Olyimpics ... wow
 

On Aug 25, 1:23*pm, hk wrote:
D.Duck wrote:
"DownTime" wrote in message
...
RPSIII wrote:
* When I was a kid we used to eat liver at least once a month. *Beef
liver
sucked, but chicken liver was tasty.
To this day, just the smell of liver brings back a bad childhood memory
and the ole gag reflex kicks in.

That's funny, my gag reflex only kicks in with asparagus.

Mine doesn't; I love Cantonese-style duck with asparagus.

Yeah, and you chastise other people here when they mention food that's
not healthy......idiot.

Olyimpics ... wow
 

"hk" wrote in message
. ..
D.Duck wrote:
"DownTime" wrote in message
...
RPSIII wrote:
When I was a kid we used to eat liver at least once a month. Beef
liver
sucked, but chicken liver was tasty.
To this day, just the smell of liver brings back a bad childhood memory
and the ole gag reflex kicks in.

That's funny, my gag reflex only kicks in with asparagus.




Mine doesn't; I love Cantonese-style duck with asparagus.

I have a great come back for that one, but I have self control.

Olyimpics ... wow
 

"John H." salmonremovebait@gmaildotcom wrote in message
...
On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:00:26 -0700, "Calif Bill"

wrote:


"John H." salmonremovebait@gmaildotcom wrote in message
. ..
On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:24:13 -0400, RPSIII wrote:

Calif Bill wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
...
D.Duck wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message
...
"John H." salmonremovebait@gmaildotcom wrote in message
...

It's easy to tell the difference between a grass stain and goose
****
on a
golf ball.

Goose **** tastes better when it's licked off the ball.
I knew there was a reason I never took up golf.

That's just plain disgusting.

Eisboch
Haven't you ever tried foir gras? Oh, that's goose LIVER. Sorry.

It's foie gras, and it can be *duck* liver, too. :)

Still the sewage plant of the animal.



When I was a kid we used to eat liver at least once a month. Beef liver
sucked, but chicken liver was tasty.

There is a restaurant in Springfield that has liver on the menu. Great
stuff, smothered in onions with some bacon therein.

Why ruin bacon and onions?


Shame on you. You probably don't like beef heart or pork headcheese
either.

Heart and headcheese have two things going for it. Both taste OK and
neither are a sewage plant.

Olyimpics ... wow
 

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:46:17 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


Did you play in any Chicago parks?

Avalon Park. 83rd and Avalon.
That's a bit east of Stony Island Ave.
Like I said though, "fieldhouse champ."
Nothing organized.
The only other parks I used was Jackson Park, where
I went to day camp as a small kid, Russel Square for swimming
as a kid (83rd and S. Shore Drive), and later as an adult Kozcuiusko
Park on Diversey near Pulaski. Swimming, watching League softball,
and setting off fireworks on the 4th.
Played pickup softball at some other north side parks, but don't
remember the names.

--Vic

I played a lot of ping pong in the 60s at Jefferson Park on the far NW side,
Irving and Central (?).. We only had about half a dozen regulars, not
really enough for a tournament. We played mostly doubles. I really enjoyed
it, but caliber of play was not *quite* up to the Chinese. 8).

About the same time I got pretty heavily involved in racket ball at the YMCA
in Park Ridge. Again no tourney stuff but lots of fun and a terrific
workout. My BIL was State amateur champ some time in late 60s.

Olyimpics ... wow
 

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
m...

"John H." salmonremovebait@gmaildotcom wrote in message
...
On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:00:26 -0700, "Calif Bill"

wrote:


"John H." salmonremovebait@gmaildotcom wrote in message
...
On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:24:13 -0400, RPSIII wrote:

Calif Bill wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
...
D.Duck wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message
...
"John H." salmonremovebait@gmaildotcom wrote in message
...

It's easy to tell the difference between a grass stain and goose
****
on a
golf ball.

Goose **** tastes better when it's licked off the ball.
I knew there was a reason I never took up golf.

That's just plain disgusting.

Eisboch
Haven't you ever tried foir gras? Oh, that's goose LIVER. Sorry.

It's foie gras, and it can be *duck* liver, too. :)

Still the sewage plant of the animal.



When I was a kid we used to eat liver at least once a month. Beef
liver
sucked, but chicken liver was tasty.

There is a restaurant in Springfield that has liver on the menu. Great
stuff, smothered in onions with some bacon therein.

Why ruin bacon and onions?


Shame on you. You probably don't like beef heart or pork headcheese
either.

Heart and headcheese have two things going for it. Both taste OK and
neither are a sewage plant.

Heart, OK (really good for you 8). Headcheese, think that's reclaimed
sewage. 8)

Olyimpics ... wow
 

D.Duck wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..
D.Duck wrote:
"DownTime" wrote in message
...
RPSIII wrote:
When I was a kid we used to eat liver at least once a month. Beef
liver
sucked, but chicken liver was tasty.
To this day, just the smell of liver brings back a bad childhood memory
and the ole gag reflex kicks in.
That's funny, my gag reflex only kicks in with asparagus.


Mine doesn't; I love Cantonese-style duck with asparagus.

I have a great come back for that one, but I have self control.





quack, quack, quack.

Olyimpics ... wow
 

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:57:04 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

I played a lot of ping pong in the 60s at Jefferson Park on the far NW side,
Irving and Central (?).

Sounds right. My dentist was at Irving & Ausitn and there was a big
park nearby. In fact I think it went to Austin.

. We only had about half a dozen regulars, not
really enough for a tournament. We played mostly doubles. I really enjoyed
it, but caliber of play was not *quite* up to the Chinese. 8).

It was fun to watch the Chinese. They're good. We played only
singles, and there were some long volleys, usually ending when one
player hit a slow high/slow one which got slammed.

About the same time I got pretty heavily involved in racket ball at the YMCA
in Park Ridge. Again no tourney stuff but lots of fun and a terrific
workout. My BIL was State amateur champ some time in late 60s.

First racquet ball court I ever saw was in the Monroe Street Naval
Armory when I doing reserves in the mid-70's.
I played a couple times and managed to get out uninjured.
Man, that game winded me.
One sailor got hit square in the eye by the ball on a Saturday
and on Sunday had the biggest shiner I ever saw.
Ping pong is safer
There was a Y on Irving & Keeler, probably still there.
I'm through Park Ridge on the way to my dentist who's on Cumberland
and Higgins now, but never saw the Y there. I go down Greenwood and a
piece of Cumberland.
Used to get a room in the Y when I was on the move. Probably spent
a couple months total in them. Chicago, Manhattan, Portland, Oregon.
Checked that Y on Irving when I moved to the North Side to be near my
girlfriend, but they had a waiting list so I got an apartment - and
married.

--Vic

Olyimpics ... wow
 

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:50:03 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"hk" wrote in message
...
D.Duck wrote:
"DownTime" wrote in message
...
RPSIII wrote:
When I was a kid we used to eat liver at least once a month. Beef
liver
sucked, but chicken liver was tasty.
To this day, just the smell of liver brings back a bad childhood memory
and the ole gag reflex kicks in.

That's funny, my gag reflex only kicks in with asparagus.

Mine doesn't; I love Cantonese-style duck with asparagus.

I have a great come back for that one, but I have self control.

Ah come on - let it fly - self control be damned.

Olyimpics ... wow
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:50:03 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"hk" wrote in message
m...
D.Duck wrote:
"DownTime" wrote in message
...
RPSIII wrote:
When I was a kid we used to eat liver at least once a month. Beef
liver
sucked, but chicken liver was tasty.
To this day, just the smell of liver brings back a bad childhood
memory
and the ole gag reflex kicks in.

That's funny, my gag reflex only kicks in with asparagus.

Mine doesn't; I love Cantonese-style duck with asparagus.

I have a great come back for that one, but I have self control.

Ah come on - let it fly - self control be damned.

No way, I don't want to bring down the wrath of the Great Orator on me.

Olyimpics ... wow
 

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:57:04 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

I played a lot of ping pong in the 60s at Jefferson Park on the far NW
side,
Irving and Central (?).

Sounds right. My dentist was at Irving & Ausitn and there was a big
park nearby. In fact I think it went to Austin.

. We only had about half a dozen regulars, not
really enough for a tournament. We played mostly doubles. I really
enjoyed
it, but caliber of play was not *quite* up to the Chinese. 8).

It was fun to watch the Chinese. They're good. We played only
singles, and there were some long volleys, usually ending when one
player hit a slow high/slow one which got slammed.

About the same time I got pretty heavily involved in racket ball at the
YMCA
in Park Ridge. Again no tourney stuff but lots of fun and a terrific
workout. My BIL was State amateur champ some time in late 60s.

First racquet ball court I ever saw was in the Monroe Street Naval
Armory when I doing reserves in the mid-70's.
I played a couple times and managed to get out uninjured.
Man, that game winded me.
One sailor got hit square in the eye by the ball on a Saturday
and on Sunday had the biggest shiner I ever saw.
Ping pong is safer
There was a Y on Irving & Keeler, probably still there.
I'm through Park Ridge on the way to my dentist who's on Cumberland
and Higgins now, but never saw the Y there. I go down Greenwood and a
piece of Cumberland.
Used to get a room in the Y when I was on the move. Probably spent
a couple months total in them. Chicago, Manhattan, Portland, Oregon.
Checked that Y on Irving when I moved to the North Side to be near my
girlfriend, but they had a waiting list so I got an apartment - and
married.

--Vic

I always wore sport goggles when playing racquetball. It was bad enough to
get hit anywhere on the body, the welts could last for weeks. First rule
was always face the front wall when someone was hitting behind you. And
your right, when you get involved in racquetball it can really get the
cardiovascular system pumping.

My first owned home after marrying was located just East of your dentist in
the Harlem/Higgins vicinity.

In the late 40s ~ early 50's I went to the Y on Keeler and Central. Went
there most every Saturday during the winter months.

The Park Ridge Y I'm referring to, if I remember correctly, is/was on the NW
Highway maybe a mile or two East of Greenwood. Also I think the Park Ridge
Country Club backed up to Greenwood at NW Hwy. Caddied there for a couple
of years at about 12 ~ 13 years of age. My childhood home was very close to
Harlem and Touhy. Peddled my bike to the CC on Saturdays and Sundays.
Funny thing, at that time caddies could play for free on Mondays, but I
never took up the game till after college. Now it's a passion. I find
myself golfing more than my second passion, fishing, now a days.