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    Music fans: a cover vs. a version, vs. a remake

    I thought a "remake" implied the original artist recording the song anew, perhaps in a different idiom or style (I'm thinking of Duke Ellington's remaking of 1940s' "Ko-Ko" in the late 50). (But that's just me, I could be wrong). One stunning "version" off the top of my head which comes to mind...
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    Can I taste that again?

    "Me too" on the tomatoes. Couldn't stand them in any way, shape or form. Now I can eat occasional tomato sauce, but any whole tomato makes me gag unless each seed and the surrounding slime has been surgically removed.
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    Cold and flu remedies?

    Hot water with lemon and honey is good, you can also add the cayenne pepper to the mix for easier swallowing.
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    Back to zits

    Cheap and effective spot treatment... The "aspirin mask": http://www.acne.org/rate_item.php?item_id=75
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    Department Stores?

    Hi Jon! Wow, I did more searching and found a site listing all UK stores operating these so-called "cash railways" past and present, might interest our English cousins: http://www.ids.u-net.com/cash/locationsES.htm (the starred listings seem to be the still-active ones) ~Ellie
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    Show Us Your Purchases!

    Wow Daisy, what amazing stuff you've got! "Very tiny" eh?! (4'10" Magneto starts booking flight to Boston).
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    Department Stores?

    In England isn't there one still-existing Victorian-era department store that still does this?... (googles) Jackson's in Reading? Any UK Loungers know of this store?
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    Cardigans, cardigans, cardigans!

    Hi Barbara, The cover suggests a worsted weight, so that would be the way to go...Lamb's Pride from Brown Sheep is a good buy available at any yarn store and online...just make sure you do a swatch first and that your gauge matches (6 sts/in and 6 rows/in)
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    Repair & Care of old and other delicate fabrics

    If you really like the way the shirt fits / looks on you, you can take it to a seamstress and s/he can make a pattern from the shirt, then make exact duplicates in the fabrics of your choice.
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    What was your first job?

    My first job was in a photo lab, but I didn't get to do any of that fun stuff :( ...Just manning the front counter, running C-41 and E-6 film through the machines, and taking people's passport pics.
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    Cardigans, cardigans, cardigans!

    Ooh, thanks! Will definitely try it, doesn't look too complicated actually...(I work editing knittingpatterns and instructional books but never completed anything more complex than a scarf).
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    Hollywood Stars and their Dogs (PICTORIAL)

    I love these pictures! Here's one of lovely Marion Davies, holding her daschund:
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    More and more Men wearing Vintage?

    Re: San Francisco There is a fellow of middle age I see in Civic Center/City Hall area all the time this spring and summer doing the full-on Southern Gentleman thing: properly fitted seersucker suit, bow tie, light hat and shoes, etc. That's it for that part of town I've seen, besides the...
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    What Music Service Do you Subscribe To?

    My "music service" is AM radio, (viva KPIG 1050!) ...but I also listen to talk radio on occasion.
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    Cleaning question

    Uh oh, lots of toothpastes have peroxide or other "whitening agents", that may have bleached the fabric....but if it's just dried residue that's worked its way into the weave of the fabric, wet compresses and brushing might help (assuming the fabric won't be ruined by water--if it will try...
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    Cardigans, cardigans, cardigans!

    Hi Anna, I would love to have the instructions if it's not any trouble (and I have some web space I could upload them to, for people here to download, if you like).
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    A letter from Deanna Durbin

    Wow! :eusa_clap A wonderful gesture and great story!
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    The proper way to wear fishnets.

    Re: wearing fishnets with hose underneath I've always done that! Great especially in the winter...and prevents the dreaded "waffle-patterned foot" syndrome.
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    Show Us Your Purchases!

    Not very exciting... ...dull shoes, but I needed something to wear with dungarees (after I realized the red and blue saddle shoes I got last month will probably never make it out of the house) And two weeks ago I bought a ukulele! Yay! :)
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    Decline of the Hat

    Thomas Frank's The Conquest of Cool (a very good read which discusses the evolution of advertising and male clothing in depth, among other things) also discusses the death spasms of the hat industry in the 50s and 60 (with amusing reprints of a few of the ads "The Hat Industry of America" (or...

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