My dad had a PEZ Dispenser from his childhood that somehow got lost or disposed of over the years. After my parents were killed, I went through things looking for keepsakes and couldn’t find that. I eventually replaced it when I learned that they actually still make them.
A couple of years ago I got a copy of Field Guide to American Wildlife: East, Central, North. I’d inherited a copy from my older brother when I was a kid, but loved it to death. The copy I bought is in very good condition, and was as entertaining as I remembered (entertaining for a field guide, anyway).
Amazon has it. I hadn’t tasted it for at least 50 years, and am happy to report it’s still delicious.
They are now available as Milk Magic straws, with at least 12 different flavors available.
I was an antique mall 5 years ago (when I was still working).
I saw a complete Revell model of a P-47 Thunderbolt. My Dad always talked about “the jug” because he was a mechanic on one in WW-2. I bought it and then went to a hobby store and got one of those TESTORS paint kits with the correct colors. I kept it until I retired and then decided that I had built all the plastic models I ever wanted and so gave it to my daughter to sell in her antique mall booth. Full circles I guess! When I bought it I really did Imagine building it… again.
I had a great nostalgic lunch yesterday at the Gino’s Burgers and Chicken restaurant in Towson, MD, my old home town.
Gino’s was regional fast-food chain based in Maryland from the late 1950s to the early '80s before it was bought and most of its stores converted to Roy Rogers.
Its Gino Giant sandwich was a double-decker burger with lettuce and thousand-island-style special sauce, launched before the Big Mac. Gino’s food was generally better quality (IMHO) than McDonald’s and its other competitors. It was my go-to fast food during my early adulthood in the 1970s and '80s.
The original Gino’s chain folded in the early 1980s, but in 2010 it was relaunched with a limited number of outlets in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Today only two restaurants in Baltimore suburbs remain.
I get back to Baltimore a couple of times a year to visit family and friends, but we usually don’t have time for a fast-food lunch. So when a lunch date was canceled yesterday, I jumped at the chance and my wife (not a fast food fan) kindly indulged me.
The new Gino’s is a bit more upscale than the original, but is better in every way. The new Giant is way better than a Big Mac.
I had one, and my wife had a portobello burger. Both were great, as were the onion rings and shakes. I was very happy.
My hobby right now is buying toys I had or wanted as a kid. More wanted - we were poor but I grew up in the era of the Penney’s toy catalog so I did a lot of fantasizing about toys.
I love to go to toy shows, and hunt around yard sales for toys. For the most part I don’t buy anything (the “nostalgic toy market” is mostly centered around “boy toys” from the 80s) but I absolutely love looking at everything. The feeling of it brings me back to my youth.
I’ve bought Popples, Wuzzles, Rainbow Brite, lots of PVC figures, Care Bears, Get-Along Gang, Furskins. I’m still in the market for a Monchichi, maybe some Snorks. But my rule is that I have to buy it in person - picking stuff up on eBay is too easy. And I have to be able to display it - so my current hobby is cleaning out the house so I have more room for display.
You should watch “The Pez Outlaw” on Netflix.
Seriously?! I will! LOL