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  1. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    In my circle of CFRN ("Certified F*****g Railroad Nut") and foamer (people who get so excited about certain rail prototypes that they will, literally, foam at the mouth upon seeing same) friends, Thomas induced a lot of groans about 30 years ago when the series hit television. My take was to...
  2. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Adults referring to him as "Thomas the Train." He's "Thomas the TANK ENGINE," god@mn!t!! When he pulls carriages (coaches)Annie and Clarabel, or goods wagons (freight cars) , they constitute a train when they are running under order or pursuant to timetable. Geez... four year olds get this...
  3. ChiTownScion

    Old gas stations

    Always reminds me of those Johnny Cash commercials. "Hello. I'm Johnny Cash. Buy yer gas from Standard..... or I'll cut ya!"
  4. ChiTownScion

    You know you are getting old when:

    Nope. No fairies, gnomes, pixies, or elves to do the ironing. I do all of my own shirts. Thank my wife: she showed me how because, after having ironed her Army officer dad's shirts as a kid she adamantly refuses to iron for anyone else. Just as well: after 33 years it's a skill that I think I do...
  5. ChiTownScion

    You know you are getting old when:

    With two washers and two dryers, a sink, and a built in folding table, I suppose that I have my own laundromat in my basement. Wish that we'd had the double capacity when we had a baby in the house: those things are awfully cute but they're messy as hell and it seemed like we were always running...
  7. ChiTownScion

    You know you are getting old when:

    I'll proffer an even more joyless place: Casino de Montréal. Only other gambling venue I've ever been in are the slot machine areas of Las Vegas Airport, while waiting for a connecting flight.. Those seem pretty grim and depressing as well. Now, I can't say that all casinos are like that---...
  8. ChiTownScion

    You know you are getting old when:

    Reminds me of The National Lampoon in its heyday. Damn, how I miss those issues.
  9. ChiTownScion

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Sounds like my wife in our first home in the city: came home from work less than a week from the closing, and she was pulling out the industrial grade paneling that a previous owner had installed to "kid proof" the place from his eight offspring. "Didn't even let the ink dry on the closing docs...
  10. ChiTownScion

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, a 2017 production which is described as ".. biographical romantic drama" and deals with the last years of actress Gloria Grahame and her younger than her own kid Brit lover. I was not that familiar with the films of Grahame- other than her role as Violet Bick...
  11. ChiTownScion

    L.L.Bean scraps lifetime return policy

    I can remember the Left Field Bleacher Bums at Wrigley chanting, "Rose is a FAIRY! Rose is a FAIRY!" back in '69. He spiked Ernie Banks.... and actions like that have consequences in the Friendly Confines.
  13. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Chicago has lost Grand Central Station (Baltimore & Ohio; Chesapeake & Ohio), LaSalle Street Station (New York Central, Rock Island Line, Nickel Plate Road), Central Station (Illinois Central; New York, Chicago, Cleveland and St. Louis.. the "Big Four;" Soo Line; ) Dearborn Street Station (Santa...
  14. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    The actual terminal building/ "head house" is now gone (since 1963): Madison Sq. Garden sits atop the actual station now (East Coasters, correct me if I'm wrong: I was only there twice.). The concourse, ticketing, waiting areas, and track are all below street level. But Grand Central Terminal...
  15. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I didn't see any guys who looked like Sheldon Leonard who whispered to me , "Hey, Bud. C'mere a minute..," either. You just don't get what you used to with a sleeper ticket, do you? At least the steak and steamed mussels in the dining car were tasty.
  16. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Just returned from a one week trip to southern California (Orange County) and had the pleasure of returning home via Amtrak on the route- during the good old days- of the Super Chief. While Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal is certainly an art deco jewel, I was disappointed to find not one...
  17. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    And then there was the hysterical parody on the Simpsons:
  19. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Your countryman, Winston Churchill, was one. But truly self educated intellectuals are a rare contemporary commodity. If I had to wager a reason for that, it would be too many electronic distractions. Our own Miss Lizzie, and Nicholas von Hoffman, are the only two examples of my lifetime who...
  20. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    My favorite pacifist is also my favorite Marine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler
  21. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Arguably, in a true meritocracy, all who hold public office would either have an advanced degree in a field which holds relevance to their duties, or a law degree and admission to the bar. That could make things more equitable (in the sense of, "..if you want it then earn it") on the one level...
  22. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I don't know that it should be a requirement of the Presidency per se, but I lose patience with those who are Pavlovian flag wavers and first in line for military aggression within the safe confines of middle age who, in their own youth when it was their rear end that could be thrown in the meat...
  23. ChiTownScion

    What Are You Reading

    By the time Calvin & Hobbes arrived on the scene, Peanuts had pretty much lost its zing, as noted here. I remember remarking around that time that I remembered when Peanuts was actually funny. I did have occasion to visit the Charles Schulz museum in Santa Rosa, CA a few years ago. Nice...

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