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    You know you are getting old when:

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    You know you are getting old when:

    Somewhat similar to Leslie Nielsen - I can't watch "Forbidden Planet" and hear him deliver dead-serious lines as the starship commander without it sounding like Lt. Frank Drebin from "Police Squad".
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    You know you are getting old when:

    Tuco's gun shop conversion was preposterous, but to give credit where credit is due, both Colt and Remington cap-and-ball revolvers could be fitted with cartridge-conversion cylinders.
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    You know you are getting old when:

    We have mentioned this before, but I still think it's some sort of typo by some government census-person who put people born as late as LizzieM into the "Baby-Boom". As a real Baby-Boomer (1948 vintage), I can't imagine what I'd have in common in terms of "generations" with a person who was...
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    Show us your Guns!

    I was reasonably certain that the gun store clerk was wrong when he said you couldn't safely shoot .357 mag in a .357 maximum. Gun store clerks around here are notorious for thinking they know more than they do. (and telling you all about it)
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    Show us your Guns!

    Did that gun store want to sell you the more expensive .357 Maximum? I can see a small falloff in accuracy using .357 mag, but causing the cylinder to explode?? Why??
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Speaking as a Southerner, you are 100% correct. Aside from the particulars of the pronunciation, the terms themselves are totally alien. "Bubbla" for "water fountain"? In my entire life I have never heard that word. I can imagine an encounter with a New Englander: "Where's the bubbla?"...
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    How do you think a vintage diner would do in modern times?

    We have a diner here in Nashville that will turn 90 next year. It's still going strong and will very likely continue to do so. The original trolley-car portion is still there with at least two substantial add-ons over the years. It often wins "best-burger" awards around here. It's near three...
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    Christmas Toy Recommendations Of 1939

    Into the 50's and early 60's - prime Baby-Boomer toy buying time, I don't remember if the toy companies sponsored specific TV shows, but they had a large presence in the TV ad area. How else did we know about Mattel Tommy-bursts and Shootin'-Shell Fanner-Fifties and Marx Atomic Cannons? Every...
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    Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

    I know it's very subjective and may be hard to describe in words, but can you relate what things look like in 4000 line resolution, 120 frame per second, 3-D? What if it's just 2-D? At some point I'll likely see such things for myself, but it probably won't be very soon.
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    Christmas Toy Recommendations Of 1939

    "Four and five year olds are ready for regular tool sets, including a good small saw about ten inches long..." If you gave a four-year old a real ten-inch-long saw today, the social workers, and probably the cops would be after you in no time... On the BB gun front, I got mine when I was 12 in...
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    1945-1953: Generally a forgotten era?

    A follow-up to the praise for film noir: Th original post in this thread had the statement: "I feel its one of the last truly wholesome times in American history - the heart of the Norman Rockwell era." I tend to agree in general, but was struck by the opposite nature (un-Rockwell) of the film...
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    1945-1953: Generally a forgotten era?

    Since I was born in 1948 and turned five in 1953, I can personally testify that people (kids and adults) were terrified of the polio possibility in that era. It wasn't an urban legend to us, since my best friend's little brother got it - fortunately a mild case. The idea of having to live in an...
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    That menu sounds very good and more Southern than Northern, except for the beer. We (Southerners) would prefer sweet iced tea.
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    You know you are getting old when:

    I also request actual/factual information on taste changes with age. I am in my late sixties and am now eating and enjoying things that my mother could never force me to eat. I am losing interest in other things that were once favorites. (I thought it was just me...)
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    Show us your Guns!

    Mine works normally when only dry-fired. The problem comes when you cock it and then apply the safety. Taking the safety off causes the unwanted hammer fall. I'll someday try to figure out the problem, but there are so many other project guns with higher priority that the "solution" for the...
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    Show us your Guns!

    I have a Savage .32 auto which has the disconcerting and dangerous habit of dropping the hammer at full speed when the safety is disengaged. Fortunately I found that out while testing, not while shooting. You may want to approach yours cautiously, just in case.
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    What did the film stars of the 1920s-1930s make of the 1950s-1960s?

    My parents had twelve brothers and sisters (father's side) and ten (mother's side). They were both farm families - preWWII in most cases. When they all moved to town (during WWII and shortly after) they had 0-4 kids in my generation, with most on the low side. The exception to the small...
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    Show us your Guns!

    One more agreement on the recoil issue: My Airweight Chief's Special with plain .38's hurts a lot worse than a Model 29 with factory .44 Mags.
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    Why did we make ourselves into walking advertisements?

    I get it exactly. Back in my hot rod days we noted the appearance of the models in the car magazines who wore the Mooneyes shirts in the advertisements. "Moon Equipped" then became a phrase that we used to describe a well-endowed young lady, whether she actually had a Mooneyes shirt on or not.

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