Huh? What's Up With That?

gotta be up to date...                                                             I have used an antiquated word, phrase or saying and realized only after it was met with a blank look or shake of the head that my uttering was from yesteryear.   There has also been a time or two when a wide open gaping stare has come my way because of a perceived verbal faux pas.   HUH ?  What's up with that ?    Teenagers can make an older person feel as though he or she is part of a vast criminal enterprise.  They will laugh if you ask how a friend is doing and you use the wrong name to identify that person.     Be careful when dredging up a shared memory because every minute detail had better be accurately reconstructed.     It is the same with words, phrases, and sayings.  If a teen ...

  we  say the darndest things...                     The late radio and television host, Art Linkletter, created and hosted a radio program in 1945 called, House Party.  A portion or segment of House Party was named,  Kids Say the Darndest Things.  A television adaption of  Kids... .aired from 1952 to 1969.     The television version of Kids Say the Darndest Things highlighted young children on stage sitting in chairs, side by side.  Mr. Linkletter would interview his guests individually and most times get comical, off beat, off the wall, or, philosophical answers to mundane as well as pointed questions.    Choose any day of the week, any time, any place, and it is not just kids who say the darndest things.     In a previous blog titled, anytime you deal with the...,  I highlighted several conversations with customers which took place during my partt...

job$ somebody's gotta do...                                                                             job$ somebody's gotta do is a tribute to the late Indianapolis broadcaster, Jim Gerard, and his 1960s radio feature,  Sounds of the City,  heard weekly on WFBM-AM.  The host interviewed people with jobs that not many other people held, such as a jackhammer or crane operator, or, a language interpreter.    As a teenager, I was intrigued.  The concept, the questions, the answers, it was all great stuff to me.      In today's world, Sounds of the City would be found on   a podcast.   Just like its model from over 60 years ago,  job$ somebody's gotta do,  highlights men and women with unusual or unique jobs or careers.  ...