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  1. DeeDub

    Who's Still Alive?

    And speaking of classics who are still alive... Interesting story about Kirk Douglas on the CNN site today: http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/05/08/books.kirkdouglas.ap/index.html He talks about his contemporaries, most of whom are no longer qualified for this thread, if you get my...
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    Classic Style Issue #2, I Got Mine! Did you get yours yet?

    I saw the new issue on the rack at the local B&N and was disappointed that mine hadn't arrived yet. Then I went to my post box and guess what I found... :fedora:
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    I Met Food Network's Alton Brown Today

    I enjoy many of the Food Network shows, but I would have to rate Alton Brown at the top of the list. He explains and entertains at the same time. Many cooking shows list the ingredients and demonstrate the cooking process. Alton Brown does all that. But he also has the intellectual chops to...
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    Accents, whats your Favourite?????

    z. All of the Above I love them all. English is a rich language, having borrowed from many other languages, past and present. It's made even richer with the variety of ways to say the same thing. I can't resist the urge learn the accents of the people I encounter day to day. Years ago, I...
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    How Did You Discover Old Time Radio?

    The Zoo Like 52Styleline, I'm old enough to have caught the tail end of it. Not to mention that just about all the TV stars in the 50s and early 60s came from radio. And I enjoyed hearing my Dad's stories about learning how to fix radios so he could build one for his family when they were too...
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    Achieving that vintage look, via PhotoShop

    Alternative Ways of Converting to B/W Everyone's mentioned using Image > Mode > Grayscale to convert to black & white in Photoshop. This is how I've always done it, as well. It turns out there are a couple of other ways that may give you better results, depending on your desired result. I...
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    What Are You Reading

    I'm about 5 chapters into The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger. I wouldn't likely read a novel about a women's fashion magazine. While browsing through the bookstore, I picked this one up and just read a few paragraphs and was immediately engaged by the style and wit.
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    Have You Ever Met A Movie/TV Star or Celebrity?

    Charlie Brill is one of the funniest people I’ve ever met. Phyllis Diller is one of the nicest people I’ve ever met, celebrity or otherwise. Likewise author Anne Lamott. Dodie Goodman was one of the nastiest people I ever met, celebrity or otherwise. I met Walt Disney on Main Street USA...
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    Your local stations

    San Francisco Peninsula Classic Radio When I forget to bring the XM receiver with me in the car, I listen to 89.1 KCEA. They're all Big Band, all the time. Most of the time, in the car and in the house, I listen to XM. The most obvious station for music of the 40s is channel 4, The '40s...
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    What Is The Strangest Thing You've Ever Seen?

    I worked for a company located in the vicinity of Torrey Pines State Park in San Diego. My morning commute took me right along the beach, where I could most conveniently envy the surfers and sunbathers who weren't going to work. One especially beautiful, spring morning I looked out to see...
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    First Initial, Middle Name

    As a child, my immediate family called me by my middle name. I learned the hard way how narrow-minded my fellow citizens could be about naming conventions. I think the final straw was the grade-school teacher who insisted my middle name must be my first name, as though I wouldn't know better...
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    Hawaiian Shirts - Aloha Shirts

    Hawaiian Shirts at Hawaiian Costco The Costco in Kona carries the Cooke Street label, Hawaiian-made, 100% cotton. I picked up several there and have enjoyed them as much as the more expensive ones I already had. I did a Google search on Cooke Street before replying to this thread. They...
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    Getting a californian driverslicence?

    More California Rules of the Road Let's not forget these rules, which you're sure to need each and every day: If a car ahead of you to either side signals to change into your lane, SPEED UP! If you're planning to change lanes, DON'T SIGNAL! Why give the other sucker fair warning?
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    I say, could you please tell me...

    That's What I Like About the Lounge The natural segues from one topic to another. Just like a real conversation. :eusa_clap
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    Crazy?????

    Might this be a case of Pay It Foward? http://www.payitforwardmovement.org/
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    I say, could you please tell me...

    ...how to pronounce Savile Row? (Mind you, I think I can handle the second word. :) ) I've only seen it in print, never heard it said. I've been looking around the 'net, but can't find anything. My assumption has been, sah-VEEL. (ah in place of schwa, that is.)
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    Classic Carson is Coming Soon

    I just read an article reporting that Joanne Carson, Johnny's second wife, has 10 of the episodes of his first talk show, The Johnny Carson Show, circa 1955–1956. She's planning to release them on DVD. See http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070316/LIFE/703160368
  21. DeeDub

    bar told that they can only play easy listening music

    Yeah, try it before you knock it! Check out http://www.spaceagepop.com/index.htm for space lounge artists such as Juan Garcia Esquivel, Steve Allen, (yeah, that Steve Allen,) Doc Severinson, Henry Mancini, Nelson Riddle, Lalo Schifrin, and David Rose.
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    If You Could Fill These Graves With Any Four Loungers

    Senator, I don't know what your epitaph would say... ...but it would certainly include the word chutzpa! lol :eek: lol
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    What you say drives me crazy.

    Basically, I'm all like, ya know? I just read this entire thread from beginning to end and, folks, you've covered many of my unfavorites. Godfrey Daniel, my neck hairs stood up and walked out. One popular usage that's getting on my nerves is the qualifier basically. It adds nothing to the...

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