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  1. KILO NOVEMBER

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Here's a more recent one. Can most persons under age 50 explain the origin of "the flip side"?
  2. KILO NOVEMBER

    You know you are getting old when:

    I need a nap before taking a nap.
  3. KILO NOVEMBER

    You know you are getting old when:

    Lenny, a teenager who lived on the next block when I was about aged 6, had a flat-top. I really, really wanted one, too, but the texture of my hair was too fine to sustain it. I wouldn't want one now, and anyway, my hair (now disappearing from the crown outwards) is still too fine.
  4. KILO NOVEMBER

    You know you are getting old when:

    Doubtless third-graders would try draw that car, only my classmate Wally Boyd could actually draw it so It looked exactly like that. Wally's family moved out of town sometime during our elementary school years and from time to time I wonder what became of him. No exaggeration, he actually could...
  5. KILO NOVEMBER

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Does anyone have a "davenport" in your house? My grandmother did.
  7. KILO NOVEMBER

    You know you are getting old when:

    I think I can remember those.
  8. KILO NOVEMBER

    You know you are getting old when:

    So this person never read a Sherlock Holmes story? Never read a Kipling story where a squaddie took the Queen's shilling? As an American, I've always dealt with decimal currency, but I've been fascinated by British "old money" denominations like "crown", "guinea", "tuppence", "ha' penny" and, of...
  9. KILO NOVEMBER

    You know you are getting old when:

    I remember seeing the Woodstock movie when it was released and thinking to myself how old Joe Cocker looked. (He was 35 years old at the time and looked like he spent every day of his life there.) Now I'm almost twice that age!
  10. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    "Myself" when used as if it were an objective case pronoun. I cringe every time I hear it. Just now in an on-line meeting one co-worker suggested that if we had question we could "reach out" to so-and-so "or myself". If you are inviting me to contact you, then say so, as in "contact me". Only...
  11. KILO NOVEMBER

    You know you are getting old when:

    When you learn that a PSA is not just something they broadcast on TV or radio.
  13. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I like a clever turn of phrase. When I read this I tried Googling to find the source. Imagine my surprise when everything on the Google page was from someone quoting that, then immediately accusing one group or another of some reprehensible behavior, action, or attitude.
  14. KILO NOVEMBER

    You know you are getting old when:

    And who are those hosts?
  15. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    It will be hard to do something funnier than the the drill scene from Stripes ...
  16. KILO NOVEMBER

    You know you are getting old when:

    I couldn't agree more. The galling thing is how their (MSM) defenders cry foul when this fact ("slanted news presented to suit a point of view") is pointed out. I think most can agree that "infotainment" products like cable news panel shows shouldn't be taken seriously, but the chryons creeping...
  17. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I can't speak for Catholics, but in the Lutheran church of my youth we were shown the line in Paul's second letter to the Colossians, chapter 2, verse 16 (KJV).
  19. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Here's a great scene from a classic (well, from the 1980's) American comedy, Stripes.
  20. KILO NOVEMBER

    You know you are getting old when:

    Bearing in mind the "no politics" rule, I could otherwise easily quote a dozen or more "stories" presented by what most people would think of as "mainstream media" outlets which, by the way the framed the story or by the particular terms they chose to use, or even the stories they chose to...
  21. KILO NOVEMBER

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Men who could "do stuff" always impressed me when I was a boy. Whether it was plumber, a TV repairman, an auto mechanic or what not, I was fascinated by the work they did. For myself, I can only do stuff involving a computer and have none of those skills. Even as an adult I am still impressed...
  22. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    "I've never driven on the wrong side of the road;" You drive in London? So you drive on the wrong side of the road every time you get behind the wheel!
  23. KILO NOVEMBER

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I have one that belonged to my great-grandfather. It's a round glass thing. Embedded in the middle is an Odd Fellows logo, his name, and a date. My guess is that date is when he joined the lodge. He was a shoemaker. I expect that most of his papers were receipts that got stuck onto one of those...

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