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  1. tonyb

    The Fragmentation Of History

    I even like the neglected ones. On South Graham Street in Seattle, on the western slope of Beacon Hill, is such a cemetery. For decades and decades it was completely overgrown. Vandals had knocked over headstones and removed some of them. Now it’s being at least minimally maintained. At least...
  2. tonyb

    The Fragmentation Of History

    ^^^^^ Which is not to say that I dislike cemeteries. Whenever I get back to the greater Madison, Wisconsin area I pay a visit to the graveyard behind the Catholic church in Ashton, where my father, who died when I was four months old, is planted. The oldest graves there, the ones nearest the...
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    The Fragmentation Of History

    At an institution of higher learning (which shall remain unnamed) a joke among the faculty and staff and even some of the student body was that the elderly university president, given to long-winded reminiscences (every one a tale with himself at its center), would step down after he saw his...
  4. tonyb

    Vintage Things That Will NOT Disappear In Your Lifetime

    ^^^^^ Yeah, but I doubt most people under age 60 could tell you what a styptic pencil is. I might well be wrong about that. But more modern shaving implements greatly reduce the likelihood of seriously cutting oneself. I give myself a little nick every now and then, but the bleeding is usually...
  5. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    We’ve discussed unnaturally white teeth here before. I haven’t smoked in 15 years, brush my teeth daily, visit the dentist every now and then for cleaning, etc., and my teeth are still several shades removed from pure white. And that’s absolutely fine by me. So is a slightly sideways tooth on...
  7. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    Stitching down a hatband ribbon out on the deck (itty-bitty stitches) has me thinking I could benefit from a pair of readers.
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    You know you are getting old when:

    My Dear Old Ma was visiting from her far-away home for four days over the long weekend. She spent two of those days in the hospital. It’s a minor miracle that she was well enough to make her flight back home. If not for her granddaughter accompanying her, that would have been inadvisable. A...
  9. tonyb

    Vintage roadside

    Can’t say I’m familiar with Sculle and Jakle’s work, but in my experience, the hand-formed, cooked-to-order hamburgers at neighborhood greasy spoons (a now all but extinct species) beat the hell out of anything the Clown or the King ever served up. What the mega-chains have going for themselves...
  10. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    When might our teen years be over?
  11. tonyb

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Medicare is the program for us old people. It’s not the same program as Medicaid, which covers younger people and people with disabilities. Some people have dual eligibility. Going into greater detail, I fear, would quickly steer us into forbidden territory, as politics is certainly wrapped up...
  13. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    ^^^^^ Remember when that sh*t was taken seriously? Remember “Sybil”? To jog memories, that was the pseudonym of a woman on whom a book and a couple of TV movies were based. Poor Sybil had 16 personalities or identities or whatever, all residing in one head. That was back in the ’70s, when a...
  14. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    ^^^^^ And to the layperson’s eye the build quality isn’t visible. My 47-year-old Red Wing boots don’t *look* sturdier than lesser shoes. But they are.
  15. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Which also points to the cowardice of bomb-throwers whose true identities remain cloaked. We’ve had people with more than one fictitious identity on this very site, or so I strongly suspect. What of any value they hope to gain from it is lost on me. But then, I wouldn’t wish to make a world...
  16. tonyb

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    ^^^^^ It could affect the amount of your benefit come that not-so-distant day.
  17. tonyb

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I believe Harp is right in that if taxes were deducted from your 1985 pay and there’s evidence to that effect (your own tax return for that year, for instance) Social Security would correct the record in your favor. That’s my experience.
  19. tonyb

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I had the same thing happen to me. I got the annual notice from Social Security showing no contributions the previous year. I contacted Social Security, showed them W-2s and paycheck stubs. They corrected my records and, I assume, went after the employer. That fellow avoids me, likely on advice...
  20. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    And then there’s the problem with making casual, off-the-cuff comments that come back to bite. I can’t imagine any thoughtful person not hesitating to put in writing the comments he or she would utter among friends. But then, we all have our moments. I read of these people, such as that fellow...
  21. tonyb

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    ^^^^^ I’ve worked for some fly-by-night operations. One occasionally paid with cash in an envelope, along with a stub showing deductions. But at least the deductions actually got sent to the IRS. I assumed the company didn’t quite have enough in the accounts to make payroll that day but with the...
  22. tonyb

    Missing Members

    Cheap ramen with a couple of cheap cut-up hotdogs and maybe an egg, if they’re on sale. Easy on the belly, easy on the billfold.
  23. tonyb

    Deco/moderne bus stations

    Waverly, Tennessee …

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