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  1. ChiTownScion

    Sex, fear and looting: survivors disclose untold stories of the Blitz

    "I don't have a whole lot of respect for Patton after the way he acted as MacArthur's wormy little lackey at the Battle of Anacostia Flats in 1932. It doesn't surprise me in the least that he held such views." And that aside, he ranks with one Thomas Jonathan Jackson as the most over-rated...
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    Sex, fear and looting: survivors disclose untold stories of the Blitz

    "As far as I'm concerned, we all owe a debt we can never pay to 20,000,000+ dead Soviets, both uniformed and civilian, who by far bore the brunt of the war against Hitler." Agree to a point, but until the Soviet Union was itself attacked in the summer of '41, Hitler was a man that Stalin...
  3. ChiTownScion

    Today in History

    Not to be confused with, "The Grapes of Mud. (SCTV)"
  4. ChiTownScion

    Sex, fear and looting: survivors disclose untold stories of the Blitz

    That is certainly my experience, and I was practically raised by guys who had served in World War II, including but not limited to my dad. Youth group leaders, bosses, mentors, etc. They were all around me, really- and I learned from an early age to distinguish elders who had served in the...
  5. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    "Oh, on you, it looks good..<eyeroll>"
  7. ChiTownScion

    What Are You Reading

    I think that I was ten or eleven when I first read it. Loved it then and love it now. As far as D'Souza? A convicted felon. Res ipse loquitur.
  8. ChiTownScion

    Today in History

    Bix (Phoebe and the Pigeon People) captured the essence of Beat poetry.
  9. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    A "like" only because I agree.. but the reality of the comment makes me both sad and angry.
  10. ChiTownScion

    Old gas stations

    What I remember were those Texaco Fire Chief helmets with the loud speaker. I really wanted one when I was a kid, but my parents couldn't take a hint. A few years later my dad got me an authentic helmet from his department: one of the old style leather models that he got because they were...
  11. ChiTownScion

    The Decline and Fall of the Funnies

    I get a laugh or two from, "Garfield Minus Garfield, " ... dedicated to removing Garfield from the Garfield comic strips in order to reveal the existential angst of a certain young Mr. Jon Arbuckle. It is a journey deep into the mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle...
  13. ChiTownScion

    The Decline and Fall of the Funnies

    I developed a real liking for the strip, "Annie," (formerly "Little Orphan Annie") while a law student. Not for the artwork or the plot but for the wonderful punny names of some of the characters. A ballet diva named Mademoiselle Onya Toze. A banker named Mort Gage. A pharmacist named Mort...
  14. ChiTownScion

    Bad things on TV, then and now.

    I remember the host of the show. A really oily character named Jack Bailey.
  15. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Meh. I've learned at a tender age that it's an exercise in futility to hang around manure piles and then complain about the offensive effluvia. Life's too short.
  16. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    The flipside, of course, is that the internet makes vetting and debunking of the crackpot theories a lot easier for the average Joe / Jane. One of my favorite wingnut claims is that refrigerated freight cars with the marking, "ARMN" means that it's a car owned by the US Army for transporting...
  17. ChiTownScion

    British Light Music

    And don't forger Leroy Anderson's "The Typewriter."
  19. ChiTownScion

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    I just loved her in "The Mothers in Law."
  20. ChiTownScion

    Ever Been On The Radio?

    I'd hate to have to consider broadcasting as a FT career, as it looks to be pretty cutthroat even to an outsider like me. Part time, though, could be a different matter. There are other hobbies/ pastimes that are far more financially draining and less rewarding, I'm certain. Although any type of...
  21. ChiTownScion

    Ever Been On The Radio?

    You should go regular with this, and work toward NPR picking it up as a national syndicated feature. You're a lot easier to listen to than the monotonous babblings of Garrison Keillor, and, unlike Lake Woebegone, Rockland is a real place with real people. But, hey, I admit bias.
  22. ChiTownScion

    What Are You Reading

    I've always believed that, for me anyway, MAD was one of the more educational publications ever. Topical and historical references always had me running for a dictionary or encyclopedia, and I became a daily newspaper reader at ten. I had to stay up on world events just to appreciate MAD's satire.
  23. ChiTownScion

    Today in History

    Segar supposedly based Popeye the Sailor upon a fellow resident of his hometown, Chester Illinois.

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