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  1. KILO NOVEMBER

    What Are You Reading

    "Witness", by Whittaker Chambers. I listened to the unabridged audio recording from Audible. The reader came close to the sound of Chamber's voice (here is a clip of Chambers' testimony before the HUAC).
  2. KILO NOVEMBER

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    "Relief" Lizzie's post reminded me. When I was a child (late 50's to early 60's) and I would ask my father for something of non-trivial cost, my father (born 1915 and so with vivid memories of the Great Depression) would, not doubt reflecting on the pile of toys I had become bored with, reply to...
  3. KILO NOVEMBER

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    "Sunday-go-to-meeting"
  4. KILO NOVEMBER

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Outside of New England these were known as "milkshakes", so I'm confident that these were sold in the mid-west. With the rise of "alternative" ingredients, the term has been abbreviated to "shake"
  5. KILO NOVEMBER

    Wild hair, took up guitar lessons at age 58

    “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”! Oh, my lost youth! I'll be 65 in less than four weeks. When I read that, it summoned a vivid memory of driving on a particular road at night near Pittsburgh with three friends and hearing that blasting from the car's dashboard radio. A few years back, I was playing cards...
  7. KILO NOVEMBER

    I Wear A Hat Because... Rx

    Based on that clue, my entry in "Name that Skin Disease!" is, "actinic keratosis". From skincancer.org "An actinic keratosis (AK), also known as a solar keratosis, is a crusty, scaly growth caused by damage from exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. You'll often see the plural, “keratoses,”...
  8. KILO NOVEMBER

    Cinemas and theaters

    My hometown movie theater is celebrating it's 80th anniversary. I saw a lot of movies there when I was a boy! The Saturday Matinee cost 35 cents. That left 15 cents for popcorn and a candy bar. https://www.facebook.com/events/290659581489283/
  9. KILO NOVEMBER

    The Mandela Effect

    In the climactic scene of "White Heat", he says, "Made it Ma! Top of the world!" So, not so very far off.
  10. KILO NOVEMBER

    The Mandela Effect

    The "give me liberty ..." was Patrick Henry.
  11. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I guess math isn't a required topic in journalism school. If "... Matheson shares have fallen 100% this past year, ..." the price would be zero. At 12:21 EDT, it was $2.77.
  13. KILO NOVEMBER

    Hats and hair color

    If you're wearing your hat and you can still see your hair (color), chances are a haircut will obviate the question.
  14. KILO NOVEMBER

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Short on sides, long on top. That brings to mind some unpleasant types: Still, you shouldn't judge a man by his haircut, but it would make me think twice before I gave my barber his "marching orders".
  15. KILO NOVEMBER

    Am I The Only Dinosaur Here?

    Unless, of course, your views are orthogonal to the now-prevailing orthodoxy. Plus ça change, ...
  16. KILO NOVEMBER

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    The "Tide Pod Challenge" for rednecks. Where are Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy, and Ron White when you need them? I can just picture myself laughing until my sides hurt over their take on this! This brings to mind a less agressive bumper sticker I saw on a beat up pick-up about two years...
  17. KILO NOVEMBER

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    An early "admission"?
  19. KILO NOVEMBER

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    "Donnybrook" and "hooligan" sound like remnants of the time when the Irish were the recent immigrant group feared and contemned by the more established American population. It's hard to imagine nouns with similar connotations based on Spanish words/names gaining purchase and legitimacy in...
  20. KILO NOVEMBER

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    My father called my brother "a pistol" when he was very young (late '50s). I can't recall hearing that any time recently. (By the way, he certainly was a pistol.)
  21. KILO NOVEMBER

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I think local calls were up to a quarter before cell phones killed phone booths. It calls to mind a scene from Neuromancer, by William Gibson. It was a dystopian future Sci-Fi novel. The protagonist is walking past a bank of pay phones when they all start to ring one-by-one as he passes them...
  22. KILO NOVEMBER

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I have no children (and by extension, no grandchildren) but where I was watching Popeye and The Three Stooges, I get the impression that what kids see today is along the lines of "My Little Pony". And that is pretty lame compared to The Flintstones, which was inspired by The Honeymooners...
  23. KILO NOVEMBER

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Three Stooges - 1936 - Whoops I’m An Indian Check it at 11 minutes. Kids' TV today is pretty lame by comparison. Why, when I was a boy ...

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