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  1. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    ^^^^ It’s a regional identity thing, I think. I put mayonnaise on hotdogs, the very thought of which nauseates some people.
  2. tonyb

    Vintage neon signs

    Well, damn.
  3. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    News reports of opinion polling that say such-and-such percentage of those polled “believe” or “think” such-and-such a thing. We might with some confidence say that those polled *said* they believe or think such-and-such a thing or that they preferred such-and-such a candidate.But we are not...
  4. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I’ve gotten the sham Social Security calls myself. As to the call to your MIL ... We really gotta find a way to effectively prosecute people who do such things. The cruelty in it just can’t be tolerated.
  5. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    The light weight and overall ergonomics of the 35 mm OM stuff is what moved me away from Nikon way back when. I still got a case holding a couple bodies and at least half a dozen lenses and a couple motor wonders and filters and whatnot. Haven’t used it in several years. If I had money to burn...
  7. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    ^^^^^ They do that over your way too, eh? My dog and I encounter several such bedazzled domiciles on our daily walks. I kinda like that they’re there. At least it leaves me knowing I ain’t the tackiest person living around here.
  8. tonyb

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    “What will they think of next!?!” The phrase is still in circulation, but it’s nowhere near as commonly heard as it was when I was a kid. People of my grandparents’ age back then, getting on in years as they were, were still quite vital, and still mostly forward-looking. And they were taken...
  9. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    I was no fan of macaroni and cheese until I had some that didn’t come out of a box. It was something of a revelation. Still, I can’t get the vision out of my head of kitchen sinks piled high with plates with the remains of macaroni and cheese glued to them. I may be trailer park, but I ain’t...
  10. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    ^^^^^ I’m reminded of a camera shop/photo processing place I visited frequently back in the late ’90s/early aughts, just when digital cameras were taking off. The proprietor was doing a good business then, but that didn’t last. One conversation with him that has stuck with me was of us...
  11. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    ^^^^^ There’s a lab here in town I entrusted with making enlargements from a smaller B&W photo taken in the 1950s. These guys sell and process film. They got a fridge full of it. It has me thinking of breaking out my old OM stuff.
  13. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Uidate: Three days past the expected delivery date and still no sneakers. However, online tracking showed the shipment was scanned into a local carrier’s facility at 2:51 a.m. on Tuesday, so 42 hours ago. Seems to me it shouldn’t take so long to cover those last few miles. So I called Zappo’s...
  14. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    Does anyone still take (and show) slides?
  15. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I’ve had almost but not quite universally good service from USPS. I’ve made hundreds of Priority Mail shipments at this point and have yet to file a claim on that additional insurance I always buy. (I’m just superstitious enough to think that the first time I fail to purchase the additional...
  16. tonyb

    Do You Still Use "Golden Age" Products?

    I use Barbasol as well, mostly because it’s the cheapest available in the supermarket. I question if it’s the same product they made way back when. I still have a couple of double edge safety razors somewhere around here. I used to use them regularly.
  17. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Neither the lovely missus nor I carry any debt other than the mortgage on our now only piece of real property. (It was a relief to be rid of the others.) No car payment, no credit card debt, etc. And while our credit scores are still in the “excellent” range, they’ve been slowly but steadily...
  19. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Yeah, they probably figured after a couple three or fours years that a few bucks beats no bucks.
  20. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    I guess I was fortunate that my folks never went in for any of those OTC “cures.” I do recall my dear old ma making disapproving commentary about mothers who loaded up their kids with laxatives. It would get so the kids’ bowels wouldn’t work without that stuff, she opined. I don’t know if she...
  21. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    And yet there are those who refuse to see what’s right in front of their eyes. If you’ve never read Gore Vidal’s essay “The Birds and the Bees,” I heartily recommend you do so. It’s a hoot.
  22. tonyb

    Are there any Horologist’s on the forum?

    I ain’t one, but I have fond memories of a since-deceased horologist whose office was next to mine. Horological Services was the name of his business. He acknowledged that his was a dying trade, but that it would outlive him.
  23. tonyb

    Vintage neon signs

    Frostop in LaPlace, Louisiana. Image lifted from their Facebook page.

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