The OED defines “chesterfield” as “a stuffed-over couch or sofa with a back and two ends, one of which is sometimes made adjustable”, and has this interesting quote from 1954: " Chesterfield seems to be in general use throughout Canada, though the usual American sofa is also known and used. Almost everywhere in the United States chesterfields are cigarettes and nothing more." I’d almost forgotten Chesterfield cigarettes.
The Chesterfields smoker lives next door to the fox owner.
i wouldnt mind arcades coming back along with new gamws …
Not in my neighborhood. We had tons of kids, and they were all very polite. It was great.
For me, (well, I’m beyond it, but whatever) it would be nice to have the 9 - 5 job back, even for tech and office work. When I started at Bell Labs, even when I became a manager, when I went home I went home. No email, no internet, one director was famous for calling people at night but he was an exception. Today you’re expected to check in every ten minutes (or more.)
Doesn’t apply to me now because I’m retired, but it is standard. Even if your company doesn’t try to keep you at work all evening with free dinners.
Reliable, widespread, and consistent intercity passenger rail.
And streetcars that run frequently in city centers and suburbs from early in the morning until late at night.
You may have to go back to the Cracker Jack boxes of the 40’s.
Bring back proper hats for everyday wear. Not bowlers or top hats and monocles—too formal; not baseball or beanie caps—too informal; not cowboy hats—too urban cowboyish; not newsboy or driving caps—too wannabe-coolish; not propeller hats—too eggheadish.
Just your basic, stylish fedora!
And, in our enlightened inclusive world, women should wear fedoras, too.
But, don’t bring back jackets, ties, and long slacks for everyday wear. I prefer the comfort of tee shirts, shorts and sneakers…with a fedora.
No kidding! I’m still peeved that every outfit here in China, including my employer, insists on using WeChat to send out official notices and tasking–at any time of day or night. Look, if they want to use that as their go-to, then they need to subsidize, at least partially, the employee’s cellphone service. I didn’t get the damn phone thinking, “Oh, yeah; this is perfect fo the boss to contact me at one in the morning”.
We have a local dairy that never stopped milk delivery.
In glass bottles, no less.
mmm
Customer service lines staffed by human beings who can answer questions.
I rather like 3 piece suits. I have a few, one custom made, the others from charity shops.
I have a top hat, too.
Am I the only person who turns his cell phone off at night?
I work from home always now. About half the department does (IS department, I can work from anywhere). It’s great.
We seem to have figured out the whole communication thing. Before 8am or after 5pm is not expected unless you are at that time working on an after hours project with co-workers. We just set our selves away in chat (Slack). If something really blows up, you can call me, I’ll look if I can. Might just set the splash page to ‘Down for unexpected maintenance’ see if I can puzzle it out or do it the next day.
Very reasonable. One time I mentioned that I had worked 12 hours one day, just cause of stuff and my boss was not very happy with me. Now I just work pretty much whenever I want and just make sure I get 40 in. 10 hours one day, 6 hours the next. Maybe do some on weekends. I just claim 8 hours a day 5 days a week.
It’s great, I’ll never go back to the office again. It’s dumb. I’ll retire first, and I think they know that.
The foot operated switch was just a big switch. All the headlight current ran through it. Using the turn signal stalk activates a high current relay not located in the steering column. Maybe that’s easier to include in smaller cars with less floor space?
The floor mounted switches are susceptible to corrosion, especially in snowy climes. Road salt can rot them out. I had a car where the switch didn’t work since the floor had rusted away around it!
Walkable, mixed use places without cars.
I used to love TV variety shows. Carol Burnett, Sonny and Cher and the summer replacement ones like Jim Stafford and Bobby Darin. Our whole family could watch those (despite Cher’s wardrobe) and it seemed like they were all having fun making those shows.
Bow ties.
I collect specific cracker toys from the 20s and 30s. They’re Czech glass animals. There were lots of kinds, but I collect dachshunds and rabbits and bears (the hardest to find).
Oh, my!
I’ve seen Crackerjack toys in lots sold on eBay. They (and probably cereal manufacturers) switched to paper things like rub-on tattoos - cheaper and the little dopes (hopefully) wouldn’t try to eat them and choke.
Long flapping hair on medical personnel? I agree. I notice it on medical dramas and it drives me crazy! And it looks unprofessional. (I know a lawyer, who has long beautiful wavy hair down to her waist, held back with little combs. Very pretty, but distracting and unprofessional. You wonder what kind of hair products she must be using instead of focussing on the letter of the law.)