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  1. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    No No more dopey than the 60's tune, "My Boy Lollipop." I've been a sucker for a few women over the decades, but never their "Boy Lollipop." Did I miss a defining life experience?
  2. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    A never- ending source of contention between my wife and I. She insists that she can check groceries out faster than an employee, and I'm of the opinion that self- serve checkouts result in job losses. The rub is that they charge ten cents per bag unless you bring your own reusable bags- which...
  3. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Andy Rooney made that same observation about the British press of 80 years ago in his World War II autobio, My War.
  4. ChiTownScion

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    There's a war on and labor is scarce. Well-paying defense jobs are out there. So why would anyone- including Alec "Shadow" Smart- put up with an employer who constantly addresses him as, "panty waist?" No amount of ice cream perks is worth THAT.
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    YE Olde Spoiler Alert. Coderre entered a plea of guilty to Second Degree Murder after his trial had commenced. He was sentenced thirty to life. Fourteen years later he was trying to have his plea withdrawn and the case set for a new trial. One of the arguments he raised was (in summary) that...
  7. ChiTownScion

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  8. ChiTownScion

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    That fine line between "plucky and precocious" and "bossy and abrasive."
  9. ChiTownScion

    When was the first time, you questioned mankind?

    November 22, 1963. My childhood ended that day.
  10. ChiTownScion

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    The Goofy and Honey gags are okay, but I really wish that we'd get back to more of Harold and Lillums.
  11. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I'm told that there are towns on the ocean where one can purchase tuna that was caught that day as well. I'll have to check it out.
  12. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Just a personal thing, really. My wife is an excellent cook. Two of my favorite entrees that she is very good at preparing are prime rib, and poached salmon. However, she seems to lack confidence and worries needlessly over her results. And that's odd to me: in 38 years of marriage, I have...
  13. ChiTownScion

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    And that Little Kid Picking Up Adult Language thing does play out in real time. My son was about 18 months old, scooting around on his little riding locomotive , wearing only a diaper, when a wood floor barrier between the dining room and the living room stopped him in his tracks (literally). I...
  14. ChiTownScion

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    Ever since you mentioned Little Iodine, Lizzie, I cannot get that image out of my head.
  15. ChiTownScion

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    My amateur opinion but... doesn't Dottie remind you of Baby Snooks?
  16. ChiTownScion

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    In the fulfillment of a life's long dream, I've just returned from a two-week trip in London that exceeded all positive expectations. But now back to reality: catching up on the adventures of Annie and Harold Teen.
  17. ChiTownScion

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    This took place in Albany Oregon: about an hour and a half from where I live. Here's a book on the case you might want to read: The Color of Night: Race, Railroaders and Murder in the Wartime West, by Max. G. Geier. ISBN 9780870718205. The interesting aspect is that using the railroad cook as a...
  18. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    My two cents worth on the whole "taking the Lord's name in vain" thing. The prohibition was originally transcribed in Hebrew, and the name itself was originally given and transcribed in Hebrew. And just as the names of Anthony, Thomas, and John do not morph into Antonio, Tomas, or Juan the...
  19. ChiTownScion

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    Jamison v. Texas, 318 U.S. 413, 63 S. Ct. 669, 87 L. Ed. 869; and Largent v. Texas, 318 U.S. 418,63 S.Ct. 667, 87 L. Ed. 873. Spoiler Alert! But wait! There's more (in 1943 Supreme Court cases involving the Witnesses). On June 14 the Supreme Court will publish its opinion in West...

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