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Bill, KD0HG
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« on: January 23, 2010, 07:36:40 PM »
From my Ohio Bro-in-Law
This is terrific artwork for those of you with a pair of 250-THs, thanks to Life Magazine, 1948:

Picture #2 nailed 21st Century sports bars perfectly.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/187546/yesterdays_ads_predicted_todays_tech.html?tk=rss_news

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« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2010, 08:31:59 PM »
Except in that sports bar, all the guys were wearing suits.

And no women.

I don't think I've ever seen anyone wearing a suit in a sports bar.
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« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2010, 08:53:29 PM »
For understandable reasons, the distiller mistakenly believed that said bars would be filled with natty proto-Mad Men sipping whiskey, not drunken louts swilling beer.
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« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2010, 09:52:27 PM »
Quote from: Bill, KD0HG on January 23, 2010, 08:53:29 PM
For understandable reasons, the distiller mistakenly believed that said bars would be filled with natty proto-Mad Men sipping whiskey, not drunken louts swilling beer.

So you mean these guys?

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« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2010, 11:06:24 PM »
yeah!

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