Remember When
Quote: EvenBobQuote: JohnzimboRemember hearing a top 40 single on the radio, liking it, then buying the album and finding out the radio version was shortened?
I can recall two for sure.
American Woman by Guess Who
Green Eyed Lady by Sugarloaf
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Just realized that I've never bought a record album in my life, I was never into music that much. I was always reading. My brother on the other hand has hundreds of albums. I was just at the library today, to me it's a more sacred place than the church.
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You don't use the Libby app? Save you from leaving your house.
Quote: JohnzimboRemember hearing a top 40 single on the radio, liking it, then buying the album and finding out the radio version was shortened?
I can recall two for sure.
American Woman by Guess Who
Green Eyed Lady by Sugarloaf
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I had never heard the full version of Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely" until I bought the song on iTunes!
Quote: rxwineQuote: EvenBobQuote: JohnzimboRemember hearing a top 40 single on the radio, liking it, then buying the album and finding out the radio version was shortened?
I can recall two for sure.
American Woman by Guess Who
Green Eyed Lady by Sugarloaf
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Just realized that I've never bought a record album in my life, I was never into music that much. I was always reading. My brother on the other hand has hundreds of albums. I was just at the library today, to me it's a more sacred place than the church.
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You don't use the Libby app? Save you from leaving your house.
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There are a few different library apps, depending on which digital collection "your" library subscribes to.
Mine gets me different collections on Libby and Hoopla.
Do I remember something about Meals on Wheels delivering library requests for a while?
(Not trying to cast aspersions on our group, but someone here would remember if it was once a thing.)
Saw it again today, woman with 2-3 kids in tow, walking on the right.
Anyone else notice this?
Quote: AZDuffmanRemember when you were taught to walk on the left, facing traffic?
Saw it again today, woman with 2-3 kids in tow, walking on the right.
Anyone else notice this?
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I see it all the time because nobody explained to them the most rudimentary things about life and how to stay alive.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: AZDuffmanRemember when you were taught to walk on the left, facing traffic?
Saw it again today, woman with 2-3 kids in tow, walking on the right.
Anyone else notice this?
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I see it all the time because nobody explained to them the most rudimentary things about life and how to stay alive.
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Doesn’t matter any longer; everyone is looking at their phone.
Quote: rxwineQuote: EvenBobQuote: AZDuffmanRemember when you were taught to walk on the left, facing traffic?
Saw it again today, woman with 2-3 kids in tow, walking on the right.
Anyone else notice this?
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I see it all the time because nobody explained to them the most rudimentary things about life and how to stay alive.
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Doesn’t matter any longer; everyone is looking at their phone.
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I was foolishly walking across a street in San Diego on my phone and ran into the curb because I wasn't paying attention. Kicking a curb in sandals is painful and I ended up breaking my big toe.
it used to be taught to everyone. I find young people simply don't believe me when I tell them this.Quote: AZDuffmanRemember when you were taught to walk on the left, facing traffic?
Saw it again today, woman with 2-3 kids in tow, walking on the right.
Anyone else notice this?
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Unmentioned even in my day: you walk on the left so you can see what's coming ... you might have to leap out of the road
Quote: odiousgambitit used to be taught to everyone. I find young people simply don't believe me when I tell them this.Quote: AZDuffmanRemember when you were taught to walk on the left, facing traffic?
Saw it again today, woman with 2-3 kids in tow, walking on the right.
Anyone else notice this?
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Unmentioned even in my day: you walk on the left so you can see what's coming ... you might have to leap out of the road
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25 years ago Stephen King was walking on the road near his house and was struck by a pickup truck from behind. It changed his life because of the injuries. He might have been able to avoid it if he'ed been facing the oncoming vehicle.
Quote: odiousgambitit used to be taught to everyone. I find young people simply don't believe me when I tell them this.Quote: AZDuffmanRemember when you were taught to walk on the left, facing traffic?
Saw it again today, woman with 2-3 kids in tow, walking on the right.
Anyone else notice this?
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Unmentioned even in my day: you walk on the left so you can see what's coming ... you might have to leap out of the road
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I have seen like a dozen kids walking home from school on the right. Shook my head. It just seems a casualty of schools not teaching life skills. People born after 1980 just do not seem to get it.
Quote: AZDuffmanQuote: odiousgambitit used to be taught to everyone. I find young people simply don't believe me when I tell them this.Quote: AZDuffmanRemember when you were taught to walk on the left, facing traffic?
Saw it again today, woman with 2-3 kids in tow, walking on the right.
Anyone else notice this?
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Unmentioned even in my day: you walk on the left so you can see what's coming ... you might have to leap out of the road
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I have seen like a dozen kids walking home from school on the right. Shook my head. It just seems a casualty of schools not teaching life skills. People born after 1980 just do not seem to get it.
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It's their parents that don't get it. My parents taught me all this stuff and parents aren't teaching their kids anything. I was reading that this generation of parents is so stressed that many of them when they get home from work they sit in their car in the garage for an hour and drink wine before they face the family. Or they sit in the parking lot down the street and do it. Pretty bad when you got to be half drunk before you walk in your own door.
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I was reading that this generation of parents is so stressed that many of them when they get home from work they sit in their car in the garage for an hour and drink wine before they face the family. Or they sit in the parking lot down the street and do it.
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LOL Where on earth did you read that? Sounds like something that would happen in the '50s, not today.
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I was reading that this generation of parents is so stressed that many of them when they get home from work they sit in their car in the garage for an hour and drink wine before they face the family. Or they sit in the parking lot down the street and do it.
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LOL Where on earth did you read that? Sounds like something that would happen in the '50s, not today.
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I can see it still happening. Lots of people have a sort of walking depression. Hide behind a happy face but their family life is not what they want. It is not what they see on the sitcoms. Filling their lives with useless consumer goods. Just getting by.
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I was reading that this generation of parents is so stressed that many of them when they get home from work they sit in their car in the garage for an hour and drink wine before they face the family. Or they sit in the parking lot down the street and do it.
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LOL Where on earth did you read that? Sounds like something that would happen in the '50s, not today.
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Too bad you did not live in the "50's." They were great. Not the kind of "stress" one sees or feels today. Most everyone was working. Moms stayed at home with their children. Gas and autos were cheap and affordable along with housing and rents. Kids played outside with their friends and could use their imaginations to make things interesting. Families ate dinner together and moms packed the lunchbox for school. There was so much more. It was a wonderful time to grow up. People in the "middle class" were abundant and active and could actually save a portion of their wages. Vegas was affordable and EXCITING and unique.
Tiger, what we have today is chaos, complexities, polarities, the f bomb along with all the other crudities, and confusion.
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Quote:Ancient Greece: Aristotle noted that young people are high-minded and think they know everything1.
1st Century B.C.E.: The Roman poet Horace lamented that each generation was worse than the one before1.
14th Century Japan: Yoshida Kenkō criticized the coarsening of language and modern fashions1.
17th Century England: Thomas Barnes complained about the disrespectful behavior of youth1.
18th Century England: A letter in Town and Country magazine bemoaned the loss of manly vigor and athletic appearance in young
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I was reading that this generation of parents is so stressed that many of them when they get home from work they sit in their car in the garage for an hour and drink wine before they face the family. Or they sit in the parking lot down the street and do it.
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LOL Where on earth did you read that? Sounds like something that would happen in the '50s, not today.
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I can see it still happening. Lots of people have a sort of walking depression. Hide behind a happy face but their family life is not what they want. It is not what they see on the sitcoms. Filling their lives with useless consumer goods. Just getting by.
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That is why the show "Married With Children" may be the best TV show ever. It showed the side of life most people won't talk about.
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I was reading that this generation of parents is so stressed that many of them when they get home from work they sit in their car in the garage for an hour and drink wine before they face the family. Or they sit in the parking lot down the street and do it.
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LOL Where on earth did you read that? Sounds like something that would happen in the '50s, not today.
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I can see it still happening. Lots of people have a sort of walking depression. Hide behind a happy face but their family life is not what they want. It is not what they see on the sitcoms. Filling their lives with useless consumer goods. Just getting by.
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That is why the show "Married With Children" may be the best TV show ever. It showed the side of life most people won't talk about.
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Also "Rosanne" got it really close to the mark. If you spend much time in lower management where you deal with the front line people daily you get to see it. Probably 40% of the USA is living right on the edge all the time. So many a flat tire from disaster.
I do not think I have seen people playing multiples since the early 2000s though I am sure some of you have seen it lately.
Quote: AZDuffmanRemember when most slots were "reel" slots and you would regularly see people playing 2 and even 3 machines at once? That always amazed me, need that much stimulation?!
I do not think I have seen people playing multiples since the early 2000s though I am sure some of you have seen it lately.
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Most of the floor layouts I've seen since the time of social distancing have been low density, so "adjacent" machines have enough space between the player button decks to make it difficult.
It does seem more common to see a couple playing one machine, rather than one person playing two.
I followed this case pretty closely
Total media Circus
Just watched the Netflix documentary on this
Pretty shocking that the number 1 cause of death among pregnant women is homicide
Quote: rxwineI don't know if anyone else had this effect, but when 911 happened I watched so much coverage I think I started to feel the effects of PTSD, Maybe it wasn't PTSD but it was something.
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I had nightmares about it for years. Regularly at first, but they began spacing themselves out and eventually stopped.
Quote: rxwineI don't know if anyone else had this effect, but when 911 happened I watched so much coverage I think I started to feel the effects of PTSD, Maybe it wasn't PTSD but it was something.
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I watched the first day as it unfolded and after that I ignored it because all they did was repeat the same news over and over until they ran it into the ground. It's what they always do. My wife always falls for it, she'll sit there for days watching the same news regurgitated over and over again. I couldn't do that now if I wanted to because I don't have cable, I can't get live news and my life is so much better.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: rxwineI don't know if anyone else had this effect, but when 911 happened I watched so much coverage I think I started to feel the effects of PTSD, Maybe it wasn't PTSD but it was something.
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I watched the first day as it unfolded and after that I ignored it because all they did was repeat the same news over and over until they ran it into the ground. It's what they always do. My wife always falls for it, she'll sit there for days watching the same news regurgitated over and over again. I couldn't do that now if I wanted to because I don't have cable, I can't get live news and my life is so much better.
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I kept it on because I was way into news back then. I even looked around the dial, they had some channel I forget which dialed into CBC which gave a detached Canadian viewpoint, which was and still is interesting. I had business on Long Island a week later, it was weird to see the smoke where you saw the towers. One guy at our Queens branch watched it fall on TV and live out the window at the same time. He was a tad shaken, lived in the midwest all his life until a couple months before.
Quote: AZDuffmanQuote: EvenBobQuote: rxwineI don't know if anyone else had this effect, but when 911 happened I watched so much coverage I think I started to feel the effects of PTSD, Maybe it wasn't PTSD but it was something.
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I watched the first day as it unfolded and after that I ignored it because all they did was repeat the same news over and over until they ran it into the ground. It's what they always do. My wife always falls for it, she'll sit there for days watching the same news regurgitated over and over again. I couldn't do that now if I wanted to because I don't have cable, I can't get live news and my life is so much better.
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I kept it on because I was way into news back then. I even looked around the dial, they had some channel I forget which dialed into CBC which gave a detached Canadian viewpoint, which was and still is interesting. I had business on Long Island a week later, it was weird to see the smoke where you saw the towers. One guy at our Queens branch watched it fall on TV and live out the window at the same time. He was a tad shaken, lived in the midwest all his life until a couple months before.
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I was 52 years old when they took out the Twin Towers so I've been around to see this kind of thing covered ad nauseaum. In the late sixties on the Nightly News they had Vietnam coverage every single night for years and it all looked the same. I got sick of it and learned how to tune it out. Give me the highlights once a week and I'm happy.
AM stations would go even shorter, down to two digits because the radio in your car usually did the same.
