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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: warthog-driver on April 03, 2012, 12:24:09 AM
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I had forgotten how awful the food was in the dorms. The manager at McCormick was a guy named Walt. Dave Sinker (who was our ASMU "Senator") challenged him about the food quality. Walt's reply was "don't eat it..."
Then there was Queenie, the Homo Erotic server. Queenie supposedly had been an English prof at Eastern Illinois; he lost his position due to his untoward advances to male students. When news of his academic background became known guys started giving him their papers to review. Personally, I avoided all contact with Queenie, Homo Erotic Food Server of McCormick Hall.
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Gotta love the $11-$14 per meal "meal plans."
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Thankfully, I was in Schroeder, but the food was still bad.
SAGA - Soviet Attempt to Gag Americans.
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Thankfully, I was in Schroeder, but the food was still bad.
SAGA - Soviet Attempt to Gag Americans.
Typical dorm food....but it did help me pay for 2 years of college.
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I had forgotten how awful the food was in the dorms. The manager at McCormick was a guy named Walt. Dave Sinker (who was our ASMU "Senator") challenged him about the food quality. Walt's reply was "don't eat it..."
Then there was Queenie, the Homo Erotic server. Queenie supposedly had been an English prof at Eastern Illinois; he lost his position due to his untoward advances to male students. When news of his academic background became known guys started giving him their papers to review. Personally, I avoided all contact with Queenie, Homo Erotic Food Server of McCormick Hall.
Wow, that brings back memories. Dave Sinker was a character. Was Queenie the dude who used to run the doughnut machine?
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"Flush twice, it's a long way to SAGA"
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Pretty sure I walked about of at least 80% of my meals with a soft serve ice cream cone.
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It's better than what some schools (maybe MU too or all?) do. At least with SAGA, we got to eat as much as we wanted at each meal. Now, everything is a la carte and it's damn expensive to pay for meals. At least it's that way at I4, where my oldest attends.
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Norm always swiped the cards at McCormick cafteria. Everyone used to give him the "Norm!" from Cheers. If you asked him how he was doing on potato bar night he would answer spud-tacular.
We voted a guy in as our McCormick Hall Saga rep to voice concerns. I'm sure to this day that everyone from 9th floor still calls him Sagaman.
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I actually worked at SAGA for a stretch. One of my roles was to keep the salad bar stocked. One day I was looking for a utensil to refill the sour cream container and asked one of the full timers for one. She walked me to the refrigerator, dug her hand into the huge sour cream container, flung it into the smaller salad bar jar and said, "It cleans out your finger nails, too!"
Honest to God true story.
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Wow, that brings back memories. Dave Sinker was a character. Was Queenie the dude who used to run the doughnut machine?
I remember the donut machine but not sure Queenie ran it. Queenie was tall and had a buzz cut. He was always telling people he was a Homo Erotic.
Sinker was a writer for the Gong Show and The Jenny Jones Show. Last I heard he opened and runs a comedy club in Chicago's northern burbs.
http://www.napervillemagazine.com/?q=node/135
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I remember the donut machine but not sure Queenie ran it. Queenie was tall and had a buzz cut. He was always telling people he was a Homo Erotic.
Sinker was a writer for the Gong Show and The Jenny Jones Show. Last I heard he opened and runs a comedy club in Chicago's northern burbs.
http://www.napervillemagazine.com/?q=node/135
I recall you saying that you're in Seattle (on the thread that wouldn't die), so you wouldn't know that Naperville is a western suburb, not northern. Not that it matters.
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There was a newspaper article a few months back that said The Comedy Shrine was closing for economic reasons, but apparently it got a second wind.
http://www.comedyshrine.com/tim-meadows-this-weekend-at-the-comedy-shrine-2/
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There was a newspaper article a few months back that said The Comedy Shrine was closing for economic reasons, but apparently it got a second wind.
http://www.comedyshrine.com/tim-meadows-this-weekend-at-the-comedy-shrine-2/
Not surprised. Sinker was full of hot air!
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Attempt, nothing!
Soviet Agents Gagging Americans
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I remember the donut machine but not sure Queenie ran it. Queenie was tall and had a buzz cut. He was always telling people he was a Homo Erotic.
Sinker was a writer for the Gong Show and The Jenny Jones Show. Last I heard he opened and runs a comedy club in Chicago's northern burbs.
http://www.napervillemagazine.com/?q=node/135
Do you happen to remember Jim Keppler?
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Anyone remember John Plesnick, then (1972-1973) a philosophy instructor, who lived in a McCormick single. He would wear a Hefner type robe and slippers to the dining room for breakfast.
During that time there was a food line worker referred to as "Weedie" who was rumored to be a former professor.
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Anyone remember John Plesnick, then (1972-1973) a philosophy instructor, who lived in a McCormick single. He would wear a Hefner type robe and slippers to the dining room for breakfast.
During that time there was a food line worker referred to as "Weedie" who was rumored to be a former professor.
Don't know Plesnick but Queenie was originally "Weedie." His voluntary disclosures as a "Homo Erotic" necessitated the change to Queenie!
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I recall you saying that you're in Seattle (on the thread that wouldn't die), so you wouldn't know that Naperville is a western suburb, not northern. Not that it matters.
Roger western vice northern suburb. I do know where Issaquah, Sammamish, and Puyallup are, though!
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Do you happen to remember Jim Keppler?
Keppler?? Can't place the name.
Sinker was part of what was known as the McCormick Mafia. They stayed in that dorm for two years and ran for a bunch of ASMU offices. They helped Tom Sallie get elected as President. One of my roommates was Jim McDonough who took ASMU pretty seriously. I recall he was pretty upset about Sallie. I always thought most people didn't give a sh1t about student govt.
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Linda the card swipper at mccormick in the 90s was awesome.
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Ms. Bennie made the best short order omelets at O'Donnell in the early aughts
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Keppler?? Can't place the name.
Sinker was part of what was known as the McCormick Mafia. They stayed in that dorm for two years and ran for a bunch of ASMU offices. They helped Tom Sallie get elected as President. One of my roommates was Jim McDonough who took ASMU pretty seriously. I recall he was pretty upset about Sallie. I always thought most people didn't give a sh1t about student govt.
Tom "God save the Kinks" Sallie?
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Roger western vice northern suburb. I do know where Issaquah, Sammamish, and Puyallup are, though!
Somewhere in Asia? :P
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Tom "God save the Kinks" Sallie?
There were the 3 Sals: Tom Sallie, John Salamanski, and Sal Balomo
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There were the 3 Sals: Tom Sallie, John Salamanski, and Sal Balomo
Salmonella?
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Can't be worse than in the late 90's. WTF was a chicken cyber-wrap? I had to bail on that hot garbage to the Subway across the street so many times I made Jared look like Karen Carepenter.
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Can't be worse than in the late 90's. WTF was a chicken cyber-wrap? I had to bail on that hot garbage to the Subway across the street so many times I made Jared look like Karen Carepenter.
Before Subway there was Suburpia and Cousins. Suburpia, located next to the original Real Chili location, was more of a stoner place and they saturated their subs in an Italian Dressing. Kids used to openly spark doobs inside that place. There was dim lighting and they played ZMF (great legendary station that went went off the air in late 70's) all the time.
Cousins was more mainstream and offered hot subs. Their version of a Philly cheese steak was not up to Geno's standards but it was often a damn sight better choice than the SAGA slop.
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This last post got me reminiscing about the good ole days, and Milwaukee radio. Googled Ron Cuzner's name. Came up with a site that has a library of his shows. GREAT stuff.
Here's the link....
http://reader.mac.com/mobile/v1/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roncuzner.com%2Fdarkside.xml
"Ron Cuzner is my name, and this is the dark side, the dark side of....."
Lots of great memories listening to Ron.
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This last post got me reminiscing about the good ole days, and Milwaukee radio. Googled Ron Cuzner's name. Came up with a site that has a library of his shows. GREAT stuff.
Here's the link....
http://reader.mac.com/mobile/v1/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roncuzner.com%2Fdarkside.xml
"Ron Cuzner is my name, and this is the dark side, the dark side of....."
Lots of great memories listening to Ron.
I did the ASMU February Fine Arts Month Programming for two years (under Kris Riley then Dave Sinker.) Each year I brought Cuzner out to talk about Jazz. We would get several hundred people to attend. He was eccentric and surprisingly had a large, devoted following among the MU student body. Many's the night I slaved over diffy q's while Cuzner played in the background.
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Anyone know the name of the tune Cuzner opened his show with? I can hum it, but have no clue what the name of it is.
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Solitude, performed by Duke Ellington.
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Check this link, click to about the fifty minute point in the podcast. You get to hear Ron Cuzner do the news, "or the blues, depending on your perspective".
He also gives the day's baseball scores. "baseball, the national pastime". Pure gold.
http://reader.mac.com/mobile/v1/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roncuzner.com%2Fdarkside.xml
Select the broadcast from 9-9-81. Pure Ron.
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Solitude, performed by Duke Ellington.
Daaamn. Thanks. Good memories.
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Daaamn. Thanks. Good memories.
Ron Cuzner is my name, and this the dark side, the dark side of......
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There were the 3 Sals: Tom Sallie, John Salamanski, and Sal Balomo
There was also the world famous SAGA SALisbury steak. I remember the first time I saw it and wondered how do they call that steak?
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I recall SAGA having the lamest Shepherd's pie consisting of runny mashed potatoes, whole kernel corn, and a sprinkling of ground meat byproduct topping(likely a precursor to pink slime).
We took advantage of the unlimited portions one evening having a floor challenge amongst the East Coast residents versus the Midwest residents over the consumption of pork chops and finished up with a food fight. Hall Director Jack Lance and the food service manager were not pleased.
When mentioning establishments frequented by stoner's you would have to include the Blue Deli on 16Th.
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When mentioning establishments frequented by stoner's you would have to include the Blue Deli on 16Th.
Is Wales on Wells still there?
I remember the intrigue surrounding Real Chili losing its lease in the original site. It was replaced by a joint called Chili Gene's. I know Francis let everyone know that Chili Gene was a crook and that if you ate there ever you were not welcome at Real Chili. I think the student body was extremely loyal and there was never anyone at Chili Gene's. Not sure how long it lasted but it was not more than a year, if that.
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Your forgetting the SAGA favorite of Turkey Tetrazini. I'm still not quite sure what it is, but I know I ate it.
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I believe someone mentioning Wales on Wells closed in the mid-Aughts? I don't recall seeing it open over reunion weekend last summer. A more recent alum can confirm.
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I'm not a more recent alum, but yes, Wales is closed. We at the Lighthouse lived just around the corner and frequented the place a lot.
You always knew you were going to have Monte Cristo sandwiches later in the day when SAGA had french toast for breakfast. That was nasty....
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Before Subway there was Suburpia and Cousins. Suburpia, located next to the original Real Chili location, was more of a stoner place and they saturated their subs in an Italian Dressing. Kids used to openly spark doobs inside that place. There was dim lighting and they played ZMF (great legendary station that went went off the air in late 70's) all the time.
Nice
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Suburpia is back. They got one by the airport on Layton and Howell in a gas station. Go there at least once a week for dinner during my work hours.
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Before Subway there was Suburpia and Cousins. Suburpia, located next to the original Real Chili location, was more of a stoner place and they saturated their subs in an Italian Dressing. Kids used to openly spark doobs inside that place. There was dim lighting and they played ZMF (great legendary station that went went off the air in late 70's) all the time.
Cousins was more mainstream and offered hot subs. Their version of a Philly cheese steak was not up to Geno's standards but it was often a damn sight better choice than the SAGA slop.
I preferred Suburpia to Cousins. At Cousins, if you didn't ask for only a half jar of mayo or less, you'd get a whole jar on your sandwich.
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Before Subway there was Suburpia and Cousins. Suburpia, located next to the original Real Chili location, was more of a stoner place and they saturated their subs in an Italian Dressing. Kids used to openly spark doobs inside that place. There was dim lighting and they played ZMF (great legendary station that went went off the air in late 70's) all the time.
Cousins was more mainstream and offered hot subs. Their version of a Philly cheese steak was not up to Geno's standards but it was often a damn sight better choice than the SAGA slop.
I worked at Suburpias during 1978-80, cool business to work for, case in point: it was a company policy that WZMF had to be played over the PA (if that location could receive the weak signal that was ZMF. I'm from the Falls and have the last 24 hours of ZMF on cd (my brother recorded it).
The owner was a really creepy stoner tho', he also owned the Tyrolean Townhouse on HWY 100 so we had our X-Mas parties there with bands like Bad Boy playing for us.
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I worked at Suburpias during 1978-80, cool business to work for, case in point: it was a company policy that WZMF had to be played over the PA (if that location could receive the weak signal that was ZMF. I'm from the Falls and have the last 24 hours of ZMF on cd (my brother recorded it).
The owner was a really creepy stoner tho', he also owned the Tyrolean Townhouse on HWY 100 so we had our X-Mas parties there with bands like Bad Boy playing for us.
The last song played on ZMF was the national anthem by Hendrix. Priceless.
I remember waking up and turning on the Sansui. ZMF would be blasting Led Zepplin at 7 am.
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Didn't Walter Downing play the national anthem for senior day on his bass guitar?
I know that he didn't eat the same SAGA food at McCormick as us after practice. He always seemed like a nice guy and hope he is doing well.
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IThe owner was a really creepy stoner tho', he also owned the Tyrolean Townhouse on HWY 100 so we had our X-Mas parties there with bands like Bad Boy playing for us.
This is weird. We had Sr Gisela Benda as a prof and she asked us to plan an end of semester party. The dudes chose the Tyrolean House. She told the organizers that this venue was "full of low brow trash and not in any way realted to a German society language arts club.!" Needless to say, our Cougar redemption rate also grew out of control,
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Suburpia is back. They got one by the airport on Layton and Howell in a gas station. Go there at least once a week for dinner during my work hours.
There was a great custard stand called Al's on Layton near the airport. They had a buttered beef burger that put Mazos' to shame. Is Al's still there?
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Negative on Al's. He divorced, and the ex ran it (down) as Jessica's. After a new owner's plans to reopen the place were announced, the building was demolished, and replaced with a concrete-block box. The first occupant was an Italian takeout business that had terrific pans of lasagna. Later users included a limo service and a car detailing place, the latter of which may still be there.
Just a block and a building to the east is the wonderful Nite Owl. A few more steps take you to the Packing House. Tonight's menu choices will be from the Bangkok House, a few more blocks east of the airport. We've come a way from the steam tables.
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Linda the card swipper at mccormick in the 90s was awesome.
I smoked pot with Linda; she let me get Grab and Go's sophomore year even though I no longer lived in McCormick.
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I smoked pot with Linda; she let me get Grab and Go's sophomore year even though I no longer lived in McCormick.
you should change your board name to celebrate that.
there used to be a guy who used idrankwithmandyjohnson. he's gone now but that name will always be funny
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Negative on Al's. He divorced, and the ex ran it (down) as Jessica's. After a new owner's plans to reopen the place were announced, the building was demolished, and replaced with a concrete-block box. The first occupant was an Italian takeout business that had terrific pans of lasagna. Later users included a limo service and a car detailing place, the latter of which may still be there.
Just a block and a building to the east is the wonderful Nite Owl. A few more steps take you to the Packing House. Tonight's menu choices will be from the Bangkok House, a few more blocks east of the airport. We've come a way from the steam tables.
That's too bad about Al's. I think he was an former Army cook who opened the stand after getting out. His burgers were fantatstic. He called them butter burgers. Another example of a guy screwing up something good over a piece of tail.
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We took advantage of the unlimited portions one evening having a floor challenge amongst the East Coast residents versus the Midwest residents over the consumption of pork chops and finished up with a food fight. Hall Director Jack Lance and the food service manager were not pleased.
When mentioning establishments frequented by stoner's you would have to include the Blue Deli on 16Th.
I recall a food fight at McCormick that raged for almost 10 minutes. We had been subjected to a particulalrly cruel string of horrific offerings and quite frankly were fed up with being fed shyte. Not sure how it erupted but the pent up rage of about 600 freshmen males let loose in a mushroom cloud of mystery meat, soggy boiled vegetables, and whatever else SAGA was trying to pawn off as food. We were having a floor Mass/dinner in that side room - Fr Frank Majka lived on our floor in one of those suites. Fr Frank's presence prevented us from joining in but it was still a sight to behold. RA's were frantic and ineffective - the rage of insulted palates was not to be denied that evening. Walt, the Food Service Manager was running about too. I recall four guys pushing around the salad bar, flinging contents at whomever was in their field of view. It was a thing of beauty.
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That's too bad about Al's. I think he was an former Army cook who opened the stand after getting out. His burgers were fantatstic. He called them butter burgers. Another example of a guy screwing up something good over a piece of tail.
Did he start Culvers?
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Did he start Culvers?
I never thought much of Culvers. I was in Co Springs and saw one so I stopped as it was the only wat I could get frozen custard west of the Missisippi
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The Culvers discussion rerminds me of the Auto Dog machines SAGA deployed. Many's the night we threw out the mystery meat and settled for a glass of Auto Dog. What a rip-off.
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My SAGA ID, circa 1977. Man was I good looking! ::)
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Al, the SAGA manager in Schroeder, let us borrow the bug juice machine one weekend. We had a can of bug juice concentrate. Held a "bring your own half pint" party on 10 north in Schroeder. Still remember a kid from California Ralphing in the urinal, and washing his mouth out with the urinal water flow. Can't make this crap up.
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Worked in the McCormick cafeteria all 4 years. You thought it was bad out front in the dining rooms.....
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Worked in the McCormick cafeteria all 4 years. You thought it was bad out front in the dining rooms.....
For the love of God, PLEASE don't elaborate...
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I won't. Statute of limitations hasn't passed yet for some of the stuff I saw.
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My SAGA ID, circa 1977. Man was I good looking! ::)
I had a friend whose SAGA ID was so bad, he'd win bar bets with it. It looked like someone kicked him in the groin immediately before the photo was snapped. He would challenge someone by saying "worst picture buys the beer", and he never lost.
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Worked in the McCormick cafeteria all 4 years. You thought it was bad out front in the dining rooms.....
Details! And did you know Queenie, Homo Erotic food server and former Lit professor at Illinois State?
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My favorite Saga dish was el Rancho, which we called el Rauncho.
It led to an affliction called Sagarhhea, which did awful things to Milwaukee's sewer system.
Gawd I forgot about Suburpia. Used to wreck Joe Cocker's "You are so beautiful" hit by injecting the word ....Submarine!!!!!!!
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Details! And did you know Queenie, Homo Erotic food server and former Lit professor at Illinois State?
SAGA was crap, was so glad to live off-campus and cook my meals. Since you are asking for details and I have to place a couple of steaks in the Barbie, I'm staying away from this topic for the night :P
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Details! And did you know Queenie, Homo Erotic food server and former Lit professor at Illinois State?
Picture the cook from "Up Periscope", mix it with "Waiting", add in the number of cooks on parole, square it, let your imagination go and you can probably imagine just about anything I can tell you.
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Picture the cook from "Up Periscope", mix it with "Waiting", add in the number of cooks on parole, square it, let your imagination go and you can probably imagine just about anything I can tell you.
How about Queenie?
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I had a friend whose SAGA ID was so bad, he'd win bar bets with it. It looked like someone kicked him in the groin immediately before the photo was snapped. He would challenge someone by saying "worst picture buys the beer", and he never lost.
Wouldn't that mean he'd buy the beer each time?
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Wouldn't that mean he'd buy the beer each time?
That's what I thought. Then, the dude might be one of those guys who likes buying rounds
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I had a friend whose SAGA ID was so bad, he'd win bar bets with it. It looked like someone kicked him in the groin immediately before the photo was snapped. He would challenge someone by saying "worst picture buys the beer", and he never lost.
Where do I collect!?! ;D
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My SAGA ID, circa 1977. Man was I good looking! ::)
You need to update this with a "Today" photo
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Al, the SAGA manager in Schroeder, let us borrow the bug juice machine one weekend. We had a can of bug juice concentrate. Held a "bring your own half pint" party on 10 north in Schroeder. Still remember a kid from California Ralphing in the urinal, and washing his mouth out with the urinal water flow. Can't make this crap up.
God help us. My daughter now lives in Schroeder. I'll have to pass along your story real chili.
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Al, the SAGA manager in Schroeder, let us borrow the bug juice machine one weekend. We had a can of bug juice concentrate. Held a "bring your own half pint" party on 10 north in Schroeder. Still remember a kid from California Ralphing in the urinal, and washing his mouth out with the urinal water flow. Can't make this crap up.
I was also on 10 North at Schroeder. My eyes watered as I read your post. The Floor's proud traditions of Overindulgence in Controlled Substances, Meaningless Sex, Vomit, and Malicious Vandalism carried on! Makes an Old Airman weep with pride. I think I was in Room 1010. Oh if those walls could talk...
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I was also on 10 North at Schroeder. My eyes watered as I read your post. The Floor's proud traditions of Overindulgence in Controlled Substances, Meaningless Sex, Vomit, and Malicious Vandalism carried on! Makes an Old Airman weep with pride. I think I was in Room 1010. Oh if those walls could talk...
You were on 10 north. We were on 10 south. Rocky Rockenbach, our dear departed MU alum, was our Frosh RA. We've also lost Greg Raffensperger...from White Folks Bay. Greg had a VW bug that we would take up to Port Washington to to indulge in the double bubble happy hour at Sundance.
Sophmore year, the year of the bug juice machine incident was Tom K., the polish guy from northern Wi for our RA. ;D Tom married a wonderful MU gal, Jane.
There was a guy on your section of the floor. We called him Megaphone Mark. When his mom would call him on a Saturday morning, he would answer "hello". He had one of those voices...barritone (sp) that would carry down, and wake up the whole floor.
Anyone remember the great painting we did on 10 north of the album cover from Dark Side of the Moon?
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You were on 10 north. We were on 10 south. Rocky Rockenbach, our dear departed MU alum, was our Frosh RA. We've also lost Greg Raffensperger...from White Folks Bay. Greg had a VW bug that we would take up to Port Washington to to indulge in the double bubble happy hour at Sundance.
Sophmore year, the year of the bug juice machine incident was Tom K., the polish guy from northern Wi for our RA. ;D Tom married a wonderful MU gal, Jane.
There was a guy on your section of the floor. We called him Megaphone Mark. When his mom would call him on a Saturday morning, he would answer "hello". He had one of those voices...barritone (sp) that would carry down, and wake up the whole floor.
Anyone remember the great painting we did on 10 north of the album cover from Dark Side of the Moon?
I think I was a year before you. Our RA was Larry Burnett who ended up going to Cornell Law. He was also in my wedding party. The 10 South RA was Pete DeSalva who was a Marine option NROTC. Pete ended up making Colonel in the Corps which in my opinion is a very big deal.
I knew Rocky real well. His dad owned a Chevy dealership in Chicago. I had no idea something happened. Gary was a real stand up guy. You could count on him.
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I think I was a year before you. Our RA was Larry Burnett who ended up going to Cornell Law. He was also in my wedding party. The 10 South RA was Pete DeSalva who was a Marine option NROTC. Pete ended up making Colonel in the Corps which in my opinion is a very big deal.
I knew Rocky real well. His dad owned a Chevy dealership in Chicago. I had no idea something happened. Gary was a real stand up guy. You could count on him.
Rocky from Grayslake. If I remember correctly, it was some form of cancer. Long time ago too....I think he must have been in his early 30's. Very nice guy. He put up with a lot from us.
Frosh year, after spring break, a couple of guys decided to have a bottle rocket war. They had just stocked up in Tennessee, on their way back from Florida. You probably remember the grates that were above the doors in Schroeder. One guy went up to the "enemy's" door, broke most of the stem off a bottle rocket, lit it and pushed it through the grate, and into the enemy's base camp/room. The situation really got out of hand when one moron deployed a roman candle. That brought the situation to an end. A few minutes later, us civilians came out into a hallway full of the smoke from burned gunpowder. The kids involved were really luck there wasn't a fire.
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Rocky from Grayslake. If I remember correctly, it was some form of cancer. Long time ago too....I think he must have been in his early 30's. Very nice guy. He put up with a lot from us.
That is a real shame. Gary was a first rate guy. Did he have a family?
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That is a real shame. Gary was a first rate guy. Did he have a family?
In the article I saw, it referenced a wife. Not sure about kids. He passed in 1995.
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God help us. My daughter now lives in Schroeder. I'll have to pass along your story real chili.
You are in trouble. That is where I got my start down the road to.......well, wherever it was.
Hey Real Chili83, I have no idea what you are talking about with the bottle rockets. It would seem highly unlikely that a group of highly respectable 10N guys would illegally transport bottle rockets across state lines. For that matter, those same people wouldn't have loaded the car with cases upon cases of beer in Milwaukee to drink in Florida only to end up in Florida after a stop at U of Florida with only 3 beers left.
(I did not launch the roman candles, for that matter, I don't think I launched any bottle rockets either. I prefer to be more of a facilitator).
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On our trip to Florida, we took soooo much beer, purveyed to us by our Pabst rep., the infamous Chopper. We filled the trunk, and also had six cases in the back seat too.
We got pulled over in Louisville. Officer Friendly never looked in the back seat. If he had, it would not have turned out well.
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You are in trouble. That is where I got my start down the road to.......well, wherever it was.
Hey Real Chili83, I have no idea what you are talking about with the bottle rockets. It would seem highly unlikely that a group of highly respectable 10N guys would illegally transport bottle rockets across state lines. For that matter, those same people wouldn't have loaded the car with cases upon cases of beer in Milwaukee to drink in Florida only to end up in Florida after a stop at U of Florida with only 3 beers left.
(I did not launch the roman candles, for that matter, I don't think I launched any bottle rockets either. I prefer to be more of a facilitator).
Suppose you remember the dude with the Bose 901's, who also had a samurai sword in his room, and was also the wielder of the roman candle. http://
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Frosh year, after spring break, a couple of guys decided to have a bottle rocket war. They had just stocked up in Tennessee, on their way back from Florida. You probably remember the grates that were above the doors in Schroeder. One guy went up to the "enemy's" door, broke most of the stem off a bottle rocket, lit it and pushed it through the grate, and into the enemy's base camp/room. The situation really got out of hand when one moron deployed a roman candle. That brought the situation to an end. A few minutes later, us civilians came out into a hallway full of the smoke from burned gunpowder. The kids involved were really luck there wasn't a fire.
We didn't employ explosive fire power. I do recall the waste can full of urine leaning against the door was employed from time to time, however. Not sure which is worse.
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Anyone remember the great painting we did on 10 north of the album cover from Dark Side of the Moon?
Some of the guys did the album covers Traffic: On The Road and one of the Yes albums. They spent a lot of time on those and they were well done.
Schroeder 10 North: A Proud Tradition of Overindulgence in Controlled Substances, Meaningless Sex, Vomit, and Malicious Vandalism
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On our trip to Florida, we took soooo much beer, purveyed to us by our Pabst rep., the infamous Chopper. We filled the trunk, and also had six cases in the back seat too.
We got pulled over in Louisville. Officer Friendly never looked in the back seat. If he had, it would not have turned out well.
Sounds like our trip to Florida in '84. 23 cases of Bud in our two cars, gotten from the infamous "one who went after sleeping, passed out women" Bud Man. Bud Man's car broke down, all 7 of us and our Bud piled into my Toyota Celica the rest of the way to Florida. Got pulled over in Lantana County, GA. Ya'll don't do those things in Lantana County.....
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Sounds like our trip to Florida in '84. 23 cases of Bud in our two cars, gotten from the infamous "one who went after sleeping, passed out women" Bud Man. Bud Man's car broke down, all 7 of us and our Bud piled into my Toyota Celica the rest of the way to Florida. Got pulled over in Lantana County, GA. Ya'll don't do those things in Lantana County.....
7 dudes and 23 cases of Bud crammed into a Celica for 15 hours...
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On our trip to Florida, we took soooo much beer, purveyed to us by our Pabst rep., the infamous Chopper.
Awesome. I hadn't thought of Chopper in a long time. To tie into some other topics we've discussed in the past month, the beer reps were HUGE with respect to providing 'entertainment' dollars for student functions. God college was fun!
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7 dudes and 23 cases of Bud crammed into a Celica for 15 hours...
it was only a few hours in the one car....and the 23 cases we started out with wasn't 23 by the time we made it to FLA. just sayin'
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it was only a few hours in the one car....and the 23 cases we started out with wasn't 23 by the time we made it to FLA. just sayin'
Not sure which is more horrendous...7 dudes crammed into a Celica for several hours or being forced to drink 23 cases of Bud...
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We counted 12 SAGA menu items that featured canned tuna. We had to add chili when we were told by a kitchen worker that they threw canned tuna in the chili. These are those 30 pound cans of tuna.
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I can still recall the distinctive odor emanating from the McCormick cafeteria at breakfast. Not sure what the hell that was - grease and some other aromas but I can still smell that to this day. Interestingly, it was unique to breakfast.
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I can still recall the distinctive odor emanating from the McCormick cafeteria at breakfast. Not sure what the hell that was - grease and some other aromas but I can still smell that to this day. Interestingly, it was unique to breakfast.
Must have been the tuna in the eggs. ?-(
I hate it when my kid complains. Freakin' Chicken Parmesan at the fancy pants Italian Cafe in Schroeder. Awesome Brews all over campus. Malts up at the 50s diner at Mashuda. Einstein Bros. bagels. Cripes!
On top of that, these damn kids have all the comforts of home in their dorms including a better TV than I have in my family room. Plus yours truly got to haul it (plus a big futon) down the Schroeder steps this past weekend while someone supervised! (Must have been fatigue from finals?)
Oh, and I also get the privilege of writing a $40k+ check!
Nuff bitchin'. Thanks mom and dad for making it possible for me 30 years ago! ;D
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I think it is a different world. Son number One had training table but he also had a card called Cougar Cash where he could eat a la carte anywhere on campus. Our son who went to Middlebury had phenomenal food options while our daughter at Dartmouth complained about the "Freshman Fifteen." Bottom line is that the crap SAGA ladled out to us would noty be accepted in any way today. Looking back it was pure shyte.
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I think it is a different world. Son number One had training table but he also had a card called Cougar Cash where he could eat a la carte anywhere on campus. Our son who went to Middlebury had phenomenal food options while our daughter at Dartmouth complained about the "Freshman Fifteen." Bottom line is that the crap SAGA ladled out to us would noty be accepted in any way today. Looking back it was pure shyte.
I agree. It's the same at I4, where my oldest is going. I-Bucks allow the kids to eat anywhere on campus and everything is a la carte. If SAGA was around, they'd just go to the fast food places and skip SAGA. The other huge difference we had was the all you could eat meal. It costs $3.00+ just for one f-ing banana.
And JSGlow, I hear you. I was the one carrying all the stuff out of the dorm while the kid recovered (?) from his finals. Something was wrong with that picture.....
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The other huge difference we had was the all you could eat meal.
Mixed blessing, at best. Kinda like all the poon you want in a leper colony
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I agree. It's the same at I4, where my oldest is going. I-Bucks allow the kids to eat anywhere on campus and everything is a la carte. If SAGA was around, they'd just go to the fast food places and skip SAGA. The other huge difference we had was the all you could eat meal. It costs $3.00+ just for one f-ing banana.
Has your oldest been to I4's impromptu rallies in the AH Concourse after a stunning I4 win over Minnesota?
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I might have posted this in the wrong topic. Local brewer here Summit is coming out with a new beer this week.
http://www.summitbrewing.com/brews/saga-ipa