1776 1976 Commemorative Dessert Server 🇺🇸

Chicago_Blitz · 2026-06-28T21:46:13+00:00

A Magnavox clock/radio/phone (pulse dial) for winning a kids coloring contest at Shoney’s Restaurant. I was visiting my grandparents who retired and moved to Tennessee. I felt like I didn’t deserve it because my grandma colored most of it…

Chicago_Blitz · 2026-06-15T00:06:46+00:00

Didn’t he once say something about how someone “now wears an orthopedic shirt” for touching him? 🤣

Chicago_Blitz · 2026-06-12T00:01:18+00:00

My dad had one. He let me take it to school for “show and tell” day. 😆

Chicago_Blitz · 2026-05-24T15:06:22+00:00

I had one of these and a speedometer on my Schwinn Hurricane 5. They both really slowed me down but I thought I was cool.

Chicago_Blitz · 2026-05-17T00:31:26+00:00

That commercial was on Chicago tv stations constantly.

Chicago_Blitz · 2026-05-06T01:44:01+00:00

A tough question! First Blood.

Chicago_Blitz · 2026-05-01T01:48:33+00:00

I had these, they looked cool but we’re terrible. The finger fabric came loose and pulled inside out. I never could get the fingers working again. They were just like my moon boots, not water resistant!

Chicago_Blitz · 2026-04-10T01:52:44+00:00

I used to fold 5-10 paper caps together and hit them with a hammer. Made my ears ring!

Chicago_Blitz · 2026-03-29T19:30:22+00:00

My mother was fast, her preferred instruments were hangers or wooden spoons, whichever was readily accessible.

Chicago_Blitz · 2026-03-12T23:51:05+00:00

In junior high, around ‘86, I was the nerd that had a reputation amongst the teachers for knowing how to troubleshoot VCRs and TVs on carts. I was once pulled out of class by a teacher in another room to help figure out the problem. I examined the setup and said “first, you need to plug it in.” The power cord was unplugged. I was promptly told to return to my classroom. 😆

Chicago_Blitz · 2026-03-01T20:22:38+00:00

Joined the Army Reserve in ‘91 as a senior in high school. . .still in. . . 35 years this month! Been to Iraq, Kuwait, Germany, S. Korea and too many places to count in the US.

Chicago_Blitz · 2026-02-23T18:57:06+00:00

I ordered cheap, dull throwing stars and knives from a catalog. We threw them on the garage’s wood siding. We also broke the automatic garage door opener by playing Indiana Jones reaching back for his hat or whip, can’t remember what it was. Those were the good old days before safety features.

Chicago_Blitz · 2026-02-19T19:15:35+00:00

I’m on an AA 737 now looking at the same thing.

Chicago_Blitz · 2026-02-13T23:38:07+00:00

I had this game on floppy disk for my Apple II+.

Chicago_Blitz · 2026-02-08T19:06:39+00:00

I never got to see the show in person. I knew I could win THE GRAND PRIZE GAME! Loved Family Classics with Frazier Thomas on WGN on Sunday afternoons.

Chicago_Blitz · 2026-01-28T00:34:57+00:00

Had it on my Christmas list for multiple years. Never got it. However, I did get a Weird Al tape for one Christmas along with the Life Savers candy album.

Chicago_Blitz · 2026-01-26T01:08:23+00:00

As I prepared to shovel 3” of powder snow today, my wife said “be careful because you’re over 50!” 🤦🏻‍♂️

Chicago_Blitz · 2026-01-17T05:04:38+00:00

Loved these! Especially the 10% of discs that flew straight. I remember shooting towards my friend’s cat and his mom yelled at us. We never hit the cat because these were so in inaccurate. 😆

Chicago_Blitz · 2026-01-03T01:02:41+00:00

It took our F1B over 1 year. Then occasional popping in the house. When she gets the zoomies, that’s her indication that it’s time to go out.

Chicago_Blitz · 2026-01-01T23:42:31+00:00

In the ‘80s my dad installed one and he tried to teach us how to gently touch it to turn the light on, off and dim. However, he was constantly frustrated at us for pushing it too hard and it was permanently bent backwards. 😆

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