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Remember Happy Days

Lee Boueri @CoachME (139) • Sydney, Australia 29 Jan 19

While I was in Orlando one year I came across this burger joint and it with a 50's car sitting outside. It reminded me of Al's in happy days. Unfortunately McDonalds has replaced all the old burger joints in Australia. They...

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What about those Brussels sprouts?

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 28 Mar 16

I was never served Brussels sprouts as a kid. I grew up in Texas with a west Texas born mother and those sprout things were way to foreign for us to try. We tended toward green beans (sometimes fresh), green peas (always canned)....

vegetables brussells sprouts

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Were you born too Late?

BeckyAnn @BeckyAnn (265) • United States 12 Jul 11

There's a poem like this, called "Miniver Cheevy". I'd link to it, but I can't paste, so if you're interested, google it! It's a very good poem. Miniver grew up enthralled by the days of old--knights and chivalry and damsels...

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Celebrating the ' Festival of Trees' known as VanaMahotsava...

kiran8 @kiran8 (15348) • Mangalore, India 24 Jul 10

This is celebrated in India in July generally on the 9th or thereafter depending on the convenience.This is a green movement started in the fifties which has become even more relevant now. We celebrated the event like we do...

close to nature

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Micheal Jackson could be dead!!

revellanotvanella @revellanotvanella (4033) • United States 25 Jun 09

On my way home after over an hour of traffic right right as Im pulling into my apartments I get this news that Micheal Jackson is in a serious cardiac condition. I was not even aware that he was IN the United States and...

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Am I going through my second childhood?

mipen2006 @mipen2006 (5528) • Australia 4 Jun 09

I just realized that for the past month or so I've been downloading movies from the fifties. A lot of westons and musicals, and then watching these movies after around fifty years. What's more I'm enjoying them more than current...

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Let Us Take A Trip Down "TV" Memory Lane Tonite....

irishmist @irishmist (3814) • United States 8 Jun 07

Ever since TV was invented people were in awe of it. Now today we take it for granted. Back in the day we had many great stars that shaped the TV industry. It could be comedy, sitcoms or movies. Oh all the great stars that I can...

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Am I Vintage?

kbourgerie @kbourgerie (8780) • United States 5 Jun 07

I was looking for vintage wallpaper online for a website that I am building. Now what I had in mind was the "50"s, but what is considered vintage now is the "70's". Am I vintage already? I'm only 47. Does anyone else feel vintage...

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Life & Death

MsTickle @MsTickle (25180) • Australia 3 Feb 07

Recently, I posted a topic saying I was in my fifties and a response by an Indian was that I was running out of time and would soon be dead and only had about 5-10 years left. I was stunned. I since read a similar statement also...

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Old songs= wonderful memories.

mipen2006 @mipen2006 (5528) • Australia 1 Feb 07

Aren't old songs wonderful. I hear, or play a song from days long gone, and immediately I have a vision of that time. In my case these are mostly of girls I had a relationship with in the late fifties and sixties. Songs like Susie...

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