Road-Geeky Things Of The Past That You Miss...

Started by thenetwork, February 28, 2024, 02:57:34 PM

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1995hoo

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April 30, 2024, 10:23:09 AM  
Quote from: GaryV on April 29, 2024, 02:22:39 PM
Quote from: OCGuy81 on April 29, 2024, 10:26:50 AMSmall, compact versions of games

Sometimes magnetic so you didn't lose pieces.



I seem to recall we had a Scrabble game that was not magnetic but instead used some sort of plastic such that the letters stuck to the board but were easily removable when the game was over. That was useful when we passed the board around (my mom, sitting in the front passenger seat, always played).
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

wanderer2575

#126
April 30, 2024, 11:38:05 AM  
Stuckey's!

RobbieL2415

#127
April 30, 2024, 02:22:52 PM  
MassHighway's Project CLEAN.

You could call *321 where you saw trash on the side of a surface road or freeway and they would come out an clean it.

thenetwork

#128
April 30, 2024, 09:38:21 PM  
Howard Johnsons at every service plaza along the Ohio Turnpike...

...and just off of damn near every exit off the Turnpike as well (at least between Toledo and Youngstown)!!!

jeffandnicole

#129
April 30, 2024, 09:57:11 PM  
Quote from: thenetwork on April 30, 2024, 09:38:21 PMHoward Johnsons at every service plaza along the Ohio Turnpike...

...and just off of damn near every exit off the Turnpike as well (at least between Toledo and Youngstown)!!!

The NJ Turnpike was mostly HJs as well. The evidence they left behind includes street names leading to the rear of the plazas for employees and deliveries.
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