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passiveporcupine

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30. I don't know which was worse

Reply to progressoid (Reply #26)

Mon Jul 4, 2016, 03:12 PM

Jul 2016

orange or avocado green.

Now I love all greens, and hate orange, but in those days, I remember avocado carpeting, and appliances (thank dog they didn't make orange washer and dryer sets) and now they just look disgusting. Especially the ones that fade to brown near the edges of surfaces.

Some people like to go retro with their design in new homes, and I have to keep asking WHY?

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For us who are getting older... [View all] Archae Jul 2016 OP

I like these. Ilsa Jul 2016 #1

You're right, these are a cut above the usual pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #17

remember what? passiveporcupine Jul 2016 #29

DUzy malaise Jul 2016 #32

at 74 years old.... chillfactor Jul 2016 #2

Didn't walk nine feet through shag carpet to change channel on the tv Thirties Child Jul 2016 #3

I did littlebit Jul 2016 #4

Ours was orange shag. progressoid Jul 2016 #26

I don't know which was worse passiveporcupine Jul 2016 #30

Ours was blue and brown littlebit Jul 2016 #31

Sure was... kag Jul 2016 #38

True littlebit Jul 2016 #39

Must be nice to have had it so easy that you didn't have to make that slog pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #5

Fascinating! You really have seen the world evolve from a simpler, more... ChisolmTrailDem Jul 2016 #6

My dad knew a guy who was a ham radio operator who had a T.V. Binkie The Clown Jul 2016 #14

I knew about TV when I was a kid, but we didn't have one until I was about 10 years old. Arkansas Granny Jul 2016 #15

We didn't walk through it. One of us seven kids was Ilsa Jul 2016 #44

@61 SCVDem Jul 2016 #7

I'm gonna go make a crouton... n/t jtuck004 Jul 2016 #8

That's the ONLY old people thing I've found amusing. SheilaT Jul 2016 #9

Great pins, LOL! pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #11

GREAT one! calimary Jul 2016 #12

lol - all the above 840high Jul 2016 #10

Number 8 made me chuckle out loud. Turborama Jul 2016 #13

Looks pretty accurate to me. hobbit709 Jul 2016 #16

From an old cartoon baldguy Jul 2016 #18

I don't know if that competes with the hardship of shag carpet NJCher Jul 2016 #19

run. dir. malthaussen Jul 2016 #21

Still used today. "rm -rf /" mwooldri Jul 2016 #22

my fav shireen Jul 2016 #42

We're all getting older... malthaussen Jul 2016 #20

Hysterical! lunatica Jul 2016 #23

Getting older? raven mad Jul 2016 #24

My dad would always say... Pluvious Jul 2016 #25

This is going to be emailed to some people! progressoid Jul 2016 #27

Unfortunately, I can relate to most of those. Different Drummer Jul 2016 #28

LOL - love the tip for cooking tofu. Vinca Jul 2016 #33

but it was WORSE back then: Gabi Hayes Jul 2016 #34

I can tell you are old... using correct grammar. "who" instead of "that" OKNancy Jul 2016 #35

But but... Doesn't this contribute to ageism? Helen Borg Jul 2016 #36

I don't actually think it contributes to ageism... CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2016 #40

But they are stereotypes. Helen Borg Jul 2016 #41

"I'm try-sexual" forest444 Jul 2016 #37

Wait...there are people who AREN'T getting older?!?! Shandris Jul 2016 #43

Funny! MarianJack Jul 2016 #45