OK, I don't post much, but I have to jump in on this one!
Who remembers when they would paint the windows of all the stores along Glenway from Prouts Corner to the west at Halloween with different Halloween themes? I think I remember them giving out first, second, and third prizes to the best.
Me and my bro grew up on the street next to Covedale Theater. I don't think I paid for a movie from about the time I was 10 on. We would send my brother (a big poster on this board who I won't mention by name, but the hint is "What time is it?") into the front door crying that he left his hat inside. They would let him into the theater and he would open the back door for us to sneak in.
Going thru the post, here are some memories they brought up:
I saw my first b**bie at the Dirty Dent in some cheerleader movie. I remember sneeking into the Auto In by driving in the exit with the headlights off. Buffalo Ridge! Man, I could drive that road with my eyes closed back in the day. How I didn't die on that road in a firey crash still amazes me. Hitching Post had a sandwich called the Texas Burger or something like that. The hamburger was the size of my head. The sign for the Greek restaraunt is a Basken Robbins sign painted over. I also remember being so afraid of Delhi cops that we would never go there. Buschie's was run by George and his sister. George was a Past Grand Knight at Purcell K of C and a good man. Old man Bruno was a thief! He would rip off kids their change when they bought candy there. I remember running home crying because I didn't get change back from my quarter (alot of money back then) when I bought a 10 cent pack of baseball cards. Zantigos chillitos ruled! I washed dishes at TC Peppercorn for about a year. During the time I was there, they opened "Peppercorn PM", a disco that opened after the restaraunt closed for the night. Everyones first job should be washing dishes in a steakhouse. Everything is easy after that. I think I made about $1.90 an hour. Who remembers dollar days at the putt-putt on Westborne? You could play all day for $1.00. I also remember the race tracks in the basement of Don's Hobby Shop. They weren't HO scale, they were for the bigger cars. The Sears and Roebucks was where the auto place is now by Sliker. My grandpa lived on Sliker. I didn't see a color TV until I was about 16 or so. I also remember going to a friends house to watch channel 19 after school (cool goule, rudy the rooster, ect.) because my dad was too cheap to by the convertor box to get UHF channels. When converse shoes went on sale at Chinatown, every kid in the neighborhood got new shoes.
And last but not least, who remembers getting pulled over by the cops with open beer in the car and having them make you pour it out and send you home?
Wow, that made me tired, I think I'll take a nap.
Why not? Man, that stinks. The best skit I remember was Panther Man (Willie) flying into the Pit in a helicopter. He saved the day by retrieving the Elder playbook back from the Moeller guys. Classic.