Administrators Eric Posted January 1, 2022 Administrators Share Posted January 1, 2022 Weren't always good and meaningful progress has been made in many areas. In cars, for instance: You may prefer the old school style, my feelings on old cars is certainly well-documented, but safety, longevity, economy and dependability of cars today are light-years ahead of decades past. What else do you think is better today, if anything? If you don't anything anything is better today, feel free to crap on some new thing you don't like. It's New Year's Eve. Go crazy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Technological innovation, probably, should have halted after the Zippo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuteTheMall Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Long distance phone calls are cheaper. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 I remember my grandmother letting us know that her life went from the horse-and-buggy, to Man on the moon. Our lifetime has moved much faster. It will keep moving even faster. Until we push ourselves back into the iron age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfost11 Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Firearms, cartridges, and bullet tech has come a long way from the old days of 158 gr. round nose from a 5 or 6 shot .38. special. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 17 minutes ago, jfost11 said: Firearms, cartridges, and bullet tech has come a long way from the old days of 158 gr. round nose from a 5 or 6 shot .38. special. In Sergeant York, they all took a shot, dug the ball out of the tree, and recasted it for the next guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MO Fugga Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 3 hours ago, ChuteTheMall said: Long distance phone calls are cheaper. Porn too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MO Fugga Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 21 minutes ago, jfost11 said: Firearms, cartridges, and bullet tech has come a long way from the old days of 158 gr. round nose from a 5 or 6 shot .38. special. Right? Closest 3 guns to me that aren't a 12 gauge, are a 10mm, .458 SOCOM, and a .300 Blackout. Much respect for the classics, but this new **** is awesome. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 The twenty years 1946 through 1965 may in retrospect prove to be the nation’s best years. Except for those in the military and their families who suffered during and because of the Korean “Police Action” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MO Fugga Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 4 hours ago, Huaco Kid said: I remember my grandmother letting us know that her life went from the horse-and-buggy, to Man on the moon. Our lifetime has moved much faster. It will keep moving even faster. Until we push ourselves back into the iron age. In JROTC, The Major explained it as every generation gets more destructive. Went from widespread muskets and Napoleonic formations to quality rifles, machine guns, primitive submarines, and useful airships in a single generation. Not to mention railroads. Tanks, aircraft, near instant worldwide communication, and chemical warfare next. Then came the nukes. There aren't many left who used one in anger. So maybe Major was wrong.... Happy New Year y'all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 58 minutes ago, MO Fugga said: Happy New Year y'all! It all started with that one, jagoff, chimpanzee that picked up that femur bone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 5 hours ago, Huaco Kid said: I remember my grandmother letting us know that her life went from the horse-and-buggy, to Man on the moon. When she was, I don't know, I was little, we gave her a high-tech thing you put in your purse. It was as big as a transistor radio. And the switch hooked to your wrist with a string, so when the thugs stole your purse, it would scream at (really) 50,000 dbm. Like, really, too loud. We don't know if she ever used it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted January 1, 2022 Author Administrators Share Posted January 1, 2022 4 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said: When she was, I don't know, I was little, we gave her a high-tech thing you put in your purse. It was as big as a transistor radio. And the switch hooked to your wrist with a string, so when the thugs stole your purse, it would scream at (really) 50,000 dbm. Like, really, too loud. We don't know if she ever used it. A pistol is really loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maser Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 The ways we communicate with the rest of the world nowadays is amazing. I remember in 1st and 2nd grades we had pen pals from other states. At the time we thought it was so cool. We had no clue what the future of communication would bring us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 So whenever she came to visit, we would play with the-box-that-was-way-too-screaming-loud. I don't know why they let Grandma live in a place (Buffalo), where getting your purse stolen was a normal thing. But, as long as your purse was screaming, at 20,000dbm, it was safe, because Grandma would only have to chase the teenager for a mile, or two, break his knee, and get her purse back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 1 hour ago, MO Fugga said: Tanks, aircraft, near instant worldwide communication, and chemical warfare next. I've never been near a tank, but if I ever find an abandoned one, given enough batteries, I'll probably get it started. Let me play with the controls, for a minute, and I'll probably drive it. If they left one in the chamber, well, that could be either good or bad. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 44 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said: It all started with that one, jagoff, chimpanzee that picked up that femur bone. Damn Monoliths. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 10 hours ago, ChuteTheMall said: Long distance phone calls are cheaper. Really? Considering the cost of a phone and the cost of a plan? You may be right, but I'd have to see an analysis before I'd believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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