In a thread earlier I mentioned that I was not Don Johnson to refer to his role in the old TV show "Miami Vice". ?ÿThat show went off the air 28 years ago so many of the younger crowd here probably wondered why I made the comment I did. (The reference to Ma and Pa Kettle surely had a high percentage doing a Google search.)
Earlier today I was in a county office chatting with four employees. I mentioned Ted Turner's name as an example of someone who owns land in a wide variety of locations in many US states. ?ÿOne woman, about 40, asked who he was. ?ÿBeing a wise guy, I said he had married Jane Fonda. ?ÿOf course, that led to the question of who she was. ?ÿIn similar fashion, I explained she was Henry Fonda's daughter. The other employees finally explained it all to her while I grinned like a possum eating ......................
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I don't think cultural references went away so fast for earlier generations. Slang, yes, but I heard a lot of silent film star names, had heard of Lindbergh, knew about the Spanish Flu, etc. that were of my parents' and grandparents' eras.
I can tell I'm over 65 because I have Medicare and have started to drool inadvertently.?ÿ ??ÿ
I can tell I'm over 65 because I have Medicare and have started to drool inadvertently.?ÿ ??ÿ
You old farts should have been instructed by now that you need to always wear one of those bibs to wipe off the drool and slobber.?ÿ
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I don't think cultural references went away so fast for earlier generations.
I told my 8th grade basketball player last night that he isn't Michael Jordan, but he's not bad. My boy's response: "Who's Michael Jordan?"
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It's a symptom of information overload in the Internet of All Things Era. Back in (y)our younger days, there were a few radio stations, newspapers, newsreels at the movies, and all the books at the library to inform the public. Maybe even a television station or two. Now there are tens of thousands of videos just on Youtube, every encyclopedia company has a webpage, a hundred channels on cable TV, and even telephone/mini computers that travel to the necessary with us. All that old data just gets shoved into the background. I hear that there's a car with a mannequin on board orbiting Mars these days. I wonder what Pa Kettle would have to say about that?
All right now you hick Georgia whippersnapper. Try saying the quote you made below to a 65+ year old farmer in Grady County. You??ll be in the ass whoopin?? of yer life.
??You old farts should have been instructed by now that you need to always wear one of those bibs to wipe off the drool and slobber.?
I thought so too and tried to steal a box of bibs from Red Lobster but got caught. Can??t go into details, still on probation.
However, just because you were still in your Fathers scrotum while I was already surveying is no excuse to make disparaging remarks about us old farts. Shame on you. No beer for a week.?ÿ ??ÿ
It's not the drooling that's a problem. ?ÿIt's the dribbling. ?ÿAt least that's what all the prostate-related prescription advertising on TV aimed at men over 55 claims.
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Mentioned Ricky Ricardo in a thread yesterday. ?ÿThat was the name of Desi Arnaz' character in "I Love Lucy". ?ÿThat show was already in reruns at mid-morning when I was a pre-schooler. ?ÿI am very close to the same age as Little Ricky and Opie and a few years younger than Beaver.
Jump right up and show your age!
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A little dab will do ya...
That's on the 1974 on the album?ÿ "Living and Dying in 3/4 Time". I was 24, you do the math. Also the album "White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean" is one of my favorites. Especially after smoking a healthy dose of glaucoma medicine and having an ice cold "cool pop" (aka Beer) to assist in relaxation.?ÿ ? ?ÿ
I was a bit leery of clicking on this thread- I thought it might be a bunch of you old coots comparing saggy tattoos, surgical scars... or worse....
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I was a bit leery of clicking on this thread- I thought it might be a bunch of you old coots comparing saggy tattoos, surgical scars... or worse....
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All right now you hick Georgia whippersnapper. Try saying the quote you made below to a 65+ year old farmer in Grady County. You??ll be in the ass whoopin?? of yer life.
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What do you know of Grady County? I have a little fat bald headed buddy in Grady County who has his own survey company.
You look alike, are you kin to him?
