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It's Friday!

 

It's also been a heavy news week, so I thought it might be good to lighten things up. A colleague came across these advertisements. Today's family life is just a wee bit different, don't you think?

 

Here they are:

 

Dad is appearing a bit insensitive. But for a family of four these folks certainly use a lot of dishes...

 

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I was just reminding Jean of this the other day...

 

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Hmm...did somebody really think this was a wise idea?

 

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Caffeine would most definitely impact a two-year old's personality... 

 

 

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I think I agree with some of this, but wow, what an uplifting film this must have been!

 

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Our boys would have loved to have known that it was OK to stand up "safely" in their car seats...

 

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This was an advertisement promoting the house of the future - capable of rotating 360 degrees.

 

Calling George Jetson...

 

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If only it were affordable to fly with children under these conditions...VintageAd8.png

"Fascinating" ...

 

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One has to wonder what people will be thinking of our ads in 50 years?

 

Here's to a great weekend!

 

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Feb 10, 2012 11:05 AM Guest Sharon B.  says:
Like these ads especially the mom washing dishes. Washed dishes by hand several times while visiting sister and her family in NY recently. Definitely appreciate my dishwasher at home, especially when someone is sick in the family.
Feb 10, 2012 8:09 PM Guest Michael W  says:

Another good advertisement would have been one for "Ivory Snow Flakes" soap. Our youngest child is 39, and I vividly remember my wife fretting(?) about whether the diapers she washed and hung out to dry was as white as the neighbors.  Silly?   Maybe.  But it showed a desire to always try and improve.  I doubt that the majority of young parents today would even understand 1.) How to pin on a cloth diaper.  2.) What a budget savings for the household it would be to not have to purchase plastic, throw-away diapers, and 3.) The decrease in landfill space, the number of sanitation workers needed, and the equipment needed, perhaps lowering our local taxes...A father who wasn't afraid to change a diaper.
Feb 11, 2012 7:19 AM Guest Robert Z.  says in response to Michael W:

I had 3 children who all used cloth diapers in the 1950s and 60s.   At one time we had a diaper service which would provide clean diapers and then a week later take away the dirty ones and leave new batch of clean ones.   My wife's aunt paid for the service   Otherwise we washed them ourselves.   I think there may be a few laying about which are used for cleaning rags.

When I was a boy, we lived in a small town and had electricity, but all the farmers didn't.  They used gasoline lamps.   My father had a store and sold mantles to use on the lamps.  I worked some summers helping farmers hauling hay.   One that I knew of stored butter and milk in a bucket in the well to keep it cool.  They all had wells and often they pumped the water by hand.
Feb 11, 2012 11:08 AM Guest Anne  says:
The Soda Pop ad is a fake, but it's still funny.
Feb 11, 2012 5:29 PM Guest Tom H  says:
Funny - especially the accompanying comments.
Feb 12, 2012 9:33 AM Guest mideastmom  says:
Michael W., you will be happy to know that cloth diapers are making a comeback. More and more young moms are cluing in to the environmental and financial savings of cloth diapers. I've used them with my youngest three kids. I haven't calculated the savings, but I know it's been quite a bit.

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