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You know, some people might think we are fighting on these threads when they don't realize that we know each other face to face. I quit wearing a speedo before you were born and I gave the Winnie Pooh away. My memories of OKC go back to the very early '50's....
You know, I'm really having a bad ream visualizing you in a Speedo '78....That was be against the law of nature I think. I know it would be against some kind of law somewhere. And yes, this is fun.....I wore a speedo in my younger....younger/.......younger days...To Elmwood and to Rotary Park Swimming pools....then the bagging (Surfer Suits) swimsuits became popular...Thank Heaven for that.....
Here's one (thank you Pruner)...do you remember going to get your Levi's? and your mom having you get them at least two (2) inches longer than you needed? You would be able to grow into them....Then, you would turn them under and eventually you would get taller and the white line around the bottom would let everyone know that you grew some that year in school? Or, no one wore a pair of jeans with the knees worn out of them...Your mom would patch them from an older pair and like no one would notice your jeans were patched? I know the other day I spilled some battery acid on a new pair of Levi's....Can't wait to get them from the cleaners, had them starched and Iron...Maybe I'll look like a short and Heavy Alan Jackson.....Gotta have style you know...thought my wife was gonna kill me though over the jeans... Oh Well what we give up for an image....Just think Prunepicker used to be 6 ft. tall and wighed 157.....oh well, that's another story and memory from OKC.....
The "Back to School" ritual was as follows....Get up Saturday morning before school started...Breakfast....Head to either Airline Shopping Center or (If lucky) Capitol Hill...Lunch was at the Old Coney Island....My sister had to go to Brown's and look...She never could make up her mind....they always ended up going back....and then it was to Levine's in Capitol Hill or C.R. Anthony's any where else....Two pair of Levi's (501's for a long time) or Wheat jeans...You older group know what I mean there....A package of Socks, Underwear (briefs of course) and a package of (hopefully)V-Neck T-shirts...And then came the shoes....Whatever was within the budget the first time....If I wanted Wdges with taps on front and back...(don't know why) I had to earn the extra....From that point on I was a lawn mowing fiend.....Then two shirts...maybe three..However, I got the Hand me Downs from the guy across the street....He always dressed cool so I didn't care...Now off to school...Oh yeah new tube of Brylcreme .....I'm ready....Let's rock and roll....4th Grade????? come on...
The taps were out of style when I got to CHHS, but we tried to wear them at CHJH. Only problem was they were against the "rules". Used to be fun to see how long through the school day before a teacher made you take them to one of the shop classes and jet them removed. Loved the horseshoes.
Mompicker never realized that us little pickers would wear out a pair of
jeans before the first washing. Some people are slow but they're old.
Hey! I'm still 6-4 (make that 64 inches) but I'm taller than soonergirl! I
think. Maybe she's bending her knees so I'll feel better.
Nawwww!
As far as my weight, it's a secret. A 'Big Fat' secret!
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I (and my calculator) was doing the math on a set of back to school back in the day...Now figure:...
Levies (501) 2 @ 2.99 pair.................. $ 5.98
Pkg. socks:...................................... . 99
Pkg. Underwear:............................... 1.99
Pkg. V-neck t-shirts:....................... . 1.99
3 shirts @ 2.98 ea.:........................... 8.94
1`pr. of Wing tip Shoes:.................... 4.98
total:...$ 24.87
tax:... .87
total:...... 25.74
Wait a minute:.....Brylcreem;.............. 17.98
Total:......... $ 43.72
Today's same amounts
Jeans 2 @ 139,95 each....................279.90
Underwear:. 1 @ 19.99 pkg. 19.99
T-Shirts: 3 @ 29.99 each 89.97
Shoes:...................1 @ 224.99 each 224.99
Shirts ....................3 @ 77.98 each 233.94
Total:.............. 648.79
Tax:................ 56.77
Complete total:..... 705.56
Wait Gel/Mousse:... 227.99
$ 933.55
The thing I hated about new Levi's is that Mom would not let us wash them before we wore them for the first time. You could hear us a mile away and you could end-up with rashes in some of the strangest places. Cornstarch.
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took a long time to get the blue out of your underwear also.....I have the same feelings Pruner.....Why wash them????they're not dirty....Also, it was late the other night and my calculator was still turned on...
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