Now where can you find a faithful servent these days for only $17.98? Not in my neck of the woods!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Space Food Sticks
Do you remember these. I remember they had a weird paste like texture, but didn't taste that bad. We always bought peanut butter. Their marketing was way ahead of it's time - only 44 calories!
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
A House Sparrow's Day | By Dianne J Bell | Category: Fine Art Photography | Blurb
A House Sparrow's Day By Dianne J Bell Category: Fine Art Photography Blurb: "A House Sparrow's Day"
If your a birdwatcher or nature lover, my aunt's book is the one for you.
If your a birdwatcher or nature lover, my aunt's book is the one for you.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
Defunct Chicago Area Businesses
I made a couple of changes. I removed Lord & Taylor (I was informed they are still around). I also removed Orange Julius, since they are making a comeback in Chicago in 2008. Anyone have any to add?
Wiebolts
Main Street (now Kohl's)
Jack In The Box (still in other states and southern Illinois)
Chicken Delight ("Don't cook tonight, call Chicken Delight", still in other states)
Robert Hall
Winchell Donuts
Silo Electronics
Sounds Good Music
Flipside Records
Pacific Stereo
Mayflower Supermarket
Kohls Supermarket
Standard Gas Stations
Handy Andy Home Improvments
Service Merchandise
McDades
United Audio
Fotomat
Montgomery Wards
M&R Movie Theaters
Plitt Movie Theathers
Wags Restaurants (they had the best Patty-Melts)
Woolworths
Kresges
Ames Dept. Stores
JoJo's Restaurants
Venture
Turnstyle
Polk Brothers (who remembers the Polk-A-Lay-Lee, a huge sitar looking ukelalee)
Poppin' Fresh Pies (now Baker's Square)
Morrie Mages Sporting Goods
Bosa Donuts
Franks Nursery and Crafts
A&P Foods
Kroch and Brentanos Bookstore
Crown Books
National Tea
Jewel Tea (now just Jewel)
Madigans Clothing
Bargin Town (now Toys 'R Us)
Dog N' Suds Drive-Ins
Sinclair Gas Stations
Yankee Doodle Dandy Fast Food
Chas. A Stevens Clothing
Highland Electronics
Big Boy Restaurants
Amoco Gas Stations
Community Discount
Kroger Foods
Playback Electronics (I used to buy all my car stereos and 8 tracks there)
Cock Robin Ice Cream
BJ's Warehouse Club
Pacific Stereo
Shakey's Pizza (sing along pizza place, follow the bouncing ball)
Ponderosa Steak House
Bonnanza Steak House
Ground Round
Chicken Unlimited
Goldblatts
Thom Mcann Shoes
Zayre
Lee Wards Crafts
Arthur Treachers Fish & Chips
Sizzlers
Texaco Gas Stations
Purple Martin Gas Stations
Ground Round Restaurants (throw your peanut shells on the floor)
Saxons Paint and Wallpaper
Mr Donut
Hot Sam Pretzels (only in malls)
Docktor's Pet Stores
Merry-Go-Round Clothing Stores
Amy Joy Donuts
Stuart Anderson's Cattle Company
Eggheads Software
Herman's Sporting goods
Builders Square (thanks for this one, I was going crazy trying to think of the name of this place. This was owned by KMart)
PharMor
Golden Bear Restaurants
Peppers Waterbeds
Thompson's
Wanzer Dairy
Steinberg Baum
Shoppers World
Omni Food Store
Highland Appliances
Galyans
Child World
Eagle Food
W.T. Grants E.J.Korvettes
HomeBase
Italian U-Boat Submarines
Topps
Marshall Fields (now Macy's)
Crabby Old Man Poem
This is something my uncle sent me, so I thought I would share.
CRABBY OLD MAN
When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a small hospital near Tampa , Florida , it was believed that he had nothing left of any value. Later, when the nurses were going through his meager possessions, they found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital. One nurse took her copy to Missouri . The old man's sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas edition of the News Magazine of the St. Louis Association for Mental Health. A slide presentation has also been made based on his simple, but eloquent, poem.
And this little old man, with nothing left to give to the world, is now the author of this "anonymous" poem winging across the Internet.
Crabby Old Man
What do you see nurses? ......What do you see?
What are you thinking......when you're looking at me?
A crabby old man, ....not very wise,
Uncertain of habit .......with faraway eyes?
Who dribbles his food.......and makes no reply.
When you say in a loud voice....."I do wish you'd try!"
Who seems not to notice .....the things that you do.
And forever is losing ............. a sock or shoe?
Who, resisting or not...........lets you do as you will,
With bathing and feeding ...... the long day to fill?
Is that what you're thinking? Is that what you see?
Then open your eyes, nurse......you're not looking at me.
I'll tell you who I am ...... as I sit here so still,
As I do at your bidding, .......as I eat at your will.
I'm a small child of Ten......with a father and mother,
Brothers and sisters .......who love one another
A young boy of Sixteen ..........with wings on his feet
Dreaming that soon now. ..........a lover he'll meet.
A groom soon at Twenty .........my heart gives a leap.
Remembering, the vows........that I promised to keep.
At Twenty-Five, now .......... I have young of my own.
Who need me to guide ........ and a secure happy home.
A man of Thirty ........ my young now grown fast,
Bound to each other ......... with ties that should last.
At Forty, my young sons ........have grown and are gone,
But my woman's beside me........to see I don't mourn.
At Fifty, once more, .......... babies play 'round my knee,
Again, we know children ......... my loved one and me.
Dark days are upon me ......... my wife is now dead.
I look at the future .............I shudder with dread.
For my young are all rearing ........young of their own.
And I think of the years...... and the love that I've known.
I'm now an old man.........and nature is cruel.
Tis jest to make old age .......look like a fool.
The body, it crumbles..........grace and vigor, depart.
There is now a stone........where I once had a heart.
But inside this old carcass ...... a young guy still dwells,
And now and again .........my battered heart swells.
I remember the joys.............. I remember the pain.
And I'm loving and living.......... ...life over again.
I think of the years ...all too few......gone too fast.
And accept the stark fact........that nothing can last.
So open your eyes, people ..........open and see..
Not a crabby old man. Look closer....see........ME!!
Remember this poem when you next meet an older person who you might
brush aside without looking at the young soul within.....we will all,
one day, be there, too!
CRABBY OLD MAN
When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a small hospital near Tampa , Florida , it was believed that he had nothing left of any value. Later, when the nurses were going through his meager possessions, they found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital. One nurse took her copy to Missouri . The old man's sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas edition of the News Magazine of the St. Louis Association for Mental Health. A slide presentation has also been made based on his simple, but eloquent, poem.
And this little old man, with nothing left to give to the world, is now the author of this "anonymous" poem winging across the Internet.
Crabby Old Man
What do you see nurses? ......What do you see?
What are you thinking......when you're looking at me?
A crabby old man, ....not very wise,
Uncertain of habit .......with faraway eyes?
Who dribbles his food.......and makes no reply.
When you say in a loud voice....."I do wish you'd try!"
Who seems not to notice .....the things that you do.
And forever is losing ............. a sock or shoe?
Who, resisting or not...........lets you do as you will,
With bathing and feeding ...... the long day to fill?
Is that what you're thinking? Is that what you see?
Then open your eyes, nurse......you're not looking at me.
I'll tell you who I am ...... as I sit here so still,
As I do at your bidding, .......as I eat at your will.
I'm a small child of Ten......with a father and mother,
Brothers and sisters .......who love one another
A young boy of Sixteen ..........with wings on his feet
Dreaming that soon now. ..........a lover he'll meet.
A groom soon at Twenty .........my heart gives a leap.
Remembering, the vows........that I promised to keep.
At Twenty-Five, now .......... I have young of my own.
Who need me to guide ........ and a secure happy home.
A man of Thirty ........ my young now grown fast,
Bound to each other ......... with ties that should last.
At Forty, my young sons ........have grown and are gone,
But my woman's beside me........to see I don't mourn.
At Fifty, once more, .......... babies play 'round my knee,
Again, we know children ......... my loved one and me.
Dark days are upon me ......... my wife is now dead.
I look at the future .............I shudder with dread.
For my young are all rearing ........young of their own.
And I think of the years...... and the love that I've known.
I'm now an old man.........and nature is cruel.
Tis jest to make old age .......look like a fool.
The body, it crumbles..........grace and vigor, depart.
There is now a stone........where I once had a heart.
But inside this old carcass ...... a young guy still dwells,
And now and again .........my battered heart swells.
I remember the joys.............. I remember the pain.
And I'm loving and living.......... ...life over again.
I think of the years ...all too few......gone too fast.
And accept the stark fact........that nothing can last.
So open your eyes, people ..........open and see..
Not a crabby old man. Look closer....see........ME!!
Remember this poem when you next meet an older person who you might
brush aside without looking at the young soul within.....we will all,
one day, be there, too!
Flame gun ad from 1972 - Boing Boing
Flame gun ad from 1972 - Boing Boing
I thought this was pretty funny. I really like the line - "So easy even your wife could use it". I guess they had to stop selling them due to high product liability insurance!
I thought this was pretty funny. I really like the line - "So easy even your wife could use it". I guess they had to stop selling them due to high product liability insurance!
Friday, January 11, 2008
Spotlight on the Great Chicago Artists of Yesterday
Chicago has been the birthplace of many great musical artists such as:
Styx
Chicago
Buckinghams
Cryan Shames
New Colony Six
Lou Rawls
Chaka Khan
Ral Donner
American Breed
Ides Of March
Survivor
REO Speedwagon
Here are a couple of old videos from the Buckinghams
Don't You Care
Kind Of A Drag
Styx
Chicago
Buckinghams
Cryan Shames
New Colony Six
Lou Rawls
Chaka Khan
Ral Donner
American Breed
Ides Of March
Survivor
REO Speedwagon
Here are a couple of old videos from the Buckinghams
Don't You Care
Kind Of A Drag
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