Happy Thanksgiving!

[mikephillips]

Back in 1976 the Bicentennial train came through town on the B&O tracks. By chance I was coming in from that side of town so paralleled the train for 3-4 miles. It was pulled by a steam locomotive. First I'd seen actually out running and not on some restored tracks away from normal usage type.

 

[waltesefalcon]

I went to my brother in Columbus OH for the day, had a great meal. They had several friends over as well, one a mom in her 40s with her 14yo daughter. We older folks confounded the girl talking about years past. She was watching on her phone and I made the comment that when I was
a kid all we had was black and white tv. Her mouth dropped out and she wanted to know if everything back then was either black or white and when did color get invented. Took a bit to get her to understand that everything was on color but due to the tech as the time the picture was black, white and shades of grey. And when I noted that I remembered seeing in tv the movement of John Fitzgerald Kennedy from the White House to the Capitol to lie in state, she got this puzzled look and asked who that was. Said she'd heard of a President named JFK, but not John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Had to say "think about it, those are initials", before the light went on. Ah, kids today....

 

[JPSmit]

So sad, a lot of kids today miss out on the simple things.
Last night, I was telling my wife that I saw steam locomotives when I was young.
She was aghast after a google search confirmed what I said.

you lied about your age - to your wife?!!!

 

[Bob McElwee]

I miss Calvin and Hobbs.

 

[equiprx]

you lied about your age - to your wife?!!!

Nope, It was before 1955 when the LIRR converted to diesel.
I was somewhere between 5 and 8 that I was a hobo hangin' around rail yards.

 

[AngliaGT]

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Thanks for posting that! Probably my favorite Calvin & Hobbes.

 

[AngliaGT]

you lied about your age - to your wife?!!!

While loading up the '69 MG engine that was in an old plastic
laundry basket,one of the handles broke while sliding it up the ramps
& into the bed of my truck,hitting me on the forehead & leaving a bad-
scratch.
I went to have breakfast a couple of days later,& a waitress asked me
what happened.I told her that I learned that you never want to make a
comment about your Wife's weight.

 

[BobHaskell]

While loading up the '69 MG engine that was in an old plastic
laundry basket,one of the handles broke while sliding it up the ramps
& into the bed of my truck,hitting me on the forehead & leaving a bad-
scratch.
I went to have breakfast a couple of days later,& a waitress asked me
what happened.I told her that I learned that you never want to make a
comment about your Wife's weight.

Or her hair, dress or family.

 

[AngliaGT]

I'm still learning to just nod my head,& not open my mouth.

 

[Gliderman8]

I'm still learning to just nod my head,& not open my mouth.

Are you a Man or a Mouse? Squeak up.

 

[JPSmit]

While loading up the '69 MG engine that was in an old plastic
laundry basket,one of the handles broke while sliding it up the ramps
& into the bed of my truck,hitting me on the forehead & leaving a bad-
scratch.
I went to have breakfast a couple of days later,& a waitress asked me
what happened.I told her that I learned that you never want to make a
comment about your Wife's weight.

I bought my wife a mood ring. When she is happy it turns blue. When she is unhappy it leaves a red mark on my forehead.

 

[equiprx]

Or her hair, dress or family.

Or what the heck she did all day.