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A Blast From The Past: 60 Pictures From A Shopping Mall In The Summer Of 1990
Ned Hardy ^ | May 13, 2013

Posted on 05/14/2013 7:50:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

You won't believe how much has changed since then. Notice anything peculiar (other than the fashions) in some of these photos? (Many photos at link)


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; History; Society
KEYWORDS: fashion; history; malls; mullets; smokingiscool
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I only go to the mall when I have to but last time I was at one about 2 months ago there was no one anywhere except the food court, it was a Saturday too. My daughters and I walked around and it was eerie. Not sure how they are keeping the stores open that still are open.


181 posted on 05/14/2013 9:32:08 PM PDT by Tammy8 (~Secure the border and deport all illegals- do it now! ~ Support our Troops!~)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No metal detectors
No TSA at the entrances
No one asking for your papers
No military “guards”
No rationing tickets
No prayer carpets

Whoops! I was comparing it to tomorrow...


182 posted on 05/14/2013 9:32:39 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it)
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To: Viennacon

don’t get me wrong, some malls do very well and have kept themselves from going to hell. some are in obvious decline, and may still be a safe place to shop. some are declining and are getting more danerous to shop at. some are barely hanging on. the mall in my hometown where i went to high school and frequented then, is in decline and not doing well.

some are okay. the ones not on bus lines, have cheap jewelry and hair extension stores, and don’t have movie theaters attached to them, are in general doing better than malls who have one or more of those characteristics i mentioned above.


183 posted on 05/14/2013 9:38:35 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Viennacon

At least the glam bands sounded like they were having fun. Grunge was nothing but endless music-esque bitching and moaning from petulant, drugged-out children. The whole decade was a cultural wasteland, really (with some notable exceptions).

My favorite rock being made now is instrumental. Probably because I grew so tired of listening to narcissistic whining vocals during the 90s.


184 posted on 05/14/2013 9:40:46 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Haven’t seen that many shags since I went to the disco.


185 posted on 05/14/2013 9:42:58 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

I don’t know if you could even call those vocals. To this day, I do not know what the hell Nirvana were singing in Smells Like Teen Spirit.


186 posted on 05/14/2013 9:45:52 PM PDT by Viennacon (h)
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To: Red_Devil 232
There are two kinds of malls in America. The ones where the white people go, and the ones where white people used to go.

(Can't call me racist, I'm quoting Chris Rock.)

187 posted on 05/14/2013 9:52:05 PM PDT by Teacher317 (Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Major differences are (1) nobody walking down the hall on the phone and (2) no big flat-screen monitors.

Other than that, I don't see much difference.

188 posted on 05/14/2013 9:52:29 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Viennacon
To this day, I do not know what the hell Nirvana were singing in Smells Like Teen Spirit.

Unwashed teenagers.

It was "Grunge" after all/s

189 posted on 05/14/2013 9:56:24 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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To: vladimir998

‘’Not a single cell phone in sight’’< How did we ever survive?(sar.) Seriously though, look how much we’ve changed.


190 posted on 05/14/2013 9:56:43 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: fr_freak
One major difference between the heavy metal hair bands and grunge is that the hair bands were unabashedly male (aside from the long hair and makeup).

LOL, reminds me of the classic Beavis and Butthead exchange, while they were watching a Poison video:

Beavis: Whoa these chicks are hot
Butthead: Are these chicks or dudes?
Beavis: Whoa,I don't know
Butthead: Well they better be chicks dammit because they're giving me a woody.

191 posted on 05/14/2013 9:59:07 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Disambiguator; 2ndDivisionVet

So, do ya still remember how to adjust the points on a car, or what the dwell was?


192 posted on 05/14/2013 9:59:58 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: doorgunner69

I wasn’t a mechanic then and I ain’t one now. I don’t even change the oil.


193 posted on 05/14/2013 10:02:11 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's next run. What'll you do?)
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To: stylecouncilor

ping


194 posted on 05/14/2013 10:02:23 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: KC_Lion

We play vinyl records for our grandkids on occasion, and the collection is prominently on view for them, along with the turntable, so I can just imagine them in the future bragging that they know all about them. It’s quite a ritual putting one on and playing it, and they are physically distinctive, so they do make an impression.


195 posted on 05/14/2013 10:03:44 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: doorgunner69

So, do ya still remember how to adjust the points on a car, or what the dwell was?

Where you get da water.


196 posted on 05/14/2013 10:04:41 PM PDT by ThomasThomas (Normal isn't normal anymore.)
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To: Viennacon

All questions are answered in Weird Al’s Smells like Nirvana.


197 posted on 05/14/2013 10:07:40 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: doorgunner69

The dwell was um, ah ... well, I never worried about that. I just replaced the points if my Pinto wouldn’t start.


198 posted on 05/14/2013 10:11:17 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: Disambiguator
Rotary Phones..
Cars with manual shift transmissions with shifters on the steering column....
Stingray bikes with banana seats and sissy bars.. ..


And playing outdoors for hours without Mom worrying what you were doing..

I would HATE to be a kid today having to leave the house with a cell phone
Once I was out of the house I and my friends were FREE to play for hours until the sun started to set.

These kids are chained to Mom's apron strings by that damned doodad...And they don't realize it..
199 posted on 05/14/2013 10:22:25 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

1990 sure isn’t the past!!!


200 posted on 05/14/2013 10:28:27 PM PDT by dalereed
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