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  1. ChiTownScion

    What Was The Last Radio Program You Heard?

    Delightful!
  2. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I'll guess: Brother Rice, or Leo? Makes me glad that I had the Jesuits. That "do as you're told or we'll blister you" approach would have only gone so far with me. Some of the Jesuits tried it, but it clearly wasn't the party line by the late sixties, and those who employed it were regarded as...
  3. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Last church I ever held membership in was a Presbyterian (PCUSA) church. Fairly mainstream and moderate denomination nowadays- although some smaller Presbyterian sects are more into the Calvin/ Knox hell fire and damnation. Presbyterianism was the battleground in the 1920's between liberal and...
  4. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    A Presbyterian is simply a Methodist* with a bank account. Whereas, an Episcopalian** is a Presbyterian who is smart enough to live off his investments. * A Methodist being, of course, a Baptist who can read. ** Some versions say that an Episcopalian is a Catholic who flunked high school Latin.
  5. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Unconditional election? A bit Calvinistic for a nice Methodist girl, some might say. But it does raise the issue succinctly. The whole Santa as Behavior Control (at least in December) topic could be a goldmine for therapists decades after the fact.
  7. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    "So trivial yet it really ticks me off." Well, since it's December, here goes. Broadcast announcements on Christmas Eve of NORAD tracking Santa. "Really lame," as my one son would intone during his early teen years.
  8. ChiTownScion

    Where's all this intolerance coming from??

    It certainly is the most versatile flavor: it comes in handy for Cherries Jubilee, Bananas Foster, and a milkshake or sundae if you have the flavoring syrups. The house brand at Costco is one of the better one's I've found, aside from the stuff I make at home. We just retired from the Windy...
  9. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    The ones in Chicago (We refer to it both as the "L" and the "El.") are still a lot of fun to ride, although growing up, the 1920's era 4000 series Cincinnati Car Co. cars (growling traction motors, throbbing compressors, and hissing air brakes, as well as the brass air whistle) were a sublime...
  10. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Stewart has not one, but two, spectacular model railroad setups. In the UK he has a OO scale setup that models British prototype. His LA home features HO scale North American prototype. The two scales share the same gauge (distance between the rails, at 16.5 mm) but the scales are different: OO...
  11. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    My cousin's spouse is the retired VP of his local in California: a different Longshoreman's union than exists on the East Coast. They recently had about ten openings for apprenticeships. Over 35,000 applicants. By those odds, Harvard Law and Johns Hopkins Medical Schools are easier to get into...
  13. ChiTownScion

    What Was The Last Radio Program You Heard?

    I love these Theatre Kids/ life in MidCoast updates. You obviously are quite a remarkable mentor to these kids, Lizzie: something we all need in our youth.
  14. ChiTownScion

    Old gas stations

    Gosh, that gas company logo bears an astonishing resemblance to the herald of the Union Pacific Railroad. Any connection?
  15. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I wouldn't feed Sealtest today to my worst enemy's dog but I rate Ben & Jerry's pretty highly. My wife's family is from Texas, and they have a brand there called Bluebell that demonstrates that even Texans can do some things right. Believe it or not the best (in my opinion) vanilla ice cream...
  16. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    We had a German exchange student with us for a year and his preconceived notion of the "typical American Family" to build upon was the Bundy family. Although he was pretty sophisticated for a 16 year old, I think that he really did anticipate that his host parents would be at least a little Al &...
  17. ChiTownScion

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    Best cop humor incident I ever witnessed was in court one day when I was appointed to represent some suburban yahoo who was heading home on Addison at Clark after witnessing a home team victory @ Wrigley- and consuming far too much beer for his own good. The officer in question was female...
  19. ChiTownScion

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    Tatum O'Neal had perhaps the earthiest variation on that one.
  20. ChiTownScion

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    Whenever I hear it I think of the anecdote my wife told me. She was an army brat, and dad was called to London on some business and the family came along. Her and siblings were out and about and encountered an ice cream vendor, who hollered the admonition to the kiddies, "Queue up! Queue up!!"...
  21. ChiTownScion

    Vintage roadside

    As our friend Crumb noted:
  22. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Didn't start drinking coffee until after law school & the bar exam. Before that it was tea: late night study sessions were usually fueled by a cup of Bigelow Irish Breakfast tea. 3-4 bags to a cup, steeped at least ten minutes. It's keep me alert until 3:30 AM. Then, a couple hours of sleep, a...
  23. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Three trips to Germany (planning our fourth) and there's one thing which we've never experienced: a bad meal.

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