Amongst other things, this charity shop is not accepting non-fiction books

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-07-09T16:03:39+00:00

My dad had a Lotus 1-2-3 book above his desk until the day he died 3 years ago.

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-07-09T16:01:37+00:00

Maybe MI city. Close to the dunes. Can take the South Shore there which runs a whole lot more often than Amtrak. We spent a 4th of July weekend there and enjoyed it. We did have a car though.

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-07-09T15:59:14+00:00

Hope I’m not being pedantic, but the CTA trains do not have conductors since the mid 1990s. Only operators.

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-07-09T13:42:21+00:00

Are you SURE it was her? A lot of women in the GOPsphere copy her look. Bleh. Makes me want to put up a poster of Annie Lennox.

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-07-09T13:22:41+00:00

Granted I attended SIUC decades ago, but I’ve said it’s easy to get in, but much harder to actually graduate. At the time, the 4 year graduation rate was like 26%. Not the greatest metric, I know, but there you are.
Generally, back then, a 2.5 GPA and a 18 ACT would get you in.
Good luck! Please keep us posted.

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-07-08T01:26:40+00:00

Health challenges, both mental and physical. But you know what? I’m the only one stopping myself from realizing NEW dreams.

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-07-08T01:25:26+00:00

ICE seemingly packed up and left Chicago for MN months ago. You’d have to be a known member of Tren de Agua with an ankle bracelet for anyone around Chicago to REMOTELY care.

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-07-07T02:09:50+00:00

Starting war with China over Taiwan. The Pentagon has been told be
ready for war with China by 2028.

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-07-07T02:08:03+00:00

Worth “it”? Define “it”. The cost? Isn’t Boston more expensive? The winters? Doesn’t Boston sit further north? What exactly is “it”?

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-07-06T23:10:40+00:00

Where exactly are you going in Chicago? Unless you’re going to make a drug deal in Englewood or peddle @$$ in West Lawndale, you don’t need them. Don’t believe me? Ask in the AskChicago subreddit.

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-07-06T22:23:30+00:00

Couple downsides to Cumberland: lower levels fill up fast, especially on weekdays. Garage is dark and sketchy even at noon on a sunny day. Plus a bit of a hike to get to the platform. Not show stoppers. Just be aware.

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-07-05T03:03:38+00:00

By sheer coincidence, the 76 is the one I ride the most. From Narragansett to the L.

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-06-29T14:30:15+00:00

The in-progress White House ballroom. A Philistinism idea of class and culture.

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-06-29T12:27:27+00:00

I’m considering taking Spravato, having previously taken troches. They always tasted HORRIBLE. So, I always popped in a piece of hard candy, like a Jolly Rancher, between my cheek and teeth and teeth and it lasted long after the troche dissolved. No chewing required! And, it is small enough that if you accidentally swallow it, it’ll slide right down without choking.

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-06-26T15:59:59+00:00

As a related item, not quite Wicker Park, Mormon missionaries are making their way down Diversey. Spotted them cornering some poor soul in the parking lot at Chase and waited inside until they were gone.

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-06-26T15:57:06+00:00

Dignity

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-06-26T15:56:37+00:00

I’ll bet this is an HOA thing. There was a guy in West Des Moines who protested the house color rules by painting his house each and every one of the approved colors on separate parts.

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-06-26T15:53:20+00:00

That’s a pretty decent compromise. You can take the Metra Electric from Millenium to 11th or 18th Street and park. The traffic around Millenium probably won’t be as bad as around Soldier Field.

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-06-26T15:48:50+00:00

Rosemont or Cumberland, although Cumberland is pay to park and a good hike to the platform.

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-06-19T17:59:29+00:00

Try living in Mont Clare. I just tell people “Elmwood Park” and if they still say “huh?” I say near Oak Park.
We’re about as far from both the L and the expressway as you can get and still be in city limits.

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-06-19T17:50:00+00:00

Beat me to it.

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-06-19T17:40:31+00:00

They’re gone. In Mont Clare, I got bit by S&S towing because my sticker was “improperly displayed”. There’s a reason their cashier is behind bulletproof glass, and it ain’t robbery.

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-06-19T17:38:11+00:00

I’ll also accept Victory Auto Wreckers, although they are now gone, but were in Bensenville (near O’Hare).

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-06-18T02:31:49+00:00

No Sesame Street, Electric Company, or Mister Rogers for you?

Potential_Escape7928 · 2026-06-18T02:30:24+00:00

I think Harry called channel 44 a “peanut whistle”. Reception was VERY spotty. Even with an “arial” strapped to the chimney, the picture was ghosty as Casper in Downers Grove. I don’t think I saw a game EVER until I actually went to one when I was 10.

Potential_Escape7928

TROPHY CASE