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  1. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    That reminds me of Idi Amin, who styled himself "His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hajj Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of all the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular."
  2. KILO NOVEMBER

    You know you are getting old when:

    I was in the fifth grade. We were lining up to return to class after the morning bio break when I heard someone say, "Kennedy was shot in the head." I didn't know any student named Kennedy, so it didn't make an impression on me. This was in Pennsylvania. We didn't get the rest of the day off...
  3. KILO NOVEMBER

    You know you are getting old when:

    Note that Reagan's lawn jockey is painted with a white face. Compare that to the traditional lawn jockey painted to look like a minstrel show performer. Now, it doesn't take much imagination to work out why some portions of the audience might find that offensive.
  4. KILO NOVEMBER

    You know you are getting old when:

    Hasn't seemed to affect Mick Jagger.
  5. KILO NOVEMBER

    Cigar/pipe table?

    Doubtless made by the now-defunct Decatur Industries. Their products were a mainstay in pipe shops' offerings until they shut down. You can find a lot of their products on eBay.
  7. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Maybe this comment is better for the "You Know You're Getting Old When ..." thread, but I rarely have a fierce thirst when walking around town. I do frequently have an urgent need for the other end of the business.
  8. KILO NOVEMBER

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    "Flip side" alternatively "B side". Would anyone under, say 50, immediately recognize these?
  9. KILO NOVEMBER

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I don't remember the last time I heard the term G.I. (that is, not associated with gastrointestinal). I get the feeling that it started to disappear with the end of conscription.
  10. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    "Is there anything else I can help you with?" The web site has got me nowhere. The chatbot is clueless. I've spent what seems like a half-hour navigating a phone menu which seems designed to frustrate and finally I get a human on the phone. Now this person genuinely wants to help, but the...
  11. KILO NOVEMBER

    how far does a person need to travel to be considered a "Tourist" ?

    "How far" isn't really the nub of the matter. It's "why". A caravan of 5,000 Central Americans heading for the Rio Grande wouldn't be called "tourists" by anyone, no matter that they are more than 1,000 miles from home.
  13. KILO NOVEMBER

    You know you are getting old when:

    "Oral at Bar Mitzvahs", that isn't the speech the newly-minted "man" gives?
  14. KILO NOVEMBER

    You know you are getting old when:

    When I was in high school I worked for a small businessman who owned vending machines, mainly cigarette vending machines. I don't remember the last time I saw one. They used to be everywhere, restaurants, bars, cafeterias, ...
  15. KILO NOVEMBER

    You know you are getting old when:

    You know you're getting old when you remember a time when "adults only" was mainly used to signal that the content of the book or movie "appealed to prurient interest".
  16. KILO NOVEMBER

    You know you are getting old when:

    My wife says that a sure sign of getting old is following this thread.
  17. KILO NOVEMBER

    Return of the spade

    Are we talking a second mortgage on the price?
  19. KILO NOVEMBER

    Return of the spade

    Have you got a last for 13 EEE?
  20. KILO NOVEMBER

    You know you are getting old when:

    Yesterday I listened to Simon & Garfunkle's Bookends album. When this album was released I was in high school. I remember getting a hall pass excusing me from study hall to go to the school library. I would listen to that album for the hour until the next class. I'm now closing in on the age of...
  21. KILO NOVEMBER

    You know you are getting old when:

    During the first run, and not re-runs (except, of course, during the summer months)
  22. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    The U.S. armed services are not an all-inclusive resort experience for which you pay. When you enlist, you are entering into a contract which obliges you to serve on active duty for four years and in the reserves for four more years. More at this link.
  23. KILO NOVEMBER

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Shotgun wedding Mores have changed so that it's unlikely that anyone under 50 would recognize it.

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