Comments on: WATER WINGS of PLASTIC http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/11/23/water-wings-of-plastic/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:11:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: KHarn http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/11/23/water-wings-of-plastic/#comment-1047730 KHarn Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:44:42 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/11/23/water-wings-of-plastic/#comment-1047730 Is that Bettie Page in the upper photo on page two? She didn't have her famous bangs untill 1950! Is that Bettie Page in the upper photo on page two? She didn’t have her famous bangs untill 1950!

]]> By: Blurgle http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/11/23/water-wings-of-plastic/#comment-830033 Blurgle Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:58:14 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/11/23/water-wings-of-plastic/#comment-830033 Adam, eye candy doesn't just predate the photograph; it predates modern society. You'll find the equivalent of bathing beauties (and of both sexes) in the ruins of Babylon, Pompeii, and even Cro-magnon caves. To quote Mr. Granger from <i>Are You Being Served</i>, "did you think you invented it?" Adam, eye candy doesn’t just predate the photograph; it predates modern society. You’ll find the equivalent of bathing beauties (and of both sexes) in the ruins of Babylon, Pompeii, and even Cro-magnon caves.

To quote Mr. Granger from Are You Being Served, “did you think you invented it?”

]]> By: Adam Gott http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/11/23/water-wings-of-plastic/#comment-802744 Adam Gott Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:09:58 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/11/23/water-wings-of-plastic/#comment-802744 Ahh, the wonders of plastic and the modern age! I thought 'eye-candy' was a more modern invention though. Ahh, the wonders of plastic and the modern age!

I thought ‘eye-candy’ was a more modern invention though.

]]> By: Githyanki http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/11/23/water-wings-of-plastic/#comment-802217 Githyanki Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:58:14 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/11/23/water-wings-of-plastic/#comment-802217 Mostly looks like a excuse to show scantily clad women. Mostly looks like a excuse to show scantily clad women.

]]> By: Stannous http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/11/23/water-wings-of-plastic/#comment-799101 Stannous Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:54:04 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/11/23/water-wings-of-plastic/#comment-799101 "gayly colored swimming aids" That's a phrase you'd never see today. Sometime in the 1950s or early 60s, the Red Cross Water Safety Instructor and Advanced Swimming Instruction classes changed their instruction to specify that inflatable water toys should never be used by children who have not learned to swim. “gayly colored swimming aids”

That’s a phrase you’d never see today.

Sometime in the 1950s or early 60s, the Red Cross Water Safety Instructor and Advanced Swimming Instruction classes changed their instruction to specify that inflatable water toys should never be used by children who have not learned to swim.

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