CNC Blocks NE ( aka Carl Hinkson ) turns 50 today!!

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Happy Birthday ...


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What Happened 50 years ago in 1958 Including Prices

Recession starts to bite in America with 7.0% ( 5.2 million ) people unemployed

The average wages per year is $4.600.00

The average cost of a new home $12,750.00

A Gallon of Gas cost 25 cents

Toyota and Datsun Cars go on sale in The US

The First US Passenger Jets come into service with the Boeing 707

Elvis Presley is inducted into the Army.

US Nuclear Submarine " Nautilus " passes under Ice Cap at North Pole

The Wham-O company introduces the Hula Hoop

Alaska becomes the 49th State

The Microchip ( the magic chip that makes all our PC's work ) first developed in US by Intel

The Munich air disaster in which 7 Manchester United Players died

Popular Singers in 1958 included
Elvis Presley singing Jailhouse Rock, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Jerry Lee Lewis singing Great Balls Of Fire

Popular Films Included
The Bridge on the River Kwai and Vertigo

Some of The Cars You May Have Bought 50 years ago
Austin Healey Bug Eyed Sprite ( $1,795 )
Chrysler New Yorker ( $4,347 )
Ford Edsel Corsiar ( $3,346 )
Oldsmobile, Super 88 ( $2,958 )
Studebaker Starlight President ( $2695 )

Some of The Other Everyday items you may have bought 50 years ago
Chromecraft 7 piece Dinette Set $149.99
Ronson Electric Shaver $12.88
Philco Black and White TV 20 inches $229.95
Bananas 27 cents for 2 pounds
Campbells Tomato Soup 10 cents
Sirloin Steak 55 cents per pound
Pork Roast 42 cents per pound

A new home in Long Beach California with 3 bedroom 2 bathrooms , built in kitchen , ceramic tiles , breakfast bar and brick fireplace on large lots From $17,700

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Happy Birthday Carl! We had a great time at your party the other night...and I think you did too!

We were all convinced the girl dressed in black leather was going to strip for you! Once we found out she was a friend or whatever she was we were a little dissapointed

Chris

[3V Performance]

Had trouble with my math. Here is more correct info.

Chris can you confirm that the blow up doll was female and not male????

MAJOR EVENTS:
John F. Kennedy elected President in narrow contest over Richard Nixon
Soviet Union shoots down an American U-2 reconnaissance airplane over Soviet airspace and captures pilot Gary Powers, forcing U.S. to admit to aerial spying
Black students stage a sit-in at a lunch counter in Greensboro, NC to protest segregated seating at the establishment; the event inspires a wave of such sit-ins across the South
Belgian Congo wins independence
U.S., Britain, France and the Soviet Union conduct summit talks, but without results
U.S. relations with Cuba deteriorate as Castro regime seizes U.S. assets
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:
U.S. launches:
Tiros I, first weather satellite
Echo I, first communications satellite (experimental)
Transit I-B, first navigational satellite
Corona, first spy satellite
Soviet Sputnik 5 launches two dogs into orbit and returns them safely to earth
U.S.-French team aboard the deep-sea vessel Trieste dives to a record 35,800 feet in the Pacific
First studies linking cigarette smoking with heart disease
SPORTS:
World Series: Pittsburgh over New York Yankees, 4-3
Olympics held in Rome

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT:
Movies: Psycho, The Entertainer, The Apartment
Songs: Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, Let's Do the Twist, Never on Sunday, Teen Angel, Stay, Are You Lonesome Tonight
TV Shows: Perry Mason, Bonanza, My Three Sons, The Untouchables, Andy Griffith Show, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Walt Disney Presents
Books: The Affair, C.P. Snow; The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Allan Sillitoe; To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee; Rabbit, Run, John Updike; The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, William L. Shirer
Pioneering rock-and-roll DJ Alan Freed arrested in national investigation of "payola" in radio industry
Presidential candidates Kennedy and Nixon engage in a televised debate that helps set the precedent for future TV political coverage
Clark Gable dies
EVERYDAY LIFE:
The number of television sets in the U.S. reaches 85 million, nearly one set for every two Americans
First "Teflon" non-sticking cookware goes on sale at Macy's in New York
First oral contraceptives made available to the public

[Y BE AVG]

Happy Birthday Carl

[CNC BLOCKS]

Happy Birthday Carl! We had a great time at your party the other night...and I think you did too!

We were all convinced the girl dressed in black leather was going to strip for you! Once we found out she was a friend or whatever she was we were a little dissapointed

Chris

Chris she did strip you missed it.

Thanks Carl

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Have a good one Carl

[Keith Morganstein]

Oh, and I thought Carl was old...he's younger than me.

Happy B'day!

[lun40119]

Carl is OLD. Old like dirt. Happy B-day gramps. Did you order the pills yet????????

[barnym17]

Happy Birthday

[1989TransAm]

Happy birthday Carl. By the way I don't have birthdays anymore.

[enigma57]

¡Feliz cumpleaños, Carl! Ah, kids these days. Heck, Kennedy was shot on my 16th birthday and my Chevy is older than you are, young fellow.

All the best to you and yours,

Harry

[bullpower]

Happy Birthday Carl from the other side of the pond.
Best wishes,
Jeff and Belinda

[rfl28]

Happy Birthday Carl,....and thanks always for all the great tech and block and machining info! Bob