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Alonzo
10-21-2007, 02:49 PM
I was talking to someone yesterday and somehow zoot suits came up. Then I started thinking that I wish zoot suits would comeback because I really want to wear one, and not as a halloween costume.

I also wish pee-wee would make a comeback. I want to see a follow up to pee wee's big adventure, and not the trainwreck that was pee wee's big top.

So what else needs to make a comeback?
Scorpion
10-21-2007, 03:12 PM
Drive in theaters. I had some of my best times as a kid going to a drive in movie.
Labrocca
10-21-2007, 05:40 PM
Running Shorts

http://www.rafiki-sportswear.co.uk/runwear/images/shorts1.jpg

I am tired of wearing shorts past my knees.
BoogyMan
10-21-2007, 05:55 PM
One of the coolest toys ever:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a5/Vertibird1.jpg
Scorpion
10-21-2007, 06:20 PM
Real Schlitz beer.

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PS/8170~Schlitz-Beer-Posters.jpg
PatrickHenry
10-21-2007, 06:43 PM
Corded phones. The radio frequencies are killing us.
BoogyMan
10-21-2007, 06:47 PM
Mattel's old original model of the ThingMaker would be nice to see back as well. (I love toys)

http://www.samstoybox.com/toys/Thingmaker.html
Alonzo
10-21-2007, 06:50 PM
Come to my house pat. I've got a corded rotary wall phone from the 50's or 60's hooked up and working. I also have a corded rotary desk phone from the 50's, I believe it's working just not hooked up. Both were my grandparents. The wall phone was a rental from the phone company that they never returned. I don't know how they acquired the desk phone.

Though you might still have to dodge the 4 cordless phone signals, plus the cell phones.
PatrickHenry
10-21-2007, 07:13 PM
Come to my house pat. I've got a corded rotary wall phone from the 50's or 60's hooked up and working. I also have a corded rotary desk phone from the 50's, I believe it's working just not hooked up. Both were my grandparents.
Heh. I have a functional model of the original phone answering machine. In the box. A device called an "Ansa-Phone"

Big gray heavy metal frame with toggle switches. It has a place for the black AT&T phone of the 50s.

You know of course, that the phones changed ever so slowly back then.

The Ansa-Phone has a little tray for the phone and a cradle that lifts the receiver. Has to be a specific shaped phone. Then there is a little microphone that screws on to the original earset... and a tape recorded loop message for outgoing. plus a tape recorder for incoming messages. wonderfully complex.

But I am missing the rotary phone.

Tell you what.

Post a picture of your phone and I'll post a photo of the AnsaPhone. They can get married online!
Buck Laser
10-21-2007, 07:18 PM
I'd like to see a comeback of station wagons/vans with a cargo area big enough to handle a 4' x 8' sheet of plywood, We had a couple of Ford Fairlane station wagons in the 60s that carried plywood with room to spare. None of the cars I've had since then could do that, not even the GMC S15 pickup I used to own.

The Fairlane was a pretty crappy car, but it was wide enough.
PatrickHenry
10-21-2007, 07:23 PM
I'd like to see a comeback of station wagons/vans with a cargo area big enough to handle a 4' x 8' sheet of plywood, We had a couple of Ford Fairlane station wagons in the 60s that carried plywood with room to spare. None of the cars I've had since then could do that, not even the GMC S15 pickup I used to own.

The Fairlane was a pretty crappy car, but it was wide enough.
I had a 62 Fairlane Coupe that was cool, not crappy.

http://mustangsandmore.com/memberpages/kwazykat_CHIKCOOP_a.jpg
Buck Laser
10-21-2007, 07:38 PM
The Fairlane was a pretty crappy car, but it was wide enough.
I had a 62 Fairlane Coupe that was cool, not crappy.

http://mustangsandmore.com/memberpages/kwazykat_CHIKCOOP_a.jpg

Well, I wish I had your luck. I had a '63, a '64, and '69. Each one was worse than the one before, and the '69 was too narrow to carry a sheet of plywood. Nobody made cars as good back then as they do now: unfortunately, they're not as utilitarian nowadays, either.

I certainly agree that the early '60s Fairlane had a good basic body design. I just wish its mechanicals had been engineered as well as its body.
Labrocca
10-21-2007, 08:37 PM
Corded phones. The radio frequencies are killing us.


I have one on my desk. It works even if the power goes out. :)

So many people have a cordless phone and don't realize if the power goes...so does their phone.
lily
10-21-2007, 09:01 PM
Well.......going in the car vein.........I'd have to say regular old stealing cars........this car jacking thing is jacked up!
underdawg
10-21-2007, 09:15 PM
The original Volkwagon bugs, not the things they have on the market now. High top sneakers, Phone booths, I miss drive in movies also.
BoogyMan
10-21-2007, 10:17 PM
The original Volkwagon bugs, not the things they have on the market now. High top sneakers, Phone booths, I miss drive in movies also.


The old bug was awesome wasn't it? I liked being able to change the engine out with four bolts, a couple of buddies, and 2 hours of shadetree mechanic time.
Lazarus
10-21-2007, 11:29 PM
Vehicle-wise, what I miss are those vent windows.

I also wish they would make a decent rotary lawnmower, those cheap things nowadays don't last.

Boogy, that Thing sure does bring back some good memories.
lily
10-22-2007, 12:26 AM
I miss vent windows too......and vinyl records. I miss the feel and I don't care what anyone says.......I think they sound better.
micfranklin
10-22-2007, 12:36 AM
Beanie Babies!!!.
AnnEsthesia
10-22-2007, 12:41 AM
Beanie babies never left, lol.
micfranklin
10-22-2007, 12:48 AM
Sexy never left either, but no one told Justin Timberlake that.

And they don't run the commercials for Beanie Babies either.
AnnEsthesia
10-22-2007, 12:50 AM
Well, I get my kids the Beanie Babies all the time. You can get them in most stores here, even grocery stores.
SHAYNEohDANG
10-26-2007, 05:09 AM
JOLT COLA.

heart attack in a can...even came with a warning label on it about over consumption.

POGS/SLAMMERS

I had a Rita Slammer from the original power rangers.
PatrickHenry
10-26-2007, 07:35 AM
In post #9 of this thread I said I would post a photo of my Ansafone.

I didn't forget. Here's a link: http://www.privateline.com/mt_dailynotes/2003/09/the_first_answering_machine.html
And here's the photo (if they don't delink it and accuse me of stealing bandwidth.)

http://www.privateline.com/Clipart/ANSAFONElarge.JPG

That's exactly what my machine looks like on the bottom, under the telephone.

Here's a schematic from the US PAT OFF: http://www.privateline.com/Clipart/ansaphonesmall.gif