Remember When
You could buy an airline ticket, same day, and walk to the plane without having the TSA bumbling around and feeling you up to get their jollies?
Quote: LovecompsRemember when...
You could buy an airline ticket, same day, and walk to the plane without having the TSA bumbling around and feeling you up to get their jollies?
Do you get pulled aside often for a manual check? I would guess in my last 200 flights it has only happened to me twice.
Quote: LovecompsRemember when...
You could buy an airline ticket, same day, and walk to the plane without having the TSA bumbling around and feeling you up to get their jollies?
I remember when there were no jetways,
you had to go outdoors, walk across the
tarmac, climb a stairway into the plane.
And you could say goodbye to the
passengers as they got right onto the plane.
Remember when you could smoke on planes?
It was horrible, the cabin was filled with smoke.
It was mostly banned by the late 80s and officially
banned 1990.
I'm pretty sure it was a requirement for doctors to smoke and blow cigarette smoke in your wounds so you would heal faster.Quote: EvenBobI remember when there were no jetways,
you had to go outdoors, walk across the
tarmac, climb a stairway into the plane.
And you could say goodbye to the
passengers as they got right onto the plane.
Remember when you could smoke on planes?
It was horrible, the cabin was filled with smoke.
It was mostly banned by the late 80s and officially
banned 1990.
https://www.workingnurse.com/articles/When-Nurses-Smoked-in-Hospitals
Quote: EvenBob...Remember when you could smoke on planes?
It was horrible, the cabin was filled with smoke...
It wasn't that bad -- they restricted it to the last three rows...
Quote: EvenBobI remember when there were no jetways,
you had to go outdoors, walk across the
tarmac, climb a stairway into the plane.
And you could say goodbye to the
passengers as they got right onto the plane.
Remember when you could smoke on planes?
It was horrible, the cabin was filled with smoke.
It was mostly banned by the late 80s and officially
banned 1990.
I remember when I was a young lad, and during the flight the captain would allow you up into the cockpit to see the flight deck.
Quote: CalderIt wasn't that bad -- they restricted it to the last three rows...
I flew to Hawaii on PanAm or TWA
in 1976 and it was horrible. But I
smoked then, so what could I
say. Everybody smoked in the 70's.
Quote: CalderIt wasn't that bad -- they restricted it to the last three rows...
ABSOLUTELY FALSE! Vivid memory! 1981. Get on Iberia Airlines plane to Madrid. In non-smoking section. Big plane with that miserable middle section. Person sitting next to me lights up. I ask him not to. He tells me he asked for smoking section. We call over stewardess....who informs me..... my seat is in non-smoking..... and his is in smoking!!!!!!
I remember this more vividly than.... my 19 yo's in a row.....
ten percent gunpowder, the rest vitamin C.Quote: rxwineDid they ever do, "can you really fix a wound by piling gun powder on it and setting it on fire" on Mythbusters?
Doctors and nurses smoked, tobacco companies gifted various brands to military hospitals.Quote: AxelWolfWhen-Nurses-Smoked-in-Hospitals
Several years ago i saw a Research Subjects Wanted notice addressed to Healthy Smokers and med students were annotating the notice by crossing out 'healthy smokers' and adding No Such Thing.
Quote: SOOPOOABSOLUTELY FALSE! Vivid memory! 1981. .
When I flew in the 70's, it was
the same way, Non smoking
was right next to people who
smoked. It was a joke.
Quote: EvenBobNon smoking
was right next to people who
smoked. It was a joke.
Like some casinos are now
Quote: LovecompsRemember when...
You could buy an airline ticket, same day, and walk to the plane without having the TSA bumbling around and feeling you up to get their jollies?
I've only done this one time, and right after I bought the ticket a cop followed me into the bathroom, asked for ID, and grilled me about where I was going. This was just a few months after 9/11 so that might have had something to do with it.
Quote: rxwineDid they ever do, "can you really fix a wound by piling gun powder on it and setting it on fire" on Mythbusters?
I had a friend who tried this once and it didn't work. Didn't cauterize the wound, and he got burned on top of that.
The beauty of it was, when one guy finished, he changed seats with a friend from a non-smoking row, who could then light up. Wash, rinse, repeat.
Everyone stank by the time we hit Heathrow.
Quote: EvenBobI remember when there were no jetways,
you had to go outdoors, walk across the
tarmac, climb a stairway into the plane.
And you could say goodbye to the
passengers as they got right onto the plane.
Remember when you could smoke on planes?
It was horrible, the cabin was filled with smoke.
It was mostly banned by the late 80s and officially
banned 1990.
Not only that, but once upon a time people wore suits when they got on a plane. Also, if you were in a larger aircraft like a 747, there was a bar and a piano in the bubble section.
The bathrooms were also large enough to make your membership in the mile-hi club much easier :-). .
Quote: LovecompsNot only that, but once upon a time people wore suits when they got on a plane.
When I first went to Vegas in the mid-70s,
at night in the Strip casinos there were still
lots of guys in suits and sportcoats. In
pictures of Strip casinos in the 60s almost
all the guys had on sport coats and suits at night.
there was no caption on the first pic but the actor to the right of the elephant really looks like Jack Lemmon who was quite a good actor IMO
wow....... that blonde is smokin'!
this is a street view, I think about 1955
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Quote: LovecompsNot only that, but once upon a time people wore suits when they got on a plane. Also, if you were in a larger aircraft like a 747, there was a bar and a piano in the bubble section.
The bathrooms were also large enough to make your membership in the mile-hi club much easier :-). .
Watch a day baseball game from up to the mid 60s. Most guys there in a shirt and tie. Back in the 80s I was some wrestling matches from the 50s and everyone in the audience was a guy in a white shirt and black tie. No women, no kids. Every guy dressed the same. And this was not when wrestling used painted people in the audience, they actually moved.
craps used to be played with quarters so today's tables are still a bargain. Last Chance Craps was played with dimes!
I doubt those players owned suits.
Lee Marvin, a killer in the movie "Point Blank" from 1967:
Harvey Keitel as Charlie, a low level mob guy in one of my favorite movies "Mean Streets" from 1973
Quote: lilredroostersome of my favorite pics of old Vegas -
1965, looking at the hair styles.
Look how dressed up they are.
It's because they dressed up in Europe
at casino's at night. In the daytime
it was less formal.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: lilredroostersome of my favorite pics of old Vegas -
1965, looking at the hair styles.
Look how dressed up they are.
It's because they dressed up in Europe
at casino's at night. In the daytime
it was less formal.
Looks like about 1970 to me. Look at the cute blonde in the forefront. The look reminds me of macramé and love beads. That look was not prevalent before about this time
Quote: Greasyjohn
Looks like about 1969 to me. Look at the beads on the cute blonde in the forefront. Looks like macramé and hippie beads to me. That look was not prevalent before about this time
I thought it could be some of the Indian reservation stuff one could pick up traveling to Vegas by vehicle.
Is it?Quote: EvenBobdupilicate
don't think I want to count cards here
guess I'll move on down the road
the guy standing by the wall has his hand his pocket - try to guess what's in there
only $ 3 mill? it's a steal
Fremont Street looking west before casinos
Quote: lilredroosterVegas tough guys - 50s I think
Probably closer to the 30's judging
by the clothes, the hats and the
haircuts. Probably not Vegas but
an illegal joint in Kansas City or
Chicago.
the deal with The Rifleman is that he was quicker with his rifle than the bad guys were with their 6 shooters
the star, Chuck Connors was one of very, very few to play in both the MLB and the NBA
he was just a scrub, but still, he had to be quite an athlete to do that
this is the intro to another show I loved, "The Outer Limits" - it tried to compete with "Twilight Zone" but wasn't as popular
still, a great show IMO
"there is nothing wrong with your television set. do not attempt to adjust the picture. we are controlling transmission"
Quote: lilredroosterthis is the bada** intro to my favorite tv show as a kid "The Rifleman"
1.46 people were killed on average
for every episode of that show.
Quote: EvenBob1.46 people were killed on average
for every episode of that show.
But they had it coming.
But in all seriousness, I’ve always wondered how many men little Joe killed in the entire series Bonanza. So what the heck, I googled it and found this:
http://www.voy.com/75280/47704.html
Quote: EvenBob1.46 people were killed on average
for every episode of that show.
Despite being criticized as a violent show, The A-Team had an average body count of almost 0 per episode. Throughout the whole series, I think only two people were killed onscreen, and neither of those deaths were at the hands of the A-Team members themselves.
Also, apparently George Peppard was a massive a-hole.
Quote: GreasyjohnBut they had it coming.
But in all seriousness, I’ve always wondered how many men little Joe killed in the entire series Bonanza. So what the heck, I googled it and found this:
http://www.voy.com/75280/47704.html
That's astounding, 166 men killed
in 14 seasons. I watched all that
in the 50's and 60's, thought
nothing of it.
"Los Angeles California. This is the city. I work here. I'm a cop."
Jack Webb was married to the beautiful jazz singer Julie London (Cry Me a River) - lucky guy - a hard to imagine couple - I guess in real life Webb wasn't so square seeming
Quote: TigerWuDespite being criticized as a violent show, The A-Team had an average body count of almost 0 per episode. Throughout the whole series, I think only two people were killed onscreen, and neither of those deaths were at the hands of the A-Team members themselves.
Also, apparently George Peppard was a massive a-hole.
They were awful shots foe crack commando unit.
I heard that about Peppard. He told one of the female cast she would not last because the show did not need a girl the first time he saw her.
Quote: AZDuffmanThey were awful shots foe crack commando unit.
Indeed. Although in fairness to Murdoch, he wasn't a Green Beret like the others; just a pilot.
Quote:I heard that about Peppard. He told one of the female cast she would not last because the show did not need a girl the first time he saw her.
He also hated Mr. T and refused to talk to him.
Quote: TigerWuHe also hated Mr. T and refused to talk to him.
You hear that all the time about
actors. They do scenes with people
yet refuse to speak to them outside
of that. In the last two Martin and
Lewis movies they were in every
scene together yet didn't speak
to each other on the set.
Quote: EvenBobYou hear that all the time about
actors. They do scenes with people
yet refuse to speak to them outside
of that. In the last two Martin and
Lewis movies they were in every
scene together yet didn't speak
to each other on the set.
I thought it was Martin and Lewis who never talked to each other outside of work but it was only because they realized they had absolutely nothing in common in their personal lives, and not out of any animosity. They just literally had nothing to talk about with each other. If it wasn't them it was some other famous duo from around that time period.
Vivian Vance and William Frawley on I Love Lucy absolutely hated each other. You couldn't tell from watching the show; amazing professionalism.
Quote: TigerWuI thought it was Martin and Lewis who never talked to each other outside of work but it was only because they realized they had absolutely nothing in common
They were best friends right till
the end. They did all kinds of
things together, when Dean
wasn't playing golf. When Jerry
started getting too controlling
in the the last few years, Dean
had enough and quit. Everybody
thought Dean would fade away
and Jerry would flourish, but it's
Dean who became the superstar.
Jerry always had nothing but good
things to say about Dean over the
years. That he was a genius at
playing the straight man, that he
was the nicest guy in show biz.
Dean was also more than likely
a sociopath. He didn't really care
about anybody but himself. That
laid back attitude was very much
for real, he didn't care what people
thought of him. This drove Sinatra
crazy because Dean was the only
person he couldn't control. Dean
would call Frank as asshole right
to his face and Frank had to take
it because Dean might drop him
as a friend if he didn't.
Quote: TigerWu
Vivian Vance and William Frawley on I Love Lucy absolutely hated each other.
When Frawley finally died, Vance applauded
and said 'about time.' Frawley was a total
jackass to work with, why Dezi chose him
is a mystery. I never liked him, he scared
me as a kid.
Quote: TigerWuIndeed. Although in fairness to Murdoch, he wasn't a Green Beret like the others; just a pilot.
They were not Green Berets. They were a commando unit. I never recall them saying they were Green Berets.
Quote:He also hated Mr. T and refused to talk to him.
He probably saw him as a newbie who hadn’t paid his dues yet.
Quote: AZDuffmanThey were not Green Berets. They were a commando unit. I never recall them saying they were Green Berets.
There is no such thing as "commando" units in the U.S. military. It is not an official designation. Anybody doing "commando" work in Vietnam would have been either a Ranger or Special Forces.
"During the Vietnam War, the A-Team were members of the 5th Special Forces Group (see the episode "West Coast Turnaround"). In the episode "Bad Time on the Border", Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith, portrayed by George Peppard, indicated that the A-Team were "ex-Green Berets"." -Wikipedia
And here they are in uniform, complete with Green Berets and Special Forces insignia.
EDIT: Forgot the most important thing... the term "A-Team" is literally Special Forces terminology. No one else uses that but Green Berets (in the U.S. military, anyway).
go ahead - breathe in fresh cool air
starts gambling at 2:37 and wins every time and the babes are all over him
then he gets bored with it all and tells the devil he doesn't want to be in heaven any more he wants to be in the other place
I won't say the spoiler:
