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OT: Down Memory Lane .....

Post by Slinky » Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:04 am

I'm older than dirt. How many of you remember Burma Shave???

Before I was 13 we drove from Michigan to Texas, from Texas to Cincinnati, from Cincinnati to Michigan, from Michigan to Philadelphia, from Bay City, Michigan to Petoskey/Charlevoix, Michigan, from Bay City to Traverse City, from Bay City to Gladstone/Escanaba, from Bay City to Saginaw, from Saginaw to Dowagiac/Cassopolis. Some of those trips MANY times. The Texas to Pennsylvania trips were all pre-school but still vaguely remembered in patches. I went to 8 different schools and changed schools 11 different times. Burma Shave was my buddy! I loved Burman Shave.

Car in ditch / Driver in tree / Moon was full / And so / Was he / Burma-Shave

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Post by chunkyfrog » Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:15 am

I had the book at one time. It has all the verses, as well as history--"a must read".
http://www.amazon.com/The-Verse-Side-Ro ... 0452267625
Edit: Yes, I'm that old.

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Post by nanwilson » Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:26 am

Slinky
If you are older than "dirt"....you might only be 39 or maybe 40...as it is scientific knowledge that "dirt" renews itself about every 38 years So if my grandkids tell me I'm older than dirt..I just say "thank you".

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Post by 123.Shawn T.W. » Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:00 am

nanwilson wrote:Slinky
If you are older than "dirt"....you might only be 39 or maybe 40...as it is scientific knowledge that "dirt" renews itself about every 38 years So if my grandkids tell me I'm older than dirt..I just say "thank you".
Considering that most people consider "compost" dirt ... Only a few weeks under ideal conditions ...

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Post by kteague » Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:15 pm

Grew up in the greater Cincinnati area and traveled between there and the NW corner of Virginia a lot, and yes, the Burma Shave signs were on the landscape of my childhood too. Hadn't thought of them in many many years. Thanks for the smile.

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Post by jnk » Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:43 pm

http://www.fiftiesweb.com/burma1.htm
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Post by chunkyfrog » Wed Aug 22, 2012 1:16 pm

...If you find a coprolith, it could be mine.

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Re: OT: Down Memory Lane .....

Post by Maxie » Wed Aug 22, 2012 1:17 pm

Grew up traveling throughout the south and learned to read on Burma Shave signs!

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Post by DoriC » Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:25 pm

What's Burma Shave, never heard of it?

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Re: OT: Down Memory Lane .....

Post by kteague » Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:30 pm

DoriC wrote:What's Burma Shave, never heard of it?
Oh Dori, it was before your time.

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