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I never tried Columbia House even though we got thousands of ads from them in the mail over the years.
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So true. In the 80's malls ruled and kids/teens weren't yet seen as pests to be removed. Then they removed us or attempted to and realized we were what drove all the traffic. Jacked up rents attempting to drive out video game dens, spencer's gifts and other teen targeted only drove out the random stationary store, furniture stores, gift shops and pretty much anything useful but only if you got enough traffic. My home mall went from somewhere I loved to hang out at because it had all the stores to a mini import center from all things asian/chinese. Look I only need one wooden dragon carving to go with my samurai swords. After that I'm full up.Nothing can ever replicate what it was like shopping at malls in the 1980s. Even by the early 90s it had changed. The mall I grew up with had already remodeled and gotten rid of the tiled pools with waterfalls where people dropped their change into. It didn't have that chlorinated pool smell anymore. It was pretty much dead when I moved to where I am now. This was 2001. It was demolished a couple years later. In its place is an outlet mall with only the Target as the only reminder the mall was there.
I never tried Columbia House even though we got thousands of ads from them in the mail over the years.
In college the guys next door joined those clubs under a bunch of false names and never purchased the required additional cds. The sold most of the cds as I recall and seemed pretty flush with cash until the police showed up. Oddly that year a lot of police showed up taking people away. My roommate being one of them. Man people were dumbasses.
They got cute with it and signed up under 20 names or something like that.I guess technically that's mail fraud, a federal offernse in the States. I'd never heard of anyone getting busted on it regarding Columbia House though
WAT.What made me feel positively ancient was when someone was talking about "that really old Star Trek movie with Khan."
They were talking about Star Trek: Into Darkness.
Pretty certain Peter was actually trolling Tony with that one."Hey guys, did you ever see the really old movie, the Empire Strikes Back?"
Peter Parker
The only things I actually remember about this show are the wave motion gun, and I think there was maybe a guy with a big beard? But I remember that my brother and I loved it so much we would get up at 6 am on Saturdays to watch it.
If it's techno medieval soundtrack you crave, here's another one from the 80s...
I've seen it too, but I'm not real. I'm just a voice on the internet, potentially either a dog or an AI gathering intelligence for a takeover attempt.I remember that one. I used to really like it. But I think my affection for it was entirely due to it being the only thing on TV that was remotely watchable when I would catch it. I seem to recall it airing on the Family Channel at irregular times.
Sounds legit.I've seen it too, but I'm not real. I'm just a voice on the internet, potentially either a dog or an AI gathering intelligence for a takeover attempt.
Well thats depressing
Way to make me fee one foot in the grave. All of those things are
The bucket lift has aged well.Way to make me fee one foot in the grave. All of those things are
Not so much on signs though. They are all electronic now.The bucket lift has aged well.
I've heard that for many of my generation the mall was some of their first tastes of independence.
I've seen this image quite a bit from some of my Atlanta friends. It's apparently for a show being filmed called Secret Headquarters.
Ah, I was in that area a few weeks ago and wondered what they were filming. Nice to see Gwinnett Place finding a new purpose as a film set. Its days as a mall seem to be over. I think the current anchor stores are plugging along and are best entered from the exterior doors. The last time I was inside the mall the food court was completely vacant and aside from the anchors, there wasn't much in the way of shops. The only thing I can remember being open from inside the mall were two barbershops that were across from each other. It was depressing to see. I can remember a time when it was a bustling and busy mall.I've seen this image quite a bit from some of my Atlanta friends. It's apparently for a show being filmed called Secret Headquarters.