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  1. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Had a young female math teacher in college upon whom I had a similar crush. I really did need extra tutoring, and the lightbulb inside the head for algebra finally went on... but I'd be lying if I didn't say that I was totally lacking in ulterior motive in seeking out her help. She wasn't all...
  2. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    My #1 request to the band for a slow dance.
  3. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Couldn't stand the Monkees when it was first broadcast and when my sixth grade peers were into it. Thought it was childish, and would rather spend my time listening to Bob Dylan and Frank Zappa & the Mothers. Imagine my surprise when a classmate informed me that Zappa had been a guest on the show.
  4. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Don't think that my head would explode, but I might ask for a tour of your hollow tree and a few sample cookies.
  5. ChiTownScion

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Once he stopped mumbling double entendres, it became kiddie fare.
  7. ChiTownScion

    You know you are getting old when:

    There are a small percentage of people like myself who, actually do appreciate what others take for granted or even ignore in these monuments. I love looking at the memorials to war fallen- wherever I travel. And not just in the US. When I was in Russia, paying my respects at the local memorial...
  8. ChiTownScion

    You know you are getting old when:

    I maintain that no Presidency can be judged fairly until 20 years after its termination. We can arrive at tentative conclusions (sometimes positive, sometimes negative) but it takes decades for the full impact of executive policies to be assessed. When Truman left office in 1953 most doubted...
  9. ChiTownScion

    You know you are getting old when:

    My own wish is that half the effort that is thrown into preserving statues erected out of a misdirected "Lost Cause" sentimentality was directed toward battlefield preservation. I love to walk the battlefields which, considering the horror that they witnessed, are places of peaceful reflection...
  10. ChiTownScion

    Golden era food.

    Sometimes a fruit salad is just.. well, you know.
  11. ChiTownScion

    You know you are getting old when:

    Hey, if she pulled up alongside me while I was driving to Walley World today, I'd still have trouble keeping my eyes on the road.
  13. ChiTownScion

    You know you are getting old when:

    And this is why the American Civil War is the most popular topic in the Library of Congress. The Whys, Hows, and So Whats were debated before the first shot was fired on Fort Sumter, and they are debated to this day. The analyses run from the sublime to the ridiculous, but, so be it. Two...
  14. ChiTownScion

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Saw that, and it was magnificent. Now the best part: what we saw was only Part One in a two part made for television feature. Warning! Plot spoiler to follow. (Not sure that it was "cold blood," however. I think most juries would rule self defense.)
  15. ChiTownScion

    You know you are getting old when:

    I remember driving kid sister to one of his concerts. Afterward, she remarked about how the screeching teenyboppers had given her a headache. And I told her that she needed to grow up and develop an appreciation for some real rock: the Rolling Stones. Fun times, those 70's.
  16. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    And one of my good friends is learning electric bass at 66. The key is to keep your mind active as you age... and somehow, I cannot see you sitting quietly in a dayroom playing with picture puzzles. At any age. So long as there are twenty- somethings who need someone to show them the ropes...
  17. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Meh. Heard the same thing 50 years ago, Chris. Trust me: even at its worst, life beats the alternative.
  19. ChiTownScion

    Thurston Bros. - Official Affiliate Thread

    Simply beautiful!
  20. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Being around old fogies who are constantly griping about how rotten these Millennials today are, how this country has lost its traditional faith based family moral values, how things were so much better in the past, etc., etc.,... that is the LAST thing that I want around me in my golden years...
  21. ChiTownScion

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Winchester was a great character. He wasn't always on the same manic page as Hawkeye and B.J., but he carried that Officer & Gentleman With a Strong Sense of Noblesse Oblige aspect very well. And while he could get pompous, he really did try to do the right thing.
  22. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

  23. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Mich City and East, it still has many of the features of a true electric interurban: street running in Michigan City, and wide open, full out speed on that single track east of the shops to South Bend. Glad I got to ride it in the early 80's when they still were running the old orange cars in...

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