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    You know you are getting old when:

    You have a better NPR station than we do.
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    Clean Jokes

    One of my old neighbors had a sign on his door that said "Trespassers will be shot. Survivors will be shot again." Right above the one that said "If you are found here tonight you will be found here tomorrow."
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    My usual response to the usually younger than me clerk is "oh bless you." They always giggle.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    This is a perfect example of one of the elements in the discussion in your fragmentation of history thread. Good Lord, really? Just get out. A local convenience store was busted after selling cigarettes to a 17 year old with a full beard. Regardless of what I think of that form of enforcement...
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    Your favorite toys as a kid?

    ^^^ Funny. I never had one but a very popular toy here was electric football. However the field looked completely different.
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    You know you are getting old when:

    This can't be right. My wife has said as I am aging my emissions have become stronger. :p:D
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    We've been under an "ethics code" for some years now. Like you, I completely understand the reasons for it but I was soured on the whole mess by a former director who was ridiculously rigid on the thing. Our vendors would bring in chocolate or summer sausage and things like caps and magnetic...
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    Your favorite toys as a kid?

    I had a car that you used what looked like a zip tie with large teeth to power. The zip tie engaged with a gear on the axle. You would pull the zip tie out rapidly and release the car. I believe it was called SST or something like that. Many hours across the basement floor on rainy or winter...
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    Ghost signs

    I just heard an ad for Bond Clothes on the radio last night. Fine quality suits with 2 pairs of trousers from $28 to $40.75. B.C. gentlemen, and we're not talking about a period in history.
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    The Fragmentation Of History

    We ate a metric ton of government peanut butter in school. It came as you say in a gallon USDA can. A fresh can required stirring to get the oil blended back in, but after that you were good to go. We also sometimes had peanuts that were packed the same way. They were good peanuts but unsalted.
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    The Fragmentation Of History

    Even the museums featuring people in our living memory are struggling to remain open. I can't imagine that Stephen Foster is drawing much interest. Being from Illinois, we've never had any shortage of scammy Lincoln connections to try to draw an unwary tourist dollar. Lincoln is a complicated...
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    Vintage Cars

    There were several Econoline pickups around here. The Dodges were much less common. Then there were a few of these as well.
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    Old gas stations

    ^^^ The Phillips 66 in my hometown was that building in reverse. It finally closed just a few years ago when the owner passed away.
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    Vintage neon signs

    Van Horn, Texas. Built in 1930. $2.00 got you a room with a private bath.
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    Sears might be going belly up

    I have some interest in another industry that is theoretically heavily regulated to level the playing field and prevent concentration in too few hands. The main occupation of the agencies involved seems to have been to sit by and watch happen exactly that which they were tasked to prevent. They...
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    Sears might be going belly up

    I'm surprised that it took this long. I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer and I saw what was going on there long ago. Employees, retirees and small stockholders should be allowed to whip Eddie to a frazzle with the skinny end of a fishing rod. Sadly that won't happen.
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    The Fragmentation Of History

    ^^^ Chick thinks so. Make of that what you will. Pro or con. :D
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    Tried searching but no luck. Best Wallet Recommendations?

    ^^^ Very nice.
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    The Fragmentation Of History

    I still read print media from several sources for this very reason. I agree that it still is better than online and television/radio offerings. I also think that even there, regardless of the political leanings of a particular publication, the line between news and opinion has become fuzzy. They...
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    The Fragmentation Of History

    I don't think we can change it short of some massive epiphany and I'm not holding my breath on that one. I used to believe wholeheartedly in people learning by good example. Call me cynical and I'm not saying that it never happens but as I've gotten older I've not seen much real life evidence of...

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