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@offcycle.bsky.social

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ON SUCCESSIVE VISITS TO THE CITY, I GREW TO KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS CHUMLEY'S. DAD AND I USED TO COME DRINK HERE. IT'S A BAR? HOW COME THERE'S NO SIGN! YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT IT. NEAT. YEARS LATER, ON AN EVENING OF BAR-HOPPING, I ENTERED THIS ESTABLISHMENT WITH A GANG OF LESBIAN FRIENDS. COVER'S FIFTEEN DOLLARS, LADIES. FIFTEEN DOLLARS?! WE LEFT, TOO NAIVE TO REALIZE WE'D BEEN EIGHTY-SIXED. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE TERM EIGHTY-SIX. WHEN I DID LEARN IT, MY RETROACTIVE MORTIFICATION WAS SOFTENED BY THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I'D TAKEN PART IN SUCH A LEXICOGRAPHICAL EVENT. Image of dictionary definition for eighty-six: To refuse to serve (an unwelcome customer) at a bar or restaurant. 2a. To throw out; eject. b. To throw away; discard. [Perhaps after Chumley's bar and restaurant at 86 Bedford Street in Greenwich Village, New York City]
Google Streetview screenshot showing a bridge on I-74 westbound and a sign indicating Tanner’s Creek. The bridge has a sign (not readable here) indicating mile 160.60
Jake and Elwood Blues are sitting in the Bluesmobile, and Jake says, “I hate Illinois Nazis.”
1696 The parts of a Movement, which I shall consider, are the Watch, and Clock. The Watch-part of a Movement is that which serveth to the measuring the hours. In which the first thing I shall consider is the Ballance. W. Derham, Artificial Clock-maker i. 3 1590 IV.21.a. A small time-piece; originally one with a spring-driven movement, and of a size to be carried in the pocket; now also frequently, a wrist-watch (spring- or battery-driven). The occasional occurrence of the term pocket-watch (see quot. ?1705) suggests that the word was sometimes applied to spring-driven clocks of larger size. From the beginning of the 17th cent. ‘watches’ (from the context clearly pocket watches) are often spoken of as striking.