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Artistic License My memories of flying in the early 60's were that people dressed for flying. I'm old enough to remember when women wore gloves. I wonder if the stewardess would let them on dressed like that?

Top O' the Reactor Don't think I would want a first floor apartment in that building!

Jordan Marsh Growing up in Mass., Jordan Marsh was the store. They sold pretty much everything, use to go in the 60's to look at color TV. You could spend the day in the store going to all the departments and have lunch there too. Had a great bakery too!

Mismatched Back in the 80's, a friend of mine needed a new washer/dryer. She always wanted a Maytag washer, but was upset she couldn't afford the matching dryer. It took alot of convincing to tell her she could get a cheaper dryer. The White-Westinghouse dryer lasted about 10 years, but the...

Automatic Dishwasher My sister won't use the dishwasher in the house she bought. She says she can taste the detergent on the plates. She uses it for storage.

City Water As much as most people don't want to believe it, Municipal water goes through a much more stringent regulation than bottled water. I use to work for a municipality and the water was tested every month. Any violation was required by law to be reported to the users. At the time...

DDT DDT is still made in China and India. Maybe if you bought some toys there would be some...? Sorry...

Much appreciated Thanks for the help. will start with the basics. Not an electronics genius here. Thanks Again

Seasons Greetings; I still have my 1971 Panasonic 8-track player/recorder and got some unopened blank tapes from e-bay. A friend of mine recently got a 1977 Corvette with the original AM/FM 8-track in it that still works.I wanted to record some new music for him as a Christmas gift but I get...

Conservepedia Gansky1, It's good to know there is finally an unbiased source of information! lol....

Just read somewhere that Incandescent lamps will be phased out within 10 years. Could this be my retirement? Start hoarding cases of soft-whites, 3-ways etc. and selling them at a profit later? Will there be a site for filament freaks in the future? Any thoughts?

Black and white in color I always thought a book showing black and white TV sets in color would be fun. I remember seeing a color photo of Dick Van Dyke's living room in color. I always wondered what those sets looked like. The Cleavers, Lucy, etc. Somewhere color photos must exist.

Love the woman in the Dash ad. Weren't the 60's great! I could do a mad frug with her!

Suddenly its 1940! Reminds me of the kitchen in 1937's "A Star is Born"

My Nerves Are Being Torn To Shreds! Evidently the Generals have never seen a bitchy queen with a rattail comb!

Harriet Nelson Would Harriet steer us wrong?

Waikiki Beach and Don Ho When I was in college in 1977, we went to Honolulu for spring break. That was when Mr. Ho had his TV show broadcast from Waikiki Beach, I can't remember the name of the hotel. It was on the lanai of the hotel. We tried to get tickets, but it was sold out. there was a...

A Lady I'll miss Kitty too. She was class all the way, always a real lady.

Changing times Hi, I'm new here, and have subscribed to CR since the 70's. It seems to have changed to make the text more conversational. Also there seems to be more of a focus on high end items. It use to be a magazine for working people on how to get the most of their limited spending money...