ExiledInIllinois Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 LoL I was easily amused. Then in 1979, got this... Exact, VolksCycle Mark V: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-baby! Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 When I was a teenager my parents won a major lottery and we spent 2 weeks in Bora Bora. It was a different type of Christmas, but was unbelievable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Looking back to the early 60s, Texaco gas stations sold a very detailed model of a service station, complete with miniature service islands, small oil cans, working lifts in the bays. Texaco also one year offered a Texaco tanker, it had to be a good 18” long. I seem to remember a working propeller, powered by a D cell battery. I also remember receiving a hand cranked ten pin bowling game in a fairly accurate scale. You placed a small ball in the bowler’s hand, pivoted him on his anchor to aim, and turned a lever to cause him to roll the ball. Even more amazing was the pinsetter had its own lever; when turning it the machine cycled through its sequence of settling pins, then sweeping after the first ball, resetting for the second ball, then final sweep and reracking for a new frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Rather than starting a new thread, I’ll tack on the most ‘cost effective’ gift I’ve seen as a stocking stuffer. I was pleased to see after I missed out last year, a local chapter of a service club runs a cash calendar. For $20, you get 365 days of draws, where the smallest prize is never less than $25. If you win, your ticket goes right back in the drum for the next day. That’s 5.4 cents per day for a lottery ticket. Both my son and son-in-law received one as part of their gift. Then I bought one for myself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefan66 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 N64 my wife got me. Was shopping for our sons first Christmas at Toys R Us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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