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  1. HudsonHawk

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    We have little one-person rooms with a phone at the office. They're called "touchdown rooms". It's a place where guests or even co-workers can go and sort of be in the cone of silence to make a call.
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    Can you wear your hat in YOUR vehicle?

    Can't wear one in my Jeep Wrangler (2000), without the top off. And I know what you mean about the back of your hat on the seat, but from a safety perspective, you're not supposed to be able to wear a hat in a car. The head rest/restraint should be only an inch or two away from the back of...
  3. HudsonHawk

    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    It was not uncommon, at least in the South, for a widower to marry his wife's younger sister. This was especially true if Little Sister was still fairly young and could bear children. If a man was widowed early in life, it was almost expected that he simply went to the next sister on the list...
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    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    I don't take pride in it as much as I find the stories interesting, from a historical perspective. Who you *think* are your ancestors pretty much goes out the window within five generations for most people anyway. Adultery and pre-marital sex didn't begin in the 20th Century.
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    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    If you're alive today, the number of your ancestors exceeds the total population of the earth beginning around the year 1400. Not only are we all related, but it doesn't even go all that far back.
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    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    I've done a little genealogy, and most peoples' in the US verifiable ancestry ends somewhere around 1700 or later. However, there are many speculations and people like to extrapolate, based on evidence, but not definitive. One that I've pointed out to my mother is that I have traced her...
  8. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Most US law is based on English common law (except in Louisiana where it gets really crazy with that Napoleonic Code stuff), including the Magna Carta, which is no surprise, considering the Founding Fathers were born British subjects. It's so ingrained, in fact, that many Americans mistakenly...
  9. HudsonHawk

    The Fall of the Moustache

    I think I've seen you before!!
  10. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Ouch. Sorry if I was flippant about the use of profanity, but that goes well beyond mere swearing or "colorful" language.
  11. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I have no quibble with the way administrators moderate their sites. It's their sandbox, I'm just allowed to play in it. I'm just admitting that I've spent half my life in a baseball dugout, I'm not only used to profanity, but it has this odd sort of soothing quality for me.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Man, I always miss the good stuff.
  14. HudsonHawk

    Why did we make ourselves into walking advertisements?

    Sure. Those moments are what keeps us coming back for more. And there are plenty of guys who are remembered for hitting those big home runs...Thomson, Carter...ummm...dare I say it...Bucky Dent [*ducks*]. But not everyone shrugs it off. As Lizzie mentions, Branca forever had to answer for...
  15. HudsonHawk

    Why did we make ourselves into walking advertisements?

    Its interesting how pitchers are often remembered for one ignominious moment, giving up a memorable hit or home run, despite having solid, if not admirable big league careers. Root, Branca, Downing, Show, Williams...Dramatic moments like that bring out the best baseball has to offer, but it...
  16. HudsonHawk

    The Fall of the Moustache

    More than one writer has speculated that this is the reason for the downfall of the stache: This is what your mustache wants to be when it grows up. But it wont be. It's an impossible dream for most men. As a result, the mustache was relegated to comedic effect, such as:
  17. HudsonHawk

    Why did we make ourselves into walking advertisements?

    Most accounts from those close enough to actually know all pretty much say Ruth was simply giving it right back to Root. Frank Crosetti says that Ruth sat next to him in the dugout afterward and said something to the effect of "of course I didn't point, but if those [expletives] want to think...
  19. HudsonHawk

    Why did we make ourselves into walking advertisements?

    Possibly. Either way it's not an infringement of his Constitutional rights to think so. False dichotomy. Being an ass or a soulless robot are not the only options. I get that some people like the over the top, look at me celebrations and gamesmanship. I'm not one of them. Your mileage may vary...
  20. HudsonHawk

    Why did we make ourselves into walking advertisements?

    The 1st Amendment doesn't absolve someone of being a jackass. Again, I just have a hard time believing that the reason you got a base bit was because God likes you better than the pitcher. But perhaps they've removed "pride" from then deadly sin list in the more hip versions.
  21. HudsonHawk

    You know you are getting old when:

    Growing up Southern Baptist in the South, the minister was always referred to as "Brother first name", as in "Brother Earl" or "Brother Bill". No one ever used "reverend". Ever. Sometimes in casual conversation and if you knew him well, you might call him "Preacher", but that was about it. He...
  22. HudsonHawk

    You know you are getting old when:

    While I understand you point, and agree with you to an extent, it's important to remember that such a prism didn't form in a vacuum. It's stems from very specific gender roles and expectations, which not everyone found so respectful. It's easy for us men to write off a woman's response to a...
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    You know you are getting old when:

    Chile Rellenos are a staple here, often fried, but also roasted. We use poblanos though, as bell peppers are too mild.

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