Comments by "Bo McGillacutty" (@Mrbfgray) on "Construction Of New Texaco Station (1953)" video.

  1. NO you wouldn't! Not if you experienced a month in that world, wasn't so great.
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  2. ​ @SVT40AK47  The "Good ol' Days" are when we were young and we remember fondly times that we were not always fond of back in the day. Remember Love Canal? It wasn't a one off it was symbolic of general industrial toxicity across the land. Our rivers were so laden with waste they caught on fire. Every car emitted gaging fumes, city smog was thick and brown, it burned your eyes and throat and stunk the high hell outdoors and inside. You couldn't escape it. Don't even think about being born gay, there would be no place for you in society and a woman must get married or be sad and poor. Blacks were still regarded as stray dogs. Don't openly question toxic Christianity or the existence of god or you'd be run out of town--career ruined, ostracized without a friend. Cars were dangerous slow crude contraptions with wheels only aproximately associated with the frame, brakes that only sort of worked, don't try to turn hard bc they couldn't...as poor as they performed they also got 8/12 mpg. They were wore out by 100k miles, you could rebuild the crappy inefficient engine but the interior was a mess too, uncomfortable since new the seats would be nothing but springs with shreds of fabric by then, headliner hanging, nobs and controls broken and missing. The body would be rusted out and falling apart. You had to do few hrs maintenance every month, points, plugs, check oil at every fuel stop and add as necessary, that nasty black puddle on your driveway didn't come for free. Bias tires were done for in 8 to 15k miles, they handled and rode like hell and would acquire flat spots after parking for a day. Radials didn't exist. Don't dream of flying anywhere you wouldn't be able to afford the ticket and of course it was 1000X more dangerous. Homes were small with thin uninsulated walls and only a few crude energy hungry appliances, a tiny TV that barely produced a visible picture, only if you were well off. And it would need frequent repairs as vacuum tubes often failed. Violent crime was 2 to 3X what it's been in recent decades in part due to blood lead levels 10X higher from leaded gasoline.
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  3.  @SVT40AK47  Interesting reminder. I don't know how any of that counters anything I mentioned. Enlightenment? Get a grip dude.
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  4.  @SVT40AK47  I'm financially independent, reasonably wealthy tho I don't much live like it except I'm free to reduce my business hrs or retire early if I want...freer in general. I grew up in increasing prosperity as well, parents started 'poor' and created modest wealth over decades. Your presumptions are asinine and sound like you are projecting your own life on to me. As far as different life styles, I could tell you about living in a cabin in Alaska, SO WHAT? It represents a tiny minority just as your background does. I was referring to the common state of mid-class 1950's American life style, not my time or station. You sound like you have serious unaddressed personal issues. Sorry you are misreble, not my fault.
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