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"Contemporary architecture is by and large a failure. The public finds it ugly, strange, and off-putting. It has created a built environment that is degraded and dehumanizing. The reason for this failure is the ideology of architectural Modernism, which came to dominance after the Second World War." https://www.civicart.org/contemporary-architecture I thought that modern architecture, at least in large buildings, was driven by new, more efficent, cheaper methods of construction, along with the ability to make large glass windows, plus the universality of air conditioning so that windows don't have to open, along with a dearth of Italian artists willing to work for little money and do the art work that decorated the buildings of the Teens through 50's. The group whose webpage is above apparently influenced Stumpie in today's exec. order that new federal buildings in DC use Greek, Roman, Gothic and a couple I missed architecture. The same group wants to rebuild Pennsyylvania Station in NYC, even though Madison Square Garden is in the way. They have several compalaints about the station including that the trains are sometimes late. How does the design of the building cause that! |
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On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 6:28:52 PM UTC-5, micky wrote:
"Contemporary architecture is by and large a failure. The public finds it ugly, strange, and off-putting. It has created a built environment that is degraded and dehumanizing. The reason for this failure is the ideology of architectural Modernism, which came to dominance after the Second World War." https://www.civicart.org/contemporary-architecture I thought that modern architecture, at least in large buildings, was driven by new, more efficent, cheaper methods of construction, along with the ability to make large glass windows, plus the universality of air conditioning so that windows don't have to open, along with a dearth of Italian artists willing to work for little money and do the art work that decorated the buildings of the Teens through 50's. IDK about Italian artists, but the rest sounds right. But whoever wrote that BS is a moron. It's been a failure and the public thinks it's ugly? TWA terminal at JFK has just re-opened as a hotel, preserving that iconic design. St Louis Arch is ugly? Frank Loyd Wright houses are all ugly? Can Trump see the Washington monument? That was built much earlier, but it's a modern architecture looking design. The group whose webpage is above apparently influenced Stumpie in today's exec. order that new federal buildings in DC use Greek, Roman, Gothic and a couple I missed architecture. Well, that figures. Somehow some kook group got his attention again. I guess the positive there is it's better those kind on nuts keep him occupied instead of the Nazis. The same group wants to rebuild Pennsyylvania Station in NYC, even though Madison Square Garden is in the way. They have several compalaints about the station including that the trains are sometimes late. How does the design of the building cause that! Penn Station has a lot of problems, but I don't think it's the cause of many train delays. Trump on the other had is. There was and still is a plan to essentially expand PS but it needs a new tunnel under the Hudson. There was an agreement for NY, NJ and the Feds to share the cost. Trump reneged on that too. so much for infrastructure projects. At least ones where they don't vote for Dear Leader. |
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On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 6:28:52 PM UTC-5, micky wrote:
"Contemporary architecture is by and large a failure. The public finds it ugly, strange, and off-putting. It has created a built environment that is degraded and dehumanizing. The reason for this failure is the ideology of architectural Modernism, which came to dominance after the Second World War." https://www.civicart.org/contemporary-architecture I thought that modern architecture, at least in large buildings, was driven by new, more efficent, cheaper methods of construction, along with the ability to make large glass windows, plus the universality of air conditioning so that windows don't have to open, along with a dearth of Italian artists willing to work for little money and do the art work that decorated the buildings of the Teens through 50's. The group whose webpage is above apparently influenced Stumpie in today's exec. order that new federal buildings in DC use Greek, Roman, Gothic and a couple I missed architecture. The same group wants to rebuild Pennsyylvania Station in NYC, even though Madison Square Garden is in the way. They have several compalaints about the station including that the trains are sometimes late. How does the design of the building cause that! In my books, the man who lives here doesn't get to tell anybody else how stuff should look: https://www.idesignarch.com/inside-donald-and-melania-trumps-manhattan-apartment-mansion/ Cindy Hamilton |
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On 2/14/2020 6:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 6:28:52 PM UTC-5, micky wrote: "Contemporary architecture is by and large a failure. The public finds it ugly, strange, and off-putting. It has created a built environment that is degraded and dehumanizing. The reason for this failure is the ideology of architectural Modernism, which came to dominance after the Second World War." https://www.civicart.org/contemporary-architecture I thought that modern architecture, at least in large buildings, was driven by new, more efficent, cheaper methods of construction, along with the ability to make large glass windows, plus the universality of air conditioning so that windows don't have to open, along with a dearth of Italian artists willing to work for little money and do the art work that decorated the buildings of the Teens through 50's. The group whose webpage is above apparently influenced Stumpie in today's exec. order that new federal buildings in DC use Greek, Roman, Gothic and a couple I missed architecture. The same group wants to rebuild Pennsyylvania Station in NYC, even though Madison Square Garden is in the way. They have several compalaints about the station including that the trains are sometimes late. How does the design of the building cause that! In my books, the man who lives here doesn't get to tell anybody else how stuff should look: https://www.idesignarch.com/inside-donald-and-melania-trumps-manhattan-apartment-mansion/ Cindy Hamilton A welcome change from the ubiquitous tan-on-tan that's every****ingwhere. -- Get off my lawn! |
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In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 14 Feb 2020 03:07:31 -0800 (PST), Cindy
Hamilton wrote: On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 6:28:52 PM UTC-5, micky wrote: "Contemporary architecture is by and large a failure. The public finds it ugly, strange, and off-putting. It has created a built environment that is degraded and dehumanizing. The reason for this failure is the ideology of architectural Modernism, which came to dominance after the Second World War." https://www.civicart.org/contemporary-architecture I thought that modern architecture, at least in large buildings, was driven by new, more efficent, cheaper methods of construction, along with the ability to make large glass windows, plus the universality of air conditioning so that windows don't have to open, along with a dearth of Italian artists willing to work for little money and do the art work that decorated the buildings of the Teens through 50's. BTW, when they added a new simple building to Billings Hospital, at the U. of Chicago, they did find someone to make 10 feet of stone cornice to match what was on the original gothic building, for the transition from one building to the next. The group whose webpage is above apparently influenced Stumpie in today's exec. order that new federal buildings in DC use Greek, Roman, Gothic and a couple I missed architecture. The same group wants to rebuild Pennsyylvania Station in NYC, even though Madison Square Garden is in the way. They have several compalaints about the station including that the trains are sometimes late. How does the design of the building cause that! In my books, the man who lives here doesn't get to tell anybody else how stuff should look: https://www.idesignarch.com/inside-donald-and-melania-trumps-manhattan-apartment-mansion/ Cindy Hamilton You don't think he has great taste! How plebian of you. |
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On Friday, February 14, 2020 at 9:40:05 AM UTC-5, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 14 Feb 2020 03:07:31 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote: On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 6:28:52 PM UTC-5, micky wrote: "Contemporary architecture is by and large a failure. The public finds it ugly, strange, and off-putting. It has created a built environment that is degraded and dehumanizing. The reason for this failure is the ideology of architectural Modernism, which came to dominance after the Second World War." https://www.civicart.org/contemporary-architecture I thought that modern architecture, at least in large buildings, was driven by new, more efficent, cheaper methods of construction, along with the ability to make large glass windows, plus the universality of air conditioning so that windows don't have to open, along with a dearth of Italian artists willing to work for little money and do the art work that decorated the buildings of the Teens through 50's. BTW, when they added a new simple building to Billings Hospital, at the U. of Chicago, they did find someone to make 10 feet of stone cornice to match what was on the original gothic building, for the transition from one building to the next. The group whose webpage is above apparently influenced Stumpie in today's exec. order that new federal buildings in DC use Greek, Roman, Gothic and a couple I missed architecture. The same group wants to rebuild Pennsyylvania Station in NYC, even though Madison Square Garden is in the way. They have several compalaints about the station including that the trains are sometimes late. How does the design of the building cause that! In my books, the man who lives here doesn't get to tell anybody else how stuff should look: https://www.idesignarch.com/inside-donald-and-melania-trumps-manhattan-apartment-mansion/ Cindy Hamilton You don't think he has great taste! How plebian of you. I think his apartment looks like a bordello. I'm more of a Craftsman type. Cindy Hamilton |
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On 2/14/2020 6:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 6:28:52 PM UTC-5, micky wrote: "Contemporary architecture is by and large a failure. The public finds it ugly, strange, and off-putting. It has created a built environment that is degraded and dehumanizing. The reason for this failure is the ideology of architectural Modernism, which came to dominance after the Second World War." https://www.civicart.org/contemporary-architecture I thought that modern architecture, at least in large buildings, was driven by new, more efficent, cheaper methods of construction, along with the ability to make large glass windows, plus the universality of air conditioning so that windows don't have to open, along with a dearth of Italian artists willing to work for little money and do the art work that decorated the buildings of the Teens through 50's. The group whose webpage is above apparently influenced Stumpie in today's exec. order that new federal buildings in DC use Greek, Roman, Gothic and a couple I missed architecture. The same group wants to rebuild Pennsyylvania Station in NYC, even though Madison Square Garden is in the way. They have several compalaints about the station including that the trains are sometimes late. How does the design of the building cause that! In my books, the man who lives here doesn't get to tell anybody else how stuff should look: https://www.idesignarch.com/inside-donald-and-melania-trumps-manhattan-apartment-mansion/ Cindy Hamilton Very stylish if the 1700s ever come back. Very appropriate since it looks similar to some castles in Europe and his desire to be king of the USA. |
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On 02/14/2020 04:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 6:28:52 PM UTC-5, micky wrote: "Contemporary architecture is by and large a failure. The public finds it ugly, strange, and off-putting. It has created a built environment that is degraded and dehumanizing. The reason for this failure is the ideology of architectural Modernism, which came to dominance after the Second World War." https://www.civicart.org/contemporary-architecture I thought that modern architecture, at least in large buildings, was driven by new, more efficent, cheaper methods of construction, along with the ability to make large glass windows, plus the universality of air conditioning so that windows don't have to open, along with a dearth of Italian artists willing to work for little money and do the art work that decorated the buildings of the Teens through 50's. The group whose webpage is above apparently influenced Stumpie in today's exec. order that new federal buildings in DC use Greek, Roman, Gothic and a couple I missed architecture. The same group wants to rebuild Pennsyylvania Station in NYC, even though Madison Square Garden is in the way. They have several compalaints about the station including that the trains are sometimes late. How does the design of the building cause that! In my books, the man who lives here doesn't get to tell anybody else how stuff should look: https://www.idesignarch.com/inside-donald-and-melania-trumps-manhattan-apartment-mansion/ I really liked the decor in the last three photos. The rest is pretty kitschy. He does have a point though. When I was in school several of my friends were in the architectural program and they were required to worship Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbu, resulting in a generation of Soviet style Bauhaus cubes. Then came Pomo which finally degenerated to Deconstructivism, aka how weird can we make this look? It was an amazing display of hubris when Hitler instructed Speer to design buildings that would be picturesque ruins in a thousand years but it was better than designing eyesores that will be demolished in thirty years. |
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In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 14 Feb 2020 06:57:02 -0800 (PST), Cindy
Hamilton wrote: You don't think he has great taste! How plebian of you. I think his apartment looks like a bordello. But it's a tasteful bordello. The kind any one of his cabinet members would be happy to ply their trade in. I'm more of a Craftsman type. Cindy Hamilton |
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On 2/14/20 6:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
In my books, the man who lives here doesn't get to tell anybody else how stuff should look: https://www.idesignarch.com/inside-donald-and-melania-trumps-manhattan-apartment-mansion/ Cindy Hamilton I don't know any married heterosexual males that were allowed to decorate their nest. We only write the checks. |
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On Friday, February 14, 2020 at 10:20:31 AM UTC-5, devnull wrote:
On 2/14/20 6:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: In my books, the man who lives here doesn't get to tell anybody else how stuff should look: https://www.idesignarch.com/inside-donald-and-melania-trumps-manhattan-apartment-mansion/ Cindy Hamilton I don't know any married heterosexual males that were allowed to decorate their nest. We only write the checks. My husband and I both have input on the decor of our house. I generally defer to his taste, since his dislikes are stronger than my likes. Not that our tastes are very far apart, anyway. Cindy Hamilton |
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On Friday, February 14, 2020 at 6:07:37 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 6:28:52 PM UTC-5, micky wrote: "Contemporary architecture is by and large a failure. The public finds it ugly, strange, and off-putting. It has created a built environment that is degraded and dehumanizing. The reason for this failure is the ideology of architectural Modernism, which came to dominance after the Second World War." https://www.civicart.org/contemporary-architecture I thought that modern architecture, at least in large buildings, was driven by new, more efficent, cheaper methods of construction, along with the ability to make large glass windows, plus the universality of air conditioning so that windows don't have to open, along with a dearth of Italian artists willing to work for little money and do the art work that decorated the buildings of the Teens through 50's. The group whose webpage is above apparently influenced Stumpie in today's exec. order that new federal buildings in DC use Greek, Roman, Gothic and a couple I missed architecture. The same group wants to rebuild Pennsyylvania Station in NYC, even though Madison Square Garden is in the way. They have several compalaints about the station including that the trains are sometimes late. How does the design of the building cause that! In my books, the man who lives here doesn't get to tell anybody else how stuff should look: https://www.idesignarch.com/inside-donald-and-melania-trumps-manhattan-apartment-mansion/ Cindy Hamilton Good one! I didn't think of that angle. I like the view out the window. Also, what about the buildings Trump has built? They are mostly modern architecture, at least where he's built whole new buildings, skyscrapers, etc. What's up with that? If what Micky posted is correct, he's going screwier by the minute. Maybe next he'll insist they have images of him engraved in all new federal buildings. |
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What's up with that? If what Micky posted is correct, he's going screwier by the minute. Maybe next he'll insist they have images of him engraved in all new federal buildings. .... an addition to Mount Rushmore : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwngoRxTXco John T. |
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On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 06:57:02 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
wrote: On Friday, February 14, 2020 at 9:40:05 AM UTC-5, micky wrote: In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 14 Feb 2020 03:07:31 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote: On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 6:28:52 PM UTC-5, micky wrote: "Contemporary architecture is by and large a failure. The public finds it ugly, strange, and off-putting. It has created a built environment that is degraded and dehumanizing. The reason for this failure is the ideology of architectural Modernism, which came to dominance after the Second World War." https://www.civicart.org/contemporary-architecture I thought that modern architecture, at least in large buildings, was driven by new, more efficent, cheaper methods of construction, along with the ability to make large glass windows, plus the universality of air conditioning so that windows don't have to open, along with a dearth of Italian artists willing to work for little money and do the art work that decorated the buildings of the Teens through 50's. BTW, when they added a new simple building to Billings Hospital, at the U. of Chicago, they did find someone to make 10 feet of stone cornice to match what was on the original gothic building, for the transition from one building to the next. The group whose webpage is above apparently influenced Stumpie in today's exec. order that new federal buildings in DC use Greek, Roman, Gothic and a couple I missed architecture. The same group wants to rebuild Pennsyylvania Station in NYC, even though Madison Square Garden is in the way. They have several compalaints about the station including that the trains are sometimes late. How does the design of the building cause that! In my books, the man who lives here doesn't get to tell anybody else how stuff should look: https://www.idesignarch.com/inside-donald-and-melania-trumps-manhattan-apartment-mansion/ Oy vey! No wonder he wanted to move to Florida. That's awful. You don't think he has great taste! How plebian of you. I think his apartment looks like a bordello. I'm more of a Craftsman type. You've clearly seen better bordellos than I have. One was a double wide mobile home parked in the desert outside Pahrump, NV. No gold to be seen anywhere. |
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On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 10:20:27 -0500, devnull wrote:
On 2/14/20 6:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: In my books, the man who lives here doesn't get to tell anybody else how stuff should look: https://www.idesignarch.com/inside-donald-and-melania-trumps-manhattan-apartment-mansion/ Cindy Hamilton I don't know any married heterosexual males that were allowed to decorate their nest. We only write the checks. My wife and I both have veto powers. We're weird, though. We think marriage is a partnership. |
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On 2/14/20 1:50 PM, Jim Joyce wrote:
On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 10:20:27 -0500, devnull wrote: On 2/14/20 6:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: In my books, the man who lives here doesn't get to tell anybody else how stuff should look: https://www.idesignarch.com/inside-donald-and-melania-trumps-manhattan-apartment-mansion/ Cindy Hamilton I don't know any married heterosexual males that were allowed to decorate their nest. We only write the checks. My wife and I both have veto powers. We're weird, though. We think marriage is a partnership. I don't decorate. If I did, I'd remodel the kitchen with the Premier line of Gladiator Garage cabinets. |
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On 2/14/2020 1:10 PM, devnull wrote:
On 2/14/20 1:50 PM, Jim Joyce wrote: On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 10:20:27 -0500, devnull wrote: On 2/14/20 6:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: In my books, the man who lives here doesn't get to tell anybody else how stuff should look: https://www.idesignarch.com/inside-donald-and-melania-trumps-manhattan-apartment-mansion/ Cindy Hamilton I don't know any married heterosexual males that were allowed to decorate their nest.Â* We only write the checks. My wife and I both have veto powers. We're weird, though. We think marriage is a partnership. I don't decorate.Â* If I did, I'd remodel the kitchen with the Premier line of Gladiator Garage cabinets. haha! That's just funny! -- Maggie |
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On 02/14/2020 07:57 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On Friday, February 14, 2020 at 9:40:05 AM UTC-5, micky wrote: In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 14 Feb 2020 03:07:31 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote: On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 6:28:52 PM UTC-5, micky wrote: "Contemporary architecture is by and large a failure. The public finds it ugly, strange, and off-putting. It has created a built environment that is degraded and dehumanizing. The reason for this failure is the ideology of architectural Modernism, which came to dominance after the Second World War." https://www.civicart.org/contemporary-architecture I thought that modern architecture, at least in large buildings, was driven by new, more efficent, cheaper methods of construction, along with the ability to make large glass windows, plus the universality of air conditioning so that windows don't have to open, along with a dearth of Italian artists willing to work for little money and do the art work that decorated the buildings of the Teens through 50's. BTW, when they added a new simple building to Billings Hospital, at the U. of Chicago, they did find someone to make 10 feet of stone cornice to match what was on the original gothic building, for the transition from one building to the next. The group whose webpage is above apparently influenced Stumpie in today's exec. order that new federal buildings in DC use Greek, Roman, Gothic and a couple I missed architecture. The same group wants to rebuild Pennsyylvania Station in NYC, even though Madison Square Garden is in the way. They have several compalaints about the station including that the trains are sometimes late. How does the design of the building cause that! In my books, the man who lives here doesn't get to tell anybody else how stuff should look: https://www.idesignarch.com/inside-donald-and-melania-trumps-manhattan-apartment-mansion/ Cindy Hamilton You don't think he has great taste! How plebian of you. I think his apartment looks like a bordello. I've got to find a fancier class of whorehouses. |
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On 02/14/2020 12:10 PM, devnull wrote:
On 2/14/20 1:50 PM, Jim Joyce wrote: On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 10:20:27 -0500, devnull wrote: On 2/14/20 6:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: In my books, the man who lives here doesn't get to tell anybody else how stuff should look: https://www.idesignarch.com/inside-donald-and-melania-trumps-manhattan-apartment-mansion/ Cindy Hamilton I don't know any married heterosexual males that were allowed to decorate their nest. We only write the checks. My wife and I both have veto powers. We're weird, though. We think marriage is a partnership. I don't decorate. If I did, I'd remodel the kitchen with the Premier line of Gladiator Garage cabinets. I always thought if I designed a house the kitchen floor would be brick with a drain in the middle. Throw down some Tide, scrub it, and hose it down. Oh, and there would be a loading dock too. |
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On 02/14/2020 11:47 AM, Jim Joyce wrote:
On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 06:57:02 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote: On Friday, February 14, 2020 at 9:40:05 AM UTC-5, micky wrote: In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 14 Feb 2020 03:07:31 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote: On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 6:28:52 PM UTC-5, micky wrote: "Contemporary architecture is by and large a failure. The public finds it ugly, strange, and off-putting. It has created a built environment that is degraded and dehumanizing. The reason for this failure is the ideology of architectural Modernism, which came to dominance after the Second World War." https://www.civicart.org/contemporary-architecture I thought that modern architecture, at least in large buildings, was driven by new, more efficent, cheaper methods of construction, along with the ability to make large glass windows, plus the universality of air conditioning so that windows don't have to open, along with a dearth of Italian artists willing to work for little money and do the art work that decorated the buildings of the Teens through 50's. BTW, when they added a new simple building to Billings Hospital, at the U. of Chicago, they did find someone to make 10 feet of stone cornice to match what was on the original gothic building, for the transition from one building to the next. The group whose webpage is above apparently influenced Stumpie in today's exec. order that new federal buildings in DC use Greek, Roman, Gothic and a couple I missed architecture. The same group wants to rebuild Pennsyylvania Station in NYC, even though Madison Square Garden is in the way. They have several compalaints about the station including that the trains are sometimes late. How does the design of the building cause that! In my books, the man who lives here doesn't get to tell anybody else how stuff should look: https://www.idesignarch.com/inside-donald-and-melania-trumps-manhattan-apartment-mansion/ Oy vey! No wonder he wanted to move to Florida. That's awful. You don't think he has great taste! How plebian of you. I think his apartment looks like a bordello. I'm more of a Craftsman type. You've clearly seen better bordellos than I have. One was a double wide mobile home parked in the desert outside Pahrump, NV. No gold to be seen anywhere. http://raisethestakeseditions.com/janies-ranch/ I used to run that road at night hauling carpet from LA to Reno. Janie has a red beacon that really stood out since there isn't anything else around Montgomery. I liked the one in Winnemucca. There was a sign in the parking lot "Cattle haulers, please park your rigs someplace else" Then there was the Mustang Ranch. If I had to go to Tonopah instead of taking the cutoff I couldn't legally continue to Reno so I'd log my 8 hours off at Mustang. Never did actually go there. Mustang Ranch was forfeited to the Feds after a tax fraud case leading to the urban legend that the Feds couldn't run a whorehouse and show a profit. |
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On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 18:35:15 -0700, rbowman
wrote: On 02/14/2020 12:10 PM, devnull wrote: On 2/14/20 1:50 PM, Jim Joyce wrote: On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 10:20:27 -0500, devnull wrote: On 2/14/20 6:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: In my books, the man who lives here doesn't get to tell anybody else how stuff should look: https://www.idesignarch.com/inside-donald-and-melania-trumps-manhattan-apartment-mansion/ Cindy Hamilton I don't know any married heterosexual males that were allowed to decorate their nest. We only write the checks. My wife and I both have veto powers. We're weird, though. We think marriage is a partnership. I don't decorate. If I did, I'd remodel the kitchen with the Premier line of Gladiator Garage cabinets. I always thought if I designed a house the kitchen floor would be brick with a drain in the middle. Throw down some Tide, scrub it, and hose it down. Oh, and there would be a loading dock too. You really want that 8x8 terra cotta tile like they use in commercial kitchens, for exactly that reason. At the club my wife ran the cooks would hose that place down every night before they left with 160+ degree water. All of the equipment was rolled out and they started about 5' up the FRP walls, then rolled the stuff back and finished up the middle. It was like a steam bath in there. |
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Classic vs. Modern architecture
On Friday, February 14, 2020 at 8:34:49 PM UTC-5, rbowman wrote:
On 02/14/2020 12:10 PM, devnull wrote: On 2/14/20 1:50 PM, Jim Joyce wrote: On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 10:20:27 -0500, devnull wrote: On 2/14/20 6:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: In my books, the man who lives here doesn't get to tell anybody else how stuff should look: https://www.idesignarch.com/inside-donald-and-melania-trumps-manhattan-apartment-mansion/ Cindy Hamilton I don't know any married heterosexual males that were allowed to decorate their nest. We only write the checks. My wife and I both have veto powers. We're weird, though. We think marriage is a partnership. I don't decorate. If I did, I'd remodel the kitchen with the Premier line of Gladiator Garage cabinets. I always thought if I designed a house the kitchen floor would be brick with a drain in the middle. Throw down some Tide, scrub it, and hose it down. Oh, and there would be a loading dock too. My ideal bathroom is a one-piece plastic box with a floor drain. Close the protective boot over the toilet paper, remove the towels, pull down the hose from the ceiling and spray the whole thing with a jet of hot, soapy water. Then rinse. Cindy Hamilton |
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On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 18:49:31 -0700, rbowman wrote:
On 02/14/2020 11:47 AM, Jim Joyce wrote: On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 06:57:02 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote: On Friday, February 14, 2020 at 9:40:05 AM UTC-5, micky wrote: In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 14 Feb 2020 03:07:31 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote: On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 6:28:52 PM UTC-5, micky wrote: "Contemporary architecture is by and large a failure. The public finds it ugly, strange, and off-putting. It has created a built environment that is degraded and dehumanizing. The reason for this failure is the ideology of architectural Modernism, which came to dominance after the Second World War." https://www.civicart.org/contemporary-architecture I thought that modern architecture, at least in large buildings, was driven by new, more efficent, cheaper methods of construction, along with the ability to make large glass windows, plus the universality of air conditioning so that windows don't have to open, along with a dearth of Italian artists willing to work for little money and do the art work that decorated the buildings of the Teens through 50's. BTW, when they added a new simple building to Billings Hospital, at the U. of Chicago, they did find someone to make 10 feet of stone cornice to match what was on the original gothic building, for the transition from one building to the next. The group whose webpage is above apparently influenced Stumpie in today's exec. order that new federal buildings in DC use Greek, Roman, Gothic and a couple I missed architecture. The same group wants to rebuild Pennsyylvania Station in NYC, even though Madison Square Garden is in the way. They have several compalaints about the station including that the trains are sometimes late. How does the design of the building cause that! In my books, the man who lives here doesn't get to tell anybody else how stuff should look: https://www.idesignarch.com/inside-donald-and-melania-trumps-manhattan-apartment-mansion/ Oy vey! No wonder he wanted to move to Florida. That's awful. You don't think he has great taste! How plebian of you. I think his apartment looks like a bordello. I'm more of a Craftsman type. You've clearly seen better bordellos than I have. One was a double wide mobile home parked in the desert outside Pahrump, NV. No gold to be seen anywhere. http://raisethestakeseditions.com/janies-ranch/ I used to run that road at night hauling carpet from LA to Reno. Janie has a red beacon that really stood out since there isn't anything else around Montgomery. I liked the one in Winnemucca. There was a sign in the parking lot "Cattle haulers, please park your rigs someplace else" Then there was the Mustang Ranch. If I had to go to Tonopah instead of taking the cutoff I couldn't legally continue to Reno so I'd log my 8 hours off at Mustang. Never did actually go there. Mustang Ranch was forfeited to the Feds after a tax fraud case leading to the urban legend that the Feds couldn't run a whorehouse and show a profit. You know the area much better than I do! I wonder if Janie's is the place I was thinking of. It sure looks like it. Good times. |
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On Sat, 15 Feb 2020 03:15:37 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
wrote: On Friday, February 14, 2020 at 8:34:49 PM UTC-5, rbowman wrote: On 02/14/2020 12:10 PM, devnull wrote: On 2/14/20 1:50 PM, Jim Joyce wrote: On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 10:20:27 -0500, devnull wrote: On 2/14/20 6:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: In my books, the man who lives here doesn't get to tell anybody else how stuff should look: https://www.idesignarch.com/inside-donald-and-melania-trumps-manhattan-apartment-mansion/ Cindy Hamilton I don't know any married heterosexual males that were allowed to decorate their nest. We only write the checks. My wife and I both have veto powers. We're weird, though. We think marriage is a partnership. I don't decorate. If I did, I'd remodel the kitchen with the Premier line of Gladiator Garage cabinets. I always thought if I designed a house the kitchen floor would be brick with a drain in the middle. Throw down some Tide, scrub it, and hose it down. Oh, and there would be a loading dock too. My ideal bathroom is a one-piece plastic box with a floor drain. Close the protective boot over the toilet paper, remove the towels, pull down the hose from the ceiling and spray the whole thing with a jet of hot, soapy water. Then rinse. Anyone know how to get blood out of a carpet? Like, lots of blood? I'm asking for a friend. Just kidding :-) |
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On 02/15/2020 11:02 AM, Jim Joyce wrote:
On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 18:49:31 -0700, rbowman wrote: On 02/14/2020 11:47 AM, Jim Joyce wrote: On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 06:57:02 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote: On Friday, February 14, 2020 at 9:40:05 AM UTC-5, micky wrote: In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 14 Feb 2020 03:07:31 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote: On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 6:28:52 PM UTC-5, micky wrote: "Contemporary architecture is by and large a failure. The public finds it ugly, strange, and off-putting. It has created a built environment that is degraded and dehumanizing. The reason for this failure is the ideology of architectural Modernism, which came to dominance after the Second World War." https://www.civicart.org/contemporary-architecture I thought that modern architecture, at least in large buildings, was driven by new, more efficent, cheaper methods of construction, along with the ability to make large glass windows, plus the universality of air conditioning so that windows don't have to open, along with a dearth of Italian artists willing to work for little money and do the art work that decorated the buildings of the Teens through 50's. BTW, when they added a new simple building to Billings Hospital, at the U. of Chicago, they did find someone to make 10 feet of stone cornice to match what was on the original gothic building, for the transition from one building to the next. The group whose webpage is above apparently influenced Stumpie in today's exec. order that new federal buildings in DC use Greek, Roman, Gothic and a couple I missed architecture. The same group wants to rebuild Pennsyylvania Station in NYC, even though Madison Square Garden is in the way. They have several compalaints about the station including that the trains are sometimes late. How does the design of the building cause that! In my books, the man who lives here doesn't get to tell anybody else how stuff should look: https://www.idesignarch.com/inside-donald-and-melania-trumps-manhattan-apartment-mansion/ Oy vey! No wonder he wanted to move to Florida. That's awful. You don't think he has great taste! How plebian of you. I think his apartment looks like a bordello. I'm more of a Craftsman type. You've clearly seen better bordellos than I have. One was a double wide mobile home parked in the desert outside Pahrump, NV. No gold to be seen anywhere. http://raisethestakeseditions.com/janies-ranch/ I used to run that road at night hauling carpet from LA to Reno. Janie has a red beacon that really stood out since there isn't anything else around Montgomery. I liked the one in Winnemucca. There was a sign in the parking lot "Cattle haulers, please park your rigs someplace else" Then there was the Mustang Ranch. If I had to go to Tonopah instead of taking the cutoff I couldn't legally continue to Reno so I'd log my 8 hours off at Mustang. Never did actually go there. Mustang Ranch was forfeited to the Feds after a tax fraud case leading to the urban legend that the Feds couldn't run a whorehouse and show a profit. You know the area much better than I do! I wonder if Janie's is the place I was thinking of. It sure looks like it. Good times. I always wondered if Janie catered to coyotes. There isn't a damn thing out there except sagebrush and coyotes. I suppose the theory is Bishop is sort of touristy and some of them might make it up over the pass. Janies was relatively large scale. https://www.wildcatranchnv.com/ Pretty bad when the 'Our Girls' tab has one girl. Recruitment must be off. That might have been viable when the Hawthorne ammo depot was active. Otherwise the only reason to go through Mina is when 395 south of Carson City gets iffy in the winter. https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/13039 Not Nevada but an interesting stop. The Oasis might have been aided by Wallace having the last red light on I-90. The interstate went through downtown until some time in the '90s. Butte tried a brothel museum too but being Butte it failed. |
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In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 15 Feb 2020 12:03:39 -0600, Jim Joyce
wrote: On Sat, 15 Feb 2020 03:15:37 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote: On Friday, February 14, 2020 at 8:34:49 PM UTC-5, rbowman wrote: On 02/14/2020 12:10 PM, devnull wrote: On 2/14/20 1:50 PM, Jim Joyce wrote: On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 10:20:27 -0500, devnull wrote: On 2/14/20 6:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: In my books, the man who lives here doesn't get to tell anybody else how stuff should look: https://www.idesignarch.com/inside-donald-and-melania-trumps-manhattan-apartment-mansion/ Cindy Hamilton I don't know any married heterosexual males that were allowed to decorate their nest. We only write the checks. My wife and I both have veto powers. We're weird, though. We think marriage is a partnership. I don't decorate. If I did, I'd remodel the kitchen with the Premier line of Gladiator Garage cabinets. I always thought if I designed a house the kitchen floor would be brick with a drain in the middle. Throw down some Tide, scrub it, and hose it down. Oh, and there would be a loading dock too. My ideal bathroom is a one-piece plastic box with a floor drain. Close the protective boot over the toilet paper, remove the towels, pull down the hose from the ceiling and spray the whole thing with a jet of hot, soapy water. Then rinse. Anyone know how to get blood out of a carpet? Like, lots of blood? I'm asking for a friend. Just kidding :-) Kidding about the blood, or about it being for a friend? |
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