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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2010 21:08:44 GMT
Of course we remember the B side... and also all of the anecdotes about people like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and what gigantic hits some of the B sides turned out to be.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 20, 2010 21:54:34 GMT
I saw a video yesterday that had a photo of a guy carrying a wooden crate of Coca-Cola. That glimpse was enough to set off an entire mini-movie of memories for me. It was as though my brain suddenly realized that its current mental image of cases of Coke -- clear fat glass bottles in a thin carboard box -- was pallid and uninteresting.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2010 22:45:06 GMT
I am old enough to remember that the Christmas commercials for Coca-Cola have always been heartwarming, even as they become more and more sophisticated. (The same one plays in France, but the store very clearly says "supermarché" at the beginning even though there is nothing French about the store.)
But to get back to "old enough to remember," I thought it was very odd that a 2010 commercial would still show somebody using a "price sticker gun."
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Post by tod2 on Dec 21, 2010 4:55:44 GMT
Hey watch it mister! I use a 'price-sticker gun' ;D The Coca Cola Ad: It was better than showing someone printing out barcodes at their computer don'tcha think?
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Post by Kimby on Dec 21, 2010 17:55:01 GMT
I saw a video yesterday that had a photo of a guy carrying a wooden crate of Coca-Cola. That glimpse was enough to set off an entire mini-movie of memories for me. It was as though my brain suddenly realized that its current mental image of cases of Coke -- clear fat glass bottles in a thin carboard box -- was pallid and uninteresting. At least in Mexico you can still get Coca Cola in glass bottles (refillable, I hope?). The "mini-movie" in the States would feature aluminum cans or plastic one- or two-liter bottles. WHY are we not refilling bottles anymore?
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 21, 2010 19:00:12 GMT
There is a great deal of Coke sold in plastic and cans, too, Kimby. The glass bottles are disposable, although there is a big industry here is things made from recycled glass.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2011 15:01:17 GMT
I remember when 1984 was a novel set in the distant future instead of the distant past.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 1, 2011 16:06:34 GMT
I remember taking an IBM course in the early seventies. We were told that the technology already existed to write a letter in your office and have it come out instantly in another office in a distant city!
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Post by onlymark on Jan 1, 2011 16:21:59 GMT
I remember when IBM just meant Irritable Bowel Movement and not Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2011 8:18:55 GMT
I remember when people used the name Moslem instead of Muslim (and I have no idea why it changed). Before that, wasn't the term Mohammedan?
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Post by onlymark on Jan 4, 2011 9:28:50 GMT
I remember when we called them Saracens.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 4, 2011 9:33:21 GMT
I prefer Moors. Easier to spell.
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Post by tod2 on Jan 4, 2011 11:16:11 GMT
Yes Kerouac, I remember it being Mahommedan's. Here in Africa the native bantu's still refer to a person who is a Muslim, as a Sulleman - pronounced, Sue - le - man.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2011 15:54:04 GMT
I remember when objects like funnels were obligatorily made of metal rather than plastic.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 6, 2011 16:13:08 GMT
Yes Kerouac, I remember it being Mahommedan's. Here in Africa the native bantu's still refer to a person who is a Muslim, as a Sulleman - pronounced, Sue - le - man. I think they were called Mosselmen in India.....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2011 18:30:52 GMT
I think that all religions should change names every 5 years so that everybody loses track. That would put an end to all of this religious tension bullshit.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2011 18:32:56 GMT
Shoehorns....does anyone still use shoehorns? I ran across a fancy especially long shoe horn at my mother's house and saved it,I don't know why, as I haven't used a shoe horn since goodness knows when. ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png) One never knows when one might need one,right?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2011 20:33:12 GMT
Shoehorns still exist. I know so many people who buy shoes that don't fit that I am not surprised. I have made a point of buying shoes one size larger than my size for many years now, and I do not regret it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 6, 2011 21:35:20 GMT
~?~
If you're buying shoes one size larger than your supposed size and they fit, than you're buying the correct shoe size.
My former mother-in-law, who thought being ditzy was cute, always bought Keds. Once she bought a pair and complained bitterly, as they were in her usual size but cramped her toes to the point that it hurt.
Then she discovered that she'd never removed the tissue the manufacturer stuffed in the toes.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2011 11:41:45 GMT
No, my shoes are too big for me.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 7, 2011 16:38:00 GMT
Okay, now I'm obsessing about this. Don't your shoes slip around on your feet? Isn't that uncomfortable? Do you buy all shoes from all different manufacturers one size up? I am deeply confused and distressed.
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Post by tod2 on Jan 7, 2011 17:17:43 GMT
Hey Kerouac! Do you know that the only guys here wearing large shoes OR unlaced shoes are muggers and bag thief's!! (We don;t have many pickpockets......that technique is far too sophisticated for them) Now, you want to know why don't you? Reason is simple. When they want to really run fast - like escaping the cops or an aggressive customer, they step out of their shoes and make like Zola Budd ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png) They also wear dark glasses at night when it is already pitch black!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2011 17:25:24 GMT
I am thoroughly confused as well, by all three of the previous responses!!! ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png) Lost me somewhere along there... ![:-/](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/undecided.png)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2011 18:04:30 GMT
I am deeply confused and distressed. You probably wouldn't like my trousers either. ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png) ![](http://www.90s411.com/images/baggy-pants2.jpg)
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 7, 2011 20:59:32 GMT
Well, at least the jacket coordinates nicely with all of your shoes. ![](http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/10/19/education/e_06samtee.jpg)
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Post by Kimby on Jan 10, 2011 17:23:02 GMT
![](http://www.tvacres.com/images/tige_dog.jpg) Anyone else remember Buster Brown shoes? I'm also trying to remember which shoe company had a big red hen and golden eggs on display in the shoe stores...anyone know?
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 10, 2011 17:35:56 GMT
Oh, heavens yes! Do you remember -- Poll Parrot, Poll Parrot, the shoes you want to buy. They make your feet run faster, as fast as Poll can fly -- ?
I vaguely remember the hen, but not the brand.
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Post by Kimby on Jan 10, 2011 18:53:30 GMT
![](http://onceuponawin.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/win-pics-red-goose-shoes1.jpg) Just hit me: Red Goose Shoes! I'd forgotten that the eggs were actually banks: ![](http://image.timepassagesnostalgia.com/watermarked/imagesb3/b395redgoose.jpg)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2011 23:08:07 GMT
I have no idea what that stuff is. ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png)
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Post by Kimby on Jan 11, 2011 14:57:27 GMT
Exactly what it looks like, K2. A marketing ploy by a shoe company to get kids to pressure their parents to buy Red Goose shoes instead of some other brand. As I had very narrow feet as a kid, I don't think I was ever able to get my hands on one of those golden eggs...
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