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  1. ChiTownScion

    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    The thing that always hits me like a fist to the chops is how few World War II vets are still around. These men were my uncles, my teachers, my bosses at a score of jobs, my mentors. I have relied upon their insight and life experiences for decades- and they're no longer here. I miss them every day.
  2. ChiTownScion

    The Chicago Cubs Are Going to the World Series!

    http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/215601786-story I knew that it would be a madhouse so I didn't go, but it really was crazy. But happily, the weather was good and everyone behaved themselves.
  3. ChiTownScion

    The Chicago Cubs Are Going to the World Series!

    Most Cub fans here would say the same re: the Tribe & their fans. Their team fought well, especially in that eighth inning rally, and enjoy a lot of well earned respect in this town.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I really pulled a nasty on one who tried to reach my wife. "Is Mrs. ______ in?" "No, she is not." "Is there a better time to reach her?" "Try this evening. At a séance. She died three weeks ago." Dead silence, and an awkward apology. My wife said that was mean: go figure.
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    This or That

    Well, Miss Maine, I would never be one to gleefully note that you were wrong, but....
  7. ChiTownScion

    The Chicago Cubs Are Going to the World Series!

    Well... what can I say NOW? They did it!!!
  8. ChiTownScion

    Folks you love to hate! Tell us your Favorite Film Villains!

    Avery had the foresight to knock off Screwy/ Screwball Squirrel after a mere five unforgettable features. Hanna- Barbera and others have tried to resurrect him for the millennial kiddies... but it just doesn't work. He was never meant to play well with others (Tom & Jerry, Droopy, etc.).
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    You know you are getting old when:

    And yet, Linus and Lucy were never addressed as Linus van Pelt or Lucy van Pelt, nor was Schroeder addressed as Schroeder... well, whatever the hell his last name was (I don't think that Schulz ever told us). When my mother addressed me by First, Last, AND Middle name, I knew that I was in for...
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    You know you are getting old when:

    If I'd ever addressed my Dad's co-workers as Bob, Mel, or Pat, as opposed to Mr. ____, Mr. _____, or Captain ______, or their respective wives as anything but Mrs. _____, I think that I'd have gotten my mouth soaped. They were like uncles to me, but "Mr." was expected. Same as any adult, really...
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    You know you are getting old when:

    Well, it wasn't done for pleasure and it wasn't done for spite, And it wasn't done because the lady wasn't very bright. She had always done the slightest thing that Mom and Pop had bid, They said, "Lizzie, cut it out!"... so that's exactly what she did. But you can't chop your Papa up in...
  13. ChiTownScion

    Bumper stickers and license plates

    Pity Missouri: at one time they were known as the Puke State. Never made the license plates, though. Just as "Land of Lincoln" won out over "the Sucker State" in my state. I always thought that Indiana's "Crossroads of America" was a tad pretentious. I would have preferred, "Indiana: Pull My...
  14. ChiTownScion

    When and where do you wear your Irvin jacket?

    I'm going to guess that the ANJ-4 will be taken out in about a week: 5C is about my benchmark. An Irvin: that's on the list for future purchase. I love the rakish RAF look to it, but I need the top down sports car to go with it.
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    The Chicago Cubs Are Going to the World Series!

    The only moral dilemma that could have arisen for me would have been if the Red Sox were up against the Cubs. I know that any Red Sox successes are a crown of thorns to Yankee fans, and that brand of schadenfreude alone covers a lot of acreage. Against that: 71 years since a World Series slot...
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    The Chicago Cubs Are Going to the World Series!

    I've lived through an awful lot of "next years," so many that I've not allowed myself any emotional attachment to the team since the September choke to the Mets in 1969... but I do believe this is pretty exciting news. Bury the goat: it's a new day.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    On a couple occasions I've had women- whom I do not know- come up to me in public and ask if they can run their fingers through my hair! I'm in such a state of shock when that happens that I can't refuse. Blame it on the gene pool from both parents: the men start turning grey in their 20's, but...
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    Unappreciated masterpieces?

    Just for laughs: the Brain does a classic bowdlerized Orson Welles "Frozen Peas" tribute:
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    Unappreciated masterpieces?

    And then there was his (in)famous "Frozen Peas" moment...
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Be careful not to mix the contents of the cartons: you wouldn't want your eggs to be unequally yolked...
  22. ChiTownScion

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    This is in Eagle River, the next town over from where we have our vacation cabin, North Woods of Wisconsin. Last passenger service was 1960: it was essentially a branch line run from Monico Wisconsin, north to Watersmeet Michigan. The train connection in Monico would get you to Green Bay...
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Train depots (usually no longer in use) in small towns. Many have been rehabbed as restaurants, historical society offices, stores, etc., but so many more no longer stand. I used to see them, and wonder how many left for college, for the armed forces, for a honeymoon, etc., from their platforms...

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