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You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
withinm
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Date: October 26, 2014 05:54PM
If you remember: New Country Corn Flakes , Hai Karate Aftershave, Vitalis, Brylcreme (Greasy Kid Stuff) or the Dry Look, Avon Calling, Charles Potato Chips, Penny candy, Rotary phones, vent windows in automobiles.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
never look back
()
Date: October 26, 2014 06:17PM
withinm Wrote:
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> If you remember: New Country Corn Flakes , Hai
> Karate Aftershave, Vitalis, Brylcreme (Greasy Kid
> Stuff) or the Dry Look, Avon Calling, Charles
> Potato Chips, Penny candy, Rotary phones, vent
> windows in automobiles.
yes life without illegals, no stinky 3rd world grocery stores, no neighbors whose yards and houses that look like shit, a 20 minute to drive to work on a bad day, no McDonalds where I need a translator, no high real estate taxes to pay for those who have trespassed into our country. Im glad at least I have some good memories of life
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> If you remember: New Country Corn Flakes , Hai
> Karate Aftershave, Vitalis, Brylcreme (Greasy Kid
> Stuff) or the Dry Look, Avon Calling, Charles
> Potato Chips, Penny candy, Rotary phones, vent
> windows in automobiles.
yes life without illegals, no stinky 3rd world grocery stores, no neighbors whose yards and houses that look like shit, a 20 minute to drive to work on a bad day, no McDonalds where I need a translator, no high real estate taxes to pay for those who have trespassed into our country. Im glad at least I have some good memories of life
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Futurama, Dude
()
Date: October 26, 2014 06:33PM
never look back Wrote:
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> withinm Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > If you remember: New Country Corn Flakes ,
> Hai
> > Karate Aftershave, Vitalis, Brylcreme (Greasy
> Kid
> > Stuff) or the Dry Look, Avon Calling, Charles
> > Potato Chips, Penny candy, Rotary phones, vent
> > windows in automobiles.
>
>
> yes life without illegals, no stinky 3rd world
> grocery stores, no neighbors whose yards and
> houses that look like shit, a 20 minute to drive
> to work on a bad day, no McDonalds where I need a
> translator, no high real estate taxes to pay for
> those who have trespassed into our country. Im
> glad at least I have some good memories of life
Music with lyrics I could understand, rubbers (not condoms), classical music in stores, knowing my neighbors and the people that worked in neighborhood stores.
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> withinm Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > If you remember: New Country Corn Flakes ,
> Hai
> > Karate Aftershave, Vitalis, Brylcreme (Greasy
> Kid
> > Stuff) or the Dry Look, Avon Calling, Charles
> > Potato Chips, Penny candy, Rotary phones, vent
> > windows in automobiles.
>
>
> yes life without illegals, no stinky 3rd world
> grocery stores, no neighbors whose yards and
> houses that look like shit, a 20 minute to drive
> to work on a bad day, no McDonalds where I need a
> translator, no high real estate taxes to pay for
> those who have trespassed into our country. Im
> glad at least I have some good memories of life
Music with lyrics I could understand, rubbers (not condoms), classical music in stores, knowing my neighbors and the people that worked in neighborhood stores.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Got that right!!
()
Date: October 26, 2014 06:47PM
never look back Wrote:
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> withinm Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > If you remember: New Country Corn Flakes ,
> Hai
> > Karate Aftershave, Vitalis, Brylcreme (Greasy
> Kid
> > Stuff) or the Dry Look, Avon Calling, Charles
> > Potato Chips, Penny candy, Rotary phones, vent
> > windows in automobiles.
>
>
> yes life without illegals, no stinky 3rd world
> grocery stores, no neighbors whose yards and
> houses that look like shit, a 20 minute to drive
> to work on a bad day, no McDonalds where I need a
> translator, no high real estate taxes to pay for
> those who have trespassed into our country. Im
> glad at least I have some good memories of life
Good old days.
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> withinm Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > If you remember: New Country Corn Flakes ,
> Hai
> > Karate Aftershave, Vitalis, Brylcreme (Greasy
> Kid
> > Stuff) or the Dry Look, Avon Calling, Charles
> > Potato Chips, Penny candy, Rotary phones, vent
> > windows in automobiles.
>
>
> yes life without illegals, no stinky 3rd world
> grocery stores, no neighbors whose yards and
> houses that look like shit, a 20 minute to drive
> to work on a bad day, no McDonalds where I need a
> translator, no high real estate taxes to pay for
> those who have trespassed into our country. Im
> glad at least I have some good memories of life
Good old days.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Also.....
()
Date: October 26, 2014 06:51PM
Xray machines in shoe stores, at the New Yorks World Fair of 64 you could have a dime made radioactive, they would place in near some uranium and then give it to you in a Souvenir case saying "Radioactive Dime from the Worlds Fair".
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
kjsfugfyg
()
Date: October 26, 2014 07:43PM
A society where 95% of people aren't constantly looking down at their "smart" phones following really really really important stuff
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Bill.N.
()
Date: October 26, 2014 07:59PM
Guilty.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Magnus Robot Fighter
()
Date: October 26, 2014 08:09PM
I remember the trolley cars in Georgetown, where people dressed in colonial clothes for the tourists. I remember the 3 Stooges played at Glen Echo for a couple of days. My family and I would ride in a boat (riverboat?) to Marshall Hall. My grandfather played the slots, while I enjoyed the rides.
Who can forget marching in DC against the war?
Who can forget marching in DC against the war?
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
90's were better
()
Date: October 26, 2014 08:11PM
kjsfugfyg Wrote:
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> A society where 95% of people aren't constantly
> looking down at their "smart" phones following
> really really really important stuff
Yep, these phone zombies are fucking annoying.
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> A society where 95% of people aren't constantly
> looking down at their "smart" phones following
> really really really important stuff
Yep, these phone zombies are fucking annoying.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Take me back
()
Date: October 26, 2014 08:30PM
If you remember seeing children go outside and play.
If you actually knew your neighbors names.
If you remember not having 17 different chargers and cords.
Now we have this......
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If you actually knew your neighbors names.
If you remember not having 17 different chargers and cords.
Now we have this......
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Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
vMkkT
()
Date: October 26, 2014 10:22PM
Manual choke.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Ah, The Good Ole Days
()
Date: October 26, 2014 10:30PM
Hosing down those uppity negroes and lynching civil rights activists are some of my favorite memories.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Driving
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Date: October 26, 2014 10:50PM
Three on the tree! Four on the floor!
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Henro
()
Date: October 27, 2014 10:38AM
Return for deposit bottles= Pinball at 7-11.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
vacuum tubes
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Date: October 27, 2014 11:03AM
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Henro
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Date: October 27, 2014 11:20AM
Enough said
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Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
old geezer
()
Date: October 27, 2014 01:18PM
Remember Duck and cover lessons, bomb shelters, Nuns and teachers who hit, saying the Pledge of Allegiance and prayers in school till that crazy bitch Madllyn O'Hair put the kibosh on it.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
WingNut
()
Date: October 27, 2014 01:27PM
old geezer Wrote:
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> Remember Duck and cover lessons, bomb shelters,
> Nuns and teachers who hit, saying the Pledge of
> Allegiance and prayers in school till that crazy
> bitch Madllyn O'Hair put the kibosh on it.
I saw a couple of grow rooms and an S&M dungeon in old bomb shelters.
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> Remember Duck and cover lessons, bomb shelters,
> Nuns and teachers who hit, saying the Pledge of
> Allegiance and prayers in school till that crazy
> bitch Madllyn O'Hair put the kibosh on it.
I saw a couple of grow rooms and an S&M dungeon in old bomb shelters.
idontlikebeingrightaboutshitlikethisbutiam
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Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
dederet
()
Date: October 27, 2014 01:52PM
WingNut Wrote:
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> old geezer Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Remember Duck and cover lessons, bomb shelters,
> > Nuns and teachers who hit, saying the Pledge of
> > Allegiance and prayers in school till that
> crazy
> > bitch Madllyn O'Hair put the kibosh on it.
>
> I saw a couple of grow rooms and an S&M dungeon in
> old bomb shelters.
The ones I remember were very small, like a prison cell. They had these air filters that you would cycle with your arms, they looked like those old fashion sirens that people pumped by hand.
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> old geezer Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Remember Duck and cover lessons, bomb shelters,
> > Nuns and teachers who hit, saying the Pledge of
> > Allegiance and prayers in school till that
> crazy
> > bitch Madllyn O'Hair put the kibosh on it.
>
> I saw a couple of grow rooms and an S&M dungeon in
> old bomb shelters.
The ones I remember were very small, like a prison cell. They had these air filters that you would cycle with your arms, they looked like those old fashion sirens that people pumped by hand.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Homie D Clown
()
Date: October 27, 2014 09:26PM
If You remember:
bias ply tires
quadrajet carberators
wheat pennies
Coleco football
black and white TV
having an throwback jersey when they originally were released :'(
bias ply tires
quadrajet carberators
wheat pennies
Coleco football
black and white TV
having an throwback jersey when they originally were released :'(
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
imbiker
()
Date: October 27, 2014 09:48PM
Signal 30...real drivers ed movies! Way way before "trigger warnings"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VKOoenqbOk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VKOoenqbOk
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
smoking was popular
()
Date: October 27, 2014 09:57PM
i remember going to the grocery store with my grandma back in the late 70s/early 80s (elementary school for me), and people were allowed to smoke. it was common to see shoppers pushing carts while smoking cigs. you'd even see butts on the floor. i also remember my first plane trip, around 85 or so, and people could smoke on the plane.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
libs hate America.
()
Date: October 27, 2014 10:02PM
I remember when democrats loved the USA. Oh, wait, that never happened. Dementia has set in.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
vacuum tubes
()
Date: October 27, 2014 11:01PM
imbiker Wrote:
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> Signal 30...real drivers ed movies! Way way
> before "trigger warnings"!
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VKOoenqbOk
That was awesome, thanks. The truck driver with his neck snapped around the steering wheel was maybe the best one.
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> Signal 30...real drivers ed movies! Way way
> before "trigger warnings"!
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VKOoenqbOk
That was awesome, thanks. The truck driver with his neck snapped around the steering wheel was maybe the best one.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
True The Vote !
()
Date: October 28, 2014 01:42AM
kickball, tackle football during elementry school recess. King of the mountain and smear the queer, Gerry hated recess. Dodgeball and murderball fucked up Gerrytards head, he kept calling us goobers taking head shot after head shot, even the girls smacked him around.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
True The Vote !
()
Date: October 28, 2014 09:40AM
Do they still have a Presidential physical fitness award? Almost all kids walk around the track during gym class.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
WingNut
()
Date: October 28, 2014 09:45AM
True The Vote ! Wrote:
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> Do they still have a Presidential physical fitness
> award? Almost all kids walk around the track
> during gym class.
Good stuff, True, I had forgotten all about those Presidential Awards. I got one from Jimmy Carter when I was 10 or 11, I think it was for finishing in the top percentile of the events, about 6 or 7 from a class of about 30 would get them.
If memory is correct-
600 yd dash
50 yd dash
Shuttle Run
Pull Ups
Broad Jump
Dodgeball, Smear the Queer, King of the Mountain have probably been replaced with some touchy feely shit due to complaints by libtard parents.
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> Do they still have a Presidential physical fitness
> award? Almost all kids walk around the track
> during gym class.
Good stuff, True, I had forgotten all about those Presidential Awards. I got one from Jimmy Carter when I was 10 or 11, I think it was for finishing in the top percentile of the events, about 6 or 7 from a class of about 30 would get them.
If memory is correct-
600 yd dash
50 yd dash
Shuttle Run
Pull Ups
Broad Jump
Dodgeball, Smear the Queer, King of the Mountain have probably been replaced with some touchy feely shit due to complaints by libtard parents.
idontlikebeingrightaboutshitlikethisbutiam
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Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
True The Vote !
()
Date: October 28, 2014 09:58AM
I heard dems prefer the Cornhole game, and cup stacking, I think you can letter in these sports now. Gerry lettered in Cornhole, he said the boys in his hood still fear The King of the Cornhole.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
masert
()
Date: October 28, 2014 11:38AM
Dixie Boy Firecrackers 25 cents a pack, Penzi Pinky rubber balls, Barracuda Jackets, Sting ray bikes.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Methuselah
()
Date: October 28, 2014 12:37PM
if you still remember when Britney Spears was a hot babe.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Que?
()
Date: October 29, 2014 12:49AM
How about simply remembering when life was slower, our world revolved around relationships rather than isolating technology and a greater percentage of men were able to actually be men and mow their own grass, fix things around their house and shit?
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
MPvP6
()
Date: October 29, 2014 10:26PM
you revived the article wrong - you revived an early version
there are many posts, multiple pages, that you didn't revive
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
jerser
()
Date: October 30, 2014 03:56PM
I remember when politicians could get away with a lot more shit. Remember Ted Kennedy and Chappiquidick? Never happen today that a person like that would get away with a slap on the wrist. What about JFK and the women snuck into the White House? Bill Clinton tried and all hell broke loose. What about the Wilbur Mills and Fannie Fox incident? What about Jerry Studds and the 17 year old Page scandal ? He should have been prosecuted for that.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
7kvVw
()
Date: October 30, 2014 04:55PM
WingNut Wrote:
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> True The Vote ! Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Do they still have a Presidential physical
> fitness
> > award? Almost all kids walk around the track
> > during gym class.
>
> Good stuff, True, I had forgotten all about those
> Presidential Awards. I got one from Jimmy Carter
> when I was 10 or 11, I think it was for finishing
> in the top percentile of the events, about 6 or 7
> from a class of about 30 would get them.
>
> If memory is correct-
>
> 600 yd dash
> 50 yd dash
> Shuttle Run
> Pull Ups
> Broad Jump
>
> Dodgeball, Smear the Queer, King of the Mountain
> have probably been replaced with some touchy feely
> shit due to complaints by libtard parents.
I'm sure you liked Smear the Queer.
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> True The Vote ! Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Do they still have a Presidential physical
> fitness
> > award? Almost all kids walk around the track
> > during gym class.
>
> Good stuff, True, I had forgotten all about those
> Presidential Awards. I got one from Jimmy Carter
> when I was 10 or 11, I think it was for finishing
> in the top percentile of the events, about 6 or 7
> from a class of about 30 would get them.
>
> If memory is correct-
>
> 600 yd dash
> 50 yd dash
> Shuttle Run
> Pull Ups
> Broad Jump
>
> Dodgeball, Smear the Queer, King of the Mountain
> have probably been replaced with some touchy feely
> shit due to complaints by libtard parents.
I'm sure you liked Smear the Queer.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
NippleChuck
()
Date: October 30, 2014 09:36PM
vacuum tubes Wrote:
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>
Yes vacuum tubes. They rock!!!
Nip
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>
Yes vacuum tubes. They rock!!!
Nip
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
fuckyouthink
()
Date: October 31, 2014 07:55AM
I'm still on hypercolor, black and orange bomber jackets, and reebok pumps, I've got time....
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
typical democrar
()
Date: October 31, 2014 08:13AM
I remember when niggers were in chains where they belong. Then these god damn republicans had to free them and give them rights.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
FusilliJerry
()
Date: October 31, 2014 08:17AM
Mattel Football!
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Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
fadsklj;
()
Date: October 31, 2014 03:35PM
Futurama, Dude Wrote:
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classical music in stores
I remember shopping in Giant Food maybe 5-6 years ago. I did a sort of mental double-take as realized that it was in fact a Slipknot song playing over the speakers. Total WTF moment...
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classical music in stores
I remember shopping in Giant Food maybe 5-6 years ago. I did a sort of mental double-take as realized that it was in fact a Slipknot song playing over the speakers. Total WTF moment...
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
truenda
()
Date: November 03, 2014 04:35PM
If you remember those black round kerosene smudge pots they used to use on or around road construction sites instead of barrels then you are very very old!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
if yo wear
()
Date: November 03, 2014 04:36PM
White running shoes......you are antique.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
abelard
()
Date: November 04, 2014 12:04AM
I vaguely remember smoking on airplanes. My understanding is that the air was actually fresher back then because they had to compensate for the smoke. It got banned so they decided to save money by just recirculating more.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Henro
()
Date: November 04, 2014 09:52AM
What is this?
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Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
then and now
()
Date: November 04, 2014 10:08AM
The "kids" growing up today have no clue how good they have it when it comes to technology. I remember as a young kid not having cable tv or a remote control. There were 3 main channels and 2 UHF channels on tv and those had to be accesses by turning a large circular knob on the tv.
I remember in high school having to use an actual typewriter. Edits had to be made manually using white-out.
In college, I got my first computer. It had actual floppy drives, a 5.25" and 3.5". The computer had 1/10,000 the memory, etc than today's smartphones. The desktop I had cost over $3,000 and had a monochrome monitor and ran windows 3.1. I was considered a magician, though, because I had this cool thing called a modem. At 1.4 kbps, I could surf this cool thing called the web and chat with people all over the world. But that's only when it functioned well and I wasn't booted off by static in the phone line.
If I had told people 20-25 years from then that we would have a handheld device that would talk to us, give us voice directions, could make a call anywhere in the world, could surf the web, would have apps to do banking online, apps to meet people online, and apps for any fucking thing you could ever imagine....they would have locked me up and drugged me for life in some underground insane asylum.
I remember in high school having to use an actual typewriter. Edits had to be made manually using white-out.
In college, I got my first computer. It had actual floppy drives, a 5.25" and 3.5". The computer had 1/10,000 the memory, etc than today's smartphones. The desktop I had cost over $3,000 and had a monochrome monitor and ran windows 3.1. I was considered a magician, though, because I had this cool thing called a modem. At 1.4 kbps, I could surf this cool thing called the web and chat with people all over the world. But that's only when it functioned well and I wasn't booted off by static in the phone line.
If I had told people 20-25 years from then that we would have a handheld device that would talk to us, give us voice directions, could make a call anywhere in the world, could surf the web, would have apps to do banking online, apps to meet people online, and apps for any fucking thing you could ever imagine....they would have locked me up and drugged me for life in some underground insane asylum.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Morbo
()
Date: November 04, 2014 03:53PM
abelard Wrote:
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> I vaguely remember smoking on airplanes. My
> understanding is that the air was actually fresher
> back then because they had to compensate for the
> smoke. It got banned so they decided to save
> money by just recirculating more.
Airplanes do not work that way.
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> I vaguely remember smoking on airplanes. My
> understanding is that the air was actually fresher
> back then because they had to compensate for the
> smoke. It got banned so they decided to save
> money by just recirculating more.
Airplanes do not work that way.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Micro Fishe
()
Date: November 04, 2014 05:00PM
I remember having to go to IBM school in Chrystal City to learn how to use the Lexicon. If you remember the Air Florida Flight that crashed into the Potomic and the Lenny Skutnik rescue......... you're not young.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
NippleChuck
()
Date: November 04, 2014 05:14PM
Henro Wrote:
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> What is this?
Yankee screw driver. What we used before cordless drills.
Nip
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> What is this?
Yankee screw driver. What we used before cordless drills.
Nip
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
heeero
()
Date: November 04, 2014 05:19PM
NippleChuck Wrote:
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> Henro Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > What is this?
>
>
> Yankee screw driver. What we used before cordless
> drills.
>
> Nip
They still have them. Harry Tuttle used one in the 80s movie "Brazil"
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> Henro Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > What is this?
>
>
> Yankee screw driver. What we used before cordless
> drills.
>
> Nip
They still have them. Harry Tuttle used one in the 80s movie "Brazil"
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: November 04, 2014 05:34PM
I can remember when American cars put the high beams switch on the floor next to the clutch....
- computers had a turbo button.
- when 7-11 was open from 7 to 11. They had a little room off in the corner for arcade games. For a while they also got into VHS rentals. Slurpee cups also had scratch off bottoms that revealed baseball figures.
- when TVs had cabinets and knobs for tint control.
- shoulder pads were fashionable for women.
- police carried .38 revolvers
- when the military used GMC pickup trucks, painted them green, and called them utility vehicles.
- cars had bicentennial license plates
- cigarette vending machines with those pull-out knobs
Blessed are the murderous.
- computers had a turbo button.
- when 7-11 was open from 7 to 11. They had a little room off in the corner for arcade games. For a while they also got into VHS rentals. Slurpee cups also had scratch off bottoms that revealed baseball figures.
- when TVs had cabinets and knobs for tint control.
- shoulder pads were fashionable for women.
- police carried .38 revolvers
- when the military used GMC pickup trucks, painted them green, and called them utility vehicles.
- cars had bicentennial license plates
- cigarette vending machines with those pull-out knobs
Blessed are the murderous.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: November 04, 2014 05:40PM
Gas was $1.10 regular, 1.20 for mid, 1.30 for premium. They always kept 10¢ increments between the grades.
A carton of Marlboro Reds was $10-$15.
Blessed are the murderous.
A carton of Marlboro Reds was $10-$15.
Blessed are the murderous.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
NippleChuck
()
Date: November 04, 2014 07:03PM
Odd even days and gas was .72 per gallon
Single red light squad cars
whfs
Penguin Feather Records
Giant Music
and I saw Pink Floyd 5 times twice at Kennedy Center. Saw Roy Buchanan there too.
Nip
Single red light squad cars
whfs
Penguin Feather Records
Giant Music
and I saw Pink Floyd 5 times twice at Kennedy Center. Saw Roy Buchanan there too.
Nip
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: November 04, 2014 07:45PM
Tower Records RIP
The one in Tysons was the best one of all of them.
The one in Tysons was the best one of all of them.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
eeshfan
()
Date: November 04, 2014 07:55PM
^^True that, also Record and TAPE Exchage!
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Burnt Coffee
()
Date: November 04, 2014 08:21PM
Don't forget Pam E Kay's donuts. Before the Dunkin infusion of the 90s.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: November 04, 2014 08:52PM
Anyone remember Dairy King?
Blessed are the murderous.
Blessed are the murderous.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
True The Vote !
()
Date: November 04, 2014 09:03PM
Anybody remember eesh is only to post on weekends?
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
abelard
()
Date: November 05, 2014 03:28AM
>> I vaguely remember smoking on airplanes. My
>> understanding is that the air was actually fresher
>> back then because they had to compensate for the
>> smoke. It got banned so they decided to save
>> money by just recirculating more.
>
>Airplanes do not work that way.
My understanding is that they carry oxygen under pressure for use at high altitude. This costs money, so the airlines decided to save by using less oxygen since there was no need to vent smokey air anymore. Which meant that the air quality was actually better (in some ways) when folks smoked on aircraft.
This is wrong?
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/05/2014 10:56AM by abelard.
>> understanding is that the air was actually fresher
>> back then because they had to compensate for the
>> smoke. It got banned so they decided to save
>> money by just recirculating more.
>
>Airplanes do not work that way.
My understanding is that they carry oxygen under pressure for use at high altitude. This costs money, so the airlines decided to save by using less oxygen since there was no need to vent smokey air anymore. Which meant that the air quality was actually better (in some ways) when folks smoked on aircraft.
This is wrong?
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/05/2014 10:56AM by abelard.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Pagans
()
Date: November 05, 2014 05:56AM
Hunters Lodge, Virginia City?
Nip
Nip
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
You're super old
()
Date: November 05, 2014 01:18PM
If you remember Saturday Night Boxing by Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer on TV and those things you placed on your TV set screen for artificial color TV.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Getting older
()
Date: November 05, 2014 01:26PM
eesh Wrote:
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> Gas was $1.10 regular, 1.20 for mid, 1.30 for
> premium. They always kept 10¢ increments between
> the grades.
Back in high school (mid-2000s), I could fill up my Civic with a $20 bill.
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> Gas was $1.10 regular, 1.20 for mid, 1.30 for
> premium. They always kept 10¢ increments between
> the grades.
Back in high school (mid-2000s), I could fill up my Civic with a $20 bill.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
If you eversaid.................
()
Date: November 05, 2014 03:39PM
"Fill her up with ethel". "Do you give Green Stamps?" You are ancient.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
NippleChuck
()
Date: November 05, 2014 03:46PM
If you eversaid................. Wrote:
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> "Fill her up with ethel". "Do you give Green
> Stamps?" You are ancient.
Got my first "real" guitar with green stamps. A sears silvertone. Guess I'm ancient.
Nip
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> "Fill her up with ethel". "Do you give Green
> Stamps?" You are ancient.
Got my first "real" guitar with green stamps. A sears silvertone. Guess I'm ancient.
Nip
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Nostradamus
()
Date: November 05, 2014 03:48PM
One word: Peoples
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
got mine
()
Date: November 05, 2014 04:15PM
If you sold the newspaper "Grit" as a kid or bought a small pet monkey off the back cover mail order advertisement of a "Sgt Fury" or "Sgt Rock" comic . You might be old. If you did a school book report using a "Classic comic book" also.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
DCProf
()
Date: November 05, 2014 04:23PM
bombs away....
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Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
NippleChuck
()
Date: November 05, 2014 04:41PM
Orpheus records Georgetown
Nip
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Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
NippleChuck
()
Date: November 05, 2014 04:44PM
If you remember Peoples you will remember Dart.
Nip
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Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
stinky pants
()
Date: November 05, 2014 06:48PM
If you remember the Fabulous Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy's cat, Pet Rocks, Penny Candy tar babies, the first Moon landing, Drive Ins, Sambo's Resturant, firework stores in DC
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
NS 13
()
Date: November 05, 2014 08:58PM
Pop Rocks candy, use your imagination.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Cheech Wizard
()
Date: November 05, 2014 09:07PM
If you remember marketing before Political Correctness...
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Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
,
()
Date: November 05, 2014 10:01PM
I'm in my mid-20s and remember...
- Cassette tapes
- VHS tapes
- TVs with adjustable antennas
- Floppy disks
- Corded phones
- Rushing home from school to get on AOL/AIM
- People talking about this sweet new thing called Myspace and having no idea what it was
- Music videos on MTV
- Walking over to a friends house and asking them if they can come out and play
- Playing dodgeball in gym class and tackle football at recess
- Being impressed when I went to a friend's house and they had anything more than basic channels
- SNES, N64, Gamecube, PS1, PS2, Xbox, Sega Genesis/Saturn, Dreamcast
- Being in middle school when "Get Low" by Lil Jon blew up, shortly followed by a relentless barrage of terrible Dave Chappelle impressions
- 2001 release of the original Fast & The Furious, and the resulting rise of ricer culture
- Cassette tapes
- VHS tapes
- TVs with adjustable antennas
- Floppy disks
- Corded phones
- Rushing home from school to get on AOL/AIM
- People talking about this sweet new thing called Myspace and having no idea what it was
- Music videos on MTV
- Walking over to a friends house and asking them if they can come out and play
- Playing dodgeball in gym class and tackle football at recess
- Being impressed when I went to a friend's house and they had anything more than basic channels
- SNES, N64, Gamecube, PS1, PS2, Xbox, Sega Genesis/Saturn, Dreamcast
- Being in middle school when "Get Low" by Lil Jon blew up, shortly followed by a relentless barrage of terrible Dave Chappelle impressions
- 2001 release of the original Fast & The Furious, and the resulting rise of ricer culture
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Morbo
()
Date: November 06, 2014 02:18AM
abelard Wrote:
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> >> I vaguely remember smoking on airplanes. My
> >> understanding is that the air was actually
> fresher
> >> back then because they had to compensate for
> the
> >> smoke. It got banned so they decided to save
> >> money by just recirculating more.
> >
> >Airplanes do not work that way.
>
> My understanding is that they carry oxygen under
> pressure for use at high altitude. This costs
> money, so the airlines decided to save by using
> less oxygen since there was no need to vent smokey
> air anymore. Which meant that the air quality was
> actually better (in some ways) when folks smoked
> on aircraft.
>
> This is wrong?
Yes, that is wrong.
Jetliners get pressurized cabin air by bleeding off air from the jet engine's compressor section, the front of the engine before the air is mixed with fuel and burned. As fresh air comes on, the air that is in the cabin is continuously bled overboard through the outflow vents.
So cabin air is not recycled, but it's still a confined space and smoking makes it a miserable combined space.
Even more miserable than it already is, considering you're packed in between some fat fuck who spills over the armrest into your seat, and some non-shower-taking trailer park whore on the other side who won't shut the fuck up and doesn't know what deodorant is, with a 7-year-old kicking the back of your seat and a 2-year-old screaming over the seat in front of you for five and a half fucking hours.
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> >> I vaguely remember smoking on airplanes. My
> >> understanding is that the air was actually
> fresher
> >> back then because they had to compensate for
> the
> >> smoke. It got banned so they decided to save
> >> money by just recirculating more.
> >
> >Airplanes do not work that way.
>
> My understanding is that they carry oxygen under
> pressure for use at high altitude. This costs
> money, so the airlines decided to save by using
> less oxygen since there was no need to vent smokey
> air anymore. Which meant that the air quality was
> actually better (in some ways) when folks smoked
> on aircraft.
>
> This is wrong?
Yes, that is wrong.
Jetliners get pressurized cabin air by bleeding off air from the jet engine's compressor section, the front of the engine before the air is mixed with fuel and burned. As fresh air comes on, the air that is in the cabin is continuously bled overboard through the outflow vents.
So cabin air is not recycled, but it's still a confined space and smoking makes it a miserable combined space.
Even more miserable than it already is, considering you're packed in between some fat fuck who spills over the armrest into your seat, and some non-shower-taking trailer park whore on the other side who won't shut the fuck up and doesn't know what deodorant is, with a 7-year-old kicking the back of your seat and a 2-year-old screaming over the seat in front of you for five and a half fucking hours.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Morbo
()
Date: November 06, 2014 02:20AM
And for the record, Morbo is old enough to remember smoking on planes. Not too long ago you could still smoke on international flights, and maybe even still in some fucked up countries.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Vexxxed
()
Date: November 06, 2014 06:25AM
abelard Wrote:
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> >> I vaguely remember smoking on airplanes. My
> >> understanding is that the air was actually
> fresher
> >> back then because they had to compensate for
> the
> >> smoke. It got banned so they decided to save
> >> money by just recirculating more.
> >
> >Airplanes do not work that way.
>
> My understanding is that they carry oxygen under
> pressure for use at high altitude. This costs
> money, so the airlines decided to save by using
> less oxygen since there was no need to vent smokey
> air anymore. Which meant that the air quality was
> actually better (in some ways) when folks smoked
> on aircraft.
>
> This is wrong?
http://www.boeing.com/boeing/commercial/cabinair/
-------------------------------------------------------
> >> I vaguely remember smoking on airplanes. My
> >> understanding is that the air was actually
> fresher
> >> back then because they had to compensate for
> the
> >> smoke. It got banned so they decided to save
> >> money by just recirculating more.
> >
> >Airplanes do not work that way.
>
> My understanding is that they carry oxygen under
> pressure for use at high altitude. This costs
> money, so the airlines decided to save by using
> less oxygen since there was no need to vent smokey
> air anymore. Which meant that the air quality was
> actually better (in some ways) when folks smoked
> on aircraft.
>
> This is wrong?
http://www.boeing.com/boeing/commercial/cabinair/
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Non Stop
()
Date: November 06, 2014 01:19PM
In the movie "non stop" the actor tapes up the smoke detector with duct tape in the toilet and smokes. Can that really be done?
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
terer
()
Date: November 06, 2014 01:21PM
Vending machines that dispensed beer (Coors, Rolling Rock, Bud) on US overseas military bases next to the cigarette ones.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
abelard
()
Date: November 06, 2014 03:19PM
>> This is wrong?
>
>
>http://www.boeing.com/boeing/commercial/cabinair/
With respect, Vexxxed, the information on this page doesn't speak directly to whether or not the air quality on planes has gotten better. It says something about how the air systems have changed but not whether airlines could improve air quality if they wanted to.
And I may have misspoke about air being 'recirculated', Morbo, but is it sounds possible that I might still be right, or at least not totally wrong. Any chance that they've dialed back the air coming in to increase fuel economy? Or are the compressors just too trivial a part of the energy used to run the engines? I'm honestly curious - this really isn't my area of expertise.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/06/2014 03:48PM by abelard.
>
>
>http://www.boeing.com/boeing/commercial/cabinair/
With respect, Vexxxed, the information on this page doesn't speak directly to whether or not the air quality on planes has gotten better. It says something about how the air systems have changed but not whether airlines could improve air quality if they wanted to.
And I may have misspoke about air being 'recirculated', Morbo, but is it sounds possible that I might still be right, or at least not totally wrong. Any chance that they've dialed back the air coming in to increase fuel economy? Or are the compressors just too trivial a part of the energy used to run the engines? I'm honestly curious - this really isn't my area of expertise.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/06/2014 03:48PM by abelard.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: November 06, 2014 06:03PM
Saturday morning cartoons. RIP
Blessed are the murderous.
Blessed are the murderous.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
nereder
()
Date: November 06, 2014 06:18PM
Burger Chef and Jeff, those xray machines to xray your feet at shoe stores. 5 and dime stores. Flying A Gas Station, City Service Gas Stations.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: November 06, 2014 06:27PM
Pharmacies that had diners in them.
Blessed are the murderous.
Blessed are the murderous.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
also..
()
Date: November 06, 2014 06:34PM
eesh Wrote:
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> Pharmacies that had diners in them.
Pharmacies that had a "soda fountain". Rotan cigars, British Knights Sneakers, Keds and PF Flyer sneakers.
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> Pharmacies that had diners in them.
Pharmacies that had a "soda fountain". Rotan cigars, British Knights Sneakers, Keds and PF Flyer sneakers.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: November 06, 2014 06:40PM
British Knights were my favorite shoe back in the day.
Blessed are the murderous.
Blessed are the murderous.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Morbo
()
Date: November 06, 2014 07:30PM
Non Stop Wrote:
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> In the movie "non stop" the actor tapes up the
> smoke detector with duct tape in the toilet and
> smokes. Can that really be done?
Give it a shot and let us know how it goes...
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> In the movie "non stop" the actor tapes up the
> smoke detector with duct tape in the toilet and
> smokes. Can that really be done?
Give it a shot and let us know how it goes...
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
libs hate America.
()
Date: November 06, 2014 07:31PM
I remember when people thought Jimmy Carter was the worst president in history. Carter must be one happy mofo that Hussein Obama has overwhelmingly secured that status.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
i remeber dis
()
Date: November 06, 2014 07:35PM
Gerald Fords campaign to beat inflation by issuing W.I.N. buttons, (Whip Inflation Now) and Nancy Reagan and her 'Just Say No" buttons and Jimmy Carter's interview in Penthouse Magazine where he said he he committed adultery many times in his heart.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Morbo
()
Date: November 06, 2014 07:38PM
abelard Wrote:
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> >> This is wrong?
> >
> >
> >http://www.boeing.com/boeing/commercial/cabinair/
>
>
> With respect, Vexxxed, the information on this
> page doesn't speak directly to whether or not the
> air quality on planes has gotten better. It says
> something about how the air systems have changed
> but not whether airlines could improve air quality
> if they wanted to.
>
> And I may have misspoke about air being
> 'recirculated', Morbo, but is it sounds possible
> that I might still be right, or at least not
> totally wrong. Any chance that they've dialed
> back the air coming in to increase fuel economy?
> Or are the compressors just too trivial a part of
> the energy used to run the engines? I'm honestly
> curious - this really isn't my area of expertise.
More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin_pressurization
Turns out some air is recurculated depending on the system, but in general the engines provide more air than you need to pressurize the cabin, and the outflow vent regulates it.
Those engines gulp enormous amounts of air, I doubt the amount they bleed off for cabin air makes much of a difference. They are also using the engines to generate electricity.
Given that the pilot is breathing the same air you air, I don't think they'd want to cut back on the oxygen content. Might be bad for business.
In any case I remember being on an international flight where smoking was allowed years after they banned it in the US, and I can vouch for the fact that not having cigarette smoke in the cabin is way better. For the first half hour smoking wasn't allowed, and then when we were over water they let people light up and was instant misery.
-------------------------------------------------------
> >> This is wrong?
> >
> >
> >http://www.boeing.com/boeing/commercial/cabinair/
>
>
> With respect, Vexxxed, the information on this
> page doesn't speak directly to whether or not the
> air quality on planes has gotten better. It says
> something about how the air systems have changed
> but not whether airlines could improve air quality
> if they wanted to.
>
> And I may have misspoke about air being
> 'recirculated', Morbo, but is it sounds possible
> that I might still be right, or at least not
> totally wrong. Any chance that they've dialed
> back the air coming in to increase fuel economy?
> Or are the compressors just too trivial a part of
> the energy used to run the engines? I'm honestly
> curious - this really isn't my area of expertise.
More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin_pressurization
Turns out some air is recurculated depending on the system, but in general the engines provide more air than you need to pressurize the cabin, and the outflow vent regulates it.
Those engines gulp enormous amounts of air, I doubt the amount they bleed off for cabin air makes much of a difference. They are also using the engines to generate electricity.
Given that the pilot is breathing the same air you air, I don't think they'd want to cut back on the oxygen content. Might be bad for business.
In any case I remember being on an international flight where smoking was allowed years after they banned it in the US, and I can vouch for the fact that not having cigarette smoke in the cabin is way better. For the first half hour smoking wasn't allowed, and then when we were over water they let people light up and was instant misery.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
abelard
()
Date: November 06, 2014 07:55PM
>Given that the pilot is breathing the same air you air, I don't think they'd want to cut back on the oxygen content. Might be bad for business.
Well, I wouldn't think they could significantly decrease the oxygen level but that doesn't mean they couldn't do something about breathing in farts and BO. My earliest memories of flying seemed to involve fresher air than now, but then again this could have been because everything was exciting and fun then.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/07/2014 01:22AM by abelard.
Well, I wouldn't think they could significantly decrease the oxygen level but that doesn't mean they couldn't do something about breathing in farts and BO. My earliest memories of flying seemed to involve fresher air than now, but then again this could have been because everything was exciting and fun then.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/07/2014 01:22AM by abelard.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Brian Haddock is...
()
Date: November 06, 2014 07:57PM
,,,a long forgotten 'outing' that no one believed or cared about at the time.
old as dirt
old as dirt
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
remember
()
Date: November 07, 2014 04:18PM
Remember those old Scripto cigarette lighters that had stuff in the fuel well, they usually had a set of dice or a fly fishing hook.
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: November 09, 2014 04:08PM
--
Blessed are the murderous.
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Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: November 09, 2014 04:08PM
=-=
Blessed are the murderous.
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Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: November 09, 2014 04:09PM
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Blessed are the murderous.
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Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: November 09, 2014 04:09PM
][\]
Blessed are the murderous.
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Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: November 09, 2014 04:10PM
++++
Blessed are the murderous.
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Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: November 09, 2014 04:10PM
*-*
Blessed are the murderous.
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Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: November 09, 2014 04:47PM
++++++
Blessed are the murderous.
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Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: November 09, 2014 04:47PM
+-*----
Blessed are the murderous.
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Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: November 09, 2014 04:47PM
++++++++
Blessed are the murderous.
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Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
Morbo
()
Date: November 09, 2014 06:35PM
Re: You're old as dirt.........
Posted by:
OldTimer
()
Date: November 09, 2014 06:42PM
^^^^
Old time road trip.
Old time road trip.