Chess For Oldtimers --- Part II

If you remember when Coca-Cola was available only in one flavor you are old.  

And only bought in small glass bottles unlike the horrible plastic of to-day.

Quote from the late great Doris Day: "  The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you will grow out of it. "          

Sadly Ralph some people never make old bones. My bf didn't.

anyone that doesn't get this, well, i don't care...

I remember when television stations went off the air at midnight and there was no tv until 6:00 AM. Does that make me old or did I just grow up in the sticks?

I remember counting the telephone rings before answering to make sure it was for us and not one of the other houses on the party line.

Here’s when you know you’re getting older. When you order milk, eggs, and cheese through InstaCart from Costco and they deliver it to your doorstep like its a new thing. Then you remember when you were a kid, that was the way everybody got their milk, eggs, and cheese.

Also all our soft drinks were delivered to our door as were our meat, fruit and veg and grocer provisions. The chemist also delivered. Life was good even though very few houses had fridges and none had freezers.

that reminds me of the three stooges episode where they were carrying a large cube of ice up a long flight of stairs outside. when they got to the top, the ice had melted. 

@ Al- remember that. Must be as old as you! lol

Found a cute joke in a new Readers Digest magazine that explains a lot of my life: "It's never too late to start , which is why I'm putting everything off until tomorrow. ( Yup that is me  lol.) 

It’s never too late to be great!

Saw a cute joke in the paper: Grandpa says ... " I stayed up all night wondering where the sun goes, and in the morning it dawned on me. "

No man on earth will ever be able to define what a woman is. We are too mysterious, marvellous and majestic. Completely outside the ken of mortal men! lol

Some things from childhood stick with you. When I was about seven I lost an entirely rubber folding knife like this one. I've missed it ever since. It's about fifty-seven years later and I just received the one I bought off eBay. I've been seven again all afternoon.

If you'd invested $ 1,000 dollars with Warren Buffet in  the 1950's, it would be worth $ 26 million today. Too bad you didn't.

well, baddy, i wasn't born yet. 

in fact, the first time i possessed a grand was after working full time for a full year when i was about 17. i remember thinking it was all the money in the world. 

And at seventeen, who would possibly need more than a $1,000 dollars to live on? 😉

Given the proper dose of margaritas, you can still do the Hustle.