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  1. tonyb

    I can't believe people are into coveralls

    I just visited the Key website. Bib overalls remain reasonably priced. Almost bought a pair, but then reminded myself that I usually come to regret impulse purchases. If I’m still jonesing for ’em in a day or two, maybe I’ll complete the checkout.
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    I can't believe people are into coveralls

    ^^^^^ In another thread from several years ago is a discussion of men wearing orphaned suit jackets with bib overalls. In “the Era” it wasn’t a fashion statement but rather a matter of thrift and practicality. The old suit jacket may have been too worn for wearing to church but was still a...
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    Greatest Songs of All Time

    Almost everybody else capable of compiling a list such as yours is dead. And dead people don’t see the ads appearing in Rolling Stone. As those with fond memories of the popular tunes of the 1950s die off (teenagers from that time are dropping like flies now), we can bet that the onset of “all...
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    You know you are getting old when:

    … the mention of “Bono” has you thinking “Sonny.”
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    Greatest Songs of All Time

    ^^^^^ It’s also a staple of the sorts of publications you’ll find at the supermarket checkout stands — not all of ’em, but the ones most prominently displayed are thick with that kinda crap.
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    Greatest Songs of All Time

    “Click bait” is what those crazy kids call it. It’s of a kind with stories that promise a payoff that almost always disappoints. Our online world is rife with those, too. When it’s as easy and as inexpensive to put out crap (no printing and distribution costs, no higher-priced talent, etc.)...
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    Greatest Songs of All Time

    Time started in 1955, I suppose. The joke of it is that several of the most influential songsmiths of the rock ’n’ roll era — Brian Wilson, Paul McCartney, Jimmy Webb, etc. — would acknowledge their debt to the popular songwriters who dated from long before them.
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    Vintage lamps/light fixtures

    I bought this lamp for five bucks at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Shelton, Wash. at least 10 years ago. And then I paid something like 50 bucks for the shade, at a lighting specialty store, which I hesitated to do at the time, but I’ve been happy with it since. It certainly isn’t “Golden...
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    Vintage lamps/light fixtures

    This brass base a friend found at the dumpster at his condo building. He thought I might want it. The shade I had made by a guy I found online. I have no complaints about his work, but if I had it to do again I wouldn’t. The material just isn’t the same as the true vintage stuff. And the colors...
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    Vintage lamps/light fixtures

    I, too, have a weakness for old clocks, even the ones that don’t work. Got several. I just put ’em on a shelf or mantel or anywhere they won’t be in the way. They don’t take up much space. Vintage clocks are deserving of their own thread.
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    Vintage lamps/light fixtures

    This one a friend gave to me maybe 10 years ago. She found it at the curb near her house, with a bunch of other stuff awaiting the garbage truck. The shade material had separated from the metal rings. I glued it back together and the repair has held ever since.
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    Vintage lamps/light fixtures

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    Vintage lamps/light fixtures

    Vintage fiberglass shades are getting hard to find. If I had to choose my fave, it would be this ’50s(?)-vintage swingarm lamp. I bought it in the closing minutes of a vintage fair a few years ago, for 45 bucks, if memory serves. It’s in nearly perfect condition. I was pleasantly surprised...
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I never commence warring on Christmas until after Thanksgiving.
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    Some of my old electric fans

    How long have you been building this collection?
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    Vintage lamps/light fixtures

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    Vintage lamps/light fixtures

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    Vintage lamps/light fixtures

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    Vintage lamps/light fixtures

  23. tonyb

    Vintage lamps/light fixtures

    Just ask anyone working in any visual medium: lighting has a HUGE effect on the look of any scene, any piece of art, anything we gaze upon. Among the first tips any decorator deserving of the title will impart is to have multiple light sources — high, low, and in between. I’ve acquired several...

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