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  1. Inkstainedwretch

    You know you are getting old when:

    There is an entry in Samuel Pepys's "Diary" from the mid-17th century in which he mentions going to party where "Tée" which he defines as "a China drink"is served. You realize then that Pepys belongs to the last generation of Englishmen for whom tea is not yet a way of life.
  2. Inkstainedwretch

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Quite a few candy bars that were common when I was young have disappeared. Some of my favorites were the Clark bar, similar to a Butterfinger but with a chewier center. The Butternut bar (Hollywood Candy Co.) was a favorite. A simple chocolate, peanut and caramel bar, its chocolate cover had a...
  3. Inkstainedwretch

    You know you are getting old when:

    I can remember as a child being repulsed by strong-tasting, spicy or vinegary foods. If my parents brought home a pizza the smell would literally drive me out of the house. I liked only bland foods and sweet stuff. Then, somewhere in my latter teens, it was like someone flipped a switch. I no...
  4. Inkstainedwretch

    Old smells, that immeditately transport you back in time?

    Army supply rooms had a distinct smell. Sometimes you can catch a bit of it in an army surplus store.
  5. Inkstainedwretch

    You know you are getting old when:

    "You Only Live Twice," a late Connery Bond, introduced many Americans to ninjutsu, and to the really fast Japanese sword work that most had never seen. In those days, unless you lived in a city like Los Angeles with the old Toho and Kokusai theaters, you never had a chance to see Asian movies...
  7. Inkstainedwretch

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Bounder! Jackanapes!
  8. Inkstainedwretch

    Chain link fences?

    I've always wondered about the term "chain link fence." There are no chain links. They don't resemble a chain in any way. They are made of heavy woven wire. Not a single link in the whole construction. This may be a petty complaint, but I'm a stickler for precise language.
  9. Inkstainedwretch

    You know you are getting old when:

    It's my #1, followed by Goldfinger and Dr. No. After Goldfinger the gadgets took over and I've never cared for any of the post-Connery Bonds.
  10. Inkstainedwretch

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Interesting that what was once ordinary women's underwear is now fetish-wear. Or, as one lady friend told me: Ëvery woman looks better in a corset!
  11. Inkstainedwretch

    You know you are getting old when:

    The fight between Bond and Grant in the train compartment in "FRWL" is still the greatest hand-to-hand fight in the history of cinema. No martial arts posturing, just two tough men hammering it out in claustrophobic close quarters.
  13. Inkstainedwretch

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    My god, that's such a turn-on!
  14. Inkstainedwretch

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    The sense of smell is one of our most primitive, located in the back part of our brains. I've encountered scents that I only smelled once, decades earlier, and I remembered instantly where and when I'd sensed it before and all the circumstances surrounding it. Scientists have said that the...
  15. Inkstainedwretch

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    If she posts on Yelp go on yourself and point out that you kindly prevented the lady from committing child abuse, with which you could otherwise have charged her.
  16. Inkstainedwretch

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    When I lived in Scotland in the early '70s they still had individual food sellers, all with their shops in a small, easily walked area. You went to the butcher for meat, the fishmonger for fish, the greengrocer for vegetables and the fruiterer for fruit. Dairy was mostly delivered and that...
  17. Inkstainedwretch

    You know you are getting old when:

    At jump school at Ft. Benning I made my five qualifying jumps from a C-119. This was the descendant of the "flying boxcar" of WWII. It was rumored to be the only military aircraft that flew by flapping its wings. We were told that it was used for the qualifying jumps because it was the one...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    "Is it bigger than a breadbox?"
  20. Inkstainedwretch

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Maybe Dockery could be a villainess on one of the final season of Game of Thrones.
  21. Inkstainedwretch

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    And, speaking of phones and that picture of the girl with her feet up on the wall -- what was it with us and the telephone when we were teenagers? I'm speaking of those of us in our teens in the 50s-60s. We'd spend hours yakking on the phone until our parents said in exasperation, "You're...
  22. Inkstainedwretch

    Westworld

    I remember Hopkins as Prince Richard in "The Lion in Winter" nearly 50 years ago. Well, we were all younger then.
  23. Inkstainedwretch

    Anyone else interested in the ancient world?

    I wrote 8 Conan pastiches for Tor Books in the 90s. It was fun and they made my house downpayment.

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