Remember When

August 12th, 2018 at 1:00:11 PM permalink
Evenbob
Member since: Oct 24, 2012
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This is the kind of August day that
would have me take a brown bag
lunch and find a tree in the woods
to sit under and read a stack of
comic books in 1958. I loved them
when I was in grade school. By
7th grade I'd moved onto Cracked
and Mad Magazine.

If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
August 12th, 2018 at 9:29:18 PM permalink
zippyboy
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Cracked was a Mad rip-off, and never as good as Mad. History will never remember Cracked, I'm surprised you even mention it.
August 12th, 2018 at 9:38:42 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: zippyboy
Cracked was a Mad rip-off, and never as good as Mad. History will never remember Cracked, I'm surprised you even mention it.


When I was 11 years old, what did I know
from what was good or better. It made
fun of stuff, that's all I cared about. It
was around for 50 years, enough people
were buying it to keep it going. 1957-2007
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
August 13th, 2018 at 1:13:13 PM permalink
rxwine
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Quote: zippyboy
Cracked was a Mad rip-off, and never as good as Mad.


I remember reading it once in awhile and thinking the same thing. In fact, the publisher of Cracked apparently did several low-ball imitations of other popular genre magazines besides Mad.

When I stopped reading Mad, I started reading National Lampoon.
You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really?
August 13th, 2018 at 9:01:15 PM permalink
zippyboy
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Mad was for kids (introduced me to politics, world events, social topics, satire, etc), but National Lampoon was for college and adults. I found a stack in a dumpster in 1980 or so, loved the nudity (duh) but the politics and social aspect took it up a notch from Mad.
August 18th, 2018 at 1:58:37 AM permalink
Evenbob
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Remember Christmas Club savings accounts?
Every week when you cashed your check at
the bank, you put a dollar or two into a
passbook Xmas savings account. When
Xmas arrived, you had $50 or $100 plus interest.

No credit cards in the 50's and 60's, it was
all cash at Xmas. My mom did this every
year. $50 plus interest was $400 in todays
money. We always had a good Xmas because
of it.

We make fun of our parents in the other thread,
but money was more dear and harder to get
in the 50's and 60's. Lower middle class people
had none to squander if they wanted a decnt
life.
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
August 18th, 2018 at 6:38:16 PM permalink
Wizard
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Quote: Evenbob
They say a good flatscreen
should last 30 years now.


I just had one go bad. Anyone want it? I think it is just a circuit board, but I don't have the ability or patience to fix it.
Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber
August 18th, 2018 at 6:41:49 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: Wizard
I just had one go bad. Anyone want it? I think it is just a circuit board, but I don't have the ability or patience to fix it.


It's not like we could come and
pick it up. How big is it.
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
August 18th, 2018 at 6:50:03 PM permalink
petroglyph
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I was telling someone a couple days ago about how there used to be tv tube testers and replacement tubes at the supermarkets when I was a kid.

An owner could change about any tube except the big one.
The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW
August 18th, 2018 at 6:52:53 PM permalink
rxwine
Member since: Oct 24, 2012
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Quote: Wizard
I just had one go bad. Anyone want it? I think it is just a circuit board, but I don't have the ability or patience to fix it.


Does it have this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFw7U7V1Hok
You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really?