| parked in the drive - 07.29.06 |
| submitter: | robert kershaw |
| location: | west oakland, california |
| looks like they're not too sure about whether to throw out the matts with the tv |
| category: | Seen Worse |
| comments: | 5 |
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| wim commented on 09.10.06 | | the matches existing in Europe at that time were made of wood in tiny wooden boxes, matches were red with a yellow head. In the USA they had booklets of matches in any possible colour combination, with matches made out of paper or a very tiny wax-like material.As it was a habit in belgium to light the first allowed sigar or sigaret at teh age of twelve, most of my friends smoked and wanted to show of with matches |
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| Sleepeasy commented on 09.10.06 | | Maybe you should write the story of your time there. Even just a short story about the matches, collected then sold. |
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| wim commented on 09.10.06 | | I went with my parents, they bought a car in new york, an oldsmobile, and we drove through several states, beginning in new york, up north, the canadian border, down again with the farthest state new mexico. I was wrong about the year, as I was 12 it must have been 1961. I earned my first money, 1 dollar in a place called "indian shutters", I guess in Pensylvania, TV was black and white, we stayed in expensive hotels, motels and guest rooms, I remember the taste of pepsi and popcorn, just too much to tell in one comment, but I was young before youth and did not know what life was all about, I collected matches which I sold later, it is just too much to tell... |
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| Sleepeasy commented on 09.10.06 | | I was born in that year.
We didn't have a telly though. What was it like? |
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| wim commented on 09.06.06 | | yesterday I was dreaming about american tv back in 1963 |
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