Thread Number: 35237
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Lost In Time: A Population Of People Happily Stuck In The 1950s |
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Post# 379344   10/6/2017 at 15:19 (2,364 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Post# 379349 , Reply# 1   10/6/2017 at 18:01 (2,364 days old) by FCS3 (Hawaii)   |   | |
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I've always wanted to live in the '40's Had my old apartment decked out entirely with period antique furniture, appliances. Even the kitchen cupboards were stocked with old product packaging. Put milk in milk bottles... |
Post# 379522 , Reply# 3   10/10/2017 at 02:21 (2,361 days old) by kenkart ()   |   | |
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And IM GONE!! I would LOVE to go back in time, I would gladly go back in the closet to get to live when America was IT! |
Post# 379535 , Reply# 4   10/10/2017 at 12:01 (2,360 days old) by Real1shep (Walla Walla, WA)   |   | |
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if there was some way to cherry pick the good stuff. Be hard for me to ignore the bad....living in the closet just erodes your soul. I'd wanna fix every injustice I saw and that's impossible....even dangerously life-threatening back then.
Kevin |
Post# 379562 , Reply# 5   10/11/2017 at 08:07 (2,360 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan)   |   | |
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people also like this on youtube. |
Post# 379570 , Reply# 6   10/11/2017 at 10:58 (2,359 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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Post# 379573 , Reply# 7   10/11/2017 at 12:31 (2,359 days old) by TheSpiritOf76 ()   |   | |
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The Spirit Of 76. Enough said! |
Post# 379577 , Reply# 8   10/11/2017 at 14:53 (2,359 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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The innocence, the extravagance, opulence, etc. But, don't forget oppression, segregation, was, etc.
It's like now. True, if you could only cherry pick. But, we can't. Imagine, (for instance), how different things would be is Dallas, November 22, 1963 hadn't happened? As I mentioned before, I LOVE cars from the 50s and 60s, swing music from the 40s, etc. But, it wasn't ALL great. |
Post# 379597 , Reply# 9   10/11/2017 at 23:28 (2,359 days old) by cb123 (Mobile, Al.)   |   | |
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Post# 379603 , Reply# 10   10/12/2017 at 08:48 (2,359 days old) by Real1shep (Walla Walla, WA)   |   | |
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Actually, the crime statistics show that the level of violence like murder, rape, assaults etc 'nationwide' has gone down per capita since my generation has aged out. It would seem we weren't all about peace, love and pot, but more about hypocrisy.
Kevin |
Post# 379623 , Reply# 11   10/12/2017 at 16:58 (2,358 days old) by kenkart ()   |   | |
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Still go back! |
Post# 379649 , Reply# 12   10/13/2017 at 00:18 (2,358 days old) by Real1shep (Walla Walla, WA)   |   | |
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LOL!! Man, you must hate this time.
Kevin |
Post# 379661 , Reply# 14   10/13/2017 at 09:08 (2,358 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Don't hold back........ really, how do you REALLY feel? lol Sorry.... HAD to do it.
Agreed, so much was different, and some of it was so much better. I remember our '58 Oldsmobile (88), our Westinghouse "Laundromat", and our new Hoover Convertible, model 67.But, than, my father's Cancer could not be treated like it could now. My cousin had Tuberculosis...spent time in a sanatorium. She did recover, though. To quote Sonny and Cher, "History has turned a page, uhuh". |
Post# 379677 , Reply# 15   10/13/2017 at 11:50 (2,357 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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15-cent-a-gallon heating oil: When you adjust for inflation, the price really isn't all that much less than it is today.
The U.S. made 2/3 of all goods produced: The simple reason for that is our manufacturing infrastructure remained 100 percent intact after WWII while most of the rest of the world was still rebuilding and recovering decades after the atomic bombs were dropped. We supplied 2/3 of the world's manufactured goods because we could and we capitalized on it while we could. The sad truth is U.S. manufacturers had pretty much fallen into a false sense of complacency by 1970 and by the early '90s had pretty much let the rest of the world pass us by. Now, we're the ones playing catch-up and the tired refrain of 'well, we won WWII for ya, what more do you want?' has worn thin with the rest of the world. Face it. We're an empire in decline and we did it to ourselves. |
Post# 379679 , Reply# 16   10/13/2017 at 11:58 (2,357 days old) by cb123 (Mobile, Al.)   |   | |
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Post# 379692 , Reply# 19   10/13/2017 at 16:22 (2,357 days old) by cb123 (Mobile, Al.)   |   | |
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Post# 379699 , Reply# 20   10/13/2017 at 18:18 (2,357 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan)   |   | |
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"The mobs not so dumb." I guess he would know being in casino's and all. Hoffa's own did not kill him. Collective bargaining is a two way street. Treat employees well, and they don't organize into a union. |
Post# 379713 , Reply# 22   10/13/2017 at 22:50 (2,357 days old) by Real1shep (Walla Walla, WA)   |   | |
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The original Electrolux plant in Greenwich, Connecticut was supposed to be a great place to work and make living wages. It has been said that people lined up outside the plant to get jobs there. I don't know if they had a union or not.
Kevin |
Post# 379717 , Reply# 23   10/14/2017 at 00:32 (2,357 days old) by cb123 (Mobile, Al.)   |   | |
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Post# 379720 , Reply# 24   10/14/2017 at 01:45 (2,357 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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~ Electrolux hired many day workers who, if they proved themselves valuable to the company, were taken on full-time. It was a wonderful place to work in its heyday -- before being consumed by Consolidated Foods.
"The manufacturing and engineering staff of 116 persons ... was augmented daily by hiring people for one day's work. Many hopefuls would stand outside the front gate and wait to be called for a day's work. Many of the hopefuls that were hired for one day's work remained on the job for many years...." —Electrolux Factory News, June 1963
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Post# 379785 , Reply# 25   10/15/2017 at 00:33 (2,356 days old) by cb123 (Mobile, Al.)   |   | |
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Post# 379838 , Reply# 26   10/16/2017 at 09:27 (2,355 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan)   |   | |
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Solution; California charcoal peel. |
Post# 379843 , Reply# 27   10/16/2017 at 11:43 (2,354 days old) by kloveland (Tulsa)   |   | |
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Post# 380022 , Reply# 31   10/19/2017 at 23:41 (2,351 days old) by kenkart ()   |   | |
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Yes a old tube sat is tempermental, but when set up right that is the softest most natural color that ever was! |
Post# 380034 , Reply# 32   10/20/2017 at 11:07 (2,350 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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Yeah, I like having a few vintage pieces to provide a little kitsch, but I don't think I could go full retro. That said, I do have a Danish modern bedroom suite from the 1950s that looks like it could have come right out of today's Ikea catalog. The only thing that looks a little dated is the knobs on the dresser and night stand drawers and the sliding covers on the bookcase headboard. They're brass, sort of mushroom shaped and dimpled like a golf ball. Put on some smooth, brushed nickel knobs and the pieces would look thoroughly modern.
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Post# 380048 , Reply# 34   10/20/2017 at 17:26 (2,350 days old) by speedqueen (Harrison Twp MI)   |   | |
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Maybe you could ask all those collectors that have 50 washers who hate Norges if they want to unload a machine they cannot stand. Remind them they'd be selling it to someone who would really appreciate them. |