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  1. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    … you get a little thrill on receiving socks and a book as birthday gifts.
  2. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Conversely, dismissing a person’s argument by labeling said person “unintelligent” doesn’t get us anywhere, either. Sure, people do and say decidedly unintelligent things ALL THE TIME. Every person I know well enough to say I actually know certainly has had his or her lesser moments. But...
  3. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Do you ever get the sense that your gripes amount to little more than railing against the wind? It isn’t that the complaints are necessarily without merit. I bemoan what the “progress” I’ve witnessed has done to many of my favorite places over the decades. I much preferred, for instance, the...
  4. tonyb

    Good Eats-Show Us Your Vintage Diners

    William Eggleston photo …
  5. tonyb

    What's the worst coffee worldwide?

    The lovely missus got us a Costco membership. Dark roasted whole bean arabica in the 2 1/2-pound bag works out to $4.97 per pound. That’s somewhat less than half the cost at the “regular” store.
  7. tonyb

    What's the worst coffee worldwide?

    On those rare occasions I get more than an hour or two into the day without coffee I get a headache.
  8. tonyb

    "Being Henry"

    I appreciate Henry for at least giving the appearance of being comfortable in his own aging skin, and khakis and button-down Oxford cloth shirts. He doesn’t do the Fonz anymore. It’s as though, unlike Elvis, he’d rather not play a role that requires wearing a girdle.
  9. tonyb

    "But I'm content with my life."

    ^^^^^^^ Yes, it’s good to be mindful of just how good we have it, relative to most of the world, and relative to how people lived historically. Which is not to say that things couldn’t be better. We have what we have largely because our ancestors saw to that, as did theirs for them.
  10. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    A self-respecting sex worker (there are such people, contrary to popular perception) might take offense at being so likened.
  11. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I’ve personally experienced the backlash when advertisers perceive news coverage as running contrary to their commercial interests. It isn’t that the publishers and the ad side say “Don’t report on this“ (although I have seen it suggested by the money side that a certain new business in the...
  13. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    There are many “good” journalists working today — honest, hardworking people who attempt, to varying degrees of success, to put aside their own biases and deliver the straight dope. In my considerable experience, the most difficult part of writing a news story isn’t the writing itself but the...
  14. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    It’s happening again … Several major news outlets are reporting today that recent polling says 25 percent of those polled BELIEVE such-and-such a thing. Dang, people, neither the pollsters nor the reporters nor the headline writers are mind readers. They can’t possibly know what people...
  15. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Do you ever get the sense that some people post here under more than one user name? Or that they disappeared under their old handle and reappeared under another? I’m all but certain of one such character from years past, and I have a strong suspicion of one currently posting.
  16. tonyb

    Memorable picking grounds

    This seems as good a forum as any to tell of the more, um, interesting(?) people, places, and circumstances you’ve encountered in your searches for vintage stuff. A dozen or so years ago I arranged to meet a guy in Tacoma who had listed a bookcase for sale. I met him at his home, a craftsman...
  17. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Do these investors not fear killing the goose? Judging from your description, it seems they are kinda short-sighted. Perhaps it’s a different matter where you are, but in the tourist town I alluded to above there is relatively affordable housing not far away. The town itself is economically...
  19. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    As I’ve surely noted in this space before, short-term rentals (I have one myself, although it hasn’t been put to that use since early in 2020) can be of net benefit to a community, if (and it’s a big if) they are well regulated. In this jurisdiction, short-term rentals are limited to one unit...
  20. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    ^^^^^^ I have fears for the future of the “American Dream“ of homeownership and generational wealth, what with reverse mortgages and mega investors buying up residential properties and entire multi-family properties becoming what are essentially hotels, occupied entirely by short-term renters...
  21. tonyb

    "But I'm content with my life."

    ^^^^^^ What’s obvious to some people — most, maybe — is often lost on me. I’ve found that to be more or less equally true of people I know well enough to say I actually know. Remember the Savoy Brown song “I’m Tired”? “You know some people are different Now ain’t that a crying shame Now...
  22. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Got this text message yesterday. I long ago had my fill of these parasitic real estate “professionals.“ So no, Kayla (sorry, no exclamation point), we are not receptive to offers on our home, and if we were, you would be the last person we’d do business with.
  23. tonyb

    Good Eats-Show Us Your Vintage Diners

    According to the site I lifted this from, it is the actress Bebe Neuwirth in a photo by Timothy White.

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