- Messages
- 19,470
- Location
- Funkytown, USA
THere's a good reason why 7-up was so soothing. Up until 1948 it contained a healthy slug of lithium citrate.
I always miss out on the good stuff.
THere's a good reason why 7-up was so soothing. Up until 1948 it contained a healthy slug of lithium citrate.
7-Up was long advertised as a healthful alternative to other beverages. I’ve seen old (like, very old) print ads suggesting it be given to infants. It was once promoted as a good mixer with milk.
Echoes of that carried into much more recent times. Remember “crisp and clean and no caffeine”?
I have observed that adult children are great advocates of the philosophy of community property.it might end up in my barn if my daughter doesn't take it (she's expressed interest).
niceThose are two great examples!
NYC had some great ghost signs. Due to the recent building boom we've lost a lot of great old paintings.
In my email inbox today was another missive from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, this one featuring, among other items, a story about a fellow who restores old Coca-Cola signs painted on the exteriors of buildings. The restorer had painted such signs back when they were new, seeing how he started painting signs for Coca-Cola in 1958, shortly after his high school graduation. According to the story, new Coca-Cola “wall signs” were painted as recently as the 1970s.
I’m torn. I can see the value in faithful restoration. And I can see leaving those signs to go the way of all things.
I've seen badly restored signs and I've seen restored signs that look like they never had to be "restored" at all -- it all depends on the skill of the painter and their understanding of the original techniques used.
What bothers me are people who will sandblast a well-preserved sign to make it look more "ghostly." Someone did this to a sign for a now-defunct local department store here a few years ago because he thought it looked more "artistic" that way. His opinion is not universally shared.
And then there's fake ghost signs -- deliberately painted to look weathered and old, but not historic or authentic at all. We have one of these, too, on the side of a marijuana shop. The mind boggles.