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  1. 90koenigTR

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    #76 90koenigTR, Oct 18, 2007
    Batman...I loved that show! But it ain't local, I don't think. Was the Banana Splits local only? I doubt that the Seals & Crofts show was either (liked it a lot).

    Love Top Dog in Berkeley(Fat Slice/Blondie's Pizza!). I remember the two-hour waits for dinner at Spenger's (my parents loved that place).

    How about the Campanile clock tower UC Berkeley that has been an icon since 1914? The Mormon Temple in Oakland. Golden Gate. Ferry Building SF. Palace of Fine Arts SF (field trips to the Exploratorium!!!) Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley. The bunkers at the Marin Headlands. Fort Point under the GG Bridge....
     
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    #77 PeterS, Oct 18, 2007
    I miss Spangers in Berkeley when all the waiters were old men and the prices were inexpensive for a good meal.....Then McCormack & Schmicks took it over. Sad day :( They hired stupid college kids and jacked everything up.
     
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    #78 PeterS, Oct 18, 2007
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    I remember that show! I think it was right after Romper Room with Miss Nancy (Who I thought was a hottie!). I always got pissed because she never said "And I see Peter...........". Remember 'Do Bee and Don't Bee'?
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    #79 PeterS, Oct 18, 2007
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    Ooooops..Almost forgot Lambchop with Shari Lewis!
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    #80 PeterS, Oct 18, 2007
    Who remembers when the 280 connector overpass to 101 was left unfinished for several years? I believe it was on a cover of a rock band, but can't remember the name of the alblum.
     
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    #81 BBL, Oct 18, 2007
    I remember that overpass.

    Talk of restaurants reminds me of a waiter named Edsel Ford Fong at Sam Wo's in San Francisco (did I get those names right? -- I know I'm close). Mr. Fong came across as extremely rude, but somehow everybody found him to be a lovable chap.
     
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    #82 damage, Oct 18, 2007
    I'm not sure if anyone remembers, but before Santana Row existed it was the Town & Country (IIRC) and there was this GREAT dimsum place. I was also there to witness San Jose's biggest fire...one of the Santana Row's first buildings. :) Felt the heat from that fire about 100ft away.
     
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    #83 drew935, Oct 18, 2007
    I remember the fire. Met one of the foremen on the job as I was on a flight.
    Holy fires batman! LOL

    Lambchop with Sahri Lewis and Romper Room, wow

    My algebra teacher in HS was Ms. Rogers, the daughter of Mr. Rogers. He was a veteran from WW2 and had a lot of tats on his arms. That's why he wore those sweaters all the time. Heard that he was a one of the best on his team and not sure if he was a sniper. Def. a commemerative war veteran to remember.
     
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    #84 Dcup, Oct 18, 2007
    she had an annoying voice, and that stupid sock puppet !!!!!!!!!!!! ohhhhhhhhhhhh gawd...... id like to use the sock puppet as a profolactic and then hit that hard , while charlie horse watches in disgust.......
     
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    #86 ipohopper, Oct 18, 2007
    OMG. I was in the shower this morning thinking about this thread and remembered the show with pic on the right. I forgot the name of the show but it was rockets that turn into people. The character names were Goldar, Silvar and Gam?
     
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    #87 Dcup, Oct 18, 2007
    lol lol lol very good !!!!!!!! they lived in a volcano. Space Giants
     
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    #89 PeterS, Oct 18, 2007
    When I was 10 through 14, I worked at Stevens Music in the Portal Plaza. When the pool room closed, it became Azuma Restaurat (1972 I believe) and is still there. The manager of the music store I worked at and I were their first customers! I would never eat there again, as half of my fun at the mudic store was killing cockroaches, which that entire strip building was infested with (And probably still is!).

    Next door was Stan's bicycles, the barber shop and PW Super.
     
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    #91 PeterS, Oct 18, 2007
    Open swim at De Anza College. Fifty cents. The 10 meter platform to jump off of was a blast! Been closed to the public for years:(
     
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    #92 Charduck, Oct 19, 2007
    Ultraman, Radak & Goldar. Space Giants. Love them old flicks.
     
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    #93 PeterS, Oct 19, 2007
    I do! I use to go to the hobby shop that was in the back, near the theater.
     
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    #94 PeterS, Oct 19, 2007
    Gung Lum Chinese restaurant on S.Bascom and Andy's BBQ on Campbell Ave. Andy's had the divey appeal and the best ribs on earth. Too bad they lost their lease and had to take over the Mr. Steer restaurant on the El Camino....Just not the same.
     
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    #95 BlakeChow, Oct 20, 2007
    Maybergs Deli
    Tennis courts/lessons (Don't remember the name)
     
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    #96 rcwhiting, Oct 20, 2007
    Not sure if someone already mentioned it - but my first recollection visiting the bay area (a long time ago) was seeing the radar up on top of Mt Umanum
     
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    #97 90koenigTR, Oct 20, 2007
    Goldar & Silvar!!! hahaha Hilarious. Romper Room. I remember those shows. I also liked Thundaar the Barbarian ( "Ariel, Ookla...ride!") And the WonderTwins on Superfriends...I never understood why one of them turned into a giant purple ape and the other was a bucket of ice! Gleek!!! Do you remember the Brady Bunch Hawaiian Vacation Special? I had nightmares about that little wooden idol.
     
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    #98 drew935, Oct 20, 2007
    It's Fung Lum Restaurant. LOL
    Thundaar hehe. Superfriends was da bomb! Brady Bunch- I don't think that there was ever a bad episode. Tiki doll lol. well it is true :p
     
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    #99 PeterS, Oct 20, 2007
    TYPE-O! Darn G key is too close to the F key:D
     
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    #100 PeterS, Oct 20, 2007
    It was there when I was a kid. I have never been up there, but that building has to be HUGE that that radar sat on. I Googled for pic's and could not find any. I remember sitting on my backyard swingset in Cupertino when I was 5-8 years old, watching the Orion P-3's on final into Moffet Field. Seemed to be one every ten minutes landing (There were the sub chaser planes that patrolled the coastline).
     
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