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  1. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Well meaning boobkins and their unsolicited sympathy: if I couldn't write a book on the subject, I could at least write a decent chapter. When I first got out of law school, finding a job was an ongoing battle: I didn't find full time employment in the legal field until over two years after...
  2. ChiTownScion

    What are your hobbies?

    I decided that if Fate's Fickle Finger ever favors me as such, the last thing that I'd want to do is build the ultimate train layout, a la Rod Stewart. For me, the fun is playing with others: running on a railroad with many other engineers. When my wife asks, "How many trains do you need??"...
  3. ChiTownScion

    What are your hobbies?

    I enjoy HO scale model railroading. When I first got into it as an adult, I just wanted to model one train: the Ashland Limited (Chicago and North Western) of the 1950's. It soon became apparent that was no simple task: the consist changed roughly every six months. And then, the need for steam...
  4. ChiTownScion

    Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

    Too anachronistic. If the setting was the retreat of the Grand Armee' from Moscow, it should be smooth bored cannons firing black powder. When firing the correct loads, they'll ring like bells- and when the atmospheric conditions are right, they emit awesome looking smoke rings.
  5. ChiTownScion

    Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

    An elf who doesn't bake cookies inside of a hollow tree. That's just so wrong..
  7. ChiTownScion

    Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

    :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap Never let it be said that I don't appreciate a good pun.
  8. ChiTownScion

    You know you are getting old when:

    It took the world to defeat Napoleon: Wellington would have never prevailed at Waterloo without Blücher and his Prussians.
  9. ChiTownScion

    You know you are getting old when:

    "French Canada" (actually, New France) essentially ended on the Plains of Abraham in 1759- with the exceptions of the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon. There existed no French colonies on the North American continent in what had been New France after the Treaty of Paris of 1763. But if you're...
  10. ChiTownScion

    You know you are getting old when:

    I always have to face the reality check that what we view as the big show of 1812 on this side of the pond was a side show to those on the other side. They had a far more dangerous fish to fry in the form of that Corsican Bonaparte: some called him the Antichrist, but he actually taught the...
  11. ChiTownScion

    Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

    I remember even as a kid in the 50's being told that the cartoons I watched were originally written as trailers, and that they were really more for adults than kids. As I got older, I appreciated them on a greater level than the slapstick. There were references to World War II, the Depression...
  13. ChiTownScion

    Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

    Never understood the Hobbit thing, myself. Little Men With Furry Feet? Meh.
  14. ChiTownScion

    Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

    I was never a Seuss fan, even as a kid, but Horton had its good moments- although renaming Vlad as "Whizzer McKwoff" still puzzles me. A guy who bore an astonishing resemblance to Dr. Hoovie taught Sunday school to one of the kids who we adopted from Russia. I made the mistake of saying that in...
  15. ChiTownScion

    Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

    Another thing that was rotten in the 1970's: the animated cartoons. The 30's to the 50's were the first Golden Age, and there wasn't much in the 60's of great artistic merit-- but at least we had Rocky & Bullwinkle and other Jay Ward productions. The 80's saw, arguably, a second Golden Age...
  16. ChiTownScion

    Your favourite commercials

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dnciq3I4cU I like how the kangaroo is able to manipulate a cell phone with her mitten- paws.
  17. ChiTownScion

    The general decline in standards today

    I was a boy chorister in a choir of some renown, founded in 1904. There was a lot of emphasis on how we conducted ourselves in public and maintaining a proper image as professionals. We'd usually dress in coats and ties whenever we travelled, and discipline was maintained by our director who was...
  19. ChiTownScion

    The general decline in standards today

    Not only that, but aside from paying steep property taxes, the resale value of my home is greatly enhanced by the quality of the local schools. I'll gladly live with the steep taxes, but I do insist that the quality of the education be maintained- especially in math and the sciences. One of...
  20. ChiTownScion

    Restoring Clocks that My Father Built

    Who made the mechanical movement? If the manufacturer is still in business, you obviously have more options that if it's not if part replacement is necessary. I lucked out on the first two clocks, where all that was needed was a cleaning. Had a friend and lodge brother look at it first: he's a...
  21. ChiTownScion

    Lunch, Anybody?

    Delayed lunch to the point of being famished due to shopping, and came upon a small family owned Thai restaurant. My wife and I shared an order each of Pad Thai and Ginger Chicken. Made it worth the wait: it was excellent.
  22. ChiTownScion

    The general decline in standards today

    You mean aside from remarking in a W.C. Fields voice, "How'd you like to go for a piggy back ride on a buzz saw?" I usually start by thanking the powers that be that it's someone else's kid.
  23. ChiTownScion

    The general decline in standards today

    There are people out there for a myriad of reasons who should not be parents, and the ones wise enough to admit that will always win my respect over those who approach parenthood with starry eyed cluelessness.
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