Important Stuff -- Or Not: Life Changes

Sunday, January 06, 2008

Life Changes

I'm going through that Life Magazine I bought last month. The articles aren't as interesting as the ads. You could get a Ford Comet Cyclone back in 1964 for about $1,800.00. A foreign import like the Opal Cadett wagon listed for $1,818. And if you were really loaded, you could get a Lincoln Continental for $6,292. Of course, if you were on a budget, a Honda Super Sports motorcycle could be had for $285. With gas at 32-cents, that was some pretty good driving. Julia Child was just establishing her reputation, so the recipes in this magazine are just awful. Throwing a party? Just put a slice of American cheese atop a slice of white bread, top it with a slice of green olive with pimento or a sprig of parsley and cut it into fanciful shapes with a cookie cutter. I don't even want to get into the standing rib roast. And, for the less formal get-togethers, there was always a box of Chef Boy-Ar-Dee pizza mix. There is an article on the upcoming 30-hour work week that every American would have to endure. Seems "Tomorrow's ideal American" would retire for 45 years and would have to learn what to do with all that leisure time. Colgate toothpaste still had Gardol. 1956 Colgate Dental Cream #007523

"Does she or doesn't she? Hair color so natural only her hairdresser knows for sure!" "Admiral patented Sonar full-function wireless remote-control...turns to on...changes channels...adjusts and mutes sound...and turns to completely off. Enjoy easy-chair tuning...without wires, cords or batteries." Without batteries? How did they manage that? Where can I get one? Yes, those were simpler times, but I wouldn't trade them for my computer, plasma TV or flying car. Well, at least it LOOKS like it can fly.

5 comments:

Tonto said...: OK. that description you gave of Julia Child was hilarious. I thought she was trained in France?

Oh my goodness!...who knew food could be as DATED!!! as our clothes?

I bet she used a lot of ground beef and Velveeta too!; 11:00 AM
Lone Ranger said...: She was trained in France. But she was only becoming known in the early 60's. Before that, traditional American cooking was pretty bad. Also, the influx of different ethnic groups after 1965 influenced our cuisine quite a lot. But, I always ate well at my grandma's house.; 7:39 PM
Anonymous said...: Ah, yes. Grandma's house, where we learned to eat sliced tomatoes with breakfast. Of course now I love sliced tomato with a little salt and pepper, but it's not the same as fresh off the vine outside the back door--no matter which meal they're accompanying.

And, I'm happy to say, I don't remember that year, I was just three. :); 8:26 PM
Lone Ranger said...: No sliced tomatoes most of the year at my grandma's house. She lived in North Dakota and that was back in the days when you just couldn't get fruits and vegetables out of season unless you preserved them -- which she did. But there was always sausage, cheese and homemade bread on the table.; 10:10 PM
Anonymous said...: My grandma lived in northern Utah. She did the preserving, too.

I think between your grandma and mine it'd darn near be perfect eating! :); 12:52 PM

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Talking Points

I don't use talking points, I create them.

1. Hate makes people stoopid.

2. There is nothing so impenetrable as a closed mind.

3. A stupid person is not someone who can't learn, but someone who refuses to learn.

4. It is a small mind that has no room for God.

5. You can take Stalin out of the gene pool, but you can't take Stalinism out of liberals.

6. The best way to sabotage a bad plan is to follow it to the letter.

7. The race card is the first refuge of people who have nothing to say.

8. Ignorance is the cornerstone of arrogance.

9. Which is more racist, to hate someone who is not white or to assume someone is racist because he is white?

10. Children are not stupid. If a child is taught, the child will learn. If a child is not learning, the child is not being taught.

11. To express righteous indignation, one must first be righteous. And that's a label that doesn't stick to liberals.

12. Profanity is ignorance made audible.

13. An open mind is a liberal's worst enemy.

14. Paternalism is the purest form of racism.

15. People who bend the truth, usually bend it in their favor.

16. If you always stand in opposition to liberalism, you will never be wrong.

18. Life is simple. People who make it complicated usually have an agenda.

19. Getting your news from the corrupt, liberal media is like sticking your head in the sand, except you don't get grit in your teeth.

20. Liberals' emotional development stops at the age of 16.

21. To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell the truth.

22. Idealism seldom matches up with reality.

23. Those who don't hate communism have never lived it.

24. This was a much more civil country when men walked about heavily armed.

25. This economy will never heal as long as Obama keeps picking at the scab.

26. Liberals don't think outside the box; they ARE the box.

27. You cannot change the hearts and minds of liberals, because they possess neither.

28. There is no such thing as a kind liberal.

29. Reading Democratic Party platforms is like reading the history of human rights abuses and crimes against humanity in this country.

25 Immutable Truths About Liberals

Over the years I've been writing this blog, I've been throwing out little self-evident truths that seem to have no exceptions that prove the rule. I've made a list of some of them and will add to it as I remember them or make up more. Most of this list I've come up with myself. A few I've borrowed from others.

1. Always expect the worst from a liberal and you will never be surprised.

2. Never try to reason with a liberal. They disregard any evidence that conflicts with their beliefs.

3. You can always tell what liberals are up to by what they accuse conservatives of doing.

4. Liberals don't debate, they argue.

5. The only standards liberals have are double standards.

6. Liberals feel, conservatives think.

7. Whenever you don't understand a liberal's motives, just look for the money.

8. Liberals cannot be embarrassed. They lack the gene to blush.

9. The Liberal Golden Rule is, "Do unto others but scream bloody murder if they do unto you."

10. Liberals don't have leaders, they have demi-gods.

11. There are no honest liberals. If they were honest -- especially to themselves -- they would be conservatives.

12. A liberal's business is nobody's business, but everyone's business is a liberal's business.

13. Liberals have an inflated sense of self-worth. They are like house flies that criticize the air-worthiness of a Stealth fighter. (Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, ad infinitum are morons.)

14. Liberals lack a sixth sense that conservatives have in abundance -- common sense.

15. Liberals never stop hating.

16. There are only two types of liberals -- the deceivers and the deceived. The difficulty is telling them apart.

17. Every time liberals get on their high horse, they get bucked off.

18. Liberal programs are so wonderful that they have to be forced on people.

19. Liberals always choke on their own medicine.

20. When given a moral choice, liberals always come down on the wrong side of the fence.

21. The only way liberals can build themselves up is by tearing others down.

22. Liberals not only refuse to learn from their mistakes, they refuse to admit them.

23. Liberals have only two political positions -- blind devotion and blind hatred.

24. Liberals are incapable of attacking the message, so they always attack the messenger.

25. Liberal diversity is only skin deep.