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  1. ChiTownScion

    What are the Oldest Objects you Own?

    I managed to put together a complete field amputation instrument set when I was engaged in my former hobby as a Civil War reenactor. Many of the items are period: some are faithful reproductions. As far as I can determine, the capital saw (my oldest piece) dates at least to the 1850's and thus...
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    Freddie Fisher and his Schnickelfritz Band

    Before Spike Jones, there was this great American folk hero and all around geek, Freddie Fisher. The Schnickelfritz (roughly translated as "silly fellow") Band hit their heyday in the Thirties, appearing in a few musical short features. Freddie ended up in Aspen at a time when it was being...
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    Favorite Authors

    James T. Farrell Sinclair Lewis Mordecai Richler Bruce Catton Shelby Foote Wiley Sword Douglas Southall Freeman Rudyard Kipling Frank McCourt And many others.
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    Arch Oboler's Light's Out

    I remember CBS radio doing their Radio Mystery Theater in the 70's and 80's as well. Different production, and it seemed to draw on a wider range of talent- both in acting and in writing- than Lights Out, but a similar theme presented later in the evening. I'd certainly rather listen to such...
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    Arch Oboler's Light's Out

    ..... is what really got me listening to OTR. Back around 1970, then "underground" FM station WLS-FM (later WDAI) of Chicago began rebroadcasting these fine programs under the moniker, "The Devil and Mister O." I was in high school, and was captivated them. Anyone else recall the programs?
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    Walking Sticks & Canes.

    Someone offering a seat on a bus....in Chicago ???
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    Walking Sticks & Canes.

    I recently acquired a cane (black with silver chromed ball top) that I like to use when I am dressed up in Chesterfield overcoat and Homburg hat, sans briefcase. My joke is that it's like Guy Caballero's wheelchair on the old SCTV show ("I don't need this. I just use it to gain respect.")...
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    What's the meaning behind your Avatar ?

    Tex Avery's Wolf trying to put the make on "Red Hot Riding Hood." One of the best toons, ever.
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    The Return of Vintage DI S E A S E S

    My favorite comments from this sort is, "You read too much," or, "You think about it too much!" When reading and thought are deemed as vices by your adversary, it's time to declare, "Check, and mate," as diplomatically as you can.
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    You know you are getting old when:

    I knew that I was getting old at 23, a year after college graduation. Went back to visit friends for a weekend at the old alma mater, and we were discussing the JFK assassination and where we were when we first heard about the news that I still believe was a watermark of my youth. A young lady...
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    Largest steam locomotive on Earth to run again!

    [COLOR="#FFD700"]The Allegheny 2-6-6-6 was an amazing locomotive, but it was not a "Big Boy:" that designation is exclusive to Union Pacific's 4000 series 4-8-8-4's. In terms of locomotive only tonnage the Allegheny's 389 tons actually outweighed the Big Boy's 381 tons. The C&O was, like the...
  14. ChiTownScion

    Ok, so some things in the golden era were not too cool...

    Another thing that was not too cool: the way infants and little kids were transported via car in the good old days. Child car seats that are out now make that a far safer proposition.. although, I have to say that some of these kids that are plopped into car seats seem too old. I know that...
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    The Return of Vintage DI S E A S E S

    There is, of course, a silver lining to that dark cloud. The net also permits the vetting of self-anointed "experts." Occupational hazard, I confess, but I place stock in the first phase of qualifying a witness as an expert in any area. That demands looking at their background: education...
  16. ChiTownScion

    What do you do for Living?

    I'm new to the Lounge, so I suppose that this is as good a place as any to introduce myself. I'm an attorney who spent over three decades as an Assistant Public Defender in Cook County, Illinois (Chicago and the 'burbs). It was a great run: defending the accused on every type of criminal...
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    The Return of Vintage DI S E A S E S

    This is a regular topic of discussion in our home. My wife is a Master's degree prepared Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, and occasionally she and others in her practice encounter these misguided zealots. If a parent refuses to have their child inoculated, there is an attempt to provide education...
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    New Rule: White Tie Only at Met Gala

    It is nothing less than depressing that white tie has become so much of an anachronism. "Formal" has come to mean black tie in the minds of about 99.99% of the public.
  20. ChiTownScion

    Civil Air Patrol

    I was a cadet in the late 1960's. I suppose it all depended upon which squadron you belonged to as far as your experiences. One of my classmates worked his way up to cadet colonel rank, then, after four years at the USAF Academy, ended up flying some pretty hot aircraft, including the SR-71...
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    Is Swearing a Vice?

    My biggest gripe is with what I refer to as uncreative maladicta. You know, the usual four lettered expletives of Anglo-Saxon origin. Hollering F-this and F-that has been so overdone that it's essentially lost its zing, in addition to being in bad taste. When it comes to cursing, some of the...
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    "Chicago Hook" bash

    One of the funniest comments I have read in the Lounge! :eusa_clap
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    How do folks react to your hat wearing?

    I'm fond of wearing one of my Homburgs to court, usually with my Chesterfield overcoat. A female acquaintance of over three decades came up to me a few weeks ago and told me how nice I looked in my "derby."

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