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Post by DumDave on Nov 16, 2007 11:35:33 GMT -6
Out of the 30+ houses we looked at while we were here in Sept., this was the ONLY one that I came up from the basement & told Mom...."There is absolutely nothing wrong with this house. From the top of the new roof to the new elec. service in the DRY basement." We had a favorite Aunt & Uncle in West Chicago that had a house almost just like this, so we knew what it would be like just the two of us. I do have plans to set up my wood shop in the basement & Mom wants to set up some sort of special office /place for herself in the basment. The best way to put it is that is cozy -Dave
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Post by JessWunman on Nov 16, 2007 14:47:16 GMT -6
I never noticed his ears either... bluestar7, I should set the record straight for poor Yanni. That isn't really his ear. I stuck it on him so that I could spoof DD's comment with "getting Yanni ears", as opposed to "getting on in years". Mr. Yanni actually has very well-proportioned ears. files.myopera.com/hieu49xf/blog/yanni.jpg
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Post by BlueStar7 on Nov 16, 2007 18:00:29 GMT -6
I never noticed his ears either... bluestar7, I should set the record straight for poor Yanni. That isn't really his ear. I stuck it on him so that I could spoof DD's comment with "getting Yanni ears", as opposed to "getting on in years". Mr. Yanni actually has very well-proportioned ears. files.myopera.com/hieu49xf/blog/yanni.jpgI really didn't think you were serious, I just didn't add a wink. I don't care about a talented's, (or for that matter, anyone's) physical appearances...just them...
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Post by JessWunman on Nov 30, 2007 18:23:42 GMT -6
...all I know is hanging around the Mackey Cemetery drinkin beer as a teenie bop... -Dave ;D... I never knew where it was until Ms Wunman and I stumbled upon DD's old drinkin spot during yesterday's sunset drive. A couple of months ago, my great-aunt (by marriage) provided me with some family history info. Apparently, some of her ancestors are buried there. So... as it turns out, DD, Job, and I each have some sort of connection to this little "boot hill". (The graves of Job's relatives have headstones. The graves of my great-aunt's relatives are adorned with rusty old PBR cans from the 60's!)
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Post by Job on Nov 30, 2007 19:20:13 GMT -6
DD took me to this graveyard a couple of years ago. In fact, I took a few pictures of it, but I am too lazy to dig them out. From some of the tombstones, I got the idea that it was an old graveyard.
The one thing I remember about that place was a very old sign there; I could hardly read it. However, I remember even today what it said: "Beware ye transplants from the North. If you trod upon these hallowed grounds, the wind will always be in your face."
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Post by JessWunman on Dec 1, 2007 12:23:38 GMT -6
...a very old sign there; I could hardly read it. However, I remember even today what it said: "Beware ye transplants from the North. If you trod upon these hallowed grounds, the wind will always be in your face." You're right Job, that sign is very hard to read. I had to raise my lantern, and get very close. It actually says... "Beware ye expatriates to the North. If you trod upon these hallowed grounds, the wind will always be in your face." They say that aloe vera is a good remedy for windburn. Have you tried it? ;D
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Post by Job on Dec 2, 2007 18:24:58 GMT -6
Of course, you read it wrong Jess. When I first read that sign, I was astounded. I concluded that the early pioneers here must have been students of the Anglican Church. To put it politely, they ripped off the "wind in your face" line from an earlier day. When Thomas a' Becket was assassinated, the first stab was from a guy named Traci. The Church issued the following edict about the Traci family: “Wherever by sea or land they go, the wind in their face shall ever blow.”
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Post by JessWunman on Dec 7, 2007 10:45:46 GMT -6
This fuzzy pic was taken in 1941, in my grandparents' lunch room / barber shop. It was located on the site of this parking lot. They operated the business from about 1939-42. Can you imagine folks crowded around the radio in this tiny cafe, sixty-six years ago tomorrow, listening to FDR's radio address about the attack on Pearl Harbor? Wonder if anyone has a picture of that building? (I only have the interior shot.) Calendar...
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Post by galsal on Dec 7, 2007 17:03:19 GMT -6
How did the business get it's name?
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Post by Stephanie on Dec 7, 2007 17:57:40 GMT -6
Wonder if anyone has a picture of that building? (I only have the interior shot.) What a keepsake! Thats really neat. There used to be a barbershop in my backyard. I've always wondered what that looked like way back when.
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Post by JessWunman on Dec 7, 2007 19:54:23 GMT -6
How did the business get it's name? I believe that my grandparents created the name.
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Post by DumDave on Dec 10, 2007 12:56:10 GMT -6
That is really neat!
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Post by John on Dec 16, 2007 22:32:44 GMT -6
Jess, in the early 30s, that address was a grocery store. In fact, the entire 800 block was all grocers and a dairy.
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Post by John on Mar 23, 2008 7:29:49 GMT -6
100 block of North Monroe St. Then (1900, the post office was built the following year in 1901) Now (03/23/2008)
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Post by Stephanie on Mar 23, 2008 9:25:55 GMT -6
I like the way it used to look much better.
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