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orzel-w · Galactic Ambassador Joined: 19 Sep 2014 Posts: 1868

So, what are you having for Thanksgiving dinner, Custer?

Er... oh...

Never mind. Embarassed

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Custer · Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 3:43 pm Post subject:

What, today is Thanksgiving? Black Friday we do get over here, but Harvest Festival was a while ago...I think...

Have a happy one! Wink

orzel-w · Galactic Ambassador Joined: 19 Sep 2014 Posts: 1868

Black Fridays would make sense among commercially-based economies. Ours just happens to fall on the day after Thanksgiving. It's also the season when a lot of conception occurs, judging by the abundance of August birthdays.

I apologize for the thread hijack.
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bulldogtrekker · Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 5:54 pm Post subject:

Gord Green · Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 7:09 pm Post subject:

From 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Custer · Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 7:31 am Post subject:

Another geeky pinup... presumably the ladies have discarded their goldfish bowl type helmets, since they are safely inside.

Before I shrunk the image slightly for Bud's convenience, it was actually 1024 by ...769? Close to one of the traditional screen sizes!

I think the point of Black Friday is that it is the day after Thanksgiving, with similar reasoning behind Cyber Monday, and probably Ruby Tuesday. Commercial enterprises outside the USA have just taken it up as a useful way to boost sales.

bulldogtrekker · Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 10:39 am Post subject:

2001, a Space Odyssey

Retrofuturistic Fashion by Andr?? Courr??ges

St. Louis Night in Space, Ben Zuckerman in Gemini Spacecraft, Adolfo Helmet, 1965

Retrofuture Kitchen

scotpens · Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 1:13 pm Post subject:

^^ That last photo looks as phony as the proverbial three-dollar bill. Why would a kitchen have an enormous electronic console complete with reel-to-reel tape deck? Why the stereo speakers? Why does the dishwasher (or is it a clothes washer?) have what looks like a loudspeaker horn on it? And what is that woman doing with record albums in the kitchen anyway?

It reminds me of this notorious fake, which purported to be a 1954 prediction by the RAND Corporation of a "home computer" 50 years in the future. It's actually a photo of a U.S. Navy submarine maneuvering room combined with a mid-1960s teletype machine, a 1950s TV set, and a guy in a gray suit.

orzel-w · Galactic Ambassador Joined: 19 Sep 2014 Posts: 1868

scotpens · Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 3:47 pm Post subject:

orzel-w · Galactic Ambassador Joined: 19 Sep 2014 Posts: 1868

It's certainly overblown for a hi-fi rig (Bud's rig notwithstanding). Furthermore, it blocks off access to that green door in the corner.
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scotpens · Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 9:15 pm Post subject:

Yes, it's apparently supposed to be a ridiculously elaborate and complicated home stereo system, and an obvious joke.

Here's a genuine retro-future kitchen babe, from the GM/Frigidaire promotional film "Design for Dreaming" (1956).

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Gord Green · Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2017 1:16 am Post subject:

And I don't think that's a door on the right....It looks more like a window over the sink.

orzel-w · Galactic Ambassador Joined: 19 Sep 2014 Posts: 1868

What sink?
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