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  1. Paisley

    What would you serve as the best local food?

    A buffalo cheeseburger, fries and watermelon! (The cheeseburger was invented in Denver.) There's a new restaurant in Denver, Tocabe, that serves Native American inspired food. There's also The Fort, which serves wild game from this region. Click here for photos of the food...
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    Recreation with a Weak Partner

    This is what I was talking about. By knowledge, I'm sure you mean "ability to put into practice." Thank you, everyone, for your great responses! Pdx and Skeet, I know what you mean by dance snobbery in the scene. I detest it along with you and it's exactly what I'm trying to avoid. During...
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    Recreation with a Weak Partner

    I was thinking more along the lines of "No thanks." But thank you for your suggestions.
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    Recreation with a Weak Partner

    Just to clarify a little more. :o I dance with many people, and I'm happy to dance with newbies. What has been on my mind are a few people who've been in the scene for some time, haven't acquired basic skills and, I believe, aren't likely to do so. I agree that with good friends or...
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    Recreation with a Weak Partner

    Just to clarify, by "partner," I mean a dance partner or bridge partner or tennis partner. Not your honey or your best friend.
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    Recreation with a Weak Partner

    I'd like to know what other Loungers think of recreation like dancing, tennis, cards, etc. where your enjoyment depends in part on the skill of your partner--and you have a weak partner. Specifically, a partner who is not a newbie, but has been at it for awhile and hasn't mastered the basics...
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    Were men allowed to faint in the Golden Era?

    Right! (See page 2 of this thread.) Re: the picture above, I've heard that people tend to fall forward when they faint, not backward. I fainted on the sidewalk once a few minutes after I gave blood. I don't remember which way I fell, but somebody said I rolled.
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    Enlisted and Officer Pay Scales

    The military adjusted salaries for "dependents" 20 years ago when I was in, also. :offtopic: I had a roommate who was married to a man who had a business in another city. Even though she had a year less than I did, she made more money because of her "dependent." :rolleyes: (And a swelled...
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    Were men allowed to faint in the Golden Era?

    Like many men of that era, he was underweight and was rejected for military service the first time he tried to enlist. That is according to a biography I read of Stewart; I'm afraid I can't remember which one. Typing "James Stewart" and "underweight" into Google, I came up with several hits...
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    Men wearing make-up

    It's curious that among those who have stated their opinions, most of the women have approved of makeup, to one degree or another on men, while nearly all the men seem to really dislike the idea. I don't think women have to do much, if anything, to prove we're real women. But I don't think...
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    Were men allowed to faint in the Golden Era?

    I'm no expert on this, but as I recall, quite a lot of men were rejected for military service due to being weak and/or underweight. Jimmy Stewart was among them.
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    Were men allowed to faint in the Golden Era?

    :offtopic: I believe that vapors in the sense of being in a tizzy came from vapors thought to be expelled by various organs back when humors were part of medicine. That's the impression I get from the Oxford English Dictionary, anyway.
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    Men wearing make-up

    I would just add that since fashions do change, wearing makeup doesn't have the same meaning in 2009 as it did in 1799.
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    Ladies with Really Big Hats

    I see that model is still available: It even includes hair.
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    Were men allowed to faint in the Golden Era?

    Fainting in the Days of Old ‘I am hurt, but I am not slain; I’le lay me downe and bleed a-while, And then I’le rise and fight again.' from a ballad called "Sir Andrew Barton" according to poetry library.org.uk.
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    Were men allowed to faint in the Golden Era?

    Those delicate flowers should bend their knees when they stand at attention.
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    Were men allowed to faint in the Golden Era?

    If you have the vapors, someone should pass you the Gas-X. lol
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    Gardens vegetable, flower or other?

    The rugosas have a beatiful fragrance, though. And tough--they grow on highway medians here, with irrigation. In my yard, though, the stems tend to turn brown and die. Maybe they don't like growing in clay. Years ago, I sent my Aunt Helen a Katy Road Pink rose. She gave it to a neighbor, who...
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    Men wearing make-up

    I don't think there's any deep psychological reason. I think it's about context. In our culture, makeup is for women. It's a bit like wearing a skirt: traditional kilts that have been worn by regular men for generations are one thing; borrowing your sister's sundress is another.
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    Were men allowed to faint in the Golden Era?

    Could be. It just seems to make as much sense as throwing water on a drowning person. [huh]

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