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    The Era -- Day By Day

    A high percentage of the price of a modern automobile is eaten up by electronics, emission controls and luxury items that did not exist in 1939. I have seen graphs that show 40 percent of the cost is devoted to compliance with government mandates. If that is at all accurate, the numbers look...
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    Money trolley cups in stores

    Two or three of our local stores had brass pneumatic tubes. Brass carrier tube with leather seals on the ends as well. Very ornate fixtures holding them to the wall. I was endlessly fascinated as a child watching the clerk put the handwritten ticket and your money in the tube and send it...
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    The Era -- Day By Day

    I immediately thought of another conductor who had wardrobe issues.
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    Vintage roadside

    I haven't been out there for years, but it used to be that you drove for hours approaching Warp's from either direction being reminded nearly constantly by billboards that Pioneer Village was only XXX miles away!
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    The Era -- Day By Day

    Well I guess that changes everything if you steal it before it makes it in to the treasury?
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    Vintage neon signs

    Then you have Chick-fil-A where the animal in question is a cow imploring you to "eat more chiken".
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    It sounds like Mr. Vine lacks the imagination or ability to do anything like spending years building something by himself, so he assumes no one else does either. They must have cheated! Regardless of his stature, what a sorry little man he is.
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    Vintage roadside

    Don't forget the gogo boots.
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    The Era -- Day By Day

    It's not the years, it's the miles. And how rough and twisty the road has been.
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    The 20’s again...

    Daddy and Peaches may have been outrageous at the time, but if they were around today they would struggle to be noticed after their 15 minutes was up.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    That is true, and I also think that you are correct that the number of people looking for those parts would be relatively small. Another conversation that we have had is that appliances have become somewhat like having the latest cell phone. Any glitch in operation is an excuse to just go buy...
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    Deco Deliveries

    ^^^ Practical? No. Cool as the day is long? Yes.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    A friend of mine is in the appliance repair business. He sells used appliances and does repairs on them. Since nobody does their own service anymore the manufacturers certify people like him to do warranty repairs for them. He goes to training clinics to stay certified and learn about the latest...
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    The 20’s again...

    My sister posted this on Facebook.
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    You know you are getting old when:

    On the theater seats, I'm not a fan but to each their own. I don't go to enough shows anymore them to care whether I like the seats. My complaint is the temperature. I do not understand why they feel it is necessary to keep the thermostat in the safe to store meat range during the summer months...
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    Old gas stations

    You would think a neighborhood like Park Place would have an Imperial Esso. I'm sure it would in Monopoly anyway.
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    The Era -- Day By Day

    Apparently he hadn't heard about the lack of competition at the fair. A stay at Sing Sing is a tough knock for 65 cents and a pack of smokes.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I don't know who eats as many of those as I see in stores. Those things and Cheetos would both be discontinued if they had to rely on me buying them. I've always suspected that they were similar to Peeps. None have been manufactured for several years, they just bring them out every season to...
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    Deco Deliveries

    ^^ Small ports below the porthole windows to shoot out of?
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    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    ^^^ I never cease to be amazed at the things you can see in the kind of joints we tend to be drawn to. :D

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