Forgotten language

[facthunter]

Geez you tassie devils come up with some sexy stuff..  I shan't elaborate.  Nev

[old man emu]

Has "pick up the phone" given way to "swipe up"?

[old man emu]

My son mentioned to me that his son's generation will use this symbol 

and understand it as the symbol to click to save a digital file,

but will never have seen the storage device that it represents.

 

 https://goat.com.au/nostalgia/you-are-really-old-if-you-know-the-save-icon-isnt-a-vending-machine/

 

The same can be said for the email symbol  Sending information in an envelope is fast going the way of the Dodo.

 

A pictogram, also called in computer usage an icon, is a graphic symbol that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object.

[red750]

And the device to use those symbols is as scarce as hen's teeth. Like the guy who received a pornographic birthday card, but didn't have a pornograph to play it on.

[old man emu]

8 hours ago, red750 said:

And the device to use those symbols is as scarce as hen's teeth.

They don't even put CD players in PCs now. 

[facthunter]

Too much time in the digital world subtracts from the reality in your life. The fact it's addictive doesn't mean it's as necessary as it seems. Dogs wag  TAILS. Not the other way around.  Nev

[pmccarthy]

[old man emu]

Saw the train one at Mendoran today

[Marty_d]

That one makes sense - instantly recognisable as a train.  Put a modern diesel engine silhouette on a sign and it'd just look like a rectangle.

[onetrack]

One thing that makes me scream as much as any pilot hearing every crashed aircraft being described as a "Cessna" - is reading journos writing, and hearing media and TV talking heads, describing road rollers, as "steamrollers"!!

 

Without fail, every road roller is a "steamroller". It's like no-one has ever said to them, "Where's the steam coming out from?"     

 

I think the last steam powered road roller was built about 1930 - but perhaps a few were still being used after WW2 in backward areas.

 

And did you know the band Buffalo Springfield was named after an iconic American steam roller manufacturer?

[old man emu]

Then there's REO Speedwagon, and another band Backman-Turner Overdrive.

[Jerry_Atrick]

8 hours ago, onetrack said:

One thing that makes me scream as much as any pilot hearing every crashed aircraft being described as a "Cessna" -

While I'm not flying Cessnas, I am happy for them to be falling out of the skies 😉 (Sorry, ClintonB).

[facthunter]

Don't knock back a Conquest or a Citation..  Cessna was very big in the light aircraft end of the show and all things considered did a pretty good job. Check the seat runners are locked. Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

There are many C15x's to C18x's (and one beyond those) that survived my flight inputs.. They survived - I would never knock them... 

[Yenn]

There is a CJ2 Cessna jet. I fly a CJ1.

[facthunter]

Boy to girl. See than plane over there. It's a C-130. The plane I fly is a C-150. Nev

[old man emu]

How's this for forgotten language? I was in Bunnings today and needed to write a measurement down to remember it. I asked a young girl employee if I could borrow a biro. She looked at me as if I was a Klingon or similar. Completely bamboozled by the word. Luckily there was a middle-aged woman standing nearby who said to the girl, "he wants a pen."

 

When did "biro" fall out of the common vocabulary?  I'm glad I didn't need an indelible pencil.

[nomadpete]

I can imagine her reaction if you did have a indellible pencil - you gotta lick the tip to make 'em write!

 

I think biro was one of the first brands of ball point pens. Lucky for you, you didn't ask the nice young lady for a 'ball point' !

[rgmwa]

1 hour ago, old man emu said:

When did "biro" fall out of the common vocabulary?

I’d say sometime during the 1980’a.

[Marty_d]

She might have pointed.  Why are you surprised OME?  It's a brand name that (to my knowledge) isn't in use any more.  My parents, instead of saying "vacuum cleaner", called it the "lux" as in "Electrolux".  "Go get the lux" was a common saying.  

 

Talking of old stuff, I did a trip up to Tunbridge (middle of Tassie) today.  Heaps of old cars going both directions so there must have been a couple of rallies on.  At one point where the overtaking lane ended I found myself between one of these  and one of these   which was a very nice place to be, in terms of perving on rolling metal porn.

[red750]

The history of the biro, invented by László Bíró, can be found here.

[pmccarthy]

I still say biro  and my wife understands me. 

[nomadpete]

Of course your wife understands you.

 

Mine denies it, but I think it was in the fine print of the job description.

[spacesailor]

A friend of mine makes ' hand turned ' wooden pens for charity's.  A big Scout & SES person. 

spacesailor

[facthunter]

Wasn't "my wife doesn't understand me" a well used pick up line? I accuse my wife of that frequently, but since she knows what I'm going to say before I do, that means she understands me, according to her. I'm not complaining. It's been over 50 years.  Nev

Edited May 1, 2022 by facthunter