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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    New water heaters have a design life of 7 or 8 years. Anything beyond that is gravy. I have seen old water heaters chugging away after 30+ years with either no service done or an element replacement. On the rare occasion that somebody actually drained them annually to keep the sediment out and...
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    What Was The Last Radio Program You Heard?

    Well shoot. I had just started listening to the "Strand Theater On The Air" broadcast when some people had the audacity to show up here. My wife told me on her way to the door that I needed to be sociable and turn it off. Hopefully it will be available somewhere else as an encore.
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    Show us your vehicles

    Was it equipped with rich Corinthian leather?
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    Woolrich got bought up by the Italians

    Owned by Italians, made in China. Meh.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I have no issue with anyone who chooses to call a professional to do any task. Everyone needs to make a living. I don't expect every Tom, Dick and Harriet to replace their own water heater, but I find it incredible that some of them don't even know that they have one, and are taken aback that...
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    Show us your vehicles

    One of my college roommates drove a Fury III. It was a boat and a half that was surprisingly fast on the top end. Fun it was to pass Mustangs and Camaros once it got wound up.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    And that is the greatest and most valuable thing being lost.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I've had this conversation many times with different people and I have decided that there are a lot of things that have contributed to the common helplessness. I think the farther we collectively get from descendants who actually built and repaired things with their hands rather than throwing...
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    Vintage roadside

    Does that mean anybody can walk in off the street and change the recipes?
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    That same conversation has been had with all of our boys. The reception has been staticky sometimes, but the signal seems to be getting clearer as they get older (and have to pay their own bills).
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    Happy Birthday...

    Tastes differ, but I have never seen the attraction.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    You could have at least smiled a little when they took the picture. :D
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    Today in History

    I think if he hadn't he would have been loaded into a catapult and flung into the sea. His views were rather incompatible with the company mission statement.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Everything silly in its time. I am still astounded by the prices people pay for chemically worn out pants full of holes. Many years ago now I was employed in the bovine chasing business. I was tipped off that there was a fellow who would buy your worn out Wrangler jeans for a premium if they...
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    What's For Breakfast...

    We don't have Waffle Houses up here but my oldest son lives in south Georgia where there's one in every town of any size. Another reason to make the trip down to visit.
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    What do you use for thinning, grey hair and balding on top?

    Complaining about our loss of of functional follicles gives a bunch of grumpy old men who really don't have much to complain about a reason to be grumpy. All in good fun. :D
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    You know you are getting old when:

    Why is it that after years of dealing with people in a service situation that you can very often pick out the ones who have a high potential to be difficult on sight? As soon as they walk in the your spidey sense goes off. I've never figured out exactly what they radiate before they speak or...
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    You know you are getting old when:

    A-holism and arrogance are among the worst character flaws. It doesn't help that they are the most visible. I have also observed that those most afflicted generally have the least reason.
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    Today in History

    Given a man on the street video that I had the misfortune of seeing a while back infamy isn't as long as it used to be.
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    What do you use for thinning, grey hair and balding on top?

    ^^ I believe that a fair percentage of the hair that has disappeared from the top has simply slipped down to sprout from my ears and nose. I have to check every day now to keep ahead of the sneaky little things.

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