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  1. ChrisB

    Ancestor hat pics

    Women seem to be under represented , so here is my Great grandmother, 1899.
  2. ChrisB

    You know you are getting old when:

    Yeah, I'm not getting older, but everyone else seems to be getting younger!
  3. ChrisB

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    My father, having survived combat in WW2, spent the rest of his life amazed that he was still alive. When he talked of his experiences, he emphasized that aside from the times when someone was trying to kill you, the life of a frontline soldier was one of misery: living in muddy holes which you...
  4. ChrisB

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Coffee grounds are good fertilizer, high in nitrogen.
  5. ChrisB

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    When it comes to "Big Brother", I fear Google more than the government.
  7. ChrisB

    What are you listening to?

    Listening to Big Band Sunday Night on AM 740 from Toronto, on my Philco 20.
  8. ChrisB

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    What I dislike about cell phones is that people have come to expect that they have a right to your immediate attention, any time anywhere.
  9. ChrisB

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    They are still there at the Mt Mitchill Scenic Overlook, Atlantic Highlands NJ.
  10. ChrisB

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Unfortunately, talent is no longer required.
  11. ChrisB

    Philosophical: Activities and escapism

    For me, a good book is like a door to another world.
  13. ChrisB

    You know you are getting old when:

    Buying a book online will get you exactly what you were looking for. But the best part of browsing a book store was finding what I wasn't looking for. And there is the card catalog in the library. My library did away with it 20 years ago. There are adults who have never even seen one, let alone...
  14. ChrisB

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    China seems to have inherited that reputation. While there is a vast quantity of cheap junk produced there, there are some good quality items made in China.
  15. ChrisB

    You know you are getting old when:

    I used to frequent a used book store, creaky wooden floors, book shelves from floor to ceiling, basement to attic. They have just recently closed and gone to internet sales. Barnes and Noble is the only book store around these days.
  16. ChrisB

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I frequently encounter the phrase assembled in America from foreign and domestic parts. To be labeled made in the US, it must contain "virtually all" domestic parts. https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/complying-made-usa-standard
  17. ChrisB

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I can't say that I ever knew anyone who self identified as a "hippie".
  19. ChrisB

    You know you are getting old when:

    My wife is deaf, so any snoring I may do is a non issue. She, on the other hand, does a pretty good imitation of a chain saw.
  20. ChrisB

    Season's Greetings From The Boys From Marketing!

    In "The Homecoming", a TV movie which spawned "The Waltons", they lived under consideraly more spartan conditions.
  21. ChrisB

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Road Apples!
  22. ChrisB

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    For many people, food comes from the supermarket, those who actually produce it have become invisible.
  23. ChrisB

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    People who text at a red light, and then take 10 seconds to finish their texting after the light turns green.

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