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  1. LaMedicine

    What are you wearing today??

    @Chasseur Dandy as always. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap But then, is there any time when you aren't?:)
  2. LaMedicine

    Little Boy, August 6

    There are actually 9 double A bomb survivors on record. There was a s TV documentary special released there this summer on them. Yamaguchi is the only man still alive today. Funny how both governments (even if they are their own citizens) and media twist the facts to fit their own agenda...
  3. LaMedicine

    Sourcing Fabric?

    Cupro Price On the Rakuten auction site. 380yen--just under $4.50 by the present conversion--here for a piece 135cm x150cm which is approximately 53" x 59". Why don't you post this Q in the Powder room for the ladies' help? There are many who sew, so someone would know where to get some...
  4. LaMedicine

    The History/Evolution of Birth Control *Ladies Only*

    Granted the following is on hormone replacement therapy, not hormonal birth control, but anyhow. Women's Health Initiative (WHI) http://www.womenshealth.gov/menopause/whi/ "WHI focused on defining the risks and benefits of strategies that could potentially reduce the incidence of heart...
  5. LaMedicine

    Vintage Digital Camera....?

    Nikon Coolpix P6000 Probably not vintage enough in style for you, but I use the previous model of this line, and like it very much, and at least it isn't a silver box. :)
  7. LaMedicine

    Little Boy, August 6

    The point is, WHO has the courage and integrity to stop the vicious cycle? Such is what the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Memorials mean to us. The will to put an end to nuclear destruction that holds the possibility of total human annhilation more than any other weapon that is in use today.
  8. LaMedicine

    Little Boy, August 6

    Just as we must face the consequences of our actions, so must you. Because you have justice on your side doesn't mean that you don't have to face the consequences of the devastation of a weapon because the extent of the damage it incurs was unknown then, nor continue to reserve the right to...
  9. LaMedicine

    Little Boy, August 6

    The US has a similar issue. I read a news article a few years back that the number may be as high as 45,000, which is no small crowd. Even if it came along in the line of duty, is what comes after worth it? I imagine there are French veterans in the same spot, too. And the Russians and the...
  10. LaMedicine

    Little Boy, August 6

    The devastation that they are still causing. Even after 65 years, the health the majority of survivors continue to decline not just due to old age, and what's more, though our government doesn't officially recognize it, the health of the children of the survivors, as well as those exposed to...
  11. LaMedicine

    Old Film Cameras - With Film Inside!

    Do you want me to go looking? lol Seriously, though. Wonderful pics, and to me, it's hard to imagine letting go of a camera without checking for films. My late father was a camera buff, in fact, there are a few camera buffs in my family to the point that one of my cousins and an uncle does...
  13. LaMedicine

    What are you wearing today??

    'Tis high summer, and fireworks and summer festivals season, so time to whip out my yukata. Old plum tree and blossoms motif by traditional Shoen-zome (pine soot dye) method, on Oou (northeast Honshu region) tumugi (pongee), an unbleached cotton floss hand spun hand-woven tsumugi...
  14. LaMedicine

    TASCHEN Publisher/Bookseller

    I love Taschen's books and have a few. I've also given them as gifts to friends whose tastes I know. One of my daugters gave me one for my birthday, too.
  15. LaMedicine

    Can anyone read Japanese signature cartouches?

    Apologies First off, apologies on the figurine sig. I just realised I converted to a similar letter with the same pronunciation :eusa_doh: so have corrected the letter to what it should be. A little about it. The first letter is pronounced either chung or zong according to a Japanese Kanji...
  16. LaMedicine

    WEIRD stuff from the golden era

    Maybe survived unscathed then, but just about everyone ended up suffering from long term effects of being exposed to the large amount of immediate radiation and long term exposure to residual radiation. Don't make light of the effects, there are many who suffer still from the after effects, and...
  17. LaMedicine

    Can anyone read Japanese signature cartouches?

    Glad you and I are in agreement, D-guy, I was thinking that the ivory box also was Chinese, too, but I wanted to see a larger pic of the sig on the box to be sure. As far as I know, most artifact of this nature--ornamental boxes--would be either laquered woodwork (carved or makie) or metal...
  19. LaMedicine

    Black armbands for mourning... when did that stop?

    Here (Japan) funeral attendees (men) wearing black armbands was common until..hmm...ten, 15 years ago, I think. I used to see it almost invariably when I was young--in fact, we always had one ready for my husband just in case, until about that time, and kiosks at train stations always had them...
  20. LaMedicine

    Can anyone read Japanese signature cartouches?

    The box I need a close up of the signature to tell what's what. The bottom letter looks like 光 which means light. This box could also be Chinese rather than Japanese, but can't really say.
  21. LaMedicine

    Can anyone read Japanese signature cartouches?

    The figurine First off, I know next to nothing about antiques, and I know next to nothing about classic caligraphy, either, so what I am going to post is based on common knowledge that a relatively well educated Japanese would have. The figurine. This may be Chinese, rather than Japanese...
  22. LaMedicine

    What are you wearing today??

    ^^^ :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap Too cute :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
  23. LaMedicine

    Netsuke

    I saw quite a few at a large antiques fair once. Pretty expensive, even on Japanese terms. There are merchants who deal exclusively with them.

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