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  1. ChrisB

    You know you are getting old when:

    When something that seems to have happened recently actually happened 40 years ago.
  2. ChrisB

    Annoying modern trends...

    It is also all too easy to hate people you have never met. Their absence from the community makes them mere abstractions, making it easy to believe anything derogatory about them.
  3. ChrisB

    Annoying modern trends...

    Having nothing better to do, I did search for it, it seems to be confined to motorized vehicles. As to annoying modern trends: "Check Engine" lights. It can mean anything from a loose gas cap to an expensive repair.
  4. ChrisB

    Annoying modern trends...

    At what percentage is concern about racism justified?
  5. ChrisB

    Annoying modern trends...

    We can't even come up with a definition of race that passes scientific muster, so any attempt to pin any attribute on race is devoid of logic.
  7. ChrisB

    Old gas stations

    Guy's Filling Station, Washington NJ:
  8. ChrisB

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I knew two men, both lifelong residents of the same town in western Maine. One had a strong accent, while the other could have been a TV news anchor. They were about ten years apart in age.
  9. ChrisB

    Annoying modern trends...

    It is worth noting that the pledge of allegiance was written by Francis Bellamy, a Christian Socialist.
  10. ChrisB

    Other cultures

    Edward Hopper: Automat
  11. ChrisB

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    My father used to say that the best way to support the troops was to not get involved in new wars.
  13. ChrisB

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    In my county we had a township with a population of 6. They called it quits a few years ago and merged with a neighboring township. Small is indeed in the eye of the beholder.
  14. ChrisB

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Satirized in "Fearless Fosdick" from Li'l Abner, where people tended to end up looking like Swiss cheese.
  15. ChrisB

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Having grown up in a rural area outside a small town, ( pop. @ 6000, it annoys me to hear towns of 50000 or more referred to as small), I can say that everything that happened in Peyton Place will happen in any small town sooner or later. It just won't come in such a concentrated dose. Not that...
  16. ChrisB

    Annoying modern trends...

    Would you buy it if it came from the Johnson Smith Company?
  17. ChrisB

    Did the Rules of Etiquette Provide a Greater Sense of Safety For Women?

    I suspect that human nature changes but little, and the same proportion of men behaved just as badly in the past.
  19. ChrisB

    Annoying modern trends...

    Yeah, those people really offend me! Seriously though, there does seem to be a type that goes out of their way to find something to be offended by.
  20. ChrisB

    Annoying modern trends...

    Telemarketers. My land line phone is now quite useless, with the answering machine being cluttered with 20 or more messages a day. This in spite of being registered on the do not call list.
  21. ChrisB

    Annoying modern trends...

    Cell Phones. I used to keep mine turned off most of the time, but circumstances have forced me to keep it on and with me all the time. It is an electronic ball and chain.
  22. ChrisB

    Favorite Historic Buildings or Places

    Balto got the glory, but it was Togo, Leonhard Seppalas lead dog, who did most of the work: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo_(dog) I once owned a Siberian husky that was a descendant of Togo:
  23. ChrisB

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    My nose is anything but petite, but I wouldn't change it for anything. I wear it with pride. But, I suspect that men are given more room for character when it comes to looks.

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