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    Sears might be going belly up

    Our closest mall closed a year or so ago after slowly bleeding to death. There are still 2 stores that were anchors hanging on by a thread but it won't be long for them either. I'm not particularly sad at this development since they suffered the same fate as they imposed years ago on all of the...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I watched several people fight over Wonder Bread display pieces at an auction. One of the things they sold was something wrapped in that paper to look like a loaf of bread.
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Does anybody here have the Warner Archive streaming channel? I had it a few years ago and was greatly disappointed in what it offered. I tried again after they claimed to have overhauled it and was equally disappointed the second time. I keep hoping that they will figure it out, but I won't hold...
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    Old gas stations

    Thanks for that. My wife's great aunt was an Airstream dealer. I'm not sure when she took them on, but I know from after the war into the 1970s she sold them. They tied their personal trailer behind the Caddy and traveled all over the country.
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    I started season 1 of The Ranch and it didn't do much for me. Maybe I needed to give it a little more time, but it doesn't sound like there'd be much reward in that idea.
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    This or That

    Jean Arthur. Clarinet or brass?
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    Old gas stations

    I recently had a discussion with a younger fellow who thought he should purchase a 3/4 ton diesel pickup since he and his wife had purchased a relatively small camper. He struggled to believe that people had towed such things behind the family sedan and that his current 1/2 ton pickup was more...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I was not aware of the renaissance of the Polaroid camera until the soon to be wife of one of our boys showed me hers. There are 2 versions. One that takes pictures like the last series of Polaroids that spit them out the front and a digital version that takes oversized photo booth pictures. I...
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I pulled a couple of my own. One with the string and doorknob, one with a pair of ignition pliers. I talked my sister into the doorknob remedy, but she chickened out and ran after the door so no joy for her on removing the annoying floppy Chiclet.
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    We are working on season 2 of "The Crown". I would agree with the above. Plus the worst JFK in memory. It's a tough character to pull off, but this is obviously overall a high budget show.
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    Stars And Their Cars

    As a child I used to ride a pony that belonged to a neighbor. Given the general disposition of ponies and given Jack's advancing age he was perfectly happy to stand quietly rather than walk me around the barnyard. There was a bowl on a stick in the barn that you put a handful of oats in before...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Call me crude and unrefined, but this made me snicker. Shock absorbers and Jane Russell in the same thought stream.
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    What era does our kitchen sink hail from?

    I don't have any idea if this is universal, but the earlier sinks I have seen mostly have back mounted faucets. That may be a regional thing though. New ideas are slower to make it out into the hinterlands, otherwise known as around here.
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    Sears might be going belly up

    I don't know how many stores can be left. There are none here close by. They all closed over the past few years.
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    Golden era food.

    ^^^^ Sounds like a challenge for SGF. I have every confidence she could gin one up for you.
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    Vintage neon signs

    There was a HoJo built near here in the '70's. It was a pretty big motel with the cafe and ice cream in the front. Unfortunately it was a terrible location downtown far from the interstate and it didn't last long. It has been various flea bags since and I'm not sure it is even operating now.
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I am in a public pension system that is considered one of the best in the country. It is currently 95% funded and they are working toward 100%. The state of Illinois (look up thieving pirates for a reference point)has been trying to figure out a way to steal the money from it for years in spite...
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    Coldest Weather I've been in

    1981 or 82. -34 temperature, -80 wind chill. I'd heard of spitting and watching it freeze in the air but had never seen it. When it hit the ground, it spun like a top. Once was enough.
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    Guys In Girls' Garb

    One of my younger sister's high school classmates does that professionally. It is apparently making a comeback. They've been touring for quite a while now He started out doing movie makeup and worked into this deal from there somehow.
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    We also watched episode 1 of "Sneaky Pete". We'll see.

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