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A really cool classic toy from the 60s produced by Marx Toys. Garloo was a very large battery operated that retailed for a whopping $17.98 in 1961! That was a ton of money! You can steer Garloo with the little steering wheel on the remote control on his battery box, move him forward or backward, open or close his arms and make him bend over to pic up objects. Marx also put out a 3 inch metal and plastic wind-up called Son of Garloo.
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marx
vintage
garloo
classic
60s
Added: 20th August 2007
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Posted By: dezurtdude |
 
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Exciting new technology for 1955, I don't think there could have been much channel hopping then.
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zenith
flashmatic
tv
remote
control
Added: 22nd October 2007
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Posted By: Tony |
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The Great Depression did not produce many happy stories, but the birth of the Dionne quintuplets near remote Callander, Ontario, Canada in 1934 was at least outwardly a feel-good news item of the decade. Five identical girls were born to Elzire Dionne on May 28, 1934. They were attended to by a country doctor, Roy Allan Dafoe. Never before had quintuplets survived infancy. The story turned sour when the quints were made wards of the Ontario government because of the financial straits of the Dionne family and other concerns. The provincial government built Quintland, a tourist attraction where the girls were put on public display for the numerous visitors who travelled the Trans-Canada Highway to northern Ontario to see them. Quintland served as a home for the girls who were cared for by nurses, as well as a museum and viewing area for the tourists. Eventually some three million tourists came to Quintland--as many as 6,000 each day at its peak. (There was no admission charge to see the quints, but the region reaped millions of dollars in revenues from hotels, restaurants, etc.) At one point, the quints were Canada's top tourist attraction, surpassing Niagara Falls. The quints were isolated from the outside world and even from their parents and other siblings. The Dionne parents staged years of legal challenges to regain custody of their estranged daughters. They finally succeeded in 1943. The three surviving quints were awarded a large cash settlement in the late 1990s by the Ontario government. Only two of the girls survive today.
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Added: 4th May 2008
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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remember those old keys u had to open cans with? WHAT A PAIN!! (and thank goodness for remote controls!! LOL)
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vintage
ad
Sanka
Added: 1st July 2008
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Posted By: Teresa |
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This is clipped from Trial by Fire: A Carrier Burns, a 1973 film produced by the United States Navy about the devastating 1967 fire aboard USS Forrestal off the coast of Vietnam. The film is unique in that it was produced from actual footage of the fire and emergency response efforts, both successful and unsuccessful, taken by on board cameras. Due to the first bomb blast killing nearly all of the specially trained firefighters on the ship, the remaining crew, who had no formal firefighting training, had to improvise. Though there were many firefighting tools available on the Forrestal, including emergency respirators, the general crew was not trained in their use and so were unable to use them correctly. In response to this tragedy, recommendations made were: development of a remote-control fire-fighting system for the flight deck, development of more stable ordnance, improvement in survival equipment, and increased training in emergency response and fire survival. This film has been used to teach new recruits firefighting and emergency response lessons learned in the mishap.
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USS
Forrestal
Burns
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29
69
emergency
response
first
responder
hazwoper
OSHA
EPA
FEMA
hazmat
jet
fuel
fire
NIEHS
incident
command
training
safety
Forrestal
hazardous
material
Added: 29th July 2008
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Posted By: Old Fart |
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Earlier tonight Steve commented on the craziness of soccer fans. Here's a clip from Moscow that proves it. A riot breaks out at a stadium where there's no game taking place! The supporters are watching a match on television!
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soccer
riot
Moscow
Added: 8th September 2008
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