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  1. tonyb

    Smoke 'em if ya got 'em

    BTW, I’ve known that phrase for as long as I can remember, and have used it myself many times. John Prine used the line in a song lyric (“The Bottomless Lake”).
  2. tonyb

    Smoke 'em if ya got 'em

    Times change …
  3. tonyb

    Most overrated movies?

    For the life of me, I just can’t understand why people put stock in entertainment industry awards, especially the “big ones” — Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, etc. Some truly stellar efforts have been so awarded, but many a better effort has been disregarded. And really, some pretty darned forgettable...
  4. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    ^^^^^ A couple-three days ago, and at the insistence of the lovely missus, I sprayed two wasps’ nests under the eaves here at Chateau de ’Burb. Now there’s a bunch of dead wasps on the ground directly beneath those nests. I feel kinda guilty about it.
  5. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    ^^^^^ They recently opened here. I’ve been meaning to give ’em a try, but every time I’ve been by the place the lines were longer than any I would subject myself to for a hamburger. I’ll wait for the novelty to wear off.
  7. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Ain’t that the truth. It was 20-plus years ago when friends keeping a garden in my backyard (they were apartment dwellers) shared some of their spuds with me. Waaaay better than anything I’ve ever gotten from the store — including the high-priced hippie co-op place with all the organic stuff.
  8. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    What with the murkiness in my family history (don’t ask, don’t tell), it would come as no great surprise to learn that I have a drop or two of Irish blood in me. Among my people, potatoes could be their own food group. If you’ve never grown your own, I recommend trying it sometime. A potato...
  9. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Spuds are cheap, relatively, especially when purchased by the carload. So giving me a big ol’ pile fries is the least they should do when I’m paying 31 dollars and 5 cents for two burgers and that order of fries.
  10. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Five Guys is a whole nuther animal from McDonald’s. The burgers are made to order and can be dressed up with a dozen or more extras (at no extra charge), including tomato and grilled onions and peppers and mushrooms and an array of condiments such that you can end up with a burger you wouldn’t...
  11. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    This was at Five Guys. And also at the dewy-eyed bride’s insistence.
  13. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    It doesn’t really tick me off, but it’s worthy of note, I think, but not deserving of its own thread … Thirty-one dollars and five cents for two takeout burgers and an order of fries.
  14. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Yup. The point of diminishing returns isn’t all that high on the scale. Still, I remain grateful to those who need the latest stuff. That way I can buy it for much less when it becomes yesterday’s news. My friend the pro carries a digital Leica pretty much everywhere he goes. I doubt he...
  15. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    There’s one such store in this major metropolitan area, but only the one, as far as I can tell. They sell and process film, but it appears that a large part of their business is scanning and restoring and reprinting old images. That’s what I used them for.
  16. tonyb

    Now Vintage

    My doing a book report on “In Cold Blood” at age 10 sparked a minor controversy. The teacher, who obviously hadn’t read the book, apparently thought it inappropriate for a person my age. My mother had given me the book after reading it herself. She didn’t think it inappropriate, of course...
  17. tonyb

    Now Vintage

    I gotta think that my ongoing fascination with commercial signage had its genesis c.1960, before I started formal schooling, but not much before. I recall realizing that those signs I gazed upon from the backseat of the family car meant something, something that could be said aloud, that they...
  19. tonyb

    Now Vintage

    Careful, Joe Stud, that you don’t wear that thing down to a little nub.
  20. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    ^^^^^^ All things in moderation, including moderation.
  21. tonyb

    Now Vintage

    We had that cheesy “wood” paneling (I suppose that by strictest definition it was wood, but in the way particle board is wood and Velveeta is cheese) on one wall of our living room, and this truly cheap-ass coffee table and matching side tables with these stuck-on plastic panels that kinda...
  22. tonyb

    Now Vintage

    Those tuxes are reminiscent of the ones we wore at my brother the disbarred shyster’s first wedding (he’s been married three times, and counting), in ’72, or maybe it was ’73, except ours had faux-fur lapels and stripes running down the legs. There is photographic evidence of this, which I hope...
  23. tonyb

    Now Vintage

    I used to say that there were good and bad examples of the fashions of any period, with the possible exception of 1974. It was hard to find much good in anything dated 1974. But I’ve since reconsidered. Popcorn ceilings and harvest gold kitchen appliances and Ford Pintos fit their era almost...

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