RE: The Truth or Dare Poll (for the record, now that everyone has had their fun...)

["Joe Malin" <jmalin -at- tuvox -dot- com>]

Dear Stuart,

Unfortunately, among the Yanks I am probably the only person who
understands what an 8-ball over *is*. 

I used a slide rule well into college, and I had a Spirograph. I also
had a wooden tennis racket with a press, and had candy cigarettes. For
whatever reason, they were never called "fags" in the US, though again I
understand the etymology of the term. It has nothing to do with
homosexuality, but here's a hint: in music notation, the bassoon section
is called "fagoti".

Joe Malin
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Subject: Re: The Truth or Dare Poll (for the record, now that everyone
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Amy said:
> Milk in glass bottles, with foil caps, home delivered, in the special
milk box annex of the mailbox

> We used to get gigantic rolls of foil with punched-out circles from 
> the
milk packing plant and use it like tinsel to decorate for school
dances...

We used these to decorate the Christmas tree too.

> Candy cigarettes

In Australia these were called Fags, 'fag' being slang for a cigarette.
You can still buy them but I see they're now called Fads...

I remember white tennis balls (actually a sort of yellowish grey
colour).
When the green balls first came in you could also get red ones that were
supposedly easier to see in the evening. And we played on grass courts.
And the racquets were made of wood and you stored them in a press so
they would hold their shape.

I remember eight-ball overs, and calling out "O.C." before bowling the
last ball.

My oldest brother used a slide rule at high school. The four-function
pocket calculators were just coming out by the time he finished. He also
had a Spirograph set. How cool was that?

Stuart

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