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The Era -- Day By Day
You just knew that Shadow was in way above his pay grade. It was just a matter of time before reality caught up with the squirt.- ChiTownScion
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So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.
Dated a girl a long, long time ago who thought that she had a divine mandate to micromanage my then- embryonic legal career. She really knew little about the law or the dynamics of a law firm's operations, but she certainly was convinced otherwise. Her degree was in "Communications." I've...- ChiTownScion
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The Era -- Day By Day
And I read about it in "Commie Plot Comics" (National Lampoon).- ChiTownScion
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The Era -- Day By Day
Is it just me- or does Tyrone come across as.. well, not exactly the brightest bulb on the tree? I suppose the job description of flunky written by Grandpa didn't really target the Phi Beta Kappa crowd.- ChiTownScion
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The Era -- Day By Day
"Up in a Junkers 52 Way down south to Crete we flew. Heinkels and Stukas flew in first, Dropping bombs and machine gun burst. "Yo ho ho! With the Seventh we go! Yo ho ho! With the Seventh we go! Up in the sky and away we went, To drop onto Crete with Kurt Student." Song we'd sing years ago...- ChiTownScion
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The Era -- Day By Day
Doesn't matter what the opinion of Warbucks may be. Even if La Plata's the most loathsome creature to draw breath (incorporating the most despicable aspects of Heinrich Himmler, Lavrentiy Beria, and Walter O'Malley) the attending physician still has a professional ethical obligation to do his...- ChiTownScion
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The Era -- Day By Day
The potential day to day reality of having battleax Lena Lovewell as my mother in law would scratch Lillums off the list of potential life partners for me... but then, I'm not Harold Teen. Glad that I didn't write the comic strip: someone might have "accidently" pushed Lena in front of that...- ChiTownScion
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Electric cars: What will happen to all the dead batteries?
Essentially, three factors are mainly responsible for killing intercity passenger trains in the US: 1. Development of the interstate highway system; 2. Low cost commercial jet aircraft travel; and 3. Cancellation of railway post office (RPO) and mail hauling contracts by the Feds. Part of...- ChiTownScion
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The Era -- Day By Day
When it happens to one enough times in a lifetime, in the best of all worlds you learn to live by the not quite so old saying, "Never run after a woman or a bus: another one will be right along."- ChiTownScion
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That old thrift store aroma
Worked a summer construction job as a helper that I got through an uncle who was active in the local for what is now known as the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators. Carrying asbestos pipe covering materials was the job: it paid what was then the unheard of sum of $4.50 an...- ChiTownScion
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The Era -- Day By Day
The sorriest reality? Among the Sugar Bowl gang, Harold is the most mature of the lot. Imagine Lana stuck in an engagement to Shadow Smart. (On second thought I'd rather not imagine that.)- ChiTownScion
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The Era -- Day By Day
I thought it was an amazing fact that the downtown area of a suburb (Des Plaines, Illinois) not far from the one in which I was raised boasted an establishment with the same name as Harold Teen's hangout. The real life Sugar Bowl dates to 1921, and thus postdates the strip by two years. Coincidence?- ChiTownScion
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Old sayings, which make no sense?
My mom would tell me that eating too many sweets would cause diabetes. Marrying a nurse practitioner, whose family has more than its fair share of diabetics, taught me how ridiculous that was.- ChiTownScion
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The Era -- Day By Day
It may be a Hollywood stereotype, but if a battleax mother in law is part of the deal, you might be wise to choose another mate. That goes for men AND women. Reason alone why Harold should pick Lana over Lillums... but I fear that ship may have already sailed.- ChiTownScion
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Vintage things that have REAPPEARED in your lifetime?
We tend to like the more contemporary ranges as well, although we prefer natural gas. My wife does 95% of the cooking and baking, and if she insists that 18,000 BTU burners allow her to prepare meals easier and faster, that's good enough for me. Myself, I'm just happy to get my corn popped in a...- ChiTownScion
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The Era -- Day By Day
The "here we go again" look on Pop Lovewell's face. Priceless.- ChiTownScion
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The Era -- Day By Day
I'm not convinced. To me Lillums Lovewell is one of those "All's fair in love and war" types.... and it isn't. I smell ulterior motive.- ChiTownScion
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So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.
Debatable as to who rescued who. I have a preference for dogs with "ugly" faces (Bulldogs, Pugs, Frenchies) but a family member had grown tired of her toy, a Bichon /Shih Tzu "teddy bear" and I found myself with a "cute foo foo dog" who had suffered medical and social neglect. He's clearly the...- ChiTownScion
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The Era -- Day By Day
"There are two sayings you'll always hear around a law office. #1. 'Sue the bastards!' And.. #2. 'Ya can't get blood from a turnip!' " My Pre- Law Advisor- ChiTownScion
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