The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for January 05, 2022

The good ol’ times.

“Olden times??” More like pre-historic times!!

/SHMIRK/

The days of my youth are now referred to as the paleolithic age.

I had an old “Ham” friend (W7AZ) now passed who always referred to them as “The bare knuckle days”

The days befoe wheel?

Hard to believe but when the Born Loser was born, the Beatles had already appeared on the Ed Sullivan show! And I can still remember watching that! One of my first television memories. “And now ladies and gentlemen, we bring you a really big ‘shoe’. Let’s hear it for the BEATLES!” And then 1,000s of teenage girls in the studio audience let out the loudest audible shriek that has never been matched on television speakers since!

Boomer here and please, do not refer me to; Ok, Boomer! I, prefer; old timer! That sounds like I’m wise.

In olden times, we didn’t have color comics!

And yet at these times, for his son, these shall be his olden ones.

The tell of Brutus Thornapple.

I showed my grandson how to start an oldster’s tale. Sweep your arm across the horizon and declare “This used to be all trees”

Well, back in my day,

then what do you want him to refer it as? You don’t say that without replacing it or it’ll just come back in secret or worse, in public…

In Olden Days a glimpse of stocking Was looked on as something shocking Now heaven knows, anything goes.

Do you watch me in order to make all your comics? I swear, I say that to my Dad all the time. Lol.

I remember, as I was refereeing soccer, coloring my beard. It made me look 20 years younger. But, I caught a lot of flack from players and fans. Then I happened to let the coloring fade away and discovered that the beard was now an iron gray. All of of sudden, flack from the players went away. I guess it’s hard to say bad things about someone that looks like your grandfather. The fans eased up too, but the young coaches had no problem cursing out dad.

The Pre-Wilburforceian Era, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth… ☺

when i was growing up, no one locked their doors

Sorry to burst your bubble but they are or, were, as the case is…….

Sure, boomer.

I think Brutus should start his stories with, “when I was your age”. Of course nothing turns kids off faster than saying that.

No Born Loser today. When a child wants to hear stories from an adult’s past, that is golden time.

many of us are from the years B.I. – before iphone…

Okay, Brutus. But just don’t start our by saying “Back in my day …”