skydog757
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I've been saying "Man alive!" for quite a while, my (much) younger coworkers started razzing me about it; I really wasn't conscious of it until they pointed it out.
I've been saying "Man alive!" for quite a while, my (much) younger coworkers started razzing me about it; I really wasn't conscious of it until they pointed it out.
http://quizpug.com/can-you-name-these-12-outdated-objects/?r=3q330
This is a pretty neat quiz! I got 11 out of 12. However, I must confess, I guessed at quite a few of these Try it!
I got 10 out of 12 right; the chatelaine and dress lifter tripped me up. The last five items were a bit of a surprise, since they've become outdated in my lifetime. Geritol, anyone? lol
The chatelaine is the one I missed too. Still don't quite get that one.
Good example, especially with Bruce Wayne's photo posted immediately below it. The photo they used in the quiz made it look like a glorified charm bracelet....Think of it as a Victorian house maid's Swiss Army Knife.
I've only ever heard the term "tweaker" used in reference to someone with a serious substance addiction, so I didn't know it had other definitions as well.I saw a bumper sticker today that said, I hate tweakers. I thought I was one, I like to tweak machinery! Turns out, it has a lot of different meanings. To hit with an object from a catapult, slang term for someone exhibiting compulsive or repetitive behavior, it also means, a heavy meth abuser who hasn't slept for days! Who knew. I guise, it's like the Tea Party members, who called themselves Tea Baggers. In farness, I did not know the meaning either! Now I know, always check the Urban Dictionary, before you start any group!
I saw a bumper sticker today that said, I hate tweakers. I thought I was one, I like to tweak machinery! ...
The tea party protests of 2007 harked back to the Boston Tea Party. They were protesting the $700,000,000 giveaway by the government to the country's biggest banks. At the time, members of congress reported their constituents messages were from 100 to 1 to 300 to 1 against the measure. They passed it anyway.
After that the usual political hacks ran around and assumed the leadership of the tea party, detouring it onto well worn, and politically unimportant issues.
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I maintain that while a purely objective study of the past is certainly a noble end worth striving to attain, it is, nonetheless, an idea never truly attained. Honestly recognizing our own biases that we bring to these discussions is, I believe, a giant first step toward that ideal.