Shyra said: TD3 said: Oh, I've never seen this picture, but I love it! Isn't it something that Obama is recognizable by the back of his head! I know. An orger sent me a note about the sax, it's a Grafton Saxphone molded from plastic and gained famed because it's the sax Charlie Parker played through much of his career... til his death. Grafton's were produced for about a decade 1950 cira 1960/62. Because the process of making them was invovled, the only made plastic alto saxphones. It's the first sax I owned, I still own it. | |
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Shyra said: Harlepolis said: 50s
60s 70s 80s 90s Yup! All the above! Oh, I forgot one for the 50's. DRIVE-IN MOVIES! [Edited 4/21/10 16:18pm] Same as above with the following added: 50's: Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, etc., diners 60's: The Beatles, The Stones, all sixties psychedelia + bands 70's: The Jackson Five/The Jacksons, Led Zeppelin, 70's sitcoms 80's: The Breakfast Club, The Brat Pack, Weekend at Bernie's, 80's fashion,cassette tapes, The Simpsons 90's: Free Willy, all movies from the 90's (good soundtracks), Eatons , VHS, pagers , Grunge, the Fresh Prince of Bel-air | |
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What can I say maybe just one big thing from each decade.
00s Lady Gaga 90s Prince 80s Prince 70s Disco 60s Rolling Stones 50s Doo wop 40s Big Band music 30s Cab Calloway 20s Flappers 10s Lenin, cars becoming more common 00s the 1906/1907 Christchurch Exposition, FLORADORA HATS, bicycle and postcard craze. 90s La Belle Epoque, muttonchop sleeves 80s Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria 70s Penny Farthing Bicycles, BUSTLE SKIRTS 60s The Gold Rush in New Zealand, muttonchop sideburns 50s New Zealands, first stamps the Chalon Heads, CRINOLINES 40s (1840s) The Penny Black 6 May 1840, Treaty of Waitangi 6 Feb 1840 30s (1832 reform bill), invention of photography 20s 1829 Catholic Toleration Act and the arrival of the steam train 10s 1815 Battle of Waterloo 00s Invention of steam boats (Robert Fulton in 1807) 1790s Mozart 1780s French Revolution 1770s Captain Cooks voyages 1760s The Golden age of England, tea 1740s The time of Handel, pantaloons, tricorn hats 1660s The Restoration, wigs frock coats 1450 -1550 The Renaissance I will stop there 500 years before everyone else. So what are u going 2 do? R u just gonna sit there and watch? I'm not gonna stop until the war is over. Its gonna take a long time | |
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