tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post3628442489591916777..comments2024-03-27T08:23:33.621-04:00Comments on Go Retro!: One of Those 70s Things: WaterbedsPamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-64791057275774106362019-12-29T07:13:09.942-05:002019-12-29T07:13:09.942-05:00You had the wrong boyfriend...
You had the wrong boyfriend...<br />BPYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11838453435886704799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-16238695358250442292019-12-29T07:11:49.406-05:002019-12-29T07:11:49.406-05:00You had the wrong boyfriend...You had the wrong boyfriend...BPYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11838453435886704799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-2971613080882575832018-08-30T20:36:28.297-04:002018-08-30T20:36:28.297-04:00You had the wrong mattress:)You had the wrong mattress:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-30762448605947426932016-10-22T14:32:40.692-04:002016-10-22T14:32:40.692-04:00I've slept on an old school waterbed since 197...I've slept on an old school waterbed since 1976. I have the same frame, but I've gone through about 3 or 4 mattresses and heaters. I hate sleeping on dead beds whenever I'm in a hotel or whatever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-69852352929029755702016-03-25T06:34:14.955-04:002016-03-25T06:34:14.955-04:00@ Anonymous: Quite a story. Were you in the habi...@ Anonymous: Quite a story. Were you in the habit of dating psychopaths?MemphisBellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04458992629700231052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-62236213377351658942014-11-08T11:57:52.182-05:002014-11-08T11:57:52.182-05:00Waterbeds may are not popular at the USA, but at G...Waterbeds may are not popular at the USA, but at Germany, Austria and Swiss a lot of people love them because of their healthy benefits by back pain and sleepnessless. We are manufacturer of waterbeds and have developed a waterbed for the sleep room including real hydro massage.Alexander Heuwinkelhttp://www.traumreiter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-40384457583059244362014-08-25T00:08:00.019-04:002014-08-25T00:08:00.019-04:00A little late posting here but I want to get rid o...A little late posting here but I want to get rid of my early 80s queen. It's filled and in use so any local buyer can come see it's good. My back needs a firmer foam mattress nowadays. I'm in middle Tennessee if anyone wants a real 80s waterbed. Original mattress never leaked. Maintained well with conditioner. Pine with drawers underneath and headboard with shelves and mirror, side rail pads and replaced heat pad. I guess clicking my name will bring up the ability to contact me through gmail. Hit me up if interested, make offer.5stringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17687256047528201444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-15389813267826836262013-07-31T12:07:59.068-04:002013-07-31T12:07:59.068-04:00Can't believe you didn't mention Robert He...Can't believe you didn't mention Robert Heinlein. From Wikipedia: <br /><br />Science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein described therapeutic waterbeds in his novels Beyond This Horizon (1942), Double Star (1956), and Stranger in a Strange Land (1961). In 1980 Heinlein recalled in Expanded Universe that:<br />"I designed the waterbed during years as a bed patient in the middle thirties; a pump to control water level, side supports to permit one to float rather than simply lying on a not very soft water filled mattress. Thermostatic control of temperature, safety interfaces to avoid all possibility of electric shock, waterproof box to make a leak no more important than a leaky hot water bottle rather than a domestic disaster, calculation of floor loads (important!), internal rubber mattress and lighting, reading, and eating arrangements—an attempt to design the perfect hospital bed by one who had spent too damn much time in hospital beds."<br />Heinlein made no attempt to build his invention.Smeghead2068https://www.blogger.com/profile/09662557727474498958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-83921470295102337702013-06-28T23:11:08.504-04:002013-06-28T23:11:08.504-04:00I have had a few water beds thru the 70's and ...I have had a few water beds thru the 70's and 80's.<br />They were so cool, and I had several dozen women in them and the sex was all wonderful. By the time I had met my wife she wasn't into water beds, the movement made her ill so I got a regular bed. sex was never the same after that but we made it 25 years anyway.<br />I never had a leak from a puncture but did experience some small leaks in the seams but was good at repairing them. <br />I did have one horrific experience when I broke up with a girl I had been seeing because she always got into an argument with me and threatened to break up if I went out of town on yet another business trip. I was just out of college and had a job with a national company and frequently I had to travel.<br />When I changed the locks I figured she'd get the message that I was done arguing. But she wasn't done delivering her message as she broke in my apartment , slashed my water bed, cut all my suits off at the knees and elbows and put it all in the water, as a topping she threw in my sterio equipment which I prized highly and my 35 mm camera system. the water made it way down the hallway of my first floor apartment building and into about 5 others apartments. It was a hell of a mess to clean up, insurance paid the damages and I moved away from that woman, who ironically found me 22 years later on face book and with whom I am casual friends with today, although we do live several thousand miles apart, even though the waterbeds gone, no telling she may not be over the break up yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-39120608994064176322013-02-16T12:42:24.102-05:002013-02-16T12:42:24.102-05:00I love our waterbed. My husband and I have had one...I love our waterbed. My husband and I have had one since I was pregnant with our 2nd child, 25 years ago, and was so uncomfortable I wouldn't sleep an other night in a conventional bed. We've only needed to replace the mattress twice in 25 years (and they were both slow leaks that the hard side plastic "pool liner" caught. No water ever got on the floor or anything. <br /><br />They are great for sleep and... other things. We have a waveless with baffles, (not much movement, but supportive and soft) we've considered gong conventional when this mattress goes, as we can't find waterbed mattresses anywhere near out house. But, I found many online. <br /><br />The worst part if finding sheets. Waterbed sheets are impossible to find, and are usually crappy 200 ct crappy quality. I simply buy regular King Sheets for our Queen waterbed (it's closer to a King Size bed than a Queen anyway) and we go with that. That and the dark wood, mirror and shelf headboard that screams "They bought this in the 1980s!"<br /><br />Maybe one day we'll go back to regular bed, but I doubt it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-77201485556251226472012-08-29T05:45:04.016-04:002012-08-29T05:45:04.016-04:00I can't imagine them being good for your back ...I can't imagine them being good for your back or for any adult activities. <br />My only experience with them is vicariously via my sister, who slept on one at a friends house as a child and got sea sick!Ruthhttp://www.artifactcollectors.com/ruth/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-91692055549900596582012-08-24T10:43:16.504-04:002012-08-24T10:43:16.504-04:00We got a waterbed because it helps keep you cool (...We got a waterbed because it helps keep you cool (temperature-wise!) in a hot climate. We figured we could put the a/c up a few degrees at night while resting on the cooler mattress. Used one for 30-some years!<br /><br />Finally leaks (and a bedbug infestation that necessitated a new bed) convinced us to go conventional. When you have to take the bed apart to get rid of the bugs, it's a lot easier if you don't have to drain the mattress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-82668164256514089862012-08-23T20:41:11.885-04:002012-08-23T20:41:11.885-04:00Omigod, if this doesn't scream 'Go Retro&#...Omigod, if this doesn't scream 'Go Retro' I don't know what does :)<br /><br />Loved the commercials Pam--these need to make a comeback (even if they are only good for sleeping)<br /><br />ApacheDughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05520433539816634566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-56324797635866486382012-08-22T19:42:57.186-04:002012-08-22T19:42:57.186-04:00I had a boyfriend with a waterbed in the mid-80s. ...I had a boyfriend with a waterbed in the mid-80s. It was terrible for sex. You get bounced all around, always rolling away from each other.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com