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Thread Number: 93121
/ Tag: Irons and Mangles
Sears 1982 Christmas video- washers, vacuums, oh my... |
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Post# 1177597 4/8/2023 at 17:49 (376 days old) by bradfordwhite  (central U.S.) |
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Post# 1177603 , Reply# 1 4/8/2023 at 18:58 (376 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1177604 , Reply# 2 4/8/2023 at 19:38 (376 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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Post# 1177605 , Reply# 3 4/8/2023 at 19:48 (376 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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"My first computer was an Atari 800."
You were more advanced or luckier than I was. My first computer was a Timex Sinclair around 1983. 1st the $49 mdl 1000 I got at an old style, small town Montgomery Wards store and then, a month before they declared bankruptcy, I got the more advanced model 2068 with an actual keyboard and built in port for video games. This I got at a computer store in what was the lower level of Mayfair Mall. LOL. OK, It really didn't count as a computer but to me, I was a kid, I knew computers were cool, I just didn't know HOW it was all going to work. Few people really did. But good memories.
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Post# 1177616 , Reply# 4 4/8/2023 at 21:20 (376 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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McDonald’s in 1984
The amazing thing is, nobody is obese, the world is moving rapidly toward about a 50% rate of obesity, I don’t know if that’s going to kill more people or global warming.
Nice thing about living in a large city area is very few people are obese they take much better care of themselves in cities like DC because everybody is walking, etc. | ||
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Post# 1177622 , Reply# 5 4/8/2023 at 22:28 (376 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI) |
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I had/have an Atari 400, 800 and 800XL with the tape drive, a daisy wheel printer and a handful of games. Should look on ebay and see what they are going for now. | ||
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Post# 1177624 , Reply# 6 4/8/2023 at 22:34 (376 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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I worked for Sears at this time - 81-87. Good part-time job, decent wages as well as a profit sharing/stock plan. Full-time sales staff had often been with Sears for decades and were able to retire comfortably with their stock/savings and a moderate pension. There was a clique of old guys that kept the new blood out of the commission sales departments but I took all of the appliance education courses offered nonetheless.
It was a fun time to be in retail - and in a mall. The consumption 'city-center' of the 80's. | ||
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Post# 1177727 , Reply# 7 4/9/2023 at 21:05 (375 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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The parking lot is all cars pretty much with the odd van.. Nary but one pickup truck and no "suv's".
As for how everyone is dressed you really couldn't say it's much different than today 40 years later. What I mean is, is that if you took any of those people in the video and placed them on the street today they'd blend right in. Unlike if you took people from the 1940s and placed them into the 1980's or today. | ||
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Post# 1177732 , Reply# 8 4/9/2023 at 23:11 (375 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1177790 , Reply# 9 4/10/2023 at 16:22 (374 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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I worked at a couple of different KFCs in the mid to late '80s.
I started at one location, and got transferred when the owners opened a new location. Except for the occasional drunk who would come in shortly before closing, this is just how I remember it. I haven't eaten fast food in ages, so it makes me kind of sad and concerned to read the majority of the comments on that video. I had no idea that this isn't how the fast food restaurant experience still is! Employees no longer wear uniforms? Employees and customers no longer smile and exchange pleasantries? Maybe it's not such a bad thing that I hardly ever leave the house any more! I'd probably feel like that movie with Brendan Fraser (sp?) where they thought there was a nuclear war or something, so they didn't come out of their underground shelter for some very long period of time. Was it called "Blast From the Past"? | ||
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Post# 1177802 , Reply# 10 4/10/2023 at 18:23 (374 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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I know how you feel.
Covid, a world-wide pandemic, has never happened before and some people, especially those of us over a certain age, are still dealing with that shock. Add in the major political corruption we had to deal with a couple years ago, that's never happened before that finally justice is being served on.... Plus, New technology that's changing everything like the car market. But, be patient, it's for the better. | ||
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Post# 1177805 , Reply# 11 4/10/2023 at 18:32 (374 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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Remember when buying a car was innocent?
LOL. I laugh. It was cheaper by far, but never innocent.
I still remember my first car shopping experience in 1987. I think I paid $7000 for a 4 y.o. Mercury with my payment being $264 for 36 months. Sure my interest rate was about 10% but the car was good. I think it even had some original warranty left probably on the engine or something. From what I hear these days, you'd be lucky to find anything remotely close to that. | ||
| Post# 1177830 , Reply# 12 4/11/2023 at 00:23 (374 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
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Post# 1177862 , Reply# 13 4/11/2023 at 14:25 (373 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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I'd like to have at least half of the cars on that lot!
The '80s, and somewhat into the '90s were the last cars I really felt any enthusiasm for. It's like they started losing their identity, style, and character after that. Today's cars are more dependable, generally speaking, get better mileage, etc. Also, they make a lot more power now. My 1986 Pontiac, with a small V8 and four barrel carb, probably put out +/- 120 hp brand new. Today, four cylinder cars could leave it in the dust. But, they don't excite me any more. Now, they're just a way to get from point A to point B. And, don't even get me started on everything being computerized. | ||
| Post# 1177870 , Reply# 14 4/11/2023 at 16:09 (373 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
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As someone who’s 24, 90’s and 2000’s cars are too boring that’s why I am nostalgic for 60’s 70’s and 80’s cars. Aerodynamic blobs (more like ugly-dynamic blobs) simply aren’t attractive to me, even when they try to make the front ends more aggressive they still aren’t attractive since that’s just putting lipstick on the pig.
Give me a 1966 Ford LTD any day over the travesty of cars made after the 1990’s!
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Post# 1177878 , Reply# 15 4/11/2023 at 18:55 (373 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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Beautiful car!
I had one uncle who had a '65 or '66 Ford, Galaxie or LTD. I was too young to remember exactly. I know that the hubcaps were different from the ones in the picture you posted. Another uncle had a '67 Galaxie fastback coupe that I loved. My dad was a Chevy man all my life. Ironically, he was 100% Ford before I was born, and he even sold Fords in the mid 1950s. I'm not diehard committed to one brand. I like cars and trucks with style and character. And, a little get-up-and-go doesn't hurt. I had a 1994 Buick Roadmaster that was a nice combination. Dark Jadestone Metallic, with light grey velour interior. For a big car, the LT1 could get it moving. Nice and torquey. | ||
| Post# 1177883 , Reply# 16 4/11/2023 at 19:07 (373 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
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I almost ended up with an original low mileage ‘66 Ford LTD 2 years ago like the one in the picture but never heard a word from the seller despite inquiring a few times. Still kind of sore about it since it only had 11,757 original miles on it.
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Post# 1177887 , Reply# 17 4/11/2023 at 19:26 (373 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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Post# 1177888 , Reply# 18 4/11/2023 at 19:27 (373 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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| Post# 1177894 , Reply# 19 4/11/2023 at 19:52 (373 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
 I exclusively drove older cars from the 50's-early 70's until 1999 when fuel prices went up to a staggering $1.50 a gallon.
I enjoyed driving them at a time when gas was cheap, parts were easily available, and quality of those parts were still quite good. Junkyards were still filled with 60's and especially 70's vehicles, at least where I lived. However, with current gas prices, a youngster will quickly go broke driving the usual point A to point B trips of survival without any fun trips. They will also go broke trying to scrounge up parts to keep them running and most aftermarket parts today are garbage in quality. You also have to rely on some old duffer who still has most of his marbles to rebuild an automatic transmission and hope he didn't screw it up and or charge full price for a rebuild only to change one failing part (very common!). The days of going to a junkyard and pulling parts off of them are long, long gone. I went to one of the old junkyards I used to often visit in the 90's (Doris) in 2019 (the other junkyards were deceased) and struggled to find a vehicle from the 80's. A good portion of the vehicles in there were younger than what I currently own, which was both staggering and depressing at the same time. It painfully reminded me how much time has passed and how drastically the world has changed.
If you want an old car, it's best to find one in nice condition, well taken care of, and enjoy it on a Sunday while driving an efficient and reliable Toyota the other 5-6 days out of the week. | ||
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Post# 1177895 , Reply# 20 4/11/2023 at 19:53 (373 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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My grandfather in Mississippi had a 1966 Ford Country Sedan in light blue. Ford had a problem with certain paint colors peeling off during that time period. He had to have his refinished. | ||
| Post# 1177896 , Reply# 21 4/11/2023 at 20:05 (373 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
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I’d probably would have it painted since it looks like it’s been sitting outside for awhile but the interior seems to be in good shape with the exception of the dash pad. Not sure if it ran (didn’t get a chance to see it in person at all) but I am sure the engine was in good shape since it only had 11,000 original miles on it. Of course, there will be those who will say it’s not worth looking at if it doesn’t run or drive which is true to a degree but you have to be a realist with these cars, nothing is going to be in perfect condition after all these years. My biggest thing about looking at classic cars is wether or not they are a rust bucket and if they are, I wouldn’t touch the car with a 10’ pole, definitely don’t want to touch a unibody (disposi-body) car with a 10’ pile since they can be a PITA to restore and a PITA if you get into a fender bender. If it’s small and unibody, I don’t even want to bother since muscle cars basically paved the way for the sizes of modern vehicles which is why everyone has pretty much moved on from sedans since they have gotten that small as of late. Back in the spring break of 2010, I rode in the back of my mother’s friend’s 2010 Mazda 3 and mind you I was only 11 years old at the time, there literally was barely ANY foot or knee room and if a 11 year old is cramped in the back, it REALLY is that bad. Ever since then I’ve sworn off of small cars despite fuel economy etc., thankfully my folks had a 2004 Honda Odyssey with 4 bucket seats which had a upright seating position, almost reminds me of a lot of 1940’s and very early 1950’s cars.
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Post# 1177906 , Reply# 22 4/11/2023 at 23:31 (373 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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None of the cars I've owned, and there has been quite a few, did I ever have any complaints about h.p. and they were standard vehicles. None of that super-charged stuff.
I sometimes hear about the "malaise era" stuff from the late 70s into the 80s. I never had any problems. 1983 grand Marquis, 1981 Mercury Linx wagon, parents 1982 ford Crown Vic sta. wgn, parents 1989 Linc. town car, 1988 Ford E-150 van, 1989 Ford base Escort pony, 1991 Lincoln Towncar, 1992 Ford Escort pony, 1994 Ford F150 base 5 speed, 1994 Honda Civic CX (fun car), 1995 Honda Accord, 1995 GMC Safari van, 1999 Honda Civic DX 5 spd, 1998 Merc. Grand Marquis LS, 2002 Toyota Rav4, 2005 Honda Civic automatic, .... Never had a problem. Ideally like a cushy comfy sound insulated ride....but it should be energy efficient. lol. | ||
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Post# 1177919 , Reply# 23 4/12/2023 at 08:47 (373 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 1178506 , Reply# 24 4/19/2023 at 11:45 (365 days old) by ryner1988 (Indianapolis) |
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This whole Youtube channel is a surreal experience, totally different from watching a movie set in that time period or something like that. These are real people doing everyday things. It really does feel a bit like time travel. I'm not sure how the owner of the channel collected all this footage but what a treasure it is. A real authentic look into the 70's is something I never thought I would get, since I was born near the end of the 80's.
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