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the nifty fifties

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Dave

Must we be nostalgic about the 1950′s? … …Thus, in the way that people looked and dressed, in the cars that they drove, in the houses that they lived in, and in a myriad of other day-to-day aspects of life, … Continue reading →

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nostalgic about the fifties

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Dave

Must we be nostalgic about the fifties? Color the decade green, the color of chlorophyll; sprinkle with freckles, like Howdy Doody; add a smear of red lipstick, and put it in a sack. What do you get? An Edsel. Thinking … Continue reading →