Monday, September 21, 2015

Overslept this morning.....


.....up late watching Eagles-Cowboys game!

11 comments:

Buckles said...

No helmet for the team pictures.
They were the leather kind kind you knotted under your chin.

Chic Silber said...


Has that been your excuse

all these years pal

JIM ELLIOTT said...

Those were the days.

Chic Silber said...


I think "86" is the term used

by waitresses in diners when

they are out of something

Buckles said...

Better than "Deep 6".

Chic Silber said...


I learned that term in the Coast Guard

We were told that the origin was from

riverboat deck hands that would call

out the water's depth from weighted

lines measured in fathoms & 1 fathom

(or 6 feet) was the minimum safe depth

for many of the flat bottom riverboats

They would call out "By The Deep Six"

So of course in salty sailor lingo

it means anything (or anyone) thrown

overboard (or just thrown out)

Buckles said...

On that subject, my wife just Deep 6'ed the Tampa Tribune after over a half century relationship.
Just as well, rates went way up and not worth the energy of walking down the driveway to pick it up.

Chic Silber said...


Likewise my wife & I Deep Sixed the daily

delivery of our local damn Sarasota paper

We now just get it on Sundays mostly for

the circulars & coupons (& not many of them)

The Sarasota Herald Tribune had been a very

well run family owned paper until bought

out by The New York Times some years back

Then it wasn't awful until a fairly recent

purchase by some larry outfit that doesn't

have a clue (or where to look for 1)

I'm sorry to say I now get most news online

BBC CNN & several major papers are easy

Bob Cline said...

Certainly you are aware that several major newspapers have stopped printed versions and only use online editions in today's world.

Bob

Chic Silber said...


Have I mentioned lately just how

much I preferred yesterday's world

Ole Whitey said...

Not that anyone's still checking these posts, but our only daily- the Nashville Tennessean, which used to win journalism awards, SUCKS. I do the puzzles and read the obits. Have a good delivery man who puts it on the porch. Otherwise I'm outta here.