300rag
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I gave my Oster wafflemaker like the one in your pic to one of my sons, and still have the blender, same glass carafe. It's an Imperial, so I better keep it away from DocMcNeedy.
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You know, after thinking about this some more I’m thinking that it was my grandma telling me about my mom getting hers out on the kitchen table. Either way...
I spent some time in the GE Bridgeport plant. It was a small fraction of what it once was, using less than a quarter of the buildings to make washer and dryer switches. Most of the personal were near retirement and you could see that GE wasn't going to spend a penny on any improvements.
The best story was that the guy that invented the electric blanket would drop in once in a while. He would tell everyone that he made more women warm in bed than any other man. Sorry to say I never met him.
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Where we live, this still exists. We have the original galvanized milk box to our house.
commando1
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I spent half my youth in those old PCC cars. The most iconic streetcar in the world.
The pic below is the Orange Line that I knew by heart. Odds are I rode in that exact car.
No heat. No. A/C. Always late and operated by an emotionally detached guy. And packed like Sardines. That was my daily transportation to school. No coddling.
I survived.
And this would drive us nuts. No car for an hour and then two separate ones come at the same time.
The pic below is the Orange Line that I knew by heart. Odds are I rode in that exact car.
No heat. No. A/C. Always late and operated by an emotionally detached guy. And packed like Sardines. That was my daily transportation to school. No coddling.
I survived.
And this would drive us nuts. No car for an hour and then two separate ones come at the same time.
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We're doing it, but it is tough. Many sacrifices are made.
Having a "milk" door in the kitchen.
A coal chute door to the basement and having to shovel coal from the coal bin to the boiler to keep the house warm. Hauling the cinders out to put on the sidewalks and street in winter.
Summer air conditioning - open all the windows.
The sharpener man with his 2' diam peddle driven stone. He walked the streets and sharpened knives, garden tools, axes etc. Many had a monkey to draw the kids and parents. These guys actually made pretty serious coin - tax free.
Chimney sweeps with a formal looking long tailed coat and a tall top hat.
Door to door salesmen selling all kids of stuff, bibles, encyclopedias, vacuum cleaners, dishes, kids toys, cleaning supplies, etc. Most were pretty bad deals, but every once and awhile .. !!
One I really miss, the full service gas stations with "we" fill pump islands and a service garage with two bays and a couple of mechanics. When you stopped for gas, three or four pump monkeys would fill your tank, wash your windows, check your oil, air filter, belts and bug juice. Early one's even checked your tires. The service side did oil changes, tires, brakes, etc. Some could do alignments and exhaust repairs. You would find a garage with a mechanic you trusted and that became your "go to" garage. Today I feel absolutely lost, every option is a crap shoot designed to separate me from the dude who will actually work on my car and to ensure my wallet is properly drained.
A coal chute door to the basement and having to shovel coal from the coal bin to the boiler to keep the house warm. Hauling the cinders out to put on the sidewalks and street in winter.
Summer air conditioning - open all the windows.
The sharpener man with his 2' diam peddle driven stone. He walked the streets and sharpened knives, garden tools, axes etc. Many had a monkey to draw the kids and parents. These guys actually made pretty serious coin - tax free.
Chimney sweeps with a formal looking long tailed coat and a tall top hat.
Door to door salesmen selling all kids of stuff, bibles, encyclopedias, vacuum cleaners, dishes, kids toys, cleaning supplies, etc. Most were pretty bad deals, but every once and awhile .. !!
One I really miss, the full service gas stations with "we" fill pump islands and a service garage with two bays and a couple of mechanics. When you stopped for gas, three or four pump monkeys would fill your tank, wash your windows, check your oil, air filter, belts and bug juice. Early one's even checked your tires. The service side did oil changes, tires, brakes, etc. Some could do alignments and exhaust repairs. You would find a garage with a mechanic you trusted and that became your "go to" garage. Today I feel absolutely lost, every option is a crap shoot designed to separate me from the dude who will actually work on my car and to ensure my wallet is properly drained.
commando1
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That's where I learned to become an adult at 16. Over 50 years later, all my values today came from working in that gas station.
No car for an hour and then two separate ones come at the same time.
that's like where i work have to take the work's bus system around to where we need to go,(at least from the parking lot to security) some times it's much easier and faster just to walk half mile :-/
We did it and it was worth it. No new cars and the kids didn't get everything they wanted.
Good choices, kids need to be trained to work for the things they want. Parents who give kids everything wind up with lazy, self entitled and useless adult children.
Dave
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Only one. She came along in '67, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,lolSooooooo...how many kids you got?
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
Got it. You were "a" milkman, not "the" milkman
68PK21 440.6bbl
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Wow, yes. After hours was the time to get some free hoist time and to sit around and BS with the guys. I often wonder where the young people hangout today, shopping malls I guess. Of all the "remember when" things, I don't miss many at all, but the loss of the corner service station has left a big hole that I've never really been able to refill. I guess that's why I like these internet user groups and forums like FCBO, to bad none have a hoist!!
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I did the same thing. I called myself a fuel engineer.
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My latest object d'art on walnut from the midcentury period depicting Narvik, Norway. Freshly installed. Well worth the 60 bucks, Lowbrow me generally doesn't estimate wall art of any kind higher than 99 bucks.
Fratzog
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Cigarette vending machines went the way of the Dodo around here back in the late 70's.
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