Howdy, Democratic Underground!

[Kid Berwyn]

The administration invited me to introduce myself.

I am a citizen of the United States and a member of the Democratic Party concerned at the state of the Union.

My handle refers to a town I once lived in. Like much of the Midwest, it has seen better days.

Great place you have here for spreading news and information. Thanks for letting me be part of it.

[GP6971]

1. Welcome to DU! n/t

[Kid Berwyn]

25. Hiya, GP6971!

Thank you for the kind welcome!

[applegrove]

2. Welcome to the DU.

[Kid Berwyn]

26. Hiya, applegrove!

Very much appreciate the kind welcome!

[backtoblue]

3. Welcome!

[Kid Berwyn]

27. Hiya, backtoblue!

Really appreciate your hospitality!

[CurtEastPoint]

4. Welcome. In my brief stint in Chicago 40 years ago 'Berwyn' was the punch line of...

Some local show? Maybe a horror movie show? Or a car dealer commercial. But it ended with 'Berwyn?'

[surrealAmerican]

12. Sven Ghoulie

I probably misspelled that.

He was always trying to make it sound scary, when it was just an ordinary suburb.

[CurtEastPoint]

13. That rings a bell! YES! ThanKS!

Svengoolie's mentions of the Chicago suburb of Berwyn are met with an audio clip of several people groaning, "BERWYN?!?"

[murielm99]

20. BURRRR WYNNN

Svenghoulie. He still uses that joke.

They used to have a car spindle, pop art "sculpture." They got rid of it.

[CurtEastPoint]

29. Voila!

[Afromania]

57. Bah, you got here first. I was all ready to make this connection:)

[Kid Berwyn]

28. Hiya, CurtEastPoint! Yeah - Illinois, not Pennsylvania, Berwyn...

The joke’s on me. I used to work at a camera store in downtown Chicago. One customer still haunts me decades later. He’d always come in near closing and ask to see all manner of lens caps for obsolete equipment. He never bought anything, but he’d keep me busy long enough to miss my train. He looked like R. Crumb and we imagined he was from Berwyn. Now I’m old and look like R. Crumb...

[Skittles]

5. hello Kid Berwyn

[Kid Berwyn]

30. Hiya, Skittles!

Thank you for the kind welcome!

[Fresh_Start]

6. Welcome KB

things can get a bit heated around here....but the desire for a better country and a better world keep us together.

[Kid Berwyn]

31. Hiya, Fresh_Start!

Please know I stand with you and all who believe in Democracy in general, the Democratic Party specifically, and our Constitution for ever.

As for the opposition, I quote FDR: “I welcome their hatred.”

[SallyHemmings]

7. Welcome!

[Kid Berwyn]

32. Hiya, Sally Hemings!

Thank you for the kind welcome!

Are you any relation to Lucian K. Truscott IV? That guy can write...

https://www.salon.com/2018/06/16/monticello-recognizes-the-rest-of-jeffersons-children/

[SallyHemmings]

34. I am not

[handmade34]

8. welcome to DU

the more the merrier

[Kid Berwyn]

36. Hiya, handmade34!

Thank you for the kind welcome!

Along with merrier, more also makes an organization more powerful. For instance, We the People.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

9. Howdeedoo!!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[Kid Berwyn]

37. Hiya, InAbLuEsTaTe!

Yours is a tough name to spell and a great place to be. Really like your ticket, too!

[sinkingfeeling]

10. Hi!

[Kid Berwyn]

39. Hiya, sinkingfeeling!

Thank you for the kind welcome!

[magicarpet]

11. .

[Kid Berwyn]

40. Hiya, magicarpet!

The very thought of flying around makes me sooo happy...

[rurallib]

14. The Lounge is where you come to regain sanity after a day of Trump

Where the cats are cute and the dogs are incredibly smart!

I bid you welcome.

[Kid Berwyn]

41. Hiya, rurallib!

Thank you for the heads-up and the kind welcome! It is an honor to join you.

[TomSlick]

15. I recommend caution.

I can't seem to miss a day checking DU. It is quite addictive.

[Kid Berwyn]

42. Hiya, TomSlick!

It is incredibly difficult keeping from commenting on most every thread.

It is most heartening to see so many people who care about Democracy and the future.

[TomSlick]

44. I am slowly learning that I don't have to comment on every post.

If there is a thread in which you are interested, it can be very interesting to engage in a discussion. Sometimes, it enough to just hit "DU Rec" to recommend the thread to others.

One of my rules is that if I make the OP (DU-talk for original post), I feel some obligation to reply to any responses.

[Kid Berwyn]

62. Thank you.

I will do my best to be thoughtful to others who take time to reply to my writing. This place is a moving blog where ideas are expressed, shared and expanded upon. They all matter.

[appalachiablue]

16. Howdy, welcome to DU, great place for info & good peeps.

[Kid Berwyn]

45. Hiya, appalachiablue!

Thank you for the kind welcome!

[FakeNoose]

17. Welcome! We try to have fun here

Enjoy your stay here and don't take it too seriously.

[Kid Berwyn]

46. Hiya, FakeNoose!

Thank you for the kind welcome and heads-up.



I believe, in addition to politics, we share an appreciation for cinema of quality!

[Lady Freedom Returns]

18. Welcome

Enjoy

[Kid Berwyn]

47. Hiya, Lady Freedom Returns!

Thank you for the kind welcome and wishes!

[samnsara]

19. welcome!

[Kid Berwyn]

48. Hiya, samnsara!

Thank you (both, if you’re two) for the kind welcome!

[proud patriot]

21. Welcome Underground

[Kid Berwyn]

49. Hiya, proud patriot!

Thank you for the kind welcome! Honored to be here in the Good Fight!

[BigmanPigman]

22. Hi Kiddo!

[Kid Berwyn]

50. Hiya, BigmanPigman!

Thank you for the kind welcome!

Based solely on your great handle and if you enjoy science fiction, you might like Harry Harrison’s “The Man from P.I.G.”



The Porcine Interstellar Guard is just the kind of whippersnappers needed to chase the scaly hides denizens from this swamp we know.

[smirkymonkey]

23. Welcome to DU!

[Kid Berwyn]

55. Hiya, smirkymonkey!

Thank you for the kind welcome!



Very much appreciate your handle.

[smirkymonkey]

63. I came up with it during the W years and just kind of stuck with it.

Look forward to hearing more from you Kid!

[Wawannabe]

24. Howdy Kid!

[Kid Berwyn]

56. Hiya, Wawannabe!

Thank you for the kind welcome! You and Big Red have got one heckuva football team, there!

[Beringia]

33. Welcome, I live in Berwyn

Cheaper than Oak Park.

[Kid Berwyn]

60. Hiya, Beringia!

Thank you for the kind welcome! Berwyn’s a great town with a most interesting history.

My handle comes from meeting a person my colleagues and I imagined was from Berwyn. We worked at a camera store in the Loop. About once a week, always near closing time, this guy would come in and ask for a Leica 35 Summicron lens cap, used and in mint condition, or similar thing we might have and would need to rummage for in a disorderly drawer in the now darkened store. In the process, one of us would be kept late. Once I found what he wanted. He didn’t buy it, either. Back then, he looked like an R. Crumb self portrait wasting my time while my train sped northwest without me. Now, 45 years later, I look and feel like an R. Crumb self portrait. People may think, I hope when I’m in Chicago, that I’m from Berwyn.

https://www.berwyn-il.gov/?q=about_berwyn

[Initech]

35. Hola!

[Kid Berwyn]

61. Hiya, Initech!

¿Cómo está?

[Stuart G]

38. Yes, I have been to Berwyn Illinois.

Berwyn is located west of the Chicago city limits. If you were to look at a map of Chicago, Berwyn is kinda in the middle, 2200 South of State Street (that is the dividing point of Chicago kinda in the middle of it from top to bottom) look to the direct west of the Chicago border line, and there is Berwyn. If you hit the link below, shrink the image, and it will show you how it relates to Chicago..It is near Cicero, another suburb of Chicago.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Berwyn,+IL+60402/@41.8543162,-87.9428435,11z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x880e346c086e4c3b:0x70ab594b1370370!8m2!3d41.8505874!4d-87.7936685

[Kid Berwyn]

65. Hiya, Stuart G!

Thank you for the information and the kind welcome!

Berwyn is a great town. If I remember, it is one of the first planned luxury communities.

I lived in Chicago’s Rogers Park and a far NW suburb way back when. I worked in a camera store downtown. “Kid Berwyn” was our code name for one customer who came in often and looked, but never bought anything. Now that I am old, I am beginning to appreciate why.

[aikoaiko]

43. How very refreshing. Welcome.

Your OP reminds me of DU of old.

[Kid Berwyn]

66. Hiya, aikoaiko!

Thank you for the kind welcome. It is an honor to be here with you.

As in DU of Old, my intention is to spread the word on the traitors, murderers, gangsters, thieves, crooks, and ignorant politicians in Washington DC and their rich supporters from across the nation and from around the world who threaten our Constitution and imperil our future. This work never ends.



Swirlie’s a great start. Can’t wait for the corrupt bastard to get the rest of his due.

[VOX]

51. Hey, Kid B., welcome!

Glad to have you with us!

[Kid Berwyn]

67. Hiya, VOX!

Thank you for the kind welcome! It is an honor to be here with you in the Good Fight.

[benld74]

52. Welcome

[Kid Berwyn]

68. Hiya, benid74!

Thank you for the kind welcome!

[benld74]

80. My du name is also my hometown as well

[MustLoveBeagles]

53. Welcome to DU Kid Berwyn

[Kid Berwyn]

69. Hiya, MustLoveBeagles!

Thank you for the kind welcome! Great hounds, Beagles!

[rzemanfl]

54. Welcome to DU. I was born in Berwyn many years ago. McNeal Memorial Hospital. n/t

[Kid Berwyn]

70. Hiya, rzemanfl!

Thank you for the kind welcome! Berwyn is a great town, birthplace of great people!

My connection is indirect, coming through a person I once imagined was from Berwyn. I lived in Chicago and worked at a camera store in the Loop oh so many decades ago. The appellation was given to a man who liked to window shop near closing time. We imagined he was from Berwyn, because he took his time and asked for obscure items we could never find. He came in for years and never bought a darn thing. Now I understand that there really is little worth owning, save memories.

[rzemanfl]

73. Cameras that used film. Last week I took 121 digital photos at

a botanical garden near here. My wife took probably just as many with her camera. I should get to Chicago again before I kick the bucket.

[Kid Berwyn]

75. Thank you for sharing that info. Please keep taking photos...

The camera is one of the great machines of our time. I didn’t think digital could supplant film, but the images are amazing. The new sensors can deliver sharp poster-sized prints.

Please don’t go because of the clock. Go and capture the public sculpture, downtown architecture, museums, lakefront and amazing people in the City of Big Shoulders.



I grok the clock, though. And the Cubs won.

[rzemanfl]

76. My current camera has 50X zoom and a gazillion megapixels.

I live near a beach and using it there is an invasion of privacy. I take a picture, then zoom in and find some young lovely I didn't know was there, in a thong. Times change.

[Afromania]

58. Howdy and salutations. Enjoy your stay.

[Kid Berwyn]

71. Hiya, Afromania!

Thank you for the kind welcome! If OK with you and the good people here, I sure would like to stay — at least until Putin’s Puppet gets tossed from the White House.

[ailsagirl]

59. Welcome, Kid!

[Kid Berwyn]

72. Hiya, ailsagirl!

Thank you for the kind welcome!

Rubber Soul for ever!

[ailsagirl]

81. Yes!!

[UrbScotty]

64. Welcome from Michigan!

I used to take the Metra through Berwyn when I was working in the West Loop (about 5-6 years ago).

[Kid Berwyn]

74. Hiya, UrbScotty!

Thank you for the kind welcome! My connection to Berwyn is through the Loop, too. I worked at a top of the line camera store, selling everything from Leicas and Hasselblads to Canon Sure Shots and Pervy’s First telescope. Most salesmen avoided Kid Berwyn, who liked to come in at closing time when we all were desperate to get out and to the trains or el. Up thread I described him as an R. Crumb self portrait looking guy: His voice sounds, in my imagination, like Iggy Catalpa, the politically correct comedian from “Duckman.”


https://m.

[MontanaMama]

77. Welcome to DU!

I hope you enjoy it here...it has been a port in the storm for me since 2016. Not that we don't have our own storms here...we do...but by and large, folks are respectful and kind. Cheers!

[Turbineguy]

78. Welcome!

It's a crazy place sometimes.

[samnsara]

79. welcome!