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StarryEyedLad

StarryEyedLad

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Creedmoor

Creedmoor

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StarryEyedLad said:
I didn't know...that was all the information that was given in the caption for the picture when I first saw it. I went back to the link and found more info. It's called Northgate Mall.

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Tactless Wookie on Gab: 'World's tallest Christmas tree. 212 feet. Seattle…'

Tactless Wookie on Gab: 'World's tallest Christmas tree. 212 feet. Seattle, 1950. Was a promotion for a new mall.'
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Thanks! Shopped there quite a few times. Didn’t realize it had been there that long.
 
Dennis Olson

Dennis Olson

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Groucho said:
I bought this with money saved from my paper route. Used to listen to HAMS, satellites, radio shows from all over the world including Radio Moscow, VOA, and the BBC. Tube type, of course. Nice and warm in the winter, didn't listen much in the summer. However, listening was better in the summer. I remember being surprised to hear Peking radio one night.
The radio was a National NC 105. I wish I still had it.

ETA, I believe this was 1961 or 62. The radio was made in the USA. Massachusetts IIRC.

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Check eBay.
 
BH

BH

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Had to try out the vintage frisbees I posted somewhere above. We threw the 165 gm first and it flew great, seemingly more stable than the more recently made ones. About a half hour into throwing the new (probably 40 year old frisbee), I changed my grip to a more power throw and let it fly.

As it left my hand, it did a space shuttle imitation, part of it went to the left and the remainder scattered in front and to the right. The thing basically exploded as it took flight. It did not hit anything. Never in my life have I seen anything like it. Here's what was left after the pieces were gathered from across the yard. Guess the 40 year old plastic had degraded, duh. The other 2 frisbees were retired to the wall in our home bar without taking flight.

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Southside

Southside

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BH said:
Had to try out the vintage frisbees I posted somewhere above. We threw the 165 gm first and it flew great, seemingly more stable than the more recently made ones. About a half hour into throwing the new (probably 40 year old frisbee), I changed my grip to a more power throw and let it fly.

As it left my hand, it did a space shuttle imitation, part of it went to the left and the remainder scattered in front and to the right. The thing basically exploded as it took flight. It did not hit anything. Never in my life have I seen anything like it. Here's what was left after the pieces were gathered from across the yard. Guess the 40 year old plastic had degraded, duh. The other 2 frisbees were retired to the wall in our home bar without taking flight.

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I have a 1966 original. I guess that one shouldn't be used anymore either.
 
Lone_Hawk

Lone_Hawk

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Creedmoor said:
I hear ya! Wife’s been buggin me about selling my ‘68. Told her to plan on burying me in it.
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The guy I sold it too had it until about 10 years ago, then sold it to a guy that my son tried to contact to buy it back, but the guy never responded. Granted, my Challenger is a much better car to drive and gets a hell of a lot better gas mileage, but still, it was a damn good car too! Don't sell your `68!!
 
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BH said:
Had to try out the vintage frisbees I posted somewhere above. We threw the 165 gm first and it flew great, seemingly more stable than the more recently made ones. About a half hour into throwing the new (probably 40 year old frisbee), I changed my grip to a more power throw and let it fly.

As it left my hand, it did a space shuttle imitation, part of it went to the left and the remainder scattered in front and to the right. The thing basically exploded as it took flight. It did not hit anything. Never in my life have I seen anything like it. Here's what was left after the pieces were gathered from across the yard. Guess the 40 year old plastic had degraded, duh. The other 2 frisbees were retired to the wall in our home bar without taking flight.

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Unscheduled rapid disassembly.
 
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SlipperySlope

Veteran Member
Post 459 reminded me of my Grannie. I have many photos of her in flapper attire. She told me when silk stockings were hard to come by they would paint a brown stripe down the center back of their bare leg to look like a stocking seam.
 
20Gauge

20Gauge

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BH said:
Had to try out the vintage frisbees I posted somewhere above. We threw the 165 gm first and it flew great, seemingly more stable than the more recently made ones. About a half hour into throwing the new (probably 40 year old frisbee), I changed my grip to a more power throw and let it fly.

As it left my hand, it did a space shuttle imitation, part of it went to the left and the remainder scattered in front and to the right. The thing basically exploded as it took flight. It did not hit anything. Never in my life have I seen anything like it. Here's what was left after the pieces were gathered from across the yard. Guess the 40 year old plastic had degraded, duh. The other 2 frisbees were retired to the wall in our home bar without taking flight.

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A few day and some super glue should do it for you
 
20Gauge

20Gauge

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Lone_Hawk said:
The guy I sold it too had it until about 10 years ago, then sold it to a guy that my son tried to contact to buy it back, but the guy never responded. Granted, my Challenger is a much better car to drive and gets a hell of a lot better gas mileage, but still, it was a damn good car too! Don't sell your `68!!
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I had always thought that using the 68 body with a modern undercarriage would be the best thing
 
dawgofwar10

dawgofwar10

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StarryEyedLad said:
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Sunday dinners with the whole family around.

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Just spending time together as a family.

No, neither of these pictures belong to me. I found them on the net. They just symbolize for me what many of us miss these days.
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I actually had that Family, four brothers and four sisters. Dad worked and Mom stayed at home with a tougher Job then my Dad had. I would never ever give that time together up with my family life for anything else. And Sunday dinners were a ritual at the house, you did not need to call just show up, their was always plenty of food but the best part was the ribbing and jokes thrown across the table. They have both passed now but the greatest memory's could never be replaced. Come to find out later that alot of the kids I grew up were Jealous of our family because of how well we bonded..
 
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dawgofwar10 said:
I actually had that Family, four brothers and four sisters. Dad worked and Mom stayed at home with a tougher Job then my Dad had. I would never ever give that time together up with my family life for anything else. And Sunday dinners were a ritual at the house, you did not need to call just show up, their was always plenty of food but the best part was the ribbing and jokes thrown across the table. They have both passed now but the greatest memory's could never be replaced. Come to find out later that alot of the kids I grew up were Jealous of our family because of how well we bonded..
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I didn’t have that. Only child.
 
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JeanCat

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colonel holman said:
You want old? This is old. Paleo spear or atlatl point, aged about 12,000 years, from the Vail kill site in Maine near my home. They found hundreds of stone kill and butcher tools where caribou were ambushed, at the foot of a receding glacier as the last ice age melted back. Near my favorite salmon/trout fishing site
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Sounds like the butcher shop is was right next to the ice box??
 
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