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  1. tonyb

    My new old furniture: how old?

    Thonet got back to me today. Impressive.
  2. tonyb

    Old gas stations

    Not as I recall. I do remember crafts projects involving pipe cleaners, though. Smoking in general is much less common than it was back then.
  3. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Better save those instructions …
  4. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Marked down from seven grand! Better jump on this!
  5. tonyb

    Made In USA?

    He just can’t help himself.
  7. tonyb

    Made In USA?

    No doubt, which was among the reasons for its repeal. I gave up the drink at the same time I quit smoking, in 2006, when the doctor delivered sobering (excuse me) news. But even I would be negatively affected should alcohol again be prohibited by law. Too many people want that drug (yes, it’s...
  8. tonyb

    Made In USA?

    There may be common threads among these “dying” towns, but there are certainly unique characteristics, too. The old mining towns out here in the Mountain West would be nothing but dilapidated ruins (“ghost towns,” in other words, of which there are quite a few) if not for tourism, often in the...
  9. tonyb

    Made In USA?

    Did you read the rules, Harp?
  10. tonyb

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    ^^^^^^ I clearly recall signs posted at entrances to restaurants reading “microwave oven in use.” It was meant as a warning to people with implanted cardiac pacemakers, the thinking being that leaked microwave radiation could mess with the devices’ functions. I’ve heard of no such concerns in...
  11. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    But what you really gotta steer clear of are the “free trial” offers. If you provide a card number to access that “free trial,” good luck getting that automatic debit to stop once the ”free” period had elapsed. That’s often what happens with magazine subscriptions, too. They automatically...
  13. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    ^^^^^^ It’s truly all for the convenience of the company. I reluctantly agreed to automatic debit on the cable/internet bill because it saves me 10 bucks a month. It also saves me having to call in the payment on their automated system, which itself saves me maybe five minutes a month. To the...
  14. tonyb

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    At an antique mall last week I saw a sign telling of their layaway policies — how much down, how long to pay off the balance, etc. I hadn’t heard of layaway in decades. It was common when I was a kid and the Santa Clauses of modest means (pretty much all of ’em I ever knew) used it starting in...
  15. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    ^^^^^ And no one ever ran out of gas, eh? I believe the odds of my owning an electric car are excellent, should I live more than just a few more years. And I’m looking forward to an array of photovoltaic panels on my rooftop, with which to charge up that car. It’ll run real money, for sure. I...
  16. tonyb

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    At the annual Vintage Voltage Show, where vendors sell old hi-fi gear, mostly, was a fellow peddling old record albums. His sign said something like “LPs, $5 each, or $10 if you call them ‘vinyls.’”
  17. tonyb

    Amazon delivery gone wrong

    It appears Amazon’s contractor had to rent a truck. I once worked with a shady “logistics” outfit that often rented trucks when its “fleet” of beaters wasn’t up to the task. If the original shippers knew their stuff had been entrusted to that outfit they’d never ship that way again.
  19. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I just now read of a person whose occupation is “home decor trend forecaster.” I could do that that, too. Taupe. Lavender. Ferns.
  20. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Yeah, it’s best to be hard to be rid of. It often works that way in smaller businesses, where everybody knows who is pulling his or her weight and who ain’t, whatever their titles.
  21. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    ^^^^^^^ I recall an old gal telling me, a good 30 years ago now, that each year passes faster than the one before it. She’s been gone about 25 years. In the years since I’ve found her observation to be more and more true. I’ve also found that my recall of just when some past event had occurred...
  22. tonyb

    Made In USA?

    I have nothing but anecdotes, so with that in mind … My everyday attire since my teen years (and that’s going back quite a ways now) includes blue jeans and what we used to call tennis shoes (you know, canvas tops, rubber soles). My preferred varieties of each are, in the first case, Levi’s...
  23. tonyb

    Made In USA?

    Is it true that goods made (in whole or in part) in Guam and American Samoa and the Northern Marianas can carry the “Made in USA” label? In a box around here somewhere I have a semi-calado straw “golf” hat I acquired 20 or more years ago that was almost certainly woven somewhere other than the...

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