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1. katry Says:

   
   October 6, 2018 at 12:17 pm

   Rev. Maltie, ‘How to Bicycle’, 1892
2. Bob Says:

   
   October 6, 2018 at 1:34 pm

   Amazing how times have changed. No parent today would let their child ride a bike without a helmet. The car directly behind the street sign in the intersection is a Rambler station wagon. My father bought one for my mother in 1959. The car was equipped with reclining front seats, lap seat belts and push buttons to select the automatic transmission gears. American Motors along with Stuebaker and Kaiser are American car companies that are relegated to the scrap heap of history. All were defunct well before the Japanese cars arrived on our shores.
   • katry Says:

     
     October 6, 2018 at 6:06 pm

     Bob,
     Cars are built to go faster than when we were kids. I think that is part of the reason. The kids in my neighborhood wear helmets while on anything with wheels. Parents are heavy into safety.

     It took my father a long while to switch the car to automatic. He had a small truck which still had gears.

     I don’t remember the Kaiser.
3. Bob Says:

   
   October 6, 2018 at 7:58 pm

   Actually cars were just as fast in the 1950s. When we drove across country in the 1950s on two lane highways the speed limit was 65 MPH and 70 on four lane divided highways.

   Here’s information on Kaiser automobiles.

   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_Motors
   • katry Says:

     
     October 6, 2018 at 8:44 pm

     Thanks, Bob

     Too bad they couldn’t compete with the big boys.
     • Bob Says:

       
       October 6, 2018 at 10:18 pm

       The first car my dad bought my mother was a used 53 Kaiser.
     • katry Says:

       
       October 7, 2018 at 12:44 pm

       Nob,
       No wonder you remember them so well!!

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