Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 I bought a watch from the Grants at the University Plaza. I am 'doubly' outmoded! ? 1 Quote
T&C Posted June 14, 2020 Author Posted June 14, 2020 6 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: I bought a watch from the Grants at the University Plaza. I am 'doubly' outmoded! ? The old green stamp days... my Mom used to wind up with books full of them. I remember going to AM&A's with her, I think she bought a new mixer with them. Guess they've been replaced by cash back on credit cards. Quote
Wacka Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 (edited) Vidler's is going strong and better than ever(90 years). It is a landmark in East Aurora. In 2016, they came in second or third in the Intuit Quickbook's Small Business Big Game competition, where the winner got a commercial on the Super Bowl. Edited June 14, 2020 by Wacka 1 Quote
T&C Posted June 14, 2020 Author Posted June 14, 2020 29 minutes ago, Wacka said: Vidler's is going strong and better than ever(90 years). It is a landmark in East Aurora. In 2016, that came in second or third in the Intuit Quickbook's Small Business Big Game competition, where the winner got a commercial on the Super Bowl. You are right... funny I was just reading about them last week. The other two I'm not sure if they are still around would be Bells and A&P. We used to have a Murphy's in Lancaster... kind of like Vidler's. Quote
Wacka Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 A&P was gone in Buffalo maybe in the early 70s. nBells closed in 1991 or 92. My dad worked at their warehouse. He retired in 1990 because of Cancer a few months before he died. I remembering telling my brother-in-law who worked at Flickingers ( Super Duper-also closed) about who was a good worker and who was bad when those guys went there from Bells to get a new job. 1 Quote
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 15, 2020 Posted June 15, 2020 Can we just push this back one short decade to the 1950s and one of the weirdest fashion trends ever: "The Bullet Bra." https://www.demilked.com/bullet-bra-vintage-fashion/ Otay! Maybe it wasn't so weird. Look, is that a "four on the column!" LoL ?... Quote
T&C Posted June 15, 2020 Author Posted June 15, 2020 6 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Can we just push this back one short decade to the 1950s and one of the weirdest fashion trends ever: "The Bullet Bra." https://www.demilked.com/bullet-bra-vintage-fashion/ Otay! Maybe it wasn't so weird. Look, is that a "four on the column!" LoL ?... Demilked eh... 1 Quote
T&C Posted June 16, 2020 Author Posted June 16, 2020 I actually did this for a lazy kid... he would give me $10 a day to do it which was crazy money at that time. How or where that money came from I do not know but this is the late 60's. Quote
T&C Posted June 20, 2020 Author Posted June 20, 2020 Patti and George... with Eric lurking in the background... Layla. Quote
K-9 Posted June 22, 2020 Posted June 22, 2020 On 6/15/2020 at 8:20 AM, ExiledInIllinois said: Can we just push this back one short decade to the 1950s and one of the weirdest fashion trends ever: "The Bullet Bra." https://www.demilked.com/bullet-bra-vintage-fashion/ Otay! Maybe it wasn't so weird. Look, is that a "four on the column!" LoL ?... 1 Quote
Wacka Posted June 22, 2020 Posted June 22, 2020 3 hours ago, T&C said: My dentist had that model in that color back in the 70s! His office was in his house about a mile from us. He's working on me and suddenly goes to a second door in the room, opens it up and yells at his kids in the other half of the house. 1 Quote
T&C Posted June 22, 2020 Author Posted June 22, 2020 19 minutes ago, Wacka said: My dentist had that model in that color back in the 70s! His office was in his house about a mile from us. He's working on me and suddenly goes to a second door in the room, opens it up and yells at his kids in the other half of the house. Dentist I had in the later 60's (not sure why I even needed one when I was 7-8 years old actually) had this version or one similar but I remember it was a light green color. Like yours, he worked out of his house... Dr. Bachman, somewhere between Lancaster and Clarence, I forget the road. He wore the "reflector" headband thing and, like I said... have no idea why I was there, had this huge needle apparatus for novacaine... he sterilized it on a fkn bunsen burner, not kidding. The whole thing reminded me of House of Wax... and scared the ***** out of me just like the movie did lol. He was a very nice man though... guess that's how it was, glad we have moved on. Quote
T&C Posted June 23, 2020 Author Posted June 23, 2020 (edited) We used to have them in WNY... used to get a postcard every year for your birthday, good for one dog, one fry, and one root beer. I still have one that I never used, probably because I wasn't old enough to drive at the time. That place was a real treat once a year or so. Edited June 23, 2020 by T&C Quote
ChevyVanMiller Posted June 23, 2020 Posted June 23, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, Wacka said: My dentist had that model in that color back in the 70s! His office was in his house about a mile from us. He's working on me and suddenly goes to a second door in the room, opens it up and yells at his kids in the other half of the house. I can do you one better: my dentist (in NIagara Falls) from that era had a similar chair in that same hue of yellow. Just off to the side he had a standing ashtray that always had a smoldering cigar. He was a big, heavyset man. Every couple of minutes he’d take a break from working on my teeth and step over to have a few puffs on the cigar. Then he’d shove his nicotine stained fingers right back in my mouth. It really was different times. Edited June 23, 2020 by ChevyVanMiller 1 1 Quote
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted June 24, 2020 Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) On 6/15/2020 at 8:20 AM, ExiledInIllinois said: Can we just push this back one short decade to the 1950s and one of the weirdest fashion trends ever: "The Bullet Bra." https://www.demilked.com/bullet-bra-vintage-fashion/ Otay! Maybe it wasn't so weird. Look, is that a "four on the column!" LoL ?... Back to topic NSFW Look up Groove Tube and Safety Sam... on YouTube (obvs) Edited June 24, 2020 by SlimShady'sSpaceForce Quote
Wacka Posted June 24, 2020 Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) Chevy Chase is in that. (Pre SNL days). Saw it at the Valu Cinema (Clinton and Rosler Plaza. Building is now Key Liquors and Dollar General. Edited June 24, 2020 by Wacka 1 Quote
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted June 24, 2020 Posted June 24, 2020 22 minutes ago, Wacka said: Chevy Chase is in that. (Pre SNL days). Saw it at the Valu Cinema (Clinton and Rosler Plaza. Building is now Key Liquors and Dollar General. Always interesting to see Detective Munch (Richard Belzer) doing comedy. Quote
Gray Beard Posted June 24, 2020 Posted June 24, 2020 the cars... I think 1968 is my favorite year for cars... Mustang, Camaro, Barracuda, Chevelle, GTO... the list goes on and on. 2 Quote
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