Celebrity Deaths
Quote: DeucekiesChuck Woolery, host of many game shows including "Wheel of Fortune," "Scrabble," and "Greed," has died at 83.
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Wow, truly the death of a great Game Show Host! ☢️ I remember Chuck being the Host of Lingo(One of my favorite Game Shows ever. It was a word game and Bingo, 😀 and The Love Game/Love Match, a VERY interesting game where a Woman chooses from three potential dates and goes on a free date with him and afterwards they tell the show if the date was good or bad. 😀 One particular episode, a SERIAL KILLER, Rodney was the date the Woman chose(He had ALREADY killed at least one person and then went on the Love Game/Love Match as a Contestant. ☢️ He had a CREEPY look! ☢️ In this game, the Woman can't actually SEE the Contestants, she can only hear their voices, so she had no idea how CREEPY he looked. 💡 The Woman chose him sight unseen and when she actually saw him, she declined to go on the free date because he gave her VERY bad vibes . Her gut instincts told her not to go on the free date with him. 💡 He then killed more after the Show! ☢️ She was relieved that she trusted her gut instincts that this guy was bad news and not to go on the date with him. 💡 He was caught and put in prison and recently died in prison. 💡
Quote: WizardQuote: AZDuffmanCOmmon Business Oriented Language.
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I never had the displeasure to have to learn that one. I knew lots of old timers who did.
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That would be me.
Fortran, Cobol, RPG, LISP, Prolog, ADA were some of the old languages I used.
My first job in High School was programming Cobol for the local hospital.
Quote: DRichQuote: WizardQuote: AZDuffmanCOmmon Business Oriented Language.
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I never had the displeasure to have to learn that one. I knew lots of old timers who did.
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That would be me.
Fortran, Cobol, RPG, LISP, Prolog, ADA were some of the old languages I used.
My first job in High School was programming Cobol for the local hospital.
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I keep reading that older legacy systems still use COBOL and that IT depts are having a tough time finding COBOL programmers, since COBOL is so old and has been supplanted by newer languages and most programmers have retired or gone to the Great Server In The Sky. Are those stories true? If so, seems like an opportunity for COBOL programmers to clean up and name their price.
Quote: GenoDRPhQuote: DRichQuote: WizardQuote: AZDuffmanCOmmon Business Oriented Language.
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I never had the displeasure to have to learn that one. I knew lots of old timers who did.
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That would be me.
Fortran, Cobol, RPG, LISP, Prolog, ADA were some of the old languages I used.
My first job in High School was programming Cobol for the local hospital.
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I keep reading that older legacy systems still use COBOL and that IT depts are having a tough time finding COBOL programmers, since COBOL is so old and has been supplanted by newer languages and most programmers have retired or gone to the Great Server In The Sky. Are those stories true? If so, seems like an opportunity for COBOL programmers to clean up and name their price.
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Here was the joke but only computer people get it.
COBOL programmer gets laid off early 1900s. Can’t get a job until his phone rings in 1998.
Hello? There is this thing coming up called Y2K and we heard you know COBOL?
Guy goes to work making a four time but 120 hour weeks. After it is all over in Feb 2000 he never wants to see a computer again. He goes to the same place that froze Walt Disney and says to freeze him.
I’m the year 9998 he is rudely awakened.
Voice says they have this thing called Y10K problem and they heard he knows cobol.
Quote: GenoDRPhQuote: DRichQuote: WizardQuote: AZDuffmanCOmmon Business Oriented Language.
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I never had the displeasure to have to learn that one. I knew lots of old timers who did.
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That would be me.
Fortran, Cobol, RPG, LISP, Prolog, ADA were some of the old languages I used.
My first job in High School was programming Cobol for the local hospital.
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I keep reading that older legacy systems still use COBOL and that IT depts are having a tough time finding COBOL programmers, since COBOL is so old and has been supplanted by newer languages and most programmers have retired or gone to the Great Server In The Sky. Are those stories true? If so, seems like an opportunity for COBOL programmers to clean up and name their price.
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It is true, and it is a good reason for someone with those skills to stay in the game.
And I kid you not- such programmers are known as "Gay COBOLleros." (suggesting nothing about a man's preferences besides his coding language.)
Quote: NathanQuote: DeucekiesChuck Woolery, host of many game shows including "Wheel of Fortune," "Scrabble," and "Greed," has died at 83.
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Wow, truly the death of a great Game Show Host! ☢️ I remember Chuck being the Host of Lingo(One of my favorite Game Shows ever. It was a word game and Bingo, 😀 and The Love Game/Love Match, a VERY interesting game where a Woman chooses from three potential dates and goes on a free date with him and afterwards they tell the show if the date was good or bad. 😀 One particular episode, a SERIAL KILLER, Rodney was the date the Woman chose(He had ALREADY killed at least one person and then went on the Love Game/Love Match as a Contestant. ☢️ He had a CREEPY look! ☢️ In this game, the Woman can't actually SEE the Contestants, she can only hear their voices, so she had no idea how CREEPY he looked. 💡 The Woman chose him sight unseen and when she actually saw him, she declined to go on the free date because he gave her VERY bad vibes . Her gut instincts told her not to go on the free date with him. 💡 He then killed more after the Show! ☢️ She was relieved that she trusted her gut instincts that this guy was bad news and not to go on the date with him. 💡 He was caught and put in prison and recently died in prison. 💡
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It was actually The Dating Game, a Game Show that was VERY similar to The Love Connection (Not Love Game/Love Match). Rodney Alcala appeared as a Contestant for The Dating Game in 1978. Also, the Producer of The Dating Game was also named Chuck, maybe that's how I got the two Chucks mixed up. 💡🤔
Quote: DeucekiesChuck Woolery, host of many game shows including "Wheel of Fortune," "Scrabble," and "Greed," has died at 83.
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I'm old enough to have watched Wheel of Fortune with Chuck Woolery and Susan Stafford. I miss the shopping spree at the end with the ceramic dolphins.
Thanks for the good times, Chuck!
Quote: NathanQuote: NathanQuote: DeucekiesChuck Woolery, host of many game shows including "Wheel of Fortune," "Scrabble," and "Greed," has died at 83.
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Wow, truly the death of a great Game Show Host! ☢️ I remember Chuck being the Host of Lingo(One of my favorite Game Shows ever. It was a word game and Bingo, 😀 and The Love Game/Love Match, a VERY interesting game where a Woman chooses from three potential dates and goes on a free date with him and afterwards they tell the show if the date was good or bad. 😀 One particular episode, a SERIAL KILLER, Rodney was the date the Woman chose(He had ALREADY killed at least one person and then went on the Love Game/Love Match as a Contestant. ☢️ He had a CREEPY look! ☢️ In this game, the Woman can't actually SEE the Contestants, she can only hear their voices, so she had no idea how CREEPY he looked. 💡 The Woman chose him sight unseen and when she actually saw him, she declined to go on the free date because he gave her VERY bad vibes . Her gut instincts told her not to go on the free date with him. 💡 He then killed more after the Show! ☢️ She was relieved that she trusted her gut instincts that this guy was bad news and not to go on the date with him. 💡 He was caught and put in prison and recently died in prison. 💡
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It was actually The Dating Game, a Game Show that was VERY similar to The Love Connection (Not Love Game/Love Match). Rodney Alcala appeared as a Contestant for The Dating Game in 1978. Also, the Producer of The Dating Game was also named Chuck, maybe that's how I got the two Chucks mixed up. 💡🤔
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Perhaps also adding to your confusion, Chuck Woolery did host the 90s version of "The Dating Game."
Quote:Jim Abrahams, who arrived in Hollywood with two childhood buddies as a comedy-writing trio that found fame with deadpan parodies and a blitz of puns with “Airplane!” and the Naked Gun series, died Nov. 26 at his home in Santa Monica, California. He was 80.
"Naked Gun" movies are definitely my favorite movie with OJ Simpson in it.
(I don't know any others)
Rob Pitts of Rabbit's Used Cars died in August.
Many of the stories he told on Youtube were very similar to gambling stories, just replace cards or dice with the buying and selling of cars.
Quote: DieterPerhaps not recent, but I only just found out...
Rob Pitts of Rabbit's Used Cars died in August.
Many of the stories he told on Youtube were very similar to gambling stories, just replace cards or dice with the buying and selling of cars.
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He was a very good story teller. I was not a fan of his Netflix show.
Baseball player Rickey Henderson, 65, of pneumonia today Played a season for the Red Sox.
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...Baseball player Rickey Henderson, 65, of pneumonia today Played a season for the Red Sox.
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But no need to let this flaw overshadow his 5 seasons in Pinstripes!
Quite an amazing player. R.I.P.
Quote: GenoDRPhConan O'Brien's parents died last week, 4 days apart from each other. His Mother was a well-known and well respected lawyer around these parts. His father was a well-known and well respected physician here.
Baseball player Rickey Henderson, 65, of pneumonia today Played a season for the Red Sox.
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My wife's parents both died old age on the same day. Mom died in the hospital and they got no response when they called dad. Found him dead at home the same day.
Quote: DRichQuote: GenoDRPhConan O'Brien's parents died last week, 4 days apart from each other. His Mother was a well-known and well respected lawyer around these parts. His father was a well-known and well respected physician here.
Baseball player Rickey Henderson, 65, of pneumonia today Played a season for the Red Sox.
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My wife's parents both died old age on the same day. Mom died in the hospital and they got no response when they called dad. Found him dead at home the same day.
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Oh my God! 😱😳☢️ Yikes! 😱😳☢️
Quote: DogHandQuote: vegasBryant Greg Gumbel 78 died of cancer.
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Fixed your post.
Dog Hand
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Bryant was the one who made the racist comment about the Winter Olympics IIRC.
Quote: GenoDRPhFormer President Jimmy Carter, 100. Fair winds and following seas...
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The enduring legacies from The Carter administration the Iranian hostages and Billy beer.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: GenoDRPhFormer President Jimmy Carter, 100. Fair winds and following seas...
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The enduring legacies from The Carter administration the Iranian hostages and Billy beer.
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Don't forget lines for gas and inflation.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: GenoDRPhFormer President Jimmy Carter, 100. Fair winds and following seas...
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The enduring legacies from The Carter administration the Iranian hostages and Billy beer.
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The Camp David Accords are historical and ended a cycle that had four major wars in twenty-five years.
His emphasis on human rights sparked the Solidarity movement that eventually resulted in the Berlin Wall coming down and the breakup of the Soviet Union.
President Carter ordered the formation of both an elite anti-terrorist force( commonly known as Delta Force) and the Rapid Deployment Force.
His work with Habitat for Humanity has built or improved housing for over 800,000 families, but keep focusing on Billy Beer.
He took office at a dismal moment in American History. Vietnam had torn the nation apart, as had Nixon. Nixon's monetary policy caused unprecedented inflation, leading to government-imposed price and salary freezes. The oil boycotts were another shock to the system, and an unelected President who the media portrayed as a stumbling fool led America to seek out an outsider.
Too many influential Senators from both parties didn't like an outsider being in charge and worked against him.
It will be interesting to see how history judges him.
Quote: DRichQuote: EvenBobQuote: GenoDRPhFormer President Jimmy Carter, 100. Fair winds and following seas...
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The enduring legacies from The Carter administration the Iranian hostages and Billy beer.
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Don't forget lines for gas and inflation.
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I remember both of them with great fondness. I still have a six pack of Billy beer around here somewhere.
Quote: DRichQuote: EvenBobQuote: GenoDRPhFormer President Jimmy Carter, 100. Fair winds and following seas...
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The enduring legacies from The Carter administration the Iranian hostages and Billy beer.
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Don't forget lines for gas and inflation.
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Gas lines started in the winter of 1973 due to the arab oil boycott after they lost the Yom Kipper War.
Inflation started in 1973/4 when Nixon untied the dollar to gold. President Nixon imposed a nationwide price and salary freeze and President Ford tried to get everyone to wear WIN buttons( Whip Inflation Now) to remind us all to do our part.
Inflation peaked early in the Reagan administration.
I was elsewhere during much of the gas crisis of 1979 and vaguely recall they went to odd/even days.
He gets blamed for things he didn't create and no credit for some important achievements. He cut ties with some of our Allies who were blood-thirsty dictators, a reversal of decades of US policy, while putting the first cracks in the Iron Curtain. At the height of the Cold War, he managed the SALT treaties that halted the arms race.
Quote: EvenBobSo far I've seen two media eulogies about his life and they spend 5% on his presidency and 95% of what he did afterwards. All the good he did all the awards he won. Nobody cares about all that. Nobody remembers any of it. Carter's biggest problem was he was a micromanager. He was terrified of delegating authority so he had to stick his finger in every decision that was made in his administration so almost nothing got done. Instead of making executive decisions to fix things he just hemmed and hawed and did nothing.
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Political posts allowed again?
Quote: ams288Political posts allowed again?
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No, but since his presidency was 50 years ago, I'll allow people to express their opinion on Carter, as long as it's done nicely and stays on subject.
Quote: EvenBobSo far I've seen two media eulogies about his life and they spend 5% on his presidency and 95% of what he did afterwards. All the good he did all the awards he won. Nobody cares about all that. Nobody remembers any of it. Carter's biggest problem was he was a micromanager. He was terrified of delegating authority so he had to stick his finger in every decision that was made in his administration so almost nothing got done. Instead of making executive decisions to fix things he just hemmed and hawed and did nothing.
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The 1970s were dark and dismal. I was a child and I could see and feel it. Apart from the bicentennial there was no pride in the nation or being American. Prices were going up. Cars were junk that rusted away in 5 years. We had actual environmental issues, streams would foam like your washing machine and litter everywhere. Crime getting worse and worse. It got worse and worse as the decade went on with Iran, gas lines, and a nuclear accident in 1979.
Carter was no leadership or inspiration. He was like they pulled some wonk from the underwriting department to lead the cheer session for the sales team in the morning. Iran hated him so much they waited until the minute Reagan was sworn in to release the plane with the hostages. You had to be there to feel the mood of the nation change on a dime that day.
There is no whitewashing it. Carter might have done much after leaving office, but his term was a failure.
Quote: AZDuffmanQuote: EvenBobSo far I've seen two media eulogies about his life and they spend 5% on his presidency and 95% of what he did afterwards. All the good he did all the awards he won. Nobody cares about all that. Nobody remembers any of it. Carter's biggest problem was he was a micromanager. He was terrified of delegating authority so he had to stick his finger in every decision that was made in his administration so almost nothing got done. Instead of making executive decisions to fix things he just hemmed and hawed and did nothing.
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The 1970s were dark and dismal. I was a child and I could see and feel it. Apart from the bicentennial there was no pride in the nation or being American. Prices were going up. Cars were junk that rusted away in 5 years. We had actual environmental issues, streams would foam like your washing machine and litter everywhere. Crime getting worse and worse. It got worse and worse as the decade went on with Iran, gas lines, and a nuclear accident in 1979.
Carter was no leadership or inspiration. He was like they pulled some wonk from the underwriting department to lead the cheer session for the sales team in the morning. Iran hated him so much they waited until the minute Reagan was sworn in to release the plane with the hostages. You had to be there to feel the mood of the nation change on a dime that day.
There is no whitewashing it. Carter might have done much after leaving office, but his term was a failure.
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John Lennon straight up said something like,"The 1970's were such a drag. Let's enjoy the 80's!" Sadly John died in December 1980 after getting shot by an overzealous Fan. 😫
Quote: NathanQuote: AZDuffmanQuote: EvenBobSo far I've seen two media eulogies about his life and they spend 5% on his presidency and 95% of what he did afterwards. All the good he did all the awards he won. Nobody cares about all that. Nobody remembers any of it. Carter's biggest problem was he was a micromanager. He was terrified of delegating authority so he had to stick his finger in every decision that was made in his administration so almost nothing got done. Instead of making executive decisions to fix things he just hemmed and hawed and did nothing.
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The 1970s were dark and dismal. I was a child and I could see and feel it. Apart from the bicentennial there was no pride in the nation or being American. Prices were going up. Cars were junk that rusted away in 5 years. We had actual environmental issues, streams would foam like your washing machine and litter everywhere. Crime getting worse and worse. It got worse and worse as the decade went on with Iran, gas lines, and a nuclear accident in 1979.
Carter was no leadership or inspiration. He was like they pulled some wonk from the underwriting department to lead the cheer session for the sales team in the morning. Iran hated him so much they waited until the minute Reagan was sworn in to release the plane with the hostages. You had to be there to feel the mood of the nation change on a dime that day.
There is no whitewashing it. Carter might have done much after leaving office, but his term was a failure.
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John Lennon straight up said something like,"The 1970's were such a drag. Let's enjoy the 80's!" Sadly John died in December 1980 after getting shot by an overzealous Fan. 😫
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It is hard to describe if you weren’t alive to see it. Bunch of chickens came home to roost all at once.
Quote: AZDuffmanQuote: NathanQuote: AZDuffmanQuote: EvenBobSo far I've seen two media eulogies about his life and they spend 5% on his presidency and 95% of what he did afterwards. All the good he did all the awards he won. Nobody cares about all that. Nobody remembers any of it. Carter's biggest problem was he was a micromanager. He was terrified of delegating authority so he had to stick his finger in every decision that was made in his administration so almost nothing got done. Instead of making executive decisions to fix things he just hemmed and hawed and did nothing.
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The 1970s were dark and dismal. I was a child and I could see and feel it. Apart from the bicentennial there was no pride in the nation or being American. Prices were going up. Cars were junk that rusted away in 5 years. We had actual environmental issues, streams would foam like your washing machine and litter everywhere. Crime getting worse and worse. It got worse and worse as the decade went on with Iran, gas lines, and a nuclear accident in 1979.
Carter was no leadership or inspiration. He was like they pulled some wonk from the underwriting department to lead the cheer session for the sales team in the morning. Iran hated him so much they waited until the minute Reagan was sworn in to release the plane with the hostages. You had to be there to feel the mood of the nation change on a dime that day.
There is no whitewashing it. Carter might have done much after leaving office, but his term was a failure.
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John Lennon straight up said something like,"The 1970's were such a drag. Let's enjoy the 80's!" Sadly John died in December 1980 after getting shot by an overzealous Fan. 😫
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It is hard to describe if you weren’t alive to see it. Bunch of chickens came home to roost all at once.
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Yep I definitely wasn't alive in the 1970's yet. Even my MOTHER was only TWELVE in 1979! 💡
Quote: rxwineGas wasn't a problem. Dad had a 69 Toyota and later a 72 Toyota during that whole decade. Plus he had a new job with a promotion. My brother and sister could walk to school. In fact we were always close enough to walk to school. I walked to school alone by 2nd grade. Good thing there were no predators then. I didn't even have to walk uphill both ways like my grandpa.
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Wow, I don't know that I ever remember seeing a foreign car in the 1970's. I lived in the Rust Belt so maybe it was just my area that didn't have imported cars.
The first foreign car I remember seeing in person was a Honda CVCC in the 1980's.
Quote: DRichQuote: rxwineGas wasn't a problem. Dad had a 69 Toyota and later a 72 Toyota during that whole decade. Plus he had a new job with a promotion. My brother and sister could walk to school. In fact we were always close enough to walk to school. I walked to school alone by 2nd grade. Good thing there were no predators then. I didn't even have to walk uphill both ways like my grandpa.
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Wow, I don't know that I ever remember seeing a foreign car in the 1970's. I lived in the Rust Belt so maybe it was just my area that didn't have imported cars.
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I'm a bit young to remember 1970's cars, but I know some neighbors had some 1970s vintage Fiats and Datsuns just as Subaru BRATs were at their peak 1980s popularity.
Quote: DRichQuote: rxwineGas wasn't a problem. Dad had a 69 Toyota and later a 72 Toyota during that whole decade. Plus he had a new job with a promotion. My brother and sister could walk to school. In fact we were always close enough to walk to school. I walked to school alone by 2nd grade. Good thing there were no predators then. I didn't even have to walk uphill both ways like my grandpa.
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Wow, I don't know that I ever remember seeing a foreign car in the 1970's. I lived in the Rust Belt so maybe it was just my area that didn't have imported cars.
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Exact model and color.. (in front) I even drove it for a short time later. Quite a looker, ain't it?
Quote: rxwineQuote: DRichQuote: rxwineGas wasn't a problem. Dad had a 69 Toyota and later a 72 Toyota during that whole decade. Plus he had a new job with a promotion. My brother and sister could walk to school. In fact we were always close enough to walk to school. I walked to school alone by 2nd grade. Good thing there were no predators then. I didn't even have to walk uphill both ways like my grandpa.
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Wow, I don't know that I ever remember seeing a foreign car in the 1970's. I lived in the Rust Belt so maybe it was just my area that didn't have imported cars.
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Exact model and color.. (in front) I even drove it for a short time later. Quite a looker, ain't it?
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Japanese cars were very rare until around 1974 or so. There were Volkswagens and Opels from Germany, Citroens and Puegots from France, and a few English cars and an occasional Volvo. My mom's friend had a Datsun, and all the kids in the neighborhood were fascinated by it. It had a very strange transmission, with different levers you had to pull.
If the Pinto and Vega had been competently built, the Japanese cars wouldn't have been needed, but American car companies didn't know how to build anything but land yachts that sucked gas by the thankful. Chrysler, in particular, was making their cars as big and heavy as they could while Americans were looking for relief from a dollar-a-gallon gas.
News organizations typically pre-write obituaries for prominent individuals. That way, instead of starting from scratch, when the person dies they need only add in the time, place and cause of death to quickly print or broadcast the news.
Carter lived so long that the New York Times reporter who wrote the published obituary had actually died years ago from old age.
Quote: AZDuffmanQuote: EvenBobSo far I've seen two media eulogies about his life and they spend 5% on his presidency and 95% of what he did afterwards. All the good he did all the awards he won. Nobody cares about all that. Nobody remembers any of it. Carter's biggest problem was he was a micromanager. He was terrified of delegating authority so he had to stick his finger in every decision that was made in his administration so almost nothing got done. Instead of making executive decisions to fix things he just hemmed and hawed and did nothing.
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The 1970s were dark and dismal. I was a child and I could see and feel it. Apart from the bicentennial there was no pride in the nation or being American. Prices were going up. Cars were junk that rusted away in 5 years. We had actual environmental issues, streams would foam like your washing machine and litter everywhere. Crime getting worse and worse. It got worse and worse as the decade went on with Iran, gas lines, and a nuclear accident in 1979.
Carter was no leadership or inspiration. He was like they pulled some wonk from the underwriting department to lead the cheer session for the sales team in the morning. Iran hated him so much they waited until the minute Reagan was sworn in to release the plane with the hostages. You had to be there to feel the mood of the nation change on a dime that day.
There is no whitewashing it. Carter might have done much after leaving office, but his term was a failure.
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Jimmy Carter has been described as grim. His speeches were grim, his outlook was grim. Instead of turning up the heat in the White House he would put on an extra sweater. He did not have a positive attitude or outlook for the country. As a response just about the entire country voted him out of office. Why he even ran for a second term is a mystery. Luckily for me I moved to California in 1976 and I arrived there on Election Day when Carter won. I was in California and Hawaii the entire time he was in office and I paid almost zero attention to what was going on because I had other things to do.
Quote: billryanHe lived in a hospice longer than anyone I'm aware of.
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When he went to hospice the Wizard and I had a bet on how long he would last. If I remember correct I had under 5 weeks. I still owe the Wizard a beer for that one.
Quote: DRichQuote: billryanHe lived in a hospice longer than anyone I'm aware of.
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When he went to hospice the Wizard and I had a bet on how long he would last. If I remember correct I had under 5 weeks. I still owe the Wizard a beer for that one.
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I don't bet on things like that, but I'd have guessed thirty days or less.
Quote: DRichQuote: billryanHe lived in a hospice longer than anyone I'm aware of.
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When he went to hospice the Wizard and I had a bet on how long he would last. If I remember correct I had under 5 weeks. I still owe the Wizard a beer for that one.
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It's the power of peanuts that kept him alive. Mr Peanut was his guardian angel.
Quote: DRichWow, I don't know that I ever remember seeing a foreign car in the 1970's. I lived in the Rust Belt so maybe it was just my area that didn't have imported cars.
The first foreign car I remember seeing in person was a Honda CVCC in the 1980's.
Surely someone in your area drove a Volkswagen Beetle? They were everywhere in the US, with sales spurred on by Disney's Herbie the Love Bug films.
Quote: GialmereQuote: DRichWow, I don't know that I ever remember seeing a foreign car in the 1970's. I lived in the Rust Belt so maybe it was just my area that didn't have imported cars.
The first foreign car I remember seeing in person was a Honda CVCC in the 1980's.
Surely someone in your area drove a Volkswagen Beetle? They were everywhere in the US, with sales spurred on by Disney's Herbie the Love Bug films.
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I think he means he never saw a Japanese car in the 1970s. I know I didn't see a Honda till about 1974. Now that's all I will own either a Toyota or a Honda.
