I remember making chains (to be turned into belts and jewelry and all sorts of stuff) with the pull-tabs when I was little. When did they stop using them, anyway?
They often ended up as litter, while the attached ones stay with the can.
I hate to break it to you, oh impotent one, but you're not the big bad anymore, you're not even the kind of naughty.
Xander ,'Showtime'
Natter 57 Varieties
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Feb 20, 2008 7:12:26 am PST #325 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
tommyrot - Feb 20, 2008 7:13:25 am PST #326 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
ION, I had steak, eggs, hashed browns, toast and juice for breakfast. Why am I hungry three hours later?
Must be some alien parasite living in my chest, huh?
amych - Feb 20, 2008 7:15:06 am PST #327 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
When did they stop using them, anyway?
The stay-tab (cool! learn something new every day!) was patented in 1975; pull-tabs had been around since the early 60s. Also, Wikipedia has EVERYTHING. [link]
sarameg - Feb 20, 2008 7:16:39 am PST #328 of 10001
When, not why. They're of the same generation as the vending machines at the summer family camp still having glass bottles. (And doors! You put your money in, the door unlocked, and you pulled a bottle from the slot and all the other slots then locked down!) That was late seventies/early 80s.
Sue - Feb 20, 2008 7:18:10 am PST #329 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I also remember the toe in the faucet episode. And I had a crush on Johnny Gage and M best friend had a crush on Roy, so it was all good.
msbelle - Feb 20, 2008 7:18:12 am PST #330 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
LOVED the old bottle machines. If I still lived in the southwest I bet I would have one by now. We would get Fanta Orange and Grape from them and if we were really lucky they would partially freeze when opened and you would get slushy soda. mmmmmmm.
sarameg - Feb 20, 2008 7:25:42 am PST #331 of 10001
Oh, you totally would!
I remember drinking 7-up and Squirt. And Orange Crush because I spilled it all over my Holly Hobby sleeping bag when the wind blew the tentpole over while I was inside.
Kathy A - Feb 20, 2008 7:27:15 am PST #332 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I love Emergency, mostly because I had a crush and I remember no episodes.
Apparently I am msbelle AND sophia.
And me, too! I don't remember individual episodes, just the use of the word "Rampart" (the hospital, IIRC), Randolph Mantooth's gorgeous good looks, and the fact that I was really freaked out when I first saw the movie M*A*S*H and saw Bobby Troop saying, "Goddamn Army!" Doctor Whats-his-name isn't supposed to swear!
Scrappy - Feb 20, 2008 7:29:40 am PST #333 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
There is a Rampart district here in LA, and whenever we pass the Rampart street signs, the DH does the emergency radio call form that show.
brenda m - Feb 20, 2008 7:31:33 am PST #334 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
just the use of the word "Rampart" (the hospital, IIRC),
Hah! Yes.