Sure, it can sometimes be difficult to communicate, like the many times we panicked when seeing a date done backwards from how we've always done it. In some countries they drive on the wrong side of the bloody road, but that doesn't mean anybody is stupid.
your right trouble is these days there are to many dicks on the road that dont know which is the right or wrong side.Sure, it can sometimes be difficult to communicate, like the many times we panicked when seeing a date done backwards from how we've always done it. In some countries they drive on the wrong side of the bloody road, but that doesn't mean anybody is stupid.
It took me a long time to figure out the English saying "keep yer pecker up". Gawd
yes but these days those deviots just want to frisk you for a quick feel or see you on the scan camera.
looks like what comes out of putins gob
I'm not sure what you're saying, Vape Fan. Politics is people-tics, so trying to type cast any particular ethnic or racial group or religious group, or accuse the whole group of one uniform ideology, or criticize them as one whole, or depict them all as backward, superstitious fools (as you see with the way people from India are depicted in movies and TV), is political. In the 90's I listened to politicians yammering on about black people and gangs and crime. Now I'm listening to them, many of them being the same old washed up, corrupted career congress critters, nattering on about white people and christians. It is the use of groups as political straw men, to create a problem from thin air and then try and force a solution, usually with ulterior motives for forcing the so called solution, which is why a problem is needed in the first place.
Big ol' platforms were popular in the 90's too. I was afraid to try to walk in them, even though they would have given me more height and longer legs. Too far from the ground for me.Does anyone remember the old platform shoes of the 70's
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Yes but just made cheaper and cheaper
I don't agree. I call it racism and discrimination.
These days, it no longer matters where it's made. Chances are the parts ain't made in the US. Often, the parts are made in China, and assembled in Mexico. People have grown accustomed to being penny pinchers when it comes to their consumables, knowing it's going to break or break down soon.
I can remember when Japan was the big threat for foreign goods and were considered the cheap stuff, now stuff from Japan is considered quality
How sadly true.
, greedy bastards
I can remember that too. Steel toys is one. While they made some of their own, they bought up some top US name brands.
Yeah. That was when Americans still took pride in their work, rather than just showing up and doing the bare minimum just for the paycheck. Of course, corporations seemed to have paid better back then and cared more about employees than they do now. That is, until you discuss those whom produce that which is not produced in other countries. My hubby works at one of the plants where building parts are made and shipped to locations. He makes more money painting steel beams than another company in town pays certified welders, and gets more hours and benefits.
Yes and now those are considered quality, look at the junk from China, lead painted, garbage filled, crazy what greed can do
How true and they were from America
Yup and they checked your oil and tires and radiator as well.Who remembers getting FREE road maps at gas stations, they all had them and they were always free, now you pay for air, pump your own gas, you don't even get a thank youanymore
Older than dirt...
i spent all my teen age years in ben sherman shirts, levi jeans you sat in the bath with them on to make them fit perfectly and doc martin boots. now 50 yrs later..i see them everyday but the cost!!!
why do we pay more to wear a brand name? they should pay us for advertising plus all brand names are made over in who flung dung land.How sadly true.
Yeah but they are prolly tryin to come up with something to get around all that too
That was my first job actually. (Not like in jersey, like a 'can i check your oil sir' fer real one) another end of an era
I think maybe Doc Martens always have and always will be important, popular, because they are sturdy and useful. In the 90's they were almost taken over, made iconic, by the skinheads (a real racist neo nazi movement you don't hear about anymore). Thank goodness that didn't stick.
Some things are not worth the cost of the label, but are madly popular, and have long since moved their manufacturing to China. I have a weakness for the original USA made Coach leather. Coach is made in China now, but I get the vintage USA hand made pieces gently used on Ebay, like the big tan leather duffel I use as my carry-on for flights. I also have second hand Ralph Lauren bags that are beautifully made, with perfect even stitches, pieces that last and last and last. Any little scratch wipes off with lavender essential oil.
Full service stations aren't from that long ago, but now I need a refill of that squirty liquid, you know, that you pull the switch and it splashes your windshield and starts the wipers to clean all the leafblower crap off your windshield. Since the covid era my nearby station has had limited hours, and nobody ever comes out to help even when the lights are on inside.Who remembers getting FREE road maps at gas stations, they all had them and they were always free, now you pay for air, pump your own gas, you don't even get a thank youanymore
Sad but very true
Me too I love the smell of leaves burning in the cool autumn air. A lot of maples around here and they have a wonderful smell when burnin
I don't have cable TV. I have a contemporary flat screen TV, but after trying and returning several different antennae, I ended up with a heavy iron "kable kutter" (I think?) brand antenna to get any reception at all. It hides well though, behind one of the loveseats.I can remember a time before cable/satalite when we depended on these to get different channels
Vintage Antique Television Antenna/Rabbit Ears
Or these
Signals weren't nearly as strong as they are now
I risk getting on a soapbox with a rant, but I truly believe I can trace how our manufacturing has been gradually and deliberately moved abroad, always seeking the lowest level where there are no expectations of fair wages or safe working conditions among the workers, so our "uppity" labor force could be squashed.
everbody needs a head jimmi lol oopsSad but very true
I worked at one for 5 months at a young age in return for an old junk 1952 Chevy that needed a head, I made a good runnin little car out of it
There is one full service station half way to the nearest city. A really old guy runs it. You pretty much have to write down the dollar amount of gas you want. Hubby told him "$15.00", and the guy thought he said "$50.00", when his fuel tank could not even hold that much.
good onya, keep it up you are good.
i have mentioned my levis and ben sherman shirts before but another brand of jeans i always liked were wrangles, i dont know whether they were from usa originally. now i love clothes from Connor. shirts and jeans and casual jackets. they are priced fair and last, if buying them always get a size bigger as they are a strange fit, and yes they are made in china. casual shoe wise i only buy wild rhino, they are beautiful.
That's a very good question. My guess is when the seriousness of life steps in
My guess is when the seriousness of life steps in
Food for thought: picture an older person skipping. Somebody is going to call the police to have them make sure you are OK. Most people will avoid you, thinking you are a lunatic. Clown clothes and makeup will make you seem more normal, and make them wonder where the party is.I think that's true.
I was talking about it with a friend I had dinner with tonite, and once she started talking about it too, she was as plagued as I was with the craving to skip all over town. So we settled on skipping across the parking lot to our cars. It was exhilerating.
So when I got home I put the question in my Brave search engine, when do we stop skipping and why. The top result was this:
Let's get skipping again | When and why do we stop skipping? | CALMERme
Children love to skip, but it seems there comes a time when we stop skipping.Why is that? Why do we stop skipping? When do we stop skipping?Is it to do with age? A developmental marker? Find out more about joyful skipping and let's get skipping again. Make June International month of skipping!calmerme.com
From reading that, it would seem that everybody who walks for exercise should skip instead. Everyone who runs or jogs should skip instead, for more fun and better physical training.
skipping burns far far more calories than walking does. it is how most boxers develop their leg muscles my surgeon told me after my brain aneurysm to skip every day.I think that's true.
I was talking about it with a friend I had dinner with tonite, and once she started talking about it too, she was as plagued as I was with the craving to skip all over town. So we settled on skipping across the parking lot to our cars. It was exhilerating.
So when I got home I put the question in my Brave search engine, when do we stop skipping and why. The top result was this:
Let's get skipping again | When and why do we stop skipping? | CALMERme
Children love to skip, but it seems there comes a time when we stop skipping.Why is that? Why do we stop skipping? When do we stop skipping?Is it to do with age? A developmental marker? Find out more about joyful skipping and let's get skipping again. Make June International month of skipping!calmerme.com
From reading that, it would seem that everybody who walks for exercise should skip instead. Everyone who runs or jogs should skip instead, for more fun and better physical training.
