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      04-12-2024, 07:15 AM   #7877
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...if you remember "the shape of things to come" commercials.....






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...if you remember "the shape of things to come" commercials.....
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"The doorstop" is what we called them at the dealership where I wrenched on them. The 1975-76 cars were pretty fragile but they beefed up the drivetrain substantially in 1977 and put a stronger 5-speed gearbox in place of 4-speed. I was never fond of the looks but they were fun to toss around.
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"The doorstop" is what we called them at the dealership where I wrenched on them. The 1975-76 cars were pretty fragile but they beefed up the drivetrain substantially in 1977 and put a stronger 5-speed gearbox in place of 4-speed. I was never fond of the looks but they were fun to toss around.
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I'd love to find a survivor, but like everything British Leyland made in the 1970's they are now only crumbs of rust in a dust pan.....
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You remember being given Castor Oil for stomachaches, or at other times whether it was need or not.🤢
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You remember being given Castor Oil for stomachaches, or at other times whether it was need or not.🤢
For me it was Pepto-Bismol.
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17 minutes of colorized footage of 1896. Several cities during the "Belle Époque".

128 years ago, so all the pictured people have perished in the meantime.



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Wow, these two colorized videos are excellent.
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You remember being given Castor Oil for stomachaches, or at other times whether it was need or not.🤢
Mom told us to lie face down with our butt up in the air until we farted.
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Or when you wake up in the morning and see you still have a half hour to snooze before the alarm, but...you have to pee.
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...or when you're taking massive quantities of diuretics (aka: vitamin pee), and don't even make it back to the bed before you have to turn around for another drivers' lounge visit.....
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Or when you wake up in the morning and see you still have a half hour to snooze before the alarm, but...you have to pee.
What are you doing waking up to an alarm. Aren't you retired?

I don't wake up to no stinkin' alarm.
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What are you doing waking up to an alarm. Aren't you retired?

I don't wake up to no stinkin' alarm.
Wifey is still working. Although she rarely needs the alarm. She's usually up well before it goes off.
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Low dose aspirin time?
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Low dose aspirin time?
Years ago my doctor prescribed a low-dose aspirin regimen. Had to stop taking it. Made me bleed from my stomach and cough up blood.

Took weeks to find out why I was bleeding. Then someone asked are you taking aspirin? I said yes. They said stop. So I stopped. And the bleeding stopped.
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