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    You know you are getting old when:

    That one brings back memories... My mother apparently liked it and thought it was funny. She would sing small portions of it as she cooked or worked around the house. However, I guess that extended exposure to it would get old.
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    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    The "Atlantic Monthly" people must have interviewed some Yankees who were in town to see the Grand Ole Opry when they decided that Nashville needed a red dot for use of "on line" instead of "in line" for describing people standing in a line. I have lived here almost all my life and have never...
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I agree with zombie_61. No phone = good phone On this line of thought, does anyone remember a science fiction story from the '50's-'60's in which the dystopian future is one in which almost everyone is involuntarily connected by phone to the government, their employers, etc. No free time, no...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    You may be getting old, but that's not why you can't figure out the plot of "The Big Sleep". Everyone has that problem. I remember Roger Ebert making the statement that the plot of "The Big Sleep" was "incomprehensible". I have watched it with the specific goal of not paying any attention to...
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I want to submit an entry into the "Most Unusual Speaker" contest, assuming there is one. When I was in grad school we wanted to make an unusual "display" for an Engineering Open House for prospective students and parents. Our Welding Automation Lab had a very-high-power...
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I remember seeing a ~1932 Western in which the Indian character had a headband with a row of Swastikas on it. Even though I consciously know the history of the symbol, I couldn't resist thinking, "Wow! A Nazi Indian!
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    Moustaches-Yes or No

    I've had mine since I was 26 and wanted to look older back then. I was getting my ID checked at the local (non-XXX) theaters. Now I don't want to look older, but I am very used to it and would look odd without it. My non-binding opinion is that you need to decide what sort of "look" fits both...
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    Today in History

    That was during the summer between my junior and senior years of college. I'm 99% certain that I was unaware of it. In the latter part of August of that year we were getting ready for a road trip to what would have been a more important destination for us: the NHRA US National Drag Racing...
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    Today in History

    It always amazed me that it took so long for people to figure out that the photo was "flipped". Even if people didn't know for sure which hand BtK was, and didn't know about the photo technology of the time, any Western historian or even a fairly knowledgeable firearms-person would immediately...
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    The specific provisions of the law on the subject of liquor-by-the-drink varied according to time and place, especially in the south. Here (Nashville) in those days all the places you mentioned - even the most-exclusive country club in the city - were prohibited by law from serving drinks. This...
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Considering that what they were doing was illegal, and they didn't know you, letting you in would be an unwise decision. The drinking clubs were not called "speakeasies" around here, but the same principle applied: "Joe sent me." - You had to know someone to get in. Your apparent assumption was...
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    Show us your Guns!

    For both the Colt and S&W large-frame standard grips the grip adapter helps a lot for me. You should try to find one for yours. I have a New Service in .44-40 that looks like a former law-enforcement gun - not much finish and much more wear on the outside (right) grip, so I put my one large-Colt...
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    Show us your Guns!

    Very nice New Service! Those are my favorite of the classic revolvers. My most recent New Service acquisition was a 1917 production in .455 Eley caliber, with British military acceptance marks. (not US Model of 1917) Supposedly a private purchase by a British officer, for WWI, but I need to...
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    The main thing that the Southern private clubs were "getting around" was the long arm of the law - cops and crusading district attorneys. Liquor by the drink was illegal for many years, that being changed in the bigger cities within my lifetime. Not wanting shaggy young Northerners was likely...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    In the original book "I Am Legend" by Richard Matheson, the bad-guys/creatures were vampires, not zombies. They couldn't stand mirrors or garlic, and could only be killed with a wooden stake in the heart. However, these vampires are that way due to germ infection, not supernatural causes...
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Different opinions and different responses for different folks. I recently upgraded my NRA member ship to "Life".
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    One of my numerous favorite "Green Acres" gags was something I didn't notice until a day or two ago. Arnold is watching TV, as he likes to do, and the view was such that you could see the TV screen and on there were the usual end credits for "Green Acres". I think what this means is that...
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    When they brought the "Beverly Hillbillies" to "Petticoat Junction" must have been when Aunt Pearl magically transformed into Kate Bradley.
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    Vintage Cars

    Wow! History repeats itself. Ike had to put off D-Day by one day (to June 6) due to stormy conditions.
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    Vintage neon signs

    When I worked downtown our favorite lunch restaurant prominently advertised "broasted chicken". It was REALLY good and I wish I had some right now. If the broasted chicken in your area is as good as we had you are in for a treat.

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