[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Boomer 2019

They are "Heel Plates" made by Eagle. You attached them to the heels of your boots or shoes with the provided screws or nails for resistance to heel and sole wear. In the 1950's and 1960's they were made of metal, and I firmly believe that the majority of them were used by adolescent males who were looking for that additional touch of cool clicking when they strutted. As time went by they were made of rubber and polyurethane, and lost their cool factor. Never used them myself, and I laughed at the guys who did. When you've got it there is no need to flaunt it.

We called them 'taps' and my Mom had them put on my shoes to make the heels last longer. I was very young and I remember clicking on them and I enjoyed making the sound. When I got older, around 11 or 12, I started picking out my own shoes and they came without taps.

[Esteban]

Speaking of taps, do any of you remember going to your favorite shoe store as a kid and getting your foot measured for your shoe size with one of these?

[Boomer 2019]

Of course, at Thom Mcan Shoes. Actually all the shoe stores used this little bench at the time. For big thrills we went to Sears, and spent hours looking into the radiation machine at our feet. It's a wonder that any of us made it to adulthood with humanoid feet.

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by Boomer 2019

Of course, at Thom Mcan Shoes. Actually all the shoe stores used this little bench at the time. For big thrills we went to Sears, and spent hours looking into the radiation machine at our feet. It's a wonder that any of us made it to adulthood with humanoid feet.

I used to use that protrusion as a slide!

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by Boomer 2019

Of course, at Thom Mcan Shoes. Actually all the shoe stores used this little bench at the time. For big thrills we went to Sears, and spent hours looking into the radiation machine at our feet. It's a wonder that any of us made it to adulthood with humanoid feet.

Total flash from the past – I'd forgotten all about Thom McAn. It was a huge tv advertiser in the Bay Area back in the late-50s and into the mid-60s. I bought a pair once at their Market Street store in San Francisco.

During that period, I bought shoes from GallenKamp's* at Clement and 7th Ave. to run around in the neighborhood after school. The shoes were inexpensive and lasted only three weeks max. My mom let me buy Converse once I showed her they offered more bang for the buck. The Converse also fit better.

* =

[///MPhatic]

Originally Posted by Esteban

We had CBS (2), NBC (4), KTLA (5), ABC (7), KCAL (9), KTTV (11), and KCOP (13) in Los Angeles in the 60s and 70s. 7 TV channels in all.

We got 3, one was local, KBSI TV23, channel 9. During weekday mornings I'd watch Captain Kangaroo on one of them, but channel 9 was the best on the weekends late at night (think 10 pm) because they played old horror films (Frankenstein, The Mummy, Creature from the Black Lagoon, etc) until the national anthem started and then the screen went to this, and then finally to snow.

Those were the days.

[vreihen16]

Get off my lawn, kid!!!!!




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[3.0L]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Get off my lawn, kid!!!!!




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Cheech: “I’m watching an Indian movie and its really boring.”

[Esteban]

🎵 Everyone loves the king of the sea 🎶

[dscabra]

Originally Posted by Esteban

🎵 Everyone loves the king of the sea 🎶

Flipper!

[F30lolz]

When you haven’t logged onto this forum in a minute and all of a sudden you pop
Back in.

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

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Taken July 16 on way home from San Fran

[kscarrol]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Taken July 16 on way home from San Fran

Spirit Airways lounge?

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by kscarrol

Spirit Airways lounge?

I think it was actually a Denny's. I asked the waitress where we were geographically, she wasn't even sure

[Roadcrew]

Originally Posted by Esteban

🎵 Everyone loves the king of the sea 🎶

Seeing your post made me think Seahunt with Lloyd Bridges

[Artemis]

Trabant factory - Zwickau - quality control:

Christine (1983)...

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Roadcrew

Seeing your post made me think Seahunt with Lloyd Bridges

He picked a bad week to stop drinking.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Roadcrew

Seeing your post made me think Seahunt with Lloyd Bridges

Good one.

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by ///MPhatic

We got 3, one was local, KBSI TV23, channel 9. During weekday mornings I'd watch Captain Kangaroo on one of them, but channel 9 was the best on the weekends late at night (think 10 pm) because they played old horror films (Frankenstein, The Mummy, Creature from the Black Lagoon, etc) until the national anthem started and then the screen went to this, and then finally to snow.

Those were the days.

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When the TV image got distorted: "Go kick the TV". Bang-bang-bang (frame).

And when you switched off the TV (button push), the screen was 'sucked into a black hole' as a dot, or kinda 'warped into hyperspeed':

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by M_Six

He picked a bad week to stop drinking.

Airplane?

[Lady Jane]

Introduced in 1971. Almost fifteen years before I was born.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histor...he_floppy_disk

[vreihen16]

<--- Owned an 8-inch Shugart floppy drive, and my last resume is still on 8" floppy.....