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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 1137
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 4:12 pm: |    |
I remember the girls with those Birthday Bows but never tied it into popularity, pretty cruel when you think about it. |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 1138
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 4:13 pm: | |
7 you didn't chase laing away did you? |
Jcole
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Username: Jcole
Post Number: 2588
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 4:45 pm: | |
Girls are by nature crueler than boys. They care more about popularity, so they will dis other girls so they look cooler to the popular people. |
12468_laing
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Username: 12468_laing
Post Number: 45
Registered: 07-2008
| | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 4:55 pm: | |
no, it would take more than you slackers to chase me away. son in the naval academy left home sunday to spend 8 days on a sub between norfolk and florida. no contact with him in between, and with christophal doing his hurricane rath in the area of the atlantic he will be in, have been doing sone knee mail. been watching the posts. mentions about aldos - was one of the best italian places back in the day - sanders dry cleaners on the corner used to put match books in the pockets of suit coats - i found many in my dad's coats after he passed away - wasn't a smoker, but what can ya say. merit drugs was the best for tv tube tests - it was also the first plce i got a national lampoon - first time i bought one, thought i was buying a playboy. remember going into rollo's - i think that was the name - dad used to do our own plumbing and i remember the washer counter - amazing to a kid. anyone remember sweetheart bakery? seems it was owned or run by the libecky family who was a st jude family. comments - going to see the black knight movie tonight - heard it is the best ever. |
12468_laing
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Username: 12468_laing
Post Number: 46
Registered: 07-2008
| | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 5:03 pm: | |
yeah legal age to ride a bike in the street was 12 - as i remember, had to have a note from the parents to say you were 12. believe it or not, had my "10 speed" till 4 yrs ago - am 50 now - sold it in a garage sale. had the bike license sticker on it from detroit. guy who bought it asked me about it. seems it expired in '73. told him to get over it, since detroit was the place "where the weak are killed or eaten. had that on a sweat shirt and put it in a silent auction and got $50 for it. |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 1139
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 5:05 pm: | |
Glad to hear from you again laing. Once you become part of us we worry when one of our herd is not heard from in a while. Hope your son is safe. Sweetheart was great in the day I loved their cherry strudel. I went there a couple years ago, not so good. I believe there is another one on Van Dyke, I hope they keep that one up better. So it was Sanders. Thanks for responding, I was feeling like I was being ignored. I used to bowl with Art Libecki I think he went on to be a baker with a bigger firm somewhere.
(Message edited by zitro on July 21, 2008) |
Jcole
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Username: Jcole
Post Number: 2589
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 5:06 pm: | |
I think Rollo's is still there, at least the signage is. Sander's Dry cleaners. Thank you. Another mystery solved. Got my first Nat Lamp at Merit too. When I moved to Almont, they didn't stock a regular run of it. One girl in town bought it from the drug store in town, so I had to ask them to order an extra copy each month, bringing the total sold at Bowman's Drugs up to 2 per month. |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 1140
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 5:09 pm: | |
Why is it when in print someone says they're 50 it seems old, but when we look at ourselves it doesn't feel the same? |
Jcole
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Username: Jcole
Post Number: 2590
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 5:15 pm: | |
Because we are us, and they are them?? |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 1141
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 5:16 pm: | |
Oh, Thanks for the clarification (I think) |
12468_laing
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Username: 12468_laing
Post Number: 48
Registered: 07-2008
| | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 5:24 pm: | |
hell, at my last doc's appt, he said i can't do at 50 what i did at 40. asked him if that meant when i am 70, am i dead? he laughed. yes, art libecki was the guy i remember at sweetheart bakery. his son david was in scouts with me and david was one of the first big winners when MI started their lottery. having a good time remembering all the old time from sjs and detroit through this site. also remember the music store up from tastee freeze where i bought a jaw harp or whatever they call it now. funny thing, in my inlaws christmas holidays, they have a "talent" show, and last year, i played a jaw harp - not the same one. remembered driving my dad crazy playing that fool thing after i went to bed. heard him screaming to me " cut the racket". by the way, kid rock has a new song out that ties 1986 MI to the fun times and a song, sweet home alabama. that video brings back some great memories. he lives in nashville, by the way. |
7andkelly
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Username: 7andkelly
Post Number: 1024
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 5:30 pm: | |
Why is it I always seem to get blamed for stuff. Laing's still here...see!
I'm crowding 50. Does that count? That seems old in writing too. |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 1142
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 5:30 pm: | |
I have to ask you laing you got a twang? Reason I ask is I know the Civil War just ended for alot of them folk and I've spent some time down there and found it doesn't take long to develop a drawl. I figured it's a lot easier to blend in, instead of being marked a Yankee. |
7andkelly
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Username: 7andkelly
Post Number: 1025
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 5:31 pm: | |
Well...he was still here... |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 1143
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 5:34 pm: | |
Well, you were the last one to ask him a question and he never responded so it was natural. Plus it's more fun to blame someone else. Tell you what, you can blame me for the next thing that happens okay? And yea if you're crowding 50 it counts. Join the club, but not AARP they have an agenda. |
12468_laing
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Username: 12468_laing
Post Number: 49
Registered: 07-2008
| | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 5:35 pm: | |
yea got to meet me some time. i always say the north won the war and the south is still fighting. i am still a northerner - eventhough this year, i surpassed my length in the north. biggest thing that gets me is someone goes into a restaurant, asks for a coke, and the waitress asks what kind - coke, 7 up or whatever....that is why we won the war. off to see the black knight..... |
7andkelly
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Username: 7andkelly
Post Number: 1026
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 5:40 pm: | |
Too funny Laing! |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 1144
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 5:43 pm: | |
I didn't know Coke was invented as of the Civil War. Just watched the Ken Burns special on PBS last night and they never mentioned it being the deciding factor. That's why we need this forum to get to the truth. |
7andkelly
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Username: 7andkelly
Post Number: 1027
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 5:53 pm: | |
I must be starting to look the part. Ordered a burger and a coffee at McD's the other day and the lady at the counter rings me up for a senior coffee. It didn't faze me in the very liest...in fact, I'm thinking that's cool...I'm entering a privileged class now: "Hey bub, that's my parking spot. See? I'm a senior".
Re AARP, thanks for the warning...they're already sending me all kinds of s#•• trying to get me to sign up.
(Message edited by 7andkelly on July 21, 2008) |
7andkelly
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Username: 7andkelly
Post Number: 1028
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 7:35 am: | |
Matt Joyce can stay! |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 1145
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 9:16 am: | |
Tigers made a Miner adjustment and it paid off.
(Message edited by zitro on July 22, 2008) |
Jcole
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Post Number: 2592
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 9:58 am: | |
The Kid Rock song is 'All Summer Long' and he lives in the norther lower penninsula, where he has his studio |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 1147
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 10:09 am: | |
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Jcole
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Username: Jcole
Post Number: 2594
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 10:48 am: | |
Well, it's norther than Almont |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 1149
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 11:04 am: | |
Now you're talking like a Yupper.
(Message edited by zitro on July 22, 2008) |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 1150
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 11:08 am: | |
Somehow I can't picture Kid Rock living up north, Ted Nugent I always got due to his love of hunting, but Kid Rock? |
Jcole
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Username: Jcole
Post Number: 2597
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 11:19 am: | |
Kid was originally from Romeo, and lived in Mt. Clemens for a long time. He moved somewhere north and built a state of the art studio. He used to spend his summers as a kid in the north. His dad owns Crest Lincoln Mercury, so he was raised with money. I used to work with a girl who knew him in high school |
Eastburn
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Username: Eastburn
Post Number: 313
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 1:19 pm: | |
Z, is that like a Yuppie Yooper?
Taking the sidecar down to Lakeport where some of the family is gathering. Hoping I can get Mom (age 93) in it for a ride. If I can, it will be on my FB page. |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 1151
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 1:48 pm: | |
EB: Yah it's like a Yuppie Yooper eh?
Nice to see you're back from your ride, didn't know you were going to Mexico and back. |
Jcole
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Username: Jcole
Post Number: 2598
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 1:48 pm: | |
EB, have fun with that. I'd love to see the pics. |