facthunter Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Geez you tassie devils come up with some sexy stuff.. I shan't elaborate. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Has "pick up the phone" given way to "swipe up"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 My son mentioned to me that his son's generation will use this symbol and understand it as the symbol to click to save a digital file, but will never have seen the storage device that it represents. https://goat.com.au/nostalgia/you-are-really-old-if-you-know-the-save-icon-isnt-a-vending-machine/ The same can be said for the email symbol Sending information in an envelope is fast going the way of the Dodo. A pictogram, also called in computer usage an icon, is a graphic symbol that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted January 2, 2022 Author Share Posted January 2, 2022 And the device to use those symbols is as scarce as hen's teeth. Like the guy who received a pornographic birthday card, but didn't have a pornograph to play it on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 8 hours ago, red750 said: And the device to use those symbols is as scarce as hen's teeth. They don't even put CD players in PCs now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Too much time in the digital world subtracts from the reality in your life. The fact it's addictive doesn't mean it's as necessary as it seems. Dogs wag TAILS. Not the other way around. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Saw the train one at Mendoran today 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 That one makes sense - instantly recognisable as a train. Put a modern diesel engine silhouette on a sign and it'd just look like a rectangle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 One thing that makes me scream as much as any pilot hearing every crashed aircraft being described as a "Cessna" - is reading journos writing, and hearing media and TV talking heads, describing road rollers, as "steamrollers"!! Without fail, every road roller is a "steamroller". It's like no-one has ever said to them, "Where's the steam coming out from?" I think the last steam powered road roller was built about 1930 - but perhaps a few were still being used after WW2 in backward areas. And did you know the band Buffalo Springfield was named after an iconic American steam roller manufacturer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Then there's REO Speedwagon, and another band Backman-Turner Overdrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 8 hours ago, onetrack said: One thing that makes me scream as much as any pilot hearing every crashed aircraft being described as a "Cessna" - While I'm not flying Cessnas, I am happy for them to be falling out of the skies 😉 (Sorry, ClintonB). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Don't knock back a Conquest or a Citation.. Cessna was very big in the light aircraft end of the show and all things considered did a pretty good job. Check the seat runners are locked. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 There are many C15x's to C18x's (and one beyond those) that survived my flight inputs.. They survived - I would never knock them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenn Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 There is a CJ2 Cessna jet. I fly a CJ1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Boy to girl. See than plane over there. It's a C-130. The plane I fly is a C-150. Nev 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 How's this for forgotten language? I was in Bunnings today and needed to write a measurement down to remember it. I asked a young girl employee if I could borrow a biro. She looked at me as if I was a Klingon or similar. Completely bamboozled by the word. Luckily there was a middle-aged woman standing nearby who said to the girl, "he wants a pen." When did "biro" fall out of the common vocabulary? I'm glad I didn't need an indelible pencil. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 I can imagine her reaction if you did have a indellible pencil - you gotta lick the tip to make 'em write! I think biro was one of the first brands of ball point pens. Lucky for you, you didn't ask the nice young lady for a 'ball point' ! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgmwa Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 1 hour ago, old man emu said: When did "biro" fall out of the common vocabulary? I’d say sometime during the 1980’a. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 She might have pointed. Why are you surprised OME? It's a brand name that (to my knowledge) isn't in use any more. My parents, instead of saying "vacuum cleaner", called it the "lux" as in "Electrolux". "Go get the lux" was a common saying. Talking of old stuff, I did a trip up to Tunbridge (middle of Tassie) today. Heaps of old cars going both directions so there must have been a couple of rallies on. At one point where the overtaking lane ended I found myself between one of these and one of these which was a very nice place to be, in terms of perving on rolling metal porn. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share Posted May 1, 2022 The history of the biro, invented by László Bíró, can be found here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 I still say biro and my wife understands me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 Of course your wife understands you. Mine denies it, but I think it was in the fine print of the job description. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 A friend of mine makes ' hand turned ' wooden pens for charity's. A big Scout & SES person. spacesailor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 (edited) Wasn't "my wife doesn't understand me" a well used pick up line? I accuse my wife of that frequently, but since she knows what I'm going to say before I do, that means she understands me, according to her. I'm not complaining. It's been over 50 years. Nev Edited May 1, 2022 by facthunter 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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