The Towering Inferno Just re-watched it yet again and was left with a couple of thoughts. 1. They just don't make actors like they use to. What leading mean today could hold their own next to Paul Newman or Steve McQueen. 2. They don't seem to make films anymore with large star studded casts. Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Richard Chamberlain, Jennifer Jones, Robert Vaughn and Robert Wagner all in the same film. 3. Even though I lived through it, every time I watch a film from this era I'm always caught off guard how in love we were with color orange in the 70s. Orange carpet, orange furniture, orange walls, orange drapes... etc.https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241237#msg-1241237Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:29:08 -0400 Phorum 5.2.18 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241568#msg-1241568 Re: Shoot, I remember smoking..https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241568#msg-1241568
Before I quit smoking, I downloaded an app on my phone which was really helpful in my Quit. One of the things it did was it kept a tally of all the money I've saved by not smoking. I don't know how much those cigarettes would cost now but the last time I bought them in 2020 they were $9.12 a pack and I was smoking 1 to 1.5 packs a day. I don't even know where I'd buy Benson & Hedges Menthol 100's now even if I wanted to because they're not sold everywhere. There were only a couple of places in my area where I could buy them and they only stocked them because I bought them, regularly. Anyhow.... even though I stopped smoking 5 years, 9 months and 15 days ago, I still check the app every now and then just to see how much I've saved since I quit. I looked at it just now and the app tells me I've saved a whopping $19,279.82 !!!!!! That's just me, mind you. It doesn't include Frank's savings since he quit. It's scary to think about how much money I spent over 47 years smoking while also allowing it to do horrible things to my health. When we quit, we had plenty of incentive to do so. We didn't use nicotine patches, nicotine gum, vaping, Wellbutrin, etc. or anything. We quit cold turkey and managed to do it on plain ol' will power and desire. Wish I'd been able to do it years ago. Better yet, I wish I'd never started smoking in the first place.]]> MamaRAMa Bucky's PubSun, 24 May 2026 00:21:27 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241564#msg-1241564 Re: Shoot, I remember smoking..https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241564#msg-1241564
When I was kid 40% of the population smoked now its almost down to 10%.]]> SeattleRam Bucky's PubSat, 23 May 2026 22:01:14 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241499#msg-1241499 One thing I'll always remember as a kidhttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241499#msg-1241499
The ground was just littered with cigarette butts and and pull tabs from soda / beer cans

Crazy to think how many people were out there pumping gas with a cigarette hanging out of their mouth]]> IowaRam Bucky's PubFri, 22 May 2026 22:06:07 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241490#msg-1241490 Re: Shoot, I remember smoking..https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241490#msg-1241490
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In airplanes, elevators, pretty much every single entrance/exit that could get you killed lol... Not to mention NFL stars smoking on the sidelines lol

It's funny that you mentioned this because just yesterday Frank and I were in my car talking about the fact that we rarely see people smoking in public anymore. I used to walk by people all the time who'd stepped outside for a smoke break at the grocery store, movie theater, hospital, etc. The smell of stale smoke just hung in the air around any building entrance. That's just not the case anymore. Times have sure changed.

Frank and I both quit smoking on the same day (Aug. 8, 2020) after smoking for 50 yrs. It was one of the hardest and best things I've ever done.]]> MamaRAMa Bucky's PubFri, 22 May 2026 20:25:46 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241487#msg-1241487 Shoot, I remember smoking..https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241487#msg-1241487 sstrams Bucky's PubFri, 22 May 2026 20:01:55 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241359#msg-1241359 We were a green familyhttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241359#msg-1241359
but green , holy crap did we have green.................lol

green shag carpet , those green heavy curtains , the ones that went all the way to the floor , and you had to use the draw string to open them , them things were so thick and heavy , they would have blocked out a nuclear blast right out side your living room

it was all that dark green to , green fridge , green stove , green dishwasher , green stove vent ,

we did have a white kitchen table , but with green chairs , same with the living room table , the table was dark wood and weighed about 2,000 pounds , but the chairs were green.................lol

I can say , we didn't have any wood paneling , our walls were all white , but all the wood was dark brown , dark brown doors and window trim , all the furniture was all dark brown as well

I always got in trouble for leaving the lights on , but you needed all the lights in the house on , just to find your way about]]> IowaRam Bucky's PubThu, 21 May 2026 18:14:19 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241334#msg-1241334 Remember shag carpet and smoking on TV?https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241334#msg-1241334 SeattleRam Bucky's PubThu, 21 May 2026 12:41:02 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241326#msg-1241326 It sure is.. Was it Avocado Green?https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241326#msg-1241326 sstrams Bucky's PubThu, 21 May 2026 11:48:18 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241280#msg-1241280 Man that's hard on the eyeshttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241280#msg-1241280
On a side note in 70s and early 80s all the country sheriff cars in my county were orange. We called them the "pumpkin patrol".]]> SeattleRam Bucky's PubWed, 20 May 2026 23:48:35 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241240#msg-1241240 Green, too..https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241240#msg-1241240
I think they don't do star-studded casts anymore because they all want so much money to be in the film.. They simply can't afford to put them all in.. Last one I remember was Machete.. Everybody was in that film lol.... I'm thinking for an all star cast it would have to be a movie that's SO cool that stars simply WANT to be in it and will take a pay cut for the privilege to be in the film..

[attachment 15328 the-brady-bunchcopy.jpg]]]> sstrams Bucky's PubWed, 20 May 2026 12:48:10 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241237#msg-1241237 The Towering Infernohttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1241237,1241237#msg-1241237
1. They just don't make actors like they use to. What leading mean today could hold their own next to Paul Newman or Steve McQueen.

2. They don't seem to make films anymore with large star studded casts. Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Richard Chamberlain, Jennifer Jones, Robert Vaughn and Robert Wagner all in the same film.

3. Even though I lived through it, every time I watch a film from this era I'm always caught off guard how in love we were with color orange in the 70s. Orange carpet, orange furniture, orange walls, orange drapes... etc.]]> SeattleRam Bucky's PubWed, 20 May 2026 12:15:10 -0400