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  1. ChiTownScion

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Saw Alto Knights with Robert DeNiro as both Vito Genevese and Frank Costello this week. I love movies about the Mob, particularly those based on actual events. I enjoyed this one: it references Genovese's return to the US and establishment of his Manhattan narcotics racket, the Albert Anastasia...
  2. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

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    The Calendar Is Ticking

    I'm on 10 mgs of Lisinopril daily. Haven't noticed any drowsiness.
  4. ChiTownScion

    The Calendar Is Ticking

    Were you put on medication to treat it?
  5. ChiTownScion

    Today in History

    The guy that I wanted to see at the end of a rope was Roland Freisler, chief judge of the so- called People's Court. Killed in a 1945 air raid. Because he had once sworn to uphold enforcing the law with fairness and impartiality, I regarded him as especially culpable. What he did to the White...
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    Why vintage?

    This was in the late 1940's. A friend's sister (toddler) pulled a pot of boiling water off the stove and severely burned herself. Taken to the local hospital and after treatment, was held overnight. Parents went in to visit the next day and were told at the reception desk that their little girl...
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    The 80s, myth and reality?

    Personally? For me the 1980's were epic. It was the decade in which: - I received my law degree. -Passed my bar exam on the first shot. -Got to experience skiing in Aspen. -Bought my first car, after relying upon public transit for decades. - Got my dream job that I ended up holding for over 30...
  9. ChiTownScion

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    A friend who lived there used to call up local radio talk shows in the voice of a Yat character that he invented named Angelo Robicheaux. He'd clean up his Angelo act by eliminating profanity for the radio, omitting the f-bomb that he would drop in every other sentence otherwise. Evidently, the...
  10. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    Forgive my ignorance but how did Harold Teen make Petty Officer Second Class during his very brief time in (thus far)? I know there's a war on and that advancement in some of the services can be rapid, but hasn't he been in for less than a year?
  11. 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?
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    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...
  14. 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.
  15. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    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.
  16. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

  17. ChiTownScion

    The Era -- Day By Day

    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...
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    The Era -- Day By Day

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    The Era -- Day By Day

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

    When was the first time, you questioned mankind?

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

    The Era -- Day By Day

    The Goofy and Honey gags are okay, but I really wish that we'd get back to more of Harold and Lillums.
  23. 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.

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