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    30s Gothic revival architecture (& good news)

    Collegiate Gothic is not as common on the West Coast as it is back east, (Italian Rennaissance and Spanish Colonial are the major influences for Golden Age collegiate architecture out here). There are some examples however. There is Bowles Hall over at Cal. It was built in 1928 as the...
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    Old Dutch Chases Dirt - But Do You? How?

    Dust cloths are good for woodwork, particularly with a little polish. However, do not use on electronics or the television screen. For that, an old cotton t-shirt, (NO PRINTING!), works best. For all the knick-knacks, especially if you do not want to pick them up and wipe them individually, a...
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    Help me choose a hat - urban aussie?

    Another possibility, (and one which is very local to you), is to look at Filson's tin cloth Packer and their summer weight Packer hat. The brim is not too wide. They vent well. And they are near unto indestructable. I've been wearing one for gardening, camping, and flying for several years...
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    If I had to pick one girl from the golden era

    Veronica Lake is also displayed to good effect in the early-war propaganda/Paramount Studio satire, _Star Spangled Rhythm_. In her brief part, she plays herself and wears a slinky black catsuit. In the song she sings with Dorothy Lamour and Paulette Goddard, "A Sweater, a Sarong, and...
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    Do you remember these?...

    Someone in one of the other businesses in the office park I work in drives a Studebaker Avanti to work every day. The car that could have saved Studebaker. Studebaker was the oldest of America's car makers. It had its roots in the California Gold Rush. They built wheelbarrows in Hangtown...
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    When Was The Last Time You...

    1. Last night. We don't have cable or satellite. 2. About seven years ago when I was given a telephone with an integral answering machine. I still have the Western Electric. 3. Four weeks ago. Giants game. 4. Sunday. IBC Root Beer. 5. A couple of years ago when the tab broke off...
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    The lack of Pedestrian culture in America

    I just got back from the UK,(Edinburgh in particular), and I am having to rethink the arguments against public tranist because of low density. Edinburgh is about 100 square miles and has a population of about 450,000. Compare this with San Francisco, (one of the USA's more transit-friendly...
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    What are you listening to?

    Listening to George Formby sing "Sitting on a mine in the Maginot Line" Haversack.
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    Relax...dont do it?

    Another specific I have found for removing stress and encouraging mental, emotional, and physical peace is the cliche'd "walking along the ocean shore". The combination of the sounds of the waves and water, the physical excersize, breathing the very fresh and clean air, and the infinite visual...
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    What's your least favorite chore?

    My wife and I have seperated the household chores through a process of evolution so that our skills, dislikes, and "not minds" are taken into account. For example, I take of the trash while she takes care of the compost. One of my "not mind" tasks is doing all the handwashing. This includes...
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    Relax...dont do it?

    Sleep is usually my best way to restore/relax/recover. However, when in the midst of the final stage of a project where I am working 12 hour days, I sometimes am unable to fall asleep because I can't get my brain to power down. In those cases, the best thing I've found for convincing the brain...
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    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    Not all tents are for 'roughing it'. Consider these tents: http://www.bigskytent.com/Products/index.html This company makes cotton tents for traditional Indian weddings. Just the thing for those of us with adventure clothes and Raj fantasies. Haversack.
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    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    According to Tentsmiths' website, their Egyptian cotton canvas is 4.5 oz. per square yard. http://www.tentsmiths.com/egyptian-cotton-tents.html Now I agree that backpacking with canvas is agin the modern minimalist sport-camper ethos. However, if one is trying to do it with early 20th C...
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    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    Tentsmiths in particular does a variety of 19th C. - early 20th C. tents in Egyptian Cotton based on the different expedition tents used by explorers of that era. They also make reproduction WWII German tents. Myself, I've had one of their French wedge tents for 16 years. You'll find the...
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    I need our help. Urgently.

    There are many here who can give you better advice regarding Art Deco than myself. However, an overview you might want to run down is the catalogue of an exhibit which was shown in San Francisco and Boston three years ago. It was entitled "Art Deco, 1910-1939", and was put together by the V &...
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    Which Classic movie character inspires you most?

    The Weenie King in _The Palm Beach Story_. Haversack.
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    I need our help. Urgently.

    In architecture, Modernism is rooted in the developments of the late 19th C. In part, it sought to incorporate the new materials and construction methods which were becoming available due to the Industrial Revolution. On the other hand, it also was part and parcel with the...
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    Royal Visit to USA

    I was part of the choir that sang for them at Battery Park in Manhattan in '76 when they disembarked from the Britania. His Grace was in a good mood and made a couple of jocular comments about us. Haversack.
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    Happy Drunk/Mean Drunk

    Definitely on the Happy side of the equation. I've a tendancy to sing and spout poesy anyway and the lessening of one's filters and inhibitions through the courtesies of John Barleycorn or Dionysus brings this out. Usually something by Gilbert & Sullivan or folk songs. For a more detailed...
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    Which city is best for vintage?

    I'll be in London and Edinburgh the next couple weeks and plan on visiting Armstrongs, Hornets, and Old Hat. I'll report back on what I saw available. Haversack.

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