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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2018 10:38:06 GMT -5
Kitchen Egg Timer   They still have these today and quite different now ... My Mother, Grandmother, and Great Grandmothers ... used them all the time for Baking Pies, Cakes, and other special treats that we enjoy so much. They are also great in boiling hard boiled eggs and my Dad loves them in the 60's to the 70's for breakfast and two pieces of toast with Raspberry Jam before heading to work and Mom prepares that for him and making egg deviled salads as well  and deviled eggs as well.  More on the timer itself ...These things are quite simple to use and sometimes they are quite useful for an afternoon nap as a crude alarm clock and they are quite handy for that purpose alone. I was fortunate to find this picture in the internet and I remember my Great Grandmother using it in the late 60s baking a pie at her home and this is one that he used this kind for her kitchen and they came out during World War Two and she had it for more than 30 years until its stopped working.  Great Grandmother Egg Timer (Kitchen) I even use it once in a while myself baking cookies and muffins for my family ... I did a lot of baking on a Friday Afternoon so that my Mother can take care of her Grandmother every other Friday Afternoon.
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 29, 2018 10:57:09 GMT -5
We had a drive in where I grew up. I can remember when the first Superman movie was out and seeing it was showing on the sign. It has been closed for years and was eventually demolished for an apartment complex. Oh Man, that's would been a fun way seeing Superman in the Drive In Movie ... I would love to see that! There was a big drive-in, along the beltway around Bloomington, where my grandparents lived. We would pass it on the way to their house. On the trip out, you would see the screen side and one night, as we were headed home, we were driving past and saw they were showing the re-release of Star Wars. There was Darth Vader, a couple of stories tall, on the screen. That would have been awesome, apart from the lousy sound system! Speaking of 70s movies and theaters, remember.....  It started with Earthquake, in 1974. Theaters added additional speakers, with lower frequencies, which added lower base to the sound, more often creating more vibration than noise. For Earthquake, it was used with the quake sequences, making it seem like the theater itself was shaking. It was used for a few films, including the theatrical release of the Battlestar Galactica pilot; but, it was expensive, required removal of seats, caused damage to theaters, and annoyed patrons in adjoining theaters, causing refund situations. It fell out of favor rather quickly, especially after Star Wars killed the Sensurround-gimmicked Rollercoaster. Battlestar Galactica was the last Universal feature to be marketed with it (the Mission Galactica compilation film, with the "Living Legend" episodes, mixed with "Fire in Space.") |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2018 11:08:50 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing this codystarbuck and some drive in theatres had lousy sound too ... but my Midway wasn't all that bad - but if you hook it to your radio in your car it's pretty good. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 29, 2018 11:33:23 GMT -5
 The Alfresco Drive-In was a staple of the Mini-Cassia area for close to 40 years. So much so that 21st Street in Heyburn came to be known as Alfresco Road (and it's still called that by old-timers). It's cited as closing in 1985, though I'd have sworn it lasted a bit longer...though that makes some sense because it was owned by the Harris' and that was around the time the Harris Theater was sold. I know that I saw The Terminator there which would have been in '84. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 29, 2018 11:41:39 GMT -5
In my area, there are a few drive-ins that have held on and are used for special screenings, in the summer. They have one in Springfield and it is part of the Route 66 Film Festival. There are a couple of others in Central Illinois, that do the same kind of thing.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 29, 2018 12:17:55 GMT -5
In my area, there are a few drive-ins that have held on and are used for special screenings, in the summer. They have one in Springfield and it is part of the Route 66 Film Festival. There are a couple of others in Central Illinois, that do the same kind of thing. There were still two in Twin Falls until few years back. But the switch to all digital did them in. The owners didn't see any way to recoup the costs of upgrading the picture and sound so they shut them down. As best I can tell there are only six that are still open in Idaho. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Mar 29, 2018 12:38:57 GMT -5
Speaking of theaters, sounds and gimmicks; didn't The Tingler have like vibrating seats in the theater for when The Tingler was on screen?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2018 13:37:10 GMT -5
Speaking of theaters, sounds and gimmicks; didn't The Tingler have like vibrating seats in the theater for when The Tingler was on screen? Yes ... From Wikipedia called Percepto! "Percepto!" was a gimmick where Castle attached electrical "buzzers" to the underside of some seats in theaters where The Tingler was screened.[8] The buzzers were small surplus airplane wing deicing motors left from World War II. The cost of this equipment added $250,000 to the film's budget. It was used predominantly in larger theaters. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Mar 29, 2018 15:38:01 GMT -5
Speaking of theaters, sounds and gimmicks; didn't The Tingler have like vibrating seats in the theater for when The Tingler was on screen? Yes ... From Wikipedia called Percepto! "Percepto!" was a gimmick where Castle attached electrical "buzzers" to the underside of some seats in theaters where The Tingler was screened.[8] The buzzers were small surplus airplane wing deicing motors left from World War II. The cost of this equipment added $250,000 to the film's budget. It was used predominantly in larger theaters. I thought I remembered something like that. Pretty slick gimmick I guess. Seemed to have worked. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2018 17:13:20 GMT -5
Jukebox 50'sRemember the 50's ... Happy Days and the FONZ !!!  They were fun and I had a Pizza Party on my 13th Birthday and went to Pizza Place to celebrate it and had fun playing songs off of it. Later while we were visiting friends in Idaho a couple years later and ran into a diner place for Dinner before on our way to meet them for dessert and stayed for the weekend. These jukeboxes pictured below were more common in Idaho, Oregon, and my own state of Washington in the 60's and the 70's at the time that we used them for Entertainment.  These were the good ole days of Entertainment ... loved the 50's music played ... these songs most of the time off of Jukeboxes ... these songs were my family favorites and my personal favorite was Great Balls of Fire performed Jerry Lee Lewis.  Jerry Lee LewisGreat Balls of FireFolsom Prison BluesTutti Frutti
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2018 1:24:54 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2018 16:06:08 GMT -5
Slinky Dog One of my neighbor kids had one of these toys and that's was so cool back then ...  ... Didn't played that toy that much because he moved just as the that our friendship got on the right track and lost tabs after that. I was disappointed that they did not stayed in touch with us even knowing our address back then. 
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2018 18:45:43 GMT -5
Old Skippy Peanut Goblets and Cups Front and Center is a Cup ...   Goblets (Left Picture) for drinking milk, juice, and we even used them for Ice Cream Floats ... Cups (Right Picture) for Pudding, Ice Cream, Jello Salads, and we even used them for Wine on Special Occasions. Goblets are about 6 inches tall and the Cups around 3 inches ... One of my brother has 12 Goblets and 8 Cups at his home and we bring those things out for Special Occasions, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Birthdays and Anniversaries of family members ... and even for Easter, Fourth of July (Cups) for Chocolate Puddings and anything that his wife desires to put in it. We used this special jar for keeping Mint when we have Spiral Ham ...  Quite Sturdy and very elegant jar.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2018 19:07:31 GMT -5
I have a couple of these:  |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Mar 31, 2018 11:09:18 GMT -5
I remember my aunt (my father's oldest sister) had engraved orange glass tumblers. They weren't exactly like this, but pretty close. She also had some orange glass dishware. And I remember my mother having orange plastic measuring cups, measuring spoons, and mixing bowls. Maybe orange was big in the 70's?  |
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... Didn't played that toy that much because he moved just as the that our friendship got on the right track and lost tabs after that. I was disappointed that they did not stayed in touch with us even knowing our address back then.