Wednesday, April 16, 2014

From Chic Silber


 Hey Eric
You're not the only 1 with a tiger, here is my Salome at 3 months.

10 comments:

Buckles said...

I never realized that Salome was pronounced "Salo-may" until my first year in Baraboo when I was corrected Sally Ringling.

Buckles said...

The final indignity came when my mother said to her, "You sure a little thing, I'll bet you were a top mounter in a teeter board act!"

Chic Silber said...


Although my wife Tiki never saw

her she heard the many stories

I still have to correct her

when she mispronounces it

This photo had my 1st wife in

it whom I photoshopped out

Chic Silber said...
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Chic Silber said...


For those who may recall that's

the Silver Sleeper on the left

originally from Big Bertha

Ole Whitey said...

Come on, Buckles, we're getting off topic here. This is about Chic and his tiger.

Chic Silber said...


Although that was the correct

pronunciation of the Opera &

of several other ladies it was

not for this furry striped lass

Her name was "Sa LO Mee" hence

the confusion by many folks

Chic Silber said...


Be careful Dave if we weren't

allowed to wander off topic we

surely would lose some of the

best remembered thoughts

Eric said...

Chic,

At what point did you finally realize that Salome was becoming a little too big to go around uncaged?

Chic Silber said...


She was only on loan to me from

Dave Hoover who came up to the

Beatty opening in Commack with

all too many mouths to feed in

1 trailer so I was glad to be

a foster mom to Salome for 5

months until she was nearly 8

months old & returned her to

Dave in Buffalo that fall when

see was really too big to hide

She would have been around 11

when Cindy Potter came on the

show so she might remember her

(I think Cindy said 78 or so)