Submitted by Woodrow268 t3_117g4k6 in OldSchoolCool
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Donut_Whole t1_j9c9qd7 wrote
I was fresh out of college at a pet food QA lab in the ‘90s and they had a calendar on the wall of a topless Pamela Anderson.
BuyNo4013 t1_j9cozbr wrote
I inherited a locker in the Army which was tapestried with centerfolds. I was NOT allowed to take them off and was the only guy allowed to keep centerfolds “officially” and not need to take them down at any time - the others tried and every now and then they had to take them off. My locker was considered art.
When starting work, teams were working in either 4 or 5 shifts, 24/7, and women were not allowed by law to do night shifts in production. The team rooms had centerfolds, sexy post cards were sent from vacation and pinned for years to the pin-boards. Newspapers had a naked babe on the first page and on page three, later just on page three. And everything unmanly or team-averse was ogled and loudly condemned as first warning, called “gay” on second warning, while third warning could be up to physical confrontation.
There was no shop, wherever you went, changing tires, repairing electronics, where there was not at least a calendar with nude babes. Bosses had the Pirelli Calendar on the walls behind them, just above the pictures of wives and kids sometimes 😊.
Lady customers , lady employees were supposed to not take any offense. Sincerely so. It was inconceivable in the 1980s, after all what everybody had done in the 1970s to be offended by nude pics.
Ladies were in majority topless on the beach, mid 1980s mostly in thongs (thongs are back, but topless is as rare as in the early 1970s late 1960s). I had girlfriends, who did not even pack a top when going to vacation.
Unthinkable today.
LukashCartoon t1_j9ea6yv wrote
You must be European. By the late 70s early 80s topless women were considered tasteless in places of business. Hell, it was rare that college dorms had any pin ups.
muadib1974 t1_j9eat5y wrote
Not sure where in the U.S you grew up, but I grew up in California, and nudies and babe calendars were absolutely ubiquitous in repair shops and such, well into the eighties.
LukashCartoon t1_j9ebjex wrote
Midwest. In the 70s they were plentiful, but by early 80s, Right Wing Christians and Left Wing Feminists had began discouraging it.
zooterlooter t1_j9eoqtt wrote
Absolutely, right into the 90s.
Donut_Whole t1_j9foxaw wrote
US Midwest - Iams in the mid-90s
FartAttack911 t1_j9gwgc7 wrote
Well into the 90s in nor cal lol
BuyNo4013 t1_j9eczh7 wrote
Indeed, from Germany
VG88 t1_j9fddm5 wrote
Sounds nice, lol
FartAttack911 t1_j9gwbc7 wrote
Growing up in the early 90s, our local mechanic shops mostly still all had naked lady posters on full display hahaha
AbbreviationsFun4560 t1_j9fatlq wrote
So, they told you that you worked in a research lab?Hate to break it to you but, you worked in an adult bookstore….now tell your mom the truth
malcontented t1_j9ht6sk wrote
Ha. Yeh I suppose. The PI was a world famous genius but he was a bit of a perve too
treknaut t1_j9bht3n wrote
Victoria Lynn Johnson, RIP
BuyNo4013 t1_j9cnjtz wrote
You can read minds, Sir!
Fisk75 t1_j9cnk2t wrote
You are a saint, thank you
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Saltriverjohnny t1_jadk92d wrote
Good gracious, what issue of Penthouse had that poster in it?
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…for science, of course.
muadib1974 t1_j9eaw95 wrote
I'd still shag her today.
captain_obvious_ly t1_j9bg5q9 wrote
The least they could do is give that poor woman some PPE, that bush is a major fire hazard.
Woodrow268 OP t1_j9bghk5 wrote
I just showed my dad this comment, he is laughing so hard right now. Thanks for that!
AlexanderNotLuthor t1_j9cggj6 wrote
Ah, the bush. Nature's panties
Myrtlized t1_j9cfo0v wrote
I had that poster on the wall in a welding shop in Paramount, California in 1978. The way the sun lights up her pubes is really remarkable.
zooterlooter t1_j9eotdg wrote
LOL
stawigga_da_pigga t1_j9bzesl wrote
Welding with Lenny & Squiggy? Is this some Milwaukee brewery? :)
damageinc86 t1_j9echv0 wrote
I loved that show.
StumpGrnder t1_j9etn2t wrote
Dead ringers
ElectricMan324 t1_j9ccs0a wrote
I worked in a very old manufacturing plant, and as an engineer sometimes had to cover for night supervisors when they were on vacation. This was in the mid to late 90s.
One night I had to find an electrician, and went into one of the remote locker rooms to find him.
The entire room - walls, lockers, door, and even the ceiling, were covered with centerfolds. Even the tables had them glued to it. I was both shocked and impressed at the amount of work that took.
Even then that was not okay, but I wasnt going to be the one to point it out (and get the union guys mad at me). The place went out of business and was torn down years ago.
Funny what we used to think as normal.
boddah87 t1_j9bxl56 wrote
Stelco or Dofasco? My dad was a Stelco man but my uncles worked at Dofasco.
Woodrow268 OP t1_j9c1oi1 wrote
Stelco!!
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AnarchoSyndica1ist t1_j9c9x2e wrote
Kate Bush?
thetoffees t1_j9ciyho wrote
Runnin up that mound?
katycake t1_j9e2vy7 wrote
BaBUSHka.
StumpGrnder t1_j9etpio wrote
Debra Hairy
Interesting_Act1286 t1_j9cidpg wrote
We had centerfolds taped to the inside lid of our lock box at work in the 90's. Hired a female apprentice, they were gone in a week. Then she got her own outhouse, with a lock.
Chad_Hooper t1_j9dt9y0 wrote
I managed to follow my dad into a couple of gas station’s garages in the’70s. They all had calendars of topless girls on the wall.
PolishYinzer t1_j9e87wc wrote
Ahh back when men weren't confused about their gender good times
dpdxguy t1_j9c899u wrote
Reminds me of the mid-70s high school job I had at a friend's dad's tire recap factory. There was a Playboy centerfold prominently displayed in the bathroom. Never happen today
IcedTman t1_j9deo7e wrote
The good ole days
mycatsnameisjanet t1_j9dyiyx wrote
I seem to be alone in saying that does NOT look like a bush.
Bobbi1234561 t1_j9eemkv wrote
I would have never thought "bush" until reading the comments. It definitely looks thick to me, but not like a thick "bush". I guess people know who the model is and that's how they know what it actually is. I thought the pin-up was just someone everyone could enjoy looking at, no matter your inclinations.
akcattleco t1_j9c0fuk wrote
I don't see him!!
maddhatter783 t1_j9d0uha wrote
Doesn't she know the windows wide open
GimmeCandy1 t1_j9d9jgl wrote
Nice pinup 😏
bearbutts11 t1_j9cqt2t wrote
It's so weird to have pictures of naked women on your wall.
AudieHolland t1_j9ct10y wrote
You're allowed to have posters of naked dudes if you prefer.
zooterlooter t1_j9eovlg wrote
It's super weird to be uncomfortable about naked humans.
bearbutts11 t1_j9fgq79 wrote
I'm not? I just think it's weird to have them plastered on your walls but to each their own.
zooterlooter t1_j9fvsf9 wrote
When you work around filthy men and filthy machines in a filthy part of town all day you need some beauty to remind you why you are even alive.
FartAttack911 t1_j9gwvfx wrote
Not really. I’m personally comfortable seeing naked people but it’s totally ok for others to be uncomfortable with that. Come on now.
zooterlooter t1_j9hlcni wrote
People need to get over it. They watch violence happen all the time and do it willingly, they pay money for it, they vote for mass murderers who drop bombs on children and weddings. They murder animals to feast their fat faces.
Then get scared of boobies.
That's psychotic, straight up serial killer psychosis.
FartAttack911 t1_j9imgwj wrote
Ok yeah, that hypocrisy I for sure understand, especially since I’m from the US and that’s our bread and butter here. But again, some people are just not wanting to experience any of that blood n guts stuff either hahaha
Benito_Juicelini t1_j9d281c wrote
That rocks
g_mac_93 t1_j9djl3d wrote
A bird in the hand is worth two in the…
nicarox t1_j9dl9qj wrote
Damn is that a bush????? Good lord
macsquoosh t1_j9dwtz5 wrote
Aaah , those awesome workshop pictures ...
krink68 t1_j9e28f7 wrote
My mechanic had a stack of porno mags next to his tool box up until the early 2000’s
tsukahara10 t1_j9elk40 wrote
This reminds me of my time as a submariner. Over the life of the boat, various members of the crew had cut out pictures of topless/nude women from magazines and glued them underneath equipment label plates in Maneuvering. It was a pretty well kept secret until the CO found out people were also drawing dicks in hidden places all over the boat. He made us remove and scrub everything inappropriate from the boat. So sad to remove so much collected history go away. The future crew will never know the record for highest reactor power achieved without the RO getting disqualified.
BigLebowski0324 t1_j9ex23n wrote
Is that a picture of your mom on the wall behind them? J/k 😉😂
gil_beard t1_j9fdkh5 wrote
I in the mid 90s my dad's friend had playboy centerfolds hanging up all over his garage. My dad would take me over there while they worked on cars and I would just sit and stare at the pretty women.
MrMitchWeaver t1_j9fvayn wrote
Guy in the middle is a fucking corpse. Are they weekend-at-bernie-ing him?
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Lionman_ t1_j9eykv9 wrote
Kelso?
anaheimangels40 t1_j9hs5ig wrote
BACK WHEN IT WAS OKAY TO HAVE POSTERS OR PINUPS OF NAKED WOMEN IN PUBLIC VIEW AND NO ONE CARED… TODAY THEY WOULD CRY…
3lsap099 t1_j9ghzbu wrote
That’s back when men were men and women were women, nice pic
chr0nicpirate t1_j9dwn93 wrote
The lady in back your mom?
malcontented t1_j9bkspc wrote
I worked in a research lab in the 1980s and in the office they had stacks of Penthouses. Every time you looked at one you had to put $0.25 in a coffee can. When they had enough for a new mag someone would go out and buy one. Times certainly have changed