[Magdalen] If I stood up and put weight on the legs, the cramps went away immediately.

James Oppenheimer-Crawford oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Sat Jul 4 01:59:46 UTC 2015


Ah! A man of exquisite taste.




Nah.


James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 8:51 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, and there was a Miss Frothingslosh of, shall we say, ample
> proportions, that...uh...graced the purple cans one year. Friends of ours
> made a small table lamp out of one of those cans as a birthday present for
> my ex-husband!
>
> On July 3, 2015, at 8:13 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I remember when Rege Cordic invented the name Frothingslosh -- the Pale,
> Stale Ale.  The beer with the head on the bottom.
>
> For Rege, it was just another day at the office.  He was always coming up
> with zany skits that he got kids from Carnegie Tech to dramatize, and it
> made him a sort of legend around the western Pennsylvania region.
>
> He loved to lampoon advertisements and TV shows.
>
> There is a site where a devotee has put up recordings of his skits.  I
> don't think he ever expected the wild hit Frothingslosh made, and continues
> to make today.
>
> Rege was on KDKA radio from 6AM to 10AM and during that time, people were
> just arising from slumber, and thought the most horrible humor was
> first-rate. This, it turned out, was where Rege had a sort of Golden Touch.
>  (Or brown, if you wish)
>
> I was delighted to find this article in wiki on Rege.  He was truly one of
> a kind.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regis_Cordic
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Grace Cangialosi
> >
> >> Jim, were you familiar with "Old Frothingschloss" (sp?) In Pittsbugh?
> >>
> >
> > Yup.  It was often the "talk of the town" when I was at Penn State.
> >
> > I see it's on the comeback trail:
> >
> > http://www.pittsburghbrewing.com/blog/olde-frothingslosh/
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jim
> >
> >
>


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