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Author:  retrogarde [ Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:12 pm ]
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Number 5: Pull Tab cans

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Not seen much since the 1980's, these cans saw a surge in popularity in the 2120's when Aspen Beer decided to bring back the "retro" style.

Number 4: Wooden Ships

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Weylan(d)-Yutani discovered that a controlled amount of creative self expression on the part of its employees was more cost effective for boosting morale than prescribing antidepressants. Lambert had her cowboy boots, Parker had his girly mags, Brett had his model ships.

Number 3: Oxen

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How else would you haul downed EEV's out of the sea? Cheap labor, and a food source: if only they could pilot commercial towing vehicles...
As a side note I'd love to see the cryo tube they'd need for transporting these things. An "Ox-Box"?

Number 2: Continuous Paper

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Once considered as outdated as pull tab cans, these connected sheets of paper proved vital on space ships and space stations where a sudden loss of gravity could put your report to the ICC in disarray.

Number 1: Cardboard Boxes

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Made from 100% post-consumer waste. The Company is proud of it's recycling efforts and encourages all employees to do their part to keep the galaxy clean.

Author:  retrogarde [ Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:15 pm ]
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Remember: corrugated cardboard can be recycled into Conestoga-Class Escape Pod bolts:

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Author:  timeslip [ Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:32 pm ]
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LOL!! Too funny. Great pic.
George :delta:

Author:  SSgt Burton [ Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:37 pm ]
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retrogarde wrote:
Number 5: Pull Tab cans

Don't mean to nitpick (well... yes I do :wink: :lol: ) but that looks like the "push button" style tabs of the late 70s, not pull tab:

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Kevin

Author:  retrogarde [ Fri Mar 22, 2013 2:00 pm ]
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Doh!

I was born in '77 so I pretty much missed the boat on these. Thanks for the info!

Author:  Yellowjacket [ Fri Mar 22, 2013 3:48 pm ]
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You can ship the oxen as calves.


I'm a big fan of the 'big wheel' for kids.

Author:  Osmotic [ Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:49 pm ]
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retrogarde wrote:
As a side note I'd love to see the cryo tube they'd need for transporting these things. An "Ox-Box"?




If you weren’t bothered about comfort (or survivability ) could you just have a big old cryo-room ? Shove them in shoulder to shoulder and hit the switch. :)

Author:  88reaper88 [ Fri Mar 22, 2013 5:18 pm ]
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Your assuming they were brought there...

Author:  retrogarde [ Fri Mar 22, 2013 5:25 pm ]
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Are you suggesting they're...


SPACE-OX??? :shock:



They actually had quite a few types of farm animals:

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Author:  Magnus [ Fri Mar 22, 2013 5:46 pm ]
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Lol nice....I remember pepsi having push tabs after coke came out with the pull style.

Author:  SGM Baldwin [ Fri Mar 22, 2013 6:34 pm ]
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I miss those push-tabs!

Author:  Ttaskmaster [ Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:33 pm ]
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This ain't nothing. You should see what we find down the sewers...!!

Author:  Scapey [ Sat Mar 23, 2013 3:12 pm ]
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they brought the push-tabs back in the mid-90s... STILL can't bloody remember the name of the lemon drink that was in those cans, but I made an astounding discovery.
Artificial lemon flavouring from that + artificial mint flavour from gum = ...

... REALLY STRONG PINEAPPLE FLAVOUR
WTF?

Author:  Rumpelteazer [ Sat Mar 23, 2013 11:31 pm ]
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88reaper88 wrote:
Your assuming they were brought there...


That's where these three come in..

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Author:  Tentacle Chris [ Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:13 pm ]
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Are those new DLC characters for ACM?

;)

Author:  BB401 [ Fri Mar 29, 2013 3:22 am ]
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You know, as a homebrewer, I could produce, bottle, and label, any appropriate 22nd century beer.....

Author:  retrogarde [ Fri Mar 29, 2013 10:18 am ]
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Now there is a fun idea!

Author:  BB401 [ Fri Mar 29, 2013 12:48 pm ]
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Any other good pictures of the Aspen Beer label out there....?

Author:  BB401 [ Fri Mar 29, 2013 7:37 pm ]
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Fantastic. Research program starting in 3....2.....1......

Author:  retrogarde [ Fri Mar 29, 2013 11:24 pm ]
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The second one is more accurate. Compare it to the prop photo above.

Author:  PVB [ Fri Mar 29, 2013 11:48 pm ]
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88reaper88 wrote:
Your assuming they were brought there...

Maybe.

Other places in the 'Verse ship cattle from planet to planet:

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:wink:

Author:  retrogarde [ Sat Mar 30, 2013 5:11 pm ]
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It's all good! Someone on the RPF made a printable label that fits right around a vintage can. I'm afraid I don't have the link handy though.

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