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  1. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Allow me to elaborate: two days ago a friend of the family , a"professional" videographer, agreed to film a project our son is doing. It's a ten minute, one-man show and we simply wanted something we can put on YouTube and link to for those who have helped with the project and (most important of...
  2. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Never think that a friend you ask a favor of will actually do what you ask.
  3. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Every time I break a shoe lace (once, maybe twice a year) my wife's response is "because you tug on them." Apparently I don't know how to use shoe laces.
  4. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Ha!! "Packie" - Now there's a word I haven't heard in a loooong time. Thanks for the blast from the past!
  5. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Yes, but that's the easy part. It's written Yiddish that's the biggest roadblock! My son has been working on a history project and the primary source is in Yiddish from 1950. Our solution was to use a 1990 Hebrew reprint (basically the same written lettering) and work with a Hebrew translator...
  7. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    My wife is from north-central Pennsylvania and says melk." My wife is from north-central Pennsylvania and says "melk", I've always said milk. Quarter vs quater anyone?
  8. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    That one bothers me too, though I can understand given the correlation with the Italian term for express. If only... prior to posting it, you do realize that YOU were probably the ONLY person to know that? While not my thing, I can appreciate your point.
  9. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Hmm, I was born and raised in Connecticut and never heard such a thing. At least as far as I can remember. Certainly not from someone as a normal manner of speech. Maybe as an affect, but certainly not in the course of day to day interactions. I truly feel for you if you encounter on a regular...
  10. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I don't seem to encounter that in daily life, outside of television caricatures. And even then I tend not to watch anything that would have such a thing.
  11. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Very little will diminish my opinion of somebody faster than hearing them say "exspecially" and (especially so) "ax," as in "ax a question."
  13. Hercule

    Ringling Brothers Circus is Closing.

    That's a fantastic book! One of the few books I've read multiple times. It really puts you there. At least anybody who grew up in Connecticut will understand, his descriptions of the hot summer really took me back to another time. I remember growing up, every once in a while the "little miss"...
  14. Hercule

    How do folks react to your hat wearing?

    I almost never get the Indiana Jones thing, but many many years ago I did get a "detective" comment from a toddler at my son's day care. The one time I did get the Indian Jones comment, my reaction was to say "Hardly, I prefer to think I'm channeling my inner George Raft." Of course not...
  15. Hercule

    Lunch, Anybody?

    Pad Thai - meh... I'll never understand the allure of Thai food. It's just Chinese food that wants to be Indian.
  16. Hercule

    How do folks react to your hat wearing?

    With good reason my friend, with good reason. Little Italy has changed quite a bit since even my days in that part of town. Quite diverse and very upscale in a nostalgically Bohemian way (as it always was).
  17. Hercule

    Unappreciated masterpieces?

    I remember quite enjoying that movie, though not necessarily it being brilliant and heartbreaking. Of course, there was the memorable "windsock" scene, which I'm sure has a life out of its context. Thank you for mentioning the movie, I'll have to watch it again.
  19. Hercule

    How do folks react to your hat wearing?

    I can remember as a kid purposely wearing unmatched sox. My mom was NOT amused. West side. I live in Lakewood and work in Berea (BW). Did a doctorate at Case in the late 90s.
  20. Hercule

    How do folks react to your hat wearing?

    Well... I suppose there's always that... But come on, I don't [think I] look that goofy!
  21. Hercule

    How do folks react to your hat wearing?

    I can't believe it, but yesterday I had a guy actually laugh at me (I was wearing a charcoal Fed IV)! I kid you not. I was trundling through the grocery store trying to quickly get what I needed, and this guy turns the corner, sees me and lets out a big laugh. He quickly and quite obviously...
  22. Hercule

    What Are You Reading

    I agree about Amazon, but I don't feel bad for the book stores, esp the surviving chain stores (we don't seem to have any mom and pop bookstores anymore). Having a kid in grade school I've frequented many book stores in recent years only to be consistently disappointed. Rarely are we able to get...
  23. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    If ever there was a description of heaven... ... [heavy sigh] ...

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