50 Years Ago - Page 2

Clodfobble · 11-19-2010, 10:55 AM

When I was growing up we had this great kitchen chair that had a hinge in it so you could flip the back over and the whole thing would convert into a stepladder. I'm pretty sure it's still in my dad's house.

Griff · 11-20-2010, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

When I was growing up we had this great kitchen chair that had a hinge in it so you could flip the back over and the whole thing would convert into a stepladder. I'm pretty sure it's still in my dad's house.

We had the same kind of chair, I'm not sure where it got to...

ZenGum · 11-20-2010, 04:57 PM

Clod's dad has it.

casimendocina · 11-21-2010, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

When I was growing up we had this great kitchen chair that had a hinge in it so you could flip the back over and the whole thing would convert into a stepladder. I'm pretty sure it's still in my dad's house.

Or you can buy one here: http://www.theparadenorwood.com/bp743/se-waite-son/

glatt · 11-22-2010, 08:22 AM

I imagine that most furniture manufacturers got out of the step stool business for liability reasons. You can argue that when a dumbass falls off a stool and breaks their neck, they shouldn't have been standing on the stool in the first place. But if you incorporate steps leading up to the top of the stool, you can't make that argument any longer. Then you are in the position of having to make sure your step stool is idiot proof. And idiots are pretty clever at finding new ways to be idiots.

Like by clambering over the exposed machinery of an out of service escalator.

classicman · 11-22-2010, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

idiots are pretty clever at finding new ways to be idiots.

...and, after the fact, very clever at finding someone else to be responsible for their behavior/stupidity.

TheMercenary · 11-25-2010, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I remember this well, as my High School Civics class hashed this election to no end. But more than the election, I remember the times, the country as it was then. Although there have been improvements such as civil rights, I don't like many of the changes we've gone through. Looking at the details of the picture, you can see a different country.

Yea, highchairs have come a long way since then.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-25-2010, 07:42 PM

God damn whippersnappers, that ain't a high chair, it's a kitchen step stool... now get the hell off my lawn.

classicman · 11-25-2010, 09:15 PM

nice smiley bruce - thats a new one to me!

TheMercenary · 11-27-2010, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

God damn whippersnappers, that ain't a high chair, it's a kitchen step stool... now get the hell off my lawn.

Us po folk used it as a high chair.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-27-2010, 06:38 PM

You probably drove to town on a tractor, but that don't make it a car.

TheMercenary · 11-28-2010, 05:17 PM

Naw, we had a station wagon with a rumble seat in the back. The big fight was who got to sit in the back. Oh, and seat belts were an option back then.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_AovfzNXg...h/DSCN7440.jpg

xoxoxoBruce · 11-28-2010, 05:26 PM

'69 Dodge? Rear seatbelts became standard in '68, '64 up front.

TheMercenary · 11-28-2010, 05:27 PM

Hell, it was somewhere around there, but who remembers that stuff with they were 9, 8, or 4?

xoxoxoBruce · 11-28-2010, 05:30 PM

I do.

Now if I could remember what I had for breakfast...

11-19-2010, 10:55 AM	#16
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11-25-2010, 07:42 PM	#23
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	God damn whippersnappers, that ain't a high chair, it's a kitchen step stool... now get the hell off my lawn. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-25-2010, 09:15 PM	#24
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11-27-2010, 06:38 PM	#26
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You probably drove to town on a tractor, but that don't make it a car. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-22-2010, 08:22 AM	#20
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I imagine that most furniture manufacturers got out of the step stool business for liability reasons. You can argue that when a dumbass falls off a stool and breaks their neck, they shouldn't have been standing on the stool in the first place. But if you incorporate steps leading up to the top of the stool, you can't make that argument any longer. Then you are in the position of having to make sure your step stool is idiot proof. And idiots are pretty clever at finding new ways to be idiots. Like by clambering over the exposed machinery of an out of service escalator.

11-28-2010, 05:17 PM	#27
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Naw, we had a station wagon with a rumble seat in the back. The big fight was who got to sit in the back. Oh, and seat belts were an option back then. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_AovfzNXg...h/DSCN7440.jpg __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

11-28-2010, 05:26 PM	#28
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	'69 Dodge? Rear seatbelts became standard in '68, '64 up front. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-28-2010, 05:27 PM	#29
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Hell, it was somewhere around there, but who remembers that stuff with they were 9, 8, or 4? __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

11-28-2010, 05:30 PM	#30
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I do. Now if I could remember what I had for breakfast... __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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