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Remember waterbeds? Why did we think those were a good idea? -- nm

Posted by Andie Aug 19 '24, 12:32

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"I intend to go out the way I came in - supported by a feeding tube and a giant sack of water." -- nm - 70s philospher Aug 19, 13:21
My parents had one. Each of my brothers had one. I never had one. - Baron of the Rings Aug 19, 13:03
Friend of mine still has one and he thinks its awesome. -- nm - Walt_Disney Aug 19, 12:59
I had one in college. Ended up not jiving with owning a cat -- nm - oblique Aug 19, 12:42 1
- Mine were fine with it. But I did always keep their nails trimmed. -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 12:44
I had a few. The last had tubes of water, with baffles. It was rather perfect. -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 12:39
My brother had one back in the '80s. It was fun to me as a kid but there's no way I'd want one to sleep on daily. -- nm - Krusty Aug 19, 12:39 1
- My best friend had one in high school. We thought it was awesome, but, i cannot imagine now. -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 12:46
I loved mine for years. But man, when the heater went out, it was a gigantic pain in the ass -- nm - Epiphany Aug 19, 12:36 2
- Turning it down in the summer was great, though. - Spawn Aug 19, 13:04 1
  - In 100' San Bernardino with only a swamp cooler it was awesome , cool 9n the bottom, roll over to broil on tye other side. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 13:43
heh. My only answer to this possibly is that the 70s were very weird? - Jovian Aug 19, 12:34 8
- They were kind of great when I was dating. - Spawn Aug 19, 12:52 3
  - I was trying to find a diplomatic way to say this too -- nm - Epiphany Aug 19, 12:59 2
    - I miss groiny. -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 13:03 1
      - Same. - King Of Oklahoma Aug 19, 13:53
- also - 80s -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 12:46 1
  - But the 80s is the era that everyone looks back fondly upon. - Jovian Aug 19, 12:51
- Yes - also the era of bean bags -- nm - Roger More Aug 19, 12:37 1
  - I still have one of those but it is in our basement -- nm - oblique Aug 19, 12:46
They were nice in winter. -- nm - Reagen Aug 19, 12:34
I slept on one for over 10 yrs, was pretty nice. -- nm - mud Aug 19, 12:34

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