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Hipsters, tourists, and "artisinal" devil crabs...
In defense of gluten free, my sisters, particularly my younger sister, are both legitimate coeliacs (diagnosed by actual trained physicians from an intestinal biopsy, not from an article in People) and cannot eat gluten. In fact, my younger sister was in serious condition for quite a while and...- HudsonHawk
- Post #44
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Hipsters, tourists, and "artisinal" devil crabs...
I have a few tight fitting suits. But not because I'm skinny.- HudsonHawk
- Post #43
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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BATTER UP!
Looks like old "Dixie" had a few knocks in her.- HudsonHawk
- Post #172
- Forum: The Golden Era
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BATTER UP!
I have a dozen or so bats lying around the house in various rooms, mostly just because, well, I like having bats around. Mrs. Hawk doesn't seem to mind, so long as the ones particularly loaded up with pine tar are left outside. I do keep a 34-inch model under the bed and a Beretta 9mm in the...- HudsonHawk
- Post #171
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Hipsters, tourists, and "artisinal" devil crabs...
Mrs. Hawk is an accountant and works with many family businesses, partnerships, trusts, what have you, and she's commented before that the pattern seems to be that the third generation is where family businesses start to fade. The grandkids of "mom" and "pop" are most often the ones who lose...- HudsonHawk
- Post #30
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Hipsters, tourists, and "artisinal" devil crabs...
We have more than our share of pretentious blowhards cooking on TV (though not as many as you Brits) and donut "wars". But I enjoy shows that really cook and are informative and educational. And I just have to know...what did you think guacamole was? How much mushy green stuff is out there?- HudsonHawk
- Post #18
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Hipsters, tourists, and "artisinal" devil crabs...
Shrimp might have been the only thing I ever ate out at a restaurant growing up. We rarely went out to eat, and when we did I was a very special occasion that called for the highest class restaurant around...Red Lobster. We did occasionally have the aforementioned street food, or a fish...- HudsonHawk
- Post #11
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Hipsters, tourists, and "artisinal" devil crabs...
I immediately thought of pizza in NYC, as what spurred the earlier discussion I was having was the "devil crabs", a local delicacy where I grew up and the ultimate local street food back in the day...made from a mishmash of local ingredients, sold off of bicycles and street carts to local cigar...- HudsonHawk
- Post #10
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Hipsters, tourists, and "artisinal" devil crabs...
So on one of the local nostalgia groups I belong to on Facebook, there was a discussion about the rise of chain restaurants and the demise of mom and pops places, and specifically what might be called "artisanal" vendors today. Got me thinking about what moves something from the traditional to...- HudsonHawk
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DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects
One of my favorite Gregory lines was something like: "I went to restaurant in the South, and the waitress said 'sorry, we don't serve colored people'. I said 'that's ok, I don't eat colored people. Now bring me some fried chicken'". Gregory recognized one of the best ways to combat racism...- HudsonHawk
- Post #3,908
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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BATTER UP!
One of my favorite old yards: Clark Field in Austin, TX. Clark Field was the home of the University of Texas baseball team from 1928-1974. It's most distinctive feature is "Billy Goat Hill", the 12-ft limestone cliff in play across the outfield. It also hosted various exhibition games over...- HudsonHawk
- Post #153
- Forum: The Golden Era
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BATTER UP!
We are still like this today in many way. Fans expect players to focus on playing and have little to say outside of "I'm just happy to be here...hope I can help the ball club...gotta play 'em one game at a time...good Lord willing, things will work out." Much of that is derived from the amount...- HudsonHawk
- Post #78
- Forum: The Golden Era
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BATTER UP!
Feller viewed Robinson as a grandstander and troublemaker on racial matters while not seeming to care about what Feller felt were more important issues, namely the reserve clause and the way players were treated. He felt Robinson was a bit of a sellout, and was just bitter because he didn't get...- HudsonHawk
- Post #75
- Forum: The Golden Era
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BATTER UP!
Speaking of baseball cards...one of my favorite aspects of those over the years is that the photographs were typically taken during Spring Training. Hence you get all sorts of goofy things happening, like the equipment on the ground behind Griffin, or right handed hitters posing lefthanded...- HudsonHawk
- Post #68
- Forum: The Golden Era
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BATTER UP!
From the "just when you thought you'd seen it all" department involving stealing 1B...there was a play a few years ago involving Jean Segura of the Milwaukee Brewers. Segura was on 1B and stole 2B. Ryan Braun then walked to put two runners on. Segura was picked off of 2B, and got in a rundown...- HudsonHawk
- Post #67
- Forum: The Golden Era
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BATTER UP!
There was a documentary put out in the last year or so called Fastball, which chronicles such things. They discussed Johnson, Feller, Koufax, Ryan and yes, even Dalkowski. They showed how pitch speeds were measured over the years, from military ballistics machines to Feller "racing" the...- HudsonHawk
- Post #65
- Forum: The Golden Era
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BATTER UP!
I don't know...I've been hearing this for over 40 years..."baseball is dead...in 10 years, soccer will be king". Let's fact it though, the soccer "boom" begins about the age of four and ends about the age of 9.- HudsonHawk
- Post #64
- Forum: The Golden Era
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DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects
Former Major League baseball player and manager Don Baylor passed away earlier this week at the age of 68. Not only was Baylor a terrific ballplayer, but he was a key figure in the civil rights era. Baylor was one of three black students to first integrate public schools in Texas in the fall...- HudsonHawk
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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If you had a conversation with a person in 1770 would they understand?
Just a point of order, but where I'm from, being called a "cracker" is a term to be worn with pride. It is not derogatory in any way.- HudsonHawk
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
