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I suspect a plot to make me look like the most narcissistic person here.

Dying without whining (whinging for those of you down under) about it too much is on my bucket list. As for regular bucket list stuff, a lot of the things I might have put on that list, it's too late for. I'd like to hike the Appalachian Trail but, while it's on the outside of possible that I...

This could fit under Reminiscences as well, but do you remember when you first drove a car with power brakes and power steering? I damned near killed myself, particularly with the power steering, but getting used to power brakes resulted in some embarrassing moments, as well.

Like many of you, I suspect, I hated the transition to automatic transmissions, and thought that as long as they still made a standard shift, I'd stick with that. But then, when it came to buying my first new car, a Datsun/Nissan pickup truck, I went to two dealerships in Southern California...

I've been doing my minimums when it comes to exercising but I haven't been exceeding them by much, whereas, in the past, I would sometimes double them. I can make excuses, such as scheduled things that get in the way, and they would be valid excuses, but I still could have fit in more exercise...

Probably nothing; it's two minutes to twelve. The clock is ticking... one of them, anyhow.

I have a couple of them, and they work great for cooking and heating water. Not much good for anything else, though.

One of the Fords we leased had that feature, and while it was annoying, it was tolerable in a new vehicle that was in great running condition, but I kept thinking how much I'd hate that if it were older and wouldn't always start back up easily.

Any 50s that you don't know what do with, @Jacob Petersheim, feel free to send them to me.

It is just after 2 am, and time for bed. G'night.

My mom died when I was thirteen, or maybe fourteen, but my memories of her are mostly in the house, where she did the things that most women did in the 1950s and 1960s. She was vigilant about me not bringing animals in the house, and, as far as I am aware, I was her only son who insisted on...

When you are thinking back to when you were ten, eleven, or twelve, it isn't necessary to remember just what you did on any one specific day, as that might be difficult, but reminisce about thing that you did or thought of when you were that age, even if it's an amalgamation of more than one...

There is surely no prohibition on happy subjects here, and we should live to make the best of what's ahead of us. However, it's a sad fact that we all have more behind us than we have ahead of us, and much of what is ahead of us isn't particularly joyful.

Bible references are often misquoted or taken out of context in order to suggest something different from the original text. "The poor you will always have with you." This is often quoted to imply that poverty is inevitable, so efforts to help the poor are futile or optional. In the original...

Other sayings are often used as maxims that may not the be reverse of, but which change the original meaning. "Jack of all trades, but master of none." This was originally followed by, "but oftentimes better than master of one." "Money is the root of all evil." Originally, the proverb said...

Several well-known sayings have been shortened, misquoted, or culturally flipped so that their modern meaning is the opposite of the original intent. "Curiosity killed the cat." This was originally not a warning against curiosity. The older form was "Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction...

I'm thinking we need a topic for things like education and language. While most of us are probably not thinking of going back to school, this doesn't necessarily mean that education is no longer important, or that we. have nothing to say about the educational system, and there are always things...

The King James Version of the Bible says "do not fear" 365 times.

Exactly. People are more apt to complain than to praise. For one thing, when we get what we expect, there doesn't seem to be a reason to talk about it, since that's what we're paying for, after all. Not all nursing homes are bad, and not all nursing home personnel are lazy, incompetent, or...

I won't overdo it, but I'll add a couple of bad nursing home experiences I had as a paramedic. We were sent to one nursing home for what was supposed to be a non-emergency transfer to a hospital for a procedure, I forget which, because that became irrelevant. When we arrived, a cluster of...