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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:15:29 AM EDT
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TV Dinners in foil.
Put that shit on a folding tray, turn on some Hee Haw, strew some Six Million Dollar Man toys on the floor and you have my childhood |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:15:56 AM EDT
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Cold cuts and a loaf of bread.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:16:18 AM EDT
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TV Dinners in foil. This. We'd have them all the time when one or the other of my parents had to work nights. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:16:18 AM EDT
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TV Dinners in foil. This. I remember them without any nostalgia or fondness whatsoever. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:16:43 AM EDT
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Used to just put the same type crap you microwave now into the oven.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:17:06 AM EDT
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The quality of "fast" in-home food has improved TREMENDOUSLY.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:17:12 AM EDT
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Sandwiches, cereal, etc.
I still heat most canned stuff on the stove just out of habit. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:17:53 AM EDT
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Lots of sammiches. Anybody remember pimento loaf?
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:18:27 AM EDT
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LEFTOVERS
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:19:02 AM EDT
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This:
Or the Hungry Man tin foil tray meals. There was also welfare pizza (pizza you could put in a toaster). |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:19:10 AM EDT
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Hot dogs in boiling water, ramen noodles. Used to make both at the same time.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:19:11 AM EDT
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What was considered "fast food" before the invention of microwaves? (in homes, not at restaurants) Canned food and put on stovetop to be heated? Women would actually be in the kitchen and have dinner on the table when the man walked in. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:19:15 AM EDT
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Creamed eggs on toast. Cheap and easy for a poor single mom with three kids in the 70s.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:20:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lots of sammiches. Anybody remember pimento loaf?  |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:22:38 AM EDT
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The quality of "fast" in-home food has improved TREMENDOUSLY. Especially frozen pizzas. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:24:49 AM EDT
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TV Dinners in foil. http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tv-dinner.jpg Put that shit on a folding tray, turn on some Hee Haw, strew some Six Million Dollar Man toys on the floor and you have my childhood Memories triggered! |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:26:36 AM EDT
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Especially frozen pizzas. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The quality of "fast" in-home food has improved TREMENDOUSLY. Especially frozen pizzas. I don't care for pizza in general but my wife and kids swear by Totinos. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:27:34 AM EDT
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When I was a kid there was fast "lunch food" (cold cuts, canned soup, Spagetti-Os, even sardines) and fast "dinner food" (hot dogs, bakes beans from a can, fish sticks, fries, burgers).
ETA: We had McDonald's and Burger King within walking distance and as a kid those were once or twice a year treats. We went to "real" restaurants more frequently. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:28:00 AM EDT
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Cornbread and buttermilk.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:29:45 AM EDT
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FPNI.
I loved the chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and peas. FWIW, the corn on these dinners sucked, always get the ones with peas... |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:30:19 AM EDT
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TV Dinners in foil. http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tv-dinner.jpg Put that shit on a folding tray, turn on some Hee Haw, strew some Six Million Dollar Man toys on the floor and you have my childhood Oh yes, this. All of this. Remember the skin on his arm that you could roll up to see his bionics? And there was a tiny window in the back of his head that you could look through to see the world through his eye. I felt stronger after looking through. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:30:44 AM EDT
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Anyone remember the TV dinners where there would be a picture on the foil under the entree? If you ate it all you got to see it
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:31:41 AM EDT
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Pot pies, SPAM, Deviled ham.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:33:51 AM EDT
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Oh yes, this. All of this. Remember the skin on his arm that you could roll up to see his bionics? And there was a tiny window in the back of his head that you could look through to see the world through his eye. I felt stronger after looking through. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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TV Dinners in foil. http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tv-dinner.jpg Put that shit on a folding tray, turn on some Hee Haw, strew some Six Million Dollar Man toys on the floor and you have my childhood Oh yes, this. All of this. Remember the skin on his arm that you could roll up to see his bionics? And there was a tiny window in the back of his head that you could look through to see the world through his eye. I felt stronger after looking through. Yep. And you could pull the "modules" from his arms. Had the capsules and a ton of big GI Joe stuff, too. Joe had a cool orange helicopter. I'd line all that shit up and crank ol' Evel up and let him jump it. Of course, Evel always had a wire broken in one of his arms, so his dumb ass would be waving at the crowd in mid air. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:34:15 AM EDT
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I'd say any pre-packaged meals that only required the addition of one or two ingredients for completion, like Hamburger/Tuna Helper, Kraft Mac & Cheese, etc. It wasn't ready to eat like a TV dinner, so you could at least pretend that you had cooked a meal, even if it wasn't anything more than opening a can of tuna and mixing it up in a pan over medium heat. Maybe "convenience meal" would be a better description than fast food in this case though.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:34:32 AM EDT
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Oh yes, this. All of this. Remember the skin on his arm that you could roll up to see his bionics? And there was a tiny window in the back of his head that you could look through to see the world through his eye. I felt stronger after looking through. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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TV Dinners in foil. http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tv-dinner.jpg Put that shit on a folding tray, turn on some Hee Haw, strew some Six Million Dollar Man toys on the floor and you have my childhood Oh yes, this. All of this. Remember the skin on his arm that you could roll up to see his bionics? And there was a tiny window in the back of his head that you could look through to see the world through his eye. I felt stronger after looking through. I'm a little older I guess. For me it would have been Jackie Gleason, Combat and G.I.Joe shit all over the floor. 
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:40:47 AM EDT
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This. I remember them without any nostalgia or fondness whatsoever. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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TV Dinners in foil. This. I remember them without any nostalgia or fondness whatsoever. They still sell them. I bought one a few years ago out of a warped sense of curious nostalgia. I cooked it and ate it. It was worse than I remembered. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:42:17 AM EDT
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Wow, we have a lot of old farts here!!!
 (considering that microwaves became common in the 1960s)
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:47:21 AM EDT
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TV dinners weren't really fast food, they were easy no mess food that took a long time in the oven.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:47:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wow, we have a lot of old farts here!!! (considering that microwaves became common in the 1960s) |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:49:51 AM EDT
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Wow, we have a lot of old farts here!!! (considering that microwaves became common in the 1960s)You are incorrect. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:50:51 AM EDT
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I grew up an Cambells's soup, Oscar Meyer, PB&J, Bananas, Oranges, Apples, Grapes, Milk and Oreos
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:51:07 AM EDT
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My parents got a microwave as a wedding present in 1978 (they were very expensive back then). Microwave cooking was kind of a fad back then, right up there with fondue pots.
These days, we just use them to re-heat leftovers or whatever sad sack "dinner" we purchased in the frozen foods section. But for a while there, people actually cooked entire meals in the things. From raw ingredients. My parents had a full color glossy microwave cookbook, full of recipes for this new futuristic way of cooking. Their microwave had a built in temperature probe and everything. It's one of the saddest things I've ever seen, in retrospect.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:51:12 AM EDT
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We didn't get ours until the mid-80s and even then they weren't everywhere.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:52:50 AM EDT
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Wow, we have a lot of old farts here!!! (considering that microwaves became common in the 1960s)They became common in the 1980s. I knew one family (a wealthy one) who had one before 1979. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:52:53 AM EDT
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You are incorrect. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Wow, we have a lot of old farts here!!! (considering that microwaves became common in the 1960s)You are incorrect. I was thinking like you but anymore, the only thing on me shorter than my memory is my 
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:54:20 AM EDT
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Wow, we have a lot of old farts here!!! (considering that microwaves became common in the 1960s)They didn't become "common" until the late 1970s. My GF gave me one in '82. Pre-microwaveable pot pies were the best, and could be had 3/$1.00 on sale. Now, microwaveable pot pies are all crust and air - and I feel like watching American Hustle again. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:54:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We didn't get ours until the mid-80s and even then they weren't everywhere. Same. About '84 I think was when we got one. They'd been around through the 70s, but it wasn't until the 80s that they became affordable for the average working-class family. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:54:49 AM EDT
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The "hotdogger"........
Basically a device for heating hot dogs through electrocution!! Anyone remember those? 
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:55:20 AM EDT
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When I was a young child there was a Chicken Delight that would deliver.
There was a Poor Boy sandwich shop. There was also an early Jack In The Box in my neighborhood, with a drive-through window. It was the second one ever built. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:57:23 AM EDT
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It's 2016. Where the hell is my hydrator?!
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:57:26 AM EDT
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I'm trying to remember when my family got their first microwave, my Grandmother bought it and she died in 1970 when I was 13 and we'd had it for at least 3 or 4 years, so I'm guessing it was 66 or 67. I would have been around 10 or 11 then.
But I remember foil tray TV dinners all too well. When I was a kid "fast food" meant Grandma's cooking, usually sandwiches, or if I was lucky, her goulash. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:57:48 AM EDT
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Yep. And you could pull the "modules" from his arms. Had the capsules and a ton of big GI Joe stuff, too. Joe had a cool orange helicopter. I'd line all that shit up and crank ol' Evel up and let him jump it. Of course, Evel always had a wire broken in one of his arms, so his dumb ass would be waving at the crowd in mid air. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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TV Dinners in foil. http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tv-dinner.jpg Put that shit on a folding tray, turn on some Hee Haw, strew some Six Million Dollar Man toys on the floor and you have my childhood Oh yes, this. All of this. Remember the skin on his arm that you could roll up to see his bionics? And there was a tiny window in the back of his head that you could look through to see the world through his eye. I felt stronger after looking through. Yep. And you could pull the "modules" from his arms. Had the capsules and a ton of big GI Joe stuff, too. Joe had a cool orange helicopter. I'd line all that shit up and crank ol' Evel up and let him jump it. Of course, Evel always had a wire broken in one of his arms, so his dumb ass would be waving at the crowd in mid air. We had all the same stuff, but I bet I lose you here......Stretch Monster. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:58:44 AM EDT
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We didn't get ours until the mid-80s and even then they weren't everywhere. The one my parents got as a wedding present in 1978 was YUUUUGE. You could put a chicken in there. It was built like a tank, too. They still had it and it was still in daily use when I moved out of the house in ~1998. I don't remember them becoming ubiquitous in my friend's kitchens until the late 80's and early 90's. They were super expensive for a while. IIRC, the one my parents had retailed for like $500. That's a fair bit of money now. It was downright opulent in the late 70's.
I think I paid all of $45 brand new, for the one in my kitchen.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 12:00:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm trying to remember when my family got their first microwave, my Grandmother bought it and she died in 1970 when I was 13 and we'd had it for at least 3 or 4 years, so I'm guessing it was 66 or 67. I would have been around 10 or 11 then. But I remember foil tray TV dinners all too well. When I was a kid "fast food" meant Grandma's cooking, usually sandwiches, or if I was lucky, her goulash. The first countertop microwaves were sold in 1967. Your grandma was an early adopter! They had them earlier, but they were yuuuge. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 12:01:06 PM EDT
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This. I remember them without any nostalgia or fondness whatsoever. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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TV Dinners in foil. This. I remember them without any nostalgia or fondness whatsoever. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 12:01:29 PM EDT
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The first ones I ever saw were on TV commercials.
RADAR RANGE by Amana It was what NASA used for the astronauts I think. '69 maybe? |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 12:02:07 PM EDT
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TV Dinners in foil. This. I remember them without any nostalgia or fondness whatsoever. Most of them were pretty lackluster. But I'd pay real money for a few cases of Morton's Beans and Franks. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 12:03:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We had all the same stuff, but I bet I lose you here......Stretch Monster. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: TV Dinners in foil. http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tv-dinner.jpg Put that shit on a folding tray, turn on some Hee Haw, strew some Six Million Dollar Man toys on the floor and you have my childhood Oh yes, this. All of this. Remember the skin on his arm that you could roll up to see his bionics? And there was a tiny window in the back of his head that you could look through to see the world through his eye. I felt stronger after looking through. Yep. And you could pull the "modules" from his arms. Had the capsules and a ton of big GI Joe stuff, too. Joe had a cool orange helicopter. I'd line all that shit up and crank ol' Evel up and let him jump it. Of course, Evel always had a wire broken in one of his arms, so his dumb ass would be waving at the crowd in mid air. We had all the same stuff, but I bet I lose you here......Stretch Monster. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 12:04:15 PM EDT
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TV Dinners in foil. http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tv-dinner.jpg Put that shit on a folding tray, turn on some Hee Haw, strew some Six Million Dollar Man toys on the floor and you have my childhood YES! The good ole days - thanks for bringing back the memories. 
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