1950s America

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Serious Lee
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4:44p, 12/27/19
anybody else feel like they were born too late in life? why is the past so much more interesting than the present?





















































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John Francis Donaghy
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4:47p, 12/27/19
You know we have girls, cars, and music now too right?
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4:49p, 12/27/19
Nostalgia is a crutch for weak minds.
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Martin Q. Blank
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In reply to John Francis Donaghy • 4:51p, 12/27/19
John Francis Donaghy said:
You know we have girls, cars, and music now too right?
But not segregation.
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AW 1880
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4:55p, 12/27/19
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I believe picture of the Porsche and James Dean was shortly (minutes) before he crashed and died.
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6:40p, 12/27/19
I'll stay in a world with wide spread AC and birth control.
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6:43p, 12/27/19
AG
If I had a time machine the fifties is one of the first places I'd visit. That beach scene would be the perfect place to experience the time.
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7:21p, 12/27/19
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The volleyball on stilts and infant attached to overhead compartment both seem like a high probability of disaster.

I've been in plenty of turbulence that would have sent that baby off the ceiling like someone spiking a volleyball
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7:27p, 12/27/19
AG
You know, if a couple of things had gone a little different you might have gotten matched off to fight World War III in those days, right?

Kind of like World War I when they had the soldiers charge machine gun nests, except this time with hydrogen bombs.
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In reply to LupinusTexensis • 7:29p, 12/27/19
LupinusTexensis said:
I'll stay in a world with wide spread AC and birth control.

But as a white guy, the job market was pretty sweet.
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Serious Lee
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In reply to AW 1880 • 7:33p, 12/27/19
AW 1880 said:
I believe picture of the Porsche and James Dean was shortly (minutes) before he crashed and died.
you are correct
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Serious Lee
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In reply to LupinusTexensis • 7:39p, 12/27/19
LupinusTexensis said:
I'll stay in a world with wide spread AC and birth control.
my grandma would have called you a hussey
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In reply to Serious Lee • 8:25p, 12/27/19
AG
You should let Granny speak for herself, which she would be allowed to these days.
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John Francis Donaghy
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In reply to Serious Lee • 8:29p, 12/27/19
Walt Luddiger said:
LupinusTexensis said:
I'll stay in a world with wide spread AC and birth control.
my grandma would have called you a hussey


Granny must not have been able to compete in her younger days.

T&P for your homely bloodlines.
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Serious Lee
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In reply to Potcake • 8:34p, 12/27/19
Potcake said:
You should let Granny speak for herself, which she would be allowed to these days.
she would have described kim kardashian as "healthy". no ****, thats the first word that would have come to her mind. birthin hips
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In reply to Serious Lee • 8:38p, 12/27/19
AG
Yea, she's not a hussey at all. Good luck on your time travels.
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In reply to John Francis Donaghy • 9:14p, 12/27/19
John Francis Donaghy said:
You know we have girls, cars, and music now too right?
Cars have lost weight and people have gained weight.
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Serious Lee
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In reply to Potcake • 9:27p, 12/27/19
Potcake said:
Yea, she's not a hussey at all. Good luck on your time travels.
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1:15a, 12/28/19
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White people.
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In reply to Potcake • 8:33a, 12/28/19
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Potcake said:
Yea, she's not a hussey at all. Good luck on your time travels.

She's not going to have sex with you.
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8:48a, 12/28/19
I hear it was hard to find good wifi back then. No thanks
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10:11a, 12/28/19
I was born in 1960.
The 1st 3 decades of my life were the BEST!
I would DEFINITELY do it all again.
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11:38a, 12/28/19
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When I was a kid I wished I lived in a more interesting time period.

I really regret wishing that.
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4:44p, 12/28/19

Polio and iron lungs were a downer until 1955 when Salk's vaccine was created. My parents
were scared ****less about polio epidemics, probably for good reason.

1950s-early 1960s were probably the last golden age of passenger trains. I have fond memories of riding the Santa Fe El Capitan and San Francisco Chief back in the day.
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Shakes the Clown
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4:46p, 12/28/19
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5:16p, 12/28/19
AG
Have to love the modern medicine then too.
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5:28p, 12/28/19
AG
Yep.
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In reply to Potcake • 6:35p, 12/28/19
AG
Apparently they still do this. Some family friends of mine just signed their suicidal son up for treatment I was shocked to hear this was still used, but apparently it's very common.
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In reply to Potcake • 6:54p, 12/28/19
Potcake said:
You should let Granny speak for herself, which she would be allowed to these days.
You need to purchase stars if you want your progressive white knighting to pay off.
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Potcake
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In reply to Liquid Wrench • 8:46p, 12/28/19
AG
Or you could scurry back to your safe space on another forum. Sorry your feelers got hurt.
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In reply to John Francis Donaghy • 9:06p, 12/28/19
John Francis Donaghy said:
You know we have girls, cars, and music now too right?
If by (good) music, you mean digital copies of music from the 20th century, you're spot on.
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Serious Lee
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In reply to BrazosBendHorn • 9:51p, 12/28/19
BrazosBendHorn said:

Polio and iron lungs were a downer until 1955 when Salk's vaccine was created. My parents
were scared ****less about polio epidemics, probably for good reason.
my dads best friend had polio, was born in 1949. Hes only got use of one of his arms. Most successful CPA ive ever known. dont make em like they used to.
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In reply to aggieforester05 • 10:34p, 12/28/19
aggieforester05 said:
Apparently they still do this. Some family friends of mine just signed their suicidal son up for treatment I was shocked to hear this was still used, but apparently it's very common.


From what I know (which admittedly isn't very much) it is done very differently than it used to be. They put the patient under, use the electricity to redirect neural pathways in a directed manner while the patient is under, then wake the patient up. Like having dental work done while unconscious. And it's supposed to be very effective.
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In reply to YokelRidesAgain • 12:17a, 12/29/19
YokelRidesAgain said:
You know, if a couple of things had gone a little different you might have gotten matched off to fight World War III in those days, right?

Kind of like World War I when they had the soldiers charge machine gun nests, except this time with hydrogen bombs.

Yokel, you need to tighten up those timelines.
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