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[mikeyank]

This morning when I heard that Brigitte Bardot passed away at age 91, it reminded me of when I was a teenager how all my friends used to talk about how hot she and Jayne Mansfield were, and I remained silent. We’d go to movies together but I would silently enjoy Paul Newman films much more than Bridgette. I always knew that guys were my thing from a young age.

Obviously it’s sad that she died, but Brigitte was a symbol to me of what they all liked and how I felt the need to keep quiet. Just some old time thoughts from my youth flashed through my head today.

 

[mikeyank]

It is amazing that these 20 items listed have become obsolete in 2026. I wonder if as many things changed within our parents and grandparents lives?

 

[BrokeStraightBoys]

It is amazing that these 20 items listed have become obsolete in 2026. I wonder if as many things changed within our parents and grandparents lives?

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All the above for me

 

[TouchKrazy]

It is amazing that these 20 items listed have become obsolete in 2026. I wonder if as many things changed within our parents and grandparents lives?

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All of the above for me

 

[chac54]

It is amazing that these 20 items listed have become obsolete in 2026. I wonder if as many things changed within our parents and grandparents lives?

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Yay! I got bingo with all of 'em, what do I win??!

 

[chac54]

Do we all remember AAA TripTiks?

 

[mikeyank]

Do we all remember AAA TripTiks?

Sure do. I’d pick them up before all long car trips. GPA has made those totally obsolete.

 

[mikeyank]

This was posted on a Brooklyn Facebook group. Cookys was a popular restaurant on Avenue M near where I grew up. Someone kept a menu from the mid 1960’s I think. My favorite meal there was the Cookyburger. A 5 oz. Burger, delicious large fries with a couple of jumbo onion rings, and a pickle which I ate and the lettuce and tomato which I tossed aside. The price .85. Or if I was really hungry I’d go for a Jumbo Cookyburger, twice as much for $1.35. Add a coca-cola which was served in a real glass for another .15 and I was good to go.

 

[kgmets]

This was posted on a Brooklyn Facebook group. Cookys was a popular restaurant on Avenue M near where I grew up. Someone kept a menu from the mid 1960’s I think. My favorite meal there was the Cookyburger. A 5 oz. Burger, delicious large fries with a couple of jumbo onion rings, and a pickle which I ate and the lettuce and tomato which I tossed aside. The price .85. Or if I was really hungry I’d go for a Jumbo Cookyburger, twice as much for $1.35. Add a coca-cola which was served in a real glass for another .15 and I was good to go.


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Look at those prices! I believe that in the time a first class postager stamp cost 3 cents!

 

[trebligon]

I don't have very clear memories of costs of things when I was a kid (1980s-1990s). My clearest memories of buying things are mostly buying packs of cigarettes for my mom (Marlboros at $5 a pack around when I was 10; I refused to buy her anymore when I was in my 20s because I didn't want to continue to help her kill herself) and one time I happened to have a few dollars for some reason and I stepped into a toy store. I was really into the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and I came across an April O'Neil figure, which was crazy hard to find. (They didn't release the female characters much because boys wouldn't want them supposedly.) I distinctly remember it was $4.99 because after I grabbed it to go to a register a lady saw me with it and asked if she could buy it off of me for double the cost (presumably for her kid). I declined her offer.

Prices being as low as in the menu reminds me of reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and how crazy the idea of a 10¢ full candy bar was.

 

[trebligon]

Is Cooky pronounced like cookie or like kooky?

 

[TouchKrazy]

Those were the good old days! We had a coffee shop by me when growing up called over the counter, still open but many different owners.

 

[mikeyank]

Is Cooky pronounced like cookie or like kooky?

Cookie. Not like the cutie from 77 Sunset Strip, Edd Byrnes who was famous for “Kookie, Kookie, Lend me your Comb” Damn I’m old remembering all this crap from over a half century ago, lol.

 

[trebligon]

I tried watching an episode of 77 Sunset Strip about a year ago when my travels through random old TV led me to it. For whatever reason, it couldn't hold my interest. Never thought it would come up in conversation. I'd have thought you were too young to have seen that show first run.

That "song" is weird. It's mostly just talking.

 

[chac54]

This was posted on a Brooklyn Facebook group. Cookys was a popular restaurant on Avenue M near where I grew up. Someone kept a menu from the mid 1960’s I think. My favorite meal there was the Cookyburger. A 5 oz. Burger, delicious large fries with a couple of jumbo onion rings, and a pickle which I ate and the lettuce and tomato which I tossed aside. The price .85. Or if I was really hungry I’d go for a Jumbo Cookyburger, twice as much for $1.35. Add a coca-cola which was served in a real glass for another .15 and I was good to go.


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Oh dear, you can keep anything with the chopped liver

The rest of the menu looks appetizing . Oh and the prices, back when things were affordable LOL

Oh and a pack of cigarettes when was selling then at the grocery store was around 2 bucks, and when they went to 4 ish lots of people quit, then last I looked a Marlboro red cost around $13. I honestly couldn't even tell you what they are now LOL

 

[kgmets]

Oh dear, you can keep anything with the chopped liver

The rest of the menu looks appetizing . Oh and the prices, back when things were affordable LOL

Oh and a pack of cigarettes when was selling then at the grocery store was around 2 bucks, and when they went to 4 ish lots of people quit, then last I looked a Marlboro red cost around $13. I honestly couldn't even tell you what they are now LOL

My late Dad recalled that during WWII cigarettes were sold to active duty military for 25 cents per pack!

 

[mikeyank]

I tried watching an episode of 77 Sunset Strip about a year ago when my travels through random old TV led me to it. For whatever reason, it couldn't hold my interest. Never thought it would come up in conversation. I'd have thought you were too young to have seen that show first run.

That "song" is weird. It's mostly just talking.

Thanks for saying that you thought I was “too young” to remember that show. While my body gets older day by day, in my mind I’m still exactly the same. And I too was disappointed when I listened to part of that terrible song when I posted it yesterday morning. “Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb” was a big catch phrase from the show, and I guess a record company cashed in on what I see now was a terrible record.

 

[mikeyank]

As this is The Virtual Coffee Shop, Diner And Corner Pub, we can talk about any subject that comes to mind, as in a real coffeehouse or local bar, I researched Edd Kooky Burns and sadly, he is no longer with us.

Edd Byrnes Obituary​

Edd Byrnes became a teen idol from his role as Kookie on the hip detective series “77 Sunset Strip.” Kookie was the cool young parking lot attendant at the club next to the detective agency run by two smooth PI’s played by Roger Smith and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Byrnes character was a breakout star, snapping his fingers and combing his ducktail on the popular series that ran on ABC in the late 1950s to early 1960s.

We invite you to share condolences for Edd Byrnes in our Guest Book.
Published by AL.com (Mobile) on Jan. 9, 2020.

I wasn’t a fan of the show, but I knew that Kookie was a cutie, and everyone at that time, knew the theme song.

 

[mikeyank]

Prices vary slightly depending on the specific counter (Surf Avenue vs. Boardwalk) and whether you are ordering in-person or via delivery platforms, which often

My late Dad recalled that during WWII cigarettes were sold to active duty military for 25 cents per pack!

My dad was born in 1910 and used to go to the Original Nathans in Coney Island in his youth, I’d guess in the 1920’s. He told me that they promoted, “A nickel, a nickle” for their most popular items. Here are current prices today in 2026, And a comparison to my dad’s time!


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[td]Item[/td][td]Estimated Price[/td] [td]Original Hot Dog[/td][td]$5.99 - $6.00[/td] [td]Cheese Dog[/td][td]$6.99[/td] [td]Chili Cheese Dog[/td][td]$7.99[/td] [td]Bacon Cheese Dog[/td][td]$7.99[/td]

 

[TouchKrazy]

Wow! 7.00 for a chili dog, I'm a hot dog lover and that is a meat that used to be cheap but not any more you can buy a 8 pack of Nathans for 7.99 at the store.