Memory Lane

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Top 100 Songs of 1960: Part 1​

May 28, 2026
Posting this first video in the series today, but afterwards look for new episodes every Wednesday. The plan is to continue these all the way through the '60s and well into the '70s. But they are complicated and tedious little buggers to put together, so I can only promise the five videos for 1960 (which are completed and tentatively approved by YT) and we'll see what happens after that. Stay tuned!


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Post in thread 'The Hobby Computer Culture'

Jun 20, 2026

This had me smiling. Enjoy.

Computer Whiz Looks At His 12 yr Old Self 41 Years Later​

Jun 18, 2026
Jay Ehrlich was a 12-year-old kid in 1979 in Cedar Rapids Iowa. He was in a computer store with his dad looking to buy a new computer. Like most of us at that time, his dad didn't know anything about computers while Jay was something of an expert (we called them geeks) doing programming and creating early video games. I was making the documentary for television called The Information Society about the coming of the information age and the ending of the industrial age. At the time, more...

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Timeline 1953 - DNA, Playboy, and the Chevy Corvette

Jun 15, 2026
The United States in 1953 felt like it was racing toward the future while still holding tight to familiar comforts. Television was now central to family life, science was unlocking mysteries once thought impossible, and Cold War tensions hovered over nearly everything. With a population approaching 159 million people, Americans witnessed a year filled with breakthroughs, tragedy, and historic firsts.


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[Casey Jones]

Never thought we'd be looking at Playboy and thinking, our wholesome past.

But it's true. I look at movies or video shorts from 55, 60 years ago...even the 1990s...with attractive young women, clean streets, cars that worked properly...prosperity all around. Then I look at the chaos - in the streets, in the schools, on the roads, in stores and checkout lines...everything from massive vagrancy and camping on the sidewalks, to just the fat, unhealthy LOOK that so many people have.

And the tattoos smeared all over young women. Gruss Gott!! das Scheissekopfs!

 

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Timeline 1957 - Leave It To Beaver, The Little Rock Nine, and the Space Race begins​

Jul 13, 2026
The United States had grown to nearly 171 million people by 1957. The economy was booming, but beneath the prosperity, the Cold War was intensifying as the Space Race officially began. 1957 was an important year, with so many memorable events that shaped history, pop culture, and the American business.


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Prime Times: Tuesday 1966 network TV fall lineups (with intros and sponsor tags)​

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Did convenience ruin society?​

Jun 11, 2026 ✪ Members first on May 23, 2026 #boredom #nostalgia #convenience
There was a time when anticipation was part of everyday life. Kids waited months for Christmas after circling toys in the Sears catalog. Mail orders took weeks. Favorite movies didn’t instantly appear whenever you wanted them. But the waiting often made things feel more exciting once they finally arrived. Today, a delayed package or a slow-loading webpage feels like a personal insult. Convenience sped up nearly everything, but it also made patience feel obsolete.


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[Casey Jones]

Sparing the rod, played a part, too.

There were always bratty kids, who pitched tantrums when denied immediate gratification. Families had a way of dealing with that problem - it was called "Dad." NO, you can't have it. If you keep on, your father's gonna warm your backside.

We were not indulged, to the extent kids are today. First, we were left to our own devices - it was possible because police didn't deal with predators by declaring a Lockdown at schools - they went and arrested the predator, and if he resisted, he was beaten or shot.

So we learned independence. A summer day for me might be getting up at about sunrise - I loved mornings, when young - heading out, planning what we'd be doing with a few friends. Maybe drop in for breakfast. Maybe he'd had it. I was good either way.

On through the day, maybe home for lunch; MAYBE...if we had a couple of dimes...we could have hamburgers at that new place, McDonalds!

The afternoon would wear on. One of us might have been able to purloin some cigarettes; so once in the Metroparks, in the brush, we could have an hour-long smoke-break. Diving off the river fords (the park boulevard had paved fords that flooded when Rocky River was high...bridges came 30 years later, and we lost something)...then hanging out long enough that our clothes would mostly dry in the hot sun.

BUT. We broke a bike, we were on foot - a real social handicap. MANY times I'd been part of a patching party - obtaining a Crescent Wrench and a patching kit, to help fix one of our bikes' flat tires.

Nobody was gonna entertain us. And nobody was gonna allow us to sit indoors, unless it was gawd-awful hot.

That was partly utility, too. It being the 1960s...more than a few mothers enjoyed their afternoon cocktails; and the kids being underfoot kinda cramped their style.

 

[nickndfl]

We lived outside in South Florida back then and always had tans like JFK at the 1960 debates. Downside was dad did not want to pay for air conditioning or anything purchased new other than groceries and mom was always looking to get us free meals from anywhere. Plus my parents never threw anything away.

My dad hit the roof when I bought a record player because I had to feed it albums whereas the radio was free. Needless to say the Great Depression of the 1930s was still alive in the 60s and 70s in my home.