Went to a used bookstore today, and they had a shelf full of '60s/'70s/'80s Nat Geo magazines, 50 Cents to $2.50 a pop. Got a few for the old ads & found some nice wagon ads.
I have 3 50's national geographic magazines I have been thinking about taking the ad's out and framing them for the garage. Neat to see the NEW cars for that year.
Wow, never even seen a '50s one before. The oldest I have had my hands on was a 1960. No doubt, I love all those cars & reading these ads. I often find myself asking "Why was I born in 1995 and not 1965?" Haha.
I have Jan.,Feb., March 1950,June 1955,Aug.,Nov.1956 and Jan., Feb 1957! Someone was throwing them out and scored them for free a few years ago.
It would still be 2012 today, and you would just be 30 years older than you are now. Be careful what you wish for.
Meh, I'd still rather be a teen in the '50s or '60s than now, the cars and music where still cool. Not like today.
The past always looks better when you look back at it. You only remember the good parts and forget the bad. I'm sure the teens of the 1950s thought that their era wasn't cool, either. The 1960s were full of social and racial strife, riots, assassinations, and the Vietnam War which was basically tearing the country apart. I doubt many teens of the day thought that they were in a "cool" era.
Depends on what you mean by "involved." No, Canada was not directly involved militarily until 1973, when a small number of Canadian troops went over to help enforce the Paris Peace Accords. However, and that's a big however, Canadian industry profited very well in selling war materiel to the American military, including napalm and Agent Orange. In addition, Canada was the home to those trying to avoid the war. According to Canadian immigration figures, 20,000 to 30,000 Americans went to Canada to avoid the war. The BBC quotes a figure of about 60,000, and other sources put the number as high as 125,000. There's more, but I think the point is made. Canada didn't send ground troops, but it most certainly was involved in the Vietnam War, and it was home to about as much anti-war protesting and unrest on college campuses as was happening in the U.S.
