Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[GonePlaid]

The worst I've been to is Miami International and I end up there all the time. Logan is kind of complicated but the general tenor of the employees seems to be a cut above Miami. Sorry Goneplaid.

I was born/raised in Miami. It ain't the city of my birth and I haven't been in MIA since 12/25/1970.

 

[bobyoung53]

A few things I wanted to moan about:

people who think they're all alone on their Earth (except for their family, of course)

incompetent staff all over the place

Last night I nipped over to the nearest grocery for some garlic & there was a SUV parked in front of the doors of the store, lights are on so I imagine the engine is running.
It's smack-dab in the lane to get to the rest of the parking lot, but my preferred spot is in an aisle just prior to the rear of their vehicle.

I back into that spot, right next to the driver of the SUV & look over, it's a lady & what would appear to be her child. The teenage kid gets out & starts to go into the store, just as another vehicle approaches & just sits there with their headlights glaring into the SUV, LOL!
The kid turned around to say something to her mother & waved for her to move, but dear old mum then gets out her phone & starts to make a call. The vehicle has not moved since I first spotted it & the driver behind her is starting to wonder what they're going to do next. I'm surprised they didn't blow the horn.

I give her my best look of haughty derision & she Blasts out of the parking lot:

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probably off to get her husband to beat me senseless, so I get my things & GO!


I used to blame it on the culture in Thailand when stores were out of OBVIOUS things, like once I went to a KFC at 10:00 (10am) & they told me they were out of chicken. They had just opened!
Here at home there's not much difference. The local Taco Belly runs out of things on the regular & even the local 7/11 today doesn't have Big Gulp cups!

Don't even get me started about the nearest KFC. It's a wreck, so I drive a few miles out of my way in the other direction if I want KFC, which is a rarity (like today).

We have a few KFC's here in Peru too, I have liked that stuff since I was a kid.

 

[bobyoung53]

I was born/raised in Miami. It ain't the city of my birth and I haven't been in MIA since 12/25/1970.

You're lucky, no it's not that bad I guess, hard to find your way around, I do like the trains they have there though.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I was born/raised in Miami. It ain't the city of my birth and I haven't been in MIA since 12/25/1970.

A lot of different food in Miami. See food and eat it.

 

[bobyoung53]

Speaking of airplanes, well a while ago this afternoon anyway, I once flew from Boston to Cape Cod on a two propellor commuter plane, what a cool plane that was, I don't remember how many passengers it fit but, twenty maybe (or less) I have always loved the old propellor planes. I love the sound of the engines too. I think that comes from listening to them fly overhead on hot summer days when I was a kid.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Ha! Christmas Day 1970-last commercial flight.

Paid for by your uncle sam?

 

[beans-on-toast]

Speaking of airplanes, well a while ago this afternoon, I once flew from Boston to Cape Cod on a two propellor commuter plane, what a cool plane that was, I don't remember how many passengers it fit but, twenty maybe (or less) I have always loved the old propellor planes.

Maybe a DC3, they are workhorses. They went into production in the 1930’s, just 30 years after the Wright brothers. Many are still in use going everywhere many planes can’t. Rebuilt ones (certified for zero hour rating) can be bought today.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Those single seat pointy silver jets are to a privileged young man today as a chariot is to a privileged young man in antiquity. That conclusion of problems inherent in the model is routinely down voted before the thesis ever reaches peer-to-peer review

 

[GonePlaid]

Paid for by your uncle sam?

Nope. All me. Going for a visit. Plane(B720) nearly MT.

 

[bobyoung53]

OK it is now time for our "daily levity break":

Andy Kaufman sings Jambalaya on the David Letterman show with his "manager" Fred Blassie.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Ha! Christmas Day 1970-last commercial flight.

Not long after that, someone in Linden NJ was building my SVT. Who would have thought that 50 years later it would still be thumping out songs.

 

[GwenOnBass]

I'm not certain I can say I still own anything I owned in 1970. What am I going to say? I can still wear the same earrings I wore ... wait a minute, I didn't wear earrings at 14. That would have been daring, especially pierced ... Pierced ears would be quite a statement at 14. Ear piercing today is absolutely nothing like it was, nothing

 

[GonePlaid]

Not long after that, someone in Linden NJ was building my SVT. Who would have thought that 50 years later it would still be thumping out songs.

And I got my Kasino June 5, 1970. It still works, I still have it. And the sales slip.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I'm not certain I can say I still own anything I owned in 1970. What am I going to say? I can still wear the same earrings I wore ... wait a minute, I didn't wear earrings at 14. That would have been daring, especially pierced ... Pierced ears would be quite a statement at 14. Ear piercing today is absolutely nothing like it was, nothing

Social mores were imposed by parents, because what would people think. Pierced ears, like drinking, was acceptable but reserved for adults. Fishnet tights on the other hand were a sign of a harlot and always raised comments. I recall a young popular teacher in the 60’s, fresh out of school so not much older than the kids in her class, being sent home to change. Seems that teachers were held to a principal imposed dress code.

 

[GwenOnBass]

What I wanted to wear and what I was allowed to wear at 14 are chasms apart

 

[beans-on-toast]

Then there were school uniforms. In my case picky gray wool pants and a picky green sweater. In my mind, intended to torture me. My cloths were compliments of my older brother, which I hated. Even in high school, no jeans allowed.

 

[GwenOnBass]

They eased up the dress code before I started boarding school in 72. All weekday dinners were semi-formal attire, with casual attire for classes. What we actually learned was how to dress within the rules while simultaneously defying the intent of the rules.

 

[Passinwind]

Then there were school uniforms. In my case picky gray wool pants and a picky green sweater. In my mind, intended to torture me. My cloths were compliments of my older brother, which I hated. Even in high school, no jeans allowed.

Coat and tie for me my first two+ years of high school, all day every day during class time and meals. The only exception was Sunday breakfast, where attendance was optional.

 

[GwenOnBass]

The GOF moment as I realize I wrote "attire" and meant it. What is there to be said when the only people who actually use the word "attire" are yellow book publishers. What can be said I have some experience with that arm of publishing

 

[beans-on-toast]

Publications such as the Gentleman’s Gazette speak of attire.

Business Attire Dress Code Explained — Gentleman's Gazette