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I remember when.....

And speaking of soda, I remember big horizontal coolers in gas stations and grocery stores where the bottles were immersed in chilled water. You reached in and fished around until you found the one you wanted. Coke you could always tell by feel, but other brands were a grab-bag experience unless you could peer down into the dark and see the cap. And if you wanted a brand that used a bottle with a paper label, good luck -- the labels would soak off and float around in the water and eventually reduce into a gooey pulpy scum along the bottom of the cooler.

I remember those too. The bottle always seemed colder than the ones from an air cooled box.
 

dnjan

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Speaking of flat-top cans, anyone here familiar with Churchkey Beer?

I can't get it here, if anybody has access to it and would send me some, I'd appreciate it. Of course, you would be reimbursed!

http://www.churchkeycanco.com/home.html
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Never heard of it, but I'll look.
 

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I remember when running a movie didn't mean decrypting encrypted digital files with encrypted digital keys that unlock too late to allow proper test screenings before the show begins. And I remember when anything that went wrong with a projection system could be fixed with a screwdriver, with no need for tech support people in India who admit they have no idea of what the problem is.
 
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I'm very aware of the history. I'm a brewery collector, I've just never opened one myself. They were long gone a good 25 years before I was born. My father remembers them, when he was a kid, though.

The soft top cans were flat top cans with a steel body, but an aluminum top. They came out in the early 60's. You opened them with a churchkey, just like the steel ones. They weren't around long though, as the pull top was introduced a few years later, and quickly became the standard. All aluminum cans became all the rage around then too.
 

3fingers

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My '61 Chevy Bel Air has one key that fits the ignition, doors, trunk, and glove box. The operators manual for the car calls it a "unique feature".
And you can remove the key while the car is running, right? My 65 Chevy was that way. I recall my mother telling me that a big trick in the 50's was to pull somebodies keys out while driving down the road and threaten to throw them out the window. Hrmph. Kids in those days. [bad]
 

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