My father, Albert Tangora, the champion speed typist,
prospered in the 20s and 30s, and traveled a lot on business.

He told me that everyone was buying luggage covers
to protect their beautiful suitcases etc., and that
the luggage covers became so handsome (and competitive)
that dealers began to sell protective covers for the luggage covers.

(Is there an equivalent in architecture?)

>From:    Jim Follett <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: re-onion
>
>Anal doesn't quite cover grandma, for the furniture, it was slipcovers,
>covered with plastic, covered with old sheets, for the carpet it was
>plastic runners, "Stay On The Plastic!", with newspaper over the plastic
>to keep it from getting dirty, this was always taken to the extreme. (...)

Martin C. Tangora
University of Illinois at Chicago
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