tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post3459021601404975164..comments2024-03-28T16:22:14.888-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: No crying on ChristmasUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-52576668614943589912014-01-24T07:06:57.658-08:002014-01-24T07:06:57.658-08:00I like your dog, Sailer.I like your dog, Sailer.nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-79283055374730789732013-12-19T07:57:10.764-08:002013-12-19T07:57:10.764-08:00Assuming that lantern is still around (they last f...Assuming that lantern is still around (they last forever) and made by Coleman,it will be Date-Stamped on the bottom, a good clue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61540331663002869312012-12-26T20:24:11.616-08:002012-12-26T20:24:11.616-08:00Fantastic photo! The only bad omens in the pictur...Fantastic photo! The only bad omens in the picture are those in the color of the chairs. "Burnt Siena" was to be a highlight of the 1970s.<br /><br />I know, because when I was born in 1970, that color in your chairs had deepened. With a bit more chestnut and more luxurious DuPont nylon, even the carpets had become red. <br /><br />That was pretty much the bottom of the 1970s. By 1980, there was Reagan and cool blues instead of browns and sweaters in summer and malaise.<br /><br />Everybody knows about the skirt hems and recessions, etc. What about colors?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-7887169376769660092012-12-26T19:06:12.238-08:002012-12-26T19:06:12.238-08:00Do you still have the dog? He looks coolDo you still have the dog? He looks coolCleonFromMPChttp://www.mypostingcareer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-38958877504022540812012-12-26T17:43:22.121-08:002012-12-26T17:43:22.121-08:00Merry Christmas Steve!Merry Christmas Steve!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-6682200652765673122012-12-26T17:12:39.522-08:002012-12-26T17:12:39.522-08:00Well, I had the Lost in Space Robot in Christmas 1...Well, I had the Lost in Space Robot in Christmas 1965 when I was 8 years old.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-14974450389961275462012-12-26T17:04:52.389-08:002012-12-26T17:04:52.389-08:00Was watching "The Lemon Drop Kid" on TCM...Was watching "The Lemon Drop Kid" on TCM the other night... in the opening credit sequence, the camera pans down a glittering living-room-Christmas-tree, with ornaments in the shape of objects that represent typical Christmas gifts. The corny happy music swelled as the camera swung from one innocuous item to another... suddenly, the next item was a huge hand gun. I thought: is this a gag? After all, the movie is a comedy that involves the mob. But no. I may be wrong, but as far as I could tell, the inclusion of a hand gun here was non-ironic - i.e., it was not a reference to the mob element in the story. The hand gun seemed to be presented as a normal, typical, wholesome Christmas object, wholly expected, not out of place with the other gifts. Anyway, I got a kick out of this. It's the little things in life.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06774771559007049279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69591696274053000242012-12-26T15:34:50.974-08:002012-12-26T15:34:50.974-08:00"overbreeding caused problems and it declined...<i>"overbreeding caused problems and it declined rapidly in popularity."</i><br /><br />Probably just more new inexperienced dog owners who don't know how to train this breed properly, resulting in behaviour problems. <br /><br />I propose a mandatory 3 month state-run obedience-school enrollment for all Cocker Spaniel puppies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-53411382392807971552012-12-26T14:06:07.508-08:002012-12-26T14:06:07.508-08:00The dog's name was Topper, a Cocker Spaniel, w...The dog's name was Topper, a Cocker Spaniel, which was the most popular breed in the country in the 1950s. But, overbreeding caused problems and it declined rapidly in popularity.Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-4569457116554166042012-12-26T14:03:29.981-08:002012-12-26T14:03:29.981-08:00"What a great haul!"
Actually, in all s..."What a great haul!"<br /><br />Actually, in all seriousness, what's striking is the moderateness of the gifts. <br />Most kids today--even of the relatively poor--would be disappointed with what Sailer got. And for whatever reason, parents today feel they gotta go all out and make kids happy with lots and lots of everything--and all year around. <br /><br />Christmas was special to me as a child because I got toys and stuff only on Christmas and Birthday, and the limit on both day was $20. <br />But it's like a lot of kids today get stuff all year round and on Christmas, get even more stuff. <br />Easy credit and cheap foreign built goods? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-51514840825676146582012-12-26T13:58:32.686-08:002012-12-26T13:58:32.686-08:00"On third look, you don't appear too happ..."On third look, you don't appear too happy."<br /><br />Probably Christmas blues. Much more fun to look forward to Christmas than have the day arrive and go by so quickly. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61368076551148258812012-12-26T13:55:41.724-08:002012-12-26T13:55:41.724-08:00What was the dog's name?What was the dog's name? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-38279014478617740892012-12-26T12:42:29.990-08:002012-12-26T12:42:29.990-08:00On third look, you don't appear too happy. Per...On third look, you don't appear too happy. Perhaps a nice gender neutral gift would have put a smile on your face...Mayanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-54351545000042066572012-12-26T11:53:01.620-08:002012-12-26T11:53:01.620-08:00What a great haul! Did your parents pay for all of...What a great haul! Did your parents pay for all of these gifts or did some of the money come from donations from your classmates?joshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-53266969304627366132012-12-26T11:45:08.784-08:002012-12-26T11:45:08.784-08:00We're close in age, Steve (I was born in 1958)...We're close in age, Steve (I was born in 1958), and me and my 3 brothers hardly ever got Christmas gifts that weren't marked Tonka, Revell, Daisy or Louisville Slugger! Boys WILL be boys!<br /><br />Merry Christmas to all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-35736819961645463562012-12-26T09:56:15.013-08:002012-12-26T09:56:15.013-08:00I watch a lot of TCM. It's a little jarring to...I watch a lot of TCM. It's a little jarring to see how relaxed everyone is around guns in old movies. And how men were *expected* to know how to shot.FakeNamenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-83521377363955634402012-12-26T09:41:43.401-08:002012-12-26T09:41:43.401-08:00If one does not give little boys toy guns (or if, ...If one does not give little boys toy guns (or if, as was the case with me, they quickly break most of the cheap plastic ones you do give them), they'll go out into the nearest patch of trees and start breaking sticks into the proper shape for whatever period of combat is being reenacted (pine cones naturally make excellent hand grenades). Girls can occasionally be induced, with much effort, to join in combat, but generally lose interest quickly, and deliberately get themselves "killed" so they can go off and find something else to do, while boys prefer to stubbornly fight on despite having been informed of multiple critical gunshot wounds (or, in the vernacular "I got you! You're dead! I got you ten times in the head- with a missile launcher!").<br /><br />I don't have any kids yet, but if any sons come into the picture, I'll try to produce a small arsenal out of hardwood. This should be sturdier and longer-lasting than the cheap plastic stuff I always used to break, and also has the advantage of being visually distinct from my real-life grownup firearms, so as to minimize risk of confusion or unfortunate accidents. Of course, there's no telling what kids will take to- they'll probably want something bright, plastic, and easily-breakable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-1212342445622023652012-12-26T08:50:01.026-08:002012-12-26T08:50:01.026-08:00You'll put your eye outYou'll put your eye outMiss Shieldsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-59516255990094363402012-12-26T07:10:03.584-08:002012-12-26T07:10:03.584-08:00Auntie Analogue said... "Merry Christmas, Mr...Auntie Analogue said... <i>"Merry Christmas, Mr. Sailer and all Sailermates!"</i><br /><br />ditto! (^_^)hbd chickhttp://hbdchick.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-89170459503324984642012-12-26T06:40:13.082-08:002012-12-26T06:40:13.082-08:00What happened to Taki's Magazine?
It has been...What happened to Taki's Magazine?<br /><br />It has been down for days...Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69245975373253966602012-12-26T05:55:40.190-08:002012-12-26T05:55:40.190-08:00Nice guard dogNice guard dogvandelayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263052317454974290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-83104903556756761372012-12-26T05:44:30.801-08:002012-12-26T05:44:30.801-08:00I think the original Davy Crockett suit craze was ...I think the original Davy Crockett suit craze was circa '55-'56; that's when Mother got one for me; '63 must have been a "revival".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-18848744813352400622012-12-26T05:17:48.301-08:002012-12-26T05:17:48.301-08:00Weapons?
Thus confirming your maleness.Weapons?<br /><br />Thus confirming your maleness.Tankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04187906854627334164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-4861550283899253892012-12-26T00:43:21.883-08:002012-12-26T00:43:21.883-08:00If you still had all those toys, you could retire ...If you still had all those toys, you could retire from blogging. That would never have worked for me. My toys were typically broken within a few hours on Christmas day by my big brothers..." Let me show you how that works"...yea, there was some tears.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-16457939717833044822012-12-25T20:56:18.117-08:002012-12-25T20:56:18.117-08:00I like the dog. I like the dog. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com