September 16, 2008

Are you too old to learn? (Feb, 1954)

Filed under: Advertisements — @ 10:25 pm
Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1954
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Yup, that’s it, no further context…

Are you too old to learn?

not at all, new tests show!

9 Comments »

  1. The guy on the left is an old-school Cylon learning new tricks.

    Comment by rev pj — September 17, 2008 @ 7:14 am

  2. i dont get it

    Comment by kar — September 17, 2008 @ 4:24 pm

  3. Heck, I’m trying to read the message that bled through from the back of the page. But I’m too lazy…hoping Charlie will tell us.

    Comment by Rick Auricchio — September 17, 2008 @ 4:43 pm

  4. Placeholder to make a full page without empty spaces?

    Comment by nlpnt — September 17, 2008 @ 6:09 pm

  5. I think it’s an advertisement for a woodworking kit or something? Definitely hard to see exactly. It says:

    How YOU

    SAW
    DRILL
    GRIND
    TURN
    ???

    with SUPERSHOP

    ???? POWER TOOL ???

    http://i8.photobucket.com/albu.....ershop.jpg

    Comment by Anne — September 17, 2008 @ 6:44 pm

  6. Oh, I see now…

    How YOU

    SAW
    DRILL
    GRIND
    TURN
    SAND

    with SUPERSHOP

    5 new(?) POWER TOOLS in 1

    Looks like stuff’s still missing, though. :-)

    Comment by Anne — September 17, 2008 @ 6:53 pm

  7. Unfortunately it’s in one of the 35 boxes of magazines I’m about to ship off to NYC.

    Comment by Charlie — September 17, 2008 @ 9:02 pm

  8. This had my dying with laughter. Very, very odd.

    Comment by Rowan Bulpit — September 23, 2008 @ 5:55 pm

  9. Supershop is still around:

    http://www.smithy.com/products.php?cid=18

    I imagine it’s changed since 1954 . . . .

    Comment by Don — September 24, 2008 @ 5:50 am

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