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  1. Inkstainedwretch

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Beowulf is Old English. Chaucer is Middle English. Shakespeare is modern English. The problem is he wrote in late 16th Century courtly verse. I think this is why high schools usually teach "MacBeth" and "Julius Caesar" - very little of the obscure versifying in those two. Most of the dialogue...
  2. Inkstainedwretch

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Some years ago I toured the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. It's full of his early work - dull, dim gray and brown stuff, nothing at all like the colorful, vivid, almost hallucinatory work of his Arles period.
  3. Inkstainedwretch

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    To this day, there are people who believe that German agents were operating on America's coasts, communicating with German U-boats offshore. The boats only needed two figures: the time a convoy was to set sail, and the top speed of the slowest ship. That was the speed at which the convoy would...
  4. Inkstainedwretch

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    The success of the U-Boats off the American coast was a tightly kept secret during the war. Even local papers didn't report the dead sailors washing ashore. Ostensibly, this was to keep the Germans from being sure how many casualties they were inflicting, but in truth it was to avoid harming...
  5. Inkstainedwretch

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Someone in the Era coined the term "Patriotutes" for these ladies.
  7. Inkstainedwretch

    You know you are getting old when:

    This reminds me of the giant Buddhas of Bamyan. I'm sure the Taliban felt perfectly righteous in destroying them.
  8. Inkstainedwretch

    Name Something That Your Mother or Grandmother Cooked That Was Your Favorite!

    My grandmother made the best banana pudding in the history of the universe. When I got interested in cooking in the late '70s I asked her for her recipe but she'd had a stroke and couldn't remember.
  9. Inkstainedwretch

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    "Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you."
  10. Inkstainedwretch

    This Came Out 100 Years Ago Today

    I neglected to note it, but on January 27th, Tarzan of the Movies turned 100. "TARZAN OF THE APES", starring Elmo Lincoln, was released on that date in 1918. Possibly the longest-lived movie character of them all, though there are challengers.
  11. Inkstainedwretch

    You know you are getting old when:

    So can people still brag that they're Rhodes scholars?
  13. Inkstainedwretch

    You know you are getting old when:

    Here in New Mexico we have a continuing controversy over a statue of Spanish Conquistador/governor Juan de Onate (you'll have to picture the Tilde over the N, I don't know how to do it). Since he massacred some Acoma Indians, the Indians here protest the statue. The Latinos want to keep it...
  14. Inkstainedwretch

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Above, Fading Fast mentions that these days even 8th century Vikings have perfect teeth. Well, they had them back then, too. Maybe not perfect but usually better than most 21st century people's. I've examined numerous ancient, Dark Ages and Medieval skulls and they usually have a full mouth of...
  15. Inkstainedwretch

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    One of the most striking and somewhat unsettling sights I encounter these days is what I call "ghost payphones." Particularly in hotels and convention centers, I will sometimes find an alcove that is unused but which clearly once held payphones. The walls are smooth and featureless but the...
  16. Inkstainedwretch

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I think that look originated with "Guys and Dolls."
  17. Inkstainedwretch

    Show us your Guns!

    Fine revolver. I've always wanted a Webley RIC. Not a break-open, but just a beautiful handgun.
  19. Inkstainedwretch

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Does anybody still say "It's your nickel"? How many people now would understand the reference?
  20. Inkstainedwretch

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Things titled "Victory." It was a WWII thing, but it lingered for the better part of a decade after the war. In the little Ohio town where I was born, the local A&P was renamed the Victory Market. There was also a Victory Theater. There were Victory motels across the country. Gradually, it was...
  21. Inkstainedwretch

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Add to that, "Rex."
  22. Inkstainedwretch

    You know you are getting old when:

    The original saying was, "One man's meat is another man's poison." "Meat" used to mean just "food." My favorite riff on that is "One man's Mede is another man's Persian."
  23. Inkstainedwretch

    You know you are getting old when:

    All day today I've had Utah Phillips' "The Goodnight-Loving Trail" going through my mind. I've found myself whistling it and even singing it out loud. Good thing I live out in the desert where I won't be suspected of being on drugs.

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