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    How would you earn a living?

    The photo of the construction workers (none with hard hats) reminds me of something in the relations in the working world between men and women. The photo is a good illustration of the point. I mentioned somewhere here that factory work was usually seen as something completely suitable for...
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    How would you earn a living?

    Without looking up any of the details, the building of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco was built with a safety net underneath the construction, something practically unheard of in those days and it was entirely because of the builders, or so I am led to believe. While safe working...
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    How would you earn a living?

    A coal miner's life was rough as well as unhealthy and dangerous. But it was also a desirable job, too, because it paid fairly well. Living in a coal camp (literally a temporary town) was so great, either, and many miners were immigrants. I don't know if miners got drafted, though, if they were...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    We all eat our weight in something.
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    Weapons in the Movies

    It would have been more likely that a Model 1900 or 1902 .38 ACP automatic would have been used. It was promoted by Colt as a sportsman's pistol and also as a military weapon. Although it did not sell in large numbers, it was nevertheless manufactured up until it was replaced by the .38 Super...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    When I was growing up, mealtimes were fairly formal, or at least breakfast and dinner. Dinner was usually referred to as "supper," but as we all know, supper is at midnight. Dinner was usually served unfashionably early, before six. Grace was also said at dinnertime, too, and everything was...
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    Weapons in the Movies

    Well, they're still beyond the means of mere manservants, if you ask me. However, they were apparently available fairly soon as commercially available pistols, referred to as the Colt Government Model. They were never listed in catalogs as M-1911, which is what the army called them. But even in...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I should point out that all my comments, mostly, are based on people I actually knew, many of whom I was related to. My mother was an invalid and never left the house. So my experiences and impressions should not be expected to be in any way typical, normal or common. I have no idea how people...
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    JC Penney Might Be Going Belly Up (Along With Sears)

    We actually employ artists here where I work. One was from Columbia (and proud of it) and had even graduated from the Corcoran School of Art. She said she simply didn't like her (Kahlo's) work and didn't understand it. We employ another Columbian who is a cabinetmaker for us. I don't know what...
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    Golden Era Woman of the Week

    I enjoyed your biography of Ms. Hawes. I wonder if she would have liked to be titled "Ms. Hawes?" While most of the women I knew when I was little would have laughed at her complaints because they had no interest in fashion particularly and most worked. But she apparently had a point about...
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    JC Penney Might Be Going Belly Up (Along With Sears)

    My daughter rather enjoys art and want to visit the Hirshorn in D.C. next time she visits. The stuff on display make you wonder if they're putting one over on the viewer. But it reminds me of something else. Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter who is currently fairly well-known. Sixty years ago...
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    JC Penney Might Be Going Belly Up (Along With Sears)

    G. C. Murphy stores were all just about the same, layout, content and atmosphere. Even then (in the 1950s), it seemed old-fashioned. Although they tried, they never quite successfully transitioned to the big box store format. They did have a certain amount of charm, however, at least to a...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    In a manner of speaking, all nudists were naturists but not all naturists were nudists. All those hiking clubs (Wandervogel), scouts and what have you were naturists in the sense I use the term. They're all going strong, I understand, more or less. Oddly enough, there was a Hollywood tailor who...
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    JC Penney Might Be Going Belly Up (Along With Sears)

    By the way, speaking of J.C. Penney et al, does anyone miss G. C. Murphy?
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    JC Penney Might Be Going Belly Up (Along With Sears)

    If you like local government, then you'll love big business. The only way "the people" have any say in anything is through government. If you know of any other way of doing things, let us know. Remember, that all governments are democracies. The only differences are in who gets to vote. A very...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    My grandfathers all died before I was born but I probably behave pretty much the way my father behaved, language-wise, at least. In other ways, not so much. He did not indulge in blue humor. In fact, neither he nor most of the other fathers in the neighborhood were particularly humorous or...
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    JC Penney Might Be Going Belly Up (Along With Sears)

    Well, to be honest, that's better than what my hometown has become. The first clue is, there are no art galleries. I haven't been back since 2014 when I attended my 50th high school reunion. Since the railroad shops moved, the population has shrunk to about 6500 and I have no idea what they all...
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    Weapons in the Movies

    No, it was an R-35 but it was in Iraq, not Afghanistan. Here's a link to the photo:http://www.philipsmucker.com/Photos/Pages_Iraq/index.htm
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Most of those new words mentioned above haven't entered my vocabulary, although a few others have. But I don't really know much contemporary slang, probably because I'm not contemporary. I'm from the past, in a manner of speaking. There is a brand of ice cream, Haagen-Dazs, that is pure...
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    JC Penney Might Be Going Belly Up (Along With Sears)

    When one place grows, it is at the expense of some other place. The last places to stay in business are the taverns.
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