Comments on: Mad Men: I don’t get it. http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/mad-men-i-dont-get-it Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:11:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jane http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/mad-men-i-dont-get-it#comment-229354 jane Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:40:03 +0000 #comment-229354 Douglas I loved The Wire. Started earlier this year and was sad to finish all 5 seasons by early summer. I also like Mad Men a lot, and am currently working my way through season 2. Thanks to summer, I'm way behind on my tv watching and podcast listening. Thanks a lot, summer! Douglas I loved The Wire. Started earlier this year and was sad to finish all 5 seasons by early summer. I also like Mad Men a lot, and am currently working my way through season 2.

Thanks to summer, I’m way behind on my tv watching and podcast listening. Thanks a lot, summer!

]]> By: g rote not verified http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/mad-men-i-dont-get-it#comment-229353 g rote not verified Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:39:11 +0000 #comment-229353 I'm currently attending an international business travel expo and a photo from the current flight attendants from Korean Air and/or Air Emirates could be inserted into those pics nood put up and you wouldn't know the difference. It's not a coincidence that I spent a disproportionately large amount of time yesterday checking out their respecive, um, exhibit booths. I’m currently attending an international business travel expo and a photo from the current flight attendants from Korean Air and/or Air Emirates could be inserted into those pics nood put up and you wouldn’t know the difference. It’s not a coincidence that I spent a disproportionately large amount of time yesterday checking out their respecive, um, exhibit booths.

]]> By: g rote not verified http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/mad-men-i-dont-get-it#comment-229352 g rote not verified Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:34:27 +0000 #comment-229352 per Mad Men, mad ave was fueled by booze sex and cigs. I get the feeling that, based on era and energy, the early-daze mpls ad agencies were fueled by white powder per Mad Men, mad ave was fueled by booze sex and cigs. I get the feeling that, based on era and energy, the early-daze mpls ad agencies were fueled by white powder

]]> By: DouglasG http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/mad-men-i-dont-get-it#comment-229314 DouglasG Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:57:03 +0000 #comment-229314 <p>For the record, my dad used to work for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinky_Dinky" target="_blank">Hinky Dinky</a> chain of grocery stores.</p> <p>I'll put "Mad Men" on my netflix queue.  Right now, I'm watching "The Wire" season 3.  I don't mind being behind...</p> For the record, my dad used to work for Hinky Dinky chain of grocery stores.

I’ll put “Mad Men” on my netflix queue.  Right now, I’m watching “The Wire” season 3.  I don’t mind being behind…

]]> By: Bixby http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/mad-men-i-dont-get-it#comment-229308 Bixby Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:57:32 +0000 #comment-229308 KC, you know PR is on the internets for free this season, right? KC, you know PR is on the internets for free this season, right?

]]> By: kc! http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/mad-men-i-dont-get-it#comment-229305 kc! Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:30:44 +0000 #comment-229305 I remember going to my Grandma's house in the 80s and sitting in the basement. It would be filled with smoke because every sibling of my mom's and their spouses smoked except one. Us kids would sit on the floor to escape the smoke. I also remember, more than once, picking up a can of pop or beer and taking a swig to get a mouth full of cigarette buts and ash. Yet somehow I thought smoking was a good idea when I started, at 22. Gah. I miss it though. I remember going to my Grandma’s house in the 80s and sitting in the basement. It would be filled with smoke because every sibling of my mom’s and their spouses smoked except one. Us kids would sit on the floor to escape the smoke.

I also remember, more than once, picking up a can of pop or beer and taking a swig to get a mouth full of cigarette buts and ash. Yet somehow I thought smoking was a good idea when I started, at 22. Gah.

I miss it though.

]]> By: noodleman http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/mad-men-i-dont-get-it#comment-229304 noodleman Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:00:21 +0000 #comment-229304 I grew up in a household where both parents smoked. (Both quit together in the early '60s.) Of the four kids, I was the only who picked up the habit later in life. Well, not a whole lot later, I guess. I reached for a lit cigarette out of an ashtray at age three and took a puff. Mom said I turned a beautiful shade of green. I grew up in a household where both parents smoked. (Both quit together in the early ’60s.) Of the four kids, I was the only who picked up the habit later in life. Well, not a whole lot later, I guess. I reached for a lit cigarette out of an ashtray at age three and took a puff. Mom said I turned a beautiful shade of green.

]]> By: mnblrmkr http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/mad-men-i-dont-get-it#comment-229299 mnblrmkr Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:42:55 +0000 #comment-229299 <p><em>Far more people smoked back then, so stale tobacco odors were everywhere. You'd hardly notice it unless you visited a friend's house that hadn't been aired out in years. Heck, I can recall my parents smoking while shopping at the grocery store in the days when the stores were named Piggly Wiggly or A&P or Country Club.</em></p> <p> </p> <p>Ah, Piggly Wiggly. We also had Red Owl.</p> <p> </p> <p>In the 80s, I helped my dad move a printer at his department's office (a big dot matrix printer, in a sound proof box). When we picked it up, there were countless cigarette butts behind and under it from the secretaries smoke breaks. </p> Far more people smoked back then, so stale tobacco odors were everywhere. You’d hardly notice it unless you visited a friend’s house that hadn’t been aired out in years. Heck, I can recall my parents smoking while shopping at the grocery store in the days when the stores were named Piggly Wiggly or A&P or Country Club.

 

Ah, Piggly Wiggly. We also had Red Owl.

 

In the 80s, I helped my dad move a printer at his department’s office (a big dot matrix printer, in a sound proof box). When we picked it up, there were countless cigarette butts behind and under it from the secretaries smoke breaks. 

]]> By: mnblrmkr http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/mad-men-i-dont-get-it#comment-229298 mnblrmkr Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:36:51 +0000 #comment-229298 <p><em>Hint: for-pay TV shows are often available cheaply on Netflix,</em></p> <p>Well, if you're willing to wait 6 months to a year after the season is over for the dvds to come out.</p> Hint: for-pay TV shows are often available cheaply on Netflix,

Well, if you’re willing to wait 6 months to a year after the season is over for the dvds to come out.

]]> By: Rat http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/mad-men-i-dont-get-it#comment-229296 Rat Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:32:44 +0000 #comment-229296 Are you asking a question, and to who? Are you asking a question, and to who?

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