Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

[Trenchfriend]

Not, when your old apartment-block from 1968 got a classic drying-loft.

 

[Hambone87]

Not necessarily vintage or a thing, but natural women's bodies have gone the way of the Dodo.

 

[BlueTrain]

Oh? Since when? Who gets to say what's natural?

 

[LizzieMaine]

I know an awful lot of women, from teenagers to ninety-five year olds, and I don't know a single one of them who doesn't have a "natural body." I'm pot-bellied, flat-footed, and baggy-eyed, and I couldn't possibly care less what anybody thinks of that.

 

[ChrisB]

I know an awful lot of women, from teenagers to ninety-five year olds, and I don't know a single one of them who doesn't have a "natural body." I'm pot-bellied, flat-footed, and baggy-eyed, and I couldn't possibly care less what anybody thinks of that.

All of the above are natural. What is un natural are implants, liposuction & botox etc.

 

[2jakes]

All of the above are natural. What is un natural are implants, liposuction & botox etc.

I believe everyone understands implants and things of that nature.

What I don't understand is what is your point by saying it's un natural ?

 

[ChrisB]

I believe everyone understands implants and things of that nature.

What I don't understand is what is your point by saying it's un natural ?

It's certainly not the way nature made us.

 

[2jakes]

It's certainly not the way nature made us.

I appreciate your view.
But also those that because nature made them in such a manner, hairlip for example,
and they did something about it.

 

[ChrisB]

I appreciate your view.
But also those that because nature made them in such a manner, hairlip for example,
and they did something about it.

Nothing wrong with any of it, just be what you want to be.

 

[2jakes]

Nothing wrong with any of it,
just be what you want to be.

I Yam What I Yam!

 

[ChrisB]

I Yam What I Yam!

And that's all that I am!

 

[2jakes]

And that's all that I am!

MY hero!

 

[GHT]

All of the above are natural. What is un natural are implants.

I read a piece about how some people turn what others see as a detriment into a positive plus. The example they gave was that of a woman advertising herself on a dating agency's register. Not having the ample charms that could muster a cleavage, she described herself as: "Athletic."

 

[ChrisB]

I read a piece about how some people turn what others see as a detriment into a positive plus. The example they gave was that of a woman advertising herself on a dating agency's register. Not having the ample charms that could muster a cleavage, she described herself as: "Athletic."

My nose is anything but petite, but I wouldn't change it for anything. I wear it with pride. But, I suspect that men are given more room for character when it comes to looks.

 

[Hambone87]

Oh? Since when? Who gets to say what's natural?

Oh? Since when? Who gets to say what's natural?

Natural breasts are just that...unwaxed faces and bodies.

 

[Hambone87]

I know an awful lot of women, from teenagers to ninety-five year olds, and I don't know a single one of them who doesn't have a "natural body." I'm pot-bellied, flat-footed, and baggy-eyed, and I couldn't possibly care less what anybody thinks of that.

Women are gorgeous as is

 

[EngProf]

I Yam What I Yam!

From the King James Bible: Exodus 3, 13-14
13Then Moses said to God, "Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you.' Now they may say to me, 'What is His name?' What shall I say to them?" 14God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM"

I always wondered if Popeye was God, or if God was Popeye...

 

[Bruce Wayne]

@sheeplady mentioned vending machines in the so trivial thread. I can't recall the last time that I saw a vending machine.

 

[BlueTrain]

You haven't seen a vending machine latelyl? Then you've never stopped at a rest stop on the interstate lately. If you do, bring lots of quarters. I don't blame you for stopping at the places you usually stop, though, same as we do. When we go to the Norfolk, Virginia, area and beyond, for instance, we always stop at Bottom's Bridge. Everyone always needs to use the restroom by then.

On the other hand, I don't recall the last time I've seen a pay phone and I don't don't have a cell phone. Technology has leapfrogged me--again.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Vending machines are still common here -- Coke, Pepsi, bottled water, candy bars, chips, etc. What you don't see too often are the old countertop gumball or peanut machines.

We had a pair of those mounted on an iron floor stand at our gas station, one filled with M&Ms, the other with shelled peanuts. But nobody could find the keys for these machines, so they were never refilled, at least not ever in my lifetime, and I don't remember anyone ever taking the coins out. I used to flinch everytime I saw someone buy a handful of those peanuts, which likely dated to the Eisenhower Administration.