[Ads-l] old, not bold

[Laurence Horn]

> On Dec 1, 2018, at 8:32 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> According to the current film _A Private War_, “There are old journalists,
> and there are bold journalists, but there are no old, bold journalists.”
> 
> 1943 Kendall Banning _Our Army Today_ (N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls) 152: "There
> are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold
> pilots."
> 
> 1955 Charles W. Shilling _The Human Machine_ (Annapolis: Naval Institute
> Press) 249: Pilots have an expression: "There are old pilots, and there are
> bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots."
> 
> 1959 _FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin_ (March) 10: Keep this thought in mind:
> "There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old,
> bold pilots."
> 
> 1992 Susan Metzler & Van Metzler _Texas Mushrooms_ (Austin: U. of Texas
> Press) 37:  A common quote heard in mycological circles is, "There are old
> mycophagists and there are bold mycophagists, but there are no old, bold
> mycophagists."
> 
> 2015 Chase Cole  _The Remorseful Robber_   (Google Books):  There's an old
> saying among thieves: “There's old thieves and bold thieves, but there are
> no old, bold thieves.”
> 
There are old smokers, there are bold smokers, but there are no more Old Gold smokers.

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