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BrickHouse said:
#4 is missing the snacks, news papers and cigarette machines right next to it at the bus stop.
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They are on the other side of the shoe shine stand.
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Unforgiven said:
Just confirming I'm old as I know all these things.

Ingteresting about the $2 bill. They are the longest lasting currency in circulation because people think they are rare, even though they are not. The federal reserve just doesn't print many because they don't pull many from circulation.
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I remember when there was no such thing as a $2 bill.
#4 missed the news paper, candy and cigarette machines next to the sofa machines at the bus stop.
Cheapest price I remember for fuel is $.23 in the most expensive place around.
My grandparents had a chronograph I took apart and got working by cleaning.
 
When I was a child, my grandmother gave each of us grandchildren a two dollar bill each Christmas. It was an extraordinary gift being as she was so desperately poor.

When I cleaned out my father's home I found a large bag of wheat pennies. That's another coin that you don't see but rarely, much like the Mercury dime. They were still in circulation back in my day.

How about hub caps, finder skirts, curb feelers, bumper jacks, cigarette lighters, and vacuum driven windshield wipers? You don't see much of them around anymore.
 
olbriar said:
When I was a child, my grandmother gave each of us grandchildren a two dollar bill each Christmas. It was an extraordinary gift being as she was so desperately poor.

When I cleaned out my father's home I found a large bag of wheat pennies. That's another coin that you don't see but rarely, much like the Mercury dime. They were still in circulation back in my day.

How about hub caps, finder skirts, curb feelers, bumper jacks, cigarette lighters, and vacuum driven windshield wipers? You don't see much of them around anymore.
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Don't see Grammer being taught in schools anymore these days. Then, them, than ... Some of the most commonly misused words today.
 
olbriar said:
When I was a child, my grandmother gave each of us grandchildren a two dollar bill each Christmas. It was an extraordinary gift being as she was so desperately poor.

When I cleaned out my father's home I found a large bag of wheat pennies. That's another coin that you don't see but rarely, much like the Mercury dime. They were still in circulation back in my day.

How about hub caps, finder skirts, curb feelers, bumper jacks, cigarette lighters, and vacuum driven windshield wipers? You don't see much of them around anymore.
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Y don't find silver coins anymore, (had a few - not just dollar or half dollar but quarters too) or postage stamps printed on parchment. That would be for the collectors out there.
 
BrickHouse said:
I remember when there was no such thing as a $2 bill.
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I had no idea you were that old. The original small size $2 bill was first issued in 1928 and before that it was a large U.S. note first issued in the 1860's.

I remember first seeing a $2 bill when my grandfather showed me one in the '60s. It was the 1928 variety. After he passed away I found a couple stashed in an old wallet that I still have. I think they are worth about $2 each.

There was a time between 1966 and 1976 where there were no circulating $2 bills. Maybe that's what you remember?
 
lunatic59 said:
I had no idea you were that old. The original small size $2 bill was first issued in 1928 and before that it was a large U.S. note first issued in the 1860's.

I remember first seeing a $2 bill when my grandfather showed me one in the '60s. It was the 1928 variety. After he passed away I found a couple stashed in an old wallet that I still have. I think they are worth about $2 each.

There was a time between 1966 and 1976 where there were no circulating $2 bills. Maybe that's what you remember?
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Never too old for learning new tricks. Thanks for the info.
 
In the early seventies I rented from the original banker of my town. A collector of things who had the money to invest. During my monthly visit to pay my $115 rent (three bedroom bungalow) I started buying stamps from him. He had started investing in his youth and had pages of ever stamp printed since the turn of the last century. I bought ever stamp printed from 1937 to 1967 from him. I just did a quick search as to their value today. Don't invest in stamps. :) I have a few series that have gained in value. The majority of the stamps are worth face value if I choose to start using them as postage. :)
 
An irrelevant thread drifting story about my retired banker landlord.

Philo opened and owned the first bank in town. He sold the bank and retired around the time I was born. Undoubtedly he was the richest man in town. In his retirement years he and his wife shared many trips with another retired couple. On one trip his buddy whipped out a credit card to pay for his lodgings. Philo thought this was a good thing and would allow him to travel with much less cash. After his return home he decided he would get a credit card too. He applied and was denied a card. He had zero credit history. The man had never borrowed money in his life.
 
My wife's jeep has them but they don't open. I guess they are to add a look more than a function. In function, I liked the wing windows for their added air circulation in the cab without the noise and buffeting of the wind in the regular window.

Speaking of windows, are hand signals for turning and stopping still allowed?

Did anyone own a vehicle that you turned the car on via a key and then started the engine with a push button that was usually foot activated?

How about adjusting the timing with the distributor or adding electrolyte to your battery?

Adding water directly to a hot radiator was always an adventure.
 
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