Gator Country

**Juggernautz** · 06-02-2012, 03:41 PM

Just a thread for reviving memories of the past:

I'll start:

Remember when color movies were a novelty & now B & W ones are?

**G8rChuck85** · 06-02-2012, 04:13 PM

Remember when gas was under $1 a gallon!!!

G8rNkoko · 06-02-2012, 04:19 PM

Remember when you could go to Royal Castle and get 4 burgers, order of frys and a birch beer, pay for it with a dollar and get change back.

**grayg8rstevo** · 08-13-2012, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by G8rNkoko

Remember when you could go to Royal Castle and get 4 burgers, order of frys and a birch beer, pay for it with a dollar and get change back.

Birch beer...yum.
First time I had eggs with grits was a Royal Castle. Right next to the LITTLE FARM STORES drive through. Milk was a gallon for a buck, with big glass bottles with a metal handle and VANILLA ice cream gallon was 99 cents or something close.

Helped my 13 year old buddy fold papers , MIAMI HERALD, on a Saturday at 5 am.
My reward was breakfast at Royal Castle.
Good trade.
Once, I was one of two customers at 6 am on another day. The guy took my order and twenty minutes later , I had not received my order. As I got up to leave, the paramedics rushed in and said WHERE IS THE GUY HAVING AN EPILEPTIC SEIZURE??, then jumped over the counter and into the back room.
Because I am very smart, I decided I better go someplace else .

On 119th st and seventh ave. in Miami was a Latta's restaurant. There was another further south. I went to high school with the son of the owner.
They had a huge slanted mirror over the grill with these immortal words in big white letters..COOKED IN SIGHT MUST BE RIGHT.
You know, I think I sat in almost every seat, walked all around the counter area...and NOT ONCE COULD I EVER SEE ANYTHING BUT THE TOP OF SOMEBODY'S HEAD.

hhmm

While we are eating, I hope somebody remembered LUM'S , hot dogs steamed in beer, and BIG SCHOONERS of beer.
Lord have mercy.

Superior thread

I also remember tv signoff with the STAR SPANGLED BANNER

**toon66** · 08-13-2012, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grayg8rstevo

Birch beer...yum.
First time I had eggs with grits was a Royal Castle. Right next to the LITTLE FARM STORES drive through. Milk was a gallon for a buck, with big glass bottles with a metal handle and VANILLA ice cream gallon was 99 cents or something close.

Helped my 13 year old buddy fold papers , MIAMI HERALD, on a Saturday at 5 am.
My reward was breakfast at Royal Castle.
Good trade.
Once, I was one of two customers at 6 am on another day. The guy took my order and twenty minutes later , I had not received my order. As I got up to leave, the paramedics rushed in and said WHERE IS THE GUY HAVING AN EPILEPTIC SEIZURE??, then jumped over the counter and into the back room.
Because I am very smart, I decided I better go someplace else .

On 119th st and seventh ave. in Miami was a Latta's restaurant. There was another further south. I went to high school with the son of the owner.
They had a huge slanted mirror over the grill with these immortal words in big white letters..COOKED IN SIGHT MUST BE RIGHT.
You know, I think I sat in almost every seat, walked all around the counter area...and NOT ONCE COULD I EVER SEE ANYTHING BUT THE TOP OF SOMEBODY'S HEAD.

hhmm

While we are eating, I hope somebody remembered LUM'S , hot dogs steamed in beer, and BIG SCHOONERS of beer.
Lord have mercy.

Superior thread

I also remember tv signoff with the STAR SPANGLED BANNER

Yes, I remember Lum's. They used to serve Frosty root beer I believe. Shakey's Pizza, too. How about this? "It's ten o'clock. Do you know where your children are?" That public service announcement used send chills down my spine when I was a little kid. It sounded so ominous.

**G8RNTN** · 06-02-2012, 04:41 PM

No cell phones...

**Juggernautz** · 06-02-2012, 04:44 PM

hot cars of the 60's?

gnvgator · 06-02-2012, 04:48 PM

When no one had AKC/purebreds? Just the dog.

**bovinagator** · 06-02-2012, 04:49 PM

Frank Shorter running down University Ave.

GatorPrincess8 · 06-02-2012, 04:51 PM

The Gators were:
Scoring 28 points in the first qtr, Winning SEC Championships, Winning National Championships, and owning the SEC.

**vertigo0923** · 06-02-2012, 05:14 PM

when you had a turntable, when you had a vinyl album collection (i still have, lol), and you bought singles in the form of a 45?

**Juggernautz** · 06-02-2012, 05:18 PM

I still have over 500 LP's but haven't played one for 15 years.

Remember when it was safe to leave your windows open & the front door unlocked?

**G8rChuck85** · 06-02-2012, 05:25 PM

Remember when shorts, were actually short?

GatorPrincess8 · 06-02-2012, 05:39 PM

love your chart Chuck. LOL

**Juggernautz** · 06-02-2012, 05:46 PM

The chart thing was a nice touch now do one on women's skirts...

**Juggernautz** · 06-02-2012, 05:50 PM

Remember when calculaters were priced in the hundreds of dollars or higher?

Arnigator · 06-02-2012, 05:58 PM

Remember when no had to worry about being canabalized?

**G8rChuck85** · 06-02-2012, 06:03 PM

Remember when all the gals wore Dolfin Shorts?

BobK89 · 06-17-2012, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by G8rChuck85

Remember when all the gals wore Dolfin Shorts?

Post of the thread!!!

**Juggernautz** · 06-02-2012, 06:08 PM

Remember when Country music was Country music?