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  1. ChrisB

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Gesundheit!
  2. ChrisB

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    When I studied German in high school, I never thought about it, I just did it, it came easily to me. When I try to read German now, I am always trying to understand the grammar, and end up getting nowhere.
  3. ChrisB

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    The main obstacle to English speakers is German grammar, which is modeled on Latin. With four cases, three genders and plural, something as simple as "the" becomes quite complicated. Pronunciation, on the other hand, is simple compared to the idiosyncrasies of English.
  4. ChrisB

    Vintage Things That Will NOT Disappear In Your Lifetime

    In Philadelphia, carrying any kind of knife in a public place is prohibited, except for those in use in the course of ones trade.
  5. ChrisB

    You know you are getting old when:

    I just set the cruise control for the speed limit and not worry about it. This is especiallly useful where the speed limit is 25 mph, as I find it harder to regulate lower speeds in mosst cars.
  7. ChrisB

    Vintage Things That Will NOT Disappear In Your Lifetime

    From the movie Tom Horn: Tom Horn: "If you really knew how dirty and raggedy-assed the Old West was, you wouldn't want any part of it."
  8. ChrisB

    You know you are getting old when:

    It is allowable only because it is meaningless, they call it "cerimonial deism". It may be meaningless to you and I, but there are some who take it way too seriously, and will use it as evidence of their particular religion as having some official status in the US. I can do without it.
  9. ChrisB

    You know you are getting old when:

    I prefer "e pluribus unum"
  10. ChrisB

    You know you are getting old when:

    The current terminology is "CE" and "BCE"; common era and before common era. This sidesteps any questions of exact dates or historicity.
  11. ChrisB

    You know you are getting old when:

    The usual explanation is that there was no year 0, but I what I meant was 2001 as opposed to 1901!
  13. ChrisB

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I just got my part of the VW diesel settlement. They were required to buy back my 2013 Golf plus give an additional $5000. Another part of the settlement is that the 2015 models, which have been sitting in the dealerships since the scandal broke, must be sold at a $5000 discount after the new...
  14. ChrisB

    You know you are getting old when:

    I can't quite grasp that when people refer to "the turn of the century" they now mean 2001.
  15. ChrisB

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Did you ever count how many shots are fired from a six-shooter in movies?.
  16. ChrisB

    Why American Workers Now Dress So Casually

    The 1960s were the era of anti establishment youth culture. Eventually, the establisment took on the styles of the anti establishment and marketed them to mainstream society. This was in my opinion the real break with traditional style.
  17. ChrisB

    How many nighthawks do we have here ?

    My first summer, I developed tendonitis, so I had both.
  19. ChrisB

    How many nighthawks do we have here ?

    When I was in college, I worked summers doing rotating shits. It took all week to get used to the shift, and then next week you had to get up 8 hours earlier. The first day of midnight shift was absolute misery. It felt like jet lag the entire summer, I don't miss it at all.
  20. ChrisB

    You know you are getting old when:

    And what's worse: you don't even own those data files, you have merely purchased the ability to access them.
  21. ChrisB

    You know you are getting old when:

    My mother claims that during WWII records were made of inferior materials, and were less durable. Anyone know if this is true?
  22. ChrisB

    You know you are getting old when:

    I have only been in one casino, when I was at an IEEE symposium in Atlantic City. In order to get to the restaurant you had to go through a large hall filled with slot machines, being played largely by grandmotherly looking women. The din of all the electronic noise that those machines made and...
  23. ChrisB

    Old Smells that Make Your Nose Wrinkle

    I was put under ether once, when I was 7 years old and had my tonsils removed, but it made a lasting impression. Any time I have to use starting fluid , it all comes back to me. I have an MGB, so I always keep some handy.
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