Vino Vignette

EVERY gin mill has its juke box and, these days, its television. And any properly equipped saloon has its "Oracle"--one of the regulars who, one way or another, becomes the final authority on everything from baseball to diaper pinning. You and I have seen all models. Some are merely loud, others are pompous. Many are both. Some are obnoxious. Others are rather pitiful. But none I have ever seen was like John.