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  1. tonyb

    Vintage things that have REAPPEARED in your lifetime?

    No foolin’. No audiophile, I; rather, I just dig the look of the 1960s to early ‘70s stereo gear. Glad I snapped mine up a decade and more ago, when this stuff could be had for pennies on the dollar compared to today’s prices.
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    how far does a person need to travel to be considered a "Tourist" ?

    “The only true voyage of discovery … would be not to visit strange lands but to possess other eyes.” — Marcel Proust It could be argued that “other eyes” might be more readily located should they have the opportunity to witness what they haven’t seen before. Still, though, we humans too...
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    how far does a person need to travel to be considered a "Tourist" ?

    It’s like the guy who complains of the traffic he encounters every workday rush hour.
  4. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    But even that’s getting to be ancient history for you, ain’t it? You’ve disclosed enough autobiographical information to have me thinking you are among the most senior among us.
  5. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    Gotta believe that the enduring popularity of “American Graffiti” is in its portrayal of a late adolescence/early adulthood people *wish* they had. I have some fond memories of my teen years, but more unpleasant ones. It wasn’t until my teens were all but behind me that I grew comfortable in...
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    You know you are getting old when:

    I have a theory as to the origin of that particular, um, fascination.
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    You know you are getting old when:

    I’ve maintained contact with several people I met in my teen years, but none with whom I attended high school. The last high school classmate I could honestly call a friend died in 1995. AIDS did him in. Had he survived another year or two, he might have gotten the life-saving drug therapies...
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    Summertime then and now ...

    At a local high school today …
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    Summertime then and now ...

  11. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    … you clearly remember women wearing nylon stockings with seams running up the back.
  13. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    Be thankful to live in the age of relatively lightweight plastic lenses. When I started wearing spectacles they weren’t “glasses” in name only, as most are today. Those glass lenses were HEAVY, and the pads dug into my nose, sometimes rubbing it so raw that the sweat made it sting.
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    You know you are getting old when:

    … you find virtue in a little spandex in your blue jeans fabric.
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    You know you are getting old when:

    I’ve been wearing glasses since age 15 and bifocals for at least 20 years now. Maybe more like 30. Had cataract surgery in my left eye in 2004, which corrected my distance vision so well that I no longer need spectacles to legally drive. But I wear them anyway. My distance vision in my right eye...
  16. tonyb

    USA, Mount Rushmore Presidents

    The history of the carving of Mount Rushmore and what preceded it and what has happened since can keep a person turning pages for years. It’s no exaggeration to say the Black Hills were stolen from the Lakota — a blatant, undeniable (by any honest telling) violation of a treaty made just...
  17. tonyb

    USA, Mount Rushmore Presidents

    It’s definitely worth your while. If you have the time and the resources, I’d recommend taking at least a month to tour the entire region by car. Much of the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, etc., is largely unchanged from what it was when the settlers first showed their pale faces.
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    You know you are getting old when:

    My lovely missus takes one pill a day and she uses a pill organizer. It’s been a while since I’ve had reason to be mindful of this, but I do clearly recall birth control pills dispensed in round push-out packets with each day’s slot clearly marked. So, pills that come in their own organizer. I...
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    You know you are getting old when:

    And yet we’re still 23. I’ll confess to still finding attractive several of those pretty girls from back half a century or more. The years are kinder to some than others. The calendar hasn’t been entirely generous to me. Even if I got back down to a buck eighty-five I still wouldn’t fit into...
  21. tonyb

    Summertime then and now ...

    According to the display on the dashboard, it was 97 degrees Fahrenheit this afternoon as I witnessed youngsters walking home (or wherever) from school.
  22. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    At that point you need additional assistance. Even with the organizer I still miss doses — rarely, but it happens. And because I have the organizer at least I know I’ve skipped. I’m on six different prescription medications. I take pills twice daily. I rent a U-Haul for my monthly visits to...
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    You know you are getting old when:

    You know those pill organizer things? They’re typically made of plastic and have at least one compartment for each day of the week. A 45-year-old of my acquaintance — a youngster, from my perspective — was wondering aloud whether she had taken her meds this morning. It was suggested she get a...

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