I'm so old I remember my father coming home from a hunting trip with a deer strapped to the front passenger fender of our old Chevy Deluxe. When cars had fenders - something like this:
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@4thdimensiondream I just remember those Bazooka gums had comics and were hard as a rock.
I never read comics, but remember they were pretty cheap unless it was some collector edition. I never quite understood why "collector" items costed a fortune, but anyways.
@HoeBag I loved comics, even Archie. Some of the DC super hero ones were really good with well written stories. The gum was hard! Bazooka Joe jokes not very funny.
@4thdimensiondream Oh yeah, even as a kid who thought everything was funny, those Joe comics just didn't cut it.
I remember hearing about Archie comics and since I never read them, I assumed it had to do with "All in the family." I wasn't into that show and thought, "Why would kids want to read a comic about old people?"
Ya know what is we*rd? O'Connor was in his late 40's to mid 50's on that show, yet looked way older than a typical man today in that age group.
I thought no one in the world was as old as Eisenhower when he was POTUS. Maybe if he wore makeup and dyed his hair like Reagan that would've made a big difference.
