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Party Line phone (I grew up in rural Oklahoma, and this wasn't the kind of party line than charged you $1.99 a minute to talk to someone).
Ice Box (what I thought refrigerators were called for a long time).
 
Blue Moon:

"We called it a Blue Moon because it was the second of two full moons in a calendar month.
That sort of blue moon occurs only once in approximately 2½ years on average. So, a thing that happens only rarely.

One that annoys me is "It is almost identical". That means it isn't.
Where's the problem with that. Yes, that means that it is not identical, but very similar. So similar that it could hardly be more so without being identical.

Land shark?
Deliberate land shark, i.e. cruise missile? Or perhaps, rockets that go up but not very far up, not "reaching the sky". Such rockets also invariably go very fast, where the lower altitude one merely go fast.

Universal part.........riiigggghhhhtttt. Don’t believe it cause it never fits.
"Maintenance free", which means you can't maintain it even if you want to.
 
Things that have become obsolete in our lifetimes, but continue to be said:
  • Hang up the phone.
  • Dial the phone.
  • To "film" something (except in Hollywood).
  • Broken record.
  • Turn on/off the lights.
Others?

Film is not dead (i.e. obsolete). It's still available in double 8, super 8, and 16mm black and white. https://filmphotographystore.com/ :p
 
It's possible to be both obsolete and not dead. ;)

(Yes, I get it, it's not altogether obsolete if it still has niche applications. But even stop motion animation, which can't be done with videotape, can be with digital photography.)
 
Film is making a comeback with the "youngins". They are driving the market more than the old hangers on (like me). I did some test shots with Velvia 50 and a Hassleblad 500CW about a month ago. I can't process E6 here so I sent it off. I just got it back. It takes patience to shoot film. My exposures were good, which was the point of the test. The light leak from bad dark slide seals... not so good. Parts are coming for the two backs that I have. Now I feel comfortable shooting the 4x5 and 8x10. 8x10 E6 (slide) film is $10/ sheet. I still shoot digital. And I look at the back of my 35mm film camera every time I take a shot :D much to my irritation.

Test shot. Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park. No processing. Just scanned and cropped a little to get rid of the light leak fog. Personally, I don't think the look of film can be duplicated. People try but, in my opinion, they fail.

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Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill loved araprosdokians, figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected.

1. Where there's a will, I want to be in it.

2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it's still on my list.

3. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.



5. War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

6. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

7. They begin the evening news with 'Good Evening,' then proceed to tell you why it isn't.

8. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

I thought I wanted a career. Turns out, I just wanted pay checks.

10. In filling out an application, where it says, 'In case of emergency, notify:' I put "DOCTOR."

11. I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

12. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street...with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.

13. Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.

14. A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory.

15. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

16. Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.

17. There's a fine line between cuddling and.. holding someone down so they can't get away.

18. I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so sure.

19. You're never too old to learn something stupid.

20. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.

21. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

22. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

23. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

Finally:

24. I'm supposed to respect my elders
, but now it’s getting harder and harder for me to find one.
 
I especially like number 4 and number 5. Number 7 reminds me of a Garrison Keillor (political) joke.

Politicians get elected by claiming Government doesn't work, and then proceed to prove it.

(He didn't say "politicians", but I don't want to risk being too political.)
 
Here's one that frustrates me (and shows my age): using "was like" instead of "said."

"I talked to Joan last night, and she was like, 'What's up?' and I was like, 'Not much.' "
 
Here's one that frustrates me (and shows my age): using "was like" instead of "said."

"I talked to Joan last night, and she was like, 'What's up?' and I was like, 'Not much.' "
Yeah, that one bugs me too, and yet I'm occasionally guilty of it. (Never as egregiously as what you wrote there.)
 
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