Words… That you don’t hear anymore… I came across this phrase yesterday ‘FENDER SKIRTS.’ A term I haven’t heard in a long time, and thinking about ‘fender skirts’ started me thinking about other words that quietly disappear from our language … Continue reading
A few more ads the likes of which we’ll never see again… And this one from the 70s brings back memories of beating on the DEC terminal at work as we tried to solve the maze in the Adventure game. … Continue reading
Ads we’ll never see the likes of again… This one is from 1931, coming out of the depression… Interesting concept… Imagine the screams from the left/woke/(insert ism here) if anything even REMOTELY resembling these were made today! … Continue reading
Finally found a pic of an actual Woolworth’s lunch counter, circa late 1950s!!! That was a real treat for me as a little kid. 🙂 And who spent more time swimming like this than they did in ANY pool? And … Continue reading
Sigh… I REALLY miss my 66 Goat… Back in the day, you could get ‘good’ ads from the magazines and actually get posters from the auto manufacturers themselves… Ironically, this is the car I had (color, top, etc.) And the … Continue reading
Remember when this was the view we had? Now, although the left swears up and down walls don’t work… Yet the ‘Biden-Harris’ administration (yes that’s the new name), is keeping the capital better protected than our southern border… And they … Continue reading
Had to add a Taclight to my EDC… And there is beauty and then there is ‘functional’ beauty… I ‘believe’ this a J.P. Sauer and Sohn (can’t confirm that) Vierling from the mid-19th or early 20th century. The four rounds … Continue reading
The more things change, the more they remain the same… Got these from some old shipmates. In a way, bookends for my deployments PI in the early days, Sigonella was my last one. A menu from back in the day … Continue reading
You’ve got to be really old to remember these… My grandmother used both of them when I was little… And then there is the absurdity captured in this modern picture… Sigh… how far we’ve fallen… … Continue reading
A long way from anywhere… Turning final back in the day… Many hours butt in these two seats… And one of our old hangouts in Olongapo! Hard to believe that was 45 years ago… sigh… … Continue reading