VogelCam » Nostalgia http://vogelcam.com You've got a face with a view. Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:58:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 “It’s It” spotted in the wild… http://vogelcam.com/2008/07/14/%e2%80%9cits-it%e2%80%9d-spotted-in-the-wild/ http://vogelcam.com/2008/07/14/%e2%80%9cits-it%e2%80%9d-spotted-in-the-wild/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:02:24 +0000 mike http://vogelcam.com/2008/07/14/%e2%80%9cits-it%e2%80%9d-spotted-in-the-wild/ I wish I had a video of my wife’s reaction to seeing these It’s It boxes in our local grocer’s freezer case. I have never seen a reaction like that before—no words or breath, gesticulating wildly.
Ever since these fantastic ice cream treats disappeared from Dodger’s stadium a few years back, we hadn’t seen a trace of them… until yesterday. I ate mine in the car on the way home from the store. IT WAS SO GOOD! Pick yourself up some up at a local Vons. At a buck each they are about 1/3 the cost of Dodger’s stadium.

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I finally retrieved my Redline 600a from my parent’s rafters. they have probably moved 3 times since I was 14, so I was pleasantly surprised to learn they hadn’t thrown it out.

She needs dusting and she’s caked with grime. One day my son will ride her. Check out these features.

  • 3 piece aluminum cranks
  • Pro Neck II
  • Shimano Beartraps
  • Dirt Skirt
  • A’ME Grips

This bike has ramp tires on it that I put on when I stopped BMXing, and it just became my street bike. Anyhow, I pumped them up last night and this evening they still have air. I took a short ride and I was a kid again.

]]> http://vogelcam.com/2007/10/24/bmx/feed/ 1 Retro Active http://vogelcam.com/2005/09/15/retro-active/ http://vogelcam.com/2005/09/15/retro-active/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:07:23 +0000 mike http://vogelcam.com/?p=33 Finally, the first day back to the gym after my week and a half of illness. Heather said she wanted to go to the gym, too. I told her OK, but she mustn’t talk to me while we were there. I don’t want those bubbly early morning regulars wondering why I never talk to anyone and then suddenly I’m chatting up this girl. It’s important I keep my early morning grumpy reputation intact.

So we wake up early and get ready. We’re about to leave and she comes walking out with a black brick in her hand.

“What the hell is that?”, I say wondering if she’s about to brain me with it.

“It’s my Walkman.” she says.

Walkman? Do people even use that word anymore? I inspect it closer and it truly is a legitimate Sony Walkman with auto-reverse and am/fm tuner. She is very proud of her 14-yr-old analog relic and I don’t blame her. The thing is in pristine working condition. I can only attribute this to how seldom she goes to the gym.

“Where the heck do you find cassette tapes anymore?”, I ask in early morning disbelief.

Oh, she’s got that covered, too — an entire box of mix tapes, circa who-knows-when. They are not labelled, but I’m sure the music is equally as silly. “Got any Ho-Jo in there?”

I told her if she could hold on to it for another 7 or 8 months she’ll be totally hip again. Then I was like, “OK, see you after Jazzercise!”

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