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dirtydog · 14-04-2008, 12:25 PM

^^ ahhh, Chicago isn't in my list of places to live, I really don't like the cold, my knees started playing up after a couple of days, although I have to admit I did enjoy wearing proper clothes and also done a bit of jogging which was nice but showed how unfit I was.

dirtydog · 14-04-2008, 01:21 PM

I have no idea what this building is, it is down near North Rush Street and the Thai consulate, but it is surrounded by skyscrapers.

sabang · 14-04-2008, 01:23 PM

^ Isn't that the Adams Family residence?

dirtydog · 14-04-2008, 01:29 PM

So it was back to the cemetery to lay some flowers on the grave, damn it is cold up there and it was raining, nobody else had bothered so someone had to.

dirtydog · 14-04-2008, 01:31 PM

^^I have no idea, nice building though, was quite impressed by this car park, you could push a load of cars over the top with a 2 ton truck

dirtydog · 14-04-2008, 01:35 PM

This is the John B Murphy Memorial, damn nice building.

BobbyTits · 14-04-2008, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by dirtydog

I have no idea what this building is, it is down near North Rush Street and the Thai consulate, but it is surrounded by skyscrapers.

Prolly Al Capone's mansion.

Nice to see it was preserved and most rich coots who built places like these right smack in the center of the city had them raised in time for 'prosperity'

NYC has a bunch of old type mansions like this along Central Park - must be nice to have cash falling out of your ass like that.

Driventowin · 14-04-2008, 02:25 PM

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Do my eyes deceive me?
Ham, at a Jewish funeral.

It sure looks cold there in the city by the lake... and yes Sabang your eyes decieve you ...it is Pastrami which is made from beef.

The stuff on the left looks like ham, But not every person at Jewish funeral is Jewish either. I wasn't at my wife's and that is also taken into consideration.

Finally there is such a thing as 'Kosher Ham' which has been blessed by a Rabbi at the processing plant and is readily available in the States..

Thetyim · 14-04-2008, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Driventowin

Finally there is such a thing as 'Kosher Ham' which has been blessed by a Rabbi at the processing plant and is readily available in the States..

Link please

Driventowin · 14-04-2008, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Driventowin

Finally there is such a thing as 'Kosher Ham' which has been blessed by a Rabbi at the processing plant and is readily available in the States..

Link please

Why? This ain't issues!!

Thetyim · 14-04-2008, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Driventowin

Why?

Because the first 5 pages of google don't list it except as a T shirt brand, an oxymoron and a joke.
So where is it "readily available in the States" ?

buad hai · 14-04-2008, 03:28 PM

Thetyim · 14-04-2008, 03:33 PM

"The Greenwich Village gourmet grocery store, Balducci's, has become the butt of the Jewish holiday by advertising its boneless hams as "Delicious for Chanukah."

Manhattan novelist Nancy Kay Shapiro, 46, spotted the kosher faux pas while browsing the meat section Saturday at the chain's outpost at Eighth Ave. and W. 14th St.

When Shapiro went back Sunday, she took photos of the unorthodox display promoting boneless spiral-cut hams for $8.99 a pound, petite smoked hams for $6.99 a pound and boneless smoked hams for $6.29 a pound.

Instead of pointing out the mistake to management, she posted the snapshots on her blog to "amuse others."

"I just thought it was funny," Shapiro, a self-described "unobservant Jew," said. "I wasn't offended in any way. I just thought, here's somebody who knows nothing about what Jews eat."

Shapiro said that when she went back to the store Tuesday, the first night of Chanukah, the signs had vanished.

A Balducci's official was so verklempt about the error he didn't want to speak on the record. He fessed up that "it was a mistake," blaming it on a stock clerk who normally doesn't work the meat department.

He referred all other questions to the company's marketing department in Connecticut."

Source : Balducci's offers ham for Chanukah

buad hai · 14-04-2008, 03:35 PM

^Pretty funny story, though, eh?

Thetyim · 14-04-2008, 03:38 PM

^
And no threats of Fatwahs or bloodshed for insulting their God.

dirtydog · 14-04-2008, 05:15 PM

So this is where I spent my time, it was the penthouse suite at the Marriot in Deerfield, some suburb outside of Chicago, it was 180 bucks per night weekdays and 104 bucks per night weekends, luckily one os the people we had to meet had a few free days so that brought down the cost considerably.

This is where I worked.

Our dining table, although we never got to use it.

One of the two bathrooms.

Towels all over the place.

The upstairs bedroom.

Our kitchen, it did have everything, from a coffee machine to a microwave, plus dishwasher and cutlery for a family.

chitown · 14-04-2008, 05:44 PM

I have been by that building, but not sure what it is.

Please tell me that if you close to the Thai consulate, you ate at the Big Bowl Thai restaurant or the Rain Forest Cafe!!!

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I have no idea what this building is, it is down near North Rush Street and the Thai consulate, but it is surrounded by skyscrapers.

chitown · 14-04-2008, 05:52 PM

This building is the Marina City - you can buy a 1 bedroom condo for about $350,000.

On North State Street right??

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^^I have no idea, nice building though, was quite impressed by this car park, you could push a load of cars over the top with a 2 ton truck

dirtydog · 14-04-2008, 05:56 PM

She weren't going for Thai food in Chicago, she said it was all crap, the rain forest place I saw quite a few times and did want to try it out but didn't get the chance.

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dirtydog The Dog Last Online: Today 10:54 AM Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Pattaya Posts: 34,371	A Chicago Cemetery So it was back to the cemetery to lay some flowers on the grave, damn it is cold up there and it was raining, nobody else had bothered so someone had to.

14-04-2008, 01:21 PM	#82 (permalink)
dirtydog The Dog Last Online: Today 10:54 AM Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Pattaya Posts: 34,371	I have no idea what this building is, it is down near North Rush Street and the Thai consulate, but it is surrounded by skyscrapers.

14-04-2008, 01:23 PM	#83 (permalink)
sabang Watching the Wheels Last Online: Today 10:57 AM Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: east of Pattaya Posts: 8,451	^ Isn't that the Adams Family residence?

14-04-2008, 01:31 PM	#85 (permalink)
dirtydog The Dog Last Online: Today 10:54 AM Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Pattaya Posts: 34,371	^^I have no idea, nice building though, was quite impressed by this car park, you could push a load of cars over the top with a 2 ton truck

14-04-2008, 01:35 PM	#86 (permalink)
dirtydog The Dog Last Online: Today 10:54 AM Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Pattaya Posts: 34,371	This is the John B Murphy Memorial, damn nice building.

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buad hai Gone Fishing Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ratsima Posts: 3,733

14-04-2008, 03:33 PM	#93 (permalink)
Thetyim Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Phrae Posts: 12,210	"The Greenwich Village gourmet grocery store, Balducci's, has become the butt of the Jewish holiday by advertising its boneless hams as "Delicious for Chanukah." Manhattan novelist Nancy Kay Shapiro, 46, spotted the kosher faux pas while browsing the meat section Saturday at the chain's outpost at Eighth Ave. and W. 14th St. When Shapiro went back Sunday, she took photos of the unorthodox display promoting boneless spiral-cut hams for $8.99 a pound, petite smoked hams for $6.99 a pound and boneless smoked hams for $6.29 a pound. Instead of pointing out the mistake to management, she posted the snapshots on her blog to "amuse others." "I just thought it was funny," Shapiro, a self-described "unobservant Jew," said. "I wasn't offended in any way. I just thought, here's somebody who knows nothing about what Jews eat." Shapiro said that when she went back to the store Tuesday, the first night of Chanukah, the signs had vanished. A Balducci's official was so verklempt about the error he didn't want to speak on the record. He fessed up that "it was a mistake," blaming it on a stock clerk who normally doesn't work the meat department. He referred all other questions to the company's marketing department in Connecticut." Source : Balducci's offers ham for Chanukah

14-04-2008, 03:35 PM	#94 (permalink)
buad hai Gone Fishing Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ratsima Posts: 3,733	^Pretty funny story, though, eh?

14-04-2008, 03:38 PM	#95 (permalink)
Thetyim Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Phrae Posts: 12,210	^ And no threats of Fatwahs or bloodshed for insulting their God.

14-04-2008, 05:56 PM	#99 (permalink)
dirtydog The Dog Last Online: Today 10:54 AM Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Pattaya Posts: 34,371	She weren't going for Thai food in Chicago, she said it was all crap, the rain forest place I saw quite a few times and did want to try it out but didn't get the chance.