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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    The Hanauer, Steve Reynolds rivalry helped a lot back then. I was a Chip fan, but later, after Steve's tragic accident, I found out he was actually a nice guy. None of them rivaled Mr. Hydroplane, Bill Muncey! What really did in hydroplane racing was the change from Thunder Boats, to Whoosh...
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    May the 4th be with you ...

    Colds, heavy on ice, germs spreading Hmm! Sorry, couldn't resist a feeble attempt at Yoda hummer. As you can tell, I am not a Star Wars fan!o_O
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    When Lizzie becomes Emperor Of the Universe, I want her to pass a decree, that any one who predicts on TV, radio, or in print, the end of the world or the next Great Depression, should be banned from ever making another prediction after the designated date for the calamity passes!
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    Music in the air

    Sadly, in the 60s and 70s, there were lots of garage bands that would practice on weekends in the summer, with the garage door open. I know, because I was in a couple.
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I think they have that out of order! Should be, Cold Beer, Shotguns and Wedding Gowns. :rolleyes:
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    Who do you consider 'The Golden Era Generation'?

    That sounds like a great internet dating sight pickup line! :cool:
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Wheeler Dealers. An early episode, funny to see them so young!
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Can't really say you're missing much! When I first saw it back then, I could not figure out why Phil spector was paying so much money for a couple of motorcycle batteries? Shows how naïve I was back then. :confused:
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    The Origin Of "The Fifties"

    Don't worry 2Jakes, I will tell you everything I know about women from my long years of experience!.................................................I got nothing!:confused:
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    Show us your vintage home!

    Had a milestone today on the Victorian. I would still like to expand the garage, since the sewer line goes under the area, I thought I had better get it checked out with a camera. I called the plumber at noon, and he was there at the designated 2:00, nice to get service again after all the dead...
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    The Origin Of "The Fifties"

    Actually, teen music goes back a lot further then the 50s. You can read what preachers and politicians were saying about Ragtime, and how it was corrupting the youth and it sounds exactly like what later religious figures and politicians were saying about Rock & Roll, and more recently Rap. The...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Locally owned is still big in commercials here! But, it is funny to hear, Locally Owned since 1995, like that is such a long time.
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    Disco: The last dying gasp of the Golden Era?

    For the majority in the 70s, it was not all the decadent. Some used cocaine, the vast majority of us were repelled by the thought of sniffing some powder up our nose, and listing to Disco! As for sex, just look at the number of forced marriages in the Puritan era. Some things never change. But...
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    Your favorite movie quotes

    Easy Rider George Hanson: They'll talk to ya and talk to ya and talk to ya about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em.
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Not sure what movie you watched twenty years ago with the gay son? Jack's caricature George was a lawyer and a drunk, that's why he was in the tank. He was worried about his dad finding out he was drunk again. He apparently still lived with his parents since he said to Peter something about...
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    The shocking loss of another brilliant talent. Prince has died.

    I had know idea he was 5'2" tall. I have to apologize for putting down the choice of the diminutive Honda CB400A he rode in Purple Rain. Turned out to be the perfect bike and the Windjammer fairings are making a come back!
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    Any one like Flying Boats?

    Ok, not a flying boat, put still cool. I have always been fascinated by the Nakajima A6M2-N, Rufe. When I look at the photo of a squadron sitting in a postcard Pacific lagoon, I have to remind my self that probably every one of those pilots was dead within two years. The Rufe was an amazing...
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    FantomWorks. Pretty typical of this sort of genre. One thing I did like, they show how long the car restoration has taken on the bottom of the screen. So, even though you are only seeing the restoration in it's entirety in 15 minutes, they are showing day 30, day 120, day 210 and so on until it...
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    Any one like Flying Boats?

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    Who do you consider 'The Golden Era Generation'?

    In fairness, we will never know how many would have volunteered for WWII! The draft was going so well, that in December of 1942, the Army stopped taking volunteers, unless they were under 18 or over 38. So it is an apple to oranges comparison with Vietnam.
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