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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3
- Thread starter Richland123
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...first Presidential election I voted in...
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
My bandmates??? Our gigs???
My 1976 Lincoln Continental MK IV Bill Blass Edition (my, that sounds impressive, lol!) had quadrophonic sound. I must say the sound was impressive. Never understood why quad systems never took off.
Looking back, I have to laugh that this monster-sized boat cost a whopping $11,200!
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Nice one! I remember those days in the 70s when cars first broke the $10,000 mark...thinking how outrageous!
Oh man, this is too funny. I actually know of two of these; One, with the upper mirror attachment above the music stand, is in the pool room of the main lodge at Banning Mills, in west Georgia. (You can't play it, though; They have a "do not touch" sign on it.)
The other, a flat-top minus the upper section, is in the front room of a family member's house! Not only do I see that one fairly regularly, it also still works! It sounds pretty cool, too. Nothing electric or synthesized about it; Just air over reeds.
@Richland123 do you know from what year the catalog is? At only $36.75 I feel it must be a century old.
"Warranted for 25 years" aren't empty words, then!
This writeup has some similar-looking pages, noted as circa 1900. So that's probably a good guess.
https://www.history.com/news/sears-catalog-houses-hubcaps
Indeed. The Sears/Craftsman warranty on hand tools used to be one of the best policies in retail. Of course, now that's another "thing you don't see any more."
"All speeds from 1 to 25 miles per hour"
Wow. Thanks @Richland123 for uploading these gems.
Wow. Thanks @Richland123 for uploading these gems.
"25 miles per hour!! By Jupiter, that's impossible! Why, humans will explode at speeds faster than 20!! Look it up!"
Those dads...always wearing a neck tie around the house.
I remember when I was at the Sears tool department cash register and saw a guy walk in with garbage bag of tools that he probably bought at a garage sale for pennies per item and get them all changed out for new stuff....FREE.This writeup has some similar-looking pages, noted as circa 1900. So that's probably a good guess.
https://www.history.com/news/sears-catalog-houses-hubcaps
Indeed. The Sears/Craftsman warranty on hand tools used to be one of the best policies in retail. Of course, now that's another "thing you don't see any more."
