Old Fart Quiz part 2

If you've been around long enough to remember these, then you're definitely an old fart.

1. In the 1940s, where were automobile headlight dimmer switches located?
a. On the floor shift knob.
b. On the floor board, to the left of the clutch.
c. Next to the horn.

2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle had holes in it. For what was it used?
a. Capture lightning bugs.
b. To sprinkle clothes before ironing.
c. Large salt shaker.

3. Why was having milk delivered a problem in northern winters?
a. Cows got cold and wouldn't produce milk.
b. Ice on highways forced delivery by dog sled.
c. Milkmen left deliveries outside of front doors and milk would freeze, expanding and pushing up the cardboard bottle top.

4. What was the popular chewing gum named for a game of chance?
a. Blackjack
b. Gin
c. Craps

5. What method did women use to look as if they were wearing stockings when none were available due to rationing during WW II.
a. Suntan
b. Leg painting
c. Wearing slacks

6. What postwar car turned automotive design on its ear when you couldn't tell whether it was coming or going?
a. Studebaker
b. Nash Metro
c. Tucker

7. Which was a popular candy when you were a kid?
a. Strips of dried peanut butter.
b. Chocolate licorice bars.
c. Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside.

8. How was Butch wax used?
a. To stiffen a flat-top haircut so it stood up.
b. To make floors shiny and prevent scuffing.
c. On the wheels of roller skates to prevent rust.

9. Before inline skates, how did you keep your roller skates attached to your shoes?
a. With clamps, tightened by a skate key.
b. Woven straps that crossed the foot.
c. Long pieces of twine.

10. As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision?
a. Consider all the facts.
b. Ask Mom.
c. Eeny-meeny-miney-mo.

11. What was the most dreaded disease in the 1940s and 1950s?
a. Smallpox
b. AIDS
c. Polio

12. "I'll be down to get you in a ________, Honey"
a. SUV
b. Taxi
c. Streetcar

13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy's pony?
a. Old Blue
b. Paint
c. Macaroni

14. What was a Duck-and-Cover Drill?
a. Part of the game of hide and seek.
b. What you did when your Mom called you in to do chores.
c. Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill.

15. What was the name of the Indian Princess on the Howdy Doody show?
a. Princess Summerfallwinterspring
b. Princess Sacajawea
c. Princess Moonshadow

16. What did all the really savvy students do when mimeographed tests were handed out in school?
a. Immediately sniffed the purple ink, as this was believed to get you high.
b. Made paper airplanes to see who could sail theirs out the window.
c. Wrote another pupil's name on the top, to avoid their failure.

17. Why did your Mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with purchases?
a. To keep you out of mischief by licking the backs, which tasted like bubble gum.
b. They could be put in special books and redeemed for various household items.
c. They were given to the kids to be used as stick-on tattoos.

18. Praise the Lord, & pass the _________?
a. Meatballs
b. Dames
c. Ammunition

19. What was the name of the singing group that made the song "Ca bdriver" a hit?
a. The Ink Spots
b. The Supremes
c. The Esquires

20. Who left his heart in San Francisco ?
a. Tony Bennett
b. Xavier Cugat
c. George Gershwin

D.B. Cooper won't quite disappear

Some kids in south west Washington have found what the FBI thinks might actually be the parachute used by D.B. Cooper. Perhaps ol' Dan was lucky after all.

Health Front

New research shows that fighting with your spouse is a healthy exercise - literally.

CBS and Hillary differ on Bosnia trip

No surprise there, just another politician doing what they do

Unseen hazards of flying

US man finds stowaway snake in his luggage after plane flight. Before realizing the unknown passenger was hidden in his suitcase he is bitten upon opening the bag.

US loses it's 4000th soldier in Iraq

Last night a roadside explosion took the lives of 4 US soldiers bringing the death count to the 4000 mark. The cost of this war has been incredible and there is still no solution in sight. Will Iraq ever stand alone as a democracy? The price in human life and in dollars is staggering. I remember the promises made early on that first of all the Iraqis will come forward and take control of their country, and secondly the US will be able to use Iraqi oil to pay for the war effort. Well of course neither has happened and the hole we've dug is so deep we've dragged the ladder in with us. And as the dollar continues to sink and the next recession looms larger, the price of health care and gasoline are killing us, the stock market is holding it's breath, Washington continues to tell us not to worry - things are great. Well yeah, if you happen to be one of them it is!

Ok so I got carried away there. The tragedy here is of course the loss of human life as well as all the injuries suffered by our troops in a country where I'm not even sure the people honestly want to live in a democratic state or even understand what that would mean for them.

Life can change in an instant!

I've fished the waters along the Texas coast for nearly 50 years and have always been very aware of the dangers of the stingray - at least the danger of stepping on one and having it whip it's stinger into your lower leg. Many fishermen and swimmers alike suffer from this every year. Now a woman has been killed by a stingray, but not in the way you'd think. I've never heard of the type of accident which recently occurred in Florida. This type of thing is akin to having a piano fall on your head while walking down the street.
And it seems there was another incident, also in Florida when a man was stung in the chest by a jumping stingray while riding in a boat. I guess it goes to show how fast life can change just when you least expect it!

Winter of '07/08

NOAA has issued it's report on temperatures for this winter. Interesting.

Man's best friend at times is a Dolphin

It seems that as these folks were about to give up on rescuing a couple of beached whales when they got a helping flipper from one of the local Dolphins as seen in this news story from cnn (video).

French to sue Continental Airlines?

It seems the French are considering bringing charges against Continental Airlines because one of their planes took off ahead of the Concorde flight which caught fire and then crashed. They are claiming that a piece of metal fell off the Continental plane and was left lying on the runway causing the Concorde's tire to blow out throwing debris into the fuel tank.
Well just who's responsibility it is to provide a clear runway? And if the Continental jet did drop something on the runway, what are they supposed to do - go back and pick it up?
This was a terrible accident, and an accident it was.

19 year old army medic to be awarded the Silver Star

Spc. Monica Brown of Texas will receive the Silver Star later this month for her actions in Afghanistan, after risking her life to treat and save fellow soldiers while under fire following an IED explosion. Story here.