Monday, September 22, 2008

Charlie at Mike's Tavern

Posted by Nadia Pflaum on Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 2:58 PM

By NADIA PFLAUM

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Charlie is a regular at Mike's Tavern and is very particular about the level of his hat. He told me he used to carry a carpenter's level in his pocket to make sure his hat is straight. I thought he was joking until I got this email:

I didn't much care fer either one of those pics ya took of me, Charlie wrote. It's not that there's anything wrong with em per se, it's jus that I didn't like that "jaunty" angle of my lid. I don't do"jaunty" y'dig? I always strive to keep my brim angles level, y'know what I mean. I likes em straight and low.

So he sent me the above picture to replace the offending one. Laura, Mike's "bar maid," as Charlie calls her, is pictured next to him. Being a regular means Charlie doesn't run out of pictures of himself at Mike's Tavern.

He bought that gold medallion around his neck a year ago. "I always wear some kinda necklace," Charlie told me. "I'm afraid sometimes that it looks too garish. Too ostentatious. That's not me." He glanced around. "If my friends saw me getting interviewed about fashion, they'd laugh and laugh."

At least you're not getting caught at a jaunty angle, Charlie.

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I think this is the Charly who was a friend of mine back in the 60's. We used to drink 15 cent beers and hustle the pool table at Vi and Jim's. He was a good pool player, but not as good as I was. Charly if you see this send me an e-mail.

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Posted by Sanford on 09/03/2010 at 7:12 PM

His name's Charley not Charlie, and he'd kick your ass in pool, and prolly just kick your ass. he's a bad mofo ol dude.

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Posted by Chris B Critter on 09/23/2008 at 1:24 AM

You would probably qualify as some of the Colonel's waste matter no matter what your ideas are. TD

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Posted by td on 09/22/2008 at 5:37 PM

It's so nice to be back in Kansas City.

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Posted by Robert Altman on 09/22/2008 at 3:58 PM

What's up with giving Colonel Sanders free press? Methinks if I sent in a picture of me and the Hamburgler getting wasted, you wouldn�t print it.

But, if you are accepting self-generated �Clothes Whores� entries from bars, where would you send �em?

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Posted by Trevor on 09/22/2008 at 3:07 PM
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