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  1. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    A lot of things were better "back in the day," but model railroading really wasn't one of them. No standard couplers, everything of quality had to be handmade, etc. In HO scale, outside third rails were common. That looks great if you're modelling a rapid transit system, but silly with a steam...
  2. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    And of course, the reason that the pink and baby blue color schemes on Lionel equipment for little girls flopped is because girls who really wanted to run trains wanted the same reality as their male contemporaries. And that "Katy" boxcar mentioned in the ad? That references an actual era...
  3. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    It really is a Father Thing. For some of us more than others. My son was three when I followed the advice, "Get him the cheapest and simplest Lionel set that you can." Just a locomotive, two cars and a caboose. The kid would push it around the track without plugging in the transformer. Like...
  4. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    Lena is so over the top that it's hard to take her seriously as an antagonist.
  5. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    The longshoreman in my family (by marriage) is more of the gentle giant type. In his day he'd fly LAX to NYC just to take in a performance or two of the Met. But let's face it: Lena the Meddling Battle Axe is one of those antagonists we've grown to love to hate.
  7. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    Lana would have been my first choice as well, but as we know, this isn't a perfect world. Besides, Lillums presents more comedy options.
  8. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    The one who worked as a longshoreman?
  9. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    "Lana?" Too good to be true. More likely, Lillums.
  10. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    "Tell me, what were their names? Tell me, what were their names? Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?" "Many years have passed, and still I wonder, why, The worst of men must fight and the best of men must die."
  11. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    I've always said (in regard to that particular tune, the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin) that the only way that it would be performed at MY wedding would be if we could get a chorus to perform it in German with full orchestral accompaniment, the way that the good Lord and Richard Wagner intended...
  13. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    I can enumerate a few. Got a minute?
  14. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I cannot imagine any bottle of wine being worth $6,499.97. A two or three dollar bottle of Charles Shaw from Trader Joe's may not impress your girlfriend's parents, but I'd suggest that there are many means between the extremes.
  15. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    TWO BUCK CHUCK !!!
  16. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Trader Joe's has a pretty decent inhouse label of the stuff. Not sure how the price compares to the top shelf Aussie variety, but I find it tasty.
  17. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    If Timothy pursues a relationship with Veronica with what he knows now, the Teen family should petition to have him declared mentally incompetent. May/ December relationships are rarely without ulterior motive on the part of at least one party, but what we have here goes beyond mere garden...
  19. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    You don't have to be the Great Carnac to predict that tomorrow's (Sunday) Harold Teen strip will, odds on, have Shadow peddling Sizzle Pups.... but I could be wrong. I've been wrong before.
  20. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    Timothy, this is not the hill you want to die upon. Recall the not- quite- so- old saying: "Never run after a woman or a bus. Another one will be along soon enough."
  21. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    Methinks that Grandpa Tim is about to involuntarily hear some hurtful stuff. Better now than later, obviously, but he still seems like a kind old guy who doesn't deserve the grief.
  22. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    No love lost for Veronica from me, pal, but I'm gonna be honest. The only one who can make you into a bum is you. Get a grip, man: don't just get angry. Get smart AND angry.
  23. ChiTownScion

    Life, or Look?

    Prosser's Torts, Corbin's Contracts, and two editions of Black's. Toss 'em in my casket when I go.

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