Before the internet

old2soon

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Before the internet

« on: July 30, 2012, 02:10:51 PM »

Before the internet we went to the auto parts house or the dealership for parts. You went to your appliance store for the parts you needed to repair what broke. Unless it were monkey wards in the 70s. Found out my dryer(electric)has a burned out heating coil. The identicasl part at 3 different sites with shipping were $75.00 $64.00 and the one i ordered for $45.25. Before the internet you went to whoever you needed to buy the part from and paid what ever it was so you could take it home and fix what was broke. It's rather nice to find different options sitting in my comfortable office chair drinking coffee and enjoying my A/C. I did have to go out today and it's(only)107 F. Must have brought that chit from E S. 2funny

NOT Valkyrie related at all except i do ride a Valkyrie. cooldude

RIDE SAFE.


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klb

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Re: Before the internet

« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2012, 02:26:59 PM »

Me and some guy's from work were talking about this just today.

Remembering the day's without internet, cell phones, and all of the

luxuries of today. My 14 year old son wouldn't know what to do if

he was back in my day. He would be lost! His face would probably

look exactly like this. Cry


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Fort Walton Beach, Florida I'm a simple man, I like pretty, dark haired woman and breakfast food.

Re: Before the internet

« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2012, 02:51:39 PM »

But before the internet, we had catalogs. Remember those?


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Oss

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Re: Before the internet

« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2012, 02:56:43 PM »

yeah and I have seen sears roebuck houses that came in parts
U assemble house was about 3000 for a nice one

we also had to KNOCK ON DOORS to see if someone could come out and play

dont forget walking to school
5 miles each way
uphill both ways cooldude


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Fort Walton Beach, Florida I'm a simple man, I like pretty, dark haired woman and breakfast food.

Re: Before the internet

« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2012, 03:28:22 PM »

Quote from: Oss on July 30, 2012, 02:56:43 PM

5 miles both ways......and in the snow. We had deep snow here in Florida back in the day. Wink


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I can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer that you want me to

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