Some of the stuff we did was dumb!

[fuzzybuddy]

Look at the things that have happened during our lives. I'm talking about dumb, idiotic things. Like if I were on the Interstate, and I blew a tire, and went careening into your lane, I couldn't smash into you, because you had a "BABY ON BOARD" sign hanging in your window.

Everything in your home had to be shades of olive green or "burnt orange". ooooh!

A yellow smilely face something or other.

 

[Shalimar]

During my granny dress hippie phase, I always wore tan boy's hiking boots. So stylin.

 

[Manatee]

I always interpreted BOB signs to mean "incompetent driver, you must think for me".

And then there was the newspaper cartoon showing little kids jumping on the back seat like it was a trampoline, right next to the BOB sign.

 

[Carla]

Not sure this qualifies as dumb, but it is to me. On the phone yesterday with someone from this new pharmacy service I am being forced to take. My info didn't come up in the computer so she tells me to call back next week. She says to post an alert on my smartphone and I told her I didn't have one but I would mark it on my calander. She seemed perplexed. She asked how I remember stuff. I said I mark it on my calander. (Again). Do the younger generation not know that people used to mark calendars or make notes prior to the smartphone? Yes, I actually got to where I needed to go and on time!

 

[Butterfly]

I still put stuff on my kitchen wall calendar. That way I see it every day and can look ahead. If you only put stuff on your phone, (1) you're always looking at said phone and not at things around you, and (2) if you lose said phone or it breaks, you are screwed if your calendar is only in there.

There are also people who are astonished that I do not text and I do not give out my cell phone number to all and sundry. I use my land line as my primary phone, and I only use my cell phone for myself. I do NOT want the entire world calling me up on my cell phone while I'm out shopping or whatever.

I guess I am an old coot, but I REFUSE to join the ranks of all those who are always looking at their cell phones. There are actually things to see and do that do not involve cell phones!!!

 

[Aunt Bea]

There are also people who are astonished that I do not text and I do not give out my cell phone number to all and sundry.

Same here, I tell people that I carry a cell phone for my convenience not theirs!

Fuzzy, it's true about home decorating fads, just hit a few garage sales or thrift shops and you'll see the year of the geese, roosters, mushrooms, sunflowers, etc... Every few years some young folks pick up on one of these old themes and decorate an apartment with vintage kitsch, then it hits Ebay, a coffee table book and on to the Smithsonian! Remember the ceramics classes of the 70's?

 

[aeron]

Not certain but I think that the "Baby an bord" sign started in Holland to make other drivers aware that the driver of the car bearing the sign might be driving slower or more cautiously than usual.

 

[Butterfly]

Same here, I tell people that I carry a cell phone for my convenience not theirs!

Fuzzy, it's true about home decorating fads, just hit a few garage sales or thrift shops and you'll see the year of the geese, roosters, mushrooms, sunflowers, etc... Every few years some young folks pick up on one of these old themes and decorate an apartment with vintage kitsch, then it hits Ebay, a coffee table book and on to the Smithsonian! Remember the ceramics classes of the 70's?

I TOOK one of said ceramics classes.

 

[Carla]

I still put stuff on my kitchen wall calendar. That way I see it every day and can look ahead. If you only put stuff on your phone, (1) you're always looking at said phone and not at things around you, and (2) if you lose said phone or it breaks, you are screwed if your calendar is only in there.

There are also people who are astonished that I do not text and I do not give out my cell phone number to all and sundry. I use my land line as my primary phone, and I only use my cell phone for myself. I do NOT want the entire world calling me up on my cell phone while I'm out shopping or whatever.

I guess I am an old coot, but I REFUSE to join the ranks of all those who are always looking at their cell phones. There are actually things to see and do that do not involve cell phones!!!

I do exactly the same. Some mos are busy and I have quite a bit written, even phone numbers. I see the calander, it's right there in the kitchen. Now what happens if they drop the phone, lose it or have it stolen? I keep a calander book in my handbag and record appts then transfer to my kitchen calander. It's always been reliable for me!

 

[Manatee]

We have his and hers pocket calendars. All entries are made in pencil so that if necessary they can be changed.

She has a smart phone, but I don't even have a dumb phone.

 

[Butterfly]

Uh, oh!!:danger: