Dan, the pushy people can be found most anywhere. But they don’t tend to congregate like they did at the snack bars.
Shakey’s Pizza. The chain exited New Mexico over a decade ago and now I have no where to go to get my Mojo Potatoes on. (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-frown.gif)
I wish Phil’s Narrow Gauge would come back. I found his offerings too late. I only have a handful of his kits.
I really liked to put them together. The completed models looked great. They had just enough detail for me.
Tom
Dan Pierce said:
I do not miss the bugs at the drive-ins or the pushy people at the snack bars.
There is something I miss at the drive-ins, but it can’t be discussed here…LOL
Dan Padova said:
There is something I miss at the drive-ins, but it can’t be discussed here…LOL
The movies? The popcorn? Ah, the heavy metal speaker you hang on your door…(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Ken Brunt said:
Dan Padova said:
There is something I miss at the drive-ins, but it can’t be discussed here…LOL
The movies? The popcorn? Ah, the heavy metal speaker you hang on your door…(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
The rapping of the"security guard’s" metal flashlight on the car window?(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-embarassed.gif)
Ken Brunt said:
Dan Padova said:
There is something I miss at the drive-ins, but it can’t be discussed here…LOL
The movies? The popcorn? Ah, the heavy metal speaker you hang on your door…
How’d you guess ?..LOL(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
I miss the original Watt’s Train Shop, going back to before thier remodel then closure a few years ago. You entered thru the “sparkle” Christmas shop with its parachute ceiling, all the smells that go with Christmas decorations ect. That shop was magical for me, even after the remodel and expansion it still retained most of the “magic”. Granted the shop is reborn under new owner ship and on a much smaller scale, new location ect. The magic that was Watt’s Train Shop is gone. It only lives on and I usually feel it when I get my indoor overhead loop ready for the holidays. The memories of getting started with LGB in my early teens and that shop live on in my memories. Second one I want back is the old LGB company, they had thier issues like all businesses but it was a family run business and not a conglomerate that it is today. But I am thankfull that it does live on under new ownership just as Watts lives on in the new Zionsville Train Depot. I put up a toast to all those that have gone, I thank them for thier contribution to the hobby I enjoy and wish them well in their new endevors or retirement. Mike
Milk…delivered to your door…
Ken Brunt said:
Milk…delivered to your door…
…in real glass bottles with the little cardboard/paper stopper.