Wacka Posted August 17 Posted August 17 (edited) Back during the late 70s oil embargo, Gas was cheaper in Canada than the USA. One time drove to Ft. Erie to fill up. At the border when the guy asked where you were going, just said "To buy gas." Edited August 17 by Wacka Quote
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 17 Posted August 17 (edited) 1 hour ago, Wacka said: Back during the late 70s oil embargo, Gas was cheaper in Canada than the USA. One time drove to Ft. Erie to fill up. At the border when the guy asked where you were going, just said "To buy gas." My sister's ex's mother would go play bingo every week in F.Erie. Border agents knew her by her first name. Edited August 17 by ExiledInIllinois 1 Quote
US Egg Posted August 17 Posted August 17 1 hour ago, Wacka said: Gas was cheaper in Canada than the USA. One time drove to Ft. Erie to fill up. At the border when the guy asked where you were going, just said "To buy gas." I use to go to Canada to fill up on this: : …..back in the day this was hi-test stuff. 3 1 1 Quote
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted August 17 Posted August 17 7 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: My sister's ex's mother would go play bingo every week in F.Erie. Border agents knew her by her first name. With two large bingo halls in town, service clubs that sponsored each session were able to greatly fund club activities. Youth sports fees in town were much cheaper, thanks to the underwriting the bingo games funded. The prize values offered were much higher than could be paid in NYS, and there was a faithful contingent of bingo bunnies taking in two or three sessions. When the last "BINGO" of a session was called, there was a mad rush out the door as the players headed off to the next hall. 1 1 Quote
T&C Posted August 17 Posted August 17 5 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: With two large bingo halls in town, service clubs that sponsored each session were able to greatly fund club activities. Youth sports fees in town were much cheaper, thanks to the underwriting the bingo games funded. The prize values offered were much higher than could be paid in NYS, and there was a faithful contingent of bingo bunnies taking in two or three sessions. When the last "BINGO" of a session was called, there was a mad rush out the door as the players headed off to the next hall. Is bingo really a game or just a strange version of the lottery... really no skill involved. 1 Quote
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 17 Posted August 17 55 minutes ago, T&C said: Is bingo really a game or just a strange version of the lottery... really no skill involved. I say a skill... From Google A.I. on maintaining lots of bingo cards... 😆 "To maintain multiple bingo cards effectively, it's important to stay organized by arranging the cards neatly for quick visibility and using strategies like color coding to help track numbers. Additionally, consider starting with a manageable number of cards and gradually increasing as you become more comfortable." 1 1 Quote
Fleezoid Posted August 18 Posted August 18 On 8/17/2025 at 12:15 AM, US Egg said: I use to go to Canada to fill up on this: : …..back in the day this was hi-test stuff. Yes!! That, and Extra Stock. We used to go to Canada to get beer all the time. 1 Quote
Chandler#81 Posted August 19 Posted August 19 https://m.facebook.com/groups/DoYouRememberThe70sFanClub/permalink/5117063258562282/? Quote
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted August 20 Posted August 20 Road maps! My granddaughter was just opening the paper instructions (in 17 languages) for her wristwatch, and it took me back to when a kid could go in a gas station and get a free map of your city, your state / province, or your region of the country. In both the cases of the watch instructions and the maps of years ago, I wonder how well the refolding goes? 🤔😁 1 Quote
Augie Posted August 20 Posted August 20 3 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: Road maps! My granddaughter was just opening the paper instructions (in 17 languages) for her wristwatch, and it took me back to when a kid could go in a gas station and get a free map of your city, your state / province, or your region of the country. In both the cases of the watch instructions and the maps of years ago, I wonder how well the refolding goes? 🤔😁 Forget the gas stations, what about the map stores? I’m serious! I used to go to Mel’s House of Maps to buy maps of my section of Florida for my real estate work. Imagine that, a store that existed solely for the purpose of selling maps. Few people would know how to use one now, and fewer could fold one. Mel was actually a tennis buddy of mine, and I’m glad he was at retirement age when maps died. 2 Quote
BillsPride12 Posted August 22 Author Posted August 22 Friday nights used to look a bit different in the 90s 3 Quote
Another Fan Posted August 23 Posted August 23 (edited) 22 minutes ago, BillsPride12 said: Friday nights used to look a bit different in the 90s I'm pretty sure I think I mentioned this to you at some point. I know ABC some years back tried to re-create this, TGIF. I remember a modern Wonder years was included. I thought after watching it for 10 minutes this was the biggest pile of manure. I thought it was awful. lol Edited August 23 by Another Fan Quote
BillsPride12 Posted August 23 Author Posted August 23 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Another Fan said: I'm pretty sure I think I mentioned this to you at some point. I know ABC some years back tried to re-create this, TGIF. I remember a modern Wonder years was included. I thought after watching it for 10 minutes this was the biggest pile of manure. I thought it was awful. lol I don't remember that convo specifically but I'm a firm believer in you can't catch lightning in a bottle twice The original TGIF run was at the right time and in the right place. It just worked. There is no way trying to recreate it years later in a different time in society it would have worked. Funny enough TGIF came up at work today which is what made me post about it. The younger kids there didn't grasp what a monumental cultural event TGIF was in it's heyday. I told them it was truly one of those you really had to be there kind of things Edited August 23 by BillsPride12 1 Quote
Another Fan Posted August 23 Posted August 23 14 minutes ago, BillsPride12 said: I don't remember that convo specifically but I'm a firm believer in you can't catch lightning in a bottle twice The original TGIF run was at the right time and in the right place. It just worked. There is no way trying to recreate it years later in a different time in society it would have worked. Funny enough TGIF came up at work today which is what made me post about it. The younger kids there didn't grasp what a monumental cultural event TGIF was in it's heyday. I told them it was truly one of those you really had to be there kind of things Yeah kind of like with the return of Beavis and Butthead. I thought that movie a few years ago was solid. But when I tried watching new episodes of it I just wan't feeling it after a few of them. Then again though I saw some commercials for some new episodes and it looked kind of funny. So maybe I'll give it another chance 1 Quote
PastaJoe Posted August 26 Posted August 26 The Buffalo News had full page drawings of Sabres, Bills, and Braves. 1 Quote
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