Def Leppard was so bad they sounded like they had a one armed drummer....I kid, I kid.
classic old stuff you DON'T miss
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I (maybe) remember a joke from the Arsenio Hall show, it could have been another late night show..
"What has nine arms and sucks?"
"Def Leopard"
Anyone else here remember wearing coats and ties to PSU football games? This was late 60s and didn't continue for very long, though.
Can’t agree with that... I wasn’t too much into hair bands during the actual 80s, but these days I find myself nostalgically enjoying a lot of their stuff. I enjoyed the movie Rock of Ages and wish I had seen it on Broadway, lol.
I’m with you on that. I had a used LTD myself, during my PSU days. First the fabric of the roof liner started coming loose and dangling down on my head all the time. Then it began requiring major repair after major repair. Finally died for good on a drive home to the Harrisburg area one day, right around Duncannon.
The Goldbergs have our exact yellow fridge from the late 70s into the 80s on their show.
-The first hand held blow/hair dryers. We loved them at the time, but oversized and 2 lbs a piece.
-The first disposable razor blades, which lead to the introduction of the burn of the styptic pencils .
-The hot air hand dryers in the men's rooms. Even worse, the white cloth revolving cotton towel dispenser in the mens room that was always stuck on the same section.
- electric windows in dad's car, guaranteed to get stuck in the down position prior to a rain shower.
-using a fluoroscope to get your feet measured, fun at the time, but let's get irradiated.
-the smell of the first Polaroid pictures, and that fixer you had to rub on it.
-film getting jammed in the camera, running out of flash bulbs/cubes.
-screw the electric mowers, we had to man the push reel manual mowers
-denim jeans you had to wash at least 20 times to have some pliability
-dentists not wearing rubber gloves
-having to buy a jar of jelly in a glass with the Flintstones on it, to get new kitchenware
-salsbury steak or turkey and gravy TV dinners, in the aluminum metal trays. But damn those peas tasted good, they must have been jacked up with sugar.
-typing on the old manual machines, and having to use the white out liquid, eraser tape, or a rubber eraser on the erasable bond paper( a godsend).
-PA systems at sporting events, that sounded like Charlie Brown's teacher
Well thank god for you engineers, you really improved a lot of things.
-The first disposable razor blades, which lead to the introduction of the burn of the styptic pencils .
-The hot air hand dryers in the men's rooms. Even worse, the white cloth revolving cotton towel dispenser in the mens room that was always stuck on the same section.
- electric windows in dad's car, guaranteed to get stuck in the down position prior to a rain shower.
-using a fluoroscope to get your feet measured, fun at the time, but let's get irradiated.
-the smell of the first Polaroid pictures, and that fixer you had to rub on it.
-film getting jammed in the camera, running out of flash bulbs/cubes.
-screw the electric mowers, we had to man the push reel manual mowers
-denim jeans you had to wash at least 20 times to have some pliability
-dentists not wearing rubber gloves
-having to buy a jar of jelly in a glass with the Flintstones on it, to get new kitchenware
-salsbury steak or turkey and gravy TV dinners, in the aluminum metal trays. But damn those peas tasted good, they must have been jacked up with sugar.
-typing on the old manual machines, and having to use the white out liquid, eraser tape, or a rubber eraser on the erasable bond paper( a godsend).
-PA systems at sporting events, that sounded like Charlie Brown's teacher
Well thank god for you engineers, you really improved a lot of things.
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Aunt Jemima
Eskimo Pies
Land O Lakes
Uncle Ben's
The store brands are fine by me.
Eskimo Pies
Land O Lakes
Uncle Ben's
The store brands are fine by me.
Every business is different, so whatever works. But I do think as a society we’re going way too casual in terms of dress.
Jackets and ties required for Sunday lunch in PSU dining rooms. Ended in 1967 when we showed up in jackets and ties -- and shorts and sandals.
Women allowed in men's dorm rooms from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays. Doors had to be open and at least one person's foot was required to be on the floor. Frequent RA inspections.
Freshman beanies -- also eliminated in 1967.
Women allowed in men's dorm rooms from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays. Doors had to be open and at least one person's foot was required to be on the floor. Frequent RA inspections.
Freshman beanies -- also eliminated in 1967.
I don’t miss carrying heavy awkward lawn chairs or rain gear that kept you dry on the outside while you were dripping wet from sweating.
Writing on a chalk board much less having to clean it. The coarse erasers on pens that never worked anyway.
Writing on a chalk board much less having to clean it. The coarse erasers on pens that never worked anyway.
You must be the best dressed guy in the pool.And I wear them nearly all the time.
Pitchers having to bat in the American League (now maybe gone in NL, too).
One speed bicycles with pedal brakes.
Brief-type swim suits for men.
Physical tickets for sporting events, air fare, concerts, etc.
Toll takers on the turnpikes, bridges, parking garages, etc.
Tie games in college football.
One speed bicycles with pedal brakes.
Brief-type swim suits for men.
Physical tickets for sporting events, air fare, concerts, etc.
Toll takers on the turnpikes, bridges, parking garages, etc.
Tie games in college football.
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Friend of mine earned to nickname “Grain-man” during our orientation week at PSU for silly drunken behavior (and Throwing up a LOT)
I have a new bicycle like that. It’s a Strand Cruiser I keep at my beach house to ride at the shore. There are no hills to navigate. But sometimes the wind can be a bitch.
Had my first gulp of Boone’s Farm in the junior high library in eighth grade. I believe it was Strawberry Hill flavor. It was putrid, but what the hell did I know back then. One of our football teammates got a bottle from his high school brother. Drinking age was 18 in NY. Little convenience store about 500 yards across the state line made a mint selling that stuff to PA kids.
I’ll go suit/tie for important events like weddings and funerals. Otherwise, I favor a more casual shirt/dockers look. I’ve always found my clients were more interested in the personal attention I gave them than the clothes I was wearing.
Unfortunately many feel the casual look applies to weddings and funerals nowadays.
I do. I don’t have a suit anymore. Whenever I wore a suit I took the jacket off as soon as I got to the event and messed around with the tie until I would finally take it off.
We disagree....I think wearing a jacket and tie is a show of respect for the deceased person at a funeral or the married couple at a wedding. Just like wearing a coat and tie to a job interview should be a definite.
I've kept one suit and one tie- strictly for weddings and funerals. There is no other occasion that I would wear one for.
The deceased person has no idea what I’m wearing at the funeral.
Next funeral you go to instead of saying a little prayer for the deceased at the casket, take a knee, hold your fist in the air and chant Black Lives Matter! Just don't go to a funeral on Juneteenth.
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