I was telling my daughter about some things that happened in 1980s. She quickly informed that was in the olden days.
Olden days?
I told her that I thought was when mice were pulling thorns out of lion's paws or when animals were lounging around the forest watching turtles and rabbits race.
She astutely commented that those were just myths.
So I asked her, "So what are the olden days?"
She told me that anything that happened before 2000 was in the olden days.
#1: sneakypete To: no gnu taxes (#0)
sneakypete posted on 2017-10-20 11:57:26 Reply Private Reply
#2: Pinguinite To: no gnu taxes (#0)
You could tell her that her kids won't know what a compact florescent light bulb is, and laugh at her when she talks abut DVD's.
Pinguinite posted on 2017-10-20 11:59:12 Reply Private Reply
#3: no gnu taxes To: Pinguinite (#2)
I would have a hell of a hard time even finding a rotary phone to show her about it. There aren't even any more pay phones anymore.
I know how to change a flat tire. I think I would have a very hard time trying to fix a wagon wheel, though.
no gnu taxes posted on 2017-10-20 12:09:30 Reply Private Reply
#4: Tooconservative To: no gnu taxes (#3)
There are still some around.
They all have touch-tone, not rotary. Rotary pay phones went away in the Eighties.
Tooconservative posted on 2017-10-20 13:35:31 Reply Private Reply
#5: no gnu taxes To: Tooconservative (#4)
Okay, when is the last time you used one? I remember deseperatly searching for one one 12 years ago in southern Maryland. I was lucky to find one phone in a deserted area. The local stores here used to have banks of phones, All gone.
no gnu taxes posted on 2017-10-20 13:50:23 Reply Private Reply