What Things Would You Like To See Make A Comeback?

@AbbeyRhode There was a large shopping mall in south Oklahoma City that I loved to shop at for clearance sales, which were really good in late winter. Wards, Sears and Pennys especially. I loved K-Mart but the closest one was in the next county. I would go about 4 miles to it after I’d take my daughter to the Indian clinic. Had a relaxed atmosphere and never saw the ugliness that I’d see in Walmart, don’t know if it would be that way any more. This was about 30 years ago. I also miss Hastings Bookstore. I could go into to return rented videos and spend an afternoon in that store browsing books. They had urns of coffee that we could have for free and sit and browse the books before buying. I think amazon put them out of business.

@cherokeepatti We used to love Wards, too. After they left Jersey, we had to wait all year till we went on vacation in upstate NY to shop at the one there.
I know what you mean about the WalMart atmosphere. We have two local WalMarts, and I hardly ever set foot in them. I shop online for the prices and free delivery.

@AbbeyRhode I needed to pick up a prescription and went on Tuesday in the middle of the day this time. It was at the nearest Walmart, the one about a mile away around so many social service agencies. Surprisingly it was quiet this time, everyone acted civilized and I did a little shopping too. There is one Walmart on the far south side that is pretty good to shop at. Too far for most of the troublemakers to visit. I don’t trust delivery of prescriptions since I found some meds at one of the apartments I lived at placed on top of the mailbox unit for anyone to take and out in the sun. I have to get it picked up in person. When I have my surgery I’ll do online shopping for awhile and let Ray go pick up my stuff since I probably won’t be allowed to drive for a few weeks.

@PoetryNEmotion I used to bring up the Rothschilds and let them go! 😈

@PoetryNEmotion It's all gone. Not a record of a single one that I know of

@Gibbon Then it has died a tragic death.

@Claimbo Good you can wear it then

@Claimbo For me it's just the opposite.

@HumanEarth yes to all but I’m not the Fedora, for me I never wear a hat except in winter.

@brian29715 Of course the return of morality, respect, and courtesy are assumed.

@TexChik 😉 that’s a given.

@TexChik I found this just for you


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@Gibbon I was told by a medical professional in the late 1970’s that as the population increased their health care coverage the higher the medical costs would rise. Due to the demand and the fact that the hospitals, doctors, pharmacies and other providers could charge and get paid. They will charge whatever and see what the insurance companies will pay and still make an obscene profit. I haven’t tallied my medical costs total for the past year but betcha it’s hitting up close to a million dollars already. I am going to have major surgery in a few weeks with four surgeons and aftercare etc. so it’ll be way over that mark. I want to see how much they charge for the hospital expenses, surgeon fees, anesthesia etc total. It’s overwhelming to think about.

@PatKirby BC Get these things in order and the rest would be worked out! 👍

@NoGamesTolerated oh yes

@rinkydinkydoink Free air at gas stations for sure. People are bad about not putting the hose bad on the holder and then someone drives over it and gets it torn up. So they started charging due to having to replace the hoses. I don’t like dogs chasing cars, they can get hit by a back tire and killed.

@cherokeepatti

About the dog/chase/car thought - you're right, of course. It's just a pleasant memory for me when dogs were free to be dogs.

It also makes sense about the air hoses. I was going more for the nostalgia of kids and bikes and their not having to pay.

@rinkydinkydoink We had two collie dogs that got killed on the road chasing vehicles. It’s something to do with their herding instinct.

@Iwillwait oh yes all of them. Back when I was in junior high my home ec teacher gave me a home ec food book. Back then they were say people were consuming about 3 ounces of chemicals in foods per year. I know that it has dramatically increased due to processed foods being consumed so much. Not to mention how much plastic every person is consuming from the packaging. I would love to see glass jars becoming common for liquid type foods, including fruit and tomato products and juice. The acids leech the plastic chemical into foods. And jars that could be recycle as canning jars or jars with measurements on the sides.

@Repete I was given one of those airplanes, second hand, and could never get it to work. 😂

@maskedbandit yes the plastic ones that came all together and ready to fly was to heavy really and they didn’t take crash landings very well. I found ,after trying one of those that buying a motor and a kit made with balsa wood the plane was lighter and if you crashed a little 5 minute epoxy you could be flying again in about 10 minutes.

@4meAndyou yes loved those remnant bins. I loved going to Hancocks and browsing around. They got more into selling quilting fabrics and costume or fancy dress fabrics towards the end. Probably made more profits from it. I remember buying good-quality fabrics like Oxford cloth, Kettle Cloth and cotton blends to sew with. Even lightweight soft denim. Made quite of few clothes for myself, for my daughter and a lot of crafting items using scraps and remnants. Those were good times. I have some fabrics I need to use and will probably be sewing a bit when I heal up.

@4meAndyou What I wanted to do is to make cute simple dresses for school girls in impoverished areas so they can have something nice to wear to school. These places requesting them were asking for patterns with no buttons to replace or zippers, they wanted pockets too. I found a pattern that would be perfect and bought it. But sorely disappointed in the fabric selections, which have only gotten worse the past 3 years. I could make a dress a day if I wanted during the winter especially and pack them up when I got a couple dozen made and ship them off. Some of the schools also were requesting simple shorts for boys and a matching color t-shirt as a set in the same size. These are for grade school children. I still have sad memories of a girl in first grade who was living in poverty, had one dress to wear and it got filthier by the week. Come to find out the father was a farm aid, probably living in a shack or shed on the farm and no running water. That girl was scared of running water. The teacher didn’t take time with her to help her with such things but I did. It was the girl’s third year in first grade because she was never taught to do anything, had malnutrition (gaping mouth and dull eyes, listless expression most of the time), and she smelled.I stood behind her before we went to the cafeteria and told her not to be scared of the water and nudged her elbows to wash up. I also shared my snacks with her. They passed her onto 2nd grade because the state law wouldn’t allow her to be held back again. Then I taught her at recess the alphabet and numbers, and how to write her name & other words. Showed me she was fully capable of learning and just needed some help. We move away to another state after 2nd grade so I couldn’t help her any longer.

@cherokeepatti You are absolutely wonderful, (which I already know). Thinking of sewing for disadvantaged school children, and most especially your extreme kindness toward a child your own age when you weren't much older than 6 years yourself. School children that age usually mock or avoid the "smelly kid" in class...but YOU showed kindness and caring when most little children do not.

@cherokeepatti I did that with a cotton mouth once, only one time though, thinking it was dead. 🤣

@maskedbandit it was just chillin’.

@cherokeepatti And very mad when I bothered it. 😅

@DrWatson And what the hell are up with those huge oblong green grapes the size of a big toe?

@DrWatson Concord grapes have tough skins and seeds that have to be spit out but oh what a wonderful flavor those grapes have. I could stand by the grape vines and eat like a little pig they taste so good. I am pretty sure they are loaded with nutrients and healthy if they haven’t been dowsed with pesticides (sulfur type is the safest or Neem products)

@DrWatson I’m pretty sure restaurant owners love to buy those seedless watermelons to reduce the liability of someone choking on seeds. Plus easier to make melon balls with along with cantaloupes and honeydew melons to make a colorful fruit salad. Otherwise give me the seeded ones.

@NotMy1stRodeo IKR? Our Grandparents paid on average of $6,000 for their first house after WW II.

@Atlotto I love the science project materials they sold at Radio Shack. Miss it for that and some of the electronics that were affordable that they offered. They got into promoting cell phones and forgot their original type of sales it seemed and then went out of business.

Video rental stores were fun back in the day. My favorite had a deal to get 4 on Friday night and not have to return them till Monday. They always had good movies.

There is one shoe cobbler here in my city. He has a business where he not only repairs shoes but also belts, leather purses etc. With so many wearing expensive leather boots it pays to have new heels put on and later resoled with another set of heels. He is a Philippino and does a good job of it, hard to find businesses like this these days.

Affordable small appliance repair shops.

@cherokeepatti I'm a member of "Radio Shack Memories" on Facebook

Yes they were.

I did a shoe cobbler Google search and found out there are five within a 50 mile radius.

@UnderLockDown And grass-fed beef, free range chicken & eggs, and dairy is so much more healthier for us. They have a lot more CLA, a fatty acid that builds and repairs muscles. It’s so good that it’s sold in health food stores in the body-builder sections. I didn’t ever have pulled muscles when I was getting those foods or taking the supplements. Helps to heal them quickly too and doctors will never recommend them.

@SW-User Bell bottoms have come back. Most fashion trends come round and then round again. Look at long skirts ie broomstick ones. Long dresses are back in too. Those high sandals for summer. Fashion almost always returns in cycles.

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout they still sell them online. Ordered some for someone with circulation problems who works outdoors in the winter.

@OogieBoogie

In 1979 the Chicago White Sox had Disco Demolition Night at one of their games. They had to forfeit since there were so many rowdies on the field burning albums and scorching the grass 😁

@SW-User 👍 except for the rowdies and forfeit.

@OogieBoogie

Kiwis would have been screeching in agony since they were counting on the grass to feed their dates!

@Pretzel we used to have little seed spitting contests when we were kids. We were rather simple back then. I’d squeeze one when the cat wasn’t looking trying to get her attention, she’d kind of freak out a bit.

@ffony Yes, we used to do that to pass the time.

What no Red Red Wine by UB40

Fan of UB40 right here

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Ooo yes ☺️ I will always love UB40 they are a vibe 😌@HumanEarth

@ffony How long ago was this?

@ffony They didn't ID the baby? 🤣

@Musicman Early 60s North Vancouver.