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  1. ChiTownScion

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Saw a 2014 French Israeli production Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem last night. Essentially, it's an account of a Gett (divorce) proceedings before an Israeli rabbinical court. I was fascinated by the procedural techniques of the court itself- but the dynamic between the husband and wife and...
  2. ChiTownScion

    The general decline in standards today

    Just going to try to keep this within the context of an historical observation. I don't see it so much as a matter of corruption- except that the amount of money thrown into campaigns has really gotten out of hand. In "the era" and later, I think that there was a consensus among both major...
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    Restoring Clocks that My Father Built

    Here is the last of my dad's clocks: a school clock that chimes the hours and the half hour. Cost me $357.00 for the repair. The company that makes the works is long out of business and the busted main spring had to be replaced with one salvaged from another clock.
  4. ChiTownScion

    The general decline in standards today

    Seems to be the only role that he's capable of playing. Remember Mark "Jacko" Jackson, the Aussie rules footballer who later did some acting, including those "Energizer! Oi!" battery commercials? Even he displayed more range than Ermey.
  5. ChiTownScion

    The general decline in standards today

    I don't think much of character actor R. Lee Ermey: having grown up around older Marines who likely saw things many times more horrifying and dehumanizing in the Pacific than he was ever exposed to- yet never embraced that childish oo-rah crap that he has overplayed to the point of stereotype. I...
  7. ChiTownScion

    The general decline in standards today

    I'm reminded of an undergrad professor (and Pre-law mentor) who was known for taking out his wallet, waving it in the air, and proclaiming, "I'm a Marxist! Money makes the world go 'round !" He was a terrific old guy, and he was no Marxist by any definition. He attended church every Sunday...
  8. ChiTownScion

    The general decline in standards today

    Add "organized religion" to that. And the more literalist its orientation, the more rooted in vested pecuniary interest it is.
  9. ChiTownScion

    The general decline in standards today

    Sheeplady is likely a better expert on this than I am, but my understanding is that the quality of fleece is determined in part by the climate where the sheep is from. Those from a damp, chilly climate produce a thicker fleece than, say, a more warm and dry climate. But I'd never sell a...
  10. ChiTownScion

    The general decline in standards today

    Talk about hitting me where I live. Having "made do" with a modestly priced domestic A-2 horsehide jacket, I'm now looking for something warmer for the next brutal Midwest winter, a shearling ANJ-4 jacket. I think I've found what I want, but your term, "overpriced," says it all. It's the...
  11. ChiTownScion

    The general decline in standards today

    Just went back and saw how this whole tread began nearly five years ago: a reaction to vandalism inflicted by "yobs" on a preserved railway. As one who has spent countless hours enjoying train rides behind preserved steam locomotives and wandering through railroad/ railway museums (and stalking...
  13. ChiTownScion

    The general decline in standards today

    Agreed. I'd like to think that a serious discussion of what is then vs. what is now could offer more substance than what Grandpa Abe usually musters:
  14. ChiTownScion

    You know you are getting old when:

    Few years back in my PD days, my courtroom partner was a relatively newly married guy who had a baby son. He'd always entertain us with cute stories of what the kid had done -- flirting with girls from his stroller, that sort of thing. Last September, I ran into Sal at a continuing legal ed...
  15. ChiTownScion

    The general decline in standards today

    As were Gus Hall and Pete Seeger. Woody Guthrie served as well. Radical 60's lawyer William Kunsler rose to the rank of major (Army) in the Pacific Theater. Anti- establishment author Kurt Vonnegut obtained a battlefield commission and was later a prisoner of war. The 1972 Democratic candidate...
  16. ChiTownScion

    The general decline in standards today

    It's a hell of a lot easier to stereotype than it is to actually research specific wrongs and address them with viable remedies.
  17. ChiTownScion

    The general decline in standards today

    Well stated. Very well stated.
  19. ChiTownScion

    The general decline in standards today

    Spent two delightful weeks in Paris in 2013, and it demolished every negative stereotype of the French and how they treat Americans. The problem is that the rules of engagement are quite simple, and some Americans don't want to play by rules. When you enter a shop, a simple "Bonjour, Madam" will...
  20. ChiTownScion

    The general decline in standards today

    The irony is that the few that I knew who were "hippies" back in the day moved on. They went on to get law degrees, MBA's, grad academic degrees, and even M.D.'s. They became yuppies, and are currently in the position to buy and sell their harshest aging white male critics several times over. I...
  21. ChiTownScion

    Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

    That may have been after my own Captain days, but I do remember his having a really elaborate Lionel electric train set up. I can't specifically recall him trying to sell the Lionel brand, but he may have. Possibly related personal story: when I was three (1957), I told my parents that I...
  22. ChiTownScion

    Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

    Wasn't there a controversy regarding his hawking Schwinn bikes?
  23. ChiTownScion

    The general decline in standards today

    The radicals of the 1930's had to be tough S.O.B.'s just to survive. Living wages and improved worker conditions were certainly never granted because of any benign generosity on the part of corporate America.

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