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Baby Boomers

Joe Shlabotnik

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4. cool.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 24, 2012, 06:05 PM

Mar 2012

I'm not even a boomer (I'm 40), but one ad I remember well was the Timex watch dropped into a creek for over a year. As a little boy, I though... cool I'd love to find a watch like that! I'll defer the next trivia question to someone better at than me though.

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Who is up for....Boomer Trivia Pursuit! [View all] dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 OP

Obviously a Timex watch, Joe Shlabotnik Mar 2012 #1

Correct-o-next trivia question is up to you, now. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #2

cool. Joe Shlabotnik Mar 2012 #4

John Camron Swazey ? I can remember that and forgot what I did yesterday olddots Mar 2013 #42

What month and year was "The Battle of the Sexes"? Who won? Who lost? Scuba Mar 2012 #3

Drats..I know the obvious name, but cannot remember #2 dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #5

Bobby Riggs vs Billy Jean King.... catnhatnh Mar 2012 #6

September, 1973 (I was home from SEA on emergency leave, so I remember it well). Scuba Mar 2012 #7

at the Houston Astrodome. Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2012 #10

Part of it no more war Aug 2012 #24

I was working as a ticket agent at SheilaT Aug 2012 #33

Timex, takes a licking and keeps on ticking rustydog Apr 2012 #8

go here....a pic dixiegrrrrl Apr 2012 #9

What brand of toothpaste had an "invisible shield"??? Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2012 #11

uhhh...Colgate??? dixiegrrrrl Apr 2012 #12

Bzzzzztt!! Wrong!! Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2012 #13

AIM? Irishonly May 2012 #14

Ipana? pipi_k May 2012 #15

Yes!!!! You win....a few kind words. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #16

Wow...lucky guess! pipi_k May 2012 #17

Well no more war Aug 2012 #26

Here's a pile of Quiz Questions! MADem Jun 2012 #18

I got them all right, but - dmr Jun 2012 #19

Get used to it...! You'll be yelling "What was...the THING-A-MA-BOB, dammit!" MADem Jun 2012 #20

not a tricky list... All you had to be was conscious. . . .n/t annabanana May 2013 #46

great show obama4ever11 Jul 2012 #21

timex no more war Aug 2012 #22

My first question no more war Aug 2012 #23

Ed Sullivan???? dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #25

Dixie girl no more war Aug 2012 #27

The D ( question answered) no more war Aug 2012 #28

Dorsy Bros...wow....I have no idea who they are... dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #29

Thank you no more war Aug 2012 #31

ahhhhhh...THEM I know. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #32

Would that be pipi_k Aug 2012 #30

Daniel Boone ClueMan Sep 2012 #34

wow...you picked the time period I had no tv... dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 #35

Fess Parker. NBC. no_hypocrisy Sep 2012 #36

Was that the show starring Fess Parker? NT jambo101 May 2013 #43

Spam deleted by Kali (MIR Team) medvich Sep 2012 #37

I didn't even have to look - Timex it is ConcernedCanuk Mar 2013 #38

Post a trivia question of your own, now.... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #39

In this thread of yours? or start another one ? ConcernedCanuk Mar 2013 #40

Why don't we start another one, since this is old. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #41

Another question . . . Sparky 1 May 2013 #44

I think I know but I want others to have a chance... dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #45

!. .don't open if you want to guess annabanana May 2013 #47

Jimmy Durante! whathehell May 2013 #48

Mrs. Calabash, where ever you are! MADem Jun 2013 #50

Not my turn really, sue me! ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #49

I thought he said MADem Jun 2013 #51

Close enough! ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #52

Here's one most of us should be able to get...which people signed off with... MADem Jun 2013 #53