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  1. KILO NOVEMBER

    You know you are getting old when:

    In the U.S. "braces" are something that kids get applied to their teeth to straighten them. I have been told by an English acquaintance that the British are well known for bad teeth. Does the NHS not provide for more than rudimentary dental care?
  2. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    The giant Halloween candy displays went up in supermarkets near me in early August.
  3. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    See Merriam-Webster: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/pants-word-origin
  4. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    This thread has wandered away from "trivial but it ticks you off". As fascinating as first aid kits may be, where's the "trivial but it ticks you off" factor? In an effort to get back on track I'd like to offer a truly "trivial but it ticks you off" topic. "Pants" a.k.a. trousers. Sometime...
  5. KILO NOVEMBER

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    The answer is, "yes". Here's a link to a web site which describes Medicare (a program for those older folk like me) and Medicaid (a program for poor people). Because these two groups are not mutually exclusive, poor old folks can have both kinds. It gets complicated because Medicaid is a...
  7. KILO NOVEMBER

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    How about a theme for a sub-thread, "Crimes which have disappeared"? Here's a first entry, payroll robbery. Once was a time that when payday came, workers lined up at the payroll office and got their pay in cash. That made the payroll office or the truck carrying the cash to the office a...
  8. KILO NOVEMBER

    You know you are getting old when:

    My high school classmates were planning a 50th anniversary reunion, but it died of COVID. We kept things going on an email thread. I dug out the yearbook from when we were in seventh grade (12 years old, for those not familiar with the U.S. education system). I scanned the pictures one page at a...
  9. KILO NOVEMBER

    You know you are getting old when:

    Buying most things with a credit card and paying the balance in full each month will keep your FICO score well north of 800.
  10. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Maybe because twenty-one doesn't rhyme with "shine"? "Pardon me, boy Is that the Chattanooga Choo-Choo? Yes, yes, track twenty-nine Boy, you can gimme a shine"
  11. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Isn't that why parentheses were invented?
  13. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I now live in a high-income suburb. In the post-WWII years, the town was built up (from its pre-Civil War state) by construction of brick frame ramblers. Many years back (more than 40) I had a boss who owned one of those ramblers. He marveled at the idea that houses like his (he called it a...
  14. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I'm certainly no expert, but here are my observations. In large cities I know those neighborhoods where "gentrification" is now going on mostly consist of large old houses built, say, in the late 19th or early 20th century, as homes for prosperous families. Social and economic conditions...
  15. KILO NOVEMBER

    I Wear A Hat Because... Rx

    I suggest "actinic keratosis" https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/actinic-keratosis/symptoms-causes/syc-20354969
  16. KILO NOVEMBER

    “WTF’ Hats,” that are hard to believe...

    Perfect for a "sex worker's" business agent.
  17. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    The Southwest is an area I have visited only once or twice, and only on business. I have read and really liked all the Tony Hillerman novels set among the Navajo in the Four Corners area, and that's how I learned of fry bread. While it may be made of fried dough, they're not called doughnuts...
  19. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Bagels are boiled in water before baking, but never fried.
  20. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I can confidently report that after nearly 68 years of living in the U.S.A., I have seen nothing made of fried dough which is not sweet called a "doughnut". Savory fried dough foods may exist, but they're not called "doughnuts" or "donuts". You will find empanadas anywhere there is a large...
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