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  1. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I was never good at math either-- except for Geometry which I found to be entertaining. Believe it or not, it was lessons gleaned during a philosophy course that provided the eureka opportunity as to Algebra during my college freshman year. Four years too late, arguably, but the sun finally...
  2. ChiTownScion

    Vintage Things That Will NOT Disappear In Your Lifetime

    We had propane in our Northwoods cabin when we first bought it. Nasty, overpriced petroleum by product. The gauging by the local service got so bad that we and a few of the other property owners paid to have the town's natural gas main extended to our common area. The cash layout paid for itself...
  3. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    Having not researched New Jersey statutes circa 1941, I'd begin with the hunch that the trier of fact relied upon a common law definition as to requisite mental intent resting entirely upon our understanding of malice aforethought. As we know, the layman often wrongly views that as...
  4. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    PLOT SPOILER ALERT !!! Just on a whim, I decided to further investigate what became of Mr. Tunis Quick as the result of his prosecution in the homicide of Rosemary Abbott, the 14 year old girlfriend he found in another guy's arms. The wording of the police chief's statement indicated that there...
  5. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Here, the phony "handwritten" notes are usually treated as comic relief: they always list offers far below what the market will bear. We laugh about how my wife can finally cash in and run off with some twenty- something guy, leaving me to fend for myself at a rescue mission. She usually adds...
  7. ChiTownScion

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    "Josephine" was a handle hung on my wife by a plumber we had to call in to pick up the pieces after one of her DIY attempts in our first home. Not everyone gets to experience Niagara Falls in their basement laundry sink: ah, the joys of those early years together.
  8. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    Beaten for running away to see the trains, eh? I do relate to that. As I have said before, from ages ten to thirteen years I was a boy chorister in a choir on the near South Side of Chicago. Morning rehearsals would end about 11:45 AM-- and my mom would wonder why I wouldn't arrive by train at...
  9. ChiTownScion

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    My favorite This American Life guest is Sarah Vowell. Quirky to the point of geeky .... but always thought provoking. How could I not be enamored with a woman who not only plans vacation trips around sites relevant to American presidential assassinations and the Cherokee Trail of Tears, but...
  10. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Every Feb./ March I lay in an order for a whole case of Thin Mints from my cousin's granddaughter. Her troop has a link where you order the cookies online now. She's a really sweet kid and I love giving her the annual order. She refers to me to her grandmother as, "... that nice man who's your...
  11. ChiTownScion

    What's something modern you won't miss when it becomes obsolete?

    My wife mentions on an almost daily basis that she'd like our next second car to be all electric. She has eyes on a Nissan Leaf: personally, I'd like something a bit sportier. (Old game plan was to get a Mazda Miata convertible. That fizzled when I went to a dealership and tried to actually get...
  13. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Referring to a master bedroom/ suite as a "primary bedroom/ suite." I normally have little toleration for those who have enjoyed white privilege (And I have. I'll admit it.) whining about Political Correctness ( which, more often than not, is nothing more than courtesy or common decency) but...
  14. ChiTownScion

    Old gas stations

    Not sure that this qualifies as an "old" gas station... but my model railroad club does feature this structure along its 50- plus scale miles of mainline, and naturally, I thought of our Miss Lizzie and her Texaco connection.
  15. ChiTownScion

    What's something modern you won't miss when it becomes obsolete?

    This is one more reason why my wife handles the bills and the finances. I'd likely give anyone who'd ask the shirt off my back: I dare anyone to try to squeeze a nickel out of her. The Boys are pitifully outgunned in that OK Corral showdown.
  16. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    Gonna be honest here: Andy Gump really creeps me out. He reminds me of those old photos of facial reconstructions from Civil War or World War I wounds where some poor soul lost his jaw in battle.
  17. ChiTownScion

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Sold my little Poor Man's Porsche Honda with the 5 speed manual when we moved. There's definitely an element of driving that made it more enjoyable that's been lost. I always felt that in the ice and snow that being able to downshift gave more control.
  19. ChiTownScion

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    A printer friend of my parents gifted a 1961 edition of Collier's Encyclopedia to me when I was seven. I'm not exaggerating when I say that, growing up, it was my most consistent companion. Anytime that a TV movie or program would spark interest in some event or person, I'd look up the facts...
  20. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    Lizzie.... up in Maine, can't an excessive amount of sap like this be rendered into maple syrup? Asking for a friend..
  21. ChiTownScion

    Missing Members

    From what I was told, Johnny Mayer (Oscar's son) was my paternal granddad's best friend and best man at his wedding. Not that anyone from his family was familiar to me growing up: I suppose that I could have played that for wiener whistles by the crateload as a kid.
  22. ChiTownScion

    Missing Members

    You can't really learn anything of substance from the past when you view it through rose colored glasses. I love the Lounge because if you stick around for a while those specs get ripped away pretty quickly. I grew up hearing both the good and the bad about the Era (and prior eras, really) from...
  23. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    I've seen up close what smoking Camels for decades can do to a person. Ten to one that Miss Dorothy Van Nuys of Santa Barbara, circa 1971, is not going to be a pretty picture.

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