1950. Discuss:

[Ptah]

[Kali]

1. I was born the first day of the last month of the 1950s

that is the closest I was.

[Ptah]

4. Me, December 14

[ConcernedCanuk]

8. yunguns! - me, November 7 . .

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[SteveG]

29. Born June 26 that year

One day after N. Korea invaded S.Korea. The first car my Dad owned was a Studebaker, he bought a used on in 1953.

[Archae]

18. I was born a day later!

[marzipanni]

30. Another who slid in (out) before the second half of the 20th century began

me- the 9th.

[ConcernedCanuk]

2. The year I was born!

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to stay on topic

1950 Studebaker

MODIFIED!!

?w=500&h=375

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[Ptah]

5. That scares me!

A 3/4 ton tractor with a supercharger.

[ConcernedCanuk]

7. Actually, they ranged from over one ton to over a ton and a half

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a moderately low weight for cars of it's time.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/1950-1951-studebaker3.htm

OH

notice the size of the slicks on the back??

"get outta my way"!!!!!



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[Taverner]

3. Nice cars, nice clothes (personally, I like the higher waistline for men's clothing)

Shitty attitude towards women and minorities

[Ptah]

6. I grew up on the prairie and the women were as powerful as the men,

Your mileage may vary.

[Taverner]

9. Changes in latitude, changes in attitude...

However, if a strong woman got pregnant on the job, was she fired?

[Ptah]

11. How about we let this thread be friendly.

You are stinking up the joint.

[Taverner]

19. Sure, but dangit you're touchy

[ConcernedCanuk]

10. For the ladies

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[ConcernedCanuk]

12. and I owned something like this way back when . .

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Just noticed

title is "davids first car"

I be David!!

dat's me name

amazing what ya find on the internets . . .

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[Ptah]

13. Oh yeah!

[Rhiannon12866]

15. I think my brother had this one:

[ConcernedCanuk]

14. Toys

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memories

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[pipi_k]

16. Ahhh...1950...

Two years before I was born, so I don't remember much of that year.

Although I do recall the Studebaker. The school nurse (K - grade 2) had one...sort of a very light olive green or gray color.

I love the old cars from that era...actually from the 50s to the mid 70s.

My favorite has always been the Cadillac with the huge tailfins.

[Aristus]

17. A person born in 1950,

would be old enough to drink by the time I was born...

[jakeXT]

20. One year off target

[mia]

21. "Roads to Romance" from the US Auto Industry

Interesting to see how much things have changed in the Miami area.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

22. Hit Parade USA 1950

[RebelOne]

23. I owned one of those.

In fact, my ex-husband and I drove from Miami, FL, to Los Angeles, CA, in it during the late '50s.

[texanwitch]

24. Wasn't born yet.

My big memory of the 50's was starting kindergarten in 1959.

Also it snowed, a big deal for down here.

A lot of snow.

I guess it was time to relax for some people after the 30's and the war.

I am glad I missed it.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

25. I like that car - bizarre but somehow beautiful

I was born in the last part of '49 but I don't remember 1950 at all. My first memories of my dad's 1948 Buick Roadmaster convertible date from when I was about two. It was black, with beautiful red leather seats. He won it in a poker game from an Air Force buddy.

[Brigid]

26. Some idiot bet that in poker game??

He deserved to lose if you ask me. Sharp car!

[AsahinaKimi]

27. My father was fond of this commerical ...

[csziggy]

28. One of our neighbors had a car identical to that one!

Same color and everything. Ii was in primo condition when I graduated from high school in 1970. They bought it new, kept it in their garage and hardly ever drove it.

[madrchsod]

31. my grand father had a chevy "business man" coupe

a huge trunk because it did`t have a back seat. i wish i had that car now!

[ConcernedCanuk]

39. Real name was business coupe, and I owned one

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A 1949 plymouth back in 1980

This is a picture off the web, not the one I owned,

but the same color as the one I bought.



Actually slept in the huge trunk at a Bluegrass Festival up here - (not alone)

Yep - them cars were made for "business"



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[alarimer]

32. I thought everything was in black and white back then.

I didn't know there were colors.

All the pictures of my parents and grandparents were in black and white, so I just assumed life was in black and white.

[ConcernedCanuk]

33. Color was available, but VERY expensive.

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and at that time, much of picture-taking was of ones friends, families, etc.,

and color was not important.

AND

ya gotta know

LIFE

is not black and white

terrible grey shades in there . ..

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[Ptah]

34. My fifties pictures are full of color:

[ConcernedCanuk]

36. Luv them puppies!

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Gonna get me a "momma" dog - 2 -3 year old German Shepherd shortly, - then cross breed her with a Collie after we get used to each other - probably about a year or so.

28 acres at the end of a dead end road, surrounded by thousands of acres of Crown land - they will have plenty of space to play.

I'll keep the puppies - and have a happy gang around me!

Haven't had a dog since I was a kid.

Gonna change that.

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[ConcernedCanuk]

35. Television, photography yes, but brochures were color

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and - from what I have read,

it is usual to dream in color, but about 20% dream black and white.

I dream in color

and unless you are under 12 years old, ya gotta know "life" is not black and white.

There's a lot of grey areas there . . .

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[Sanity Claws]

37. Let's talk about the style of that car

A couple of things stand out.

First, see how the design has the front protruding, sitcking out? Perhaps this is a way of conveying that this car represents progress, forward motion.

Second, look at the front headlights and the middle of the grill. They seem to protrude out further; they kind of look like weaponry, machine guns sticking out of a tank. Then look at the small windows. All of that metal with little windows gives this car a militaristic look.

I see this car as a window into the mindset of 1949-50: faith in progress and the military.

[TrogL]

40. Oh yeah, the old belt around the armpits pants

[pipi_k]

41. hahaha!!

I'm very high-waisted, so that's what my pants look like