There used to be a newspaper published in Richwood, West Virginia, called the West Virginia Hillbilly. I think it ceased publication when it's founder, editor and chief contributor passed away. But he was proud to say that they send more copies of the West Virginia Hillbilly to New York than the...
Notice that the Marine Corps officer is also wearing boots. Horse marine?
Those puttees persisted in the US Army for another ten or fifteen years, same as in the British and French armies. The Japanese wore them until the end of the war, Soviets, too, if they couldn't get proper Russian-style...
Violent, angry thugs? That's undoubtedly because they weren't the types who built plastic models. Model airplane cement had a superior, uh, fragrance, though you had to be careful not to glue your nose to something in a moment of inattention.
Germany and England were both very car oriented and...
There was a Maidenform factory in my hometown, long since closed. I did know, of course, what the "lifts and separates" expression was referring to, though not because of the factory. Dick Tracy doesn't appear in the local paper, nor does Gasoline Alley, two of my old favorites. Pogo is long...
Chances are, we have the highest per-capita number of storage units in the world. It's ironic, though, that Germany was the first to build super highways, at least by the standards of the day.
Is the expression "lifts and separates" still used to try to sell something? Don't remember what it referred to. Maybe something to do with shocks absorbers or something.
Regarding the population bomb and other disasters waiting to happen, there seem to be two schools of thought. One believes...
It is certainly true that our population has doubled in my lifetime but at the same time, we have become more urbanized, essentially de-populating much of the country. That's not to say there are no problems. Solutions have a way of creating their own problems, too. The shorter average lifespan...
I don't know about the part about a short life. Not everyone got killed. And as for "children," well, we keep raising the age of childhood. Right now it seems to be hovering around the age of 21. My father was drafted when he was 28. I don't think the average age was necessarily all that low...
Retailers of reproduction clothing and equipment are frequently frustrated by customers who don't realize the variations that original material existed in and complain about products that are available. There are other things, too.
As I've probably mentioned before, when thinking of historical...
In doing a little research on another topic I just post on, I saw the term "golden age," (or era) which of course exists here, if only in our minds. But such and such an age is used a lot. The bronze age, the space age, the digital era and so on. But remember when a few cars were available with...
Real guns have frequently shown up in sci-fi movies or others based on comic books (like The Shadow), suitably modified to look space-age, even as far back as the 1940s. Most are instantly recognizable, if you know much about guns. The Mauser C-96 and its copies (Astra).
And that reminds me of...
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.