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  1. Atomic Age

    Tales Of The Gold Monkey - DVD

    I couldn't care less if its historically accurate, its just a fun show. Doug
  2. Atomic Age

    WWII Cooking?

    In the depression and during WW2, my grandfather and a couple of neighbors would go hunting and get 2 or 3 deer. They would then divide up the meat and share it with other neighbors. My grandfather had one of the few freezers around, so they would have meat for months. This was particularly...
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    Obsolete Occupations

    My dad used to buy Sears appliances because there was a Sears parts store right down the street where he could get replacement parts for every thing we owned. In fact that parts store is still there and they still sell parts for Sears appliances. I don't know how far back their inventory goes...
  4. Atomic Age

    Obsolete Occupations

    Yes and the upside to this is that I can actually understand what is being said at the drive through, because the adult manning the the window actually enunciates. They also know a little bit about basic customer service, unlike the teenagers who the adults have replaced at most of the fast food...
  5. Atomic Age

    Tales Of The Gold Monkey - DVD

    I would say that you are correct in that visually the show owes much to Raiders, but I would suggest at least renting the show if you haven't seen much past the pilot. There are some very interesting stories being told. And yes a few clunkers like any TV show. Doug
  7. Atomic Age

    Obsolete Occupations

    I think the only way that works is as suggested, repairing vintage electronics and appliances. And then the only way you could make it work is buying old stuff, fixing it up new, and selling them to collectors for a good mark up. I know phone collectors pay pretty big money for fully restored...
  8. Atomic Age

    Tales Of The Gold Monkey - DVD

    The pilot script for Tales of the Gold Monkey was written and submitted to the networks by Donald Bellisario in 1978, but they all passed on it. After Raiders came out, ABC approached Bellisario about going a head with the pilot. From what I can tell from having read the pilot script, nothing...
  9. Atomic Age

    Obsolete Occupations

    You could say the same of Starbuck's where they charge $3 for a cup of something that cost them about .5 cents to make. I'm sorry but a cup of coffee should never cost more than about .50 cents. Doug
  10. Atomic Age

    Obsolete Occupations

    When I was a kid my mom had a small bottle of Coke syrup in the fridge that was labeled "Coke syrup for medicinal purposes" or something close to that. I'm pretty sure she also got it from the pharmacist. She gave it to us for upset stomachs. Doug
  11. Atomic Age

    Obsolete Occupations

    So I could get the syrup and some soda water and make my own mix? Sweet! Doug
  13. Atomic Age

    WWII Cooking?

    Here is a site that has recipes from World War 2 taking rationing into account. They have stuff like Rabbit Stew, eggless cake and so on. http://cookit.e2bn.org/historycookbook/index-20-world-war-2.html Doug
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    Obsolete Occupations

    MacAlpine's in Phoenix is a real soda fountain. It was a drugstore/soda fountain that opened in 1928. I don't know for sure they mix the syrup for Cokes and such by hand (not even sure if you can still buy Coke syrup by itself anymore). However they do make things like egg creams and...
  15. Atomic Age

    "The Pacific" - can it possibly live up to expectations?

    Unfortunately it looks like Directv is only going to show the first episode! :( Doug
  16. Atomic Age

    "The Pacific" - can it possibly live up to expectations?

    One thing they did get right was that the Thompson's were the M1928A1 with the drum magazine and the Cutts Compensator. Later Thompson's, the M1 and M1A1 eliminated the drum mag and the compensator to simplify manufacturing, and because the mag made too much noise when just walking around, and...
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    "The Pacific" - can it possibly live up to expectations?

    If you have DirecTV, they are showing The Pacific on their channel 101 HD. You don't have to subscribe to HBO to watch the show. Looks like they are showing it the Wednesday night after the Sunday premiere on HBO. Gotta love DirecTV. I thought I was going to have to wait till this came out on...
  19. Atomic Age

    During filming of "Her Alibi," was Selleck ill?

    Klieg or carbon arc lights were made obsolete in the early 1970s with the advent of the HMI lighting. However its is the development of high speed film that is the main reason for change. A modern film doesn't need nearly the volume of light that used to be required to get a proper exposure. As...
  20. Atomic Age

    Non-hat wearing people in the Golden Era

    We should have atomic powered flying cars by now, but the damn hippies ruined the world! Doug
  21. Atomic Age

    Obsolete Occupations

    Another one that is slowly but surely vanishing, Pay phone installer and repair men. As of 2006 there were less than 1 million pay phones across the U.S. and that number was dropping. I couldn't find any numbers on it more recent than that. Doug
  22. Atomic Age

    Obsolete Occupations

    Here in Phoenix we never had the traditional Beat Cop. The city is far to spread out to make that practical. We have an old fashioned soda fountain here in town called MacAlpine's. They do all the classics phosphates, egg creams, shakes, malts and they make them the old fashioned way. Doug
  23. Atomic Age

    Obsolete Occupations

    Oh yeah a machine at each stop sells the tickets.
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