Back from the days when companies could (and did) get away with using scantly clad models to promote their 'hard' ware. Ridgid used to issue some outrageous calendars.
From clamps to pipe wrenches, the "Women of the Ridgid brand tools" may or may not have helped sales, but they sure did adorn many toolshops!
I still have a few Snap-On and Mr. Gasket calendars... ;-)
Can you imagine these same women in these same poses, taken today... Talk about a limp stilson...
Greg G.
"mywebaccts (at) PLUGcomcast.net" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com...
Ridged still prints calendars like that, 'cept the bikini's are smaller. We had a 2005 hanging up in the shop until one of the "juvenile" males in the shop defaced it, then the boss took it down. Greg
that is a relly nice pipe bender she has there....
Ah, and not a single belly button piercing to be seen. [I was in high school during 75 & 76, so these are from my generation]
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+I thought the picture showed a pipe straightener.
todd
wrote
: Ah, and not a single belly button piercing to be seen. [I was in high : school during 75 & 76, so these are from my generation]
Sigh. I was there 75-78. Ah, the memories.
-- Andy Barss
I'd swear that Miss September/October is actress Colleen Camp
I must resemble that statement.
Those calendars were tastefully done, and have earned a place in Americana.
First thing Emerson did after purchasing Rigid was to discontinue the calendar.
My associate made a sales calls a couple of days after the announcement.
It was not a happy place.
Seems customers were registering their thoughts with customer service and the word travelled fast around the place.
Turned out to be a precursor of things to come.
Lew
I wouldn't mind getting a Rigid "Hickey" from her ;-)
No ink, either - at least where you can see it... Hey, I was in HS in '75, so my generation isn't that far from yours, sonny. ;-)
But what caught my eye more than the lack of naval decor, was the lack of tongue and nose studs!
Greg G.
AAAANDYYYY! Get away from that computer and quit day dreaming. Aren't you supposed to be fixing that leaking toilet? And what about my broken toaster oven. My mother was right - I should have married Phillip... whah, wha whah, wha whah whah whaah.
Greg G.
Don't tell anybody, but the 2006 calendar is available at
------------------- Rigid, Inc. We are Internet Service Provider. We are not in any way related with a hardware/tool company with a similar name. Please do not send any mail intended for that company to us.
-------------- And some undecipherable Kanji.
Must be an Asian babe calendar...
Greg G.
Add a "d":
Not sure what that other site was.
Ricky
I was just funnin' him.
Greg G.
Actually, for a direct link - with photos try this:
I don't think I'll be mailing in my $10.00, however...
Greg G.
I believe the current phrase is "facial hardware".
On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 04:16:45 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, shooter357 quickly quoth:
Perhaps, and this one could be Mariette Hartley?
On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 07:33:25 -0000, with neither quill nor qualm, snipped-for-privacy@host122.r-bonomni.com (Robert Bonomi) quickly quoth:
Nope, try
But, hey, gimme a Hustler calendar any day.
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