Interesting attic find sparks discussion

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03-18-2018, 12:10
buffalobo

Interesting attic find sparks discussion

Last fall our daughter and her family bought the house Mrs bo grew up in. They purchased it from grandma after renting for several years.

They have been remodeling and updating all winter. Recently some attic work required removing several boxes that had been stored there long enough that no one was sure what was in them.

The minions presented Mrs bo with a scrap book and some very old holiday decorations that had been stored away in the attic before their parents(our kids) had been born.

The scrap book garnered lots of attention, it was a school project done by Mrs bo and saved as keepsake by her mom. It was a documentation of the news coverage of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

Several hours were spent discussing the late 60's, space program, difference of tech then and now. Comparisons with shuttle program and recent Space X activities.

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03-18-2018, 12:12
TFOGGER

Very Cool!
03-18-2018, 12:14
buffalobo

Minions just couldn't get over the fact that it is 49yrs old and it has been in attic for more than 40yrs.
03-18-2018, 12:40
wctriumph

Very cool.
03-18-2018, 12:41
Irving

Sounds like they are primed for a museum visit!

Cool find. Tell your wife she has great hand writing.
03-18-2018, 13:07
Bailey Guns

That is fascinating! What a great find.
03-18-2018, 13:08
buffalobo

Promotional poster and soldering iron from correspondence courses Mrs bo dad completed in 1954. He went on to be a gas man for 39 years at PSCO.

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03-18-2018, 15:34
Gman

Cool stuff. It's good a good reminder of where we were not that long ago.

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03-18-2018, 15:44
Irving

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gman

Cool stuff. It's good a good reminder of where we were not that long ago.

The attic?
03-18-2018, 15:47
ray1970

Somehow I don’t see stuff from today being very interesting if it were boxed up and dug back out forty years from now.

Times and things were just way cooler back then.

Nice finds.
03-18-2018, 16:07
BushMasterBoy

The lunar landing

I remember seeing this on a color TV in England. We lived on a Air Force base. We had the first color TV on the base, and the wing commander came to see the TV. Base is closed now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11
03-18-2018, 17:06
Gman

Quote:

Originally Posted by Irving

The attic?

"I was never in that attic."

-Gman
03-18-2018, 18:24
OtterbatHellcat

Neato.
03-19-2018, 05:24
Squeeze

Wow...this is so cool. Nice to see the kids were excited about it. As Ray mentioned, our crap likely won't be that cool in 40 years since things just aren't made like they used to be.
03-19-2018, 07:58
Jeffrey Lebowski

Quote:

Originally Posted by ray1970

Somehow I don’t see stuff from today being very interesting if it were boxed up and dug back out forty years from now.

Times and things were just way cooler back then.

Nice finds.

Depends on what it is. FF from this, everyday 80s stuff is fascinating to me as a child of the decade.

Great find for Mrs bo
03-19-2018, 19:53
theGinsue

Amazing find Lobo. Even more amazing is how good the condition is for the book & contents.

Abot the only thing in my attic is flowers...flowers in the attic.