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Check Out The Fashions Part Iii

To those of you who have been following these threads, this is what one of the pages looks like after ironing it between two sheets of parchment paper. Quite a reduction in wrinkles, I think....
20:38 Mon 31st Mar 201417 answers, last by tonyav 21:24 Mon 31st Mar 2014
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Did You Know

..that the line which is between the numerator and denominator of a fraction is called a "solidus"? Isn't your day now complete?...
13:44 Mon 31st Mar 201421 answers, last by stewey 16:29 Mon 31st Mar 2014
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Check Out The Fashions Part Ll

An addition to my post of yesterday, See, everything old is new again: look at the "Goth" bra. http://i62.tinypic.com/xokv3d.jpg...
14:40 Sun 30th Mar 201427 answers, last by stewey 15:52 Sun 30th Mar 2014
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Check Out The Fashions

The other day, I posted a thread about an old advertising flier that I had found. I haven't completely restored it yet; however, here is a photo of one of the twenty pages in it after two steam...
18:49 Sat 29th Mar 201437 answers, last by stewey 20:22 Sat 29th Mar 2014
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Crafty People

Albaqwerty if you're still around, check my response to your suggestion on the "Crafty People" thread from yesterday....
22:03 Thu 27th Mar 20141 answer, last by albaqwerty 22:07 Thu 27th Mar 2014
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Taling About Clocks

...you lot don't forget to put your clocks ahead this weekend. Tempus fugits.
21:20 Wed 26th Mar 20148 answers, last by anneasquith 00:09 Thu 27th Mar 2014
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Crafty People

Any arty/crafty people on here? I came across an old newspaper the other day, Sept. 18th, 1942. which had been rolled up in a wall and was part of the insulation. Obviously, after being rolled up for...
16:16 Wed 26th Mar 201419 answers, last by tonyav 22:19 Thu 27th Mar 2014
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It Works!

The rice treatment, that is. During a particularly nasty downfall the other evening I slipped on a mound of ice (yes, we still have ice!) whilst approaching a cab and fell flat into a gushing gutter...
13:24 Sun 23rd Mar 20148 answers, last by stewey 03:57 Mon 24th Mar 2014
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Of Clocks And Coins.

In 1797 an act was passed to tax clocks and watches at a rate of five shillings: “The Duties on Clocks and Watches Act 1797 (38 Geo. III, c. 108) was an Act passed by the Parliament of Great...
19:44 Sat 22nd Mar 201416 answers, last by glenbar 20:05 Sun 23rd Mar 2014
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Green Beer

On St. Patrick's Day, do the bar tenders over there ask you if you want your draught beer green? I always say no...Just wondering.
19:03 Mon 17th Mar 201424 answers, last by DTCwordfan 21:30 Mon 17th Mar 2014
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The Clock

...says that it's almost time to cross the field in search of wobbly-pops. I don't think I should start restoring it when I return, do you?:). Anyway, tempus fugits...Have a jolly evening: cheers....
21:29 Sat 15th Mar 201413 answers, last by stewey 14:57 Sun 16th Mar 2014
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To The Builder.

Thank you for your answer on my "Noisy Shower" thread. I took out the cartridge and inspected it. At the "back end" of it there was a rubber washer held by a screw. The screw was loose so I tightened...
20:41 Fri 07th Mar 20144 answers, last by stewey 16:16 Sat 08th Mar 2014
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Spring Must Be Coming

...since we put our clocks ahead one hour this weekend. However, the weather doesn't seem to agree: we've had snow on the ground for 84 consecutive days now, and the temperature this morning is -15....
15:36 Wed 05th Mar 201410 answers, last by stewey 14:55 Thu 06th Mar 2014
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Noisy Shower

For the past couple of days I have noticed a clunking noise when I turn on the hot water tap of the shower, and I have problems regulating the hot water. It doesn't happen with the hot water taps...
19:07 Tue 04th Mar 201412 answers, last by stewey 20:42 Wed 05th Mar 2014
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Bars To Open At 7Am!

"Under the City of Toronto Act, council has power to extend alcohol service hours 'during events of municipal, provincial, national or international significance.'” The bars can open in Toronto at...
19:11 Fri 21st Feb 201412 answers, last by humbersloop 22:30 Fri 21st Feb 2014
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Also Birthday Thoughts

To Stan Kenton (jazz), 1912, and Lee Marvin (movies), 1924. I listened to one and watched the other with great enjoyment.
04:31 Wed 19th Feb 20145 answers, last by Clanad 20:35 Wed 19th Feb 2014
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Thanks, Tilly2!

For predicting, in "Weather", on Saturday that we would be getting more snow. Woke up this morning to more of it. Not a huge amount, about four inches so far; however, it's an unwelcome addition to...
15:19 Tue 18th Feb 201415 answers, last by Tilly2 20:56 Tue 18th Feb 2014
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Email Problems

I am using Windows XP, Mozilla Firefox, and Outlook Express. I can send and receive email; however, when I click on a link in a received email my computer freezes. Does anyone know how I can fix this...
18:07 Sat 15th Feb 20145 answers, last by whiskeryron 23:30 Sun 16th Feb 2014
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Here's Looking At You, Kid.

I went to visit my ophthalmologist today and he said " Nice to see you again, stewey.", to which I responded "I wish I could say the same, Doctor."...
04:58 Tue 11th Feb 201422 answers, last by stewey 04:19 Thu 13th Feb 2014
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Goodmorning, Waterboatman.

What's cooking in the galley starboard now? Fried eggs, bacon, home fries, and mugs of coffee I hope. I'll be swaggering across the gangplank shortly, and don't forget to pipe me aboard!:)
04:34 Sat 08th Feb 201493 answers, last by waterboatman 09:49 Sat 08th Feb 2014

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