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I'm So Old.....
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Father Heathen
Veteran Member
It just sounds goofy, but it's better than calling all sodas "coke" regardless of their actual brand and variety like they do in the south.
Who remembers polio vaccine delivered by eating a sugar cube?
I remember it being so difficult to stay awake to watch....
Party line telephones and an ice box -- ice delivered every few days for refrigeration.
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
Such a service died off many, many decades ago in the U.S. We just buy it at the store and refrigerate it like any other perishable product. But now having not just milk but all groceries delivered is becoming popular.
taykair
Active Member
Not all of us in the South do that. Many in Virginia and the Carolinas either say "soft drink" or just "drink". (I remember, as a kid, visiting relatives in West Virginia, asking for a drink, and being told that I was too young to drink. "Have a pop instead," they said. Which was curious to me, since I couldn't figure out what my dad had to do with it.)
Some of us also used "coke" as a verb -- meaning "to chug". "Don't coke that drink," my grandmother would tell us kids on hot days, "You'll get a belly ache."
Grocery delivery is quite popular in the UK, most of the bigger supermarkets have been doing it for some time, for a price. Not so popular here in France where online shopping then pickup at the store is the thing for bigger supermarkets. Smaller stores will take telephone orders and deliver free to those unable to shop.
All this nostalgia, who said its a thing of the past?
I'm so old that out country phone line had 9 people. each with a code. Ours was 3 shorts. (all were a combination of shorts and longs) All neighbours could listen in on each other. Occasionally we'd feed false gossip to one ol' biddy, and wait to see how long it was before it got back to us.
taykair
Active Member
I'm just waiting for a twenty-something to post: "Okay, boomers, time for your nap."
Anyone in their 70s could probably trump most here - valve radios 
(we had a mouse living in ours, according to the pile of paper bits), I remember having the last tram ride in London, caning was common, we did have old-fashioned dip pens and inkwells set in the desk, we had the rag and bone man around regularly, and the knife-sharpener, and bottles were returned, bread came via a horse-drawn wagon, and it was even safe for a young kid to play in the park (even if it meant getting a fractured knee ), I used to have a crystal set for a radio, one could buy all sorts of nasty chemicals from the local chemist so as to produce even nastier things , loads of bombed-out buildings available to explore and kill oneself if so inclined (our local Hippodrome) - but we were tough in those days.
(we had a mouse living in ours, according to the pile of paper bits), I remember having the last tram ride in London, caning was common, we did have old-fashioned dip pens and inkwells set in the desk, we had the rag and bone man around regularly, and the knife-sharpener, and bottles were returned, bread came via a horse-drawn wagon, and it was even safe for a young kid to play in the park (even if it meant getting a fractured knee ), I used to have a crystal set for a radio, one could buy all sorts of nasty chemicals from the local chemist so as to produce even nastier things , loads of bombed-out buildings available to explore and kill oneself if so inclined (our local Hippodrome) - but we were tough in those days. 
360? 80K was pure gold.
Now of course, "pluck your magic twanger, Froggy" can have another meaning.
You've got me beat. I'm a young whippersnapper compared to you, gramps.
I could deal with IEBISAM and IEBPTPCH.
Yes and yes.
Samael_Khan
Qigong / Yang Style Taijiquan / 7 Star Mantis
That is so funny! And I still don't know what you guys really mean by RPG (Report Programme Generator).
Through gaming I also learnt about another RPG:
Rocket Propelled Grenade.
It is like i am learning the meanings from youngest to oldest.