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I remember the good old days of last summer when you could buy a 1/10th oz. gold coin for $200usd and a 1oz. silver round for $20.
 

26 Obsolete Objects That Quietly Disappeared!​

Aug 23, 2024

Change is inevitable, and certain things we grew up with are no longer with us. Some of these things seemed as if they were here to stay, but as time passed, so did their demand— they were slower, heavier, and let’s face it, sometimes time consuming. So, let’s take a look back at 26 things that quietly became obsolete!

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The America We Knew: October 1968​

Aug 26, 2024

Another amazing month in our history. I had to replace some songs due to copyright issues, and I still don't know if this episode can be seen in America. That's why I'm posting it early, so I can find out and work on it some more if needed. But you will hear a hint of Iron Butterfly at the very end (that's all that was allowed).

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Things Unrecognizable to the New Generation​

Aug 30, 2024

If a young person today were to see any of these objects, they would literally have no idea what they were. Which is funny, because all of these were so common and essential to life just a few decades ago. So, let’s take a look back at things that are unrecognizable to the new generation!

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Things You Were Guilty of in the 1950s and 1960s​

Sep 1, 2024

In years past, we were all taken in by the different trends and fads that came and went. And looking back, some of these things were pretty embarrassing. So, let’s take a look back at all the things you were guilty of back in the 1950s and 1960s!

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1980s Gadgets Everyone Dreamed Of Having​

Sep 6, 2024

In the 1980s, everybody wanted more gadgets! It was the first decade where technology truly shifted how we lived– from some of the first automated home gadgets to some truly unique electronics that could be held in your hands. So, let’s take a look back at the gadgets everyone had to have in the 1980s!

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The America We Knew: October 1962​

Sep 7, 2024

The Cuban Missile Crisis stuns the world.

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DETAILS From The 1950s And 1960s, KIDS TODAY WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND!​

Sep 13, 2024

Life has changed quite drastically over the course of one lifetime. The way things were done back in the 1950s and 1960s are distant memories that have not been forgotten. It’s a far cry from how kids are raised today! So, let’s take a look at life back in the 1950s and 60s, something kids today will never understand!

16:59
 

The America We Knew: August 1963​

Sep 20, 2024

So we have Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I Have A Dream" speech during the civil rights march in Washington D.C., and then at the other end of the spectrum: Jayne Mansfield in a "nudie movie." What a time!

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MORE Baby Boomer Life Skills, That Are Useless Today​

Sep 20, 2024
Looking back, baby boomers took a lot of pride in the skills they mastered over the years. These things took time, patience, and know-how to get results. Revisiting these “once essential” life skills, reminds us just how much things have changed, so let’s take a look back at even more baby boomer life skills that seem useless today!

9:46
 

The America We Knew: February 1959​

Sep 21, 2024

Feb. 3: The day the music died.

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DETAILS From The 1970s And 1980s, KIDS TODAY WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND!​

Sep 27, 2024
The 1970s and 1980s were special to say the least! Things were done a little differently back then, including our strange taste in earthy colors. During this time, kids were at their most independent and had plenty of time to roam free. So, let’s take a look at life back in the 1970s and 80s, something kids today will never understand!

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CLOSED! Iconic Mall Store Nostalgia​

Oct 11, 2024

A trip to the mall was usually the highlight of the weekend. The mall had everything—from our favorite stores, to the food court, movie theaters and arcades. It was always buzzing with people, the halls filled with the happy sounds of shopping. So, let’s take a look back at all the stores that made the mall so special, because they are now gone forever.

23:58
 

The America We Knew: December 1963​

Oct 11, 2024

Somehow we muddled our way through the Christmas holidays just one month after our national tragedy.

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The America We Knew: April 1969​

Oct 9, 2024

We looked to the Oscars, pop music, the Apollo missions and the Dick Van Dyke/Mary Tyler Moore reunion special for some comfort in those chaotic times.

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The mall as we knew it is dead.

For several reasons. First, a mall requires certain decorum and etiquette - that is, patrons who control their own behavior in public. The mall replaced the Town Square or the City Center district, as, with the Frankfurt School's Social-Engineering in the 1960s, made urban centers, filled with low-education people, often immigrants or minorities...made those places dangerous. Watts; Hough; Chicago 1968.

Malls were put up in suburban districts. ALTHOUGH they were ostensibly open to everyone, including minorities who had no plan to actually patronize stores...the reality was, even gangbangahs with their pants at half-mast, weren't going to endure a two-hour bus ride to go to the mall and act out. They had no plans to act out - it was just (expletive)s being (expletive)s.

So, for a time, the strategy worked. Downtown shopping districts withered and died. Old strip shopping centers deteriorated and became filled with second-rate stores. The malls thrived.

THAT ended with the new (Frankfurt School's) push for "fair" housing. If the decent people stay far from the projects, then LET'S BRING THE PROJECTS TO THEM. Suburbs in many cities were destroyed that way. I know well of Parma, Ohio; Brook Park, Ohio; North Olmsted, Ohio...the locale of that toddler-stabbing in a grocery store a few months back.

So now the malls are no longer safe - the scum has been planted in subsidized housing in decent-people's midst. SHOPPING is no longer safe - and at times was ungodly annoying, with Face-Diaper DIktats.

Jeff...what's his name, Bozos?...figured a way to cash in on it. He wanted to create an online bookstore. Instead, he became the world's China-Mart drop-shipper. Everything that JunkO Bros has in stock, Amazon has, cheaper. Delivered by UPS workers, who now have to work 14-hour days. Or by Amazon's own drivers, who have GPS route maps in their native tongues...since they no-speek Engrish.

Nope, no moar malls. Soon, no moar America.

Thank the Frankfurt School; thank the Ivy League schools that variously, took the Frankfurt School in, and/or placed its adherents in the faculty.

Thank the Circle-D, who embraced this nihilistic culture dismantling (Cloward and Piven, among many others)

And talk, in quiet tones, night, of the time when men were free. (Apologies to Ronald Reagan).
 

CLOSED! 12 Iconic 1980s Stores That Couldn’t Be Saved​

Oct 18, 2024
The 1980s were a defining decade for retail stores. This is the decade when popular chains exploded across the country and many of them became household names. These stores are still remembered fondly for how they shaped our shopping experience during this time, with one even offering in-store babysitting while you shopped. So, let’s take a look back at the iconic stores of the 1980s that have since disappeared.

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Halloween Memories From Years Ago (1950s-1980s)​

Oct 17, 2024
Halloween holds many fond memories for us, both as children and as parents. Streets lit up with jack-o-lanterns and the sound of happy children collecting treats was always the payoff, but the celebrations, decorations, and overall feeling of autumn made it special. So, let's journey back to the way Halloween used to be.

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The America We Knew: February 1964​

Oct 25, 2024

Anyone who saw The Beatles' first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" will never forget it.

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All those groupies...the ones still alive...are at least 80 now.

I just think of Trailer Spiff. She's probably a CIA psy-op tool...maybe a failed-operation tool...but it makes me wonder, if there was any sort of government operation behind the pre-Fab Four.

Because their music really wasn't all that good. Granted, it was a new sort of sound, not blues, not ersatz-black like Elvis's music...but it didn't age well, mostly. A few cuts of the later White album were interesting, but not in their early years.
 

1970s Super Specific Memories Unlocked​

Oct 25, 2024

There are certain things in life that can instantly transport you back to childhood. Things you haven’t thought about in years, but the moment you catch a glimpse, or a smell, or hear a familiar sound, it’s as if no time has passed. So let’s take a look back at the 1970s and unlock some of those memories for you.

10:13
 

Unforgettable Kitchen Objects of the 1950s and 1960s​

Nov 1, 2024

The kitchen has always been a gathering spot, and this was especially true in the 1950s and 1960s. This was the era when most moms stayed home, spending much of their time prepping, cooking, and serving food to their hungry family. The kitchen of our youth is special, so let’s take a look back at what made kitchens unforgettable in the 1950s and 1960s.

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The America We Knew: October 1969​

Nov 13, 2024

Everybody's talking about the Vietnam War, the Mets winning the World Series (spoiler alert) and Paul McCartney's "death."

10:24
 

The Coolest From The 1970s​

Nov 15, 2024

The 1970s was a strange decade that left many lasting impressions. It was completely over the top, but we couldn’t get enough of it. There are so many things that are classic 1970s, and at that time, they were the coolest of the cool! So let’s take a look back and remind you of all the coolness the 1970s had to offer.

9:50
 

The America We Knew: January 1959​

Nov 16, 2024

Alaska is voted in as the 49th state; Castro takes power in Cuba; and Mamie Van Doren is hot!

21:50
 

The America We Knew: July/August 1964​

Nov 22, 2024

Two imports from England dominate the pop culture scene in the summer of '64: The Beatles and Julie Andrews ("Mary Poppins"). In the news, as the Vietnam crisis is heating up, President Johnson signs The Civil Rights Act into law, though Mississippi is burning.

12:52
 

13 Dangers Kids Totally Ignored in the 1960s​

Nov 22, 2024

The 1960s, for many kids, was a dangerous time, not just from threats of war or political upheaval, but from everyday life. Kids lived in a world where safety was often overlooked, and it was expected that you use common sense. That was often easier said than done, especially for adventurous children. So, let’s take a look back at the dangers kids ignored in the 1960s.

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I haven't seen those in 25 years.

....

Actually, phone-from-car stands came to my world, the Great Lakes area, relatively late. I remember seeing a photo of them from an East Coast mail-order firm, stressing how easy it was to buy from them. Just drive up and call....or, of course, use the phone wired to the wall in your kitchen.

But now payphones are extinct, as well as, in many areas, the legacy Bell lines that fed them.
 

1950s to 1980s Christmas Retrospective​

Nov 29, 2024
Christmas had a different feel back in the old days. That may have been because we were kids and our perspective was much different. The decorations, music, and family gatherings were what made the time so special, so let's take a look back and remember those very special Christmas years.

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The America We Knew: December 1969​

Nov 29, 2024

Tiny Tim gets married on "The Tonight Show" ... and people die at a Rolling Stones concert. Yep, it was that kind of a month.

26:58
 

A Vintage Christmas 1920s 1930s​

Nov 30, 2024

Christmas as it looked and sounded in the 1920s and 1930s. Enjoy!

19:10
 

The America We Knew: March/April 1959​

Dec 1, 2024

Hawaii is voted in as the 50th state...and Marilyn Monroe is running wild!

12:43
 

The America We Knew: September 1964​

This edition is jam packed with goodies!

23:33
 
I miss cigarette commercials.
 

1960s Super Specific Memories Unlocked​

Dec 6, 2024

The 1960s were filled with simple joys that left a lasting impact on those who grew up in the decade. From classic toys and snacks to catchy TV theme songs and commercials, these small details transport us back to that time period. So let’s take a look back at the 1960s and unlock some of those memories for you.

9:55
 

The America We Knew: June 1978​

Dec 9, 2024

Remembering US.

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