Jahfin Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 very interesting, jahfin. the original is usually the best ...... they should bring that one back! Probably be illegal since the active ingredient was cocaine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe (Liverpool) Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Well they did call it Coke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the chase Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Probably be illegal since the active ingredient was cocaine. also I think the original Coca Cola was green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 also I think the original Coca Cola was green. According to Snopes that isn't true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the chase Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 According to Snopes that isn't true. Sounds good to me.. another urban legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 http://youtu.be/yvOrvgZz33I The drive-in theater was the creation of Camden, New Jersey, chemical company magnate Richard M. Hollingshead, Jr., whose family owned and operated the R.M. Hollingshead Corporation chemical plant in Camden. In 1932, Hollingshead conducted outdoor theater tests in his driveway at 212 Thomas Avenue in Riverton. After nailing a screen to trees in his backyard, he set a 1928 Kodak projector on the hood of his car and put a radio behind the screen, testing different sound levels with his car windows down and up. Blocks under vehicles in the driveway enabled him to determine the size and spacing of ramps so all automobiles could have a clear view of the screen. Following these experiments, he applied August 6, 1932, for a patent of his invention, and he was given U.S. Patent 1,909,537 on May 16, 1933. Hollingshead's drive-in opened in New Jersey June 6, 1933, on Admiral Wilson Boulevard at the Airport Circle in Pennsauken, a short distance from Cooper River Park. It offered 400 slots and a 40 by 50 ft (12 by 15 m) screen. He advertised his drive-in theater with the slogan, "The whole family is welcome, regardless of how noisy the children are."[6] The first film shown was the Adolphe Menjou film Wife Beware. The facility only operated three years, but during that time the concept caught on in other states. The April 15, 1934, opening of Shankweiler's Auto Park in Orefield, Pennsylvania, was followed by Galveston's Drive-In Short Reel Theater (July 5, 1934), the Pico Drive-In Theater West Los Angeles (September 9, 1934) and the Weymouth Drive-In Theatre in Weymouth, Massachusetts (May 6, 1936). In 1937, three more opened in Ohio, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with another 12 during 1938 and 1939 in California, Florida, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Texas and Virginia. Early drive-in theaters had to deal with noise pollution issues. The original Hollingshead drive-in had speakers installed on the tower itself which caused a sound delay affecting patrons at the rear of the drive-in's field. In 1935, the Pico Drive-in Theater attempted to solve this problem by having a row of speakers in front of the cars. In 1941, RCA introduced in-car speakers with individual volume controls which solved the noise pollution issue and provided satisfactory sound to drive-in patrons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_apathy Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 When I was in Kindergarten our teacher had us do our hand prints in plaster of paris and then fired them in a kiln or something like that and gave them to us on the last day of school. Just a little while ago I found mine and it just brought back a flood of memories and nostalgia. On the back carved into it was my name, my teachers name and the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave to zep Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Probably be illegal since the active ingredient was cocaine. um, i meant the bottle shape ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 um, i meant the bottle shape ..... I like my idea better but perhaps they could combine the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave to zep Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 I like my idea better but perhaps they could combine the two. haha, yeah, i bet it would sell well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Great old 8mm footage with a soundtrack by Wishbone Ash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagittarius Rising Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Lawn darts...human evolutionary practice in its sincerest form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedZeppfan77 Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 Time to eat! :^) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFZWiF3jccg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jahfin Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 All this Neil Armstrong talk from over the weekend has put me in mind of the astronaut friendly foods that were also marketed to consumers such as Tang and Space Food Sticks (both of which are still commercially available by the way). If you've somehow managed to forget Space Food Sticks this vintage TV commercial should help jar the old memory banks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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