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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
I remember stacks of those. It was always hard to throw away a National Geographic.
About the year 2000, I was able to purchase all issues of the National Geographic magazine on a set of CDs. I probably had 30 years worth of magazines that I took to the local public library along with some other journals that I had on CD. They didn’t want them for their shelves, but they put them on sale for fundraising. IIRC, there was an article in the Journal of Irreproducible Results with some humorous analysis of how the stacks of old NG magazines piling up in the nations’ garages was altering the earth’s rotation.
Lt. Col, Engineers, Eighth Army combat patch (Korea), Looks like Korean War and WW2 Service. Army of Occupation, probably Japan. Maybe a Good Conduct Medal, so prior enlisted service?
While Nat Geo probably was the source of many boys first tittie pics, there was never a good pair ever published. It was always the natives with their flattened pendulous floppies, gigantic areolas and nipples pointing straight down.
I was lucky, my dad got a trade magazine called Service Station & Garage Management. It had a lovely calendar girl every month. I wonder if any of them became famous models or actresses.
I subscribed to the "Nat Geo" for many decades. During that period of time, I moved at least six times (for work ... and fortunately the work paid for the moves), and I took my growing magazine collection with me. At my home in Bucks County, PA, we had a large built-in library in our family room and the magazine collection took up at least five shelves. When my post-retirement move to Colorado was approaching, I looked around for a place to donate my collection. The local public library did not want them nor did several old folks' homes. What to do? You know what I ended up doing? They ended up in the landfill.
Yes, like most magazines of today, they were even keeled and middle-of-the-road but today virtually all of them are far Left rags. The most interesting thing (to me) is that the "woke" azz wipes who might support Leftist crapola are also anti-print so much so that they hate newspapers and magazines because those producers "kill trees." So, in fact, the magazine's intended audience is killing them off. Good job publishing industry!!!
My step-grandfather had a collection that began around the turn of the century, maybe 1898 or so. Neat guy, was a retired surveyor. He had lots of stories about working around the world, working for railroads that were laying track. One of the areas he worked was the CA coast, for lumber transport in the early part of the century. I used to go to my grandmother's and park myself in the basement and read them, in the early 60's. Loved that collection. He had set up an office down there. When he died, they disappeared, along with his pocket auto, sigh...
My oldest is a 1908. Many from the 'teens and twenties. Complete from 1940 to 2018 (I couldn't stomach the Woke BS any more). While I've the CDs still keep the hard copies. My NG map collection is missing most of the "atlas series" from the '60s. Love reading the article penned by Alexander Graham Bell.
A National Geo was hard to throw away until it went woke.
ReplyDeleteWe just moved. I kept a few from the 60's - 80s' donated the rest. I have a friend that has a pretty complete collection going back into the 30's
DeleteNat Geo was Da Bomb when I was a kid.
ReplyDeleteNow it's just basic, leftist propaganda trash.
About the year 2000, I was able to purchase all issues of the National Geographic magazine on a set of CDs. I probably had 30 years worth of magazines that I took to the local public library along with some other journals that I had on CD. They didn’t want them for their shelves, but they put them on sale for fundraising. IIRC, there was an article in the Journal of Irreproducible Results with some humorous analysis of how the stacks of old NG magazines piling up in the nations’ garages was altering the earth’s rotation.
ReplyDeleteAlso, producing black holes in extreme cases.
DeleteCould someone explain the uniform and service history pins, please?
ReplyDeleteLt. Col, Engineers, Eighth Army combat patch (Korea), Looks like Korean War and WW2 Service. Army of Occupation, probably Japan. Maybe a Good Conduct Medal, so prior enlisted service?
Delete"Oh, man. Lookit the tits on that one!"
ReplyDeleteHA!
DeleteWhile Nat Geo probably was the source of many boys first tittie pics, there was never a good pair ever published. It was always the natives with their flattened pendulous floppies, gigantic areolas and nipples pointing straight down.
DeleteI was lucky, my dad got a trade magazine called Service Station & Garage Management. It had a lovely calendar girl every month. I wonder if any of them became famous models or actresses.
DeleteI subscribed to the "Nat Geo" for many decades. During that period of time, I moved at least six times (for work ... and fortunately the work paid for the moves), and I took my growing magazine collection with me. At my home in Bucks County, PA, we had a large built-in library in our family room and the magazine collection took up at least five shelves. When my post-retirement move to Colorado was approaching, I looked around for a place to donate my collection. The local public library did not want them nor did several old folks' homes. What to do? You know what I ended up doing? They ended up in the landfill.
ReplyDeletehey, back then tits was tits.
ReplyDeleteI have stacks, from late 60s to about 2010 when dumped that Leftist rag for pushing Global warming in every issue.
ReplyDeleteYes, like most magazines of today, they were even keeled and middle-of-the-road but today virtually all of them are far Left rags. The most interesting thing (to me) is that the "woke" azz wipes who might support Leftist crapola are also anti-print so much so that they hate newspapers and magazines because those producers "kill trees." So, in fact, the magazine's intended audience is killing them off. Good job publishing industry!!!
DeleteThis post needs that "Comfortable Corner" title.
ReplyDeletemy grandparents had them bound in hardcover - 2 volumes per year covering at least 20 years.
ReplyDeleteThe maps, man.
ReplyDeleteO, the maps.
... and the little flexible plastic 45 record 'Sounds from the Space Age". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwQNJcecsJ
ReplyDeleteAustralian Geographic ain't bad either...
ReplyDeleteMy step-grandfather had a collection that began around the turn of the century, maybe 1898 or so. Neat guy, was a retired surveyor. He had lots of stories about working around the world, working for railroads that were laying track. One of the areas he worked was the CA coast, for lumber transport in the early part of the century.
ReplyDeleteI used to go to my grandmother's and park myself in the basement and read them, in the early 60's. Loved that collection. He had set up an office down there. When he died, they disappeared, along with his pocket auto, sigh...
House burned down, saved me the problem.
ReplyDeleteMy oldest is a 1908. Many from the 'teens and twenties. Complete from 1940 to 2018 (I couldn't stomach the Woke BS any more). While I've the CDs still keep the hard copies. My NG map collection is missing most of the "atlas series" from the '60s.
ReplyDeleteLove reading the article penned by Alexander Graham Bell.
Still have that 100 yr issue
ReplyDelete