Tell us a story about the good ole' tiki days. - General Tiki

T tikijackalope Tiki Socialite KS/MO Joined: Oct 23, 2003 Posts: 835	T tikijackalope Posted posted on Thu, Aug 5, 2004 6:24 PM I'm struck by the similarity of Swanky chatting with his Miss Opal and the recent oral history interviews of WWII vets that were done over Memorial Day. Granted, tiki didn't save the free world, it just relaxed it a bit; but I love the idea of people like Swanky posting the memories and maybe the pics of people like Opal at a tiki bar back in the days, "good ole'" or not. Retro is great; history is greater. You just can't have too much info or too many pics of niche history happening. Nobody is getting younger and there is no time like the present to record the past.

I'm struck by the similarity of Swanky chatting with his Miss Opal and the recent oral history interviews of WWII vets that were done over Memorial Day.
Granted, tiki didn't save the free world, it just relaxed it a bit; but I love the idea of people like Swanky posting the memories and maybe the pics of people like Opal at a tiki bar back in the days, "good ole'" or not. Retro is great; history is greater.
You just can't have too much info or too many pics of niche history happening. Nobody is getting younger and there is no time like the present to record the past.

Post #106578 by tikijackalope on Thu, Aug 5, 2004 6:24 PM