Laborious Day

Dig the hot dog and mustard t shirt Paul. Where do you get one of those?

So, Paul, I take it you’re not a Vegan ;-)

always wondered what became of this guy :)

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If I hadn’t had so much pizza and burgers yesterday, your photos might have made me very hungry. At least I worked some of it off playing wiffleball (sorry, no pics of the “unis”). Today it’s the beaches of Lake Erie, followed eventually by more food. Hope everyone had a great weekend – enjoy your Labor Day!

[quote comment=”346219″]always wondered what became of this guy :)

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Hehehe, I was thinking the exact same thing. Interesting-looking group of friends. The girls are cute though…

Paul, your friends are a lot cooler than mine.

1. In the crisp-skinned pork belly photo, what is the cutter at the top of the cutting board, with the green handle? I’ve been looking for something like that.

2. My favourite smoker ever was made of an old refrigerator. If you can get a very old fridge with metal rather than plastic inside, they’re not that hard to convert. Use the (metal) crisper for the fire, racks for holding the meat, absolutely perfect. I smoked about a million pounds of pickerel and duck in one when I lived in North Ontario, sold it when I moved back to the city.

[quote comment=”346229″][quote comment=”346228″]1. In the crisp-skinned pork belly photo, what is the cutter at the top of the cutting board, with the green handle? I’ve been looking for something like that.[/quote]

It’s a pizza cutter:
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Comes in many colors. Got it as an Xmas gift from my Forewords partner Liz Clayton last winter.[/quote]
Also in that picture is a santoku knife.
That’s the first and last time I’ll point out something Asian on Uni Watch before Jeremy Brahm.

wondering if you were thinking at all about Oregon as you prepared and consumed le duck.

nectarine/mascarpone torte – MY GOD !

Please provide recipe or whereabouts on how to obtain such a delicacy.

Thanks
Joe D.

[quote comment=”346237″][quote comment=”346236″]wow, you hang with some famous people. One of the assembled masses looks like John Waters(wearing yellow shirt)[/quote]

Everyone says that, but it’s actually Susquehanna Industrial Tool & Die Co. singer/guitarist Michael McMahon:
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If the SIT & Die Co. would ever go on tour, we’d love to have them at our theater we are restoring…
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They look like our type of hillbilly act. Maybe scosh more sophisticated…

wow that food looked amazing, i wish i was there.
brett gardner is going pants down today in his first game since july 25. didn’t ever wear stirrups but the high socks looked good.

proof :

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[quote comment=”346243″]Brian Tallet…. stirrup socks… last night…[/quote]

“Now pitching for the Blue Jays, Brian Tallet, pride of the Yearning Loins Trailer Park in Sump Bucket, West Virginia.”

—Ricko

[quote comment=”346245″]Watching the Cincinnati-Rutgers game. Is it just me, or are the Cincinnati uniforms among the worst in all of college football? The pants “striping” looks just horrible. [/quote]

Yes, I agree about UC’s uniforms.

They have been a colossal train-wreck for a long time now.

Cleve Bryant.
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Baylor, 2009.
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[quote comment=”346251″][quote comment=”346250″]Cleve Bryant.
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Baylor, 2009.
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link is rolling over in his grave.

What?[/quote]

Maybe we should say he’s spinning on his stool.

[quote comment=”346249″][quote comment=”346247″]I know it was a couple days ago now, but watching highlights of the Baylor Wake Forest game I could have sworn that Baylor had a gold helmet for as long as I can remember. Saturday it was white.[/quote]

Thank Nike. Baylor now looks almost exactly like Ohio University in the 70s. But not like Baylor, which has been wearing gold helmets almost exclusively since the early ’50s, at least (exactoids please note, I said “almost”).

Anybody else remember Cleve Bryant? That’s who I thought of when watching Baylor. Problem is, he was a QB at Ohio U.

—Ricko[/quote]

maybe this too, almost?

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yea thats what i meant by “stirrup socks”… its what we have always called them. or more recently, we just refer to them as “lo ducas”

[quote comment=”346257″][quote comment=”346247″]I know it was a couple days ago now, but watching highlights of the Baylor Wake Forest game I could have sworn that Baylor had a gold helmet for as long as I can remember. Saturday it was white.[/quote]

Baylor now has two helmets — white AND gold:
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Yes, Baylor did wear a white helmet in the early 1970s, they wore it with a green jersey and gold pants.

A couple days ago I had a long rant about why PNC Park needed built. I mentioned that the original design for the stadium included an open end facing downtown.

I found a picture link

Scroll about half way down for a side by side picture of the original design and the finished product. I don’t know how fan friendly that park would have been. I’m betting that it would look a whole lot better than Three Rivers Stadium.

Baylor in white pants in 50s and early 60s.
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[quote comment=”346263″]With all the recent horror shows in college football – the Saskatchewan RR, broke out this look yesterday

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Ah, memories of all-time Roughrider receiver (and later Eskimos coach) Hughie Campbell. Even his number his #31 is there.

—Ricko

[quote comment=”346262″]Baylor in white pants in 50s and early 60s.
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Ronnie Bull: another Bear who went on to have a solid career as a link.

And if you must, simply must, revel in the awfulness of the Alouettes unis, here are their highlights vs. British Columbia…
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[quote comment=”346270″][quote comment=”346268″]And if you must, simply must, revel in the awfulness of the Alouettes unis, here are their highlights vs. British Columbia…
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Most of the retro uniforms the CFL have unveiled this year, has hi-lighted just how ugly the current batch of CFL uniforms are. The Als have a great retro uniform*

With the “*” being – that the CFL is plastering advertisements on them as well – just to remind all Canadians the league is aspiring to be the ECHL of football.[/quote]

For their retros, the Al’s are wearing the set with the red wings on the helmets, circa late 50’s, early 60’s, I believe.
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Some great old CFL footage remembering Sam Etcheverry. Includes silver/gray Al’s jerseys and, of course, a QB wearing #92.
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—Ricko

[quote comment=”346273″]Some great old CFL footage remembering Sam Etcheverry. Includes silver/gray Al’s jerseys and, of course, a QB wearing #92.
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—Ricko[/quote]

Very cool, nice jump pass towards the end of the hi-lights. Some of those houses you see in the background at the end are I believe from Taylor Field (Mosaic) – and you can still see them today. (either that of from Ivor Wynne Stadium – and you can still see those houses as well – the CFL has missed a few generations of stadiums.

[quote comment=”346260″]A couple days ago I had a long rant about why PNC Park needed built. I mentioned that the original design for the stadium included an open end facing downtown.

I found a picture link

Scroll about half way down for a side by side picture of the original design and the finished product. I don’t know how fan friendly that park would have been. I’m betting that it would look a whole lot better than Three Rivers Stadium.[/quote]

This link could have put Three Rivers up there with Kauffman Stadium.

[quote comment=”346278″][quote comment=”346277″][quote comment=”346260″]A couple days ago I had a long rant about why PNC Park needed built. I mentioned that the original design for the stadium included an open end facing downtown.

I found a picture link

Scroll about half way down for a side by side picture of the original design and the finished product. I don’t know how fan friendly that park would have been. I’m betting that it would look a whole lot better than Three Rivers Stadium.[/quote]

This link could have put Three Rivers up there with Kauffman Stadium.[/quote]

and this couldn’t be built because???

they needed a multipurpose donut instead???[/quote]

Blame the Stillers.

[quote comment=”346280″][quote]Blame the Stillers.[/quote]

granted, the stillers couldn’t play in either forbes field or pitt stadium as the 70s dawned, and no one (as yet) knew of the horrors of the multipurpose, astroturfed ring-a-ding … but really, some cross between what was proposed and 3 rivers couldn’t have been achieved? the stillers couldn’t play in what could have been the pirates new beauty?

damn, imagine if that new pirates palace had been constructed???[/quote]

Pirates on WGN today. PNC looks pretty damn fine. Can’t figure why it hasn’t helped Pittsburgh’s goal of getting a major league baseball team.

It’s the shoes.
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[quote comment=”346284″][quote comment=”346281″][quote comment=”346280″][quote]Blame the Stillers.[/quote]

granted, the stillers couldn’t play in either forbes field or pitt stadium as the 70s dawned, and no one (as yet) knew of the horrors of the multipurpose, astroturfed ring-a-ding … but really, some cross between what was proposed and 3 rivers couldn’t have been achieved? the stillers couldn’t play in what could have been the pirates new beauty?

damn, imagine if that new pirates palace had been constructed???[/quote]

Pirates on WGN today. PNC looks pretty damn fine. Can’t figure why it hasn’t helped Pittsburgh’s goal of getting a major league baseball team.[/quote]

It’s very fine. You should come see a game there.

By the way, it’s official – Pirates now assured of a 17th consecutive losing season.
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As bad as things are, at least I can recall two championships in my lifetime. They seem so far away, though…[/quote]

The Pirates have averaged a little over 19,000 this year, while down from previous years, still easily beats any annual attendance average from the 1970’s – the real glory years of the franchise. At the end of the day – atmosphere counts.

The open-ended version of Three Rivers would have been awful for football. I don’t think we ever saw a stadium that was good for both sports; the concrete ashtrays were adequate for both.

PNC Park is nice, Heinz Field really isn’t, but I’d be happier if neither was built by taxpayers.

Endive, comparing ’70s baseball attendances with today’s involves comparing turnstile count to tickets sold. That said, the Pirates market and promote much more aggressively than they did in the ’70s, and attendance is generally up around sports.

Ricko, the Pirates aren’t a pinstripe team. (The late ’70s stripes certainly weren’t pins.) I like the vests better than the current sleeved unis anyway, but the Sunday alts shouldn’t be pinstriped.

[quote comment=”346287″]The open-ended version of Three Rivers would have been awful for football. I don’t think we ever saw a stadium that was good for both sports; the concrete ashtrays were adequate for both.

PNC Park is nice, Heinz Field really isn’t, but I’d be happier if neither was built by taxpayers.

Endive, comparing ’70s baseball attendances with today’s involves comparing turnstile count to tickets sold. That said, the Pirates market and promote much more aggressively than they did in the ’70s, and attendance is generally up around sports.

Ricko, the Pirates aren’t a pinstripe team. (The late ’70s stripes certainly weren’t pins.) I like the vests better than the current sleeved unis anyway, but the Sunday alts shouldn’t be pinstriped.[/quote]

See, even Pittsburghers think the pins don’t work.

[quote comment=”346287″]The open-ended version of Three Rivers would have been awful for football. I don’t think we ever saw a stadium that was good for both sports; the concrete ashtrays were adequate for both.

PNC Park is nice, Heinz Field really isn’t, but I’d be happier if neither was built by taxpayers.

Endive, comparing ’70s baseball attendances with today’s involves comparing turnstile count to tickets sold. That said, the Pirates market and promote much more aggressively than they did in the ’70s, and attendance is generally up around sports.

Ricko, the Pirates aren’t a pinstripe team. (The late ’70s stripes certainly weren’t pins.) I like the vests better than the current sleeved unis anyway, but the Sunday alts shouldn’t be pinstriped.[/quote]

Hello, Heinz Field is open now. I find it extemely funny that the Rooney family nixed the original proposal for an open ended stadium and went ahead a built one now with Heinz Field.

[quote comment=”346288″][quote comment=”346275″][quote comment=”346273″]Some great old CFL footage remembering Sam Etcheverry. Includes silver/gray Al’s jerseys and, of course, a QB wearing #92.
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—Ricko[/quote]

Very cool,

nice jump pass towards the end of the hi-lights. Some of those houses you see in the background at the end are I believe from Taylor Field (Mosaic) – and you can still see them today. (either that of from Ivor Wynne Stadium – and you can still see those houses as well – the CFL has missed a few generations of stadiums.[/quote]

My guess is Taylor Field – I don’t think the homes are quite that close at Ivor Wynne. But you’re right, there’s a bunch of very old stadiums in the CFL.[/quote]

Ivor Wynne is smack dab in the middle of a neighborhood. One end zone and one sideline are right across the street from houses just like those pictured. It’s pretty cool. Don’t know which stadium it is, but it could be either one.

[quote comment=”346294″][quote comment=”346292″]The food looks incredible. That last photo kills me, though. No offense at all, but what is up with your boy’s outfit?? Is it 1954?[/quote]

In Michael’s head, it’s probably more like 1944. Either way, you wish you had, like, 1/1000th of his talent and style:
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you got the beige vintage sweater memo!

[quote comment=”346262″]Baylor in white pants in 50s and early 60s.
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Baylor had White Pants and Gold helmets for the overwhelming majority of the years 1960-present.

The Gold helmet/Green jersey/White pants was/is a clean, classic look and I would say that particular look was almost exclusively identifiable to Baylor – in a very positive way.

Now they sport cheap, cookie-cutter Nike “Uniform Carnival” (as I remember PL describing the Mets some time back in the Village Voice days), with the Vegas Gold jerseys and pants next to useless.

COME ON … Get back to looking like Baylor, and get off of the trend trian.

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