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  1. tonyb

    Life, or Look?

    We got both, sporadically, along with Time and Newsweek and a local daily newspaper. My folks were among the countless others who were persuaded that they would be somehow negligent if they failed to expose their kids to such things. I have a modest collection of old magazines — dozens of...
  2. tonyb

    Most overrated movies?

    ^^^^^ An overlap with the “You know you are getting old when … ” thread. The lovely missus, 18 years my junior, has reached that point as well. Crowds? Noisy drinking establishments? Midnight showings? No thanks. But you kids have a good time. And try not to wake the neighbors when you...
  3. tonyb

    Most overrated movies?

    I’ve never seen it. I’m a bit too old to have been in its target audience when it was released, and by the time it achieved cult status the very idea of taking in a Friday midnight showing in the company of people dressed in costume and reciting dialogue in time with the characters on screen...
  4. tonyb

    Most overrated movies?

    And then you have those movies that aren’t so fully appreciated until they get a few years on them. “The Big Lebowski,” for instance. It played to generally positive but not raving reviews on its initial release. Now it’s on several short lists of all-time greats. “American Graffiti” was very...
  5. tonyb

    Most overrated movies?

    Have I ever seen “Titanic”? I’m getting old and forgetful, which might account. But then, maybe it was the movie that was forgettable. Never saw a Jurassic anything, but a since-deceased friend raved about it. He raved about “Avatar,” too. He had his reasons, but I knew him for half a century...
  7. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    They’ve dropped the apostrophe, as has Albertsons.
  8. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    It’s mandatory AND required for that face protection to enter.
  9. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Yes, of course. But I’m confident that a singular person wishing to be referred to as “they” would blow their/its top if called “it.”
  10. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    “Miss” is a Southernism, ain’t it? It’s an honorific, or so it that’s how I’ve heard it used. The Southern black family two doors up have their kids referring to the old gal whose house is between ours and theirs as “Miss Ellen.” One good thing to be said for this place: It isn’t exclusively...
  11. tonyb

    A sad day for us

    It’s possible and perhaps likely that our little Sandy has a brain condition which is curable only by surgery. The tests to verify that he indeed is so afflicted would run about a grand. If he were younger we’d consider it, but we’re not about to subject an old dog to brain surgery, which he...
  13. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I will not live long enough to abide referring to any individual by a plural pronoun, as some insist I do. I wouldn’t object to a gender-neutral singular.
  14. tonyb

    A sad day for us

    Well, LostInTyme, sad days are on our horizon, too. We recently assumed responsibility for a 12(?)-year-old cat. Our little spaniel mix Otis is 11 or so, and our terrier mix Sandy is at least 12, but he’s maybe two or three years older than that and has numerous health problems. Sandy went to...
  15. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    ^^^^^ I wasn’t familiar. Just looked it up. It ran 61 episodes, which is 41 more than “Market Warriors.” I’m left to wonder if it came to an end because those involved decided that it had run its course (I respect show people who know when to drop the curtain) or if that decision got made for...
  16. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    ^^^^^ Remember “Market Warriors,” the short-lived PBS spinoff of “Antiques Roadshow”? The premise was sending four professional appraisers to flea markets and the like to buy stuff to later be sold at auction. The appraiser who saw the greatest profit (or, often as not, the smallest loss) “won”...
  17. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Yesterday I picked up some items I bought on an online estate auction — five old wooden fruit crates (for holding my collection of old magazines) and a vintage Coca-Cola sign. The pickup point was the home of the deceased, a substantial log house and attached three-car garage on acreage...
  19. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Yes. As I remind anyone taking too seriously any “reality” TV programming, it’s a TV show first and foremost. Its entire reason for being is to attract and keep an audience. A show that accurately depicted the life of an antiques dealer or a pawn shop operator or a home remodeler or a working...
  20. tonyb

    Smoke 'em if ya got 'em

    ^^^^^ I gave up both 15 years ago. Had I not I very likely wouldn’t be such a continuing burden on the health care system.
  21. tonyb

    A sad day for us

    Dogs are the finest people I know. I’m very sorry for your loss.
  22. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Now THAT’S funny. Yes, the typical North American eats too much meat and too little plant-based foods. And I’m not one to tell any adult what to put in his or her mouth. If only I was extended the same courtesy.
  23. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Yeah, I’ve had more than my fill of that “badass” stuff, too. What’s more the pity is that it is frequently used as a compliment by people with whom I generally agree. They’ll say Joe or Joann Activist, who has been arrested for the umpteenth time for one act of civil disobedience or another...

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