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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    And too often the people who pull these shenanigans are the same ones who will demand to see a manager for any minor issue, oblivious to the irritation of others or to the fact that they've just removed any doubt that they are indeed a jackass.
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    You know you are getting old when:

    My grandparents home (built in 1936) had a small alcove between kitchen and livingroom for the telephone. The device itself hung in a little arched area recessed into the wall. If that little cathedral looking nook still exists I doubt any of the younger among us would know what its purpose was.
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    My kind of place

    Wasn't quite sure what thread to revive for this, so just enjoy the picture. :) Stolen from Lee Sinatra in 1930s World on Facebook.
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    Coronavirus: What Vintage Skills Can Help Prepare for a Potential Pandemic?

    Vinegar is a good cleaner and general sanitizer but is not effective against this virus. Its envelope appears to be a lipid (fat) so you need to either dissolve or oxidize that envelope to destroy the virus. Soaps, detergents and bleach will do that, vinegar does not.
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    Clean Jokes

    ^^^ Good Lord that's awful. Humorous in a demented way but nonetheless awful. :oops:
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    As in rigid, non swiveling or swiveling but permanently attached to the shower arm? The answer to both is yes, with the swivel type being more prevalent nowadays than the rigid type. Showerheads on a hose or some similar arrangement are not rare but not as common as the other types.
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    The Era -- Day By Day

    Hank the Deuce was as big a jackass as his grandfather. It seemed to skip a generation since Edsel, Henry IIs father was a better businessman and not nearly as much of a jerk as his son. Unfortunately, Edsel died young.
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    Ghost signs

    I'll bet none of our urban friends have a WD sitting next to their store.
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    Clean Jokes

    My wife and I were just talking about this. My grandparents were largely self sufficient. Very little needed to be bought from a grocery store to get by as far as food went. I have tried to generate interest in doing similarly on a smaller scale with little success. Today she brought the idea...
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    The Era -- Day By Day

    That's a good one but it's no Spring Cleaning.
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    Do you think there could be a second Great Depression?

    Likewise. We have been modestly blessed in more recent years in the ability to keep ahead of the bills, but I've been on the other side of the hill and while I have no interest in voluntarily going back there I know what it is and can survive it. I have been a worrier in the past to the...
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    The Era -- Day By Day

    No matter how many times I see this I still laugh every time.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    ^^^ I started school in 1970. Your brother and I must have had some of the same teachers. I taught myself details of several subjects as an adult that should have been thoroughly covered in school. I can't see from my children's experience that it has gotten anything but worse since.
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    The Era -- Day By Day

    I took that list to be his suppliers. I assume we are supposed to be impressed that he has vendors of such high caliber. Everybody from his insurance agent to the pickle works. I have to wonder what Joe and Sally's thoughts were on such a distinguished group.
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    Cactus friends, here?

    I'm not really into houseplants. Whatever my wife wants to keep is fine with me but I may have to start watching for these in the stores. Can't be used for toilet paper so there should be plenty available.
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    The Era -- Day By Day

    Hmm. Prediction is hard. Especially about the future. When I was a child I remember bootleg cigarettes being a huge deal. Same deal, a tax avoidance scheme. Highjacking trucks to steal cigarettes was also popular. Before you wonder just how old is this guy?, we are the same age. :p:D
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    The Era -- Day By Day

    I know that is true in urban areas but here in the puckerbrush everybody from grocery stores to taverns cashed company paychecks in those days with no vig if you were a customer. Things like this were an upside to living in a non metro area.
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    The Era -- Day By Day

    Maybe things are done differently in the city but I have yet to meet a stationary fireman who works in a bathing suit.
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    Deco Deliveries

    Driving that weinermobile in a summertime parade would be like cruising around in a terrarium.
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    Cactus friends, here?

    My grandmother had several little cactus plants in her house for many years. I seldom see them anymore.

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