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When most of the magazines up front of the store (by checkout) was under $5.00. I picked on3 up the other day, think8ng of buying it until I saw the price was close to $15.00. Quickly put it back on the rack.
When most of the magazines up front of the store (by checkout) was under $5.00. I picked on3 up the other day, think8ng of buying it until I saw the price was close to $15.00. Quickly put it back on the rack.
I remember when most of the magazines at the checkout stand were under $0.50. TV Guide only hit 50 cents in the early 1980s.
^^I think Nat Geo is now around $8 on the stand, and is filled with mostly ads and "funded" articles to support a certain political slant.
I only read Nat Geos from pre-1980 that I find at yard sales or on the free shelf at the library.
I remember the National Geographic magazine from the 1950s. Bare-breasted native women and ads for Cadilllacs. I think a life membership was about $1000. If I had been able to afford a life membership, I would have long considered it a waste of money. It's just not the same.
Hola Hoop
Yo-Yo Duncan
Dick Tracey, TV Communicator " Like that will never happen in my life time "
Easy Back Oven with the lite bulb.
A pocket size AM radio It has " transistors."
sputnik Oct 1957
Edsel
I remember the National Geographic magazine from the 1950s. Bare-breasted native women and ads for Cadilllacs. I think a life membership was about $1000. If I had been able to afford a life membership, I would have long considered it a waste of money. It's just not the same.
And The Weekly Reader.
And Children's Digest.
I know who Big Jon and Sparky were. Theme song was Teddy Bear's Picnic.
I listened to B Bar Beeeeeee, on the radio. And Sky Kiiiiiing... And Our Miss Brooks. The Shadow.
How about Don McNeill's Breakfast Club?
Odd Note: When I was in the second grade The Weekly Reader had an article about a new kind of ship called a hydrofoil. There was a small one called Squirt and someone rolled it while testing it. Had pictures. About 1952 I guess.
Fast forward to 1968 and I had been selected to be copilot of the largest hydrofoil ever built. They were walking me through the program and pointed out Squirt sitting in a corner of the hanger in Seattle. I mentioned I remembered when it was rolled and the official showing me around told me he was the person who rolled it....
Hola Hoop
Yo-Yo Duncan
Dick Tracey, TV Communicator " Like that will never happen in my life time "
Easy Back Oven with the lite bulb.
A pocket size AM radio It has " transistors."
sputnik Oct 1957
Edsel
The pocket size AM transistor radio. I bought one during Marine Corps infantry training in California during the Vietnam War. Brought it with me during my two years in SE Asia. Still going strong into the 1980’s when it finally gave out.
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