Sleepy Holla Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @GettinOld....you call those old? :) This is OLD. > Do it yourself can opener old. Thanks for the > memories. Yup, that's old. I missed that for soda cans. Remember Dad opening some beer that way, and V-8 and Hi-C still needed openers for a while. Thanks, as you said, for the memories (cue Bob Hope singing).
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To paraphrase Crocodile Dundee, those aren't Cragmont cans, THESE are Cragmont cans. For the kiddies in the audience, the photo withe cream soda can shows post-1981 cans, with the attached pop-top. The others wi the old style pop-top are 60s or 70s.
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Finally found something with the Giant Department Stores logo.
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Dewitt Army Hospital, Fort Belvoir when it opened in 1957. This, of course, is the most important building in the county because I was born there:-)
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Hmmm Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's a misconception that radar is THAT accurate, > especially over very congested airspace. Air > craft's location and identity are determined by > their transponder rather than radar alone. With no > transponder, picking out a plane amongst hundreds > of others can be somewhat difficult. And any rules of e
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I love talking to five year olds. Believe what you want. Next time I talk to them I'll say hello for ya.
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1995hoo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Let's see if this will display.... I remember > these ads from 1984 when the Dulles Toll Road > opened. The Reston Association was campaigning to > have the road named the "Reston Expressway" (never > mind that it's a freeway, not an expressway) and > they rather cheekily ran ads using that name. They >
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K7xPh Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > GettinOld Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > aolT Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > I don't see a reason why they train over the > > area > > > myself. Airpace is the same everywhere fr
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aolT Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't see a reason why they train over the area > myself. Airpace is the same everywhere from > 0-30,000 feet. Go train out in the ocean, if they > are going to do in the area do it in the morning > or late evening as the sun goes down. Well, that's dead wrong. They're practicing intercepting low flyers (like
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I once had a conversation with a guy who called to complain about medevac helicopters flying over his house to land at the hospital. I explained that they are just like ambulances, and that they needed to get to the hospital as quickly as possible. Didn't sink in. So I asked if his grandmother or his child were on the flight, would he want them to get to the hospital as quickly as possible? "Yes,
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The airport with the stop light was Hoover Field. It closed when National opened. The Pentagon was built where the airport used to be.
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Now, I never knew there was a nuclear reactor operating in Fairfax County. The Army's SM-1 plant, at Fort Belvoir, operated from 1957-1973. Military reactor operators were trained on the two megawatt reactor.
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Know Cherry Trees. Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think the Washingtons once resided at Mt. > Vernon. > Lord Fairfax was a frequent visiter of the region > and had a residence here for tax purposes. Actually, Thomas Fairfax had a residence for far more than tax purposes. He was the only British peer to actually live on his land in the American col
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Gordon Blvd Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > CAPTAIN 20!!!!!!!!!! Don't forget, Catain 20 was also:
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Anybody remember Zipper's? The other is at the Crown gas station at Tysons, 1979. 94/9 for regular, 1.01/9 for super.
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Just remembered, when I was a kid I bowled in McLean with Eric Dorsey, who later played for the NY Giants. Think he went to McLean HS.
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Here are two more you should know without hints. One of them lived in Leesburg and worked mostly in DC, while the other was born and lived in Fairfax County.
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Arthur Godfrey was probably the most well known entertainer of the 1950s to most of the U.S. His radio & TV shows were great hits. He lived in Loudoun, and used to do his radio show from his farm there. He would fly one of his planes back and forth from Leesburg to New York to do his TV show. They named the airport in Leesburg after him.
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Then there's this guy, who I may have heard of somewhere.
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Bard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The dudes from Steely Dan went to college in > Annandale. I think you'll find that's Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, which is where Fagen went to school.
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Springfielder Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, I remember Super Giant. The Giant at > Springfield Plaza used to be a Super Giant. They > sold clothes, small household appliances, books, > toys, and of course food. It was mecca for a kid! > Mom would shop for food, the kids would shop for > everything else. > > Not sure why, but Mom a
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Statesmen 80 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Was the Zayre dept store also located at Pike 7 > Plaza back then? What was in the building in front > of Dart Drug. I think it was a restaurant - > possibly Lums? I know there was one also at Tyson > Corner mall? It's a BB&T branch. We were typing at the same time. 83 Statesman here.
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Jess1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "GEM store" > > Wow, flash from the past. "Government Employees > Mart" or something like that... Yes, Government Employees Mart. I've been looking for a picture of that Tysons GEM since I first saw this thread. @Ye Olde, thanks for that photo. GEM and Tysons Locker plant were the only buildings on this part
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Templeton had a Yugo concession for a while. Guy was showing us one, and couldn't get the driver's door to open; great selling point, that.
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Gordon Blvd Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My......................God. > > no privacy? > > and 3 minutes of long distance costing what I pay > for a day's worth of unlimited cellular > access............... > > and these were the "good old days" because? LoLz Because the phones always, always worked. You didn't have to charge the
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GeezerDude Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It was 844-1212 for time. > > In the ancent daze it was TIme 4-1212 > > And 936-1212 Was WEather 6-1212 > > And the picture is US-1 Occoquan crossing at > Woodbridge. 844-2525, not 1212. You're right about the 844, I screwed up on the 555, but it was 2525, to differentiate from the 1212
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Burke Brat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ???-1212 Time 555 The infamous non-existent prefix always used on tv was the time prefix.
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Suckerz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not to mention that now it's really just a big-ass > tracking system that aggregates and sells > everything you do even when not on Facebook. > > Most intrusive thing ever on the Net. That's been the intent from day one. They've just gotten better at it.
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Got rid of mine in '09, after about six months there. Haven't missed it yet.
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TriggerTime Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You might try calling local gun shops and asking > if you can bring > them in for an estimate. I inherited an old > shotgun from my step-dad > and it was in extremely poor condition and > worthless except for scrap > metal. Even though it wouldn't fire I wasn't about > to put it in the > trash
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