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  1. ChiTownScion

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Very true. As a child my favorite account read, "... her huge stern rose high into the air, then disappeared beneath the waves." Cameron's film had the advantage of ocean floor research, and the breakup of the hull and superstructure was displayed quite graphically. The technical detail in the...
  2. ChiTownScion

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Chris B is right: M1911 .45 ACP. BTW... the very first Titanic feature film was a German propaganda film made in 1943 that really played the Anglo- American corporate greed angle for all that it was worth. Along with the 1953 film Titanic and the 1958 A Night to Remember, it's a must see, even...
  3. ChiTownScion

    A question for people who do their dishes by hand

    If they still have the Pullman company logo they might be worth a bit to collectors or those who have restored old railcars for private use. I confess to being a lazy lout at home who loves his modern Bosch dishwasher, but when I am a guest I always volunteer to at least help with dishes after...
  4. ChiTownScion

    The Real Reason Malls Are Closing

    Thanks to Facebook, I've been able to socialize/ meet up with former grade schoolmates. Some of them have such rose colored memories of childhood in that bedroom community suburb. Quite honestly, I tolerated it- at best. Even at its earthiest, I doubt that a seaside small town in Maine could...
  5. ChiTownScion

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    They did a remake of Mel Brooks' The Producers, and it just didn't cut it. People forget how audacious, outrageous, and bold it was in 1968- a mere 23 years after the Second World War, to make a comedy that featured a Broadway musical entitled "Springtime for Hitler," and how that outrage played...
  7. ChiTownScion

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    "If brains were dynamite, that poor soul couldn't blow his nose."
  8. ChiTownScion

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    "That elevator (lift?) doesn't go up to all floors.." "About three bricks shy of a load." "Two nuggets short of a Happy Meal." "He's not playing with a full deck." "Not the sharpest knife in the drawer."
  9. ChiTownScion

    Small rewards?

    Ice cream. In a thousand incarnations from a single scoop of vanilla in a bowl to a banana split.
  10. ChiTownScion

    Vintage Things That Will NOT Disappear In Your Lifetime

    The criminal statute in my state requires a mens rea of, "intent to use unlawfully." In law school days when I often had to ride a subway after midnight, I'd carry a limited edition Kershaw boot knife next to my right foot. I had a well rehearsed line about it in case a cop stopped me, that it...
  11. ChiTownScion

    Vintage Things That Will NOT Disappear In Your Lifetime

    I still carry a hand scar from 45 years ago: was opening cartons of clay pigeon targets at a trap & skeet club where I had my first real job, and accidently sliced the back of my left hand below the thumb. Kind of a nice scar, actually: figured that if it were on my face below my right eye, and...
  13. ChiTownScion

    How many new jackets do you have coming (and how many potential ones)?

    Wish list? Definitely a "real deal" Aero A-2 dark seal, perhaps with some custom nose art as a conversation starter. And after that, an early war/ BoB RAF Irvin (maker to be determined) by the time I purchase my next car: a convertible that I can pilot... I mean, drive... in colder weather with...
  14. ChiTownScion

    Thurston Bros. - Official Affiliate Thread

    A lovely jacket!
  15. ChiTownScion

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    When my dad was an active duty firefighter in Chicago, each rank and file fireman was occasionally called upon- on a rotating basis- to drive the chief around to the various firehouses in his battalion and elsewhere. This duty was known as "driving the buggy," and obviously was a throwback to...
  16. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I have gotten to that stage where it's finally beginning to dawn that I don't have to get outraged about anything. A lot of things are left to simmer on a back burner or two, but full boiling outrage is too much of an energy expenditure most of the time. Life is too short.
  17. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    You, me, and every other red blooded male.
  19. ChiTownScion

    Thurston Italian Vicenza Horsehide Full Grain Veg.-Tanned Horsehide for Aero Jackets

    You know me & the flight jackets: I see them as works of art. Sometimes- like this one- some might argue that they are almost too nice. An aviation cadet in 1942 in his wildest dreams couldn't have imagined owning anything so exquisite. But that, to me anyway, underscores the timeless beauty of...
  20. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I remember that case for two reasons which have nothing whatsoever to do with the fine points of jurisprudence: 1. One of my courtroom partners was a sorority sister of the mother of the unfortunate child; and 2. My wife's comment regarding the case which will (at least in this house) live in...
  21. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    McCormick was one of those people who was born on third base and spent his entire life congratulating himself on how well he could hit a triple. The "colonel" part was the result of a National Guard commission: in Illinois the Guard has long been a haven for political goldbricks, and Robert...
  22. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I've read that he "stole" a plane for a joyride and ended up getting pitched out on a Section 8. Wish the documentation on it would really see light: there are still a number of sheeple who hold this clown in high esteem. I'm always suspect of those who get too sanctimonious about their flag...
  23. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    In a similar vein on recent television shows: DNA test results are usually available in 30 seconds to two minutes. In real life it's weeks or even months before an overworked crime lab can tender those results to prosecutors and defense counsel. I love the Law and Order franchise and similar...

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