things that nobody says anymore

[burrocrat]

i must be getting old. because when something pops into my mind, i have to translate to modern day language before i say it. and some things i can't say at all.

 

[burrocrat]

"encyclopedia".

remember when the salesman would come to the door and if your family had a good year you could afford to buy all the knowledge in the world and proudly display the books on the shelf in your living room as proof? and you could plagarize all your homework just by rewriting some of that stuff down because there was no way your teacher could afford a set?

now it is wikipedia instead, and if someone says it on the internet it must be true.

 

[burrocrat]

"call me".

now it is "ill txt u".

crazy. everybody has a pocket computer and they're happy to see you, on facebook.

 

[burrocrat]

"will you go to the prom with me?".

these days it is "so, do you wanna twerk?".

 

[Warrenlm]

* "ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country" now it is "they ought to"/"I want"
*except around military bases where patriotism still lives

 

[Warrenlm]

* "but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!" now it is "anything for security"

 

[DreamboatAnnie]

Used to be people had a "boyfriend" or " girlfriend" .... Now they have " friends with benefits" .

 

[burrocrat]

"thank you" (ma'am or sir).

nobody ever says that anymore.

i used to walk down to the electric company and write a check out to the lady at the counter.

what is a check? what is a counter? what is walking?

now the website only accepts credit cards and makes me push the 'submit' button to pay. these details are not lost on me.

 

[burrocrat]

"friends with benefits".

i wish.

 

[nnuut]

I still say "thank you" (ma'am or sir), but I'm a Southerner.

 

[DreamboatAnnie]

I should say, almost no one says girlfriend or boyfriend except Steve Holy as he did get a "Brand New Girlfriend" !!!

Oopps.. can't access insert video link from phone.
I fixed it!

 

[alevin]

Ha, I'm still analog about quite a few things. I still pay by check for all my utilities, for one. I pay more attention to outgo that way. And being raised half southern, I still say thank you and ma'am and sir, when appropriate.

 

[FogSailing]

Remember when you had to wait for the TV to WARM UP before you could watch one of three channels. Those were the days... I drank a lot of TANG because that's what the astronauts drank in space and a Snickers bar cost a nickel.

Oh yeah....and when I spoke to an adult it was "yes maam\sir or no maam\sir or suffer getting smacked up side the side.

Had to give up TANG when I started to turn orange. Loved that stuff.

Oh nostalgia...:smile:

FS

 

[userque]

"Please..."

"...please."

"Would you mind ... please?"

"Could you ... please?"

and someone already said, "thank you." "Please," and "Thank you" travel together a lot of times.

In sum, I've discovered long ago that the top three are: Please, Thanks, and using a question rather than a command.

 

[tsptalk]

Remember when you called your neighbors "Mr. or Mrs." so and so? My kid's friends call me "Tom".

Also, I live in a nice quiet neighborhood, but I don't know anybody's name, or anybody more than a house away. That's as much my fault, but it's a change from years ago.

Also, when I was a kid, I always said hello to the neighbors when I saw them. Now I wave at kids in the neighborhood and they stare at me with a clueless look on their face.

Yes, things have changed.

 

[PessOptimist]

Remember when you called your neighbors "Mr. or Mrs." so and so? My kid's friends call me "Tom".


Also, I live in a nice quiet neighborhood, but I don't know anybody's name, or anybody more than a house away. That's as much my fault, but it's a change from years ago.


Also, when I was a kid, I always said hello to the neighbors when I saw them. Now I wave at kids in the neighborhood and they stare at me with a clueless look on their face.


Yes, things have changed.

Yes I remember and agree with all of the above. Waving to kids also seems to make them type something in to their hand held devices so I don't bother anymore.


Stopping at the CBU on the way home from work gets looks from users of the park adjacent and sometimes questions like "why are you stopping here?" Some times the park users have left their cars directly in front of the CBU which irritates me. Park users mostly seem to be sitting at the picnic table exchanging things.


Yes, things have changed in the hood and the rest of the world.


PO

 

[burrocrat]

"excuse me, i think you dropped this"

i was in walmart last week and this fancy lady was pulling her cart by the front and talking on her smart phone, high heels just clacking away down the aisle. out of the basket/tray up by the handle bars drops a head of celery, right on the floor. so i picked up and caught up to her and tapped her on the shoulder and handed it to her.

she looked at me like i was going to assault her and never stopped talking on her phone and when i walked back to my cart i saw her put the celery on the shelf by the cheez-its. that is not where celery belongs you selfish wench, and i only touched the plastic sleeve part at the bottom. it made me feel like a pervert.

i just didn't want her to get home and not have sprigs of celery for her bloody maries, because i know how dissapointing that can be. no good deed goes unpunished.

 

[Blarney]

That's not just a Southern thang.....it has always been the appropriate way to address our elders regardless to differences in this entire country. Until well,... the last.......# of years. Not a political thread so I end it here.

 

[FogSailing]

Too bad these situations can't be played out in a way that helps people better see themselves for who they really are. For example, it would have been nice to give her the celery back to her but tell her it was a good thing she dropped it because the news had reported recalls of celery because of "Acute Alexithymia", then suggest she Google it on her smart phone.

FS

 

[slayer72]

"Pull over when you see a phone booth, I need to make a call"