Random Thoughts

[Max Rockatansky]

Pretty solid chance a large percentage of the forum posters won't be around in 50 years.  That amount of time puts large percentage of us on the wrong side of average life expectancy. 

Speaking for myself, seeing how 92 years of age almost always plays out seems incredibly unappealing.

[kkt]

However, if I do make 92, online forums may be one of the few pleasures left.

[Scott5114]

When we get a call, we still say our phones are "ringing" even though phones stopped making an actual ringing sound long ago

When I was in high school, class ended when the "bell rang", even though it was a beep.

[1995hoo]

When we get a call, we still say our phones are "ringing" even though phones stopped making an actual ringing sound long ago

When I was in high school, class ended when the "bell rang", even though it was a beep.

When I was in high school, we wanted them to change it to a buzzer so that when the buzzer rang, we'd walk a lot like Egyptians. (That song was big when I was in the eighth and ninth grades.)

[Scott5114]

When we get a call, we still say our phones are "ringing" even though phones stopped making an actual ringing sound long ago

When I was in high school, class ended when the "bell rang", even though it was a beep.

When I was in high school, we wanted them to change it to a buzzer so that when the buzzer rang, we'd walk a lot like Egyptians. (That song was big when I was in the eighth and ninth grades.)

That seems like it would get annoying if the hallways were crowded.

[kphoger]

My wife remembers doing a paper in school about Egypt.  She taught her class how the Egyptians used to walk.

She also remembers sitting in her closet with the headphones on, listening to the Bangles on her Walkman.  A lot.

These two things are related.

[kernals12]

Pretty solid chance a large percentage of the forum posters won't be around in 50 years.  That amount of time puts large percentage of us on the wrong side of average life expectancy. 

Speaking for myself, seeing how 92 years of age almost always plays out seems incredibly unappealing.

Fingers crossed for drugs that can reverse the aging process

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Checking on hanging up a phone. It's also said that way in Spanish (colgar el teléfono).

I add that when flushing a toilet we still say tirar de la cadena even though there aren't any chains to pull anymore

[Max Rockatansky]

Pretty solid chance a large percentage of the forum posters won't be around in 50 years.  That amount of time puts large percentage of us on the wrong side of average life expectancy. 

Speaking for myself, seeing how 92 years of age almost always plays out seems incredibly unappealing.

Fingers crossed for drugs that can reverse the aging process

Exercise can delay it now. 

Tampering with genetics in hopes of shutting off shutting off aging sounds like a recipe for cancer.  Living too long sounds like a recipe for cancer. 

[GaryV]

3 telephone related things

A 4th - we still "hang up" when the call is ended.

Which was itself an antiquated term when we still had rotary dial. We didn't really "hang up" on any phones that were sitting on a desk or table.

I don't see what point you're making.  I have the handset in my hand having just finished a call.  I put it on the base, a desk phone, on the switchhook.  That's hanging it up.

So when I set the table for dinner, the plates and silverware are "hanging" on the table?

A wall phone, the handset is certainly hanging on the base. The old "candlestick" style phones https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/antique-phone-gm157405473-8305076 you hung the receiver piece onto the transmitter piece.

But I don't see putting a handset onto the top of a desktop phone as "hanging" it anywhere.

[kphoger]

I add that when flushing a toilet we still say tirar de la cadena even though there aren't any chains to pull anymore

I haven't heard that phrase in Mexico before, but I do frequently see signs in public restrooms saying 'jalar la palanca' instead.  Does that phrase also exist in Spain?

So when I set the table for dinner, the plates and silverware are "hanging" on the table? ... I don't see putting a handset onto the top of a desktop phone as "hanging" it anywhere.

— I told you to hang up your shirts.
— I did.  I hung them up on the couch.

Anyway, a hang-up is a situation in which a person is either literally or metaphorically stuck in one place.  In that sense, when I place a my work phone's receiver on its base, it is then 'hung up' there until such time as I grab it again, because it cannot move from its place of retention.  Etymologically speaking, though, that's a bogus connection, because the telephone usage predates the other usage by a few decades.

[Max Rockatansky]

I was watching Ford vs Ferrari tonight.  As of late it has become one of my favorite modern movies.  I was trying to hit on why and I think a lot of it has to do with no CG being used in the race scenes.  Everything looks like it has actual weight to it.  I wasn't aware that was a thing until I looked it up.

https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a29738370/ford-ferrari-movie-race-scenes/

[CNGL-Leudimin]

I haven't heard that phrase in Mexico before, but I do frequently see signs in public restrooms saying 'jalar la palanca' instead.  Does that phrase also exist in Spain?

No, it doesn't. In fact I've never, ever, heard the word jalar, so I think it's a Mexican thing.

[kphoger]

I haven't heard that phrase in Mexico before, but I do frequently see signs in public restrooms saying 'jalar la palanca' instead.  Does that phrase also exist in Spain?

No, it doesn't. In fact I've never, ever, heard the word jalar, so I think it's a Mexican thing.

Ha!  I never realized that.  It's just so completely commonplace in Mexico, that it never occurred to me it might not be the standard elsewhere.  On one side of a door it says 'empuje', on the other side 'jale'.

Anyway, what about 'bajar la palanca' for flushing a toilet?

[webny99]

However, if I do make 92, online forums may be one of the few pleasures left.

Now I'm trying to imagine what a current 92-year old would think about this. 

[kernals12]

Changes in fashion seem to have ground to halt. A person from 1975 transported to 2000 would stick out like a sore thumb, but as far as I can tell, someone from 2000 transported to 2025 would fit right in (no pun intended).

[Max Rockatansky]

The 70s era male mullet sure seems to have found a home in 2025.

[vdeane]

Changes in fashion seem to have ground to halt. A person from 1975 transported to 2000 would stick out like a sore thumb, but as far as I can tell, someone from 2000 transported to 2025 would fit right in (no pun intended).

Trends have definitely changed over time.  Just look at Gen Alpha's aversion to showing their toes and the "socks with sandals" look that has taken over (I remember when that was a stereotype of absent-minded professors and something to be avoided by everyone else).  Someone dressed like my generation did in high school would definitely stand out (for one, flip flops were all the rage back then).

[kernals12]

The 70s era male mullet sure seems to have found a home in 2025.

I thought mullets were an 80s thing.

[Molandfreak]

The 70s era male mullet sure seems to have found a home in 2025.

Still better than the broccoli haircut.

[kphoger]

Trends have definitely changed over time.  Just look at Gen Alpha's aversion to showing their toes and the "socks with sandals" look that has taken over (I remember when that was a stereotype of absent-minded professors and something to be avoided by everyone else).  Someone dressed like my generation did in high school would definitely stand out (for one, flip flops were all the rage back then).

Can you imagine wearing Crocs & socks back in 2000?

[Max Rockatansky]

The 70s era male mullet sure seems to have found a home in 2025.

Still better than the broccoli haircut.

Yes, this is something I can agree with.  Truth be told I've always found longer hair to be inconvenient and a hassle not worth managing.  I've kept mine pretty short through almost my entire life.

[kernals12]

Today, BMW owns Rolls Royce. During World War II, both companies made the engines that powered the aircraft that bombed each other's factories.

[Molandfreak]

In A Goofy Movie, Lake Destiny is shown to be in Idaho, a couple hours at best from the assumed split where Max takes Goofy in a different direction, at Echo Junction. Max changes the route to take them to Los Angeles, which is almost 11 hours from that location.

[kphoger]

In A Goofy Movie, Lake Destiny is shown to be in Idaho, a couple hours at best from the assumed split where Max takes Goofy in a different direction, at Echo Junction. Max changes the route to take them to Los Angeles, which is almost 11 hours from that location.

Probably paid for  by the Idaho state tourism board.

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