Can you remember all of these Lost Words of the 50's?

 Cheers and my thanks to Bruce and Aubrey  for sending me this 

This is an oldie, but still a goodie.

All the expressions are now replaced with the F*#*k bomb

The days of innocence are gone. It’s a new world called progress.

Mergatroyd!

Do you remember that word? Would you believe the spell-checker did not recognize the word Mergatroyd? Heavens to Mergatroyd!

The other day a not so elderly, (I say 75), lady said something to her son about driving a Jalopy; and he looked at her quizzically and said, "What the heck is a Jalopy?" He had never heard of the word jalopy! She knew she was old ... But not that old!

Well, I hope you are Hunky Dory after you read this and chuckle.

About a month ago, I illuminated some old expressions that have become obsolete because of the inexorable march of technology. These phrases included: Don't touch that dial, Carbon copy, You sound like a broken record, and Hung out to dry.

Back in the olden days, we had a lot of moxie. We'd put on our best bib and tucker, to straighten up and fly right.

Heavens to Betsy! Gee whillikers! Jumping Jehoshaphat, Holy Moley!

We were in like Flynn and living the life of Riley; and even a regular guy couldn't accuse us of being a knucklehead, a nincompoop or a pill. Not for all the tea in China!

Back in the olden days, life used to be swell, but when's the last time anything was swell?

Swell has gone the way of beehives, pageboys, and the D.A.; of spats, knickers, fedoras, poodle skirts, saddle shoes, and pedal pushers.

Oh, my aching back! Kilroy was here, but he isn't anymore.

We wake up from what surely has been just a short nap, and before we can say, "Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle!" or, "This is a fine kettle of fish!" we discover that the words we grew up with, the words that seemed omnipresent - as oxygen - have vanished with scarcely a notice from our tongues and our pens and our keyboards.

Poof, go the words of our youth, the words we've left behind. We blink, and they're gone. Where have all those great phrases gone?

Long gone: Pshaw The milkman did it. Hey! It's your nickel. Don't forget to pull the chain. Knee-high to a grasshopper. Well, Fiddlesticks! Going like sixty. I'll see you in the funny papers. Don't take any wooden nickels. Wake up and smell the roses.

It turns out there are more of these lost words and expressions than Carter has liver pills. This can be disturbing stuff! (Carter's Little Liver Pills are gone too!)

 Leaves us to wonder where Superman will find a phone booth...

See ya later, alligator!

Okeydokey.

You'll notice they left out "Monkey Business"!!!

We are the children of the fabulous '50s. No one will ever have that opportunity again. We were given one of our most precious gifts: living in the peaceful and comfortable times, created for us by the "greatest generation!"

Given a chance to talk

I am a big believer in Serindipidty, in the past couple of months I have been working with the senior organization I am president of to create a program to bring people together.  We decided to start a bi-weekly Tuesday Talk Club. Once a month our Tuesday talk club will host a workshop run by an expert followed two weeks later by a Conversation Club that builds on the workshop. In addition to the topic based on the workshop, the Tuesday Talk Conversation Club will be a place where you can talk and laugh your way to new ideas and new friendships. You will have the opportunity to meet new people, and improve your listening and speaking skills. The Conversation Club will build on ideas presented by the experts. In addition, it will give you a chance to speak about and listen to ideas from a variety of perspectives. Topics may include culture, travel, life, social media, history, or just making small talk. with new friends. 

Fortunately, many seniors are leading healthy lives, empowered with knowledge and skills to continue to contribute to their communities. However, there is an increasing number of seniors faced with social isolation, especially those with little to no family nearby, or those with language barriers. Our Tuesday Talk Conversation Club and Workshops provide an opportunity for seniors to interact with each other in a positive, safe and friendly environment, so we think we will meet a need.

A few days ago I received this email below. The email addresses the issue that I have been working on, but it offers people a chance to meet online. I did check them out, and perhaps you should as well

Hello, I am the founder of Pastime https://www.pastime.com. We’re on a mission to empower active agers to foster meaningful connections, stay socially active, and fill their lives with the joy of new friendships. As we retire it becomes more challenging to find new friends and create new relationships (not romantic). Pastime offers live conversations with a small group of members in a video chat room. Listen in and share your thoughts in an unfiltered and welcoming setting. Our goal is that every person has someone to talk to whenever he wants. I love your blog and writing and would love to see if you can let your readers know about Pastime (we are 100% free) Best, Oded Rochman Founder & CEO https://www.pastime.com/ 

Good by Papa Johns

 A few months ago, my wife and I ordered a pizza from Papa John's (a pizza franchise in Canada and I think the USA) and it was not an easy order. So, a few days ago, I received an email offering me 40% off my next order because they "missed me". I thought, maybe it will be easier this time.

I prefer to order pizzas or other fast food via the phone and I usually go and pick it up. I find that faster, and easier than waiting for them to deliver, also I am not a big fan of food delivery services or apps.

I also like to order from a brochure that contains information about all of the food that is available. I can glance at the brochure, pick out the food we want, check the price and then phone it in. I am a bit old-fashioned when it comes to food ordering.

 So, we looked for the brochure from Papa John and could not find it, so I went online to look up their menu, expecting to find a list of pizzas they had and a prize to go with them. Well, to my surprise Papa John's does not have a simple menu. They have pictures of each of their selections which allowed me to see four pizzas at a time without a price on any of them. A line across the top said, "Want to see all of your local pizzas and prices? Tell us which store you’re closest to" Even though I was logged into my account, I had to give them my address again so I could look at prices. 

The menu came up with pictures but this time I could only see three pizzas on the screen, remember I like to see everything at once. I then looked at the type of pizza and now I had to make some decisions. Some of the decisions are easy, what size. Others are not so easy, for example, crust type (six different types)and cust flavour (one flavour).  I had the app on my phone, so I went to show the selections to my wife on the phone but we could only see 2 selections at a time. The other thing I noted was that the online version and the app only allowed me to order for delivery. There was no option that I could find for me to pick up the pizza.

We gave up and then looked for the brochure and found the one for Papa Johns's but there was no phone number for the local store. I went back online and after a few frustrating minutes, I found the number to the store.  I was going to phone but realized that there was not going to be the option to get my coupon honoured as it stated that it appeared to be only for online ordering.  So we picked up another brochure, checked the menu, ordered and picked it up 15 minutes later.

I am sure that there are many people who use and love Papa John's Pizza but I am not technical enough to work their system so I will not be using Papa John's again as they have an ordering system that is too complicated for a person like me who just likes to pick up the phone, order knowing the price I need to pay and being told a time the food will be ready for pick-up.

A few jokes to ease the mind

 A Catholic man goes to confession. "Forgive me father for I have sinned." 

He begins. "Go on my son." says the priest. 

"I swore the other day, in the most profane way." says the man. 

"Continue." says the priest. 

"I was on the golf course and I hit my drive, it was looking perfect, heading dead straight. About 200 yards down my ball hit a power line crossing the fairway." 

"And this is when you swore?" asked the priest. 

"No father, my ball then ricocheted of the power lines and flew off into the deep rough." said the man. 

"Ah, so this must have been when you swore." Said the priest. 

"No father, not yet. As I was walking over to the rough to hit my second shot a hawk flew down from the trees, picked my ball up in his beak and proceeded to fly off with it." continued the man. 

"Ahhh I see." says the priest "This MUST have been the point where you swore." 

"You'd thinks so but no, because as the bird flew over the green the ball fell from its mouth and landed just two feet from the hole." 

They both remain quiet for a few seconds, then the priest says: "You missed the f**in' putt, didn't you?"

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Everyone knows Murphy's Law: "Anything that can go wrong, will..." - Here

are some other Laws you may not have heard!  

Lorenz's Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with

grease, your nose will begin to itch.  

Anthony's Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the

least accessible corner.  

Lowery's Law of Home Repair: If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it 

needed replacing anyway  

Beach's Law: Interchangeable parts aren't.  

William's Law: There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it cannot

be solved by brute strength and ignorance.  

Lane's Law of Supply and Demand: The one item you need is always in short

supply.  

Cannon's Karmic Law: If you tell the boss you were late for work because

you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.  

Norman Einstein's Law: If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid.