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Today’s retro A&J is more antediluvian tech humor from barely five years ago. Presumably today they would both have a smart phone and would both be entitled to their own set of facts. Speaking of smart phones, I’ve discovered a strange phenomenon. My new phone has about four times the square footage of my old flip phone, but I’ve noticed it’s easier to lose! Maybe because it looks like a dozen other gadgets lying around the house. I’ve give some thought to what we discussed yesterday, the future of our retro feature, and I think I have come up with some ideas. I hope you’ll find them rather painless once implemented. Maybe we’ll run some experiments next week.
220 responses to “On Pretty Good Authority”
Back to cell phone cases for a moment. When I bought my Moto E I also bout the best Otterbox for it at the same time. I love the no slip grip of it. At the same time I bought my better half a phone and bought the 2nd best Otterbox. 3 years and still going strong on both phones. Ruth Anne I may get that t-shirt, my better half loves it and thinks that applies to me.
Symply amazing you guys are prophets, and here I am…Mark In TTown? reminded me I had not been doing my proper share of lurking in quite a while.
Yes tomorrow is our last show…tapped out to the limit I set in 3 years…plenty of seats left(on me if you good villagers can make it. Just get in touch somehow, there are folks here who know how; JJ for one!) Tomorrow 8PM at the Hanover Theatre in Worcester MA….
Oh yeah what is the Fargone show I am losing my shirt on? Here is a link, I know a bunch of you would be there if you could.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnQIG-IoNPA&feature=youtu.be
Me? I am well; up and about(as Mark’s picture will attest), screaming up on 60 and I thank you for those of you who thought of me in my absence. I hope you are all well……
Ursen: Give the credit to Symply Forgone – all I did was google it 🙂 There are multiple sources and variations in appearance and price, so you might want to shop around.
Darn Hal! That should be Symply Fargone, of course. I caught the first “correction” but not the second.
Welcome back SF!
Ruth Anne,
Yes, Gayle was not with me that day, hence the tshirt
Today’s says “I Am The Reason We Can’t Have Nice Things” and tomorrow for the concert it will be “When I Was A Kid, No Wait I Still Do That”
Symply have to wear clothes that say something about you….Gayle won’t let me get the John Lee Hooker shirt I’ve been seeing says I have too many Fargone tshirts! The nerve!!!!!
Have an awesome day!
Hey, I just saw a tee shirt that says “I used to be Snow White but I strayed”
Didn’t buy it but I laughed. Bought the cap that says Idaho on a bed of broken asphalt.
Forgot, I missed you Fargone because you were Damm clever. Welcome back.
Hey, Symply Fargone! You’ve symply been fargone too long. Welcome back. And don’t be a stranger.
“However, pie often substitutes for sex.” Always wondered from whence came the expression “pie hole”. 😉
Jackie, Bullet said to say “hello” to Trigger.
Without looking it up, wasn’t the name Silverstein? And I believe that he was also a cartoonist.
God bless us every one. God bless the USA.
Jerry in FL, yes Shel was a poet, author and cartoonist. And being a poet isn’t far from being able to write song lyrics, as he proved.
Hi, Symply. Glad to see you in these parts again. When I saw you on the FB page I just had to invite you back. And that photo of you and the motorcycle is great. Nice color that can’t be missed by other drivers, I hope.
Jerry, yes Shel was an author including children’s books, a popular cartoonist for Playboy and wrote a lot of songs, including most that Dr. Hook recorded. Hal hinges everything he feels like it. See, he put hinges there, nor me. Sometimes he changes multiple words.
So you bought Bullet. Trigger says heigh or hay.
Bullet was the dog of course, not the horse. It was Trigger, Buttermilk and Bullet. The jeep was Nellie Belle. Why does all this stuff stay in your mind when you can’t remember the people you dated or asked you to marry them?
All immaterial, they are all deceased or too old now. I had a tremendous crush on Roy in second grade. By fourth I had outgrown him since I didn’t attend third but skipped.
P.S. which shade of black did you get and is interior black leather?
Welcome back Mr. Symply Fargone.
‘Why does all this stuff stay in your mind when you can’t remember the people you dated or asked you to marry them?’
I can remember all the people [=few girls] I dated, and nobody asked me to marry them, though it was pretty clear we were heading toward marriage. She insisted I propose, and I did, and she said yes, then we bought the least expensive [diamond chip] engagement ring and wedding band we could find. You’ve heard the rest of the story before. One of a bunch of best decisions I ever made.
Some women, mostly at church, have made their interest clear, and I’ve gently steered them away. Maybe I should feel flattered. Whoopee fizz.
Peace,
emb, I am afraid my dance cards were always filled along with my bed. I get more embarrassed not to remember. I have steered all but one away since Mike died and that one while potentially compatible turned out badly.
My youngest daughter was always surprised how many,remembered me with vivid memories, while I had never mentioned most. As I said, I met Mike and fell in love, became monogamous. I am like that. I certainly wasn’t before.
Dave Barry’s classic answer to “Why does all this stuff stay in your mind …?” (Sorry I couldn’t find it without all the ads and junk.)
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1996-03-10/features/1996070072_1_robin-hood-sludge-human-brain
That is funny but I love Dave Barry. I would subscribe e to paper again if he and JJ were in it.
Dickens and I have a lovely two room suite, even nicer than last night. Two tvs, separate living room, may have two baths, haven’t looked, nice bar and kitchen area. I haven’t dragged in clothes and I think Dickens was barking at someone using my cart.
In Butte, Montana tonight. Haven’t hit an elk but saw a field full of deer or anteloupe.
Jackie: Bullet is Tuxedo Black Metallic. Leather seats are Stone (light gray), not a bad option for summertime in the Deep South.
Early impression: I love it.
Oh, and were the deer and the antelope playing?
Debbe 😉 Wait! Don’t kill a chicken! I don’t need the entrails read now, hon.
Git down, Bonnie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUsmTuf6p1c
GM Debbe
Going to jump ahead for this
Your post on 22 Sep 2016 at 4:26 am #
Check the ground on the fuel pump – replaced the pump on my old
pick up only to find it was the ground . Run a wire from bare spot on
tank to bare spot on frame.
Now back to my regular catching up.
Sounds like a classy ride for a classy man, Ghost. I bet I would have enjoyed selling you a car. Most of my customers were men and they treated me with courtesy and respect. Unless I insulted their trade, then they got their feelings hurt.
Actually if any one who looked like you had shown up at our dealership I could have done a sprint in three inch heels and a short skirt.