https://boiseguardian.com/2017/01/06/an-observation-about-the-observation/ A different slant on the news. Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:22:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://boiseguardian.com/2017/01/06/an-observation-about-the-observation/#comment-102298 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:22:27 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=13377#comment-102298 It’s fun to think about how these persist in language and culture, even while the actual ‘thing’ changes. I’m old enough to remember why we “roll down the window” with a press of a button, or what the “save” button on MS Word is a picture of (a floppy diskette), but my youngest sibling is not!

]]> https://boiseguardian.com/2017/01/06/an-observation-about-the-observation/#comment-102295 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 23:33:37 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=13377#comment-102295 I went to a local high school and have never heard of this ‘thermometer’ you speak of.

]]> https://boiseguardian.com/2017/01/06/an-observation-about-the-observation/#comment-102284 Sat, 07 Jan 2017 22:55:12 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=13377#comment-102284 This is same as Minnesota winter now. I never remember that kind of cold or much snow when I was working at the Statesman and living on Sixth Street in the 1960s. Keep warm!

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