What's something modern you won't miss when it becomes obsolete?

[Retro Spectator]

I don't know about you, but I seem to have noticed that the day after the 4th of July, they take out most of the summer stuff, and put in the Christmas stuff. Not all summer stuff, but most of the 4th of July related stuff.

 

[LizzieMaine]

This year the Back To School junk was up in our local Wal-Mart *before school had even let out.* Talk about ruining the summer.

 

[2jakes]

I made it back alive in one piece from my tour of 'nam in the summer of '69.

I value Life now so much & I'm enjoying it to its fullest.

And nobody or nothing will ever change or ruin it for me.

Good Luck to you all.

 

[jamespowers]

This year the Back To School junk was up in our local Wal-Mart *before school had even let out.* Talk about ruining the summer.

Well now figure it this way: You get it done and over with and you don’t have to mention it again until school starts. My boys go to summer school no matter what so they get some vacation but not three months of it.

 

[jamespowers]

I made it back alive in one piece from my tour of 'nam in the summer of '69.

I value Life now so much & I'm enjoying it to its fullest.

And nobody or nothing will ever change or ruin it for me.

Good Luck to you all.

And I am sure you have also learned what the WWII generation learned---You can't just come back and sit down and blend into the background. You have to stay at the forefront and not allow such things to degenerate again.

 

[p51]

I don't know about you, but I seem to have noticed that the day after the 4th of July, they take out most of the summer stuff, and put in the Christmas stuff. Not all summer stuff, but most of the 4th of July related stuff.

Anyone remember "It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown" where they go into the store and find Christmas decorations already in place?
It was satire then...

 

[2jakes]

And I am sure you have also learned what the WWII generation learned---You can't just come back and sit down and blend into the background. You have to stay at the forefront and not allow such things to degenerate again.

Yup !

Learned it from the "Best" ...my Dad.

( WWII Army Vet '41-'45 )

 

[jamespowers]

Yup !

Learned it from the "Best" ...my Dad.

( WWII Army Vet '41-'45 )

Learned it from My Uncle too WWII Army Vet same time period.
I miss him......

 

[jamespowers]

Anyone remember "It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown" where they go into the store and find Christmas decorations already in place?
It was satire then...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he5lKrqgkgo

Yes, I do.

 

[2jakes]

Learned it from My Uncle too WWII Army Vet same time period.
I miss him......

The way I see it Mr. Powers...

" We are blessed that these folks passed our way "

I miss my Dad so much too .

 

[jamespowers]

The way I see it Mr. Powers...

" We are blessed that these folks passed our way "

I miss my Dad so much too .

Yes, I miss my father as well. He was a Korean War vet. The time will come when none of either of those wars will have veterans left alive and we will have lost the memory of what once was. That is soemthing modern that I wish was obsolete.....

 

[Gregg Axley]

Yes! Finally a good use for Occupy.

Yeah, I don't do the big Christmas tree aside from the tree and socks by the fireplace. Christmas Music for the most part is offensive--Aside from Is That You Santa Claus?

I love that song! My wife on the other hand, can't stand it.
Christmas in July is a good idea IMHO, because I can watch a few shows I really love, and claim it's CIJ.
Plus, I got in the car today, and heard Bing Crosby hosting a Christmas show on XM's Radio Classics channel.
It's 95 outside, and Bing Crosby is singing about Christmas from a broadcast done in the 40's.
Yeah, the apocalypse is near.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Don't get me going about Christmas music. Jingle Bell Rock or Feliz Navidad played on the radio every five minutes. Don't they know any other songs???

 

[Horace Debussy Jones]

But Linus actually knew the TRUE meaning of Christmas. Thanks for reminding me of that.

Lucy Van Pelt was right nearly fifty years ago -- Christmas really *is* run by a big Eastern syndicate.

 

[Stearmen]

Yes! Finally a good use for Occupy.

Yeah, I don't do the big Christmas tree aside from the tree and socks by the fireplace. Christmas Music for the most part is offensive--Aside from Is That You Santa Claus?

Don't forget the all time classic, "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"!

 

[Retro Spectator]

Actually, I think Christmas time is the only time real music is played in the supermarket. Since when do you hear Frank Sinatra in the supermarket unless it is around Christmas? All the rest of the year they play nasty modern pop music with annoying synthesizers and horrible singing.

 

[2jakes]

Actually, I think Christmas time is the only time real music is played in the supermarket. Since when do you hear Frank Sinatra in the supermarket unless it is around Christmas? All the rest of the year they play nasty modern pop music with annoying synthesizers and horrible singing.

It would be nice if they played the whole album & leave out the " others".


btw: this is nothing new...but you ever notice the "fast loud music" in some $$ food restaurants
while the $$$$ restaurants don't ?

Or that the food per se is saltier in some places ...perhaps to make you buy more drinks ???



Just wondering out loud...

 

[sheeplady]

I absolutely love holidays. I love decorating for them (I put up five trees in my house for the winter holiday). I love walking through the store and seeing all the decorations. Ruins the excitement to see Christmas stuff so early. It also takes away from the "lesser commerical" holidays that used to have nice displays- like Halloween or Thanksgiving.

I can see them putting out the Christmas stuff after Halloween, as many people use the day/ weekend after thanksgiving to decorate for Christmas (as family tends to still be home and some people take a long weekend). But not before Halloween.

As far as the school stuff, I always wait until it is close to the school year to pick up supplies to donate, as they tend to have the best sales then. Last year I got 20 boxes of crayons for $10. Spent about $22 on school supplies and got the crayons, 30 pads of paper, 20 glue sticks, 10 pencil boxes, and 40 pencils. I was most proud of getting the pencil boxes, as the school I was donating to needed those badly and I got a really good sale ($.50 a piece). Next year I want to be better about watching the sales, as I missed out on a really good glue stick deal. (I donate to a small rural elementary school.)

 

[Retro Spectator]

It would be nice if they played the whole album & leave out the " others".


btw: this is nothing new...but you ever notice the "fast loud music" in some $$ food restaurants
while the $$$$ restaurants don't ?

Or that the food per se is saltier in some places ...perhaps to make you buy more drinks ???



Just wondering out loud...

I could be mistaken, but I have read somewhere that they play fast loud music in cheap restaurants, because they make money from mass amounts of customers. The fast loud music gets annoying, so it makes people want to leave.

 

[LizzieMaine]

That's the same reason the seating in fast-food joints is hard and uncomfortable -- they want you to eat your food and leave, not linger over coffee reading the paper.

This is not a modern idea, though -- the "one-arm lunch rooms" of the 1910s-1930s were designed the way they were for exactly the same reason.