Sodas, malts and coke where you had to mix the syrup in and mix it up.  With Ricky Nelson on the jukebox.

Quote from: tekla on July 21, 2008, 01:10:36 PM
Sodas, malts and coke where you had to mix the syrup in and mix it up.  With Ricky Nelson on the jukebox.

Ricky?
but i thought those establishments started in the Gay 90's...

I only remember the ones from the fifties era, I'm old, but NOT that old like circa 1890s.

Though the 'gay 90s' soda fountains were attached to pharmacies which sold opium, cocaine, morphine and laudanum, I'd most likely skip the malts.

Quote from: tekla on July 21, 2008, 01:46:30 PM
I only remember the ones from the fifties era, I'm old, but NOT that old like circa 1890s.

Though the 'gay 90s' soda fountains were attached to pharmacies which sold opium, cocaine, morphine and laudanum, I'd most likely skip the malts.

Sounds like my idea of heaven.

Quote from: tekla on July 21, 2008, 01:46:30 PM
I only remember the ones from the fifties era, I'm old, but NOT that old like circa 1890s.

Though the 'gay 90s' soda fountains were attached to pharmacies which sold opium, cocaine, morphine and laudanum, I'd most likely skip the malts.

i wasn't looking for first-hand information, just information in general. you apparently have a big brain, with lots of stuff in there. i get to kicking around in there sometimes, and i get lost.   *squirrel grin*

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Quote from: tekla on July 21, 2008, 01:46:30 PM
I only remember the ones from the fifties era, I'm old, but NOT that old like circa 1890s.

Though the 'gay 90s' soda fountains were attached to pharmacies which sold opium, cocaine, morphine and laudanum, I'd most likely skip the malts.

Sounds like my idea of heaven.

And Coca Cola was briefly made using real coca.

I recently had one of my ideas of heaven from the '50s--a chocolate milk shake made with chocolate ice cream (which we called a double chocolate shake). This place advertised they had the best frappes in Boston; it was good, worth every calorie.

I do remember my friends and I kept getting kicked out, because we'd read all the books and magazines and buy nothing.

S

And Coca Cola was briefly made using real coca.

And if they still did that, I would drink it.

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Quote from: tekla on July 21, 2008, 01:10:36 PM
Sodas, malts and coke where you had to mix the syrup in and mix it up.  With Ricky Nelson on the jukebox.

Ricky?
but i thought those establishments started in the Gay 90's...

the 90's were gay?  heck, i didnt know that.

we had a soda fountain at the walgreens downtown.  before it was a walgreens it was called the "five and dime"  -- i vaguely remember my dad taking me there for a soda

The 1890's, hon.  I remember the soda foundtain in Walgreens a lot better than vaguely.  Mm mm!  Yummy!

Quote from: tekla on July 21, 2008, 01:10:36 PM
Sodas, malts and coke where you had to mix the syrup in and mix it up.  With Ricky Nelson on the jukebox.

I was with you up to the mention of Ricky Nelson. He and I were the same age, and by the time he starting singing professionally my family had moved to the suburbs. The last year I was an inner-city kid was 1956. I guess my favorite would have been Gogi Grant singing the Wayward Wind. Or anything by Patience and Prudence. Patti Page, the Singing Rage, was big. Lonnie Donegan sang about the Rock Island Line that rumbled through the night as I lay in bed on nights so hot and humid one stuck to the sheets. Pat Boone had a number of hits, and Bill Haley and the Comets followed their hits Rock Around the Clock and Shake, Rattle, and Roll with See You Later, Alligator. And there was Elvis, Lisbon Antigua, the theme from Picnic, and the theme from the Three Penny Opera.

Ah, yes. I remember it well,
S

Quote from: Simone Louise on July 21, 2008, 03:38:56 PM
I recently had one of my ideas of heaven from the '50s--a chocolate milk shake made with chocolate ice cream (which we called a double chocolate shake). This place advertised they had the best frappes in Boston; it was good, worth every calorie.

Egg creams.... yum... from a little shop in Brooklyn.....  <smiles angelically>

Z

Lonnie Donegan?  That's a blast from the past.  Though I'm very partial to the Johnny Cash version, and Little Richard did a good job on it too, but The Knitters with Exene Cervenka on vocals and guitarist Dave Alvin do it best.

And, that's thread drift.

Alright, here's an overly stupid question that I probably shouldn't ask. Is an introverted or extroverted parent the best parent for a trans person to come out to?

My parents are fairly heavy on the introverted side. They were kind of iffy at first when I came out of the closet, but they have really come around -- especially my mom. So, going by my experience, I tend to think that an introverted parent might be more tolerant or supportive than a extroverted parent.

I don't have an answer for you, but you did win the award for thread drift in a thread about thread drift.

Quotebut you did win the award for thread drift in a thread about thread drift.

Is this good or bad? 

Quote from: je on November 19, 2008, 08:03:17 AM

Quotebut you did win the award for thread drift in a thread about thread drift.

Is this good or bad? 

'tis both, My Lovely. 'tis both.

everything is good and bad.

We'll be sending you a gold cup (with a snake in it)   

QuoteWe'll be sending you a gold cup (with a snake in it)   

Well, I don't mind receiving a gold cup, but I'm not so sure about the snake. Is it possible for me to decline this award?

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Have I done something really stupid? I don't know, but I feel like I don't belong here at the moment...maybe I should just leave. I'm sure Susan's place would throw a party, if I did that.

Hi je. Their just funing with you. You see Androgynes have this thing about thread drift, bring any topic up and it is guaranteed that before you get to the third post they will have already drifted off in several different directions. I love these guys, they have a wonderful sense of humor regardless on how ->-bleeped-<-ty their day may have gone or how much life is messing up on them. I love coming here myself when I feel down. OK sis? It's all yours.

Cindy

i'd always go with the introvert, but i know who my introverted parent is.

anyone had that red bull coke that claims it had coca and stuff in? tastes like cola cubes.

i strongly suspect red bull contains urine

Interesting theory, it sure would account for the horrible taste.

Quote from: je on November 19, 2008, 08:36:43 AM

QuoteWe'll be sending you a gold cup (with a snake in it)   

Well, I don't mind receiving a gold cup, but I'm not so sure about the snake. Is it possible for me to decline this award?

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Have I done something really stupid? I don't know, but I feel like I don't belong here at the moment...maybe I should just leave. I'm sure Susan's place would throw a party, if I did that.

I'm only playing with you.  Stay around.   I guess you can refuse to sign for the snake.