Teflon97116
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Couldn't begin to tell you. I'm still wondering why anything east of the Rockies is known as the "midwest."
Why do people say
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Couldn't begin to tell you. I'm still wondering why anything east of the Rockies is known as the "midwest."
dadstillsurfs
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My personal favorite one to use is "druthers", to describe my preferences.
Yaworski
Hawkeye
Except that "brand new" dates back to the 16th century.
Yaworski
Hawkeye
Sounds like rationing coupons.
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I agree new means possibly used, but new to you, brand new means just made never used
I love local expressions. In the extreme North East if you ask “how are you?” They might answer “fine as kine”. Kine is an ox? So it translates to heathy as an ox or strong as a bull.
But they also use the expression “ Finest kind”. As in how are the apples from that tree? “The finest kind”.
Both expression sound the same.
They just lost a fishing boat with all hands in Gloucester. It was said the crew was the “finest kind”. There is no higher compliment.
I love local expressions. In the extreme North East if you ask “how are you?” They might answer “fine as kine”. Kine is an ox? So it translates to heathy as an ox or strong as a bull.
But they also use the expression “ Finest kind”. As in how are the apples from that tree? “The finest kind”.
Both expression sound the same.
They just lost a fishing boat with all hands in Gloucester. It was said the crew was the “finest kind”. There is no higher compliment.
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My late uncle (a WW II Navy CPO who served as a torpedoman aboard a destroyer in the Atlantic Ocean shepherding convoys to England) commented to me on the very windy conditions while we were on the lake bass fishing: "Its a bit airish."
Old Cowboy philosopher's observation about a heavy rainstorm: "It sounds like a tall cow pissing on a flat rock."
Same old Cowboy philosopher rebutting another cowboy's highly speculative comments: "You're urinating in the prevailing westerlies."
Dignified retort by my former Air Force buddy (a Penn State alum) to another airman's insult: "Homo sapiens who reside in structures of superheated silicon should refrain from hurling projectiles comprising basalt or granite materials." [We were all newly trained seismic analysts.]
Texas Aggie's re-do after a Harvard student admonished the Aggie for ending a sentence with a preposition when asking "where's the library at?" "Well, let me correct my grammar: Where's the library at, a$$hole?
Old Cowboy philosopher's observation about a heavy rainstorm: "It sounds like a tall cow pissing on a flat rock."
Same old Cowboy philosopher rebutting another cowboy's highly speculative comments: "You're urinating in the prevailing westerlies."
Dignified retort by my former Air Force buddy (a Penn State alum) to another airman's insult: "Homo sapiens who reside in structures of superheated silicon should refrain from hurling projectiles comprising basalt or granite materials." [We were all newly trained seismic analysts.]
Texas Aggie's re-do after a Harvard student admonished the Aggie for ending a sentence with a preposition when asking "where's the library at?" "Well, let me correct my grammar: Where's the library at, a$$hole?
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Little more information on this please.
Yaworski
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One of the phrases that just rubs me the wrong way is when somebody says they have to run their AR.
Why can’t they just go out and shoot it like everyone else?
Why can’t they just go out and shoot it like everyone else?
Killer Bee
Advanced Level Novice
why would you shoot your AR?
what did it do to you?
what did it do to you?
Yes, I shoot all my firearms. What do you do?
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Well they are pretty vicious sometimes, the way they just go out and shoot people.
Someone already posted the one about axing a question (what I came here to post), so I’ll post what some old-timers would end their call on the radio swap-shop show with…call me on 555-1234.
GasGuzzler
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Old Model Vaquero
.45 Long Colt
1911 clip
.45 Long Colt
1911 clip
stonebuster
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Don't forget crank windows, choice of standard or automatic transmission or if you're really old vacuum windshield wipers.
stonebuster
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Our dishwasher turned on us and doesn't run.
Don't forget stomping around on the floor trying to hit the high beam switch
stonebuster
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And sticking your arm out the window to signal a turn before directional lights. Ala, my 1951 Chevy pick up.
Yaworski
Hawkeye
I never had any trouble finding the high beam switch. If you did, I wouldn't recommend admitting it.
needsmostuff
Blackhawk
I thought the pocketbook (the wallet like thingie) went inside the handbag or purse (the satchel like thingie).
Yaworski
Hawkeye
I posted this earlier. It explains the differences.
https://www.leelinebags.com/pocketbook-vs-purse-or-handbag/
I have no problem admitting it
Don't know, don't care. I don't carry one lol
Yaworski
Hawkeye
The discussion of purses reminded me of something that happened long ago.
Before I was married, I was at a mall with a friend of the female persuasion. We were walking through a department store and she stopped to look at something which she decided to try on. I offered to hold her purse which astounded her. Her boyfriend, a 6'4" mechanic, wouldn't hold her purse in public. I explained that I doubted that anyone would look at me and think that it was my purse.
Before I was married, I was at a mall with a friend of the female persuasion. We were walking through a department store and she stopped to look at something which she decided to try on. I offered to hold her purse which astounded her. Her boyfriend, a 6'4" mechanic, wouldn't hold her purse in public. I explained that I doubted that anyone would look at me and think that it was my purse.
GasGuzzler
Hawkeye
Finding the switch was way easier than seeing the tiny red dot in the dash that said the brights were on when I had my '68 SS396 Chevelle.
Most cop cars had a similar switch under the rubber mat in the same area and one must depress it to get the shift lever out of park. Today's fun fact.
Most cop cars had a similar switch under the rubber mat in the same area and one must depress it to get the shift lever out of park. Today's fun fact.
I too, had a school chum who said "proly". He also called a hanger a "hanner".
stonebuster
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They're built upside down.
"Feels Like" temperature- because "Wind Chill" is just too hard.
Somehow I picked up the habit - as a child- of saying "Yesterday night" instead of last night.
Why are so many Millennials and Zs starting every sentence with the word "So"?
Somehow I picked up the habit - as a child- of saying "Yesterday night" instead of last night.
Why are so many Millennials and Zs starting every sentence with the word "So"?
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