Recent content by Burma Shave

It isn't illegal ...to dump chemicals down the sink (at least, not yet) but it may be a bad idea, depending on what kind of disposal you have. Some darkroom chemicals, especially the highly acidic stop bath typically used, are incompatible with septic tanks. Essentially, they kill the organisms...

JPDesign said, "ok, so deserve may be the wrong word. If some one wants the benefits of my talents, in buying one of my hats, they will have to pay something for them." That's eminently reasonable. I'd drink to it -- if I had a drink handy.

That is a beautiful suit Wish I could wear it. I'm relatively new to the actual vintage thing -- as opposed to vintage inspired -- and I'm getting frustrated with the lack of things that fit me. 42-43L jacket, 34" inseam pant, 7 1/2 noggin: Seems I'm generally out of luck. I know other people...

Once again I find myself in agreement... ... with the good Baron. Perhaps the greatest lesson I've learned concerning dress and other matters sartorial is that if you're trying, you're trying too hard. Since you're here at the FL, chances are you have inclinations toward gentlemanly attire...

Actually, Anybody with a hookup is welcome to PM me about that kind of deal:rolleyes:

"Doc" -- I love black roses. I hardly ever see them, and most people don't believe they exist. I've gotten countless funny looks from florists concerning my requests for those things.

Like Baron Kurtz... ...I prefer something small, understated and classic. I can't see that a tiny ivory rose would be offensive, however. My favorites are cornflowers, which you can see here: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/wildseed/cornflower.html It's particularly appropriate for...

Indeed I do... ...remember those metal lunch boxes. I have a scar on my bottom lip from where my sister belted me with one. And no, I wasn't a bully. She got mad, hauled off and whacked me a good one with the box, and started screaming when my bottom teeth poked through a new, extraneous hole...

Oddly, perhaps, some of the stuff in that Interior Desecrations site reminds me of photographer/installation artist Sandy Skoglund's work. Here's one, for example: http://www.batguano.com/bgma/skoglund.html

Ah, Lincsong... ...but did you have a croquet putting green in the living room/barbecue pit?

I wear... ...a helmet on my motorcycle. Does that count?;) I've tried a fedora, but the wind blows it off.

I had to study advertising... ...in journalism school, and there were entire books dedicated to the unrealistic manner in which black folks were treated in the 30s-50s in advertising. They called it racist. If it's racist to depict a small black boy eating a slice of watermelon (one example...

I'm glad you restarted this thing! I somehow had missed this thread. My favorites mostly come from Ambrose Bierce in The Devil's Dictionary: "Belladonna, n. -- In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues." and...

actually... ...I think the 42 looks great on you. If you went two inches smaller in the chest, it looks like it would start pulling too much across the shoulders. Just my two cents.

Beautiful I like the first two best. I have a weakness for parades, maybe. You can see the Kress store sign in the first pair: There is a Kress building (now used for other businesses) right up the street from where I live in downtown Columbia, SC. I had never seen that particular chain of...