Good old days is just fine with me.

 

Today's Tids Issue 5,277 

I only like chemistry jokes periodically: 

 

 

It was pretty exciting to learn that “Dart” after hit the asteroid 17 million miles away from here; that it actually did what it was supposed too – change the orbit of the asteroid. I mean that is better to celebrate than knowing what on the minds of celebs in the pages of People mag.  

 

What if by changing the orbit, the asteroid crashed into another planet with living creatures and human types. -- interplanetary war!! 

 

Angela Lansbury was an immense talent in so many ways. To me she never seemed to get the recognition she deserved. Yet almost always she did it better than anybody else.  

 

I really enjoyed, “Murder she Wrote”. Too bad we don’t still have programs like that where it's but a simple mystery being solved. Where all of the attention is focused on the main plot and not on backstories of characters and the ills of the social issues. Columbo and McMillan and Wife, and others were always just great enjoyment -- Crime, culprits, clues, capture.  

 

People may call me out of touch, closed minded and an old dinosaur, but I really don’t care a twit.  

 

Will we be able to believe anything that shows up as political news during the next 3+ weeks? Find a nice cynic to cling to and you will be ok. They can soothe your furrowed brow. 

 

Remember that almost all of the broadcast radio and TV controversies that rile you are basically created stimulate ratings and provide entertainment. 

 

When she told me I was average, she was just being mean.  

The Question: 

Today a reader challenged the Tids Crack Research Department (TCRD) to find some phrases that are used equally intergenerationally – that is between Millennials and really old people who loved where they came from. Can you think of some phrases that appear to have stood the test of time. 

 

The Headlines: 

--Dow, S&P Higher, Nasdaq Off A Bit In Midmorning; Knowing Is Not Countered With Solutions; Pepsi Expected To Report Strong Q3. 

--UN Seriously Worried About Power Cut Off To Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Facility; Electricity Necessary To Operate Critical Safety Systems. 

--Three Philly Police Officers Shot While Serving A Murder Arrest Warrant--Biden Aims Barbs At Saudi Arabia. 

 

“Best Of” Lists for places and businesses from services like Trip Advisor and Open Table are not very accurate and definitely not all encompassing. 

 

Today is, National Stop Bullying Day. Nice gesture... but... 

 

China is the big ”if” in the sky. Russia is blatantly a problem and especially now in its insane war, but China plods along neath the surface. They are silently achieving a technological position in outer space, making allies of countries around the world. They probably fid Russia to be an annoyance in their grand plan. So while the unpredictability of Putin is really scary, some day we may find ourselves surrounded by China... digitally.  

 

 

A great old cousin of mine had a quibble with my answer to the First woman walking space question. Yesterday, she wrote to say it was “Mary”. Now she will probably write to s because I used the word “Old”. 

 

What did the beach say when the tide came in? ... Long time no sea.  

 

Andy Warhol was a talented artist and designer, but he was basically a very good conman. 

 

New nighttime prayer for tykes: “If Biden is gone before I wake, I pray the news ain’t fake.:   

 

The Answer: 

This was difficult mainly because Google didn’t get the question. But here are six that may fit the category, though Millennials will never admit that they would follow an oldster's belief. "Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you are right." -- Henry Ford. "Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do." -- Dr. Benjamin Spock. "If I have nine hours to cut down a tree, I would spend six hours sharpening my axe." -- Abraham Lincoln. "Anyone that has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." -- Albert Einstein. "Some people come into your life as blessings. Other people come into your life as lessons." -- Mother Teresa. "Show me your friends and I'll tell you who you are." -- RosaLea Finstein. 

 

There is nothing new under the sun, though many think they are the first to experience everything.  

 

A photon checks into a hotel and is asked if he needs any help with his luggage. He says, "No, I'm traveling light."