Remember When

Quote: Face

I had to double check =) Yes, even those tiny "Goodyear" and "Eagle" on the fenders and wheels are decals.

I meant the silver wheels and colored fenders. I doubt those are decals. And assuming you didn't have to paint the tires black, too.

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And your memory is sharp, because "gooey, wrinkled mess" is an apt description.

It's like death and taxes, and Lucy removing the ball when Charlie Brown's kicking: inevitable.

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There is a method, though, that alleviates much of the hassle.

I don't believe you :)

Quote: AZDuffman

My brother bought it for me because we both tried and failed to make the "Visible V-8" in the 1980s.

My best friend (when I was between the ages of 7-10 had 4 sisters), and they had both the Visible Man, and Visible Woman.

We weren't allowed to play with the Visible Woman. Now that I look at her, she's not exactly Barbie. Kinda looks like a young Hillary Clinton. Get that stuck in your head EB lol.






*also just reminded myself, a couple of my best friends sisters turned out to be real hotties when they got older. It is too bad we moved.

Quote: rxwine

Oh my, she came out in 1960. I saw
it in the store but my mom was a real
prude and thought it was disgusting.
She caught me looking at naked Greek
statues in a book when I was 10 and
I never saw it again.

Quote: rxwine

*also just reminded myself, a couple of my best friends sisters turned out to be real hotties when they got older. It is too bad we moved.

Not worth the hassle, you're better off having moved ;)

Quote: Face

Not worth the hassle, you're better off having moved ;)

Hah ha. You're probably right. It's easy at that age to see the prize and forget the head on your shoulders.

Upstate NY ranked Worst Place in US to Live

/sigh

Quote: Face

Upstate NY ranked Worst Place in US to Live

/sigh

But you live in SW NY, things aren't booming
there either?

Quote: Face

Upstate NY ranked Worst Place in US to Live

/sigh

I said it when I had to look for a job in Phoenix, if people in upstate knew what a good economy was there would be a violent revolution there. I look back and the article is right on the money, people are so used to how bad it is they don't know how bad it is.

Some of those towns way up on the Northway, I can't believe how they survive. It is poverty with good scenery.

Boom or bust. Goldrush towns, then Ghost towns. Height of the Steel industry --- then when it died -- the Rust Belt.

Been going on for a long time. You could farm in Kansas, but no one could farm in the dust bowl. Even hobos got the message.

Quote: Evenbob

But you live in SW NY, things aren't booming
there either?

Something is going on. I know a guy, came from the UK. He was sent here to open a plant down in the Dunkirk area. Some sort of recycling; I know one thing they do is melt down TV screens to remove whatever is in them so they can reuse the glass. It's kind of a big operation. Additionally, I heard some solar company is coming to Buffalo and a few thousand positions were opening. It all just makes me wonder "what's the catch?" I figure it's gotta be some subsidy or something. Businesses flee NY. Maybe they haven't heard yet.

Quote: AZDuffman

I said it when I had to look for a job in Phoenix, if people in upstate knew what a good economy was there would be a violent revolution there. I look back and the article is right on the money, people are so used to how bad it is they don't know how bad it is.

Some of those towns way up on the Northway, I can't believe how they survive. It is poverty with good scenery.

I don't completely understand, because I only know here. But I can tell when I talk to people that something is wrong. So many of my classmates making so many moves - one is going to be featured on Vanilla Ice's home improvement show. He makes things out of concrete, like bathroom vanities and kitchen counters. Real high class stuff. He's just about to head to Hawaii for an install. But even regular grunts seem to find this here or that there. I guess that in part added to my positivity when I told the casino to go pound sand. I'm capable, I'll just find something else... and we all know how that's been going.

That blurb about the heroin is real, too. They just found another dead in their home about 3/4 mile away from me. Lost a classmate and a cousin within 20 days of each other back around June. Guy I used to manage at the truck stop last month. It's just about weekly when either someone you know or a friend of someone you know falls to it. Bad times here in WNY.

I think that's a pretty good motto. "NY. Ain't got shit, but look at that view" =p