Linky Friday: Don’t Call it a Comeback…
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For the uninitiated, Linky Friday was long a tradition here at Ordinary Times. The way it works is, read and share the links, and when you want to comment on a specific one, just start you comment with the corresponding bracketed number so folks know which one you want to discuss.
So don’t call it a comeback, Linky Friday’s been here for years…
[CB1] Amid Texas child flu deaths, strain of virus making deadly comeback
[CB2] Ancient Art of Falconry in Malta is Making a Comeback
[CB3] Your play: Board games are making a comeback
[CB4] Heard Up North: Mahjong makes a comeback in Potsdam
[CB5] Remember Big Boy? I remember Big Boy. New Big Boy ownership moves forward on comeback, but not without some bumps
[CB6] This F’n guy…Could Missouri’s Eric Greitens Make a Political Comeback?
[CB7] “Egregious” seems a tad harsh…Square-Toed Shoes: The Egregious ’90s Style Returns
[CB8] In case you’ve been under a rock the last few days, trouble a-brewing across the pond: Prince Harry Returns to Royal Duties After Summit on Future Role
[CB9] What’s the most Wisconsin thing you can think off? FlannelFest, featuring 50 home-brewed beer samples, returns to Janesville in February
[CB10] No return for you: Judge puts Democrats’ suit for Trump’s tax returns on hold
[CB11] Viral fame is fleeting, or sleeps with the fishes, or something: The ‘”Fish Guy,” who became a celebrity almost overnight last year after a photo of him carrying a huge catfish went viral, is back in Scott County Jail.
[CB12] Is the third time the charm for a highly controversial California housing proposal?: SB 50 is resurrected with changes; supporters praise amendments, foes critical
[CB13] Eastern Airlines Is Back (Again) With a New Strategy and Rebrand
[CB14] Not returning, or coming back, just yet: New Boeing 737 Max Setbacks Could Further Delay Its Return
File:Boeing 737 MAX (23326959580).jpg:Aka The Beav from Seattle, Washingtonderivative work: Altair78 [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]
[CB15] From The Atlantic – Every Place Is the Same Now: With a phone, anywhere else is always just a tap away.
[CB16] Meanwhile in the UK: The DUP and Sinn Féin, gripped by the fear of new assembly elections, agreed a compromise. But there are no guarantees, and Brexit looms
[CB17] Not sure they ever left…The browser wars are back, but it’s different this time
[CB18] I doubt this one, but hope I’m wrong: Here’s why a sluggish manufacturing sector may bounce back soon
Image by [Mixtography] 
[CB19] There’s a catch, though: Sweethearts, the conversation heart candy, is back on shelves for Valentine’s Day after missing a year because of a change in its ownership.
[CB20] Wikipedia is back online in Turkey after two-year ban is overturned
[CB21]
[cb7] I’ve always liked square toed shoes. I’ve got wide feet and they feel better around the toes.Report
Same here, plus pointy toed shoes look like clown shoes to me (or maybe it’s just on me, since size 13W is kinda big).Report
Hey, we’ve got a similar shoe size. How tall are you? I’m about 6’3 (190 cm)Report
5’11”, I just do a lot of walking, so my feet have grown over the yearsReport
I wouldn’t go so far as to say I like square toes, but I am not a fan of pointy toes. They are the one thing I dislike about my Redwings.Report
CB3: When I was a kid, my parents would have bridge nights where another couple would come over and they’d play bridge. This was back when boardgames meant something between Candyland and Risk. Sure, there were games where you’d use little tokens to recreate the Battle of Leipzig or something but the learning curve was *SO* steep and the subject matter so niche that it didn’t make for a decent couples’ night for 99% of the couples out there.
And, heck, Risk ain’t exactly a decent couples’ night game in its own right.
The perennial Scrabble and Boggle were around, I guess…
But, growing up, the grown ups played bridge.
I’m so very glad that board game technologies have advanced since then.Report
Cribbage. My grandfather taught me when I was about eight. At some point a couple of years later, I asked him how he justified playing cutthroat with an eight-year-old. “Learned to count your hand properly real fast, didn’t you?” was his answer. Also learned to never sort my cards. Always take the same amount of time to discard to the crib even when the choice was obvious. And that there’s no better feeling than pegging out in a close game when Grandpa was going to count first.Report
An amazing game for two people. For three, it’s so different from two that it may as well be a different game. (You can’t control your crib, for example.)
I can’t imagine how four people would play it. (Nor why they’d choose to over any other number of card games.)Report
[CB5] I have a lot of memories of Big Boy (my family frequently stopped there for meals when traveling, because usually we could all find something we liked – not always easy with two picky kids who are picky in different ways). My biggest memory though? One fall when I was a student at University of Michigan, some people (I think it was one of the frats?) stole a Big Boy statue and somehow got it on the top of the….I think it was the LS and A building? I can picture it but I can’t remember now what the building was called.
I think this older news clipping is probably related to that. (Fall 1991 would have been the last fall I was on campus there)Report
[CB1] Tangentially, Mrs. Cain and I have both managed to get sinusitis and bronchitis this week. The house sounds like a TB ward…Report
CB5: I was surprised to come across a Big Boy in
suburban Tokyo about five years ago. Apparently there are about 300 Big Boy restaurants in Japan.
https://www.bigboyjapan.co.jp/
Different menu, though. Same deal with Denny’s. They have the name and logo, but the food’s totally different.Report
CB12: It’s positively Orwellian how consistently and stridently advocates of “affordable housing” oppose the only thing that can actually make housing more affordable.Report
CB16: Get elected, do nothing, still get paid. Nice gig if you can keep it.
(I think the underlying issues are the corrosive effects of the Good Friday Agreement’s requirement of “cross-community votes” on matters of concern, allowing the old identity-based politics of Sinn Fein and DUP to have an advantaged position and the ability to block legislation far beyond their ability to enact. While voters have polled support for more policy-driven parties, the system encourages them to vote their identity. Something that made sense to bring inter-community peace is now undermining self-government.)Report
I appreciate the work that goes into these link-fests and hope they continue. I’ll continue my practice:
[Cbx] 2012 e-mail from Illinois Democratic party insider making a comeback; he asked the governor’s office to go easy on disciplinary proceedings because the employee “has kept his mouth shut on Jones’ ghost workers, the rape in Champaign and other items. He is loyal to the Administration.”Report
Appreciate you saying that as we are sort of testing and discussing putting these back in the rotation Report