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per Google. And if it's on the internet it's got to be true lolQuote: AutomaticMonkeyQuote: lilredrooster.
Times Square, NYC in the 70s_____________so beautiful__________;)
it got cleaned up in the mid to late 90s - "Disneyfication"
You are talking about the Howard Johnson correct?
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Ah yes, I remember them well!
And I'm glad I went to those places, those cathedrals of heterosexuality, when I was like 15 and 16 because I couldn't possibly have enjoyed them as much as an adult. I think society gets that backwards. An older guy going to places like that, it's like an older guy going to Scandia or Chuck E. Cheese Just... why? How much fun can that be for you? How much fun should that be for you? But a teen getting a superlative thrill out of it- perfectly normal.
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Quote:Psychic Jeane Dixon reportedly predicted a disastrous structural failure or collapse involving the Tower of the Americas (sometimes referred to as the "HemisFair Tower") during the 1968 World's Fair in San Antonio, Texas.
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Quote:eane Dixon became famous as a prominent 20th-century American psychic and astrologer, largely due to her widely publicized 1956 prediction of the 1960 presidential election and the subsequent assassination of John F. Kennedy. Her fame was solidified by a best-selling biography, a syndicated astrology column, and a high-profile clientele, including Nancy Reagan.
Key reasons for her fame include:
The JFK Prediction: In 1956, she told Parade magazine that a blue-eyed Democratic president elected in 1960 would be assassinated or die in office.
Media and Publications: She authored best-selling books (e.g., A Gift of Prophecy: The Phenomenon of Jeane Dixon) and wrote a popular syndicated newspaper column.
Political Connections: Based in Washington, D.C., she was known for advising high-profile figures.
The "Jeane Dixon Effect": She became a household name because people focused on her few correct predictions while overlooking her many incorrect ones (a phenomenon now known as the "Jeane Dixon Effect").
Quote: rxwineThey also had the first trash compactor I ever saw.
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My cousins had a radar range in the late 1960s, but I don't remember how it worked.The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
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Times Square, NYC in the 70s_____________so beautiful__________;)
it got cleaned up in the mid to late 90s - "Disneyfication"
You are talking about the Howard Johnson correct?
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Ah yes, I remember them well!
And I'm glad I went to those places, those cathedrals of heterosexuality, when I was like 15 and 16 because I couldn't possibly have enjoyed them as much as an adult. I think society gets that backwards. An older guy going to places like that, it's like an older guy going to Scandia or Chuck E. Cheese Just... why? How much fun can that be for you? How much fun should that be for you? But a teen getting a superlative thrill out of it- perfectly normal.
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Cathedrals of heterosexuality? From my volunteer work with the group then known as Under 21, those theaters were mainly used for older investor type gentleman to teach younger males negotiating and marketing skills.
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You might be a little off on the timeline there. I recall middle class people could afford microwaves in the mid-70s, by the 80s everyone had one,
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"Early 1970s: Ownership was less than 1%; the first countertop models cost nearly
(roughly
in today's currency).
1980: Ownership reached 20% of U.S. households.
1984: By the end of this year, ownership had climbed to 40%."
Less than 1% in the early '70s which grew to 20% by 1980 and 40% by 1984 is hardly 'everyone had one'. In the 1970s almost nobody had one in their home unless they were extremely well off which almost nobody was. By the mid 80s less than half of Americans had one and they were still extremely expensive. I didn't get my first one till the 90s. People get confused because every 7-Eleven type store had one so they assume a lot of people had one in their homes which just wasn't true. It's like color TV in the 1960s almost nobody had one percentage wise. I got my first color tv from Sears in 1970 and it was $400 which I had to take out a loan to get. $400 in 1970 in today's money is $3,500. By 1967 less than 16% of Americans had a color TV in by 1970 it reached 33%. It was not until the late 70s that almost everybody had one.
I remember reading a story in the late seventies about a restaurant in New York City that had five microwave ovens and they took the doors off of them and let them run all the time during rush hour. The cooks would put the item in the microwave with their bare hands and take it out with their bare hands and this seemed fine until eventually their hands started to go numb and they ended up losing most of the feeling in their hands which never return. They don't do that anymore.
Quote: odiousgambitactually cooking with a microwave has always been tricky, and I don't know anyone who does it today. I use it to warm up things, it can be quite superior in this regard sometimes. One frustration I get over and over is thinking something is warmed up enough, but it ain't, even though I tested it with my finger. Cold spots have a way of hiding that is remarkable
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I only cook fish in the MV. Comes out perfect every time. Esp[ecially salmon. I use it mostly for defrosting.
Quote: odiousgambitactually cooking with a microwave has always been tricky, and I don't know anyone who does it today. I use it to warm up things, it can be quite superior in this regard sometimes. One frustration I get over and over is thinking something is warmed up enough, but it ain't, even though I tested it with my finger. Cold spots have a way of hiding that is remarkable
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I didn't use my microwave much until recently, but the meal kits I buy are designed for four minutes in the microwave.
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Times Square, NYC in the 70s_____________so beautiful__________;)
it got cleaned up in the mid to late 90s - "Disneyfication"
You are talking about the Howard Johnson correct?
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Ah yes, I remember them well!
And I'm glad I went to those places, those cathedrals of heterosexuality, when I was like 15 and 16 because I couldn't possibly have enjoyed them as much as an adult. I think society gets that backwards. An older guy going to places like that, it's like an older guy going to Scandia or Chuck E. Cheese Just... why? How much fun can that be for you? How much fun should that be for you? But a teen getting a superlative thrill out of it- perfectly normal.
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Cathedrals of heterosexuality? From my volunteer work with the group then known as Under 21, those theaters were mainly used for older investor type gentleman to teach younger males negotiating and marketing skills.
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No way, they must have meant the places on 8th Ave., which is where you might find that. These "burlesque" places were old dime-a-dance halls converted to full-contact lap dancing joints. There was a stage for a band but there was no band, it was usually a live sex show.
Quote:On July 28, 1945, an American B-25 bomber plane flying over New York City took a wrong turn in the fog and crashed into the Empire State Building.
Lt. Col.William F. Smith's plane hit the north side of the building between the 79th and 80th floors. The B-25's wings sheared off, its gasoline tanks exploded and the fire took 40 minutes to extinguish. Dozens died or were injured.
The right engine of the plane had smashed into the elevator shaft severing all the cables.
Betty Lou Oliver was trapped in the elevator car as it began free falling. The automatic braking cable was destroyed, too, allowing the car to fall without any braking system at all.
“I was going down so fast that I just had to hang onto the sides of the elevator to keep from floating,” she recalled.
She fell 80 stores or 1000 feet and holds the Guiness Book of World Records for the longest surviving elevator fall.
She went from 5'4" to 3'2; in height.
Just kidding on the last part.
https://people.com/plane-crashed-into-empire-state-building-sending-woman-into-record-free-fall-11773102
Quote: rxwineThey also had the first trash compactor I ever saw.
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I do not ever remember seeing a trash compactor. We had a trash incinerator in our basement.
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I do not ever remember seeing a trash compactor. We had a trash incinerator in our basement.
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Right after the first Earth Day, trash compactors got popular for a year or two. You could fit a week's garbage into something the size of a grocery bag., and the machine was about the size of a dorm fridge. It was just a hydraulic press that crushed everything in its path. As it was often my job to put the garbage cans out front, this made the job easier as we rarely needed a second can. When we moved, the garbage men came into the yard, so we didn't miss it.
"AI Overview
The hula hoop became a massive, worldwide fad in 1958, immediately after being launched by the Wham-O toy company. Within the first four months of production, over 25 million plastic hoops were sold, and by 1960, more than 100 million units had been sold, creating one of the biggest toy crazes in history."
so much fun watching the girls jiggling - and no doubt they loved showing off their stuff
hula hoops got their name from the traditional Hawaiian dance called the hula - (you probably already knew that)
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Quote: DRichQuote: rxwineThey also had the first trash compactor I ever saw.
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I do not ever remember seeing a trash compactor. We had a trash incinerator in our basement.
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When I was in the lower grades the school used an incenerator. I think they stopped about 1980.
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"AI Overview
The hula hoop became a massive, worldwide fad in 1958, immediately after being launched by the Wham-O toy company. Within the first four months of production, over 25 million plastic hoops were sold, and by 1960, more than 100 million units had been sold, creating one of the biggest toy crazes in history."
hula hoops got their name from the traditional Hawaiian dance called the hula - (you probably already knew that)
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My dad bought us three kids hula hoops in 1958 and they were probably the stupidest thing ever invented and we lost interest in about 20 minutes. We moved to the country 2 years later and our property is covered in maple trees so my dad cut the hula hoops up and use them as taps to collect the sap to make Maple syrup. I say our property is covered in maple trees because I obviously live in the same house that we moved to in 1960 as I have mentioned before and the maple trees are still here.
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This song brings me back to the 70s when I was just a young boy. All of my sisters and I were still living at home with my mom and dad. My dad worked in a refinery and my mom was a housewife. Dinner was always ready at 4:30pm. We’d watch “I Love Lucy” reruns on our small TV while we ate. Everyone I loved and cared about was still alive and healthy. Now, so many of the people in my life that meant so very much to me are gone. How I wish I could go back in time...but when I hear great music like this, I close my eyes, and all of those wonderful memories come rushing back into my mind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjFoQxjgbrs
Karen Carpenter was great
so sad that she died so young - age 32
her death was caused by heart failure due to an eating disorder - anorexia nervosa
at that time not much was known about the disease
her death raised public awareness of it
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Karen Carpenter was great
so sad that she died so young - age 32
her death was caused by heart failure due to an eating disorder - anorexia nervosa
at that time not much was known about the disease
her death raised public awareness of it
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I was in Florida on vacation when she died. I heard about it on the radio and paused for a moment, then went on my way. To my shock, my friends, mostly rugby teammates, were very shaken up by it. I was really surprised as I had never heard any of them mention her before.
I liked her version of "Superstar," though I preferred Rita Coolidge's.
I bought a $60 mini-microwave & a $60 mini-fridge in the mid-1980's, just because of the price point.
I bought a used microwave cheap in the early 1990's that was full size. I'd say it was a little deficient compared to what I bought in the 2010's. But I've been living on TV dinners for decades and they get cooked in the microwave. I also cook scrambled eggs in the microwave. I tried cooking bacon in the microwave a few times but I kept getting food poisoning so I've gone back to frying the bacon in a pan on the electric stove. I cook microwave popcorn and chicken patties. I use a toaster oven to cook my DiGiorno personal pan pizzas and Haddock fish patties.
Quote: ChumpChangeI used to burn the family trash in a big barrel in the 1960's. That got outlawed a few years later.
I bought a $60 mini-microwave & a $60 mini-fridge in the mid-1980's, just because of the price point.
I bought a used microwave cheap in the early 1990's that was full size. I'd say it was a little deficient compared to what I bought in the 2010's. But I've been living on TV dinners for decades and they get cooked in the microwave. I also cook scrambled eggs in the microwave. I tried cooking bacon in the microwave a few times but I kept getting food poisoning so I've gone back to frying the bacon in a pan on the electric stove. I cook microwave popcorn and chicken patties. I use a toaster oven to cook my DiGiorno personal pan pizzas and Haddock fish patties.
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Eating nothing but processed food I can't even imagine what your salt intake is a day. The only thing you named that isn't full of salt is the scrambled eggs which you probably use a lot of salt on anyway. The average TV dinner has about 1000 mg of salt and the more expensive hungry-man dinners can have 2000 mg or more.
Quote: googlebothigh salt intake can still be harmful even if you do not have high blood pressure
(hypertension). While blood pressure is a key indicator, excessive sodium can stiffen blood vessels, cause fluid retention, and increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, and kidney issues, regardless of your current pressure
Quote: odiousgambitI was wondering if salt is bad for you even if, like me, you don't have/get high blood pressure
Quote: googlebothigh salt intake can still be harmful even if you do not have high blood pressure
(hypertension). While blood pressure is a key indicator, excessive sodium can stiffen blood vessels, cause fluid retention, and increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, and kidney issues, regardless of your current pressure
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If you are active and sweat a lot, you need more salt. If you live in cold temperatures, your body needs more salt. If you live in a hot climate, you need more salt. A 240-pound man needs more salt than a 160-pound man. Too little salt can be as bad as too much.
I have a brother who has high blood pressure and went on the low salt regimen for decades. With his wife cracking the whip, he religiously adhered to this, probably going beyond what the doctor ordered. Recently he was told his blood test showed he has too little sodium in his system and should take more salt in his diet. He was pissed, avoiding salt to the degree he did is a miserably tasteless diet to followQuote: billryanQuote: odiousgambitI was wondering if salt is bad for you even if, like me, you don't have/get high blood pressure
Quote: googlebothigh salt intake can still be harmful even if you do not have high blood pressure
(hypertension). While blood pressure is a key indicator, excessive sodium can stiffen blood vessels, cause fluid retention, and increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, and kidney issues, regardless of your current pressure
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If you are active and sweat a lot, you need more salt. If you live in cold temperatures, your body needs more salt. If you live in a hot climate, you need more salt. A 240-pound man needs more salt than a 160-pound man. Too little salt can be as bad as too much.
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My friend Jerry was a short, round fellow who loved to eat. He had a heart attack around age 50 and went on a diet of fish, salads and chicken once a week. He went from a 54-inch waist to a 30-inch one and had to pay for surgery to tuck in his fat. That was almost twenty years ago, and he is healthy and still working at close to 70, and tells everyone who will listen to cut down on salt.
We both have a near pathological hatred of beans. I know they are a great source of nutrition, and I try to swallow a few whole, but chewing them literally makes me nauseous.
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