In Las Vegas during the 1950s, casinos offered “Atomic Tourism” in which guests could watch atomic bombs be tested in the desert as a form of entertainment.
In 1951, Bing Crosby was initially…
In 1951, Bing Crosby was initially denied entrance to a Canadian hotel for wearing his Levi’s denim jeans. Levi’s got wind and presented him with a denim tuxedo jacket at a celebration In Nevada, where he was honorary mayor. The term, “Canadian Tuxedo” is believed to have come from these events.
There was no mention of Apple…
There was no mention of Apple as the Forbidden Fruit. Possible fruits include apple, grape, pomegranate, fig, carob, etrog or citron, pear, and mushrooms. There was a misunderstanding of – or a pun on – mălum, a native Latin noun which means evil and mālum, borrowed from Greek μῆλον or apple.
European dragons are mostly…
European dragons are mostly featured as evil creatures, greedily hoarding gold, breathing fire on innocents, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. Asian dragons, however, are benevolent creatures, bringing good luck and prosperity wherever it goes.
When Denny’s stores closed…
When Denny’s stores closed for the first time ever for Christmas in 1988, many didn’t have door locks because they were always open.
In 2013, while walking their dog…
In 2013, while walking their dog in their back yard, a married couple came across several rusty buckets sticking out of their land. The buckets were full of gold coins minted from 1847 to 1894. The total value of all the coins was about $11 million.
There is a Canadian TV anchor…
There is a Canadian TV anchor who translates all the English news into Inuktitut live on air. Igalaaq is the only Inuktitut supper hour TV program in the whole country where unilingual Inuktitut speakers have this one chance, for 30 minutes, to see someone speaking their language.
“The camera on the” United States Air…
The camera on the United States Air Force SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance jet “could accurately capture the license plate of a car from 80,000 ft (24,384 meters).”
A lot of Cubans living in Havana…
A lot of Cubans living in Havana are considered illegal in their own country due to a law that prohibits Cubans from rural parts of the country to move to the capital.
Was McDonald’s Better When We Were Kids? You Bet It Was!
Back when us olde rfolks were growing up in the 1980s and ’90s, going to McDonald’s was definitely not a twice or more a week sort of event that happened because mom (cough, cough) didn’t plan very well. Not by a long shot.
It was a special occasion that was fun and nutritious!
Well, maybe not nutritious. But definitely fun – at McDonald’s there was stuff to do and clowns to see and gifts to get.
Scroll with me down memory lane and see for yourself.
1. Happy Meal Toys
So many great toys that you couldn’t play with until you ate everything and drank all your soda because they didn’t have milk haha.
2. The Employees
They smiled and wore nice smocks and they actually liked kids.
Photo Credit: Flickr
3. Playplaces
Sometimes our moms would take us there just to let us play when the weather was bad and we couldn’t stand to be indoors anymore. And someone would always leave their shoes in the cubby, lol.
4. Officer Big Mac
Big Mac jail was fun. We would fight to see who would go in.
Photo Credit: Wikimedia
5. The Nintendo 64 Kiosk
Times were tough back then. Not everyone had a new N64 with those super awesome graphics.
But McDonald’s had them for us to play with.
6. Burger Stools
Yes, they were hard to sit on. Yes, they were super cool. Yes, you raced your sister to get your choice of seat.
Photo Credit: Yelp
7. McDonald’s Halloween Buckets
An autumn essential presented to you by your favorite neighborhood McDonald’s.
8. McDonald’s Pizza
It was good. Deal.
McDonald’s Pizza in the early 90’s. It was shockingly good from pics
I don’t know what to tell you children of 2000 and later. You missed the golden years of the golden arches. The food is still decent and you might get a smile from a cashier wearing a logo-ed golf shirt, but it’s not the dreamland of yesteryear.
We just didn’t know what we had.
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