Curious, but I never notice other digest-mode repliers. Am I the only one? Are there others who, like me, try to limit the glut of messages received at work, and condense them into one-a-day? Maybe we should start a sub-group... One-a-Day Multiple Messages (like vitamins, they ensure a contrived balance in our preservation perspective).
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There are 15 messages totalling 456 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Vignette (2)
2. "Property is theft" - and Cod created list owners... (3)
3. Facade Cleaning
4. Restore Boston
5. Hey, Yukon-guy, free escalator!!! (but ... you pick up)
6. "A paisley Garrison Keillor"
7. Sanding virus.
8. Help? (2)
9. Old News/Photos
10. East of Eden
11. Hulp?
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 05:51:11 EST
From: Met History <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Vignette
Vignette, Preservation Cafe
I spoke at a local preservation get-together run by a community organization,
the "Preservation Cafe". Most people there thought I was pretty hot stuff,
that the column I write was swell, probably also that I was a really good
dancer and knew all about wine. My talk was "An Architectural Historian's
Dream", a day when the information about the buildings we were preserving was
as important as the buildings themselves (I should live so long!). I annoyed
one person by basically agreeing with Herbert Muschamp, but it seemed like
most everybody else was ready to join my fan club.
I was particularly debonair during the Q&A session, handling with aplomb the
gentlemen who had a >>really long<< speech about some community problem with
a Hudson River pier ("that's fascinating, let's talk about that later, let me
move on to someone who has a question.") and the guy who promised me that his
wife could tell me some stories about local politics that would "blow my hair
off" (quite evidently, it had).
For a 50-something, it was a good evening, I mused, as I got ready for bed.
It was at that point, that I realized that I had buttoned my shirt collar not
to their respective buttons at the sides, but to the central button at the
throat. Must have looked pretty sharp. Wish I had a picture - I could use
it as a dart board.
Sign me, Kool Kat
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:21:09 -0500
From: Lawrence Kestenbaum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: "Property is theft" - and Cod created list owners...
On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, Met History wrote:
> Dear subscribers:
>
> Did you know that there are "list owners"? This is a select group of deep
> thinkers <<<Ken Follett, Mary Krugman, Met History, Pam Blythe and Dan
> Becker>>> who get almost-daily messages like the following:
[...]
> Also, when people sign off or on we get notices - the cancellations are
> usually massive after a spate of Arkie dialect.
>
> We also get to change the motto, and delete subscribers (so be nice to us).
> Also children born to the list must be named after a list owner (Gee,
> Michael, there are plenty of girls named "Dan"!). Probably this makes you
> very jealous - it should. We will try to wear our mantle lightly. (What
> nitwit changed the motto to "Infarct..." anyway?)
And the status of List Owner is not a lifelong entitlement. I was once
among the anointed who bravely bore the burden of receiving and disposing
of such notices. But, much as I was tempted, I never changed the list
motto, never added or deleted anyone. After a time, I think, my powers
atrophied from lack of use, and I drifted back over the imaginary line
that separates the Owners from the Ownees.
---
Lawrence Kestenbaum, [log in to unmask]
The Political Graveyard, http://politicalgraveyard.com
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:39:29 EST
From: Ken Follett <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: "Property is theft" - and Cod created list owners...
In a message dated 2/29/00 9:22:15 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
> And the status of List Owner is not a lifelong entitlement.
Larry,
My, my, I am so ashamed of my selfish actions. You could have spoken up
sooner -- I still owe you, and Heidi, a Gab & Eti T-shirt, in fact, if only I
could figure out how to mail things.
Early policy of BP was to eventually make EVERYONE (except chronic lurkers)
an owner. Only a few of the everyone acted on their property rights and by
emminent domain those who did not act fell under the, "WE MUST BE BUGGING
THEM CRAZY WITH THIS EXTRA TECHNICAL CRAP FORCING THEM TO USE THE DELETE KEY,
OR WORSE, FILTERING IT INTO A NEGLECTED CORNER OF THEIR HARD DRIVE." It was
also brought to the attention of the ever paranoid Shaman, by none other than
Mary Julip, that the THEOCRACY of St. John's Server Kingdom may frown on
there being a multiplicity of owners able to change the list header and do
other neat magic tricks without warning or supervision of an adult. Mr. Gray
became an owner due to the fact that he asked too many pesky questions and it
was obvious he buttoned his shirt (fortunately not his pants) like all hearty
BP preservationeers are supposed to do.
Shaman
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:51:35 -0500
From: "Trelstad, Derek" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Vignette
I feel better now. I usually leave my tie tucked in my shirt -- where it is
safe from spaghetti sauce and other culinary delights -- as I find I am
always speaking after lunch or dinner. But, that is only one of my faults
when it comes to public speaking...
Sign me,
Tied Up for Now
-----Original Message-----
From: Met History [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 5:51 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Vignette
Vignette, Preservation Cafe
I spoke at a local preservation get-together run by a community
organization,
the "Preservation Cafe". Most people there thought I was pretty hot stuff,
that the column I write was swell, probably also that I was a really good
dancer and knew all about wine. My talk was "An Architectural Historian's
Dream", a day when the information about the buildings we were preserving
was
as important as the buildings themselves (I should live so long!). I
annoyed
one person by basically agreeing with Herbert Muschamp, but it seemed like
most everybody else was ready to join my fan club.
I was particularly debonair during the Q&A session, handling with aplomb the
gentlemen who had a >>really long<< speech about some community problem with
a Hudson River pier ("that's fascinating, let's talk about that later, let
me
move on to someone who has a question.") and the guy who promised me that
his
wife could tell me some stories about local politics that would "blow my
hair
off" (quite evidently, it had).
For a 50-something, it was a good evening, I mused, as I got ready for bed.
It was at that point, that I realized that I had buttoned my shirt collar
not
to their respective buttons at the sides, but to the central button at the
throat. Must have looked pretty sharp. Wish I had a picture - I could use
it as a dart board.
Sign me, Kool Kat
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 12:22:41 -0500
From: Leland Torrence <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Facade Cleaning
Bruce,
I am sorry not to have the time to reply, however, if you care to call my
office I will give you a quick run-down on "one man's look" on cleaning
options. Rarely a day goes by in which I don't read something, see a
project or talk about cleaning techniques and philosphies. By the way, Ken
(Apple) performed over 42 cleaning mock-ups for the building you referred
to. Additionally there are quite a few experienced applicators on BP, Mark
and Michael D. to name a couple.
Best,
Leland
Leland R S Torrence
Leland Torrence Enterprises
Management, Restoration and Conservation
203-397-8505 Fax: 203-389-7516
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 12:31:07 -0500
From: Leland Torrence <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Restore Boston
Michael,
Looked for you. Where was Gommage? Their presence was so subtle, no one
could tell they were there.
Best,
Leland
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 12:25:03 -0800
From: "Bruce.Barrett" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Hey, Yukon-guy, free escalator!!! (but ... you pick up)
I'm sure you've all seen that famous historic photo of the Klondikers making
their way up a precipitous set of steps carved out the snow in the Chilkoot
Pass. (See "Small Golden Staircase" on Onelist). A found-art piece
substituting a defunct escalator for the pass might be just the thing. Some
of the period promotional literature about the Gold Rush did paint a rose
coloured picture about how fast, safe and easy it was to get to the
Klondike. I don't think it went quite that far, though.
-----Original Message-----
From: Met History [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 1:01 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Hey, Yukon-guy, free escalator!!! (but ...
you pick up)
(Cross-posted from SAH-L by Christopher Gray)
I have been contacted by real estate group in California
doing some work
on a building which has a 1940s "Motorstair" escalator they
cannot use it
(no longer operable and not up to code), but do not want to
simply throw
it away. I have additional information and some
photographs - if anyone
has any ideas on where this escalator might find a good home
please contact me
off-list - thanks!
Mary Margaret Carr
Collections Manager
National Building Museum
(202) 272-2448 ext. 3702
email: [log in to unmask]
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 15:25:40 EST
From: Heidi Harendza <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: "A paisley Garrison Keillor"
In a message dated 02/23/2000 10:54:38 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
> BH being in this case "Before Heidi,"
Millennium tithes now being accepted.
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:36:46 EST
From: Ralph Walter <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Sanding virus.
In a message dated 2/28/2000 11:18:11 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
<< report back to BP, accept praise or damnation >>
Heh, heh, heh. If you could spin a yarn like The Pirate, you might have some
praise to look forward to due to your literary abilities. As it is, I suggest
you prepare for Damnation, followed by eternal ridicule.
And don't forget to BYOV.
Ralph
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:37:54 EST
From: Ralph Walter <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Help?
In a message dated 2/28/2000 11:19:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:
<< I heard he talks to himself too much. >>
How'd you hear about it? Lighthouse for the blind?
Ralph
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:39:43 EST
From: Ralph Walter <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: "Property is theft" - and Cod created list owners...
In a message dated 2/28/2000 11:19:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:
<< Also, when people sign off or on we get notices - the cancellations are
> usually massive after a spate of Arkie dialect.
It also seems to occur shortly after the Humor Czar and Sharpshooter moon
each other across Central Park. >>
You're mistaken about the latter; the result is an epidemic of suicides after
we moon each other across the Hudson.
Ralph
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 15:20:46 -0800
From: "Bruce.Barrett" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Old News/Photos
I did a quick search and came up with hundreds of service providers who'll
do your bidding for mere money. Here's a reasonable index, but you can go
find your own just as easily:
http://ca.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/Photography/Digital/Labs/
Scanning
<http://ca.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/Photography/Digital/Labs
/Scanning>
The question I often have is how did the person in these photos wind up
being me?
-----Original Message-----
From: John Diaz [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 8:24 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Old News/Photos
Believe we've covered this ground already..
Breaking up Mom's house-
Finding boxes of old Photos-
thinking of getting them scanned onto CD's for sharing w/
the siblings-
[to say nothing of thinking about...How did my prom date end
up married
to a dentist is Singapore]
Anyone know anything about the CD idea??
DD
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:03:57 -0500
From: Svantevit <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Help?
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From: Met History <[log in to unmask]>
> << I am looking for the book about some uncommon community by the East
River
> written by the man who met history and now is hiding in gray >>
>
> Last time I checked it was on BN.com - check under title "Sutton Place".
Or
> try OP sources like bibliofind.com or mxbookfinder.com. But I wouldn't
> bother - I hear the author is an idiot.
>
> Sign me, Hell Gate
Seems to me like I found it - biblio and mx have the same book with
something written on the front page (maybe another personal opnion about the
author this time written by his BP pals). Interesting story that it can't be
found under author name (I mean Christian name not the one he calls above
Hells Gate) but only by the partial title.
Thank you S.Hooter- eventually if it does not work: is this copy with ripped
off centerfold still
available? and is the ripping off centerfolds still legal in this state?
Sign me, Tres Spas Thes Utt On Place
You see Derek I am doing late office hours as well.
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 22:18:26 -0500
From: "Michael P. Edison" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: East of Eden
Message text written by "BP - \"Infarct a Laptop Daily\""
> =
I willbe at Restore in Boston Monday at the Gommage booth of Thomannn
-Hanry
(New York -Paris) I would be pleased to meet any of Bullamanka devotees
there<
It was great to see fellow BP'ers in Boston. Thanks, Twybil, for the
coaching on the proper form of the BP salute.
Mike E.
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 23:04:16 EST
From: Met History <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Hulp?
In a message dated 00-02-29 19:02:28 EST, you write:
<< biblio and mx have the same book with
something written on the front page (maybe another personal opnion about the
author this time written by his BP pals). >>
More likely, they are the "personally inscribed books" I sweated over (quick:
write a memorable remark in someone's book only 2 seconds after you've met
them!) at a book signing a few years ago. Are they marked over list, or
under? Does my signature increase the value - or depress it?
Sure, the screwed up copy is yours baby - come and pick it up, and while
you're at it, come pick up those books that Leland "Oh yeah really soon"
Torrence never came to get. I recently gave away $12,000 in books and it
was a total energy sink - next time they're going into the shredder (hmm,
maybe they could cover the rough spots on the floor).
Sign me, Disgusted in Dubuque, Outraged in Owatonna and Furious in Phoenix
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