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    The Golden Age of the Streetcar

    Being a municipal employee, I can tell you without reservation that if the right people cared about this the 200 large would be forthcoming forthwith. Unfortunately, if the right people don't care, the 200 large will be whizzed up against the wall on something that benefits almost no one.
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    The Era -- Day By Day

    I have had it on the list for a long while, but I have not read it.
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    The Era -- Day By Day

    That was about the point where I decided that he was a self important bloviating nut.
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    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    That will look good on the workbench all painted up.
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    The Era -- Day By Day

    I've listened to several of Lucky Lindy's speeches on this topic and have concluded that he is somewhat of a nut. He did redeem himself later on after the war got cranked up though. He was flying missions instead of "advising" until the wrong people found out and grounded him.
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    Today in History

    On this day in 1947 Chuck Yeager was dropped from a B-29 in the Bell X-1 "Glamorous Glennis" and flew faster than the speed of sound for 18 seconds. Kaboom.
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    Philosophical: "Nothing brings uns better forth on our way than a pause."

    Remember when computers and fax machines and other inventions not yet known were going to do our work for us and we would all have much more leisure time? Waiting.
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    Philosophical: "Nothing brings uns better forth on our way than a pause."

    Coca-Cola thought so too.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I wasn't really interested in watching the show, but what little I did see I didn't find particularly funny. By taking stereotypes to the extreme it gave people the ability to look down on a fictional family. Nobody seemed to notice that if the stereotypes were dialed back a little, it was...
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    Your pace or mine.....

    Meh. I have been accused of walking too fast and needing to slow down. My wife has said for years that I don't know how to pleasantly stroll but I'm getting old anyway.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    A lot of clothing, in this country anyway, is vanity sized. You want to wear a 34 but they don't want to button? No problem. No need to admit you've put on a few pounds, just buy the 34 relaxed fit! Even better, look for the 34 baggy fit. My boss actually is a smaller sized man. He has trouble...
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    The Era -- Day By Day

    My father at one point had a standing appointment every 3 weeks. In spite of my best intentions, I generally look somewhat like a sheepdog before I get in to get cleaned up. Except for the top of course. It has remained shiny between trims for some years now.
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    Vintage roadside

    There is a twin to that DQ, including the sign still in operation in Iowa City, Iowa. My wife and I stop in season every time we go to her arthritis doctor there.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I'm not sure what that age would be. As ridiculous as I find the whole thing to be at any age, I regularly see women who, being charitable, are in the 9th inning of middle age attired in the holey pants. I just can't fathom looking in the mirror and thinking that it's a good idea to leave the...
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    Today in History

    And vowing until the end that Paul Masson would sell no wine before its time.
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    The Era -- Day By Day

    I have read that those particular tools were invented by doctors who were tired of manually treating their female patients who were afflicted with "hysteria" and similar ailments. Just a day or two of home treatment brought relief to both patient and doctor.
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I think it's a regional thing carried by people who moved from one place to another. My family is from southern Illinois by way of Missouri, Virginia and Germany among other places. :D I heard the expression growing up, but only in that small county. It was also used to tell somebody it was...
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Me too. She was beautiful.
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    Autumnal Thoughts........

    Yes unfortunately so for a good part of the year. There were different weights of material depending upon the season.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I could founder myself on good hushpuppies, so it's probably good that good ones are nearly impossible to find here unless I make them myself.

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