(04-10-2020, 10:15 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: ..

"Boy, It didn't take long. What a build. Now I'll take care of that bully!"

(04-10-2020, 11:36 AM)Bengalzona Wrote: "Boy, It didn't take long. What a build. Now I'll take care of that bully!"

I had a good chuckle, when I stumbled across that old magazine ad, it got me to feeling a little nostalgic.  I think that the first time I saw that, I was about 9 years old, at my grandma's house.  I was in my father's boyhood bedroom, rummaging through his old things, naturally the comic books and magazines were very appealing, as they were so different from what I was used to seeing in the mid-late 70's.

It seemed like the "dynamic tension" and "x-ray glasses" were the staple ads for targeting young men to separate them from their hard earned money, in the 1950's.  

(04-10-2020, 12:40 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I had a good chuckle, when I stumbled across that old magazine ad, it got me to feeling a little nostalgic.  I think that the first time I saw that, I was about 9 years old, at my grandma's house.  I was in my father's boyhood bedroom, rummaging through his old things, naturally the comic books and magazines were very appealing, as they were so different from what I was used to seeing in the mid-late 70's.

It seemed like the "dynamic tension" and "x-ray glasses" were the staple ads for targeting young men to separate them from their hard earned money, in the 1950's.  

I always wanted one of these!

(04-10-2020, 12:57 PM)Bengalzona Wrote:

I'm sure that PETA put a stop to that shit..  

(04-10-2020, 12:57 PM)Bengalzona Wrote:

I own a bowl full of happiness. It only cost me $25 for an eighth of herbal happiness.

I didn't make this one so the grammatical error isn't on me.

(04-10-2020, 02:28 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I'm sure that PETA put a stop to that shit..  

It turns out that Sea Monkeys are a breed of brine shrimp (a.k.a. whale food). I wonder how much money the dude made off of inventing and marketing these things?

https://www.livescience.com/33907-sea-monkeys.html

(04-10-2020, 12:57 PM)Bengalzona Wrote:

Without stuff like this, my Room of Chia Pets would never have been possible.

(04-10-2020, 04:11 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: It turns out that Sea Monkeys are a breed of brine shrimp (a.k.a. whale food). I wonder how much money the dude made off of inventing and marketing these things?

https://www.livescience.com/33907-sea-monkeys.html

My dad told me this about 30yrs ago. I had a fish tank when I got out of the military and He gave me brine shrimp to feed them in the tank. I said, “Dad, those look like sea horses.” He chuckled with his marine corp grin and Red Foureman face, and the education began. He passed soon after. I thank you for mentioning this because it brought back a great memory of a not perfect, but pretty awesome father. 

(04-10-2020, 07:37 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: My dad told me this about 30yrs ago. I had a fish tank when I got out of the military and He gave me brine shrimp to feed them in the tank. I said, “Dad, those look like sea horses.” He chuckled with his marine corp grin and Red Foureman face, and the education began. He passed soon after. I thank you for mentioning this because it brought back a great memory of a not perfect, but pretty awesome father. 

When I'm working on a project, I still hear my dad's voice in my head saying, "That's a pretty crappy way to do that don't you think?" Or, "That's no way to build that."

LOL!. I appreciate that voice!

(04-10-2020, 09:39 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: When I'm working on a project, I still hear my dad's voice in my head saying, "That's a pretty crappy way to do that don't you think?" Or, "That's no way to build that."

LOL!. I appreciate that voice!

Dad didn't cut you much slack, did he?

(04-10-2020, 11:26 PM)McC Wrote: Dad didn't cut you much slack, did he?

He would say it in a tone that was sort of playful and joking... but, as I recall, he was also right!

If I was really doing a lousy job of putting something together, he would say, "Here... let me see that a minute."

(04-11-2020, 12:40 AM)Bengalzona Wrote: He would say it in a tone that was sort of playful and joking... but, as I recall, he was also right!

If I was really doing a lousy job of putting something together, he would say, "Here... let me see that a minute."

My old man would ump my baseball games.  For some reason, he was always the home plate ump.  When I batted, every pitch was a strike.

Stee-rike.

Oh come on.

Get the bat off your shoulder.

It was over my head. 

Barely...

(04-11-2020, 11:07 AM)HarleyDog Wrote:

I was expecting it to say "liquor after beer and who knows what you will wake up next to."