Don’t throw out those old calendars

[Gardo]

In 1989 I toured the State Railroad Museum and bought my father a calendar. He loved it as he grew up in a railroad family. It hung near his favorite TV chair in the basement but he would not tear the pages off because he liked to look at the pictures.
Well I recently found this calendar still in good shape and guess what , it has cycled back to the 2023 calendar. I’m going to hang it somewhere just to confuse people.
Plus I can see all of the locomotive pictures

 

[don71]

Cool! I have some old ones too.

BTW...
In 2023, you can re-use calendars from these years:
2017, 2006, 1995, 1989, 1978, 1967, 1961, 1950, 1939, and 1933.

 

[Gardo]

Cool! I have some old ones too.

BTW...
In 2023, you can re-use calendars from these years:
2017, 2006, 1995, 1989, 1978, 1967, 1961, 1950, 1939, and 1933.

I would love to find a 1939 calendar, better keep looking

 

[nojazzhere]

In 1989 I toured the State Railroad Museum and bought my father a calendar. He loved it as he grew up in a railroad family. It hung near his favorite TV chair in the basement but he would not tear the pages off because he liked to look at the pictures.
Well I recently found this calendar still in good shape and guess what , it has cycled back to the 2023 calendar. I’m going to hang it somewhere just to confuse people.
Plus I can see all of the locomotive pictures

Old calendars are often the closest thing I have to a journal from the past. For decades, I've used a "larger" calendar on my refrigerator to note appointments and occasions. If a question ever comes up regarding the past, I can refer back to my saved calendars, and answer a question.
To save space, though, the ones I usually get don't have pictures.

 

[Gardo]

Every year we buy new calendars. At work, of course, they give them out for free. But they still cost money. They cost up to 5$ on good paper in color. But I could have done without spending so much. End of the year - hide the calendar until better times. Anyway, it will happen again someday. Take it out and hang it on the wall.

It’s hanging at home where I practice

 

[teleman1]

I send out Arizona Highwayesqe Calendars to clients, friends & relatives. Some folks love them and always ask for them, others? I wonder if they toss them.

 

[The Angle]

As a kid, I found a wallet-sized perpetual calendar my dad had lying around. The realization that year-long calendars repeated blew my mind. Still does, sort of. I need to lie down.

 

[Gardo]

As a kid, I found a wallet-sized perpetual calendar my dad had lying around. The realization that year-long calendars repeated blew my mind. Still does, sort of. I need to lie down.

So everything old is new again?

 

[draggindakota]

The first engineering firm I worked for had a 1996 Hooters calendar in the men's room when I started...in 1998. It finally got replaced around 2005, but in the interim span it was dutifully rotated to always show the correct month

 

[Killing Floor]

I have a calendar on my telephone.

TLC used to have a show about storing papers forever.

 

[Peegoo]

In my younger days I was a mechanic. We had calendars, but they weren't trains!

 

[Powdog]

I worked in a machine shop from 1982-84 and Snap-On tools always gave out the best calendars.

 

[BigDaddyLH]

Old Ridgid Tool Calendars are classics in that genre

 

[Alamo]

What month is this one from?

 

[The Angle]

What month is this one from?

That would be the month-Parnasse, 1895.

Engine 721 actually survived that fall with minimal damage. It was repaired and put back in service.

 

[2HBStrat]

I like the Al Moore calendars from the 1940's and 1950's...pretty risque for the time.