Styrofoam Ice Chest Squeaking All The TIme In The Back Seat Of The Car During A 450-Mile Road Trip To Missouri In August…

@Heartlander oh gosh no.

@akindheart @cherokeepatti

I think the Kraft version was/is orange in color.

@Heartlander the crunchy part got me. nope and nope. i bet it is pimiento cheese.

@Orca4950 How did it go?

@Musicman we survived grandma telling mom to drive faster. returned to my home town. got our green cards and returned to fla w/o grandma so i got to ride shotgun. Learned to swim in the motel pools. Saw the submarine base/ship yard in new haven conn. both trip are a good memory. thanks for asking

@Orca4950 That's fantastic! 🙂🙂🙂

@Heartlander Big Gulp? We could only dream of getting icy soft drinks back then. It was a washed-out Clorox jug filled with water and froze overnight. We drank the water from that gallon jug as it melted.

@cherokeepatti

Is that sandwich "spread" stuff still sold?

I remember about 10 or 15 years ago when Maria asked me to stop at the store on the way home and get some milk and sandwich spread. I looked all over the store and couldn't find the sandwich spread so I got mayonnaise instead (pre cell phone days). When I got home I put the milk and mayo on the counter and told her how I couldn't find the sandwich spread and I didn't think they still made it. So she asked: why didn't I just get a loaf of regular bread instead.

@Heartlander so she said “Sandwich bread” ?

I don’t know if it’s still sold, tasted like Miracle whip with a little relish and ketchup in it.

@Crazywaterspring everything was cheap that we had. No Walmarts back in 1963

@rinkydinkydoink Oh are you assuming that there was a radio in the car back then ????

@cherokeepatti

I forgot - radios were options back in 1963 (before Tim Walz was born, btw). Same on some cars for side mirrors and rear seat armrests.

@MrBrownstone this was in 1963. We were returning to the farm. Thank God for better ice chests, rest stops, and air-conditioned cars. If my aunt were still alive she’d still drive as slow on the interstate highway.

@Musicman and my aunt was driving the minimum speed limit, she never drove fast, made the trip go that much longer. She was smoking a cigarette and my sister was sitting up front. The wind knocked a piece of the cigarette coal out and hit my sister’s arm so my aunt pulled over to see where it went, afraid that the car would catch on fire. In the chaos the dog, a chihuahua-terrier mix, jumped out with us to use the bathroom. We got back in the car and took off. About 3 miles later we keep hearing a semi-truck honking horn constantly. My uncle turned around to look and said he thought the driver was honking at us. So my aunt pulled over again and the truck driver pulled over. Exited the truck carrying our little dog, said he was trotting as fast as he could on the hot road trying to catch up with us as we took off. The good-hearted truck driver stopped and rescued him and decided to follow us and return him. Good thing my aunt was driving so slow, didn’t take him long to catch up with us.

@cherokeepatti What a beautiful story. I just stopped my cleaning lady from vacuuming and made her listen while I read it to her. Thank you for writing that for us.

@cherokeepatti Oh my gosh! God bless that truck driver. 🙏🙏🙏