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hatguy1 · Apr 11, 2014

Fading Fast said:
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when the newspaper guy cut open the stack (just thrown from the truck that never came to a complete stop) and sold you the first copy (normally one deep as the first one was usually ripped or wrinkled). But the internet killed it and now they are, as said above, magazine stands (with soda and candy), but the life went out of them when the newspaper culture died. I appreciate what your friend is doing, but I think he is going to be pulled perforce on line.

I remember getting one of those Friday PM editions just after the bundles had hit the corner right in front of us in Lower Manhattan. That was the day Lee McPhail handed down the infamous "George Brett pine tar bat decision." That was a rambunctious crowd around that newsboy all shaking their rolled up papers in the air and making harsh statements in frustration.

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Fading Fast · Apr 11, 2014

Zombie_61 said:
Truthfully, he isn't doing it out of some sort of "traditional" or "moral" high ground. It's primarily more of a financial concern and, for the time being, the Internet and television are luxuries rather than necessities for him--luxuries he can't really afford easily. And he does realize his days are numbered--it's more a matter of "when" than of "if". But for now, he makes do with what he has.

Completely understand and I wish him the best. Fortunately, the base entry points are coming down - so that should help and, hopefully, he'll see his situation improve.

fashion frank · Apr 11, 2014

hatguy1 said:
Could talk the leg off an Iron/Trojan Horse.

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OR "could talk a dog off a meat wagon !

All the Best ,Fashion Frank

countryclubjoe · Apr 12, 2014

I heard an old timer say today.

" you never see a brinks truck following a hearst" I need someone to explain this one..
Thank you and best regards.
CCJ

Stanley Doble · Apr 12, 2014

Same as "there's no pockets in a shroud". Means, you can't take it with you when you die so might as well loosen up and spend it while you are above the sod.

Stearmen · Apr 12, 2014

countryclubjoe said:
I heard an old timer say today.

" you never see a brinks truck following a hearst" I need someone to explain this one..
Thank you and best regards.
CCJ

Now days you hear, "you've never seen a U-Haul truck following a hearse!"

jamespowers · Apr 12, 2014

Stearmen said:
Now days you hear, "you've never seen a U-Haul truck following a hearse!"

That is more like it.

fashion frank · Apr 12, 2014

Stanley Doble said:
Same as "there's no pockets in a shroud". Means, you can't take it with you when you die so might as well loosen up and spend it while you are above the sod.

Around here it goes like this " there are no pockets in a coffin".

All the Best ,Fashion Frank

Zombie_61 · Apr 12, 2014

Stanley Doble said:
...Means, you can't take it with you when you die...

The ancient Egyptians tried it by entombing their deceased Pharaohs with untold riches, and it didn't work for them. Then again, Tutankhamun died centuries ago and he's still on tour generating money, so maybe they were on to something after all. I'd bet Michael Jackson would still be touring if they could legally figure out a way to dig him up and put him in a similar display.

F. J. · Apr 13, 2014

Yep.

Stearmen said:
Now days you hear, "you've never seen a U-Haul truck following a hearse!"

That's the way I hear it said in my neck of the woods.

Stearmen · Apr 13, 2014

Zombie_61 said:
The ancient Egyptians tried it by entombing their deceased Pharaohs with untold riches, and it didn't work for them. Then again, Tutankhamun died centuries ago and he's still on tour generating money, so maybe they were on to something after all. I'd bet Michael Jackson would still be touring if they could legally figure out a way to dig him up and put him in a similar display.

That's good news for Keith Richards and The Rolling Stones!

hatguy1 · Apr 13, 2014

fashion frank said:
OR "could talk a dog off a meat wagon !

All the Best ,Fashion Frank

Ha! I like that one.

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hatguy1 · Apr 13, 2014

Zombie_61 said:
Then again, Tutankhamun died centuries ago and he's still on tour generating money, so maybe they were on to something after all.

In the immortal words of Steve Martin.... "When he was a young man, he never thought he'd see, people stand in line to see the boy king...."

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skydog757 · Apr 13, 2014

countryclubjoe said:
I heard an old timer say today.

" you never see a brinks truck following a hearst" I need someone to explain this one..
Thank you and best regards.
CCJ

I had heard it as "They don't put luggage racks on a hearse."

Zombie_61 · Apr 13, 2014

Stearmen said:
That's good news for Keith Richards and The Rolling Stones!

Yeah, they haven't aged particularly well, have they? lol

hatguy1 said:
In the immortal words of Steve Martin.... "When he was a young man, he never thought he'd see, people stand in line to see the boy king...."

"Got a condo made of stone-a..."

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yeg man · Apr 14, 2014

has anyone heard this one it was used in the movie ( satan met a lady 1936 ) .. im gonna fog you...meaning shoot you or kill you.. first ive ever heard the word fog used like that...

Fading Fast · Apr 14, 2014

Zombie_61 said:
Yeah, they haven't aged particularly well, have they? lol

That Keith is still with us - after the life he has led - is the real miracle; what he looks like is beyond the point.

Zombie_61 · Apr 14, 2014

Fading Fast said:
That Keith is still with us - after the life he has led - is the real miracle; what he looks like is beyond the point.

Ah, I understand. He attributes that to the use of "high quality" drugs and the fact that he had some form of self-control by not constantly increasing the "doses" the way most users do. [huh] He's still alive and kicking, unlike many of his contemporaries, so there may have been some method to his madness after all.

LizzieMaine · Apr 14, 2014

Actually, he's been dead for forty years, but he's got so many chemicals in his system the body won't shut down.

HoosierDaddy · Apr 14, 2014

He's 'pickled'. Hey..there's an old term..!!
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