[Esteban]

My new chair came in today, see the “last items you bought” thread, it feels so good I think I’m just gonna sit here all night. Wake me in the morning.

[Boomer 2019]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

I switched to InvisiGlass a few years ago.

The other issue is that the inks they used to use on newspaper that made it such a great glass tool, have been replaced with something more eco-friendly : (

whippersnappers

Ahh... the good old days. Cars did not come with defrosters. On a possibly rainy day you did not leave home without the newspaper. No, not to read you whippersnappers. You crunched a sheet up and defrosted your windows with it. It was magical. Dad and mom frantically wiped the windshield, tossed the used sheets into the back seat at the kids, and grabbed another one. Rinse and repeat. The kids were responsible for the rear window. Ahh... the bonding.

[dscabra]

Glass cleaner:

Cleaning Solution Batches:
Small
4 cups water
½ cup of white distilled vinegar
1 tsp. of detergent
Medium
6 cups water
¾ cup of white distilled vinegar
1 ½ tsp. of detergent
Large
12 cups water
1.5 cups of white distilled vinegar
3 tsp. of detergent

[MADBMWX5MC]

If you know and have used a P-38 Can Opener on a C-Rat...you have been around the block a few times...

[dscabra]

Originally Posted by MADBMWX5MC

If you know and have used a P-38 Can Opener on a C-Rat...you have been around the block a few times...

Green eggs and ham.

[Boomer 2019]

Originally Posted by MADBMWX5MC

If you know and have used a P-38 Can Opener on a C-Rat...you have been around the block a few times...

Roger that. They were not just for ground pounders you know.

[MADBMWX5MC]

Originally Posted by Boomer 2019

Roger that. They were not just for ground pounders you know.

Agree! I was a Mud Puppy for 30 yrs. Who remembers the T-Rations too?! I was introduced to them during the Gulf War way back then...

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by MADBMWX5MC

If you know and have used a P-38 Can Opener on a C-Rat...you have been around the block a few times...

Part of your key ring.

[dscabra]

Originally Posted by MADBMWX5MC

Agree! I was a Mud Puppy for 30 yrs. Who remembers the T-Rations too?! I was introduced to them during the Gulf War way back then...

And K-rations made a decent hot breakfast in the field.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by dscabra

And K-rations made a decent hot breakfast in the field.

I know it's weird, but one of my fondest memories of military life was eating a warm breakfast in the field (scrambled eggs, hash browns, chipped beef, etc) and then enjoying a cigarette. Can't stand cigarettes now, but back then after breakfast in the field they were perfect.

[3798j]

I can't recall how many cigarettes were in the pack...was it 4?

[MADBMWX5MC]

^Ha, before my time since I joined in the mid-80s, but research online says they had 4 per small pack (Lucky Strike?).

[dscabra]

Originally Posted by MADBMWX5MC

^Ha, before my time since I joined in the mid-80s, but research online says they had 4 per small pack (Lucky Strike?).

I don't smoke, so they were great for trading for other stuff.

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by Esteban

My new chair came in today, see the “last items you bought” thread, it feels so good I think I’m just gonna sit here all night. Wake me in the morning.

After having to sleep in mine for SIX WEEKS after rotator-cuff surgery, I didn't want to sit in the chair ever again! Then a about two weeks after getting back into bed, I was back in the chair for a week or so after a CABG surgery! We got memory foam and the "thigh" part of the chair had the foam bunch up, making "closing" the chair impossible. I had to rip out the backing and pull the foam out. I still need to try and find someone to fix it. We only had the chair about 5 years when this happened. I've since sworn-off La-Z-Boy.

[sygazelle]

You know you're old and lucky when you used to roll like this!

Bench seats, stick shift, cute girl, short skirt....perfect!

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

After having to sleep in mine for SIX WEEKS after rotator-cuff surgery, I didn't want to sit in the chair ever again! Then an about two weeks after getting back into bed, I was back in the chair for a week or so after a CABG surgery! We got memory foam and the "thigh" part of the chair had the foam bunch up, making "closing" the chair impossible. I had to rip out the backing and pull the foam out. I still need to try and find someone to fix it. We only had the chair about 5 years when this happened. I've since sworn-off La-Z-Boy.

Sorry you didn't have good luck with your La-Z-Boy. Mine is perfect, so far. TBH, I think it'll stay that way. Will report back in a month or so if I have any issues.

[tturedraider]

Originally Posted by Esteban

My new chair came in today, see the “last items you bought” thread, it feels so good I think I’m just gonna sit here all night. Wake me in the morning.

That chair looks very much like my La-Z-Boy I’ve had for at least 15 years. As you can see it could use some Woolite upholstery cleaner. I didn’t show it, ‘cause it’s pretty ratty, but I do use a small pillow in the small of my back. It reclines almost 180 degrees flat and I sleep in it fairly often.

I don’t like overstuffed arms and it looks like maybe you don’t either. Even 15 years ago it was hard to find arms that weren’t overstuffed and I shopped really hard to find a recliner without them. It looks like your recliner doesn’t have them either.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by tturedraider

That chair looks very much like my La-Z-Boy I’ve had for at least 15 years. As you can see it could use some Woolite upholstery cleaner. I didn’t show it, ‘cause it’s pretty ratty, but I do use a small pillow in the small of my back. It reclines almost 180 degrees flat and I sleep in it fairly often.

I don’t like overstuffed arms and it looks like maybe you don’t either. Even 15 years ago it was hard to find arms that weren’t overstuffed and I shopped really hard to find a recliner without them. It looks like your recliner doesn’t have them either.

What mine has that I really like is the adjustable lumbar support, it looks like your chair doesn't have it. Check out my pic in the "last items you bought" thread. But it's not just the lumbar, this chair, after sitting in around fifty other chairs at several different stores (and most chairs I didn't sit in because I knew they weren't for me), fits me perfect in every way. Completely happy, and I'm VERY picky.

[tturedraider]

Originally Posted by Esteban

What mine has that I really like is the adjustable lumbar support, it looks like your chair doesn't have it. Check out my pic in the "last items you bought" thread. But it's not just the lumbar, this chair, after sitting in around fifty other chairs at several different stores (and most chairs I didn't sit in because I knew they weren't for me), fits me perfect in every way. Completely happy, and I'm VERY picky.

That’s really cool!! Yeah, my chair doesn’t have lumbar support. I would love to have that!! Those things weren’t really a thing yet, 15 years ago. I saw your chair and thought it looked quite a bit like mine. I couldn’t tell for sure about the arms, but they didn’t look super overstuffed and that’s what caught my eye. I am very picky, too!!!

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by tturedraider

That’s really cool!! Yeah, my chair doesn’t have lumbar support. I would love to have that!! Those things weren’t really a thing yet, 15 years ago. I saw your chair and thought it looked quite a bit like mine. I couldn’t tell for sure about the arms, but they didn’t look super overstuffed and that’s what caught my eye. I am very picky, too!!!

15 years is a good amount of time. Glad you’re still enjoying yours. Hope to say the same thing, if I live that long. LOL

And yeah, the arms aren’t overstuffed; they’re quite firm actually, and that’s just the way I like them.

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by MADBMWX5MC

If you know and have used a P-38 Can Opener on a C-Rat...you have been around the block a few times...

Originally Posted by dscabra

Green eggs and ham.

Originally Posted by Boomer 2019

Roger that. They were not just for ground pounders you know.

Lived on C-Rations for most of my 12 months in Vietnam. Maybe survived on C-Rations is more accurate. I weighed 122 lbs. when I got home, and I'm 5' 10" in my bare feet.

The ham & Lima beans were the worst of the group. The Lima beans were stringy. We usually fed it to the nearest dog. Our nickname for Ham & Lima beans was, "Ham & Motherfuckers."

Some of the other meals weren't too bad if you had a way of heating them up, particularly the spaghetti. The peanut butter was a bit weird as the oil separated from the peanut paste. Difficult to stir back together. At least the included 4 cigarettes were okay. The included toilet paper was more like newspaper, but without the news. Somewhere in the case you could find a few P-38's.

[vreihen16]

...when you're not watching the Superbowl because it's on too late.....