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    Why do I hate the 1970s so much?

    My bad architectural associations with the 1970s are the popularization of Brutalism, (think exposed concrete showing the wood grain of the formwork. Thank you Charles-?âdouard Jeanneret), and T-111, (plywood siding with a special surface treatment such as saw texture and with grooves spaced...
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    The good vintage life = eco friendly!

    There is at least one vintage household practice which today is not considered particularly eco-friendly and that is the weekly practice of burning one's garbage. Backyard incinerators or their remains can be found behind a lot of houses built before 1960. Some older apartment building had...
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    Mission Impossible?: Finding reliable home appliances & electronics

    One other possible resource for judging the quality/reliability of appliances is to check out your local repair shops. They do still exist. Sometimes they are retailers, sometimes they are retirees with a workbench. The honest ones will tell you what is worth repairing and what is not, and...
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    Why do I hate the 1970s so much?

    I graduated high school in Sacramento in 1976 and UC Davis in 1980 so I have some appreciation for the decade. Looking back, one of the things I remember about the time was a general sense of relief that the Vietnam War and Watergate were over. There was also an attempt to reclaim some sense of...
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    Men who can cook.

    I suppose one could say the difference between a kitchen and smithy/foundry is just a matter of degrees. I have found however that the ability to 'levitate' when something is dropped is a useful skill to have in both locations. Rule #1 at a blacksmiths: Everything is hot, heavy, hard...
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    Men who can cook.

    Rafter wrote: "Real men don't wear aprons!!!" I take it you have never done any blacksmithing or worked around a forge? Haversack.
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    How do you like your eggs?

    Breakfast has long been my favourite meal and I've put a fair amount of thought and experimentation into various eggy concoctions. Generally, I prefer omelettes and scrambles. My wife likes poached eggs so I keep inventing new presentations for them. For Omelettes I've found that very often...
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    How we dress and what we drive

    A couple of weeks ago the San Francisco Chronicle ran a story about a local couple who purchased what we here could prety much all agree was a vintage dream car: A 1937 Rolls-Royce four-door saloon with less than 26,000 miles on it for a little over $40,000. Here's the link to the article...
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    Eating Habits of the Past vs. Now

    True. But we don't have the gut necessary to digest grass even with dietary and medical supplements. Haversack.
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    Barracks Wall

    Good old Health and Welfare inspections. We've gone back to the attitude that "single men in barracks should grow in to plaster-saints" Haversack.
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    Eating Habits of the Past vs. Now

    I too believe that it is the much more sedentary lifestyle of the present age which is responsible. However, another thing to consider is that the nature of even the unprocessed foods we eat today is not same as it was 60-70 years ago. A steak today is not the same as a steak then. 70 years...
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    Aimee Semple McPherson

    And she was the model for Mrs. Melrose Ape in Evelyn Waugh's book, _Vile Bodies_. Stockard Chaning played her is Stephen Frye's adaptation of the book, _Bright Young Things_. "Ain't no flies on the Lamb of God. He's smarter than a whip." Haversack.
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    Show NO Shirt Cuff

    Marc Chevalier wrote: "And I'm sure the "Ask Andy" and "London Lounge" forums have longwinded threads devoted to that." But I thought we were getting all the gusts in the Observation Bar today? Haversack
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    Show NO Shirt Cuff

    Miss Neecerie wrote: "Next you all will be arguing over how buttons should be sewn onto things...." Well, If I am remembering right, there are, or used to be different patterns for stitching buttons on depending on the country. The Continent favoured diagonal stitches whereas the USA and UK...
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    Suits in Teheran - Maybe Not

    Marc Chevalier wrote: "They got gift bags? Like at the Oscars awards show? Wow!" Yep. Reportedly, pistachios, small ceramics, books on morality and Shia Islam, traditional Persian sweetmeats, usw. Haversack.
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    Suits in Teheran - Maybe Not

    Rooster asked why the sailors and marines were not returned in their uniforms and Baron Kurtz answered it. Humiliation. Same with all that bonhomie and giftbags at the end. It also underlined the implication that they could have been disappeared and nothing would have been done. Haversack.
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    L.A.'s blowing away ...

    Its been windier than normal the past couple of days up here in the Bay Area as well. Rather knife-like in its coldness too. I haven't heard any debris blowing around although there has been plenty of eucalyptus spoor on the ground on my morning walk to work. Haversack.
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    Revisited: The Double-breasted Blazer

    Feng Li wrote earlier: "I think I see where we're getting confused. When you say orphan, do you mean orphan: a person who has lost his parents or orphan: frequently?" Not to be piratical about it but, "Hardly ever". Haversack.
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    How we dress and what we drive

    I don't think I fall into the category of person for whom automobiles are personality-linked. They're a tool where function is more important than form. (Of course that's a personality determination right there.) This was driven home last year when I has to replace my 1993 Mazda Pickup after...
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    Your favorite Hot Dog Stand?

    I would like to second decobelle's endorsement of Jim-Denny's #2 in Sacramento. One summer back in the 1980s I was working on the Governor's Mansion a few blocks away with a group of other architecture students. Jim-Denny's became our local lunch spot at least once a week. You would see a full...

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