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  1. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

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

    The Era -- Day By Day

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

    The Era -- Day By Day

    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.
  4. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    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...
  5. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

  7. 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...
  8. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    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...
  9. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    Perhaps it has its upside. By 1943, if Harold was fourteen (I'm guessing at the low end of secondary school age here: correct me if I'm off.) when the strip began in 1919, he would have been 38 years old. Clearly, the Sugar Bowl gang doesn't age in real time. But let's assume that it's...
  10. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    What amazes me is how dark the story can get. Lighthearted youthful frolics are not the only part of the universe depicted in the strip.
  11. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    I detect the scent of airborne manure about to hit the proverbial ventilator... but I have been wrong before when it comes to Lillums & Harold.
  13. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    "Skelton owes his entire career to Edna, who, as his writer and agent, essentially created his entire stage persona. She did not, however, write that traffic-light gag." No longer being a married man ultimately became the green light to Skelton being drafted. He and his studio fought his...
  14. ChiTownScion

    Are You Brave Enough to Share Your Prom Photos?

    I didn't attend my own prom but a year later I took my then-girlfriend to hers. Had a great time: rather than a rock band, that band played Big Band tunes and we loved dancing to them. "I'm still friends with my date of that night, almost 50 years later. If any photos of the two of us are "out...
  15. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    They tried to deport Harry Bridges in the 30's, 40's, and 50's and never succeeded. He headed the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) until 1977, and lived until 1990. For all of the Red baiting against him, the longshoremen of Long Beach/ Los Angeles do quite well in the...
  16. ChiTownScion

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    My wife just did a fix-it job on a bathroom door using toothpicks in a similar manner. Evidently a carpenter friend of mine had given her that tip years ago.
  17. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    Follow up on the Robert Folkes case. https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/conviction-of-robert-folkes/#.Y9WArcnMK3A
  19. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    We moved to a new state (in our sixties) and had to take a "written" (not behind- the- wheel) test to get our new licenses. I placed written in quotes because it's all computerized. The key to passing is knowing that you only need so many correct questions to pass. You skip the ones you can't...
  20. ChiTownScion

    Loungers' Pets

    Casey was given to us by my sister. She came up with a story about how she was going to move into a condo that prohibited pets and was looking to strangers at a family member's party to take him. We stepped up and the rest is history. When we took him home, we found that he had ear mites, a...
  21. ChiTownScion

    Loungers' Pets

    We've had to bid farewell to our two Pugs within two years: Chloe (the larger and older one) and Calvin. They developed spinal problems that not only impaired their mobility but also assured household messes. When a bad situation like that arises and there is no realistic likelihood that it's...
  22. ChiTownScion

    Loungers' Pets

    Sorry for your loss. I know how much you loved her.
  23. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    <Moe Szslak holding phone> "Amanda Huggenkiss?? I'm looking for Amanda Huggenkiss !!" <Barney Gumble> "Don't look at ME !!"

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