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| ID | Thread | Description | Posted By | Posted On | |
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| 29001 | Pan's Labyrinth | Never saw it. The only things I ever saw from Guillermo was the first Hellboy movie and Pacific Rim. | Rick Ace Rhodes | Feb 14, 2016 |  |
| 29000 | Last TV show you watched | I'm watching...<div><br></div><div>The Simpsons: I Love Lisa </div><div><br></div><div>It's a 4th season episode</div> | Mr Magic | Feb 14, 2016 | |
| 28999 | Random Pictures Thread | <img src="/images/postImages/1455454804492433_front.jpg"> | Mr Magic | Feb 14, 2016 | |
| 28998 | Superior Retro Tech/Appliances | I don't recall any of my family owning the Electrolux, but one of my grandmothers had the old Kirby vacuum cleaner, and later on my stepmom owned one as well. They could suck the carpet off your floor. :lol:<br> | Vaporman87 | Feb 14, 2016 | |
| 28997 | What song are you listening to? | Dangit Edd. Now I have that strange yet catchy song stuck in my head. <img src="http://retro-daze.org/images/smilies/MavYell.gif"> | Vaporman87 | Feb 14, 2016 | |
| 28996 | Random Pictures Thread | <blockquote rel="Benjanime"><b>Benjanime wrote :</b><br><i> anyone doing anything for valentine's day tomorrow?<br><br><img style="width: 441px; height: 248px;" src="/images/postImages/1455331034rockovalentines.gif"> </i><b>-end quote</b></blockquote><br><div>I placed an order with Cupcake Royale for an order of Valentine's DeathCake 2016.</div><div><br></div><div>This year DeathCake comes baked in a mason jar with lid and by popular demand it's ready to be shipped for Valentine's out-of-state. I think the entire cupcake collection is now available for online orders around the country. </div><div><br></div><div>That's a big change from just a few years ago when all orders had to be local.</div> <img src="http://cupcakeroyale.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Deathcake_Rotator-620x380.jpg"> | eddstarr | Feb 14, 2016 | |
| 28995 | Superior Retro Tech/Appliances | <font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">You would think I could give an easy yes/no to the replies in this thread. But as I see it, there's no clear cut blanket response to the idea that older consumer products are superior to their contemporaries.</span></font><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">I can tell you that older household gadgets cost a higher percentage of the average persons income, especially in the years prior to 1970. That price is reflected in the materials and labor to create those products. I wonder if the constraints of design of let's say a refrigerator from 1950 results in a product with a long operational life, almost as a by product rather than intentional reliability?</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">"Built-in obsolescence" could just be the demand to keep cost low.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><img width="600" height="300" src="https://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/69/flashcards/3200069/png/untitled11-145D8149A0C3DA21D7E.png"><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Do you guys know the story of Electrolux? The Swedish appliance maker was famous around the world for building the best vacuum cleaner money could buy in the early 20th century. During the 1940's the US and Canadian branches of Electrolux offered financing so people could make time payments on a vacuum cleaners, especially as newer models became more expensive.<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></span></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">My grandparents owned the </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">legendary Electrolux Model XXX from 1937 to 1954. This was the cool looking streamline design model. It had the baked enamel coating on the exterior housing with chromed aluminium trim that said, "ELECTROLUX" in raised relief block letters. I remember being freaked out by this vacuum cleaner because it had the unique "snake skin" woven fabric hose. It really looked like a snake whenever grandma used it when I was visiting. </span></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">She used to leave the canister out for me when I was 4 years old. I used to play with it like a spaceship. It had those cool stainless steel runners instead of wheels and the unique "saloon door" exhaust opening for the attachments like a sprayer/atomizer.</span></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">It was weird the way the filter end of the canister looked like a locomotive. Actually the whole vacuum cleaner looked strange but it's simple "pass through" design and durable motor made this vacuum cleaner almost indestructible. Many collectors find these vacuum cleaners in good operation condition even after all these decades. Broken units can be repaired with parts still widely available online.</span></font></div> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Zt4wDkq5wY4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> | eddstarr | Feb 14, 2016 | |
| 28994 | Random Pictures Thread | title card for a work in progress article i'm doing.<br><br><img style="width: 561px; height: 316px;" src="/images/postImages/1455433106pokemon20years.jpg"> | Benjanime | Feb 14, 2016 | |
| 28993 | Last Movie You Watched | Anyone see Deadpool yet? | echidna64 | Feb 14, 2016 | |
| 28992 | Last Movie You Watched | What's eating Gilbert Grape (1993)<div><br></div><div>Took a chance on Netflix with this one. As soon as I was able to suppress my Johnny Depp regurgitation reflex, I started to thoroughly enjoy this one. The iconic American small town was a treat to see and the everyday mundaneness (Had to make that one up) of it all was fun to see. </div><div><br></div><div>4/5</div> | vkimo | Feb 14, 2016 | |
