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Sue DeFiore
Member since 29th November 2005
The Past Is A Blast - Where you can reminisce about the "way it was". Vintage videos from the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s. Plus lots of fun facts and history from those times in
addition to memorabilia to take you back to much better times, (in our humble opinion). Remember the great movies, the great songs, the cars, the clothes, the attitude....Join us today and start reliving yesterday at http://www.thepastisablast.com/ Be sure to visit our blog, When Life Was Simpler whenlifewassimpler.com
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06th February 2007
I was floored the other day when I heard about the lawsuit brought against Kentucky Fried Chicken for the use of transfats. It was just another nail in the coffin this country is putting itself into.
Where it is going to end. Kentucky Fried Chicken ha...
18th January 2007
As I was listening to our oldies station, they were talking about the big June event in Modesto, with all the old cars, music groups, car shows and cruisin down the main drag. For those of you who don’t know Modesto is where the inspiration for America...
01st February 2006
Remember when you were young and looking to get that first car. You looked around at the cars your friends had, you looked in the various car magazines and would put yourself behind the wheel of all the cars they featured.
I do. In fact, I can remember...
29th November 2005
I have a number of favorites, however, my all time favorite is Hot Rod Lincoln by Commander Cody.
Since living in an extremely cold climate means taking your Corvette off the road in the winter months, a winter car is a must.
So in September we star...
29th November 2005
Chuck and I got involved in our first car club when we lived in Rochester and had our Corvette. We had a blast. Met a great bunch of people, did a ton of events. In fact I can still remember our first event. It was a car rally and Chuck and I got the seco...
29th November 2005
I grew up in the era of moms and dads teaching us to drive. Yes we had Driver's Ed, however, Driver's Ed classes didn't start until our senior year, by then most of us already knew how to drive. After all, at 16 we all wanted the coveted "learners permit...
29th November 2005
While today we have women racing in Indy, NASCAR and a variety of different racing venues, years ago this wasn't the case.
In fact, during the era I grew up in women were looked upon in a very different light. If you deviated from the norm you were lab...
29th November 2005
My first car was a extraordinary black, 2 door 1962 Chevy Belair with blue vinyl seats, which I nicknamed "The Black Beauty"! I mean she shined beautifully when polished. There is nothing like a black car highly polished! It also didn't hurt to have those...
29th November 2005
Those of us lucky enough to be around in the 70s when this fantastic car came out drool everytime we think of it. Imagine getting a car from the factory with a 455 cubic inch engine in it! This car kicked butt! Then if you did some work, like we did to ou...
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