"Goomba38" > wrote

> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> Oh my goodness, we were just talking about them today. Jewish
>> and Italian, I do not know why. I think the discussion started in
>> reference to the movie Goodfellas. You never saw plastic covered
>> furniture? They even came up with stuff that had breathable holes
>> all over so when you sat down, WHOOSH all the air came out.

> Nope. never actually saw any in real life, just on television and spoken
> about jokingly. Perhaps my folks have seen it? How long ago did it go out
> of "fashion" ??

I know people had them well into the 70s. I really don't know when ...
or if ... people stopped buying that. For all I know it still goes on.

nancy