Administrators Eric Posted September 17, 2017 Author Administrators Share Posted September 17, 2017 Then there were the Members Only Jackets. Everyone had at least one of these, it seemed like. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smith10 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Eric said: We knew a guy when I was a kid, that had one of these mounted on the dash oh his Chevy Luv pickup. I remember thinking once back then, if that truck was even capable of speeding. Anyway that is one low-tech looking device. I've noticed that in the last few years, you hardly ever see a cord hanging down from a RADAR/Laser detector. It doesn't seem like it is nearly as popular a product as it once was. Heard an interview a while back with a Vietnam war pilot who purchased and used a fuzzbuster in His aircraft. Apparently sams used the same frequency. He couldn't tell position, just that launched had occurred. Edited September 17, 2017 by Smith10 Sams 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted September 17, 2017 Author Administrators Share Posted September 17, 2017 Who here has the stones to admit that they used to own and wear nylon parachute pants, back in the day? That fad came out of nowhere and hit like a whirlwind. I'll confess that I had a couple of pair. I used to wear them with one of those skinny black leather studded belts, that wrapped around the waist twice. I was quite the fashion plate back then. I had these other parachute pants too, that Sammy Hagar made popular. They were made of a brushed cotton or something and they had zippered panels that round down the front of each leg. If you unzipped the panel, there was a pleat inside with a contracting color. Mine were the dark grey ones, with the red panels, like the ones the Red Rocker himself wore in a couple of music videos. Sometimes I look back at myself then and cringe a little, but then I remember, I was getting laid and having a good time. What the hell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted September 17, 2017 Author Administrators Share Posted September 17, 2017 Remember when the Jellies shoes craze hit, back in the 1980s. It seemed like that within about a month, every girl I knew was wearing those cheap, uncomfortable-looking plastic shoes and just loving them. Then a couple of decades later, the Crocs shoes made the scene. They seemed just as cheap looking as the Jellies, although they did look slightly more comfortable. The trend spread even faster the Jellies craze, probably owing to the advent of the Internet. I remember mentioning the similarity between Crocs and Jellies, to several girls and women I talked to, who wore the Crocs, and got blank looks. Most of them, not even the adults, had ever heard of Jellies. Fashion is a fickle friend, I guess. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted September 17, 2017 Author Administrators Share Posted September 17, 2017 One shoe trend that I actually got in on was the Kaepa tennis shoes, when they started selling them. They were the white leather tennis shoes, that had two sets of laces and eyelet lace flaps. You snugged and tied each shoe in two places. It was a bit of a gimmick I guess, but those were damned comfortable shoes. There was a period of about five years, in the eighties, that unless I was wearing Army footwear, I had on either a pair of Kaepas or a pair of slip-on checkered Vans. I wore out many pairs of both of these types of shoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted September 17, 2017 Author Administrators Share Posted September 17, 2017 Back in the days of the Kaepas and Vans, if you didn't have someone else's name on the ass of your jeans, you were not going to the cool kids' parties.I wonder how much money that trend made for the various show pony blue jeans companies? Back then, all I wore were Levis 501 shrink-to-fit jeans. There simply has never been a more comfortable pair of jeans ever made. I loved those things. I stopped wearing 501s when I stopped carrying. There was too great a chance of my pistol falling out of its holster, when I had to unbutton my jeans to throw a wiz. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holyjohnson Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 i missed parachute pants and puffy vest and still don`t have rubber shoes. this and day glo everything i remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt 127 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Earth shoes. Heel was lower than the toe... And....platform shoes...the exact opposite though you can still catch a glimpse at places where the entertainment is, uh...clothing optional.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt 127 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 (edited) The bag phone.... i found my old Oki bag phone in the attic. That thing was a milspec beast. Solid aluminum chassis. Plugged it in, fired right up all the numbers still in the memory.... That was a little surreal. People I haven't talked to in many years a few no longer with us.... Edited September 17, 2017 by Sgt 127 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted September 17, 2017 Author Administrators Share Posted September 17, 2017 How many of you still own shoe shining supplies? 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G19Tony Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 2 hours ago, holyjohnson said: Got a vent window on my 94 F150. Love the airflow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeorge Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 And internet porn has ruined the porn magazine business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 8 hours ago, Eric said: Someone posted something earlier that got me thinking of these beasties: These were a hell of a lot of fun to ride, but they seriously injured or killed a good number of riders. This 1982 model was one the last years they were available. I really miss my 200X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 7 hours ago, Eric said: I haven't seen this stuff in years. I guess it is probably still being made, but I haven't seen it. Not gone yet. You can still get jiffy pop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 7 hours ago, Eric said: Remember when everyone was wearing these padded jacket vests, back in the late seventies and eighties? Having Michael J Fox wearing one in the Back to the Future movies made them even more popular. I used to have a blue one, in 9th grade. I had one too. I think I only wore it once or twice. My arms kept getting cold, so I put on a coat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
refugeepj Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 tell my lady she could get lost in a phone booth. i don't think most of my grandchildren know what that is. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hines57 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 8 hours ago, Sgt 127 said: Earth shoes. Heel was lower than the toe... And....platform shoes...the exact opposite though you can still catch a glimpse at places where the entertainment is, uh...clothing optional.... We were to poor for most of the fashion trends, but I did have a pair of blue suede platform shoes. I wore them with a suede vest also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragline Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 10 hours ago, holyjohnson said: Yeah but how about pay phones with rotary dials? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlockPride Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 (edited) Edited September 17, 2017 by GlockPride 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Vans shoes... From my cold dead body and my grave will you need to pry. to get to go away I Rock them still. Dave.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Three wheelers are still popular in Alaska. We take Jiffy Pop camping. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holyjohnson Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 9 hours ago, Dragline said: Yeah but how about pay phones with rotary dials? i think those have been gone awhile lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsmo1066 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Remember when many public restrooms had one of these? Typically right next to the condom machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeylad Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 19 hours ago, Eric said: I haven't seen this stuff in years. I guess it is probably still being made, but I haven't seen it. I almost burned down my Grandmother's house when one of those caught on fire! It was the night the man from the Council was signing the papers when Maggie Thatchers' govt allowed people to buy their council houses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeylad Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 19 hours ago, holyjohnson said: i missed parachute pants and puffy vest and still don`t have rubber shoes. this and day glo everything i remember. I remember Relax going to No. 1 in the UK and never hearing it on BBC Radio One because it was banned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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