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  1. LostInTyme

    Vintage things that have REAPPEARED in your lifetime?

    Monty Python, "Look on the bright side..." (Eric Idle)
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    Vintage things that have REAPPEARED in your lifetime?

    I had always planned to climb a large mountain. Now, if I can walk down to the mailbox and back up again, I feel muchlike I've climbed that mountain.
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    Vintage things that have REAPPEARED in your lifetime?

    These days all that furniture is classified as "Mid Century Modern" and is priced at or above it's original cost. Most stuff that had to be thrown away because no one wanted it is now both coveted and once again in vogue.
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    AAA still exists. You can get "trip ticks" but I'm not sure about generaL road maps.
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I loved road maps. Everywhere I ever travelled, I picked them up, for free, as you well know. I always had a stack of them in my "glove compartment" when they actually were big enough to hold more than a checkbook.
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    Clean Jokes

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    Clean Jokes

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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I actually have a Bose Wave radio under the old AM radio, and I have a USB music stick on the Aux input for the Bose. I turned on the AM radio with the volume off and the Bose on, (but disguised so it couldn't be seen). Then I called my dear wife in to listen to the new station I found on the...
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Just AM. The days of AM are WAY behind us.
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Just a nostalgia piece. It works, but there isn't much to actually listen to these days.
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    As a child, it was butter and maple syrup on top. As an adult, fruit (blueberry, apple or strawberry mixed in the mixture then butter on top with appropriate fruit flavored syrup on top, or once again, plain pancakes with butter, cinnamon and maple syrup on top. Perhaps my favorite.
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    Clean Jokes

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    Vintage things that have REAPPEARED in your lifetime?

    Three sons, all had homes furnished from items purchased at auction for little money. For the cost of a good bottle of booze, a ten piece dining room set can be purchased. Upholstered chairs and couches typically go for only a few dollars.
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    Vintage things that have REAPPEARED in your lifetime?

    I once found a futon in the trash. Loaded it up and delivered it to my son who had just moved into his first house. Free bed from dad.
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    Aspirations

    When I was young I always aspired to become a Henchman. When I discovered that no courses were available at college. I gave up the idea. So I climbed the ladder of success, and managed to reach the level of middle mediocrity. And there I stayed 'till this very day. After many sleepless...
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    Clean Jokes

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    Vintage things that have REAPPEARED in your lifetime?

    Chenille was BIG in our house.
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    Clean Jokes

    I always aspired to become an Henchman. When they didn't offer a course for it at college, I gave up on the idea.
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    Vintage things that have REAPPEARED in your lifetime?

    I always liked the "Seal". It was like getting a lawyer on the cheap.
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    Vintage things that have REAPPEARED in your lifetime?

    My first cell phone was a bag phone. I felt like Maxwell Smart (He had a shoe phone, "Get Smart" And there was a cone of silence, something we could all use today.)

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