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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Two from Hal Roach. Miss Polly and Mixed Nuts. 80 plus years later, still funny.
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    America Gets The Bird

    We have a relatively cheap model of gas stove that came with the house when we bought it. It is new enough it has no pilots, although the burners can be lit with a match. Unfortunately the oven will not light without a functioning igniter. I am told that the replacement cost of even the simple...
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    The Birds & The Bees, how did you find out?

    People used to tell children all kinds of things about where they came from, several having to do with the garden. Found under a cabbage leaf or in the pumpkin patch were two that I recall. Also dug up with the potatoes.
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    America Gets The Bird

    Don't get me started on false economic activity. People are conditioned to stupidity and perennial debt. A friend of mine runs an appliance repair service. He has told me that the manufacturers claim they have researched and have figured out that the majority of their customers want new...
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    America Gets The Bird

    Modern appliances are just garbage. They come into your house just waiting to betray you.
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    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    The spuds were never anything special, but the gravy used to be. Pour it over your biscuits or a slice of bread and get busy. However the last time I had any it was a container of glop. Col. Harland must be spinning 500 rpm in his grave.
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    Mission to Mars.....

    I saw a bit of that earlier today. 50 years on from first watching NASA at work, it still amazes me.
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    Old gas stations

    My grandfather used the remains of a Model T in exactly the same way to run a burr mill on his farm. It was gone before my time, but I have seen pictures of it in action. His jacking system was considerably more stable than that one though. It sat on oak blocks with chocks in front and behind...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I believe those films were made to show theater owners what the studio had coming out. They weren't for public consumption. I would guess they were sent to theaters, but I suppose they could have been shown at industry gatherings as well.
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    Show us your vehicles

    He played with Hot Wheels a lot as a child.
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The Solid Gold Cadillac. Judy Holiday is a ditzy girl who inherits 10 shares of stock in a company and stirs up trouble at the annual meeting for the crooked board of directors. Paul Douglas is the founder of the company leaving for a government post. Together they find a way to oust the thugs...
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    Help with hardwearing trousers please!

    https://simonjamescathcart.com/collections/black-friday-2018-50-percent-off SJC still has Black Friday deals going, however the longer you wait, I believe the percentage declines. I would second the Dickies workwear. Reasonably priced and lasts well.
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    America Gets The Bird

    Last I knew my old iron was safe, at least outside of California.
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    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    If the KFC stores elsewhere are anything like the ones in this part of the world the entire operation will be joining Sears, JC Penney and many others in the dustbin of corporate stupidity soon enough. They used to be as good as a license to print money but have declined to poor to awful in...
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    The first I remember of this outrageous behavior with shoppers actually assaulting each was in the late 1970's when the Cabbage Patch dolls were the rage of the year. That seems to have normalized the insanity we see annually. Only the products change. I do owe the Cabbage Patch dolls gratitude...
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    The Agents of F.L.A.S.K.

    ^^^ It is well known that they don't take to visitors. It is also true that contact with outsiders would probably kill most of them. Sounds like he committed suicide. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
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    c.1940s Stetson gold medal vita felt

    Tis useful to have a melon head sometimes. It protects me from bankruptcy. Beautiful hat.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Shell was still doing promotions in the '90's. I remember my mother talking about buying her fuel at Shell stations to collect CDs. I don't recall how she accumulated the points or whatever to get each disc though. Indeed. Dyson has to be given credit for being a marketing genius though. He is...
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    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    Our dogs have always had a similar experience. Many don't, but the canine residents here have always won the dog lottery. :)
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I enjoy the movie for the same reasons and agree that from our perspective now we can see what is lost. In my entirely subjective opinion Mickey Rooney is one of the most overrated "stars" of his generation. I watch nothing because he is in it. We also know now that he was not a nice person in...

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