Gyrfalcon: That's kind of cool. Wonder where it's been all this time?

I have a theory that the act of delivering mail opens a hole in the space-time continuum and occasionally sucks pieces of mail forward in time. Same thing happens with socks in the laundry. That's why you occasionally see one sock on the side of the road.

DownDaRiver: Better article with picture goodness

I want that calender.

\railfan

1950:

House: $14,500
Average income: $3,216
Ford car: $1339-$2262
Philco model 1403 TV: $199
Admiral "home entertainment" TV system: $549.50
12" records: $4.85
10" records: $2.85
Milk: $.82
Gas: $.20
Bread $.14
Postage stamp: $.03
Pumpkins : $.02 cents a lb
Campbell's Pork & Beans - (2) 1 lb. cans: $.25
Sirloin steak: $.77 lb
Kraft Mayonnaise - quart jar: $.62.

Dr.Zom: I have a theory that the act of delivering mail opens a hole in the space-time continuum and occasionally sucks pieces of mail forward in time. Same thing happens with socks in the laundry. That's why you occasionally see one sock on the side of the road.

I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my lifestyle.

The calendar includes a holiday greeting from a railroad executive dated December 1949. Flanagan died of heartbreak that month.

/FTFTFA