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Category: Vintage Life
Vintage Life Posts
Once upon a time in 1984 I visited Jamaica for a week. The beautiful country and the people of Jamaica made a deep impression on me. Jamaicans have a warmth, a hospitality…
Salads for every occasion! Just stir chicken, lemon juice, celery, olives, onion and salt into some gelatin. Pour into loaf pan and chill until firm. Enjoy! Bon Appétit!
Launched in 1935 by Eastman Kodak, Kodachrome would soon become a very successful product for its maker. Kodachrome is a type of film that is called “color reversal film,” which…
Dick Wilson, is the character actor who turned “Please don’t squeeze the Charmin” into a household catchphrase as shopkeeper Mr. Whipple in the TV commercial campaign that ran for more than…
It’s easy to hypnotize … when you know how! Want the thrill of imposing your will over someone? Or making someone do exactly what you order? Try hypnotism! This amazing…
When something is cool, you say Far Out! It’s a phrase often used by beatniks and hippies. Apparently, the instructions for How To Get Far Out On A Bongo are to simply…
Back in the 1980s, in the early days of MTV and the music video, there was an obscure one-hit wonder that was actually a novelty song from the comedy rock…
It’s for brunch, it’s for lunch, and it is completely awful. To make more, just double the ingredients. Mmmm, awfully good! Bon appétit!
Create advance interest in Valley of the Kings by dressing your ushers and other theatre personnel in Egyptian Fezzes. Also use them for street bally, parades; arrange to have several…
“The most beautiful guitar in the world.” That is what the sales literature from Gretsch called their Model 6136 White Falcon. Angelic in form and celestial in sound, the White…
Mmmm, sautéed celery and mushrooms in butter. Bubbly milk and cream of chicken soup. Eggs with almonds folded in and served on fried Chinese noodles. It’s awfully good! Bon Appétit!
Aluminum (or, Aluminium) is a chemical element in the boron group with symbol Al and atomic number 13. It is a silvery white, soft, ductile metal. Aluminum is the third…
The interwebs tell us that, in chemistry, a chemical substance is a form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties. Chemicals cannot be separated into components by physical…
Beach movies. Those goofy attempts during the 1960s to portray a fantasy teenage lifestyle on film and then sell it back to the teenagers viewing the movie in a theater.…
There’s a couple of problems here. First, this dish is a casserole, a conglomeration of ingredients slowly cooked in a deep dish and presented as an odd-looking loaf. Casseroles are…
Sailor Martin, as described by his creator and “handler”, is an unspeakably vile tattooed and pierced sailor (ventriloquist dummy) who stars in some very funny video mash-ups of vintage songs…
For over 50 years, the Chuck Taylor All-Stars made by Converse have outperformed and outsold any other type of basketball shoe – or athletic shoe for that matter. Known on…
Prophet And Loss is a very unique and creative cartoon by Jonathan Bairstow from the MTV series Liquid Television. The music is by Steve Naive & The Love Band. The video…
We’re not sure if this food is awful or just the recipe title. These little puffs taste like cake doughnuts but are as easy to make as a batch of muffins. After…
