one was in the field like in baseball. The first player through the little pink ball off the wall. To be fair it had to pass a mark on the ground. If it didn't it was out. Now if it did, one of the fielders had to catch it on a fly to record a out. If not and it bounced once before you picked it, it was a single, twice a double etc. Three outs a inning like baseball. Some great games were played. Simple as anything but gave hours of enjoyment. As more kids came you switched to punch ball, slap ball or stick ball, of course once you got tired or sweaty, you stopped to have your Mission brand, grape or Orange or Root beer sodas. Soda was 8 cents and you gave Irving the candy store owner 10 cents as there was a 2 cent deposit on the bottle. Some day I'll tell you about egg creams and Lime Rickeys, and Charlotte Russes, and Charleston Chews, Almond Joys, Bonamo turkish taffy, Ju ju fruits, Black Crows, Chuckles, red hots, Mary Janes, Baby Ruths, Peanut Brittle etc.

Harvey who is only 17.

boy howdy, the fun that was had in the 1920s

lilhave · 03-09-2006, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by loren

boy howdy, the fun that was had in the 1920s

Wonderful times growing up in those 20's. "Silent Cal", was elected president, the depression was years away, and all those flappers. You never thought there was a depression with all the beer flowing. Let me tell ya, Ness was a nobody. But thru it all we played stickball. The late teens is a little foggy, but the early 20's with Al singing Swanee, and Toot toot Tootsie, that was my time.

In case anyone wants to get me a birthday card, I will be 103 in December

Harvey at rockingchair.com

KonfusionFTC · 03-09-2006, 06:49 PM

how old are you for real? 17? 103? or what?

loren · 03-09-2006, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by KonfusionFTC

how old are you for real? 17? 103? or what?

sounds like the subject of the friday contest

the winner gets a disc of oldtime classic movies from harvey

-------------guess the age of the fossil-----------------

and sorry

no carbon 14 dating is allowed

and since i know his real age, im exempt

so ill guess my normal 666

hope i win

Dragonbear · 03-09-2006, 07:24 PM

all this nostalgia is bringing a tear to my eye.

sorry, that was gas :-)

KonfusionFTC · 03-09-2006, 07:34 PM

are you savage personal assistant?

lilhave · 03-09-2006, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KonfusionFTC

how old are you for real? 17? 103? or what?

I have a picture of myself standing shoulder to shoulder with Columbus, both of us leaning against the masthead, right before his maiden voyage. Now Isabella, a grand lady if I ever met one.

Harvey who has in his collection, the toilet seat from the Pinta. Willing to trade it for a good set of Land of the Giants.

03-09-2006, 07:06 AM	#1
lilhave Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 03, 2004 Location: N.Y.C. Posts: 2,294	thoughts Why do banks charge you a "non-sufficient funds" fee on money they already know you don't have? If you get cheated by the Better Business Bureau, who do you complain to? In a country of free speech, why are there phone bills? How come there aren't B batteries? If the post office has machines that can sort snail mail at 1000's of times per minute, then why do they give it to a little old man on a bike to deliver? If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular? How do you know that honesty is the best policy until you have tried some of the others? How do you throw away a garbage can? How does a thermos know if the drink should be hot or cold? What happens to an 18 hour bra after 18 hours? Why do tourists go to the tops of tall buildings and then put money into telescopes so they can see things on the ground close-up? Why is it that you must wait until night to call it a day? What if the Hokey Pokey IS what its all about? When your pet bird sees you reading the newspaper, does he wonder why you're just sitting there, staring at carpeting? What happened to the first 6 "ups"? Harvey

03-09-2006, 02:12 PM	#4
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03-09-2006, 07:24 PM	#13
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03-09-2006, 01:39 PM	#2
loren Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 11, 2005 Posts: 1,516	there are b batteries back in the day when crank--wall phones were used the b battery was the power source it was similar to a soda can , just a little smaller when i was a kid, we had a crank wall phone, you would crank it up, the operator would say--number please and then she would connect you the wall phones were about the size of the current wall pay phones at gas stations you had to talk into the wall box, no laying on the couch and talking you needed to stand up, so calls were pretty brief ours was a dark oak, a real beauty i saw one like it at an antique mall last summer, for $500 batteries werent included

03-09-2006, 02:09 PM	#3
lilhave Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 03, 2004 Location: N.Y.C. Posts: 2,294	I stuck the b batteries in as a test to see who would pick up on that, and I'm glad to see it was Loren. Cream always rises to the top. Half and half Harvey

03-09-2006, 03:28 PM	#6
lilhave Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 03, 2004 Location: N.Y.C. Posts: 2,294	Living and growing up in Brooklyn was like paradise. I lived in a six floor apartment house with about 8 tennants per floor, so a phone was not needed. You just knocked and said "is Johnny home" The one item you carried at all times, that is if you were able to scrounge up15 cents, the cost of a "spaldeen". That allowed you to go in the streets and that's were you spent your days, to play, stick ball on the bounce, single, double triple, hand ball , Chinese hand ball, stoop ball, errors, hit the penny, punch ball, box ball , box baseball. What games!, the intensity was great. Ebbetts field, home of the Dodgers was only 5 blocks away but you had the streets. Girls used the "spaldeen to play "potsie, and some game where they bounced their leg over the ball. If a mom wanted a kid, no phone call, she opened the window and screamed your name, and good grief, you better have come home. No internet, no tv, no nothing but we had fun, you had to interact with others, and when it rained, you sat on one of the floors of the building and played, checkers, monoply, Ethan Allen baseball, hide and seek etc. Harvey

03-09-2006, 06:49 PM	#11
KonfusionFTC Cobra Kai Never Dies Senior Member Join Date: Aug 09, 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,381	how old are you for real? 17? 103? or what?

03-09-2006, 07:34 PM	#14
KonfusionFTC Cobra Kai Never Dies Senior Member Join Date: Aug 09, 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,381	are you savage personal assistant?