Things you don't see much anymore!!

**rv driver** · 09-08-2014, 07:26 PM

Originally Posted by VampyreBowler

I see what you did there....going for the Prince line/

And do you still party like it's 1999?

**MICHAEL** · 09-09-2014, 12:55 AM

Yes it was a hot item for infants back years ago! I remember as a child doing a six pack in one evening! (much better then breast milk, and good with a little vodka) Iceman started out with 7 up,,, and worked his way up to the stronger stuff by age 3! Yes Coke-a-Cocaine, as they called it back then! I remember at age 5 going through withdraw after they took the cocaine out and replaced it with caffeine!

as in Rehab at age 6!! Tough years for Iceman...

Picture my mom took of me downing a 7 up, in less then five seconds!! She was real proud of me back then, but not knowing what horrible things this would lead to in my future!!
Nothing did it like a 7up, not breast milk, baby food, NOTHING!

**MICHAEL** · 09-09-2014, 08:35 AM

Put on your thinking cap for this one....LOL

don't STOP thinking,,,,, look again!! LOL

**MICHAEL** · 09-09-2014, 10:05 PM

Ten Things That Will Disappear In Our Lifetime

This is USA-oriented, but Canada and the rest will not be far behind. Whether these changes are good or bad depends in part on how we adapt to them. But, ready or not, here they come.

1...The Post Office---Get ready to imagine a world without the post office. They are so deeply in financial trouble that there is probably no way to sustain it long term.

Email, Fed Ex, and UPS have just about wiped out the minimum revenue needed to keep the post office alive. Most of your mail every day is junk mail and bills.

2...The Cheque. Britain is already laying the groundwork to do away with cheque by 2018. It costs the financial system billions of dollars a year to process cheques. Plastic cards and online transactions will lead to the eventual demise of the cheque. This plays right into the death of the post office. If you never paid your bills by mail and never received them by mail, the post office would absolutely go out of business.

3. The Newspaper
The younger generation simply doesn't read the newspaper. They certainly don't subscribe to a daily delivered print edition. That may go the way of the milkman and the laundry man. As for reading the paper online, get ready to pay for it. The rise in mobile Internet devices and e-readers has caused all the newspaper and magazine publishers to form an alliance. They have met with Apple, Amazon, and the major cell phone companies to develop a model for paid subscription services.

4. The Book You say you will never give up the physical book that you hold in your hand and turn the literal pages. I said the same thing about downloading music from iTunes. I wanted my hard copy CD. But I quickly changed my mind when I discovered that I could get albums for half the price without ever leaving home to get the latest music. The same thing will happen with books. You can browse a bookstore online and even read a preview chapter before you buy. And the price is less than half that of a real book. And think of the convenience! Once you start flicking your fingers on the screen instead of the book, you find that you are lost in the story, can't wait to see what happens next, and you forget that you're holding a gadget instead of a book.

5. The Land Line Telephone
Unless you have a large family and make a lot of local calls, you don't need it anymore. Most people keep it simply because they've always had it. But you are paying double charges for that extra service. All the cell phone companies will let you call customers using the same cell provider for no charge against your minutes.

6. Music
This is one of the saddest parts of the change story. The music industry is dying a slow death. Not just because of illegal downloading. It's the lack of innovative new music being given a chance to get to the people who would like to hear it. Greed and corruption is the problem. The record labels and the radio conglomerates are simply self-destructing. Over 40% of the music purchased today is "catalogue items," meaning traditional music that the public is familiar with...older established artists. This is also true on the live concert circuit. To explore this fascinating and disturbing topic further, check out the book, "Appetite for Self-Destruction" by Steve Knopper, and the video documentary, "Before the Music Dies."

7. Television
Revenues to the networks are down dramatically. Not just because of the economy. People are watching TV and movies streamed from their computers. And they're playing games and doing lots of other things that take up the time that used to be spent watching TV. Prime time shows have degenerated down to lower than the lowest common denominator. Cable rates are skyrocketing and commercials run about every 4 minutes and 30 seconds. I say good riddance to most of it. It's time for the cable companies to be put out of our misery. Let the people choose what they want to watch online and through Netflix.

8. The "Things" That You Own
Many of the very possessions that we used to own are still in our lives, but we may not actually own them in the future. They may simply reside in "the cloud."

Today your computer has a hard drive and you store your pictures, music, movies, and documents. Your software is on a CD or DVD, and you can always re-install it if need be. But all of that is changing. Apple, Microsoft, and Google are all finishing up their latest "cloud services." That means that when you turn on a computer, the Internet will be built into the operating system. So, Windows, Google, and the Mac OS will be tied straight into the Internet. If you click an icon, it will open something in the Internet cloud. If you save something, it will be saved to the cloud. And you may pay a monthly subscription fee to the cloud provider.

In this virtual world, you can access your music or your books, or your whatever from any laptop or handheld device. That's the good news. But, will you actually own any of this "stuff" or will it all be able to disappear at any moment in a big "Poof?" Will most of the things in our lives be disposable and whimsical? It makes you want to run to the closet and pull out that photo album, grab a book from the shelf, or open up a CD case and pull out the insert.

9. Joined Handwriting
Already gone in some schools who no longer teach "joined handwriting" because nearly everything is done now on computers or keyboards of some type (pun not intended).

10. Privacy
If there ever was a concept that we can look back on nostalgically, it would be privacy. That's gone. It's been gone for a long time anyway. There are cameras on the street, in most of the buildings, and even built into your computer and cell phone. But you can be sure that 24/7, "They" know who you are and where you are, right down to the GPS coordinates, and the Google Street View. If you buy something, your habit is put into a zillion profiles, and your ads will change to reflect those habits. "They" will try to get you to buy something else. Again, and again.

All we will have left that can't be changed are "MEMORIES."

**MICHAEL** · 09-11-2014, 07:40 AM

This Song says it ALL!! LOL check it out..... if you missed on TV...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMwhl4IrPNc

ICEMAN actually took his last pair of , (pants on the ground), to Goodwill 6 months ago, and guess what,,,,, they are still there!! Maybe it had to do with their knee size? LOL ,,, mine is 14 inches... (knee size, get it??) Not waist,,,, OOO Forget it!!!

maybe this has gone its course,,, Lets HOPE!!

P.S. The main complaint Iceman had about HIS pants on the ground! I had a hell of a time reaching my wallet in my back pocket!!

**MICHAEL** · 09-12-2014, 11:57 AM

http://safeshare.tv/w/FEDEwZHZXu enjoy... I know I did!! Rob,,, and anyone from 55 to 100 will enjoy this! Anyone under 55, disregard! It won't make any sense to you at all.... no need to even watch...

**got_a_300** · 09-15-2014, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by MICHAEL

http://safeshare.tv/w/FEDEwZHZXu enjoy... I know I did!! Rob,,, and anyone from 55 to 100 will enjoy this! Anyone under 55, disregard! It won't make any sense to you at all.... no need to even watch...

That video brought tears to my eyes such great memories
such great stuff long gone never to be seen again.

**rv driver** · 09-15-2014, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by MICHAEL

http://safeshare.tv/w/FEDEwZHZXu enjoy... I know I did!! Rob,,, and anyone from 55 to 100 will enjoy this! Anyone under 55, disregard! It won't make any sense to you at all.... no need to even watch...

I'm 54 -- a little too young, but I do remember the early '60s -- not much change there, actually, so I remember a lot of the stuff in the slide show. Good stuff! Thanks, man!

**MICHAEL** · 09-15-2014, 11:06 PM

Times are hard!! Don't throw that old lawn mower away!! You certainly don't see creative thinking like this anywhere but here In Orick Missouri!!
Patty Joe, is pulling Mary Louise to the creek to wash the cloths! Patty, was Pro queen with high expectations back in here days at School!

Now she just thumbs rides with her motor less lawn mower to get around town!!