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  1. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    I learned today of another one-off gig involving friends from my drum and bugle corps days, going back to the late 1960s. They’ve gotten together in years past for a field show and a couple of times for showcase parades — Macy’s Thanksgiving Day in NYC and Mardi Gras in NOLA. Now they’re...
  2. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    ^^^^^^ I trust that fluorescent tubes will still be available through the indefinite future, maybe not on the shelves at the local hardware stores, but there will remain enough old fixtures that people wish to continue using that producing the things will be a viable business proposition.
  3. tonyb

    "Being Henry"

    I’m reminded of “Glory Days,” the Bruce Springsteen song.
  4. tonyb

    Amelia Earhart May Have Survived Crash-Landing

    I meant to say just the opposite. Call it creeping decrepitude.
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    Amelia Earhart May Have Survived Crash-Landing

    A commendable effort, but keep the champagne on ice for now. https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/an-explorer-believes-he-found-amelia-earharts-plane-experts-arent-convinced/
  7. tonyb

    REM sleep - dreams

    People have spent a lot more and gotten nothing better. It’s quite the hustle.
  8. tonyb

    REM sleep - dreams

    I’ve had lucid dreams for longer than I can remember. When it’s a troubling scenario, I tell myself it’s only a dream and either let it play out in a less troubling way or, as often as not, awaken for a brief period and then fall back asleep. I used to fly in dreams. I haven’t in years and...
  9. tonyb

    Ghost signs

    ^^^^^^^ Note the less-faded sign for Chas. M. Clements Hardware-Furniture Funeral Directors. I found this yardstick at an antique mall maybe a year and a half ago. I mentioned it to an undertaker I was chatting with during a visitation for a departed elderly relative. The undertaker informed me...
  10. tonyb

    Ghost signs

    William Erb photo …
  11. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I suspect the roads will remain, mostly, but the uses they’re put to will change dramatically. The “autonomous” (aka “self-driving”) motor vehicle will shape our world as much or more as the automobile itself did. I had thought the personal car was here to stay, and maybe it will be, but a...
  13. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Echoes of commentary re: early internal combustion engine powered automobiles back 120 years ago or so. It’ll never replace the horse.
  14. tonyb

    Amelia Earhart May Have Survived Crash-Landing

    ^^^^^ That story leaves me with more questions than answers. Here’s hoping for a definitive yea or nay. At this point, I’m thinking the smart bet would be on the former.
  15. tonyb

    Ghost signs

    ^^^^^ I once had a ‘56 VW myself. Sunroof, semaphores, oval window. I kick myself for selling it.
  16. tonyb

    Old gas stations

    Stevens Pass, Washington, 1926
  17. tonyb

    Old gas stations

    Was the sign visible when the storage unit was opened? There’s precious little reality in reality television, as ought be apparent to most any competent person over age 12 or so who sat through more than a few minutes of Storage Wars and similar works of fiction. Having close familiarity with...
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    Ghost signs

  20. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    ^^^^^^ I admit to not understanding this post. Was this stuff not widely available back in the bad old days, before the wall came down? Or is it used as a “personal lubricant” or something along those lines? Is, or was, “the West” commonly perceived as “pulsating” over your way?
  21. tonyb

    "But I'm content with my life."

    True enough. I’ve found the moment to be less stressful when I have a realistic sense that subsequent moments will have me with adequate resources. My needs are pretty darned basic, though, and I know that what I have far exceeds them. Food, shelter, access to quality medical care — that’s the...
  22. tonyb

    Old gas stations

    ^^^^^^ There’s a possibility, if not a strong one, that the girl in the photo would still be with the living. She’d be in her early 90s by now, I suppose.
  23. tonyb

    Old gas stations

    This is a fairly famous image, so forgive me if it’s already appeared in this thread. According to the person I lifted this from, it was taken in Person County, North Carolina in 1939.

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