Board index › Off Topic Discussion › Random Discussion

First thing that comes to mind when you think of the 40s

Page 4 of 5 [ 75 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5  Next

Previous topic | Next topic

Skilpadde
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 7 Dec 2008
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Posts: 27,019

13 Nov 2018, 9:04 pm

AnonymousAnonymous wrote:
Winston Churchill, who may have unwittingly invented the "peace sign."

The original meaning of the "peace sign" was "victory."
That's a peace sign!? I only know it as meaning victory.


_________________
BOLTZ 17/3 2012 - 12/11 2020
Beautiful, sweet, gentle, playful, loyal
simply the best and one of a kind
love you and miss you, dear boy

Stop the wolf kills! https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeact ... 3091429765


ASPartOfMe
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 25 Aug 2013
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Posts: 39,637
Location: Long Island, New York

14 Nov 2018, 3:26 am

Rosebud



_________________
“Self Acceptance is a process not a performance”
“You are autistic enough. And you always have been”

Professionally Identified and joined WP August 26, 2013
DSM 5: Autism Spectrum Disorder, DSM IV: Aspergers Moderate Severity.


ASPartOfMe
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 25 Aug 2013
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Posts: 39,637
Location: Long Island, New York

04 Dec 2018, 1:48 pm


_________________
“Self Acceptance is a process not a performance”
“You are autistic enough. And you always have been”

Professionally Identified and joined WP August 26, 2013
DSM 5: Autism Spectrum Disorder, DSM IV: Aspergers Moderate Severity.


hannahjrob
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl

Joined: 5 Feb 2016
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Posts: 136

06 Dec 2018, 11:07 pm

World War II and the American Girl doll, Molly. :)



DystopianShadows
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 24 Nov 2018
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Posts: 911
Location: At home, calling the Ghostbusters

06 Dec 2018, 11:56 pm

The bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.


_________________
"When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.
These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives.
All this I cannot bear to witness any longer.
Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home?"


CockneyRebel
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 17 Jul 2004
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Posts: 121,384
Location: In my own little country

07 Dec 2018, 12:09 am

The beginning of the Baby Boom in 1946.


_________________
The Family Schlager


IstominFan
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 25 Nov 2016
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Posts: 11,114
Location: Santa Maria, CA.

07 Dec 2018, 10:27 am

The invasion of Pearl Harbor (77 years ago today)



Dylanperr
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 1 Jan 2018
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,756
Location: Somewhere In A Boreal Forest

22 Jan 2020, 1:42 am

D-Day. June 6, 1944.



Dylanperr
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 1 Jan 2018
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,756
Location: Somewhere In A Boreal Forest

22 Jan 2020, 1:55 am

The United States.



auntblabby
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 12 Feb 2010
Gender: Male
Posts: 115,270
Location: the island of defective toy santas

22 Jan 2020, 2:02 am

the beginnings of high tech



Dylanperr
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 1 Jan 2018
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,756
Location: Somewhere In A Boreal Forest

22 Jan 2020, 2:03 am

auntblabby wrote:
the beginnings of high tech

Such as the Jeep and the Aircraft Carrier.



IsabellaLinton
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 1 Nov 2017
Gender: Female
Posts: 72,433
Location: Chez Quis

22 Jan 2020, 2:05 am

Incredible dresses


_________________
I never give you my number, I only give you my situation.
Beatles


auntblabby
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 12 Feb 2010
Gender: Male
Posts: 115,270
Location: the island of defective toy santas

22 Jan 2020, 2:05 am

Dylanperr wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
the beginnings of high tech

Such as the Jeep and the Aircraft Carrier.

and digital computers and transistors



Dylanperr
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 1 Jan 2018
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,756
Location: Somewhere In A Boreal Forest

22 Jan 2020, 2:19 am

auntblabby wrote:
Dylanperr wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
the beginnings of high tech

Such as the Jeep and the Aircraft Carrier.

and digital computers and transistors

How about radar.



auntblabby
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 12 Feb 2010
Gender: Male
Posts: 115,270
Location: the island of defective toy santas

22 Jan 2020, 2:34 am

and the first use of remote video in military aircraft



EzraS
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 24 Sep 2013
Gender: Male
Posts: 27,828
Location: Twin Peaks

22 Jan 2020, 3:14 am

The clothes and the cars of that era.