Sunday, December 28, 2014

It's Fashionable To Hate Fruitcake; So I Guess I'm Not Fashionable

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During the Medieval Age, a soup was created using mutton stock as the base, to which various types of chopped up fruits were added. Plums...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

With A Flick Of The Wrist

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In 1827, at the age of twenty-five, Jean-Pierre Duvelleroy established a business at #15 on the Rue de la Paix in Paris, France to produc...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

That Polecat Stinks To High Heaven

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My home is located in the valley formed by the South Dry Run creek (pronounced crick , rhyming with 'pick'). Our three to four mi...
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Monday, July 7, 2014

If You're Going To The Store, Get Me A Poke A Cherries

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In 1978 Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley wrote a song that was first recorded by The Camera Club, and later by the Buggles. Th...
Saturday, June 28, 2014

There's Not Enough Room For A Bed In There

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The invalid room was one of a number of rooms that once occupied homes, but which have almost completely disappeared from the modern con...
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Sunday, June 22, 2014

Kindest Regards And Greetings Gay

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Merry Christmas; Happy Birthday; Easter Greetings; Be My Valentine; Congratulations On Your Graduation, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. Ther...
Thursday, June 19, 2014

In The 1970s, Many People Got Their Clothes At The Fripperer

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I'm sure that every reader of this blog post already knows what a frippery was ~ assuming, that is, that we are living in the 1700...
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