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Dec 5, 2024 | 
wgal.com | Eric Jones
Yuppies were the ultimate challenge for gift-givers in the ’80s. What do you get for someone who has everything? In 1984, one reporter found the ultimate shopping tips in San Francisco’s financial district.Stores offered “practical” gifts like stainless steel garden tools too nice to use and electric ice cream scoops.Need a quirky stocking stuffer? Grab a two-potato clock powered by lemons or even your hamster.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
wcvb.com | Eric Jones
Ho ho. Welcome to the financial district in San Francisco. And what may go down in shopping history is the first yuppie Christmas young urban professionals. Yuppies go to places like this. It's called in Gear. This is the land of the fashionably practical where an egg timer is cast iron and drips out the seconds in sand from the most expensive beaches where garden tools are from England and look like they were by appointment to Her Majesty.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
usgs.gov | Benjamin B. Mirus |Eric Jones |Rex L. Baum |Jonathan Godt
GOLDEN, Colo. — The U.S. Geological Survey has released a new nationwide landslide susceptibility map that indicates nearly 44% of the U.S. could potentially experience landslide activity. The new assessment provides a highly detailed, county-by-county picture of where these damaging, disruptive and potentially deadly geologic hazards are more likely as well as areas where landslide hazards are negligible.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
wesh.com | Eric Jones
Furniture shopping is hard. It might have been even harder in the ‘80s. This story from 1981 visited a store to explore odd and quirky contemporary furniture. The first piece almost seems modern. The touche-à-tout — French for "touches you everywhere" — came in a box and needed to be inflated. The snake-like mattress was 26 feet long and could be molded into multiple shapes. A bionic chair with no legs and massage capabilities was a big hit. A funky Norwegian piece required a bit more bravery.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
wlwt.com | Eric Jones
Furniture shopping is hard. It might have been even harder in the ‘80s. This story from 1981 visited a store to explore odd and quirky contemporary furniture. The first piece almost seems modern. The touche-à-tout — French for "touches you everywhere" — came in a box and needed to be inflated. The snake-like mattress was 26 feet long and could be molded into multiple shapes. A bionic chair with no legs and massage capabilities was a big hit. A funky Norwegian piece required a bit more bravery.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
mdpi.com | Eric Jones |Nishil Patel |Esha Jain |Farrah Asaad
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
mdpi.com | Lauren Philippi |Eric Jones |Christian Martin |Ahmad Abou-Hamde
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
wesh.com | Eric Jones
The 2024 Summer Olympics are almost here, but Paris will not be half as cute as these competitors from 1987.Toddlers from the Des Moines metro area gathered to test their skills in the “Toddler Tryouts.” An obstacle course proved no match to these tough tykes as they climbed and tottered over every barrier. Others faced off in a crawling race, though some decided wrestling was more their speed.Another highlight was the volleyballoon competition.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
wxii12.com | Eric Jones
The 2024 Summer Olympics are almost here, but Paris will not be half as cute as these competitors from 1987.Toddlers from the Des Moines metro area gathered to test their skills in the “Toddler Tryouts.” An obstacle course proved no match to these tough tykes as they climbed and tottered over every barrier. Others faced off in a crawling race, though some decided wrestling was more their speed.Another highlight was the volleyballoon competition.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
wlwt.com | Eric Jones
The 2024 Summer Olympics are almost here, but Paris will not be half as cute as these competitors from 1987.Toddlers from the Des Moines metro area gathered to test their skills in the “Toddler Tryouts.” An obstacle course proved no match to these tough tykes as they climbed and tottered over every barrier. Others faced off in a crawling race, though some decided wrestling was more their speed.Another highlight was the volleyballoon competition.
