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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Good Housekeeping had a small panty ad in the back where you could catch a hint of bush. I beat my meat like it owed me money.

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Department store. They had a shopping catalogue and sometimes that was all a man had access to in the before-times.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sears catalog was basically Amazon back in the day.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Couldn't beat their prices on submachine guns either.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 14 hours ago

Wow I have zero idea they did that too. Wild.

[–] SupremeDonut@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Is Craftsman really dead though? The quality doesn't seem to have gotten any worse after Black & Decker acquired them.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

At Lowe's, Craftsman is bottom of the barrel for power tools we sell.

[–] SupremeDonut@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

My info's outdated lol. I know their wrenches sucked when I worked with em about seven years ago

I'm aware, as a child of the 80's. Just being stoopid.

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In my home town the older kids had a hang out in the woods. Dirty mags everywhere. No idea where they got them. But my friends and I made sure to sneak some when we got the chance

[–] Kaput@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Small woods and back alleys used to be where porn magazines were past on to the next generation.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

How about Fredrick's of Hollywood?

[–] FoolishObserver@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

Now will you unhook this already, please? I don't deserve this kind of shabby treatment!!

https://youtu.be/CRj61dcvmuU

[–] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

But that's the opposite order in which my generation experienced it.

[–] jef@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Were loosing one handed fighters :-(

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 20 points 3 days ago

It depicts how much skill (imagination) it requires

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 days ago

I didn't know I could lose stat points without a re-roll.

[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Oh I remember this. Turns out it was Maggie who shot Mr. Burns