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    Would it be wrong if their next mayor was Michael Keaton?
    "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984

    "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir

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      Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
      Would it be wrong if their next mayor was Michael Keaton?
      What a great idea!

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      Rover Frenchy, Classic! Great post.
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        Originally posted by French Rage View Post
        Do you really think I read all the **** you post?
        "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984

        "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir

        "Good news! We have a delivery." Professor Farnsworth

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          Started watching The Crown on Netflix tonight. It's very good. I always wonder, though, how true to life it actually is. And Holy Smokes the production of this show could keep cigarette companies in business for some time.

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          • Originally posted by Scarlet View Post
            Started watching The Crown on Netflix tonight. It's very good. I always wonder, though, how true to life it actually is. And Holy Smokes the production of this show could keep cigarette companies in business for some time.
            Those were the times. Same can be said for Mad Men.

            But I agree, that show is great. I also enjoyed "Victoria" on PBS. Rufus Sewell is the man.
            the state of hockey is good

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              Originally posted by state of hockey View Post
              Those were the times. Same can be said for Mad Men.
              One of the best scenes in Mad Men was early on (S1 I think) two housewives are talking and chain smoking while they rock their babies. Takes all the discipline you have not to reach through the screen and pluck their cigarettes away.

              Fun fact for a kid who grew up in the 70s: I never saw anyone smoke in real life until high school. Where I grew up, smoking was a class marker.
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                Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                One of the best scenes in Mad Men was early on (S1 I think) two housewives are talking and chain smoking while they rock their babies. Takes all the discipline you have not to reach through the screen and pluck their cigarettes away.

                Fun fact for a kid who grew up in the 70s: I never saw anyone smoke in real life until high school. Where I grew up, smoking was a class marker.
                Interesting. Where was that?

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                  Originally posted by burd View Post
                  Interesting. Where was that?
                  Plymouth Rock?

                  As a child of the 70's I can't recall cigarettes not being prevalent even if my parents themselves were not smokers. TC suburbia for reference.

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                    Originally posted by burd View Post
                    Interesting. Where was that?
                    Lawn Guyland, 1975. Suffolk Cty of course. Nassau was blue collar and smoker city.

                    Social Strat is still pretty bad on LI but in the 70s it was basically a caste system.
                    Last edited by Kepler; 06-17-2017, 01:49 PM.
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                      Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                      One of the best scenes in Mad Men was early on (S1 I think) two housewives are talking and chain smoking while they rock their babies. Takes all the discipline you have not to reach through the screen and pluck their cigarettes away.

                      Fun fact for a kid who grew up in the 70s: I never saw anyone smoke in real life until high school. Where I grew up, smoking was a class marker.
                      A scene from the movie Dazed And Confused was similar. Mother smoking, while pregnant, IIRC, and the clerk giving her advice about healthy stuff......um..........
                      Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
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                        Originally posted by Brenthoven View Post
                        A scene from the movie Dazed And Confused was similar. Mother smoking, while pregnant, IIRC, and the clerk giving her advice about healthy stuff......um..........
                        The clerk also let a 14yo buy beer, so I don't think he was the sharpest tool in the drawer regardless of the time period.

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                        KDR

                        Rover Frenchy, Classic! Great post.
                        iwh30 I wish I could be as smart as you. I really do you are the man
                        gregg729 I just saw your sig, you do love having people revel in your "intelligence."
                        Ritt18 you are the perfect representation of your alma mater.
                        Miss Thundercat That's it, you win.
                        TBA#2 I want to kill you and dance in your blood.
                        DisplacedCornellian Hahaha. Thread over. Frenchy wins.

                        Test to see if I can add this.

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                          Originally posted by French Rage View Post
                          The clerk also let a 14yo buy beer, so I don't think he was the sharpest tool in the drawer regardless of the time period.
                          My brothers would buy cigarettes from various stores back in the 70's, while they were just young, only 10 or 12 years old. People just didn't care back then, no matter what the law said.
                          "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984

                          "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir

                          "Good news! We have a delivery." Professor Farnsworth

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                            Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
                            My brothers would buy cigarettes from various stores back in the 70's, while they were just young, only 10 or 12 years old. People just didn't care back then, no matter what the law said.
                            I remember kids who were in high school when I was in 6th grade, so say 17 year olds in 1975, driving their cars while drinking beer and throwing the empties out on the road.

                            When I was in HS (1980) the "conventional wisdom" was you never drank hard liquor and drove but you could drink 7 or 8 beers at a party and drive home because "beer only gets you buzzed." This was something we absolutely believed.
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                              I remember when they used to refuse to sell cigs to kids but would sell them coke that contained 10 teaspoons of sugar in every can.

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                                Originally posted by burd View Post
                                I remember when they used to refuse to sell cigs to kids but would sell them coke that contained 10 teaspoons of sugar in every can.
                                I see what you did there.
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