Tag: History
War is over, let’s go nuts
It’s 1946, the war is over, and Look magazine asks people what they want. to buy. Because apparently everyone has piles of cash now. They…
How to use a telephone
We were watching an old “telephone manners” instructional video on Youtube, and I mentioned to Teresa the little booklet we got in like second grade…
Do your homework!
Don’t just scribble some crap on it and chuck it out the car window on the way home! All you need to do is write…
Pencils down, it’s happy hour
Not sure where I dug this up from, but I am pretty sure my dad worked here or in a very similar situation, when he…
The chief is selling stuff online again!
I was messing around in the garage and found this WWII relay in a can! Sorely tempted to take a can opener to it, but…
Political Turmoil
Nixon and Spiro Agnew were up for reelection in 1972, and I guess times were good, because they handily defeated George McGovern. People vote with their wallets, in the end.
Don’t doubt the Garage Sale Queen
I thought she was joking that one had tattoos. Why did I doubt her? She dug around, and sure enough, here’s one with tattoos.
Tune the UHF channel for your vicinity
Teresa’s maternal grandparents living in Renton, Washington, in 1957. I would bet that this was taken late on a Saturday afternoon, before some kind of…
Milk makes her fart
Here’s the 1957 Dairy Princess fixing to enjoy a glass of whatever passed for milk back then, probably some un-homogenized whole milk- Here we drink 1%, that stuff would probably taste like a glass of liquid butter to me.
Steam Donkey and antique poop
I was walking Cody this morning, and explored a part of Jennings Park I had never been to. It requires passing near the playground, and I am always concerned that Cody will assert his Egyptian heritage and make a pyramid.