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Traut
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Location: Downtown Newcastle Joined: Sat Mar 5, 2016 Posts: 3447
Real Name: Traut
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Old Growth wrote: Al's Auto Supply?
Pay n Pak?
Piggly Wiggly?
Ernst?
Rexall Drugs?
Green Stamps?
Seattle Coliseum?
Oly and Rainier Brewery? Sea Mart Sports West Remington Sears Montgomery Wards Chubby and Tubby's Woolworths JC Penney's Roller skating rinks Or tons of old and not so old car brands, just in my lifetime Pontiac Oldsmobile Edsel Steadybreaker(Studebaker) Nash/Rambler Packard DeLorean Hudson
_________________ I always thought growing old would take a lot longer.....
So, when does that "Old enough to know better" shit kick in??? I've learned that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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hkcavalier
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Location: NE WA Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2011 Posts: 5484
Real Name: The Dude
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Traut wrote: Or tons of old and not so old car brands, just in my lifetime Pontiac Oldsmobile Edsel Steadybreaker(Studebaker) Nash/Rambler Packard DeLorean Hudson Mercury Plymouth AMC Saturn Hummer Geo Not that we cry much for those last three.
_________________ "Wherever you go, there you are."
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Sun Oct 04, 2020 9:55 pm |
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anyshorty
Location: DesMoines Joined: Fri Sep 26, 2014 Posts: 5
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Sea Mart Sports West Remington Sears Montgomery Wards Chubby and Tubby's Woolworths JC Penney's Roller skating rin
WOW SeaMart I remember going to the store in Oly and seeing nothing but army surplus racks ot Garrands I think they were $15 and other rifles and various pistols, 1911's, barrels of ammo, barrels of swords my cub scout troop even got campimg gear we got mess kits canteens web belts, holsters for our cap guns they had tons of stuff cheap they had a huge alaskan crab hanging on the wall that scared the shit out of us I only wish I was older at the time Im sure there were really cool weapons I didnt know about... it was great
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Mon Oct 05, 2020 1:47 am |
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WaJim
In Memoriam
Location: Tacoma Wa Joined: Tue Oct 8, 2013 Posts: 16607
Real Name: George Bailey
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Dufflebag on South Tacoma Way.
Autoview on Pearl
Ball Marine on 6th Ave.
Der Weinersnitzel on 6th
Alfies Fish n Chips on 6th
_________________ "Remove one freedom per generation and soon you will have no freedom and no one would have noticed."......Carl Marx
"Let us Cross the river and sit in the shade of the trees" .....Stonewall Jackson
T. Jefferson "....the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. it is it's natural manure"
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Mon Oct 05, 2020 2:13 am |
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AR15L
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Location: Nampa, Idaho Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 19463
Real Name: Rick
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Loved the Rolls sounds. When they ran we could hear them and we lived in Burien!
_________________ ‘What’s the point of being a citizen if an illegal gets all the benefits’
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Mon Oct 05, 2020 4:51 am |
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BadKarma
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Location: Duvall Joined: Tue Sep 13, 2011 Posts: 8661
Real Name: Jaime
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Spanaway Raceway. Figure 8 track. My father-in-law and I would sneak beers on the fold up chairs and watch from the grass area. I loved doing that.
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Mon Oct 05, 2020 9:02 am |
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WaJim
In Memoriam
Location: Tacoma Wa Joined: Tue Oct 8, 2013 Posts: 16607
Real Name: George Bailey
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BadKarma wrote: Spanaway Raceway. Figure 8 track. My father-in-law and I would sneak beers on the fold up chairs and watch from the grass area. I loved doing that. Spectator Drags were the best.............. People crashing their shit into the concrete wall turn 4.
_________________ "Remove one freedom per generation and soon you will have no freedom and no one would have noticed."......Carl Marx
"Let us Cross the river and sit in the shade of the trees" .....Stonewall Jackson
T. Jefferson "....the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. it is it's natural manure"
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Mon Oct 05, 2020 9:33 am |
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Old Growth
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Location: Nisqually Valley Joined: Wed Oct 5, 2016 Posts: 4834
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WaJim wrote: BadKarma wrote: Spanaway Raceway. Figure 8 track. My father-in-law and I would sneak beers on the fold up chairs and watch from the grass area. I loved doing that. Spectator Drags were the best.............. People crashing their shit into the concrete wall turn 4. Ol Spanaway Speedway! I still have trophies from that place!
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Mon Oct 05, 2020 10:09 am |
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BadKarma
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Location: Duvall Joined: Tue Sep 13, 2011 Posts: 8661
Real Name: Jaime
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WaJim wrote: BadKarma wrote: Spanaway Raceway. Figure 8 track. My father-in-law and I would sneak beers on the fold up chairs and watch from the grass area. I loved doing that. Spectator Drags were the best.............. People crashing their shit into the concrete wall turn 4. Heck yeah. That was some funny shit right there.
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Mon Oct 05, 2020 10:46 am |
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Traut
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Location: Downtown Newcastle Joined: Sat Mar 5, 2016 Posts: 3447
Real Name: Traut
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B&I "circus store" on S.Tac Way, and Ivan.
_________________ I always thought growing old would take a lot longer.....
So, when does that "Old enough to know better" shit kick in??? I've learned that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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Mon Oct 05, 2020 11:06 am |
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WaJim
In Memoriam
Location: Tacoma Wa Joined: Tue Oct 8, 2013 Posts: 16607
Real Name: George Bailey
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Traut wrote: B&I "circus store" on S.Tac Way, and Ivan. I hung out there occasionally and really felt bad for Ivan. Speaking of monkeys what about the two that hung out in the Java Jive tavern... Cant remeber their names but they jumped all over when the guy played the organ. ....... Pizza and Pipes on Mildred.
_________________ "Remove one freedom per generation and soon you will have no freedom and no one would have noticed."......Carl Marx
"Let us Cross the river and sit in the shade of the trees" .....Stonewall Jackson
T. Jefferson "....the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. it is it's natural manure"
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Mon Oct 05, 2020 12:58 pm |
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JamesG
Location: Tacoma WA Joined: Sat Dec 15, 2012 Posts: 567
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I so old I remember seeing how many people we could fit in the trunk of my buddies car and go to 64 Funny cars at the Puyallup drag strip. The trunk was filled with people and cases of beer. James
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Mon Oct 05, 2020 1:16 pm |
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Mange
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Location: puyallup Joined: Sun Nov 25, 2018 Posts: 215
Real Name: Mange
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Some of you are so old, you might have been around when dirt was invented...
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Mon Oct 05, 2020 1:32 pm |
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codfather
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Location: Rainier Joined: Sat Jun 28, 2014 Posts: 1502
Real Name: Darryl
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I remember racing my 69 Roadrunner 440-6 down a true 1/4 mile on grudge night at Orange County Raceway
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Mon Oct 05, 2020 2:39 pm |
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golddigger14s
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Location: Faxon, OK Joined: Sat Mar 19, 2011 Posts: 17818
Real Name: Chuck
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AR15L wrote: Loved the Rolls sounds. When they ran we could hear them and we lived in Burien! Atlas Van Lines Bill Muncey was my hero 79-82 time frame.
_________________ "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." Thomas Jefferson "Evil often triumphs, but never conquers." Joseph Roux
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