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rogruth wrote:IMHO Vietnam was central to a lot of what is happening in our country today.
Yeah, it certainly looks like it's been a downhill slide since the mid 60's. Fattening our bodies and our brains.
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So do ya figger that's when we coined the term, "Fat Head ? 
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Roy wrote::lol: Where do you find this stuff?
The internet is a great repository of uselessness,
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Wow! The Dickman's ad sure looks authentic. 
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rogruth wrote:Wow! The Dickman's ad sure looks authentic.
And did you read the first paragraph? It's really gross, on so many levels.
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MurphOnMillerAve wrote:rogruth wrote:Wow! The Dickman's ad sure looks authentic.
And did you read the first paragraph? It's really gross, on so many levels.![]()
Margarine is pretty gross...........
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I saw in the news and in print, just today, that Toys-R-Us is nearing bankruptcy. What is happening to toy stores, these days? There aren't less children being born, are there? I wonder if F.A.O. Schwarz leaving Fifth Avenue, NYC, was part of this phenomenon. It was such an elegant, spectacular store.
And I wonder how all this affects our hobby.
Murph
And I wonder how all this affects our hobby.
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MurphOnMillerAve wrote:I saw in the news and in print, just today, that Toys-R-Us is nearing bankruptcy. What is happening to toy stores, these days? There aren't less children being born, are there? I wonder if F.A.O. Schwarz leaving Fifth Avenue, NYC, was part of this phenomenon.
Electronic toys and games on a pad have replaced dolls and trad. toys - kids in 1st grade have iPhones...
Brick & mortar stores like Toys-R-Us are getting eaten alive by Amazon and that ilk.
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But don't children and adults want to see firsthand and touch the toys anymore?
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MurphOnMillerAve wrote:But don't children and adults want to see firsthand and touch the toys anymore?
Parents and grandparents do, but kids have moved on......
Parents and grandparents buy toys based on nostalgia.
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Yet, I must admit, when we were first married (26yrs ago) my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed excursions to the malls to furnish our new house and our wardrobes. But nowadays, I don't think we have been to a mall for a decade. That's partly because we don't need any more stuff, and partly because it is easier to order on-line.
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Rufus T. Firefly wrote:MurphOnMillerAve wrote:But don't children and adults want to see firsthand and touch the toys anymore?
Parents and grandparents do, but kids have moved on......
Parents and grandparents buy toys based on nostalgia.
I think you have hit on something substantial there. Here is a photo of a cousin's reaction to the toys we gave him for Christmas. He loves trains, but his slightly-older brother has retained only a passing interest, preferring remotely controlled and interactive dinosaurs and drones (which they both got from us , too, and loved.)
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MurphOnMillerAve wrote:......I don't think we have been to a mall for a decade.
Most seem to be slowly dying or they are being reinvented/rebuilt into multi-use areas - stores on the 1srt level and condos the next 4-8 stories up.
That's partly because we don't need any more stuff, and partly because it is easier to order on-line.
When you reach that intersection, and have grandkids, you buy for them, otherwise it's just living as well as you can.
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