Category: Back in My Day

Shopping mail order
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I have AMAZON GUILT

   September 24, 2023  0 Comments on I have AMAZON GUILT

I really miss going to the mall and various stores, but doggone it, say what you will about Amazon, but…

Mailman sorting letters, and counting the days until he retires.
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OH. Those Christmas cards.

   September 22, 2023  0 Comments on OH. Those Christmas cards.

When I was a kid, I sold Christmas cards door to door, from a sample catalog. They were beautiful cards, with all manner of sparkly crap and embossed gold or silver bits.

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Cook-Outs are fun but watch out for pests

   September 19, 2023  0 Comments on Cook-Outs are fun but watch out for pests

“cook outs” are top fun in any season!

Model rocket mishap cartoon
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Model Rocket Mishap

   September 17, 2023  0 Comments on Model Rocket Mishap

WHEN I WAS a kid, I would get the Estes model rocket catalog, and of course I wanted to get into this hobby. I would try and try to get my dad and his wallet to join in.

I forgot I had this magazine on order from a dude on ebay. Better homes and ghettos? Then I remembered, when I flipped it around; it was the SICK magazine that I ordered.
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Better Homes and ghettos? Sounds legit.

   September 16, 2023  0 Comments on Better Homes and ghettos? Sounds legit.

I forgot I had this magazine on order from a dude on ebay. Better homes and ghettos? Then I remembered,…

Kate Davis Postmodern Jukebox
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All about THIS Bass

   September 9, 2023  0 Comments on All about THIS Bass

I discovered a version of “All about that Bass” that I like a LOT better than the Meghan Trainor version,…

Radio comparitor test set? THE DIRECTIONS
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Radio Shack didn’t have this.

   September 3, 2023  0 Comments on Radio Shack didn’t have this.

It looks like a transmogrifyer control of some sort? No idea.

The tiny post office at Muddy, IL
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Too rural for me!

   August 31, 2023  0 Comments on Too rural for me!

I found an old Grit magazine featuring this tiny, tiny post office in Muddy, Illinois. Miss Virginia was postmaster there for many years.

Angry nurse bringing glop
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Hospital food is not my cup of tea

   August 23, 2023  0 Comments on Hospital food is not my cup of tea

Wasn’t long ago I was in a rehab facility nursing home recovering from some broken bones… Actually the food was…

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Color me recycled

   August 21, 2023  0 Comments on Color me recycled

Garbage Truck coloring book! I was going through some stuff in the garage, and I found this McNeilus garbage truck…