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  1. ChiTownScion

    If you had a conversation with a person in 1770 would they understand?

    Wasn't just in the colonies, either. Oliver Cromwell's crowd set that mold. Great object lesson in how the medicine can often end up being more deadly than the malady.
  2. ChiTownScion

    If you had a conversation with a person in 1770 would they understand?

    It never ceases to amaze me how those who insist that the Talking Snake story and the Six Day Creation of Genesis are literal history are the first ones to gleefully embrace social Darwinism. Opiate of the masses, indeed.
  3. ChiTownScion

    If you had a conversation with a person in 1770 would they understand?

    A state of affairs that I observed 35 years ago while enjoying a graduation present trip to another vacation destination: Aspen. The people who actually make the place go had to live "down valley," often 40 miles or more away. And often in a mobile home, if they were fortunate. Just came back...
  4. ChiTownScion

    If you had a conversation with a person in 1770 would they understand?

    Couldn't resist...
  5. ChiTownScion

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Some of the Nam vets I attended college with used a great butchered hybrid French & Vietnamese term to describe someone who acted crazy. "He's beaucoup dinky dau," from dien cai dau.
  7. ChiTownScion

    Lost art of proper relaxation

    Job dissatisfaction has always been high among lawyers. "I'd walk away from it in a heartbeat to own and run a hot dog stand!" is almost a cliché', and when you think about it, it makes sense. People often seek attorneys to save themselves from the consequences of their own stupid actions, and...
  8. ChiTownScion

    Lost art of proper relaxation

    Some of the most well adjusted individuals that I know have both a college degree AND a trade. One friend is a carpenter with a baccalaureate. Another has a degree in musicology who also repairs stringed instruments: one of his many manual skills. My late uncle had a degree in philosophy and...
  9. ChiTownScion

    Lost art of proper relaxation

    Do you really believe that a parent can choose a career path for their kid? Kids being kids, that's not a great game plan in the real world. I've found that when all's said & done, they're going to do as they wish- carrots and sticks that you provide to the contrary. You can encourage...
  10. ChiTownScion

    The wonderful foods of the Golden Era

    Italian beef is another local delicacy. Order 'em wet, dry, or "dipped," (au jus/ gravy) and with either sweet or hot peppers. A combo with Italian sausage is another option. And don't forget the fries.
  11. ChiTownScion

    The wonderful foods of the Golden Era

    One local hot dog place in Chicago has a sign that reads: " No Ketchup. Don't even ask." One "with the works" here will usually earn you tomato slices, small hot peppers, a dill spear, and some celery salt along with the mustard, relish, and onions aforementioned. The mustard is usually...
  13. ChiTownScion

    Did the Rules of Etiquette Provide a Greater Sense of Safety For Women?

    It's used in the military when addressing a female officer by enlisted personnel, as in " Aye aye, ma'am" in the Navy or Marines. Just as you'd say, "Aye aye, sir," to a male officer. I do remember the film, "The King's Speech," where Queen Elizabeth (the one that later became the Queen Mum)...
  14. ChiTownScion

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Dropping the f- bomb? Meh. Anyone can do that. I prefer creative maledicta. Yiddish curses translated are very creative and witty, but I've heard great stuff emerge from the mouths of co-workers who were of the Mountain William persuasion. "Funnier 'n a mountain lion j-----g o-- with a paw...
  15. ChiTownScion

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    From what you've said before in these threads, she had to learn to swim against a fierce current just for her and her kids to survive. People who are thrown into those situations and manage to emerge in one piece at the end of it all, don't always dot the i's and cross the t's to everyone's...
  16. ChiTownScion

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

    A remarkable jacket!
  17. ChiTownScion

    The wonderful foods of the Golden Era

    I didn't experience it back in "the Era," but the tired décor and tin ceiling of the place certainly was a throwback. It was called "the Busy Bee," and in the 80's and 90's it was the most wonderfully eclectic place in Chicago to grab great Polish food for lunch or dinner. It was next to the L...
  19. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Shades of Ralph Cifaretto (as played by Joe Pantoliano on HBO's "The Sopranos)! Doubt that you're a fan, but that is exactly how the character pronounced it ("She was a HOE-WAH !!") before he met his well deserved end.
  20. ChiTownScion

    The wonderful foods of the Golden Era

    And look... I'm not going to fight over whether Chicago pizza is better than New York pizza. I love it all. I'll never say No to a good slice no matter from whence it comes.
  21. ChiTownScion

    The wonderful foods of the Golden Era

    Bear in mind that deep dish is NOT a traditional Chicago style, despite the stereotype. The guy who originally peddled it here was a transplanted Texan. Not that I don't enjoy it on occasion.. but we have a thin crust here that's been around for a longer time.
  22. ChiTownScion

    The wonderful foods of the Golden Era

    Where I come from, calling it a "pizza pie," or even as a "pie," is verboten. Like putting ketchup/ catsup on a hot dog: if you're under five they might let you get away with it. Maybe.
  23. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    It also gets pretty ********* sickening. Especially when those doing so from within the safe confines of middle or old age did everything that they could when they were of military age to avoid the perils of combat. I could name names [ "*cough* *cough* *cough* Red Skelton *cough* *cough* "] ...

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