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  1. MrNewportCustom

    Share your own art here :)

    I took this photo at a war memorial on the east bay of San Francisco this weekend. It was on the reverse side of a memorial naming lost sailors.
  2. MrNewportCustom

    Places to visit in San Francisco

    Hello, Miss 1929! It was an absolute pleasure meeting you and your husband this past weekend! While I was there, I visited Decades and found a great '40s wool overcoat for $100.00. It's flawless. No pics of it yet, but I'll take some this upcoming weekend, after it's back from the cleaners...
  3. MrNewportCustom

    Humour about tragedy.

    I fully sympathize with you and your family, yet I stand behind what I said; that in rough times we NEED to laugh, even at the situation. I have a friend in straits very similar to yours - including losing the house, which is imminent and unavoidable - and he finds ways to make light of it. So...
  4. MrNewportCustom

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    "And when they talk, they just make sounds that more or less synch up with their lips." - Laurie Anderson, Language is a Virus, from Home of the Brave (1986). I know too many of these people. :o (See my response to Tomasso, below.) HUGE peeve of mine! I get this from women who work...
  5. MrNewportCustom

    Humour about tragedy.

    Everyone finds a reason to laugh during even the hardest of times. Everyone. We need to laugh during these times, and laughing at the event itself is the most common and cathartic method of coping with it. How many times have you heard, or even said of something you did, "Someday, we're going to...
  7. MrNewportCustom

    what CD do you have in the car?

    Do you mean now or when I had a working CD player? :rolleyes: When it worked; pretty much whatever I was in the mood to hear: Usually Yello, Laurie Anderson, Yes, Micheal Franks, etc. Now: library music. Lee
  8. MrNewportCustom

    Weird Food Combinations

    You just reminded me of an old Shoe comic strip where he calls a pizza parlor and the employee answers with, "American Weight Gain Clinic." Shoe orders his pizza with "anchovies, onions and garlic" and then asks if the pizza will be delivered in thirty minutes. The employee answers, "Believe me...
  9. MrNewportCustom

    Weird Food Combinations

    Sometimes, I like to sprinkle a little salt onto watermelon. But if you think that's scary, I work with guys who put pico de gallo and/or hot sauce on pretty much everything: Limes, lemons, mangoes, bananas, chicharones . . . Lee
  10. MrNewportCustom

    Share your own art here :)

    Now THAT is art, Lady Day!! Absolutely wonderful! :eusa_clap Here's another take on the MK Falcon. I shot it this morning. Lee
  11. MrNewportCustom

    Name my comic strip!

    Too bad "Futurama" has already been taken. lol "Retro Tomorrow" "Future Retro" "Science Friction" "The Nuclear Family" Lee
  13. MrNewportCustom

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Yeah. I'll put one on the old Chrysler and then park it between the Jaguar's cat and the Bugatti Royale's elephant. lol I'm not a smoker (which has me wondering why I'm suddenly collecting smoking paraphernalia), but I would guess you're correct about the beaks. I like how the lighter very...
  14. MrNewportCustom

    Weird Food Combinations

    I rarely ate eggs (outside of hard-boiled), until a friend showed me tabasco sauce on them. Tabasco sauce will tear me apart later, so I use catsup. Now I like all sorts of eggs. . . . Not all of them with catsup, though. As far as mustard goes, we lovers must stick together. It's been...
  15. MrNewportCustom

    Old L.A. Photos

    Incredible photos, Doran! Thank you for posting them. I manipulated this in Photoshop, and to the best of my skills have deciphered the caption at the bottom to read as follows: "June 13 1919. Keystone Girl Venice Parade". There is also what looks like a copyright mark between the two gals...
  16. MrNewportCustom

    Share your own art here :)

    More Rust 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Lee
  17. MrNewportCustom

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    RetroToday, that's a beautiful sweeper! Here's an ash tray I found at an antique mall in Yucaipa. Lee
  19. MrNewportCustom

    Migraines - how to come out the other side

    That is exactly when a buddy of mine gets migraines. When the weather changes, he'll get two or three in a row over the course of several days. And no, they're not cluster headaches; he gets the aura and they make him sick, too. Lee
  20. MrNewportCustom

    Never forget a face?

    Sometimes I can, sometimes I can't. I once rendezvoused with a girlfriend in Pittsburgh. I got off the plane and walked right past her. :eusa_doh: She was a little less than pleased. Lee
  21. MrNewportCustom

    Question: Tipping in Restaurants, for Services, ??

    I just remembered something: My grandmother owned a restaurant in which she, due to a small staff, often provided table service, and she always told us, "Gratuities are gifts, not requirements. If the service is bad, you don't tip: They have to earn it!" When I eat out, my allowance for...
  22. MrNewportCustom

    Question: Tipping in Restaurants, for Services, ??

    I tip according to the service. One waiter gave me and my date excellent service. Everything went perfectly and he was prompt, pleasant and very efficient, but never hovered; he got a 40% tip. (No, I didn't tell my date about it.) Another time, I got what I would consider no service: I'd...
  23. MrNewportCustom

    Share your own art here :)

    To continue my series on indoor low-light, long-exposure photos, I made it to Union Station in Los Angeles. All comments welcome. Enjoy. Available Seating Triple Soffit Hallway Fountainhead Doors Shadowlight Lee

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