Recent content by Chas

I got butkus. Some money from their estate, sitting in mutual funds and will go to a down payment on a house when I can bring myself to settle down but my sibs pretty much got all the nice stuff from Mum and Dad when they passed. I inherited a dysfunctional attitude toward relationships...

Lester Young? or Coleman Hawkins?

I was in Paris an absolutely loved it. Musee d'Orsay already mentioned- I would add Pere LeChaise cemetery, Les Invalides and the tomb of Napoleon; great military museum. Musee de la Orangerie and it's collection of impressionist art works. Montmarte, Ile de St. Louis, The Catacombs. For my...

They obviously picked their targets. If they had killed Russians or Frenchmen there would have been retaliations, you can be sure of that.

I'm digging on Leo Marjane at the moment. She's still among us, at 100 years; she sang for a pro-German radio station, which didn't endear her to her public. (hands up, everybody who hasn't made a bad decision) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=via0kHcEV1A

Not all profiteers wore suits. If it was my brother talking rot like that, I think I'd be tempted to mail him back a bloody bandage. Not that that would make it past the censor.

Interestingly enough, when I found a "Mammy" wall-mounted note pad in an antique mall, the vendor told me that she sold a lot of that old Afro-Americana antique stuff to African Americans. I'm not sure why, exactly but that is something worth looking into. EDIT: Apparently, it's about...

If it hasn't been mentioned before, the miniseries "Wish Me Luck" isn't bad.

Yes, please do. I'd like to see those. I get my hackles up whenever I hear or read about Patton "rescuing" the 101st. Don't ever ever say that in front of a 101st Vet - you'll get an earful. It's one of those monumental bull***t stories of WW2. Not one of the 101st ever felt the need to be...

As the last set-piece battle in the European war (and in all likelihood the last ever) it makes for interesting reading. I watched the first 30 seconds of the doco before blowing it off- I loathe those actor/dramatization scenes (that guy doesn't look remotely like Bradley and the stand-in for...

Messy Nessy Chic has the best artices for the 'vintage-minded'. I hate that word....vintage.... however I think that "Retro" is even worse. But enough about me. A restored 1920's/30's General Store

I've heard this same story from a number of people. It was far more common than what's generally admitted to. As far as the OP goes, I'm a feminist; I believe in choice, with the caveat that one takes responsibility for one's choices. If you choose career over kids, then please don't whinge...

I can't say any more. I'm speechless. Rotting Treasures

A copy of Homer's Iliad published in 1793 and has been in the family for a long, long time.

Hey, I am "lightened up." I enjoy a lively debate more than most (and definitely more than some here in the FL). So what you are essentially saying is that for a time the FM2 was the most successful a/c that the Allies had in the Pacific (and possibly the war). You could be right, I don't...