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Onvacation says

DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

Encyclopedia Brittanicas

I remember my old set from the 60s. Someone intentionally broke up the volumes so it said something interesting on the spine. My favorite:

I remember a Britannica volume "Chicago to Death".

The Chicago article started with (to the best of my memory) "While many people grow up suspecting that government is corrupt, children in Chicago grow up knowing it to be a fact."

clambo says

My grandfather would give me a silver dollar when he saw me.

I still have the silver dollars my grandfather gave me.

DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

I've got 137,135 unread emails... lol. 455 unread text. I think 11 voicemails. Fuck technology. I only talk and communicate with people I have in my contacts. I hate the phone.

Inspired from the new big mac thread

"Two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun."

Who here has chased the mosquito truck down the street? The original cloud chasers.

Who still has a huge 3 piece entertainment credenza in their Living room?

When was the last time anyone saw creaseo treated wood? It used to be on every wood that was exposed to the elements and the wood would last for many decades. Now uncoated pressure treated wood will be ruined in a few seasons if not painted or covered.

Tenpoundbass says

Who here has chased the mosquito truck down the street? The original cloud chasers.

Who needs flouride when you have those things.

DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

They knew they were in trouble when Skynet started masturbating to porn and playing computer games.

DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

Aging is a fact of life

Punky Brewster?

DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

is that a table lighter?

DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

I'm old and don't know who they are

Tenpoundbass says

When was the last time anyone saw creaseo treated wood? It used to be on every wood that was exposed to the elements and the wood would last for many decades. Now uncoated pressure treated wood will be ruined in a few seasons if not painted or covered.

telephone poles and RR sleepers in the 70s

DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

Reminds me of another one which could count as an age test:

"The WOPR has already fought World War III as a game time and time again. It estimates Soviet responses to our responses to their responses and so on. It estimates damage, counts the dead, and it looks for ways to improve the score."

Every ex-military laughs when I mention the "WOPR."

komputodo says

DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

I'm old and don't know who they are

I didn't recognize the "Blair" actress because of too much radical plastic surgery, but the "Jo" actress was more restrained in her surgery dalliances, so that I could connect the dots. It's funny, but as they get older, it's the fake smile that takes you back. Something about old dogs . . . .

komputodo says

DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

I'm old and don't know who they are

Joe and Blair From Facts of Life

zzyzzx says

The vastly more reliable manual crank windows.

Easier to precisely crack the window. I still catch myself searching for the crank sometimes.

DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

BUBO! Athena's gift to Perseus in CLASH OF THE TITANS.

AmericanKulak says

BUBO! Athena's gift to Perseus in CLASH OF THE TITANS.

He was briefly in the remake also.

Not sure which is funnier, the email by payphone, or the black executive in a pin stripe suit smoking a pipe.

It’s the pipe, definitely the pipe!

DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

Dodgeball is alive and well where I live. Sad in the areas where they don't play. It's not bullying. It's getting hand eye coordination. The movie with Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller was spot on. "If you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball."

You got to be able to react and move in real life. Dodgeball teaches you that. Also awareness and line of sight. You got 3 people with a ball, can your eyes track them all? Now get on the road with a car and have this new thing called a distracting cell phone.

Dodge ball is education probably at it's finest if you really think about it. Teaches awareness. You're dead if you're not aware or smacked in the face.

WookieMan says

Dodge ball is education probably at it's finest if you really think about it. Teaches awareness. You're dead if you're not aware or smacked in the face.

Patrick says

Not sure which is funnier, the email by payphone, or the black executive in a pin stripe suit smoking a pipe.

Man, dem crackpipes was HUGE back in teh day.

DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

WookieMan says

Dodge ball is education probably at it's finest if you really think about it. Teaches awareness. You're dead if you're not aware or smacked in the face.

Early dodgeball I see. Before the red ball came along they used cantaloupes.

HeadSet says

Before the red ball came along they used cantaloupes.

The ones my grandparents had were skunk urine soaked wasp nests.