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  1. ChiTownScion

    Road signs from the late 30s to WW2 era?

    And I'm gonna guess that anything you'd make would be better detailed and more prototype specific. I run my equipment at a club with a 10.5 HO scale mile mainline (mostly double track) and over 200 members. It's nice because I have access to a huge layout that I could never afford, but the...
  2. ChiTownScion

    Road signs from the late 30s to WW2 era?

    Saw these on sale in O scale at the Walthers web site. Made in brass, so hopefully not too toy train-y for serious modelling purposes.
  3. ChiTownScion

    Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

    I think we all would like at least one of those Life Mulligans. I can think of at least one for every decade that I've lived through, starting with the 60's.
  4. ChiTownScion

    How Old Are The Members of The Fedora Lounge?

    It would have to be one hell of an elixir for me to take it. I don't want to look or feel 100, but if it could preserve me at, say, 65, I might be interested. My wife has a relation who lived to 110. Sharp old gal: she was the first female grad of Baylor University, and her husband was the...
  5. ChiTownScion

    Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

    In a similar vein, we had "Head of the Class" (late 80's) in the US. The kids were all academically gifted types, but there was a range of characters: the nerd, the Bohemian intellectual, the grade obsessed neurotic, etc. I enjoyed it because it didn't rely on slackers for cheap laughs (That...
  7. ChiTownScion

    Aero RAF Comfort Sweater

    Meh. "Authenticity" is vastly overrated. I wear an Orvis Submariner cotton sweater with my A-2, and it does a great job of keeping me warm on blustery days. Until I have the Jug (or you have the Spit or Hurricane) to go around the jacket, or we're on extra call for a film, there's too much...
  8. ChiTownScion

    Shocking Stories About Your Golden Era Relatives

    When I was single and still in school, I took a lot of crap from my mother by insisting that any woman that I'd consider marrying would have to be educated and established in a profession. I told her that I'd never want a stay at home wifey who couldn't discuss anything more of substance than...
  9. ChiTownScion

    Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

    The early 80's were pretty dismal for me. Getting a full time job took a long time, but I suppose the one I found was to my liking as I stayed with it for 30 years. By the mid 80's the real estate market really took off, and I was able to do fairly well with a side practice doing closings. It...
  10. ChiTownScion

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    A genuinely nice human being. Playing two up above, no doubt.
  11. ChiTownScion

    Civil War Forage Caps: A Review of Several Modern Sutlers

    I bought both an officer's kepi and an officer's Hardee hat from Dirty Billy. Excellent quality, but very poor customer service. I waited two and a half YEARS for the kepi to arrive and when it did, it was so small that it fit atop my head like a yarmulke. He did replace it (another 4 weeks) and...
  13. ChiTownScion

    What Are You Reading

    Sounds like a good read. Always been fascinated by disasters: fires, earthquakes, ship sinkings, etc. What I find interesting is that they usually come to pass because of multiple factors, the absence of one of which would have prevented- or at least mitigated- the resulting loss of life...
  14. ChiTownScion

    Unbroken movie

    You have no idea how many preconceptions that one thought provoking post has shattered, sir. Now I am determined to hit the libraries and educate myself as to the details supporting that which you have stated. Can you recommend one or two good sources as a starting point?
  15. ChiTownScion

    Looking to Buy a Repro Shearling Flight Jacket...

    .....and pretty certain that it's going to be an ANJ-4. I'm leaning toward the Aero version (seal brown shearling w/ brown oil pull horsehide trim), but Eastman's version is also under consideration. Anyone with experience with either or both?
  16. ChiTownScion

    Did and Didn't

    "I am not a 'sir.' I earn my pay."
  17. ChiTownScion

    Did and Didn't

    Reminds me of a meal I had in my early 20's. My dinner companion was a young lady (art education major) who confessed to me - as we were just being seated in a family owned Greek restaurant- that she had never tasted lamb before. She grew up in a family with nine sibs- the family wasn't poor...
  19. ChiTownScion

    Did and Didn't

    The "Great Leap Forward" (pun intended) in Chinese food in the US came after Nixon visited China in 1972. Mandarin and Szechwan restaurants began to pop up everywhere, and the Americanized cuisine you spoke of (often mislabeled as Cantonese at the time) became passe'. In a similar vein: we...
  20. ChiTownScion

    Did and Didn't

    To say that "Chicago pizza" only means "deep dish" makes as much sense as claiming that "Napa wine" only means "Robert Moldavi Cabernet Sauvignon." I get that deep dish is unique and what most people outside of the region associate with "Chicago style," but Chicago thin crust differs from New...
  21. ChiTownScion

    Did and Didn't

    And they say that religion and politics are two things that you never should discuss among non-intimates unless you want a fight. I don't dis-like New York style pizza (I've has some that is outstanding), but I do have an obvious bias here. Deep dish is a subject of its own: I prefer Chicago...
  22. ChiTownScion

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Unbroken and The Imitation Game. Enjoyed both of them.
  23. ChiTownScion

    Did and Didn't

    Now manufactured in beautiful Mattoon, Illinois.

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