OT: The Nostalgic Ottawa Thread.
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Ray Kinsella
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Ella, the Queen of scatting!
For vintage sake... The Memorex commercial in 1972. I vaguely remember it but it stayed with me!
For vintage sake... The Memorex commercial in 1972. I vaguely remember it but it stayed with me!
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Vendome was down by the grads? Dont think i went to either of them either but rings a bell.
I remember when the first 10 cent wings came to the James St. Feed Company, at least that's the 1st place i remember them. And the lineups there were crazy. There was a point when i knew where to go for 10 cent wings every night of the week.
And who can forget:
I remember the Ex used to have hypnotists putting on hourly free shows in the midway. Always amazed me the number of believers they could attract.
I remember when the first 10 cent wings came to the James St. Feed Company, at least that's the 1st place i remember them. And the lineups there were crazy. There was a point when i knew where to go for 10 cent wings every night of the week.
And who can forget:
I remember the Ex used to have hypnotists putting on hourly free shows in the midway. Always amazed me the number of believers they could attract.
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Anyone remember a couple of restaurants close to Landsdowne Park. One was Fat Albert's ( I loved the turkey sub).
The second one was the R and R restaurant. I remember as a kid seeing Rory Cava (a former Ottawa 67 hockey player who was mostly a fighter) in the R and R restaurant and he had 2 black eyes at the same time. He looked like a racoon with those two big black eyes. Lol
The second one was the R and R restaurant. I remember as a kid seeing Rory Cava (a former Ottawa 67 hockey player who was mostly a fighter) in the R and R restaurant and he had 2 black eyes at the same time. He looked like a racoon with those two big black eyes. Lol
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Jesus, at 17 that was where I had my first fight, outside in the front where all would gather and place bets....got my ass handed to me as the guy had a wrist cast I didn't notice...not a good feeling.
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Ponderosa good eats back in the day at Bells Corners. I remember the steak and the salad bar.
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Wasn’t there a bad wrap on Ponderosa at some point about having bad (moldy) food? ...or something to that effect.
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Mold in the 80's tasted better than today sooo, yeah.
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I wasn’t sure if it was true. I was much younger and never really ate there. But I do recall that in the media. I believe it was mostly associated with the meat.
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But we have a new and improved mold now. One pays extra for biological mold even.
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Moms used to wipe our faces with their spit so we were pretty much immune to most mold/viruses.
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Why did we ever lose Rochester American stations for Detroit stations? I wanted to try Carvel Ice Cream so bad.
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Moms used to wipe our faces with their spit so we were pretty much immune to most mold/viruses.
Moms still do that
I would say that saliva, for the most part, is pretty safe.
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Moms still do that
I would say that saliva, for the most part, is pretty safe.
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TSN wasn't always the powerhouse of sporting television it is now.
It was the WJC that really catapulted them into the country's consciousness as it was the only hockey they could show. It basically because a Christmas tradition and they rode that momentum into the NHL eventually.
But before that, there were shows like TSN Pub Nite during prime time where they would show snooker, pool and darts. What fine programming.
It was the WJC that really catapulted them into the country's consciousness as it was the only hockey they could show. It basically because a Christmas tradition and they rode that momentum into the NHL eventually.
But before that, there were shows like TSN Pub Nite during prime time where they would show snooker, pool and darts. What fine programming.
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I never knew this but this show was produced in Ottawa from 1980 to 1995. One of my favorite shows as a kid.
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