Subj : Re: 1970's
To   : JOE MACKEY
From : Dennisk
Date : Tue May 05 2020 09:35:00

-=> JOE MACKEY wrote to BORAX MAN <=-

 JM>   Borax wrote --

 > I quite like the aesthetics of the 70s.  Perhaps because I grew up in a
house

 JM> which had a lot of older stuff, and people still dressing in that style
 JM> in the early 80s.

 JM>   I remember those days and get a chuckle out of what we thought was
 JM> cutting edge in style.  Orange everything.  (At least it wasn't avocado
 JM> everything
 JM> such as kitchen appliances in the '60s).
 JM>   Shag carpet you could  never get clean, needed a special rake device
 JM> on the vacuum hose.
 JM>   I think the clothing styles of the mid '80s to the later '90s were
 JM> really nice.

 > Interesting, there is no real distinct look or aesthetic today.  Houses are
 JM> minimalist white and dress sense doesn't appear to be all that
 JM> stylistic.

 JM>    Concur.
 JM>    I like a place that is comfy not something where one is expecting
 JM> Home and Gardens to do a photo shoot any minute.  Everything is so
 JM> sterile looking.
 JM>    Don't recognise you.  Welcome to Memories.
 JM>    Joe Mackey, Mod
 JM>    Huntington, WV
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Thank you.  I was Borax Man, but I'm using my actual name now that I've been
informed that it is a requirement.  I am somewhat new here.  Although I did use
BBS's in the mid 90s, I never used this service for reasons I can't remember.

My theory is that the 'sterile look' is due to a desire to keep things as clean
looking as possible, and perhaps it is due to advertising which preferred such
settings to showcase products.  I prefer texture and detail to break things up
and remove solid blocks of monochrome from the field of vision.  And if that
means things are a little harder to clean, its is a price well worth paying.

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