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I was listening to some guys talk about statements that we make today, that would have made no sense 20 years ago.
I'll google it.
I have angry birds on my phone.
Take a selfie.
I'll text you.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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Many old phrases make no sense nowadays...
dial the number
hang up the phone
roll up the window.
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or even 'mambo dogface to the banana patch'
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I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
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I just think its interesting how our lexicon changes from one generation to the next.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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" Be kind rewind " The old video tape movie rental houses use to have this on there door.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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" Be kind rewind " The old video tape movie rental houses use to have this on there door.
You mean: "...used to have this on their door."?
(...I guess correct spelling is a thing of the past too, eh Chad?...sorry, couldn't resist) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Damn, forgot to proof read, again.
But, if it takes some mal grammar to drag you into the discussion, then I'll be your huckleberry. Lol
Ha! See what I did there? I used an out dated phrase and a new speak term in one statement.
only I crack myself up like that.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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" Be kind rewind " The old video tape movie rental houses use to have this on there door.
You mean: "...used to have this on their door."?
(...I guess correct spelling is a thing of the past too, eh Chad?...sorry, couldn't resist)
What I meant to say was, .....used to have on the door.
My phone jumps to conclusions and I fail to proof read.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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So with that I do have a question of phraseology. Is it correct to weigh in on a subject or wade in?
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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Depends on how deep the BS is....
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Is it correct to weigh in on a subject or wade in?
Depends on whether or not you like bubble wrap.
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Should be Riding
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What you did there, I see it
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Is it correct to weigh in on a subject or wade in?
Depends on whether or not you like bubble wrap.
 thar's some sho witty folks on this forum !
Wit is indicative of intellect.
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If our lexicon didn't change we would still be using that California speak with words like "Knarly" and "Dude" and we all know there is only one "Dude" albeit I always "Hang Ten" when pounding out these messages.
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"There is a flipside to that." "The car keys are in the ash tray"
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That has a chip in it. That used to mean it was broken as in that glass has a chip in it but now it more often refers to a microchip.
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Live to love, love to live.
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"Hard drive" used to mean difficult journey.
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I remember a line from the Flintstones Theme song.
"We'll have a gay old time"
Dinosaur.
"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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I used to be gay all the time, now I'm just happy.
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How about "that's sick" Used to mean disgusting now means cool.
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I remember a line from the Flintstones Theme song.
"We'll have a gay old time"
And now I wonder about the lyrics just prior to that line, " a dabba doo time" .
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I don't know about other parts of the world but here we used to call these things, "thongs". Now we call them flip flops. 
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'she's tuff' ('hot' nowadays)
'that's bad' (meaning 'good')
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I don't know about other parts of the world but here we used to call these things, "thongs". Now we call them flip flops.
We call them thongs in Oz.The NZ'rs call them Jandels I believe.The Thais call them Slippers.
Dinosaur.
"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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40 years ago, we called them slaps.
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I don't know about other parts of the world but here we used to call these things, "thongs". Now we call them flip flops.
We call them thongs in Oz.The NZ'rs call them Jandels I believe.The Thais call them Slippers.
Yep we call em Jandels. Story is that a Kiwi "Invented" them and branded them as Jandels. Now name is used for all that sort of footware.
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When I first started going out with Fiona I still had some LP's and she was in the shed one day when one side finished playing and I asked her to 'Put the other side on'...She had no idea what I was talking about.
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"You sound like a broken record." must have been a valid saying for about 75 years or so.
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"You sound like a broken record." must have been a valid saying for about 75 years or so.
Oh, I dunno Ron. I still TO THIS DAY sometimes think of THAT very saying when I read some of the threads around this place.
(...and especially threads located within one PARTICULAR forum at this place, and which I've found isn't worth my time to respond within anymore!!!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I try to aggravate one person a day. Today may be your day.
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Yes, you have a point.
Yeah Dwight, I think he means U do have a point.
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Yes, you have a point.
Yeah Dwight, I think he means U do have a point.
Now Bill! Might you be implyin' here that my ongoing "superfluous u" thing has become "a broken record" of sorts TOO???
(...well, I suppose we just might have to discuss this over a beer or two "sometime", eh?!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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S'pose so.
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"You sound like a broken record." must have been a valid saying for about 75 years or so.
Oh, I dunno Ron. I still TO THIS DAY sometimes think of THAT very saying when I read some of the threads around this place.
(...and especially threads located within one PARTICULAR forum at this place, and which I've found isn't worth my time to respond within anymore!!!)
Dinosaur.
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"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
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or even 'mambo dogface to the banana patch'
This is what I tell people I hear, because my hearing is so shot.
Of course I still have the lp this came from.  My 5 year old knows what a broken record is.
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I have that LP too, learned how to break up with a girl from that record.
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