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  1. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    ^^^^^ Those Indian pennies predate almost every living person. I’ve seen them in displays and collections, but never in circulation.
  2. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    There’s many a button made from winged liberty dimes and Indian head nickels, hammered with concave backs filled with solder and a ring-like thing so that the coin can be sewn onto whatever a person chooses to sew it to. I confess to having procured a couple of them myself. I still have the...
  3. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    And … I doubt most people under age 50 or so know there was ever such a thing as a steel penny or a winged liberty dime. They’re likely familiar with Indian head nickels, though, seeing how the design still shows up with regularity in commercial signage, often in “Western” themed businesses...
  4. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    As to knowing you’re getting old … You remember steel pennies and winged liberty dimes and Indian head nickels still in circulation.
  5. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    I was a taxicab driver starting at age 18. Back then it was almost entirely a cash business (although the occasional professional offered to take it out in trade). From time to time, maybe a couple-three times a year, I was paid with old currency and coins. I was left feeling torn on those...
  7. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    It ain’t free here.
  8. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    ^^^^^ Yeah, no s**t. Like fees for cashing checks, this hits the people who can least afford the loss.
  9. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    So what am I to do with all this loose change if I’m not to spend it like, you know, money? I could take jars of it to the bank, which would be a PITA for both me and the poor underpaid teller. Or I could do what I see some of our less fortunate brothers and sisters do and dump it into a...
  10. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    I have yet to encounter such a system.
  11. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    I’ve been handed back in change more than I was due on a few occasions. I’m not poor, and I like to think I’m reasonably honest, so I correct such errors and hand back the overage. I wouldn’t wish for the cashier’s till to come up short. His or her day is likely difficult enough without that...
  13. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    ^^^^^^ What “particular type of transaction” is that? As I already noted above, I am not disparaging the people — mostly young people — working fast-food jobs. I fail to see how giving a person $20.27 for an $8.27 purchase amounts to “a complex series of bills and coins.” I don’t do it for...
  14. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    ^^^^^^ Yes, that’s a whole ‘nuther matter. We leave records of our whereabouts and activities just about every time we step outside our homes and often when we stay in. Convenience comes at a price.
  15. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    ^^^^^^^ What’s most amusing in such scenarios is that all these new ways of conducting our daily affairs are, if anything, making us LESS intelligent. Go ahead, give the kid at the drive-thru a 20, two dimes, a nickel, and a couple pennies for an $8.27 purchase and see what happens. EDIT: I...
  16. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    Once again, inquiring after an old friend informs of that friend’s death, nearly five years ago, in this particular case. He was a truly a good guy, so it truly sucks.
  17. tonyb

    Missing Members

    A few people still listed as moderators (“bartenders”) rarely if ever check in anymore. One I sadly suspect is deceased. A couple others I still communicate with on other platforms. And one is still very much alive and apparently well and still deeply immersed in matters vintage — clothing...
  19. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace often turn a deaf ear to easily verifiable reports of scams.
  20. tonyb

    Old gas stations

    Rockwood, Maine, 1963, according to the site I lifted this from …
  21. tonyb

    Old gas stations

    Another William Erb photo. I’d love to see this place restored in a manner faithful to its original architecture.
  22. tonyb

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    ^^^^^ I recall a poster circa 1970 featuring a photo of a then-prominent political figure wearing a cheesy grin with a caption reading “Would You Buy a Used Car from this Man?” It was time when used cars were suspect almost by default. And the people in the used car business? Well, let’s just...
  23. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    ^^^^^^ Are there LED tubes that work in fluorescent fixtures? I’ve read conflicting reports, I put LED tubes in a fluorescent fixture a couple three years ago. Same size, same little pin configuration. It worked, but not for long. So I bought a pair of four-foot four-tube LED grow light...

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