You suddenly realize you are getting old.

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  • CaissaCaissa Shipmate
    I think I remember it from sixties tv shows.
  • Gramps49Gramps49 Shipmate
    NicoleMR wrote: »
    Oh I know one that was used for the telephone... horn. "Get them on the horn!" meaning call them up. That's an oldie.

    About the same age as the speaking tubes from the bridge (of a ship) to the engine room down below.
  • la vie en rougela vie en rouge Purgatory Host, Circus Host
    I remember an ad for British Telecom (would have been the 90s I think) with Bob Hoskins singing "If you really care then show her / say you love her on the blower".
  • I remember an ad for British Telecom (would have been the 90s I think) with Bob Hoskins singing "If you really care then show her / say you love her on the blower".

    Bob Hoskins sounds right for this kind of thing. It's still around in the London end of Essex. I'm going to a wedding down there tomorrow. I'll try a bit of anthropology and slip this into conversation with people of various ages. It'll probably come over as an attempt at unctuous ingratiation by a former native who's trying too hard...
  • KarlLBKarlLB Shipmate
    Buzby era. "You need 'ands..."
  • RockyRogerRockyRoger Shipmate
    Mrs RR and I have a new (to us) etiquette question: does one remove one's hearing aids when making love?
  • I think you'll need to play that one by ear.
  • RockyRogerRockyRoger Shipmate
    I think you'll need to play that one by ear.

    Boom boom!
  • sionisaissionisais Shipmate
    RockyRoger wrote: »
    Mrs RR and I have a new (to us) etiquette question: does one remove one's hearing aids when making love?

    If you want to go wild then you may miss your “safe word”

  • FirenzeFirenze Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Reminds me: Intro to Chemo meeting the other week.

    Chirpy person on video: "You can still have sex during chemotherapy!"

    Me: "But presumably not actually on the Ward?"

    Completely corpsed the nurses giving the presentation.
  • Firenze wrote: »
    Reminds me: Intro to Chemo meeting the other week.

    Chirpy person on video: "You can still have sex during chemotherapy!"

    Me: "But presumably not actually on the Ward?"

    Completely corpsed the nurses giving the presentation.

    Magnificent, Firenze!
  • kingsfoldkingsfold Shipmate
    Firenze wrote: »
    Reminds me: Intro to Chemo meeting the other week.

    Chirpy person on video: "You can still have sex during chemotherapy!"

    Me: "But presumably not actually on the Ward?"

    Completely corpsed the nurses giving the presentation.

    Magnificent, Firenze!

    Would that make it Chem(o)Sex?
  • Gramps49Gramps49 Shipmate
    Yesterday I spent most of the day preparing the outside of the windows for cleaning. That meant just wiping off the dust that had accumulated over the winter. I did finish cleaning the downstairs windows. Today, it will be the upstairs. But I have to say my back is telling me I am old today. I already took two Naproxen, and the back is still at a number 8 pain wise. Will have to chase them down with Acetaminophen before I finish the rest of the windows.
  • Firenze wrote: »
    Reminds me: Intro to Chemo meeting the other week.

    Chirpy person on video: "You can still have sex during chemotherapy!"

    Me: "But presumably not actually on the Ward?"

    Completely corpsed the nurses giving the presentation.

    Words fail me...
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Just catching up here; @Firenze - you win the interweb! :mrgreen:
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