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    Cotton-rayon: what have I been missing?

    Every now and again, Wal-Mart will sell a 100% rayon shirt for their summer lines. I've picked a couple up over the years. I LOVE THEM. Cotton/Rayon blends are a gift from the gods in the summer. In fact, darn near anything with a rayon blend is wonderful. I have a couple sport coats with a...
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    The general decline in standards today

    Then there's some of us that are apparently a little too out-of-touch, who think that a government has no business getting too involved in what people own. But I already know I'm kinda nuts. ;) I've always been really interested in the mechanical aspect of firearms; so I like to take them...
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    Hanging your laundry on a clothesline

    I just strung up about 20ft of nylon braided cord over two hooks in our enclosed porch the other day. It's been a few years since I've had a functional laundry line. I've been doing most laundry at my dad's for years. I dry delicates, etc. at home. My experience is thus: A.) Apartment...
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    The general decline in standards today

    Isn't that the truth? It hurts to the bone to see the anguish in these people's faces. I can't even look at them. I wonder how numb some people must be who can scan these pictures and move on without the slightest tinge of sadness. A friend of mine in the military just mentioned this last...
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    The general decline in standards today

    Everyone reacts differently, and I think what you've described certainly is valid. You've also touched on the steps of grieving which I think most folks endure. I was actually wondering about those folks, and I'm not trying to be grotesque, who actually do want the book deals. I guess it's...
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    The general decline in standards today

    I'm afraid to ask this because it makes me sick to even imagine the answer, but... ...do you wonder if maybe some of these victims, or families of victims, are quite eager to have their 15 min of fame no matter the cost?
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    Who is today's Steve McQueen?

    Daniel Craig. And the two of them have similar features, too.
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    The general decline in standards today

    One issue I take with this line of discussion is that we fail to recall a number of points: 1. No one in the news or in the public glorifies these happenings. 2. 24/7 news coverage is only as effective in relaying a message to you if you a.) read/watch that news and b.) do so when they are...
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    meditations on doing yesterday's music today

    Fletch, at this point, the "Swing" era has passed and cannot be grasped between our fingers again. Anything and everything is emulation now. Just as one cannot truly recreate the Art Deco movement, no matter how true they are to the style. I don't think that's a bad thing. It's the miracle...
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    The general decline in standards today

    I'm sorry if I poop on the parade here, but I think as a police officer (and some of the others commenting) should well know, this is a textbook case to duck, cover and at the very least wait for conditions to improve, but more probably get to safety. A dark movie theater. Smoke, possibly...
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    To 3D or not to 3D - that is the question...

    :arated:
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    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    I wondered about this myself. Unfortunately at the time, I couldn't find a friend with three working brain cells to have that kind of analytical discussion. :eusa_doh:
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    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    I don't know if I'd go that far. Again, it's "beauty in the eye of the beholder", and it's difficult to be black and white on the subject. Perhaps it would be better stated that all uncommissioned, unsolicited and unwanted art sprayed, painted, stuck-to or otherwise applied to any private...
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    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    Haha, well, you got me there. I was never a big fan of the Beatles. Or the Beach Boys. Or Elvis, for that matter. I once commented that you could put all of the band members and their master recordings on a bus and throw it off the side of a cliff. Someone in line near me was quite offended...
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    What to do with this fabric?

    Depending on your size, a jacket might be a stretch due to the matching of plaids. A vest is probably in the neighborhood of 1.5 yards, and you could manage trousers at around 2 yards. I'm not sure you could do both, especially with the matching of plaids. Do let us know what you end up...
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    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    With the US Military's new program on fake social media accounts, and with just one major social network's admission that at least tens of millions of Facebook accounts are confirmed fakes, one would certainly be blameless in reasoning 2 + 2 = 4 ... One more reason I don't partake in those...
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    A Cultural Wrinkle

    One of the best purchases I ever made was a hand steamer. Ironing is for crisp lines, the steamer does everything else from Wool to Linen, Silk to Cotton, and all in between.
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    Staged TV

    Haha, oh the irony... lol
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    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    Organic being authentic, real, cultivated and natural. A catalyst, as opposed to the reaction. Another explanation: psychosis is an 'organic' detioration of the brain matter, often resulting in adverse psychological manifestations. Anti-social personality disorder, which is often mistaken for...
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    Does vintage make you look.... *older*?

    In all honesty, I think society would see him as "hip", for better or worse. I think a younger crowd, myself included, tends to read clothing as messages, rather than just things we wear. That said, I would tend to read an older fellow in shorts and a backwards cap as someone who not only...

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