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  1. DeeDub

    GUNS,GUNS and GUNS!!!!

    It's been said in replies above, but please allow me to add my own spin. Firearms aren't an American obsession, but they are very much an integral part of our culture. Compared to European cultures, ours is young and still forming. Although the comparatively civilized suburbs and cities have...
  2. DeeDub

    What Are You Reading

    I just finished Sidney Poitier's The Measure of a Man. He offers some useful and thought provoking philosophy on life and work. His (usually) conversational style was very engaging. Before that, I read Laura Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit while spending time on my cousin's farm in rural Vermont...
  3. DeeDub

    I need your help....yes, you.

    Redwood City #1971 On Monday, June 25, the B&N on El Camino Real in Redwood City, CA, had no Classic Styles in the Men's Interest section. They told me it had come in on June 15th. So either the entire stock sold out or it's sitting in the back room. I prefer to think my fellow citizens...
  4. DeeDub

    I need your help....yes, you.

    Barnes and Noble Store Numbers If you don't know your local B&N store number, there's an easy way to find it. Go to the Barnes and Noble store locator at http://storelocator.barnesandnoble.com/ and search for your store. The results of your search will include a list of stores and their...
  5. DeeDub

    The perfect Cup of Joe.

    Bodum Vacuum Coffee Maker I've gotten excellent results with a vacuum maker. (J.B. mentioned this earlier in the thread.) I had read somewhere (long before J.B.'s post to this thread) that vacuum makers produce the best results, so I bought a Bodum stovetop model. Not only does it make...
  7. DeeDub

    Your favorite Hot Dog Stand?

    Chicago on a Bun in San Diego Ben Franks in Redwood City Oh, and Hebrew National dogs cooked right here at home. http://www.chicagoonabun.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Franks
  8. DeeDub

    All things Sewing Machines!

    Unleash the feed dogs? My wife is sitting here, reading over my shoulder. (Actually, she sat on my lap, so she's not reading over my shoulder, but that's beside the point.) Anyway, she said it could be the feed dogs, (the toothy things coming up from the bottom of the machine.) On most...
  9. DeeDub

    What's the Best and Worst Restaurant Service you've had?

    Sometimes the Quality of the Customers Counts This thread has me reminiscing about past dining experiences. One particular experience came to mind in which the customers were as much a part of the service as the restaurant staff. When I was in the Navy, I had a habit of wandering away from...
  10. DeeDub

    Fun Literary Meme

    Regarding the Bitmap object's attachBitmap() method... "It gives great power for controlling animation, but requires more code to do it." —Beginning ActionScript 2.0
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    What's the Best and Worst Restaurant Service you've had?

    The best was at Ruth's Chris Steak House in Del Mar. The servers didn't hover over us but magically appeared whenever we needed a refill, fresh napkin, or whatever. And the food was heavenly. The worst may have been at a Furr's Cafeteria. I had chosen a dish of spinach or collard greens...
  13. DeeDub

    A Lot o' Mottos: What are your words to live by?

    Mottos are the most elegant and concise of literary compositions. They provide us with memorable summaries of those tidy rules by which we govern our lives. (Or sometimes not, unfortunately.) What are your favorite mottos? I'll start with one of my favorites: Measure twice, cut once.
  14. DeeDub

    Got Tiki?

    Bamboo 2 U in Leucadia Those of you visiting or living in the San Diego area can find an abundance of tiki stuff at Bamboo 2 U in Leucadia. I first discovered this place in Oceanside. I love the whole tiki genre, so I had to check the place out. Later, they moved down to Leucadia. I...
  15. DeeDub

    Do you remember these?...

    I see one now and then at Sequoia Station. Could be somebody from Burlingame working there?
  16. DeeDub

    I need some advice...

    I'd have to go with LD on this, adding a mention of the advantage of a quiet place to study without distractions. Whether you live with roommates or family, there are likely to be interruptions and other noise getting in the way of your studies. Since you're by yourself, you can get by in a...
  17. DeeDub

    What is your expertise?

    Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers! :) (Sorry. Sometimes I have no self control.) :p
  19. DeeDub

    What is your expertise?

    Object-oriented design. Okay, not so interesting here. I do know a fellow—not a FLounger, so far as I know—who is an expert on the history of dueling in America. Has he got some stories to tell! (Of course, he does; he published a book on the subject.)
  20. DeeDub

    What's Your Favorite Joke?

    Every now and then a joke pops into my head and gives me a little chuckle. Some return again and again over the years, and I still find them funny. So it was the other day, as my memory played out the punch line of one of my favorites, that I felt the urge to share it with others who either...
  21. DeeDub

    need for broadway music airplay

    XM Radio channel 28, On Broadway, plays show tunes. Not far from that, in frequency or subject, is channel 27, Cinemagic, playing movie soundtracks.
  22. DeeDub

    Jeff Ruby, Fedora Lounger?

    By now, you've probably read that Louisville restaurant owner Jeff Ruby refused to serve OJ Simpson and his party. My wife read that article and, being an avid Internet researcher, she searched for this bold man of principle on the web. Upon reaching Ruby's own website...
  23. DeeDub

    Emoticons- Are You Doing What You Type?

    I sometimes use a smiley emoticon—the original emoticon, as I remember it—not because I'm smiling, but to clarify to my reader that the previous text was meant to be humorous. In that context it's a literary crutch, I suppose. I often find myself putting in the smiley, then...

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