The likes of which we'll never see again ...

Nobiles Barbariæ Posts : 7223 Join date : 2011-12-25

The zeitgeist moves on and in its wake it leaves abandoned items of our culture that once seemed so steadfast, so normal, so eternal, but which we now know will never see the light of day again, not even as retro-chic.

A collection point for some of them, before they are forgotten for ever ...

The likes of which we'll never see again ... Camels10

The likes of which we'll never see again ... Camels10

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Extra heavyweight is discontinued thanks to those do-gooders who consider that beating children is probably the parents' job.

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Now THOSE I remember, ferval! (the straps, I mean)

How's this for faith in a new wonder material?

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And from long before Sandy Hook, Columbine, Dunblane etc ...

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Subject: Re: The likes of which we'll never see again ... Tue 16 Jul 2013, 13:01

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And the commercial spin-offs, like:

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Subject: Re: The likes of which we'll never see again ... Tue 16 Jul 2013, 20:02

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Telephone switchboard and rotary dial phones.

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Subject: Re: The likes of which we'll never see again ... Tue 16 Jul 2013, 20:11

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Portable record players and Drive-in movies

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And Little Golden Books

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Subject: Re: The likes of which we'll never see again ... Wed 17 Jul 2013, 10:24

Typewriter ribbon

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And school maps that the teacher pulled down from the top of the black board

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Subject: Re: The likes of which we'll never see again ... Thu 19 Nov 2015, 08:31

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Subject: Re: The likes of which we'll never see again ... Thu 19 Nov 2015, 08:55

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Subject: Re: The likes of which we'll never see again ... Thu 19 Nov 2015, 12:11

Now that polio is nearly erradicated worldwide hopefully it won't be long until no-one has to see one of these again:

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.... there are now thought to be only twenty or so iron-lung users in the entire world.

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I doubt if we'll ever see this again;

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not a prawn sandwich in sight

Subject: Re: The likes of which we'll never see again ... Thu 19 Nov 2015, 17:36

Meles meles wrote:: Now that polio is nearly erradicated worldwide hopefully it won't be long until no-one has to see one of these again:

.... there are now thought to be only twenty or so iron-lung users in the entire world.

There is one in our local hospital as example in the hall of a I don't remember what floor. I will say them that it is one of twenty in the world. Saw today in the paper about a painting of a French artist, which hangs in a small village church. And it is millions of dollars worth. The Vatican has urged the local priest to purchase it, but the local said if they want to see the painting they can always come to the mass or something similar .

Kind regards, Paul.