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  1. ThesFlishThngs

    What is your favorite retro look on a handsome man?

    Yes. Waiting in line at our Sunday brunch joint, I spied an older gentleman with a battered cowboy hat, pearl-snapped shirt, worn western belt - the whole authentic look that put me in mind of 90% of the men I remember from my small town childhood. I even whispered to my Mr. "look, a real...
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    What is your favorite retro look on a handsome man?

    Dark waistcoat, crisp white shirt with sleeves rolled up (yes, I'm another forearm girl, without a doubt). Well-tailored trousers with cuffs, and braces. Tail coats and cutaways. Hats at a jaunty angle, or pulled low and mysterious. Hair slightly disheveled.
  3. ThesFlishThngs

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    Has 'guys' been mentioned already? More and more it annoys me to be addressed (sometimes by sales people but mostly by servers in restaurants) as "guys" or "you guys". Maybe my husband is a guy, but I'm not. "Hey guys, what's up?" "Can I bring you guys a drink?" Maybe it's supposed to...
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    USPS Rates Go Up in January

    It was a serious blow, to say the least. I used to send surface parcels of my jewelry and glass art for a friend to sell in her Devonshire shop. It was the only feasible way to make it work. Now, unless I know someone who is traveling that way and willing to carry a few pieces for me, my...
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    USPS Rates Go Up in January

    It really puts a crimp in selling stuff. I find myself sometimes tempted to up the price of an item, so it will seem more worthy of the shipping cost. How sad is that?
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    What's a name for a metal kitchen cabinet?

    Not metal, after all. I couldn't figure out how to edit my title. Once it was delivered yesterday, I got my first good look at it. Wood, not metal, made by Remploy, which I gather is a UK company. Tony was quite surprised; even claimed to like the musty odor. Talk about nostalgic! I'm...
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    USPS Rates Go Up in January

    So frustrating. First we lost the option of surface mail overseas, extremely limiting the surprises I enjoyed sending to family and friends. From there, it's been nothing but downhill. This week, I mailed a small shoe box to my cousin in PA, containing a t-shirt and an empty Coke can. I...
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    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    1999 bottle of Vampire Chardonnay. It wasn't bad. (Tonight's '98 pinot grigio is giving me the squinch face.)
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    Red or Black? Ladies, I need your help!

    Red, baby.
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    "You and me got sense. Them Okie's got no sense and no feeling. They ain't human. Human being wouldn't live the way they do. Human being couldn't stand to be so miserable." "I never had my house pushed over before. Never had my family stuck out on the road. Never had to lose everything I...
  13. ThesFlishThngs

    The Golden Era's *ugliest* clothes

    Every time I watch Project Runway, I wonder about my taste in things. ;) The ruched-sleeve dress probably looks a bit less harsh in real life; I could probably like it, if I was more into that era. The boxy thing with flowers, however, looks like something from Cake Wrecks done in fabric. eta...
  14. ThesFlishThngs

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    "Kate & Leopold". *sigh* (I hope that wasn't so emotive as to offend Marc C.'s sensibilities.)
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    Best FL-er costumes 2009

    Whoa, Marc - Shockheaded Peter! As in the shock opera developed by the Tiger Lillies? I have their cd and dvd, but have not yet been able to attend a live performance, either by the TLs themselves, or any worthy imitators. Good for you. And it goes without saying that you didn't subject...
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    What are you wearing today??

    Looking very trim and toned, chanteuse. Those workout clothes give you quite a ski lodge air; perhaps apres, having kicked off the boots and parka and about to settle by the fire with a nice hot buttered rum..... ;)
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    Boxed CD sets from Dad's estate sale

    Yes, thank you! Arrived in stellar time (gosh, I wonder why, judging by the postmark and all.... ;)), and boxes stashed under the bed. One for hub's birthday this week, the other for Christmas. Oh, alright, I'll enjoy them as much as he, if not a bit more, but it's the thought that counts.
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    We still have a rotary phone; I really ought to get a photo of it on the little stand, wired up to the computer and answering machine.
  20. ThesFlishThngs

    Worst Golden-era inventions

    Though there wasn't a lobotomy involved, this topic has got me thinking of the film "Tom and Viv", about T.S. Eliot and his wife, and their wacky life. Viv was basically institutionalized for a good portion of her life. At the end of the film, Tom and a friend are rather dryly discussing her...
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    What are you listening to?

    What a card he must have been; life of the party!
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The Saddest Music in the World!!!! Beginning right now, on Sundance channel! Yes, I have the dvd, but it's so exciting to watch a broadcast, knowing others are being subjected to/enjoying it at the same time. Isabella Rossellini, grainy film techniques, wacky depression-era costumes...
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    What are you listening to?

    Louis Prima, "Just a Gigolo". The kind of song you can't not wobble about to. ;) (Oh, he's just finished, so it now Mel doing "Lullaby of Birdland".

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