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The washing machine needs replacing. It's only fifteen years old and it has gone bad already. They just don't make stuff to last the way they used to. The boss gets to go shopping!

Another old Irish story, but still funny: Into a Donegal Pub comes Paddy looking as if he had been run over by a train. His arm in a sling, his nose broken, his face cut and bruised, walking with a limp. "What happened to you" asked Sean? "Jimmy O'Conner and me had a fight." "That little...

A bit more how-to detail, please

My old F6F buddy told one of his post war civil flying adventures in a surplus BT-13. He said the seat was mounted on bungee cords and once while landing, cords broke dropping him inside. He still landed without damage.

Another one from Ireland: A few days before Christmas, Flannigan who had retired to Ireland, calls his son in New York City. He says, "I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your Mother and I are divorcing. Forty five years is enough." "Dad, what are you talking about"? "We...

I would point out to members, I am a believing, practicing Christian and while I find, and have seen, posts I think distasteful, I don't comment or complain.

Asking forgiveness in advance for possibly damaging Irish sensitivities, I offer the following: Two elderly friends, Colleen and Maureen, hadn't seen each other for a while and met while shopping. "And how is your husband" Colleen inquired? "Oh! Paddy died last week. He went out to the garden...

What kind of adhesives are used making guitars?

About to become history!

One thing I know is the truth the old ones told us when in our twenties - "I've forgotten more than you have learned." I see it in the photos here when I know I know it but can't remember what it is.

I am two years ahead and hope to remain there.