Crows and owls don't get along either.
30.10.2025 16:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@davelpg.bsky.social
Husband/Dad of 3/Baby Boomer/Chicago born and raised/Retired/History Buff volunteer since 2015 at the Chicago History Museum/CAC Docent Class 0f 2016.
Crows and owls don't get along either.
30.10.2025 16:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Where's Waldo found in milliseconds.
26.10.2025 18:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In fairness, lemme guess the screen was >85" and the sound system better than typical home type. Probably more seating too.
26.10.2025 18:23 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The Chicago History Museum is across the street. Lots of history there, good and bad. I suspect these times will fit in the bad category.
24.10.2025 18:10 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Can we have a "moron" emoji on Bluesky? I know a few places where I'd use it, starting in 3..2..1...
24.10.2025 17:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Today's architecture column. "Making matters worse: Trumpβs blitzkrieg on the East Wing happened without as much as a hint of public review, due process or consideration for the White Houseβs historic status."
24.10.2025 11:36 β π 20 π 11 π¬ 0 π 0Can we please not have a moron for our next POTUS. TIA
16.10.2025 22:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The 34x convicted felon is the one who should be in jail.
08.10.2025 17:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Good. Now on to the shoulder parkers at O'Hare with cell lot within a short distance.
07.10.2025 15:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I'm headed to Portland tomorrow. Should I pack a flak jacket? π
29.09.2025 14:54 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0When they "grow up" they climb the Wrigley Building. π
27.09.2025 13:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If you have any audio of the organ playing at the Stadium, it will for sure wake the cat from its slumber - and perhaps the neighbors as well.
22.09.2025 15:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We lived at 2415 S. St Louis in the 50s while I was still in grammar school at Blessed Agnes, at 27th and Central Park. Interesting and tragic story at the corner.
19.09.2025 13:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wonder if he would do a house call at the White House?
18.09.2025 14:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is NOT good news! Can only hope things return to normal once the dust settles.
17.09.2025 12:48 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0How to use Windows 10 ESU to keep getting updates after October 2025 www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...
I don't see this on my Win10 (Home) Surface fully up to date. I'm a Win365 customer and back up to One Drive. I'm in Chicagoland if that matters. Stages rollout?
The word "clicker" was spawned by this device.
02.09.2025 17:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Did you ever have a Green River? You can thank Schoenhofen for that as well as their beer.
02.09.2025 13:33 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Church building moved to Old Mill Creek in Lake County starting in 2011. My (large) Flickr album here:
flic.kr/s/aHsjvnWmbU
Just watched their Smog doc yesterday. What a shame we have a POTUS who cares little about such things, but the White House is now adorned with gold, ala Louis XIV. π°
27.08.2025 16:25 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Walked (mostly) to and from dinner at RJ Grunts just yesterday. Noticed families out and about with kids and dogs on a great Chicago weather day. We don't need troops patrolling the streets. Oh and I gave a walking tour for the Chicago History Museum too. All on the tour survived!
25.08.2025 15:24 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0@madopal.bsky.social asking you, with thanks, to send me the link to the map site you did when Chicago in Maps went bye-bye a few weeks ago.
24.08.2025 11:27 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I posted about Dennis's site on the Chicago sub on reddit. For reasons unknown to me, it was removed. I sent a note to moderators and a week or so later they said try again, so I did. We'll see. Dennis was a frequent contributor to the Chicago sub.
23.08.2025 14:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Sorry to hear this. Seems all too common these days.
19.08.2025 14:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Embarrassing -- again!
19.08.2025 14:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'll give your link a whirl.
17.08.2025 15:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I posted this (and suggestions on how to save it) on the Chicago reddit sub and a bot locked it within a few seconds. I asked the moderators why and have yet to receive an answer. Dennis was a frequent user of this sub over the years. Confused as to why the lock.
14.08.2025 13:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Any idea on how much this costs? I'm not familiar with this stuff but was a frequent user of Dennis's site.
13.08.2025 13:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I'm not familiar with the nuts and bolts of taking over a website. Surely this can be done and yes I know about Wayback but might that go bye-bye someday too?
13.08.2025 13:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Newberry map folks wrote back - they can't take over maintaining Dennis McLendon's Chicago in Maps site.
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