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Old 04-14-2011, 10:55 AM   #106
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When is the last time you saw a caboose?
My friend's father had one moved onto his propeerty in the Pocono Mountains and used it as a summer cottage.
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Old 04-14-2011, 10:56 AM   #107
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I remember seeing a campsite with some of them you could rent. Really cute.

Here're some:

http://www.cassrailroad.com/caboose_rental.html
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Old 04-14-2011, 11:49 AM   #108
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bread and dripping.
Dad still has bread & dripping on the odd occasion we have roast beef.
Then again, he used to have cold Yorkshire puddings with jam.

Grandad always talked about kippers and jam, but I don't know that he ever ate it. Jam would seem like an expensive addition to something that didn't really need it.

Ashtrays in pubs/ workplaces.
Nothing dates a TV drama quite as much as people smoking inside.
It's because the ban is relatively new - in 10 years time it will all simply look "old" whereas now it's recent enough to jar.
(Watching The Green Wing the other day and was really quite shocked to see people smoking at work).
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Old 04-14-2011, 11:53 AM   #109
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Yeah, it would be cool if they were twilight zone-y and would only play vintage radio.
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Old 04-14-2011, 01:37 PM   #110
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Ashtrays in pubs/ workplaces.
Nothing dates a TV drama quite as much as people smoking inside.
It's because the ban is relatively new - in 10 years time it will all simply look "old" whereas now it's recent enough to jar.
(Watching The Green Wing the other day and was really quite shocked to see people smoking at work).
I've been watching Mad Men, though it's made now it's set in the late 60s early 70s, they smoked all over the damn place in those days. EVEN ON PLANES!

Roseanne did a bit about it on her show: Lucy smoked, Desi smoked, Bewitched smoked. I don't know about the second Darrin but the first Darrin smoked.
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Old 04-14-2011, 01:50 PM   #111
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Gotta read that tonight.
Have you read Ellison's account of his brief tenure at Disney? (part 3)

http://harlanellison.com/iwrite/mostimp.htm
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Old 12-28-2011, 04:51 PM   #112
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C Batteries.
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Old 12-28-2011, 06:16 PM   #113
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A and B batteries also.
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Old 12-28-2011, 07:07 PM   #114
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Old 12-28-2011, 09:13 PM   #115
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Soon enough. They're closing over 100 stores.
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Old 12-28-2011, 10:12 PM   #116
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Land navigation without a GPS device.
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Old 12-28-2011, 10:46 PM   #117
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Land navigation without a GPS device.

But what happens when the Aliens take out ALL the GPS sats ???
What ya going to do then Mister Smarty Pants ????
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Old 12-28-2011, 10:53 PM   #118
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Gotta read that tonight.
Have you read Ellison's account of his brief tenure at Disney? (part 3)

http://harlanellison.com/iwrite/mostimp.htm
Yep. Years ago. Its either in one of his forwards or was part of his Glass Teat essays.

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I love freaking out checkers by having exact change ready before I'm rung up.

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Land navigation without a GPS device.
I just took an orienteering class.

Damn. I'm feeling old.
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Old 12-28-2011, 11:05 PM   #119
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Land navigation without a GPS device.

But what happens when the Aliens take out ALL the GPS sats ???
What ya going to do then Mister Smarty Pants ????
That is exactly what I'm saying. Map and a compass have become archaic.
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Old 12-29-2011, 02:47 AM   #120
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...One-man Post Offices...
Post offices in general, soon.

They're closing a huge one in Bowling Green, KY.
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