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  1. HudsonHawk

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I guess I'm completely out of the loop. I have no clue who that person in the picture is.
  2. HudsonHawk

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    "Fathers" = Padres. "Padre" is just Spanish for "father".
  3. HudsonHawk

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    You'll still here this occassionally today. The Pirates are still the "Bucs", the Cardinals the "Redbirds", and the Indians the "Tribe". You'll also sometimes hear "Pale Hose", "North/South Siders", and the "Fathers" in addition to "BoSox" or "ChiSox". And don't Red Sox fans refer to the Yankees...
  4. HudsonHawk

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    My mother always used the phrase "cut a dido" when we were misbehaving. Dad used to say we were "making monkeyshines". I still use the latter all the time.
  5. HudsonHawk

    Smokers and Hat Wearers

    When I was in school in the 80s we had a smoking section. You couldn't have facial hair or your hair couldn't touch you collar, but you could smoke on campus.
  7. HudsonHawk

    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    My first crush was on my third grade teacher, Miss Martin. What a doll. She was in her first year right out of school, and I must have been holy hell trying to impress her. Probably made her rethink wanting to be a teacher. So she was early 20s, I was about 9...I bet she's still all that and a...
  8. HudsonHawk

    This or That

    That's not how the game works. You can't just restart in the middle.
  9. HudsonHawk

    This or That

    Mashed Potatoes...definitely. Chet Huntley or David Brinkley?
  10. HudsonHawk

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    In the industrial parts of Houston near the refineries and chemical plants (Pasadena, Deer Park, LaPorte, etc) they have warning sirens and a broadcast system for use in the event of a chemical release. They test them weekly, so you can still hear the siren go off at noon on Thursdays. And...
  11. HudsonHawk

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    This is true for most subjects. You can find "cocktail party knowledge" of just about anything on Google, but finding advanced information requires a much deeper search.
  13. HudsonHawk

    This or That

    Halliburton. Straight steal or hit-and-run?
  14. HudsonHawk

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    Tests like the above are often circulated among the internet crowd as some sort of proof that we are dumber now than we were 100 years ago. "Most adults today couldn't pass the old-time 8th grade test", they claim. Well, the fact is, even fewer adults in 1912 could pass this test, and most...
  15. HudsonHawk

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    That one is hard to forget.
  16. HudsonHawk

    Past Lives and Einstein's Theory of Spooky Science at a Distance...

    I'm not sure I understand what's not clear. I suggested that it's often easier to try to poke holes at someone else's creations than to come up with one of your own. It's what gives us music critics and sports writers. What's wrong with discussing cherry pie? All work and no play makes Jack a...
  17. HudsonHawk

    Adult men and outsticking (T-/Polo-/Man's-)shirts - a classic controversial point?

    Comfort is about familiarity. Most of us here would be more "comfortable" in a coat and tie than in gangster attire with our drawers hanging out, despite perhaps the latter being less restrictive in the crotch region. And I agree with your comments about the lack of respect for an educator who...
  19. HudsonHawk

    Past Lives and Einstein's Theory of Spooky Science at a Distance...

    Perhaps it's more accurate to say it's easier to criticize than it is to put forth any credible understanding of a subject. In fact, that's probably demonstrated daily on internet forums ranging from quantum mechanics to how to bake a cherry pie.
  20. HudsonHawk

    Past Lives and Einstein's Theory of Spooky Science at a Distance...

    Yeah...all good stuff, but there's a lot going on here.
  21. HudsonHawk

    Past Lives and Einstein's Theory of Spooky Science at a Distance...

    This thread is quickly becoming one of my "Most Disturbing Realizations".
  22. HudsonHawk

    Smokers and Hat Wearers

    Yes, the country would survive a ban on tobacco. The country also survived the ban on alcohol and oral sex. That doesn't mean I want either criminalized again. I just have a hard time with "I believe in freedom of how to live one's life...except for [insert thing you don't like]". But your...
  23. HudsonHawk

    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    "If you want to be a good blues singer, dress like you're goin' to the bank to borrow money." - Booker T. Washington "Bukka" White

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