TV Typewriter
Iceman
Ferrite core memory -or-
Magnetic core memory

 

Check this out!

 

Check this out!

I heard the story about Webster's attempt to make the plural women into "wimmen". I liked it and the current plural version makes no sense.

 

TV Repair man (even used to make house calls)

Doctors used to make house calls, too.

 

Iceman

Would that be Eli the Iceman?

 

This is rather unexpected (at least for me):

Bimbo - a tough guy​

Source: http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm

 

Hello,

Or what to think of this:

booby stupid person

Source: http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/words.html

Bertus

PS these are words found in Tolkiens works.

 

...booby stupid person...

Damn. All the years wasted thinking I loved boobies...

 

Damn. All the years wasted thinking I loved boobies...

Well... now you can have both in a single word...

 

Or the blue footed kind!

Max.

 

Or the blue footed kind!

That's a fine set of boobies you got there!

I've seen them for real on the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Along with sea lions (swam with them -- quite fun), and the big Galapagos turtles.

 

I've seen them for real on the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Along with sea lions (swam with them -- quite fun), and the big Galapagos turtles.

Lucky you! That a bucket list item for sure!

Max. (big fan of Darwin).

 

Max. (big fan of Darwin).

Glad you're a fan... though I sincerely hope you never win his award...

 

How about "milkman" ?

We had one growing up, Purity Dairy. Also had a breadman and a potato chip man. How about Fuller brush man?

 

We had the iceman and the knife sharpener.

 

We had the iceman and the knife sharpener.

Ha! we still have knife sharpeners walking down the street down here... they go around playing a funny sounding flute as their traditional way of announcing themselves...

 

Huckster

Stewardess.


And then there are a whole slew of other politically incorrect terms that would probably be banned.

 

Ha! we still have knife sharpeners walking down the street down here... they go around playing a funny sounding flute as their traditional way of announcing themselves...

Ours sharpened knives and repaired umbrellas. He would ring a bicycle bell.

Egg store. We had one that sold fresh eggs laid right on the premises, along with live chickens that they would slaughter for you. This place was in town.

Paper Boy.

Mailman

Fireman.

 

big fan of Darwin.

Same here.

 

Yogi Berra Quotes:


1. “It’s like deja vu all over again.”

2. “We made too many wrong mistakes.”

3. “You can observe a lot just by watching.”

4. “A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.”


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