The Conquistador's Picture Of The Day

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Sadly I'm originally from Detroit. As the All-Star break approaches, I realize that some things never change.

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Some "retro" ads for today...

Thought Reagan would know that "backwards" like that typically means "fuck you." Maybe he did?

I'm an 80's and 90's kid. WE never had awesome toys like that...

Who knows what that is? No, it's not dirty (I know what you're thinking... ). I actually learned how to use one. I have a whole box of them with "Detroit Diesel" logos that were my dad's. Don't know how he got them. Passed 'em out to one of my programming classes to see if they could figure them out.

Definitely was born in the wrong time. A Sears catalog from the 60's. Research was required. The unbelievably beautiful model is Jean Shrimpton.

Christmas in July! Can't disagree with that statement. A Guinness sounds good right now.

Notice anything suggestive about this ad? Neither did I...

[ila]

Originally Posted by a9127

Who knows what that is? No, it's not dirty (I know what you're thinking... ). I actually learned how to use one. I have a whole box of them with "Detroit Diesel" logos that were my dad's. Don't know how he got them. Passed 'em out to one of my programming classes to see if they could figure them out.

That was my calculator in highschool. They're quite easy to use and very accurate.

A few years ago I was working on the same project as a couple of engineering students. Naturally they used portable calculators and their phones when they had to do any mathematics. I amazed them when I could do the same calculations faster in my head than they could on their calculators. I told them about slide rules as a calculator and at first they thought I was pulling their leg. I told them to 'google' slide rule. It was quite the revelation for them after I explained how to use one.

[a9127]

Originally Posted by ila

That was my calculator in highschool. They're quite easy to use and very accurate.

A few years ago I was working on the same project as a couple of engineering students. Naturally they used portable calculators and their phones when they had to do any mathematics. I amazed them when I could do the same calculations faster in my head than they could on their calculators. I told them about slide rules as a calculator and at first they thought I was pulling their leg. I told them to 'google' slide rule. It was quite the revelation for them after I explained how to use one.

I learned how to use a slide rule from my High School physics teacher. But I had played around a little with the ones I mentioned in my previous post as a kid. I think they were some kind of promotional item as they had “GM” and “Detroit Diesel” stamped on the case. My teacher could also beat any of us with our calculators.

My students had fun with them but quickly became bored and gave up.

Spent most of this afternoon learning about my new “crush.” Wow. I never expected to see anyone like that in a Sears catalog. The only thing I remember about a Sears catalog was the guy with his cock hanging out of his underwear…

Apparently, Jean was very big in the 60’s. One article referred to her as the “first supermodel.” Lots of stuff on her. I think she’s absolutely totally gorgeous.

(No wonder Sears is in trouble… No catalogs like that anymore. Heard they have already filed for bankruptcy in Canada. )

[ila]

Originally Posted by a9127

...Spent most of this afternoon learning about my new “crush.” Wow. I never expected to see anyone like that in a Sears catalog. The only thing I remember about a Sears catalog was the guy with his cock hanging out of his underwear…

Apparently, Jean was very big in the 60’s. One article referred to her as the “first supermodel.” Lots of stuff on her. I think she’s absolutely totally gorgeous.

(No wonder Sears is in trouble… No catalogs like that anymore. Heard they have already filed for bankruptcy in Canada. )

It looks like I missed out on a lot in the old Sears catalogues. When I was a kid I went right to the toys (kids' toys - get your mind out of the gutter ) and then sports equipment when I got older. When I got into my late teens and from then on I went to the tool section and later the tool catalogues. Obviously I should have been looking at the women's clothing sections.

[Boner]

The Sears model is very cute and you know I like the retro stuff

I think the first thing I ever jerked off to was a woman's clothing catalog. Remember the good old days before the internet?

[a9127]

Originally Posted by Boner

The Sears model is very cute and you know I like the retro stuff

I think the first thing I ever jerked off to was a woman's clothing catalog. Remember the good old days before the internet?

Yes. It's hard to believe there was life without it. Smartphones too. One had to be more, umm... "creative." I used to take my mom’s Sears catalog upstairs just to look at the models.

I still remember her. She had a very short blue nightgown on and great legs. She was standing with her head back and her hand looked like it was brushing her hair. Her legs were apart. Afterward I was so scared that I might have come on my mom's catalog... Death would have been the result. God, I didn’t realize my memory was that good…

Jean Shrimpton’s modeling career predates me by at least several years! If I had known of her I probably would have cut those pages out and put them on the wall of my room. My biggest “crushes” in the 80’s were Christie Brinkley, Heather Thomas, Nancy Wilson, and Debbie Gibson (the 80's "Hannah Montana" LOL). I got to meet Heather at something I went to with my dad. Maybe ’87 or ’88. This was long after “Fall Guy.” She was super sweet and I was totally in awe of her. I still have the autographed pic. I’m sure she thought a certain 7 or 8 year old was quite the precocious little shit…

The period from maybe the forties through the eighties is perhaps the “great” era of glamour. Maybe that’s why we enjoy so many of the drag queens—they bring back the femininity and sexuality of that time.