And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
My wife’s grandparents had two identical bathrooms in the lower level, one had all pink fixtures for the ladies and the other was all blue for the gents… it was a nightmare.
Aw yes, Ghostsniper... I had forgotten my younger days. Shampoo bottles were fair game for a select few parties where those throwing it were extreme assholes. Not that I'm proud of that now...
If you haven't done so before, Wes Clark's Avacado Memories website is worth a visit. He grew up in SoCal during these days and his photos are priceless. I swear that we went to different schools together. ;-)
I remember olive/avocado green fixtures and appliances. And the gold ones. Which all replaced the aqua and pink colored ones from the decade before. And I remember the shag carpeting, swag lamps, wrought iron, Herculon TM and clown paintings And leisure suits, white shoes and white belts, variety shows on TV, P&P loaf, olive loaf and old fashioned loaf and braunschweiger. Ugly, ugly days. Haha. Kinda miss those TV dinners though. :)
My in-laws' house has remnants. MIL used our wedding in '93 as an excuse to replace the w-w lime carpet with beige. She eventually replaced the offending toilet about 5 years ago but the tub surround survives...
When I was a kid I promised myself I'd never have that crap color in my house....promise kept so far, but I'll tell ya', it's looking pretty good right now....NOT!!!!
My wife’s grandparents had two identical bathrooms in the lower level, one had all pink fixtures for the ladies and the other was all blue for the gents… it was a nightmare.
ReplyDeleteI remember that, and the “Harvest Gold”
ReplyDelete^^ Both colors remain in my nightmares.
ReplyDeleteWhat, a bidet but no urinal? Or does the tub qualify as that?
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DeleteAw yes, Ghostsniper... I had forgotten my younger days. Shampoo bottles were fair game for a select few parties where those throwing it were extreme assholes. Not that I'm proud of that now...
DeleteOnly a Mexican or a Pollack would have those colors in a bathroom.
ReplyDeleteIf you haven't done so before, Wes Clark's Avacado Memories website is worth a visit. He grew up in SoCal during these days and his photos are priceless.
ReplyDeleteI swear that we went to different schools together. ;-)
http://wesclark.com/am/#:~:text=What%20are%20%22Avocado%20Memories%3F%22,during%20the%20period%201966%20%2D1980.
DeleteOh, and James Lileks' Interior Desecrations is another one!
ReplyDeleteThank you! What a great time waster!
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DeleteSeen worst, like all black with gold highlights.
ReplyDeleteI remember olive/avocado green fixtures and appliances. And the gold ones. Which all replaced the aqua and pink colored ones from the decade before. And I remember the shag carpeting, swag lamps, wrought iron, Herculon TM and clown paintings And leisure suits, white shoes and white belts, variety shows on TV, P&P loaf, olive loaf and old fashioned loaf and braunschweiger. Ugly, ugly days. Haha. Kinda miss those TV dinners though. :)
ReplyDeleteMy in-laws' house has remnants. MIL used our wedding in '93 as an excuse to replace the w-w lime carpet with beige. She eventually replaced the offending toilet about 5 years ago but the tub surround survives...
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of drugs were we on during the 70’s?
ReplyDeleteThe deadheads ate all the good Owsley cubes and all that was left was some dusty blotter acid that was laced with kerosene.
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ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid I promised myself I'd never have that crap color in my house....promise kept so far, but I'll tell ya', it's looking pretty good right now....NOT!!!!
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