Utopia!

Todd...completely underrated.

Seattle too

"'Course those are real spaceships. Why else hold the world's fair in Queens?"

re: #3 Shug

Seattle too

Seattle at least had the monorail and Elvis making another one of his crappy movies.

Pentagon Clears Flying-Car Project for Takeoff

/so, get ready to scratch that one off the list

I went to this World's Fair several times.

Now it looks more like our future's made of virtual insanity.

Bonus: PREDICTIONS FOR THE YEAR 2000, FROM THE YEAR 1900

re: #7 Charles

I went to this World's Fair several times.

Charles, there are quite a few clips from the 1962 Seattle World's Fair as well in this video.

Where's my jet pack?
Splat!

re: #7 Charles

As did I. I can't believe you're a day over 40! ;-)

Do they still have Tomorrowland at Disneyland? That's where I visited the future in 1964.

Robert Moses's last gasp, and his excuse to building a beautiful park in Flushing, Queens. A bit of trivia: the original United Nations building was located next to the Unisphere, and is now the Queens County Museum.

We were on home leave to the U.S. that year and went to the World's Fair. We arrived in New York on the "Maasdam" - sailed out of England, IIRC.

Todd Rundgren. **swoon**

Totally underappreciated artist.

re: #10 rawmuse

Where's my jet pack?
Splat!

/boring!

And here I thought all the hate was supposed to disappear when The One was elected.

Swastika painted on sign at Newton temple

NEWTON -- Someone spray-painted a swastika on the sign at a Newton temple Friday night or early this morning.

Rabbi Eric Gurvis of Temple Shalom said a number of teenagers and their parents attending a ceremony today noticed it, prompting him to scrap his planned comments and condemn it from the pupit. He also talked about the incident with members of a prayer group of about 40 people.

"There is a collective sense at a troubled time that we need to be optimistic and try to make things better," he said, paraphrasing his remarks. "Something like this reminds you how much more there is to do, and on how many fronts."

Gurvis, in his 10th year as rabbi at the temple, which is on Temple Street in the West Newton area, said there had been no similar problems during his tenure. The incident took place on the anniversary weekend of the Kristallnacht pogroms in Nazi Germany that marked the begining of the Holocaust.

Newton Police did not return phone calls this afternoon, but police could be seen patrolling the area frequently.

I hope they catch the f*ckers.

re: #12 wrenchwench

Do they still have Tomorrowland at Disneyland? That's where I visited the future in 1964.

Yep, Tomorrowland still exists, but it's changed quite a bit.

You should check out Yesterdayland, a site dedicated to long-gone Disney attractions.

When I was in HS, I recall reading about a future with electricity too cheap to meter, Plutonium-powered SCUBA propulsion backpacks, and tires that would probably outlast the body, engine and drivetrain of your automobile. Ok, maybe we got that last one.

I think my mom was at this...need to give her a call.

they never added to the monorail and when the thought they could no one made the parts anymore.

I feel so deprived. Have never been to a World's Fair. :(

re: #21 Pvt Bin Jammin

I feel so deprived. Have never been to a World's Fair. :(

Same here...

re: #21 Pvt Bin Jammin

I feel so deprived. Have never been to a World's Fair. :(

The closest I've come is going to the 1986 World Expo in Vancouver.

re: #23 gmsc

Well I'll bet that was fun.

Meet me in Shanghai Lizards
Meet me at the fair

re: #23 gmsc

The closest I've come is going to the 1986 World Expo in Vancouver.

I've been on the It's A Small World ride at Disney...does that count?

only went to one worlds fair expo 67 in montreal. it was a high school trip idiot human teenagers yelling stupid things out the bus windows.

was embarssed to be with them.

re: #27 yochanan

only went to one worlds fair expo 67 in montreal. it was a high school trip idiot human teenagers yelling stupid things out the bus windows.

was embarssed to be with them.

any mooning?

re: #17 gmsc

Yep, Tomorrowland still exists, but it's changed quite a bit.

You should check out Yesterdayland, a site dedicated to long-gone Disney attractions.

Wow! Thank you! "Carousel of Progress" is the one that I can never remember the name of. I loved that thing. Some of those "long-gone attractions" weren't there yet last time I visited, which must have been in the 70's. I lived about 5 miles away and heard the fireworks every night in the summer. Had to climb a hill to see them.

Good Evening Lizards!
How is everyone this fine night?

Heh, JUST heard Hello it's me on the car radio before coming in a logging on to LGF. There goes Todd!

I wonder what our Middle East friends will be exhibiting in Shanghai in 2010. Space-age burkas. The latest in suicide vest technology. The latest in beheading tools.

re: #31 LEGION

Heh, JUST heard Hello it's me on the car radio before coming in a logging on to LGF. There goes Todd!

I love that song!

re: #30 HoosierHoops

Good Evening Lizards!
How is everyone this fine night?

{HOOOSIER Daddy!}

How are you?

re: #31 LEGION

Heh, JUST heard Hello it's me on the car radio before coming in a logging on to LGF. There goes Todd!

Is that anything like Lionel Richie's song "Hello"?

re: #28 loppyd

wider than a mile

I went to the San Antonio worlds fair and then waited for all the neat stuff I saw to hit the shelves. And waited. And waited. Still waiting...

re: #30 HoosierHoops

Good Evening Lizards!
How is everyone this fine night?

{HooiserHoops}

My show is ready tech-wise. Now if the actors will just do as they're supposed to...

Did Charles ever cross paths/perform with Todd Rundgren?

re: #17 gmsc

Yep, Tomorrowland still exists, but it's changed quite a bit.

You should check out Yesterdayland, a site dedicated to long-gone Disney attractions.

Wow. Great catch!

Check out the towercam. The smoke is really getting heavy here in the San Gabriel Valley:
[Link: www.astro.ucla.edu...]

re: #34 loppyd

{HOOOSIER Daddy!}

How are you?

Doing wonderful tonight...
Have about an hour or so before mrs.hoopster is ready to go out dancing..

expo 67 to the WAR MEASURES ACT was only 3 years.

re: #39 Taqyia2Me
Charles is a performer? Dancing Lizard or what?

From the Wa-Po of all places...

5 Myths About an Election of Mythic Proportions

5. McCain made a huge mistake in picking Sarah Palin.

No subject is more likely to break up a dinner party early than the Alaska governor McCain chose as his running mate. Everyone not only has an opinion about her qualifications (or lack thereof) but also feels it necessary to share those opinions with anyone within shouting range.

Love her or loathe her, the data appear somewhere close to conclusive that Palin did little to help -- and, in fact, did some to hurt -- McCain's attempts to reach out to independents and Democrats. But just because Palin doesn't appear to have helped McCain move to the middle doesn't mean that picking her was the wrong move.

Remember where McCain found himself this past summer. He had won the Republican nomination, but the GOP base clearly felt little buy-in into his campaign. A slew of national polls reflected that energy gap, with Democrats revved up about the election and their candidate and Republicans somewhere between tepid and glum.

Enter Palin, who was embraced with a bear hug by the party's conservative base. All of a sudden, cultural conservatives were thrilled at the chance to put "one of their own" in the White House. In fact, of the 60 percent of voters who told exit pollsters that McCain's choice of Palin was a "factor" in their final decision, the Arizona senator won 56 percent to 43 percent.

For skittish conservatives looking for more evidence that McCain understood their needs and concerns, Palin did the trick. It's hard to imagine conservatives rallying to McCain -- even to the relatively limited extent that they did -- without Palin on the ticket. And without the base, McCain's loss could have been far worse.

The data on the youth and black vote is also very interesting indeed...

Great pulse for a fast flat terrain cycling song.
The vid made me smile. The future is now!

re: #41 Pvt Bin Jammin

Check out the towercam. The smoke is really getting heavy here in the San Gabriel Valley:
[Link: www.astro.ucla.edu...]

Stay safe, PBJammin.

Here's my vision of the future:

The Barack Hussein Obama Presidential Library.

Any resemblance to the Flight 93 memorial is purely coincidental!

Image: bhopresidentiallibraryqd3.jpg

re: #26 loppyd

I've been on the It's A Small World ride at Disney...does that count?

Have you lived with that song in your head ever since?

/my sympathies. :)

re: #39 Taqyia2Me

Did Charles ever cross paths/perform with Todd Rundgren?

We jammed together once in the Musicians' Bar at the Montreux Jazz Festival; that's about it. I did talk to him for a while at that festival too. Yes, I have brushed with greatness.

/heh

re: #36 yochanan

wider than a mile

LOL

I love that song...was thinking I might like to dance to it w/ my dad at my wedding. My brother said every male under 55 will be thinking about Fletch while we dance, though. :)

re: #44 Rancher

Charles is a performer? Dancing Lizard or what?

Studio musician, I believe I have heard said...

Very nice. Reminds me of Sky Captain for some reason.

Yesterday's Future, Tomorrow!

re: #50 Charles

We jammed together once in the Musicians' Bar at the Montreux Jazz Festival; that's about it. I did talk to him for a while at that festival too. Yes, I have brushed with greatness.

/heh

I have brushed my teeth. Does that count?

re: #47 livefreeor die
Thanks.
It's not close to me as I am just below those mountains in the foothills. Not good for the lungs, however, and my eyes are killing me.

re: #49 gettinby

Have you lived with that song in your head ever since?

/my sympathies. :)

This link is for those that haven't had the pleasure yet!

re: #54 sattv4u2

I have brushed my teeth. Does that count?

Do you have great teeth?

BBIAB - time to whip up dinner

re: #57 wrenchwench

Do you have great teeth?

I'm supposed to have more than one !?!?!

re: #21 Pvt Bin Jammin

I feel so deprived. Have never been to a World's Fair. :(

There are worse things. We drove down from Connecticut and spent many hours in traffic - never did get to the fair.

re: #41 Pvt Bin Jammin

Check out the towercam. The smoke is really getting heavy here in the San Gabriel Valley:
[Link: www.astro.ucla.edu...]

Man, That sucks. Our dry season is coming up here in SW Florida. Fires burning all the time. Most started by some dumbass kid. Infuriating! Smoke gets in your house. Just sucks. Fire is worse though. Hope you are far away from that.

Sweet. Now I have to find some more of this guy. I've seen his name for 10+ years, never bothered to listen. I like it.

Here's what I was browsing yesterday...check these tall buildings out. Most are in Dubai (or will be), some are outlandish, to say the least. Cool site, too.

HAWT action: tall buildings

After seeing these, I used Google Earth (MS maps wasn't working yesterday) and zoomed into the coast of Dubai, N of Abu Dhabi...it's un-frikkin-believable what oil can build. Zoom way in and check out the Palm islands being built for the uber-wealthy. Or just go here and prepare your mind for boggling.

Then I thought...will this power-that-is allow this to enter production, ever?!?

Hyperion Power Generation

I hope these folks have some hefty bodyguards, and some hefty lawyers. The technological futureworld that is Dubai cannot (I think) withstand a loss of revenue, the likes of which a mini-nuke plant would create. From the site:

Hyperion Power Generation, Inc. (HPG) was formed to bring to market the unique Hyperion (formerly Comstar) small, modular, non-weapons grade nuclear power reactor invented by Dr. Otis “Pete” Peterson at the United States’ famed Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico. Through the commercialization program at LANL’s Technology Transfer Division, HPG was awarded the exclusive license to utilize the intellectual property and develop a product that will benefit the U.S. economy and global society as a whole.

Just go look at those buildings. Holy moly. Been waiting for an appropriate thread to post these thoughts. I found the HPG site through the HAWT action site, as well.
-Taq

re: #56 gmsc

This link is for those that haven't had the pleasure yet!

/Now that's just being mean. LOL

re: #59 sattv4u2

I'm supposed to have more than one !?!?!

Watchout! You'll get caught lying through your tooth.

re: #59 sattv4u2

I'm supposed to have more than one !?!?!

Well, I guess it's called a tooth brush for a reason...

re: #45 loppyd

1. The yellow dog Dem's[southern Conservative Heath Schuller type] that were needed to give Pelosi,Reid majorities in 2006, will come back to haunt them at some point.
2. The election of Obama and Dem majorities will improve Bush's approval numbers albeit after he is out of office.

/Crystal ball off

I had some gold-ish pants like the ones the dancers wear about halfway thru that video LOL.

re: #35 gmsc

Nope- its about him dumping his girlfriend but saying maybe I'll drop in and sleep with you every now and then. I was in Spain on a HS trip in '74, and this song was in the hotels rotation. I remember sitting by the pool, drinking the good stuff and ogling my 16 year old classmates in their bikinis'- engaging them in conversation and... deep sigh.

For the fans of retro-future: Criswell Predicts!

re: #21 Pvt Bin Jammin

I feel so deprived. Have never been to a World's Fair. :(

Went to one in N.O. in, I think, 1984 or 1985 or thereabouts.
Was underwhelmed.

re: #45 loppyd

Enter Palin, who was embraced with a bear hug by the party's conservative base. All of a sudden, cultural conservatives were thrilled at the chance to put "one of their own" in the White House. In fact, of the 60 percent of voters who told exit pollsters that McCain's choice of Palin was a "factor" in their final decision, the Arizona senator won 56 percent to 43 percent.

culcons!

re: #50 Charles

We jammed together once in the Musicians' Bar at the Montreux Jazz Festival; that's about it. I did talk to him for a while at that festival too. Yes, I have brushed with greatness.

/heh

Thanks, Charles! With all the work you do tech-wise keeping this weblog state-of-theart and his engineering/producing experience, I would think you two would have way more than music to talk about.

re: #66 reine.de.tout

I had some gold-ish pants like the ones the dancers wear about halfway thru that video LOL.

i knew someone was going to mention the gold lycra pants. lol
i love them. i made myself a pair in the 80's.
they were awesome w/ go go boots.

Is it Todd Rundgren who did the song "Say it ain't so Joe?"

LOL just found out that two songs CAN play at once.
- while reviewing the songs from the Amazon link and having the song Charles featured playing...didn't expect that.

re: #60 debutaunt

What a shame. Reminds me of our trip to NYC on airline buddy passes. We got bumped off the plane in Phoenix for 3 1/2 days and did finally make it to Manhattan but had lost our hotel reservation by then. Only had three days there.

re: #27 yochanan

only went to one worlds fair expo 67 in montreal. it was a high school trip idiot human teenagers yelling stupid things out the bus windows.

was embarssed to be with them.

Goodness. Before your yelling days, was it?

Quick trivia...

Name the ball and three sided monolith at the '64 Worlds Fair.

Taqiyyotomist (#62),

Hyperion Power Generation

The future is now.

re: #72 nyc redneck

i knew someone was going to mention the gold lycra pants. lol
i love them. i made myself a pair in the 80's.
they were awesome w/ go go boots.

I loved those pants. God only knows why.

re: #74 Pvt Bin Jammin

What a shame. Reminds me of our trip to NYC on airline buddy passes. We got bumped off the plane in Phoenix for 3 1/2 days and did finally make it to Manhattan but had lost our hotel reservation by then. Only had three days there.

I used to wish we'd get stuck in Maui.

re: #63 gettinby

{gettinby}

re: #69 reine.de.tout

Maybe I haven't missed much but it would still be fun to check it out. My Grandma took one of her grandkids to the big one in Seattle years ago and they loved it.

re: #77 JCM

Quick trivia...

Name the ball and three sided monolith at the '64 Worlds Fair.

PIMF '39... it was in video.

i had a leopard fake fur coat w/ that out fit too.

re: #84 nyc redneck

i had a leopard fake fur coat w/ that out fit too.

I am laughing so hard right now!
Tears in my eyes.

Trilon and Perisphere.

re: #79 reine.de.tout

I liked the white shorts meself!

re: #82 Pvt Bin Jammin

Maybe I haven't missed much but it would still be fun to check it out. My Grandma took one of her grandkids to the big one in Seattle years ago and they loved it.

Actually, it was about the last excursion I ever did with my grandparents, and I have fond memories of the trip. Problem was it was near the end of the run of the fair, and things were a little sorta worn out - I wanted some glitz.

re: #86 Geepers

Trilon and Perisphere.

A winnah!

re: #87 LEGION

I liked the white shorts meself! [Link: www.youtube.com...]

LOL. White lamb-leather very short shorts for winter?

re: #81 goddessoftheclassroom

{gettinby}

{backatcha goddess}

I'm trying to recall if I ever had the butt to be able to look good in the gold lycra pants.

/sigh.

re: #73 leap_frog

Yeah. If you have tabs in your browser, it happens a lot. It'd be neat to find a couple songs on youtube (or elsewhere) that, when played at the same time, sound cool.

re: #82 Pvt Bin Jammin

Maybe I haven't missed much but it would still be fun to check it out. My Grandma took one of her grandkids to the big one in Seattle years ago and they loved it.

Take me to the Fair...

re: #85 reine.de.tout

I am laughing so hard right now!
Tears in my eyes.

me too.
hmmm. . . .
i wonder where that stuff is.
i'll just make another pair of those pants.

re: #80 debutaunt

I used to wish we'd get stuck in Maui.

Maui sucks. Looks like Colorado. Good pasture for steers. Not much beach. But it is Hawaii and better weather than most of the country right now. Love Florida better.

re: #80 debutaunt

Now Maui would be great! Here we were dressed up in suits and heels with our heavy winter coats, stuck in Phoenix where it was 100 degrees! Fortunately we each brought an extra set of undies and our toiletries in our carry-on bags. It was dreadful. I felt like we were living in a Chevy Chase "Vacation" movie. LOL

re: #69 reine.de.tout

Went to one in N.O. in, I think, 1984 or 1985 or thereabouts.
Was underwhelmed.

I went to the one in Knoxville, TN. That was in the 80s, but I don't remember the exact year. It was great for us, b/c a relative was on the Board, some kind of big-wig, and we never had to stand in line the entire time... I learned some new cuss-words on that trip. LOL!

Crap. Sorry, Charles. Now everyone's off lookin' at Dubai.

Will Christopher Loyd go back to the future to convince California environmental wackos to do a little brush clearing and build a few fire breaks?

re: #90 reine.de.tout

camel toe in white leather

re: #94 nyc redneck

me too.
hmmm. . . .
i wonder where that stuff is.
i'll just make another pair of those pants.

oooh, I want some too!
It must have been at a slightly later date, but I also at one time had a pair of pants I absolutely loved - huge bell-bottoms, and a white/black sort of animal-type print. They really had to have been awful. But I loved 'em then, thought I looked great.

re: #99 Rancher

Will Christopher Loyd go back to the future to convince California environmental wackos to do a little brush clearing and build a few fire breaks?

Won't matter it would disturb the yellow belly spineless watermelon weasel.

i know ME BAD

re: #92 Taqiyyotomist

Ah thanks Taqivyotomist, have been using tabs since the lizard army enlightened me eons ago about firefox, guess I never had two with sound at the same time.
Now I'm gonna try it.

re: #94 nyc redneck

I'm still laughing, can't stop.

re: #90 reine.de.tout

LOL. White lamb-leather very short shorts for winter?

Gotta' heat things up somehow...

Nobody likes my design for the Barack Hussein Obama Presidential Library?

Image: bhopresidentiallibraryqd3.jpg

re: #103 yochanan

i know ME BAD

Yes, you are. But from your bus-trip comment, it was nice to know you didn't always yell.

re: #95 VMA211Dan

Maui sucks. Looks like Colorado. Good pasture for steers. Not much beach. But it is Hawaii and better weather than most of the country right now. Love Florida better.

Oh! I love Maui.

Florida Gulf Coast sand is better, like baby powder- and I've been to Destin many times and love it also- but Maui is gorgeous.

Driving the Road to Hana is awesome (and scary!), we pulled off the road several times and walked a bit to find hidden waterfalls. Gorgeous.

It looks like there's some Seattle monorail action in that clip. When I was a kid my favorite spoon was a Space Needle spoon from the 19661 World's Fair.

re: #107 Tigger2005

Nobody likes my design for the Barack Hussein Obama Presidential Library?

[Link: img186.imageshack.us...]

LOL!

Futuristic visions from the past make for interesting movies.

re: #101 reine.de.tout

Sounds like we had similar wardrobes. LOL I had some gold boots that came all the way up to the knee. Saw a picture the other day of myself wearing those things and I almost died laughing. Had all kinds of big bell bottom pants and one of those hippie leather jackets with the fringe...how I loved that jacket.

"The Way The Future Was"

re: #105 reine.de.tout

I'm still laughing, can't stop.

:D

Sad when a good Future Thread turns into a cameltoe thread.
So sad.

I was at the 64 worlds fair. I was 3 1/2 years old. I do remember one thing. Ford had a prototype of a futuristic city, and you drove thru it in their new concept car (which was mounted on a monorail type pulley system you really didn't actually drive the car),a little convertible called the Mustang. I now own a 1964 1/2 Mustang convertible, one of the first one's built. life's a funny circle sometimes.

re: #95 VMA211Dan

Maui sucks. Looks like Colorado. Good pasture for steers. Not much beach. But it is Hawaii and better weather than most of the country right now. Love Florida better.

Not much beach?!?!?!? Did you stay inside the airport?

re: #110 Who Watches the Watchmen?

It looks like there's some Seattle monorail action in that clip. When I was a kid my favorite spoon was a Space Needle spoon from the 19661 World's Fair.

thats too far in the future for me to wait!

Tigger2005 (#107),

Nobody likes my design for the Barack Hussein Obama Presidential Library?

[Link: img186.imageshack.us...]

I like it.

re: #115 nyc redneck

Did you gals have "hot pants", those really short shorts? LOL, I did though I didn't get any white leather ones.

re: #107 Tigger2005

Nobody likes my design for the Barack Hussein Obama Presidential Library?

[Link: img186.imageshack.us...]

/does it include the pillars and seal?

re: #112 Jimmah

Futuristic visions from the past make for interesting movies.

I liked that movie... still trying to figure out how a P-40 flies half way around the world in one hop, but liked the movie.

re: #113 Pvt Bin Jammin

Yes, we must have had similar wardrobes.
NYC redneck, too, apparently!
Those clothes were pretty awful.

Hey ploome.

re: #107 Tigger2005

Nobody likes my design for the Barack Hussein Obama Presidential Library?

[Link: img186.imageshack.us...]

Perfect. LOL!

i'm going to go to the liquor store and get a bottle of italian wine now.
tho it's really raining here, we got the stall built in the court yard this afternoon.
getting everything ready for when the unicorn comes.
yay.

I think it's become painfully obvious that we hired a complete moron to be our president.

re: #113 Pvt Bin Jammin

The only wired 60's thing i ever bought was a gold and black paisley Nauru jacket other than that i was into jeans, western boots and blue jean jackets.

re: #123 Killian Bundy

/does it include the pillars and seal?

The Main Hall is designed like a Greek Temple, with columns. the Great Seal of Obama is done in a massive marble mosaic in the center of the Main Hall.

re: #129 DesertSage

I think it's become painfully obvious that we hired a complete moron to be our president.

You just realized that?

re: #113 Pvt Bin Jammin

re: #115 nyc redneck

Article in my local paper a couple of days ago, "How Not to Dress Like an OL" (Old Lady).

It suggested red patent shoes and trouser-style jeans.
Went right out and got 'em.

re: #133 ploome hineni

geeps

you seen my white leather shorts?

Show us a picture!

re: #125 reine.de.tout

Yes, we must have had similar wardrobes.
NYC redneck, too, apparently!
Those clothes were pretty awful.

I had a full length gray fur coat in the 80's..
I thought i was so cool...so embarrassing now

re: #132 Tigger2005

You just realized that?

I'm slow sometimes.

re: #131 Tigger2005

The Main Hall is designed like a Greek Temple, with columns. the Great Seal of Obama is done in a massive marble mosaic in the center of the Main Hall.

/you should start building it in Second Life

re: #130 yochanan

The only wired 60's thing i ever bought was a gold and black paisley Nauru jacket other than that i was into jeans, western boots and blue jean jackets.

You didn't have a leisure suit?

re: #136 HoosierHoops

I had a full length gray fur coat in the 80's..
I thought i was so cool...so embarrassing now

HH- YOU had the fur coat?

The pigeon in the box was training to guide missiles.

re: #134 reine.de.tout

re: #115 nyc redneck

Article in my local paper a couple of days ago, "How Not to Dress Like an OL" (Old Lady).

It suggested red patent shoes and trouser-style jeans.
Went right out and got 'em.

wow, that's what i'm wearing right now and i didn't even read the article.

So nobody's mentioning the white go-go boots?
:)
I wanted a pair sooo bad! lol
But I was only 8 or so at the time I first saw them on tv.

re: #110 Who Watches the Watchmen?

It looks like there's some Seattle monorail action in that clip. When I was a kid my favorite spoon was a Space Needle spoon from the 19661 World's Fair.

Looks like they got ahold of the clips from here.

Where's my Orgasmatron?

I'd like to find a the cartoon I saw when I was a kid, sort of a spoof on the World's Fair. There were a few, IIRC. One was about future cars, one about appliances, houses, etc. I think it ran on Tom & Jerry, so it would have been MGM, and it was a hoot. The cartoon was narrarated in that 60s style, like a showcase. It could have been Hanna-Barbera, for all I know.

Anyone?

re: #142 ploome hineni

geeps

you have the video?

re: #143 nyc redneck

wow, that's what i'm wearing right now and i didn't even read the article.

Laughing so hard right now I can't see.
Ya'll are cracking me up here . . .

re: #141 Basho

The pigeon in the box was training to guide missiles.

Ahhh - I wondered why it got so much screen-time.

re: #129 DesertSage

I think it's become painfully obvious that we hired a complete moron to be our president.

What was your first clue?

re: #140 reine.de.tout

HH- YOU had the fur coat?

yup..I was inspired by Hollywood Henderson of the cowboys..

re: #118 debutaunt

Not much beach?!?!?!? Did you stay inside the airport?

I guess I'm spoiled when it comes to beaches. Florida Gulf Coast and out in the Keys are the best. But actually I did spend most of a day at the airport. Had to turn in the car in the morning and then wait till late afternoon to fly out. Just sit there all day, guarding luggage.

re: #144 ploome hineni

geeps fainted

LOLOLOLOL
Oh, stop!
I can't take anymore.

re: #138 Killian Bundy

Just heard a news report about a woman filing for divorce because her husband was having an affair on Second Life.

re: #122 Pvt Bin Jammin

Did you gals have "hot pants", those really short shorts? LOL, I did though I didn't get any white leather ones.

i had sage green leather ones. and a lavender halter top.

re: #133 ploome hineni

geeps

you seen my white leather shorts?

What's white shorts without boots...

re: #156 n in wi

Just heard a news report about a woman filing for divorce because her husband was having an affair on Second Life.

/hey, some people actually earn a real living there

re: #130 yochanan

Paisly? LOL

Luckily I didn't buy those funky clothes for more than two or three years. Have almost always had a pair or two of western boots myself. Did a lot of horseback riding back in the day.

re: #136 HoosierHoops

I had a full length gray fur coat in the 80's..
I thought i was so cool...so embarrassing now

what kind of fur?

re: #138 Killian Bundy

/you should start building it in Second Life

Or use Google SketchUp and sneakily put it somewhere on earth...Hawaii perhaps, or maybe Chicago. Just make sure that crescent is pointing the right way.

The pink sunset on the San Gabriel Mountains of California. Towercam, Pacific time zone.

"Paradise is all around us and we do not understand"

— Thomas Merton, the guy in the avatar.

re: #153 VMA211Dan

I guess I'm spoiled when it comes to beaches. Florida Gulf Coast and out in the Keys are the best. But actually I did spend most of a day at the airport. Had to turn in the car in the morning and then wait till late afternoon to fly out. Just sit there all day, guarding luggage.

Where did you stay on Maui?

re: #155 ploome hineni

geeps

wake up honey

re: #158 ploome hineni

4 hours?

where is that blue pill...?

geeps?

Really, ya just gotta stop, now I can't breathe, laughing so hard!

re: #85 reine.de.tout

Do ya'll remember the large pane fish net stockings and the hanging ball earrings? And the go go boots had to be patent leather and pointed with a heel. Also, mood rings? and green lipstick that changed color depending on your body temperature?

re: #162 nyc redneck

what kind of fur?

Raccoon.. please stop laughing

You can see into one of the telescope domes now too.

re: #122 Pvt Bin Jammin

Heh. No white leather ones either, though (for some horrible reason I choose not to remember) I had silver ones! Then there was the black leather mini skirt. Gah.
I wouldn't let my daughter outside her room...forget the house!...in some of the stuff I wore!

re: #122 Pvt Bin Jammin

Did you gals have "hot pants", those really short shorts? LOL, I did though I didn't get any white leather ones.

We prim and proper Catholic girls did not wear hotpants.

re: #165 Ojoe

The pink sunset on the San Gabriel Mountains of California. Towercam, Pacific time zone.

"Paradise is all around us and we do not understand"

— Thomas Merton, the guy in the avatar.

That haze is from all the fires.

re: #171 wolfie

Heh. No white leather ones either, though (for some horrible reason I choose not to remember) I had silver ones! Then there was the black leather mini skirt. Gah.
I wouldn't let my daughter outside her room...forget the house!...in some of the stuff I wore!

I haven't let my daughter outside of the house in things similar to what I wore!

re: #134 reine.de.tout

re: #115 nyc redneck

Article in my local paper a couple of days ago, "How Not to Dress Like an OL" (Old Lady).

It suggested red patent shoes and trouser-style jeans.
Went right out and got 'em.

Love it! I have some adorable red satin strappy heels with a red rose on each. Once in awhile I drag them out...mostly for Valentine's Day.

re: #164 ploome hineni

wow

I think I saw you

was i dancing at the limelight or running down the street w/ a broken heel?

Going out to dinner tonight with another couple.
He has discovered (and named) more species of mushrooms than any other living scientist.

TRIVIA QUESTION
What is his field called?

Where's my Pan Am "Orion" space plane? Where's my orbiting Hilton?

The future's been a bit of a letdown.

re: #175 reine.de.tout

I haven't let my daughter outside of the house in things similar to what I wore!

Such a hypocrite...
;-)

re: #173 DesertSage

Part of the ecosystem down there.

Some of the native plant seeds won't sprout unless a fire goes through.

re: #168 notutopia

Do ya'll remember the large pane fish net stockings and the hanging ball earrings? And the go go boots had to be patent leather and pointed with a heel. Also, mood rings? and green lipstick that changed color depending on your body temperature?

Had the fishnets, had the mood ring, had the lipstick.
The boots - again, we prim and proper Catholic girls were not allowed to wear the go-go boots.

re: #129 DesertSage

I think it's become painfully obvious that we hired a complete moron to be our president.

I doubt that he's complete yet. Give him a couple of 'unexpected events'.

Then you will see a completed moron.

I sure hope I'm wrong. And that he can change.

Cool video. That was when Americans were more forward looking, which I consider quintessential to the American spirit. We need to recapture that spirit.

Loose Change Found Between Seat Cushions

Cliff Notes of an eBay shaggy dog story:

Guy in Michigan has old motorless junker '63 Pontiac Tempest.

Thinks about hauling it to the scrapyard to collect $200 recycle value, but scrap steel price drops. Instead, puts it on eBay.

10 days later guy collects check for $226, 521.63.

re: #181 ploome hineni

was that dancing?

lol

ok,
flailing

re: #178 rawmuse

Mycology.

re: #176 Pvt Bin Jammin

Love it! I have some adorable red satin strappy heels with a red rose on each. Once in awhile I drag them out...mostly for Valentine's Day.

Oh, hon, start wearing them with your jeans! don't "save" em.

re: #74 Pvt Bin Jammin

What a shame. Reminds me of our trip to NYC on airline buddy passes. We got bumped off the plane in Phoenix for 3 1/2 days and did finally make it to Manhattan but had lost our hotel reservation by then. Only had three days there.

I know D-3 travel (buddy pass) sucks, but 3 1/2 days?!?!? I was flying D-2 when I worked for AA about 10 years ago and got stuck in Vegas for 12 hours.

/There are worse places to get stuck.

From this website a fun "fact" about the Seattle space needle:

The Committee Hoping for Extra-Terrestrial Encounters to Save the Earth (CHEESE) claims to have plans from the 1962 World's Fair that show the Space Needle was constructed to send transmissions to advanced beings in other solar systems.

re: #168 notutopia

Do ya'll remember the large pane fish net stockings and the hanging ball earrings? And the go go boots had to be patent leather and pointed with a heel. Also, mood rings? and green lipstick that changed color depending on your body temperature?

Aunt Linda? Is that you?

re: #180 JCM

Such a hypocrite...
;-)

yep, that's what she tells me.

Live in the future!

Stand on the yellow rubber line.
Keep your hands to yourself.
Thank you!

re: #178 rawmuse

Going out to dinner tonight with another couple.
He has discovered (and named) more species of mushrooms than any other living scientist.

TRIVIA QUESTION
What is his field called?

Shroomologist?

re: #188 Ojoe

Mycology.

The WINNAH! Ding Ding Ding!
And with that, I sign out for the eve.

re: #178 rawmuse

Going out to dinner tonight with another couple.
He has discovered (and named) more species of mushrooms than any other living scientist.

TRIVIA QUESTION
What is his field called?

mycology

re: #178 rawmuse

Would he like to get a Boy Scout mycology merit badge going?

If he says yes let me know.

re: #189 reine.de.tout

Oh, hon, start wearing them with your jeans! don't "save" em.

that is the best advice anyone could give or receive.

Hey y'all - this is just a DRIVE -BY test post cause my computer is still screwed up and of course Gateway hasn't sent my Recovery Disk yet or at least I haven't received it!

Bad '60s fashion.

/by the masters

re: #190 ploome hineni

fungology

No but, he is a fun guy. Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck...

re: #188 Ojoe

Mycology.

My botany prof was myxomycology. Slime molds. He found a new species and gave it a name to ensure it was the very last name in the botany books.

re: #166 debutaunt

Where did you stay on Maui?

1992-I can barely remember even being there.Condo-a ways from the airport.

re: #200 Ojoe

Would he like to get a Boy Scout mycology merit badge going?

If he says yes let me know.

I'll ask him when he gets here.

re: #197 rawmuse

Ask him what do rodents fill their airships with?

Mice helium.

re: #194 reine.de.tout

yep, that's what she tells me.

Is that before or after she informs you you are are terrible parent?

re: #171 wolfie

LOL I had a silver bikini! My best friend gave it too me at my baby shower as an incentive to get my stomach muscles back quick...it worked. I couldn't wait to wear that suit.

there is a song for the white leather shorts 'camel toe' but it is way to tackey to put on in here.

re: #184 razorbacker

I doubt that he's complete yet. Give him a couple of 'unexpected events'.

Then you will see a completed moron.

I sure hope I'm wrong. And that he can change.

Any 'unexpected events' will be Bush's fault. And 9months into BHO's term will be Bush's fault. Not like 9 months into Bush's term had nothing to do w/ Clinton failures.

ploome (#144),

geeps fainted

Me?

Passed out maybe, but faint? Never.

YEAH it worked so maybe I can chat with you all later on!

re: #183 reine.de.tout

Okay, reine, let's get real here...concerning nice Catholic girls like us.
How many times did you leave the house dressed properly and then change clothes at a friend's place or even in a public restroom? Heh.

What a great song to some really great video. Tood Rundgren has a bit of a Steely Dan sound in this one - I likes!

re: #136 HoosierHoops

I had a full length gray fur coat in the 80's..
I thought i was so cool...so embarrassing now

ROTFLMAO... Oh you should have seen me in the mid eighties, parachute pants and ripped tee shirts with my nearly waist long bone white hair... Talk about embarrassing... :O

I always like stuff from the...I think it is 1939 Worlds Fair. Kodachrome was out by then, so today we have great home movies and 35mm slides taken there. The colors, the clothing, etc. It's like they had no idea what was coming 2 years later.

re: #200 Ojoe

Would he like to get a Boy Scout mycology merit badge going?

If he says yes let me know.

As long as it is not a mycophagist badge I'm cool.

re: #147 rawmuse

Where's my Orgasmatron?

Where are my FemBots?

re: #202 realwest

Hey y'all - this is just a DRIVE -BY test post cause my computer is still screwed up and of course Gateway hasn't sent my Recovery Disk yet or at least I haven't received it!

Hi, Realwest!

And so . . . what?

re: #190 ploome hineni

fungology

Plan on eating any of those 'shrooms 'for dinner?

re: #148 Taqiyyotomist

LOL I was right. MGM.
Car of the Future - Tex Avery
The House of Tomorrow
The Farm of Tomorrow
The Television of Tomorrow

The motherlode. heh.
These are classic. I watched them all when I was a wee lad in the 70s and they were already classic then. Mid-1950s.
-Taq

For those of you old enough to remember...

Monsanto's House of the Future

at where else? Disneyland!

re: #212 yochanan

there is a song for the white leather shorts 'camel toe' but it is way to tackey to put on in here.

Nothing is too tacky...

and if that doesn't work double dog dare you!

re: #216 wolfie

Okay, reine, let's get real here...concerning nice Catholic girls like us.
How many times did you leave the house dressed properly and then change clothes at a friend's place or even in a public restroom? Heh.

(shhh! I think my mom can see me from heaven. She still doesn't need to know).

The '39 WF was probably the most technologically advanced, considering the time of it. Some thngs, I was born too damn late for.

re: #189 reine.de.tout

Maybe I just will, tonight, down to our restaurant! LOL Do they still wear tuxedo jackets with jeans or is that 80's?

re: #211 Pvt Bin Jammin

Now, THAT's a baby shower present ! :)

re: #178 rawmuse

Going out to dinner tonight with another couple.
He has discovered (and named) more species of mushrooms than any other living scientist.

TRIVIA QUESTION
What is his field called?

Magnetic?

re: #192 FurryOldGuyJeans

From this website a fun "fact" about the Seattle space needle:

AAAHHHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!
CHEESE! Awesome.Needed a Kleenex to wipe beer off monitor.

re: #207 ploome hineni

I actually used to know that

/having a senior moment

Yeah, the longer we live, the more there is to forget.

re: #227 reine.de.tout

LOL !

re: #229 Pvt Bin Jammin

Maybe I just will, tonight, down to our restaurant! LOL Do they still wear tuxedo jackets with jeans or is that 80's?

You can't be "matchy-matchy", they say.
Wear your jeans, with the red shoes, a white shirt, and some cute, fitted sort of jacket, not a "blazer".

Hold on, I'll see if I can find the article in the on-line version of the paper and link to it.

re: #190 ploome hineni

Mycology. Wiki some John Cage. He was into randomness, creating random music, devoid of the 'hand of intelligence'...it sounded like POOP. He dropped his interest in approaching life randomly when it came to mushrooms...he knew that would be deadly.

This will certainly throw a kink in the YoungEarth people. 11,000 year old temple found.
[Link: www.smithsonianmag.com...]
Because it is Turkey no doubt there will be some irrational Muslim response also.

The Future ...
... did anyone else note that the videos are all about things?

I was 21 in 1964. No one was concerned about what WE were going to be like down the road. Even the sci fi writers were simply masturbating their imaginations.

Since when do bigger and better things make us better?

re: #230 wolfie

Now, THAT's a baby shower present ! :)

It really was the coolest gift. Our daughter was born in July, too, and it was blazing hot...even more incentive to get into that bikini.

re: #193 razorbacker

No, but I've been mistaken for Linda a time or two.
; )

re: #229 Pvt Bin Jammin

Eureka! Success. Here's the article with pix.

re: #212 yochanan

there is a song for the white leather shorts 'camel toe' but it is way to tackey to put on in here.

Says who?

re: #236 Taqiyyotomist

I think I read about John Cage years ago, when I was reading about, of all things, (heh.) intelligent design.

re: #116 Taqiyyotomist

Sad when a good Future Thread turns into a cameltoe thread.
So sad.

Sad is when the image is blocked!

re: #235 reine.de.tout

You can't be "matchy-matchy", they say.
Wear your jeans, with the red shoes, a white shirt, and some cute, fitted sort of jacket, not a "blazer".

Hold on, I'll see if I can find the article in the on-line version of the paper and link to it.

Thanks...must remember to ditch the blazer. My suit jacket is fitted.

re: #212 yochanan

Weatherman?

re: #210 JCM

Is that before or after she informs you you are are terrible parent?

It all happens at the same time.

[Link: www.davesdaily.com...]

enter at your own risk not safe for wifie or office or any p.c. envo

re: #238 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Good post. Indeed.

re: #237 pat

This will certainly throw a kink in the YoungEarth people. 11,000 year old temple found.
[Link: www.smithsonianmag.com...]
Because it is Turkey no doubt there will be some irrational Muslim response also.

Thanks!

been double dog dared had to do it

Rawmuse, you're having dinner with John Cage? Ask him about random music and how it was made.

re: #243 Taqiyyotomist

I think I read about John Cage years ago, when I was reading about, of all things, (heh.) intelligent design.

Yes, (IIRC) smacking a piano with a fish is VERY intelligent design.

re: #253 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Yes, (IIRC) smacking a piano with a fish is VERY intelligent design.

You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish

The space plane in the first part of this vid is the X-15

[Link: www.dfrc.nasa.gov...]

It was used to test landings for the future Space Shuttle in the early and mid 60's

re: #254 6pat6

Yes, (IIRC) smacking a piano with a fish is VERY intelligent design.

You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish

I coulda smelt that one coming.

re: #241 reine.de.tout

Thanks, I'll check it out! Even though I am old, I don't want to look it. LOL

The gist of what I had read about him:
Random "music" sounded like poop. Random art looks like poop. Static on a TV is almost random, and, as art, looks like poop.

The earth, the universe...are beautiful to behold. As is Bach to the ear. As is Matisse. Good points, though, I know...un-scientific. Randomness is not pretty, created-ness is.

In the field of mycology, randomness gets one dead, quick.

re: #241 reine.de.tout

Mer cher, and it's from Baton Rouge no doubt!
That big rouge double hibiscus on the plaid jacket is a nice touch to the rouge roach toe slides!

I want my flying car!

(Then I'd be a Real Man)

re: #237 pat

Now I gotta find that place with my new toy, Google Earth. Dubai was fun, finding the Palm Islands. I was up WAY too late on that thing last night.

re: #257 Pvt Bin Jammin

Thanks, I'll check it out! Even though I am old, I don't want to look it. LOL

ditto.

Whatever happened to the "Russian pyramids" that were "found" a couple years ago...was it a hoax?

re: #259 notutopia

Mer cher, and it's from Baton Rouge no doubt!
That big rouge double hibiscus on the plaid jacket is a nice touch to the rouge roach toe slides!

yeah, they did a good job!
familiar with BR?

Welcome to the Barack Hussein Obama Presidential Library! (We aren't shy of using his middle name any more!)

Image: bhopresidentiallibraryqd3.jpg

As you approach the Library, you are immediately blinded by the sun-like radiance emanating from His Eminence's mighty gold-plated statue, which is approximately ten feet taller than the Statue of Liberty (before it was destroyed in the tragedy of 2011). You can pause to read the inscription by Maya Angelou projected on the base: "By the rainbow's pulse, the sun of a new dawn rises upon the land, the indigo giant arises, the oceans fall, heed His call, O citizen of the world!"

Not to be outdone, the gleaming marble of the massive Main Hall (the Temple of Obama) now greets your eyes. White fluted columns support it. You mount the 57 steps and enter the citadel. What will greet you there? It changes day to day. A Code Pink/Breasts Not Bombs dance? A UN child choir concert? An Obama film festival? But always you will behold the Great Seal of Obama upon the marble floor, the permanent display of Revolutionary art, and ongoing services in the Worship Hall (you may have to visit the Secondary Worship Hall, as the Muslim worshipers have forced almost all infidels out of the main sanctuary).

Going on, you enter "The Bus," which pays tribute to the many influences on Obama's life. In this long building are halls for Frank Marshall Davis, Saul Alinsky, ACORN, the Reverend Wright, Louis Farrakhan, Father Phleger, Bill Ayers, Rashid Khalidi, and many others.

The Bus passes over the Meditation Gardens and the huge Meditation Pools. Stop, enjoy a latte, and listen to the gently lapping waters and flowing fountains as you breathe in the scents of the 100% organic gardens. For $50 you can rent a paddle-boat.

Off by itself across the South Pool is the Hall of Sealed Records. You can't go there. All potentially incriminating stuff from Obama's past and his years in the White House is in there under lock and key, until the last of his political enemies who might dare attempt to stain his glorious legacy is eliminated. Some particularly sensitive material has already been shredded and atomized.

We hope you've enjoyed your visit. Please visit the gift shop back in the main hall and pick up your Obama booty and signed copies of his biographies (purchase several of each). You can also get your copy of 6,785 page Global Constitution, to which Obama was the first signatory!