Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

[sagehen]

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Barry writes:
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>   19 September 1956, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 10 photo caption:
>"Meanwhile, back at the ranch---."  A family sets up camp on a ranch near
>Ulan Bator.
>(This is the first citation for this, and it seems rather late for a
>silent movie term.  The story is about Outer Mongolia, wherever that
>is--ed.)
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Late, indeed.   It was also used a lot in kids' radio plays in the '30s.
It serves as a humorous opener to a change of subject in our family.  I
assume we're not the only ones to use it this way...?
A. Murie