Hey, it's Skin-nay! This is another one that seems to be 'era-shifted' to me. Danny Sr could very well be Briggs own age at the time (36), but ol' Colonel Malloy seems to be a bit older to be Danny's contemporary.
I wonder if this is supposed to take place in Briggs's youth, i.e. he's represented by one of the kids. taking place in the early mid or1880s would track more with a middle aged man having a military title, especially a Northerner. Gore Vidal in the novel 1876 had his narrator remark that just about every man of 'standing' would be called by the rank they had during the Civil War (if they had served). By 1911 all these fellows were pretty long in the tooth (even with higher ranks being distributed to much younger men in those days than the military does today - it was still only about 10 years younger, for the most part)
eta- then again, there was another colonel honorific (in a cartoon clearly meant to be present day) in a comic just posted https://ordinary-times.com/2022/11/15/real-garage-man-at-home/ )
Briggs perception of an auto mechanic is interesting. I wonder if in the early years, the job was much more perceived as a middle class one (and on the higher end of that range). There's a secondary plot in either a late season of Downton Abbey, or one of the movies, that correlates with this. It is certainly the case that the skilled mechanic was in a different stratum as the gas station attendant or 'grease monkey'. (which was probably always the case, but growing up any given auto mechanic could also be called (and not meaning with disrespect) 'grease monkey')
(One thing to note is by 1928 we really weren't in the 'early days' of mass automobile production anymore. The Model T had launched twenty years prior and in fact had just finished its final production run the previous year)
my twitter feed has been completely opposite of 2016. back then, Dem leaning posters were all triumphant until polls actually closed and the first returns came in - and then shock and dismay.
this time, there was Dem gnashing of teeth and otherwise dread during the day, but now that polls are closed and returns and results are coming in, most Dems are saying 'wait, it's not so bad so far. this win, that win' etc.
It would definitely be on a trend of the Republican running for governor doing much much better than the Republican running for US Senate. ('trend' i.e. Arizona and Georgia. Pennsylvania seems to be reversed)
I honestly have no idea this time around. I'll go with the chalk pick of 51-49 GOP control Senate (all indy's are considered to be part of the major party they usually caucus with)
-> Oz beats Fetterman (GOP hold) Kelly beats Masters (Dem hold), Warnock & Walker to go a runoff with Warnock winning (Dem hold), everyone else is also a party hold, except Nevada, which is a GOP pickup.
House is 225 GOP 210 Dem. The competitive Maryland congressional race (MD-6) sees Trone holding on easily (Dem hold). The Virginia competitive races see Luria losing (GOP gain), Wexton winning easily (Dem hold) and Spanberger winning narrowly (also Dem hold)
i thought thay might be the case, but, they also look younger than people in their 70s. plus, "days of real sport" I'm pretty sure is always a flashback to Briggs' youth (though usually also featuring kids and their activities)
Also, I doubt that Levi Morton was a particularly memorable vice President to warrant an annual tribute. e.g. wasn't on the ticket for Harrison's relection campaign.
Hey, fun fact, he *was* asked to be Garfield's Vice President, but turned it down. so Chester "The Mustache" Arthur got it instead.
What strikes me is these guys do not quite appear to be the right age for Civil War veterans in 1888. i.e. they would have been a bunch of 20 year olds (plus or minus) in 1864, and so now are in the mid 40s. They look a bit more...seasoned than that. Then again, this was a era where bacon, whiskey, and cigars were their own food groups.
There were rallies like this all over the country in the late 19th century (apparently a tradition started in the 1860 election cycle, the 'wide awakes' being most notable). The New York Times has a headline about how one such rally in Brooklyn failed to fill the venue.
https://www.nytimes.com/1888/10/27/archives/they-failed-to-fill-the-rink.html
Deleted the last thing because I misread - I'm pretty sure 1948 is simply the publication year of the collection, which are works assembled from 1943-1947.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/363227149825
They're...lookng at comps. Everyone in real estate looks at comps. ("Bah Gawd, is that Tarek El Moussa's Music?!") Everyone selling *anything* looks at comps.
What's striking to me is that in the first 20 some odd years of the 20th century, when the structure and even the rules of Major League baseball were still very fluid, the intense cross town rivalries in Chicago and New York did not motivate anyone enough to have actual head to head games. The lack of any inter-league play (except for the World Series), these two teams would not play each other until June of 1997. This appears to me to be in sharp contrast to say, how English Association football developed, where matchups of cross town rivalries were their bread and butter.
It seems to me that they were leaving money on the table. Now, granted, the history of sport in dynamic urban centers also often leads to violence, both disorganized and organized, and has spillover political effects. But I don't think it was the 'city fathers' that were precluding this in the name of 'public order' . (Chicago also had little to nothing in the way of 'old patrician money' the way that say, New York City had, acting as a countervailing socially conservative political force. It was a 'cowtown' not much more than thirty years earlier)
One takeaway from this - the development pattern commonly (and derisively) (but not inaccurately) known as "auto dependent suburban sprawl" - was started well before the 1950s. (but no doubt the depression and war delayed its inflection point by a couple of decades)
The Chicago White Sox in the 1911 season finished in 5th place (out of eight) and were just barely over .500, but did beat the Philadelphia Athletics (the American league and World Series champions that year) head to head during the season, 13 games to 9.
Each one had a day that was the most important one in their professional lives. But for everyone else, it was a Tuesday.
All these guys, and only these guys became President on a Tuesday. Most because they took their first oath of office as President at noon on a Tuesday. Arthur was first sworn in by a New York state judge at 2 in the morning, (but then took a 'real' oath two days later in Washington.
Tyler became President on a Sunday, but the technically is probably that the Constitution was vague and their was no precedent, a lot of people considered him just acting. (but wikipedia said he did have an oath in his hotel room, so I might be wrong about everything)
the context for this I think. The New York Giants were 7 1/2 games ahead of the Cubbies prior to a two game series in Chicago on Sept 27 & 28 (1911), where then the Cubs trounced the Giants 8-0 in the first game and 2-1 in the second. Ending up only 5 1/2 games back with 13 games left in the season. (The Cubs would ultimately end the season 7 and 1/2 games back)
For a second I thought it might have been 'Presidents where both parents had passed away at the time of their inaugural (because most of the early guys were youngish men with their moms still alive, but even George Wash's mom only passed away three months after he became President). And even 'old' Presidents like Bush Sr still had his mom around when he was President.
But both of Trumps parents passed away in the 20th century so it's not that.
Other things it's probably not - past jobs as either US Senator or state Governor (because some people that have been one or the other are not on this list, and the list itself is a mix of people that have been either of the two - and also Monroe was both, haven't looked up if anyone else has been both).
It's not something like 'born in a state other than their declared residency at the time of election - because again Monroe is on this list and neither Bush is. I also don't think it's "born the furthest west of any President who had yet served", because Nixon was born in California.
But really, I like Welch, (much more than Gillespie), but man, he needed a copy editor to take another pass at this. I'm literally at the very first sentence
Six months before the COVID-19 pandemic prompted mass school closures nationwide, a K-12 district in Brooklyn became the vanguard of a citywide, nationally watched push to combat "desegregation" through scrapping selective admissions criteria and instituting the algorithmic lottery system of "controlled choice."
Even with (especially with) the scare quotes, it should have been 'a city wide nationally watched push to combat "segregation" ' , not 'combat "desegregation" '
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On “Danny Sr Meets An Old Friend”
Hey, it's Skin-nay! This is another one that seems to be 'era-shifted' to me. Danny Sr could very well be Briggs own age at the time (36), but ol' Colonel Malloy seems to be a bit older to be Danny's contemporary.
I wonder if this is supposed to take place in Briggs's youth, i.e. he's represented by one of the kids. taking place in the early mid or1880s would track more with a middle aged man having a military title, especially a Northerner. Gore Vidal in the novel 1876 had his narrator remark that just about every man of 'standing' would be called by the rank they had during the Civil War (if they had served). By 1911 all these fellows were pretty long in the tooth (even with higher ranks being distributed to much younger men in those days than the military does today - it was still only about 10 years younger, for the most part)
eta- then again, there was another colonel honorific (in a cartoon clearly meant to be present day) in a comic just posted https://ordinary-times.com/2022/11/15/real-garage-man-at-home/ )
On “Real Garage Man At Home”
Briggs perception of an auto mechanic is interesting. I wonder if in the early years, the job was much more perceived as a middle class one (and on the higher end of that range). There's a secondary plot in either a late season of Downton Abbey, or one of the movies, that correlates with this. It is certainly the case that the skilled mechanic was in a different stratum as the gas station attendant or 'grease monkey'. (which was probably always the case, but growing up any given auto mechanic could also be called (and not meaning with disrespect) 'grease monkey')
(One thing to note is by 1928 we really weren't in the 'early days' of mass automobile production anymore. The Model T had launched twenty years prior and in fact had just finished its final production run the previous year)
On “Election Night Open Thread: Talking about the Returns”
my twitter feed has been completely opposite of 2016. back then, Dem leaning posters were all triumphant until polls actually closed and the first returns came in - and then shock and dismay.
this time, there was Dem gnashing of teeth and otherwise dread during the day, but now that polls are closed and returns and results are coming in, most Dems are saying 'wait, it's not so bad so far. this win, that win' etc.
On “The Joy Of Opening Time Capsules: 2022 Off-Year Election Edition”
It would definitely be on a trend of the Republican running for governor doing much much better than the Republican running for US Senate. ('trend' i.e. Arizona and Georgia. Pennsylvania seems to be reversed)
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I honestly have no idea this time around. I'll go with the chalk pick of 51-49 GOP control Senate (all indy's are considered to be part of the major party they usually caucus with)
-> Oz beats Fetterman (GOP hold) Kelly beats Masters (Dem hold), Warnock & Walker to go a runoff with Warnock winning (Dem hold), everyone else is also a party hold, except Nevada, which is a GOP pickup.
House is 225 GOP 210 Dem. The competitive Maryland congressional race (MD-6) sees Trone holding on easily (Dem hold). The Virginia competitive races see Luria losing (GOP gain), Wexton winning easily (Dem hold) and Spanberger winning narrowly (also Dem hold)
On “Marching Club Rehearsal”
i thought thay might be the case, but, they also look younger than people in their 70s. plus, "days of real sport" I'm pretty sure is always a flashback to Briggs' youth (though usually also featuring kids and their activities)
Also, I doubt that Levi Morton was a particularly memorable vice President to warrant an annual tribute. e.g. wasn't on the ticket for Harrison's relection campaign.
Hey, fun fact, he *was* asked to be Garfield's Vice President, but turned it down. so Chester "The Mustache" Arthur got it instead.
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What strikes me is these guys do not quite appear to be the right age for Civil War veterans in 1888. i.e. they would have been a bunch of 20 year olds (plus or minus) in 1864, and so now are in the mid 40s. They look a bit more...seasoned than that. Then again, this was a era where bacon, whiskey, and cigars were their own food groups.
There were rallies like this all over the country in the late 19th century (apparently a tradition started in the 1860 election cycle, the 'wide awakes' being most notable). The New York Times has a headline about how one such rally in Brooklyn failed to fill the venue.
https://www.nytimes.com/1888/10/27/archives/they-failed-to-fill-the-rink.html
On “Can You Beat It?”
I don't think I've ever seen Briggs break the fourth wall with a character.
On “POETS Day! Cecil Day-Lewis”
Deleted the last thing because I misread - I'm pretty sure 1948 is simply the publication year of the collection, which are works assembled from 1943-1947.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/363227149825
On “If It Only Could Be Arranged”
With all the concern about gambling at the time, nobody really cared about dope.
On “Ten Second News Links and Open Thread for the week of 10/17/22”
They're...lookng at comps. Everyone in real estate looks at comps. ("Bah Gawd, is that Tarek El Moussa's Music?!") Everyone selling *anything* looks at comps.
On “The Leading Topic”
The "Taft on This Day" twitter account should be on it's home stretch i they commit to the bit.
On “Such Is Life on the West Side”
The Baseball Hall of Fame says that spitballs were banned the next year, in December 1919. (so for the 1920 season)
On “The Maniacs”
What's striking to me is that in the first 20 some odd years of the 20th century, when the structure and even the rules of Major League baseball were still very fluid, the intense cross town rivalries in Chicago and New York did not motivate anyone enough to have actual head to head games. The lack of any inter-league play (except for the World Series), these two teams would not play each other until June of 1997. This appears to me to be in sharp contrast to say, how English Association football developed, where matchups of cross town rivalries were their bread and butter.
It seems to me that they were leaving money on the table. Now, granted, the history of sport in dynamic urban centers also often leads to violence, both disorganized and organized, and has spillover political effects. But I don't think it was the 'city fathers' that were precluding this in the name of 'public order' . (Chicago also had little to nothing in the way of 'old patrician money' the way that say, New York City had, acting as a countervailing socially conservative political force. It was a 'cowtown' not much more than thirty years earlier)
On “H O L I D A Y ! !”
'Drive out to see the house they're building'
One takeaway from this - the development pattern commonly (and derisively) (but not inaccurately) known as "auto dependent suburban sprawl" - was started well before the 1950s. (but no doubt the depression and war delayed its inflection point by a couple of decades)
On “Friday Throughput: Science Fiction Becomes Science Fact”
Related, and I'm not sure if this has been posted elsewhere on this site (and others may have seen already it via twitter or other means)
Google "Nasa DART Mission" (quotes aren't necessary and I don't think capitalization matters either)
and wait a sec.
On “It’s Going To Be a Hard Winter”
The Chicago White Sox in the 1911 season finished in 5th place (out of eight) and were just barely over .500, but did beat the Philadelphia Athletics (the American league and World Series champions that year) head to head during the season, 13 games to 9.
On “Clap In, Clap Out”
I thought the same, that it was something like Post Office.
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On “Presidential Monday Trivia”
Each one had a day that was the most important one in their professional lives. But for everyone else, it was a Tuesday.
All these guys, and only these guys became President on a Tuesday. Most because they took their first oath of office as President at noon on a Tuesday. Arthur was first sworn in by a New York state judge at 2 in the morning, (but then took a 'real' oath two days later in Washington.
Tyler became President on a Sunday, but the technically is probably that the Constitution was vague and their was no precedent, a lot of people considered him just acting. (but wikipedia said he did have an oath in his hotel room, so I might be wrong about everything)
On “Delaying the Agony”
the context for this I think. The New York Giants were 7 1/2 games ahead of the Cubbies prior to a two game series in Chicago on Sept 27 & 28 (1911), where then the Cubs trounced the Giants 8-0 in the first game and 2-1 in the second. Ending up only 5 1/2 games back with 13 games left in the season. (The Cubs would ultimately end the season 7 and 1/2 games back)
On “The End of the Future Tense”
Condolences, Will. This is never easy.
On “Presidential Monday Trivia”
For a second I thought it might have been 'Presidents where both parents had passed away at the time of their inaugural (because most of the early guys were youngish men with their moms still alive, but even George Wash's mom only passed away three months after he became President). And even 'old' Presidents like Bush Sr still had his mom around when he was President.
But both of Trumps parents passed away in the 20th century so it's not that.
"
Other things it's probably not - past jobs as either US Senator or state Governor (because some people that have been one or the other are not on this list, and the list itself is a mix of people that have been either of the two - and also Monroe was both, haven't looked up if anyone else has been both).
It's not something like 'born in a state other than their declared residency at the time of election - because again Monroe is on this list and neither Bush is. I also don't think it's "born the furthest west of any President who had yet served", because Nixon was born in California.
On “From Reason Magazine: Public Schools Experiencing ‘White Flight’”
But really, I like Welch, (much more than Gillespie), but man, he needed a copy editor to take another pass at this. I'm literally at the very first sentence
Even with (especially with) the scare quotes, it should have been 'a city wide nationally watched push to combat "segregation" ' , not 'combat "desegregation" '
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