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DanHolohan
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how the Dead Men put their focus on the benefits a product had to offer, rather than its technical features.
And thanks to Alex Marx for hooking me up with Acrobat. Whole new world opening up here, pal. Thanks.
And thanks to Alex Marx for hooking me up with Acrobat. Whole new world opening up here, pal. Thanks.
Retired and loving it.
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A different time
The Good Wife. Show this to yours and see what she has to say about it. ;-)Retired and loving it.0 -
Clanggggggggkkkkkkkkkkkk!
That was the frying pan just hitting my head, if I did that (and I do the cooking)!0 -
Is this one for real?
Even for 1955, it seems over the top. Ozzie and Harriet anyone?....no, not Osborne.0 -
Straight
out of the magazine.Retired and loving it.0 -
obviously written by a man
I guess thats why they called them the good ole days.
Scott
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The Mafia Wife
Reminds me of a scene from Goodfella's.
"Your father hasn't been able to digest a decent meal in six weeks!!"0 -
It was in
a women's magazine.Retired and loving it.0 -
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Isn't that
neat?Retired and loving it.0 -
And how about
this one?Retired and loving it.0 -
I will read these to my wife
While she sleeps, give me a week or so and I'll let you know how it works!!
Murph'0 -
Dan, I think I have that very catalog
shown in the ad! Mine dates from around 1945 or 1947 or so.
For those who missed a post I made containing some old ads, go here:
http://forums.invision.net/Thread.cfm?CFApp=2&Thread_ID=9780&mc=8
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Towson, MD, USA
Steam, Vapor & Hot-Water Heating Specialists
Oil & Gas Burner Service
Consulting0 -
Allright Guys
being from gas country I can't begin to fathom what an "oilmaticion" might be! What a great word. Can any of you say you are true oilmaticians?? My guess is more than a few.0 -
the good wife
I think if I showed that article to my wife, I might become one of the Dead Men.0 -
and even today
I'm pretty sure there are places in the world where this "laundry list" of wifely behavior would be thought of as proper, correct and even a bit liberal... but certainly not where I live!0 -
My Linda
who works 50 hours a week, travels about a month each year (in Atlanta for three days) still cooks and even leaves me dinners for each night and lunches for work each day.
I will NEVER show her that picture. :-))0 -
Good wife.
What a gem Dan. I took a copy home at lunch time today & stuck it up on the Kitchen cabinet door, my good lady & I had a great laugh.
She assures me she will try her best to comply !!
No only joking. My darling is like most young ladies today works full time, keeps our home & does all the other 101 things - she is wonderfull. The kids & I love her loads.
Thanks Dan & I hope there is no copy right problems with the above ?
Kind regards.
Jimmy Gillies Scotland.0 -
Personally,
I always ask my wife to wear her high heels whenever she's near the stove - just like the picture.
Not.
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The nail polish
on the right thumb's a dead give-a-way. The tie's a close second.
The guy just came back from San Francisco and got married...
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Bogus Article
Dan,
While "The Good Wife's Guide" is humorous, I think it is a forgery. Try to find any reference to the magazine "Housekeeping Monthly" other than May 1955. I bet the magazine never existed.
The article starts out plausible enough, but by the time you get to "Don't complain if he's late home for dinner or even if he stays out all night" it's pretty clear that nobody would write that even in 1955.
The article is mentioned on Snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/language/document/goodwife.htm
It's still good for a laugh, but there are people out there who use this article to show how terribly oppresive men were in the past. Maybe true, but it's annoying when an article of questionable origin is used as a proof text for something.
Having said all that, I'm still going to show my wife the article and we'll have a good laugh. :^)
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probably written by a man. Don;t think women were allowed to work or vote then... lol.
enjoyed this.. thanks Dan!
EIN
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Oh,
well.Retired and loving it.0 -
Oilmatician
Must be some ancestor of Eatherton's that came up with that word.
Happy hydronicing!!0 -
Hey!!!
I resemble that remark:-)
Mark Eatherton
Master Hydronician...0 -
oil-o-matic ad
I've always said coal heat was spasmatic myself.0 -
Dan
Sweet Carol wants to know if you have shown that to the Lovely Marianne yet.
(After I showed it to SC, the doctor said I should heal nicely and the scars won't show...much.) Ya know, redheads ought to come with warning labels!
Tom Meyer
Senior Designer/Trainer
Precision Hydronics Corp
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Dan - delete
Please delete this second copy. FAT FINGERS! Sorry.0 -
My confidence is shaken
How do we know the oil burner ad isn't a fabrication too. "Oilmatician" is a dead give away.0 -
Moved to Peoria, Illinois...
I couldn't find them in the phone book anymore, but they were an old company that had gone through many changes. They were, last time I saw them, a contracting business doing residential and light commercial work. They had last built furnaces and other components in the 50's and 60's. The midwest isn't oil country anymore but until the 60's oil was a big player in the market. I can't confirm the ad but it certainly has reference to a company I recall existing into the 80's. Art0 -
seems no one has noticed...
...In the original post, the woman who is burdened by the consequences of coal heat is not so much the wife as the (black) maid who must scrub the walls. Nice of them to be so concerned about her.0 -
I'm an \"Oilmatician\" in training,
as I don't have the oil experience that many here and Oil Tech Talk have, I am getting more experienced on the few Northern Illinois Oil burners still around that I work on.0 -
Good Housekeeping
I'd be surprised if the Wifely Guide is bogus. It begs some research
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