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BenG · 08-30-2011, 11:39 AM

I remember the local theater had a side door for black people. They had to sit up in the balcony.

I remember public water fountains marked "White" and "Colored".

Our schools weren't fully integrated until I was in high school. For 2 or 3 years before that there was a voluntary integration but I only remember there being one boy in our class.

I remember, before public housing, our church bus going to the black section of town to pick up people for Sunday school and seeing the ground through the planks in the floor in some of the houses.

And I remember the black girl in my high school algebra class who went on to win a Pulitzer Prize at the New York Times.

Ziguezon · 08-30-2011, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by sakura-panda

I don't believe they are plastic anymore. At least, I can't remember the last time I saw one that wasn't metal.

They were metal when I was a kid and the ones my kids have are metal. I remember plastic ones sometime in between, but I don't think they sell them anymore. Or they just don't sell them where I shop.

Plastic and metal are both currently available. Last year I bought a metal slinky for my son. It was fun while it lasted but is now bent out of shape and is no longer usable. I recently replaced it with the plastic version. It doesn't work quite as well, but I don't think it can become bent out of shape.

crich70 · 08-30-2011, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Mine was a Sinclair ZX81.

Text adventure games are still alive and well. I've got all the old Infocom games running under the "Frotz" app on my iPhone. It works very well.

Yep and Amazon even has a few games of that type for the Kindle. Things like Choice of broadsides and Choice of the Vampire are basically text adventure games.

crich70 · 08-30-2011, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by BenG

I remember the local theater had a side door for black people. They had to sit up in the balcony.

I remember public water fountains marked "White" and "Colored".

Our schools weren't fully integrated until I was in high school. For 2 or 3 years before that there was a voluntary integration but I only remember there being one boy in our class.

I remember, before public housing, our church bus going to the black section of town to pick up people for Sunday school and seeing the ground through the planks in the floor in some of the houses.

And I remember the black girl in my high school algebra class who went on to win a Pulitzer Prize at the New York Times.

What is her name? You have me curious especially since there are several different catagories.

BenG · 08-31-2011, 12:10 AM

Her byline was E.R. Shipp. She won in1996 for Commentary.

Correction: She did work for the NYT but when she won the Pulitzer she was at the New York Daily News.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.R._Shipp

WT Sharpe · 08-31-2011, 01:02 AM

I remember getting the daylights scared out me as a kid watching a movie called "Target Earth" on TV. It was about a city where an army of robots from Venus killed everyone there except for four survivors who were in hiding.

Just this week I discovered that the "robot army" was one robot that the producers used over and over. The special effect budget for that film was rather limited.

Wish I could find that movie for rent online.

crich70 · 08-31-2011, 02:06 AM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I remember getting the daylights scared out me as a kid watching a movie called "Target Earth" on TV. It was about a town where an army of robots from Venus killed everyone in a city except for four survivors who were in hiding.

Just this week I discovered that the "robot army" was one robot that the producers used over and over. The special effect budget for that film was rather limited.

Wish I could find that movie for rent online.

I understand something similar was done in the movie Aliens. There are scenes where a large # of aliens attack the humans but in reality there were in actuality only 4 total. They had a good budget but I guess the costumes weren't cheap so they used a variety of tricks to make it look like it was a very large # of aliens.

BenG · 08-31-2011, 08:56 AM

I remember being terrorized by the tree monster in From Hell It Came. I must have been very young because now I can't see how anyone could watch the monster without laughing.

BenG · 08-31-2011, 09:06 AM

We used to watch Dialing for Dollars in the afternoon after school. They showed the old B&W sci-fi and horror movies. We watched the old Universal and Hammer horror film and the Vincent Price Poe movies and 50s sci-fi.

RDaneel54 · 08-31-2011, 09:57 AM

I was terrified by the movie "Them" when I was very young. I honestly have never watched it since. Some things are best left as memories.

crich70 · 08-31-2011, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by BenG

I remember being terrorized by the tree monster in From Hell It Came. I must have been very young because now I can't see how anyone could watch the monster without laughing.

I remember being scared of the sleestacks in Land of the Lost as a little kid in the early 1970's. When they'd come on the tv I'd run and hide.

theducks · 08-31-2011, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Ziguezon

I hope you decided to go with the cassette player.

I remember getting my first walkman style cassette player, made by Panasonic. It was huge and made of clunky metal, but it lasted forever. I think my first cassette was Get Lucky by Loverboy

Hey, the could have bought a Muntz Car Stereo (a totally incompatible with all others, format).

issybird · 08-31-2011, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I guess I'm 3-4 years older than you, as 'Wonderama' was hosted by Sandy Becker when I watched. He was the host from '56. Sonny Fox began hosting the show in '59.Stitchawl

You're sending me to google once I answer this. I remember the name Sandy Becker, but in what connection? Because I really only remember Sonny Fox as the host of those shows. Becker must have moved on to something else whose name I can't remember.

OK, I've googled and see he had the eponymous Sandy Becker Show. The character Hambone is jumping out at me. That must have been the show I knew. And now my earworm is the Hambone theme....

crich70 · 08-31-2011, 08:47 PM

I remember when I was a young kid my dad would pop up some popcorn, put it in the plastic wrapper that bread is sold in, and would slip it in under his coat when we went to the movies. He never got caught as far as I know. I don't know what would have happened if he had back then (the early 1970's). Of course if you tried that now and got caught you would probably be shown the door of the theater.

Stitchawl · 08-31-2011, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by crich70

I remember when I was a young kid my dad would pop up some popcorn, put it in the plastic wrapper that bread is sold in, and would slip it in under his coat when we went to the movies. He never got caught as far as I know. I don't know what would have happened if he had back then (the early 1970's). Of course if you tried that now and got caught you would probably be shown the door of the theater.

I guess things change... I didn't know that about theaters. I haven't been inside a movie theater since 1991...

Stitchawl

08-31-2011, 12:10 AM	#140
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	Her byline was E.R. Shipp. She won in1996 for Commentary. Correction: She did work for the NYT but when she won the Pulitzer she was at the New York Daily News. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.R._Shipp Last edited by BenG; 08-31-2011 at 12:13 AM.

08-31-2011, 01:02 AM	#141
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	I remember getting the daylights scared out me as a kid watching a movie called "Target Earth" on TV. It was about a city where an army of robots from Venus killed everyone there except for four survivors who were in hiding. Just this week I discovered that the "robot army" was one robot that the producers used over and over. The special effect budget for that film was rather limited. Wish I could find that movie for rent online. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 08-31-2011 at 02:13 AM.

08-31-2011, 09:06 AM	#144
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	We used to watch Dialing for Dollars in the afternoon after school. They showed the old B&W sci-fi and horror movies. We watched the old Universal and Hammer horror film and the Vincent Price Poe movies and 50s sci-fi. Last edited by BenG; 08-31-2011 at 11:52 PM.

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08-30-2011, 11:39 AM	#136
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	I remember the local theater had a side door for black people. They had to sit up in the balcony. I remember public water fountains marked "White" and "Colored". Our schools weren't fully integrated until I was in high school. For 2 or 3 years before that there was a voluntary integration but I only remember there being one boy in our class. I remember, before public housing, our church bus going to the black section of town to pick up people for Sunday school and seeing the ground through the planks in the floor in some of the houses. And I remember the black girl in my high school algebra class who went on to win a Pulitzer Prize at the New York Times.

08-31-2011, 08:56 AM	#143
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	I remember being terrorized by the tree monster in From Hell It Came. I must have been very young because now I can't see how anyone could watch the monster without laughing.

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RDaneel54 Aging Positronic Brain Posts: 633 Karma: 2155452 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Aurora (when off-Earth) Device: Amazon Oasis; iPhone, iPad Mini	I was terrified by the movie "Them" when I was very young. I honestly have never watched it since. Some things are best left as memories.

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crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,310 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	I remember when I was a young kid my dad would pop up some popcorn, put it in the plastic wrapper that bread is sold in, and would slip it in under his coat when we went to the movies. He never got caught as far as I know. I don't know what would have happened if he had back then (the early 1970's). Of course if you tried that now and got caught you would probably be shown the door of the theater.