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    Barbeque

    I was never sure how they did it in NC. Sometimes I thought it was sweetened with those little saccharine pills. But anyway, in Houston they don't seem to serve much sweet tea. You have to sweeten your own glass, and it's such a hassle (as I found as a kid, often with a half-inch of sugar in...
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    Barbeque

    Man, I miss sweet tea. I mean, tea so sweet your teeth hurt.
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    Barbeque

    When I lived in Raleigh about 10 years ago, I fell in love with NC pulled pork (Eastern style only, please). Some favorites were Scott's in Goldsboro and Troutmans in Concord, and when the cravings hit me, the Smithfield chain of restaurants found across eastern NC did the trick. I worked for...
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    Gun Boats - like them or dislike them?

    Hey Big Man, what brand are those? They look mighty comfy. I wear a size 14 (narrow), and have trouble finding shoes that not only fit but are also comfortable.
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    Classic Movie Channels

    We used to get the GoodLifeTv channel, which showed classic tv detective shows like 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, and Surfside 6. But TimeWarner dropped it from its cable lineup, and I see they've now changed to AmericanLifeTV, showing mostly 70s and 80s tv shows. And we still don't get it on...
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    Modern Movies Set in the Golden Era

    Thanks for the list, MK and FLers. I've been compiling my own list of period movies from many different eras, but I'd add these to your Golden Age list: De-Lovely Bugsy Cinderella Man RKO 281 The Good German The Good Shepherd Driving Miss Daisy Mr. and Mrs. Bridge Far From Heaven (1950s)
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    Houston TX-theatres

    You'd better hurry, lauwalton. Bulldozing historic buildings is considered sport in this town. Developers here will pave anything that hasn't moved in 10 minutes.
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    WWII Photos (and Stories) of Our Loved Ones

    My maternal grandfather was a freshman in college when the stock market crashed, and he couldn't afford to finish college. After returning home to East Texas to help save the family farm from foreclosure, he hitchhiked to California looking for work. There was none to be had, so he joined the...
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    Was there a gangster story in your family???

    My wife's family claims relation to Ted Hinton, one of the posse that gunned down Bonnie and Clyde. (Her father's middle name was Hinton, a family name.) And supposedly Sir Francis Drake, the English Sea Dog, is my gr-gr-gr-something-or-other. Confirming these juicy tidbits are next on my...
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    MEN'S PAJAMAS and DRESSING GOWNS

    I recently started wearing pajamas again after 25+ years in the buff. Verrrry comfortable in the winter. Here's a Christmas present I just ordered for myself: some half-price Brooks Brothers seersucker pajamas...
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    Murder In Coweta County

    Btw, what's "OFAS"?
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    Murder In Coweta County

    Yeah, I remember seeing this as a kid. It was strange to see Andy Griffith playing the bad guy, and slamming some guy's hand in the car door. Ouch.
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I've been on a Merchant Ivory/British Imperialism/Anglophile period movie kick lately. In the last two weeks or so, it's been: Out of Africa The English Patient Howards End Mrs. Brown The Libertine Gandhi Elizabeth (last night)
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    My "Simple" AAF Costume: A Cautionary Tale of Obsessive/Compulsive Behavior

    What did you do with Band of Brothers?
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    Gaga for Bungalow / Craftsman / Mission

    I have lived in two A&C-ish E20c neighborhoods (Boylan Heights, Houston Heights), and I do enjoy it. We live in a 1920 bungalow today, though not necessarily furnished as such inside. However, as an old architectural historian of colonial Virginia and North Carolina, I'd rather build your...
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    Gaga for Bungalow / Craftsman / Mission

    Nice chair. A friend of mine in grad school in the early 90s bought and restored one just like it. Sadly, prices have skyrocketed since then, making affordable originals hard to find. Thank you, Barbra Streisand.
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    Vintage Color Cityscapes

    Those are great shots. I love old Kodachrome.
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    Good wartime reads....

    "To Hell And Back" -- Audie Murphy's autobiography. My favorite book as a kid. Any of the Cornelius Ryan books (The Longest Day, A Bridge Too Far, Last Battle). "Baa Baa Black Sheep" -- Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington's autobiography. I tried to read it during grade school b/c I was in...
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    Monocles.

    U.Va., Architectural History, early '90s. I got my Masters there, couldn't find a job, waited tables, and went back to grad school a year later. I liked the research, hated Mr. Foucault and all those "ism"s (postmodern, deconstructiv, marx, &c.). I bailed after completing the additional year...
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    USA Members: I Need Your Help.

    Store #2152, Deerbrook Mall, Humble TX -- I bought my copy there during my lunch break on Jan. 29, and I found it in the Men's Interest section nestled snugly between a GQ and some boobies on a Maxim. I must've missed the "power section;" don't know if it was there or not. I'll look next...

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