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  1. Paisley

    A Painless Classical Education

    This makes me think of the PBS production "Liberty!" Even my mother liked that--and she hated history in school. I used to be a photographer, but in the military. The cocktail parties and such that I shot were dull, dull, dull. I imagine Rosenblum's book would be far more interesting.
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    Make Do and Mend

    I use some resources available at the office where I work. No, I don't raid the supply room. We have a paper shredding service, which I use for my confidential papers that I want destroyed. We also have a binding machine and waste paper, and I use them to make note pads. I bought most of my...
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    A Painless Classical Education

    I’d like to further my knowledge on a few subjects I never studied much. However, I don’t believe in the idea that “the more you put into it, the more you get out of it.” Therefore, I’d like to study these subjects in a painless and easy way and would like some recommendations on materials...
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    Roaring Twenties Manners Test

    I didn't do very well on the Victorian test. But once I got out of the house, I sailed through.
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    Make Do and Mend

    Gardening. It can be very expensive--or very inexpensive. Last year, I think it was, I had big plans for my yard until I realized I owed the IRS and the State of Colorado a bunch of money. I made do with seed trays and moving some volunteer perennials around the yard. I re-used seed trays...
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    Is Hollywood finally getting it?

    They couldn't have taken immodesty much further.
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    Roaring Twenties Manners Test

    961 as a Roaring 20s woman! I became a preeminent cardiologist!
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    Planting from Seeds

    Some plants are poisonous. Snails might stay away from those. You can also put diatomaceous earth around the plants or put out tuna cans full of beer. As for growing roses from seed, that would take a lot of patience. Even from cuttings, it takes roses about three years to hit their stride.
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    Swing Dancing

    Some people buy shoes that are comfortable and fit well and them get them chromed (they have a smooth sole put on). Dance shoes tend to be kind of cheap and don't have much padding or arch support. If you go this route, get some low-heeled shoes that have laces or a strap (like Mary Janes) so...
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    Planting from Seeds

    You could try Zephirine Drouhin. It's a thornless Bourbon rose, intoduced c. 1867. It smells wonderful, and the plants get large. I know; I have five bushes of it. Contact a local rose society and ask if Zephirine Drouhin grows well where you live. I like to mix rose bushes into the rest of...
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    What's Your Favorite Chick Flick!

    "Return to Me" has an old school flavor, though it's a fairly recent movie. David Duchovny dates a woman who has had a heart transplant. Then it gets complicated. "Memoirs of a Geisha" made me and my best friend cry out loud (well, almost). It's nearly as good as the book. The title makes it...
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    Speaking of dancing . . .

    A few years ago at the Mercury Cafe, there was an informal dance competition where people danced with various partners and were rated by them as to how good they were to dance with. Most of the people who did well were not the hottest, flashiest dancers.
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    Rate My Look

    I was thinking the same thing as some of the other post-ers about the shirt. What about something green to go with the lavendar tie?
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    What's Your Favorite Chick Flick!

    I like "Portrait of a Life." (I think that's the title: a black maid's daughter tries to pass for white). It's a tear-jerker!
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    Any rug experts?

    Well, Andrew has gone back to work on tax stuff, like a good CPA. This might not be the best time to ask. He called it a nice conversation piece. Not sure if I'd insure a conversation piece, but then I don't know much about such things.
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    Any rug experts?

    My knowledgable coworker Andrew is looking at the photo of the rug. He says he thinks it's a machined rug, and it's not Persian, Indian or Chinese. He says if it's a machined rug, it's probably newer than 1930. He doesn't think they had rug machines in the 1930s (at least not in Iran). Andrew...
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    Any rug experts?

    Pretty, Pretty. (Sorry, that's all I know.)
  21. Paisley

    What's Your Favorite Chick Flick!

    Me, too. The dialogue and plot just don't make any sense to me. But I like "Sense and Sensibility" and "Emma" (both modern films).
  22. Paisley

    Incongruencies of body art?

    There have been a few threads on tattoos. To answer your questions: Just my ears (one in each). Doesn't do anything for me. Most ladies with tattoos in the 40s and 50s were probably Holocost survivors.
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    What classfies a typical 20s, 30's,40s, and 50s face?

    One important factor is facial expression. I think that's one thing that causes some people who are done up in vintage to look "done up." In the Golden Era, it was important, I think, not to look like a sad sack. Later, a lot of women affected a tough look. Now, the tragically hip look, complete...

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