Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

[HudsonHawk]

Y'all need to be reasonable when it comes to that cheap oil. It's what puts food on the table for some of us.

 

[jamespowers]

Y'all need to be reasonable when it comes to that cheap oil. It's what puts food on the table for some of us.

I don't necessarily blame oil for that. Over here we have the highest prices for oil due to taxes added and stupid boutique blends that the morons who run this place come up with.
On the other side of that though is the fact that cheap oil is also ruining Putin and the OPECers.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Cheap oil means a few more old people won't freeze to death in Maine this winter. I'm all for cheap oil.

 

[HudsonHawk]

On the other side of that though is the fact that cheap oil is also ruining Putin and the OPECers.

OPEC is the reason for cheap oil right now. They're making a statement about the US shale boom and the US's goal of oil independence. They can't have that.

 

[jamespowers]

OPEC is the reason for cheap oil right now. They're making a statement about the US shale boom and the US's goal of oil independence. They can't have that.

But they can't take that kind of hit for long. We already get most of our oil from this continent anyway.
It is also hurting various terrorist groups that have seized oil fields over there.

 

[Stearmen]

25 cents?! Were dinosaurs still roaming the earth?

Not less than $2 here. $2.35 last time I looked.

As a mater of fact............ [video=youtube;XGOuGk5BV2k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGOuGk5BV2k[/video]

 

[jamespowers]

As a mater of fact............ [video=youtube;XGOuGk5BV2k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGOuGk5BV2k[/video]

Putting metal in gas is Good!? lol lol

$3.98?! That was a whole tank full of gas!

 

[Stearmen]

Putting metal in gas is Good!? lol lol

$3.98?! That was a whole tank full of gas!

You are young! We used to put lead in our tanks, and complained when the government took our lead away from us!

 

[skydog757]

You are young! We used to put lead in our tanks, and complained when the government took our lead away from us!

Just like we used to use lead tinsel to trim our Christmas trees with? I still hate the flimsy plastic in use now days, but grudingly admit that some changes are for the better.

 

[jamespowers]

You are young! We used to put lead in our tanks, and complained when the government took our lead away from us!

Who says you can't get tetraethyl now?

 

[up196]

As a mater of fact............ [video=youtube;XGOuGk5BV2k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGOuGk5BV2k[/video]

Reminded me of the TV show Dinosaurs, about the Sinclair family

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101081/

 

[Stearmen]

Reminded me of the TV show Dinosaurs, about the Sinclair family

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101081/

I remember that show! I thought it was funny, probably why it was canceled.

 

[Stearmen]

Dialing For Dollars!

 

[Hemingway Jones]

I mentioned hotel correspondence stationery. I was just at Frontenac and thought that they would have it, but no. I did find some on eBay.

 

[Hemingway Jones]

The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas offers letterhead stationery.

That's good to know. Thanks.

 

[DesertDan]

OPEC is the reason for cheap oil right now. They're making a statement about the US shale boom and the US's goal of oil independence. They can't have that.

My understanding is that is more about breaking the Russian natural gas markets.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Doorbells
-- Even though it hasn't really disappeared yet, it seems to be coming into less usage as most people when visiting somebody nowadays will call or text them upon arrival rather than ring the doorbell or knock on the door.

 

[Stanley Doble]

Ha ha I just fixed my doorbell. Does this mean I have to get a cell phone?

 

[LizzieMaine]

My doorbell used to be the driveway bell from our gas station -- one near-extinct device becomes another. That's what I call progress.

 

[vintage.vendeuse]

Bookplates

Bookplates. I just came across a sealed box of Antioch bookplates at a local thrift and snapped them up. Yes, I know bookplates can actually still be purchased but does anyone still use them rather than just collect them?

I still prefer to read an actual book rather than using an e-reader device. I purchase a fair amount of the books I read, but some are rented from a local library. Most of my purchases end up donated to my library for their yearly sale but I keep my favorites. I love the idea of putting bookplates in my most treasured books. Does anyone else still use them? Or collect them?