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    Why did we make ourselves into walking advertisements?

    Are there any WWI reenactors/collectors in your area? You could probably make a few bucks on that blanket. Ones with QM tags are considered particularly desirable and collectible.
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    The Chicago Cubs Are Going to the World Series!

    I'm not that much of a baseball fan, but I watched that last game from start to finish - and paid attention. No reading a book or other distractions... It was actually fun and interesting to watch. Congratulations Cubs!
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    In addition to the positive characteristics you mentioned, Paladin was a very well educated man. A West Point graduate, he would quote from the Classics on a regular basis. Most Western heroes did not quote Homer or Cicero... He also had a West Point style code of honor, and if the person...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    If I had heard someone say "Moom Picha" (and I guarantee you that I never did) I would have possibly associated it with a city in India or perhaps Peru (Machu Picchu). We always had lunch at ~noon, going all the way back to "Lunch with Soupy Sales", when I was in kindergarten (pronounced...
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I bought one of those early vibrator versions at a flea market. It was powered by 110V AC, which still scares me concerning where that much voltage was applied. (I'm male, so using it myself was not an issue. The idea of *anyone* using it was scary.)
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    It wasn't just movie Codes that were affected by the first "Scarface". Notice that there is some outright lobbying in the movie for Congress to "do something" about the gangsters and their new weapons. This led almost directly to the passage of the National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934, which...
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    Movies that had Great Initial Success and, then, Chirp, Chirp, Chirp

    This brings back memories of the first color television I ever saw. My best friend's parents bought one and we tried to watch a football game on Sunday afternoon. It was like watching a lava lamp - just a bunch of colored blobs moving around... I don't know how they convinced people to buy them.
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    Any Idea What This Is?

    This reminds me of one of my favorite "Andy Griffith Show" episodes. Andy is having a rummage sale and one of the customers picks up a nondescript item and asks Andy how much it is. Andy: Three dollars Customer: What is it?? Andy: If I knew that, it would be five.
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    Ghost signs

    I recently saw an early Western (~1932) in which the hero's Indian friend was wearing a headband with swastikas all around it. I could not help saying to myself, "Wow! A Nazi Indian..." even though I knew better.
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I agree that the tan/brown ones were better, and I'd also save them until last, but I'd eat all the colors. What made me think the tan/brown ones tasted better, I don't know. I can't imagine that they really did.
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    Philosophical: The meaning of life

    Wouldn't it be funny if the hokey-pokey really was what it's all about?
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    You know you are getting old when:

    I was around when they came out. I think their music was better than what they got credit for at the time, to a large extent because the TV show was just too silly. For my part the show hurt my impression of their music. When I hear their music on the radio today I think it's at least above...
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    As a non-Reconstructed Rebel, here is how proper Christmas cookies should be made: Roll out sugar-cookie dough until ~1/8 thick. Cut with appropriate Christmas-style cookie-cutters: stars, bells, trees, Santa Clauses, etc. Bake until "done" but not brittle. Ice cookies with powdered-sugar...
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    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    I learned to swim in the Boy Scouts, and I'm glad I did, just as a safety measure. However, I was unfortunate enough to be in the last class at my college to have "physical education" as a required "course". We were in the clutches of the swimming coach, and we first had to swim laps until...
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    1930's Style Animation Selling a 21st Century Product

    Nice animation, but I don't know what "slack" is.
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    You know you are getting old when:

    Yes - "Mr. Peepers" is a good first choice both chronologically and in terms of personality.
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    Cascade Plunge

    There was also a "Cascade Plunge" in Nashville. Whether the name was a coincidence, or whether there was a connection, I don't know. Ours was located at the State Fairgrounds and had water slides and etc. I don't know the dimensions, but it was huge. It was a great place to go swimming and...
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    Moonshine making during WW2?

    By coincidence, I was at the Tennessee Military Collectors Association show a couple of years and ago and the author of the TN Maneuvers book was there selling books. I was talking to him and an old guy walked up and started looking at the book. There is a picture in there of the 101st...
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    Moonshine making during WW2?

    "In the Presence of Soldiers" is a great book about the Tennessee Maneuvers. They didn't extend as far to the East as the Appalachians, but closer than most other such wartime activities. They did cover the eastern half of Middle Tennessee. I know the author and can put you in touch if you...
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    Name the Actor...

    Can't name the film, but based just on looks, that may be a young Lou Costello.

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