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See the Coffee can down on the left corner? That was the standard can back when....opened with a key. My mother used to save ours and cadge the neighbors cans all year....she'd line them with waxed paper, and bake fruitcakes in them....Which she could mail as Christmas gifts. I just found her recipe after searching for it since 1993, I think. I'll keep y'all in the loop?
 

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Ann Miller, a GI Sweetheart, from Yank The Army Magazine....My old man saved some if these for YEARS....and i used to read them fairly regularly when I was seven or eight.
 

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saddlebum66 said:
Its one of the few places in Europe Id like to see. That and Paris, for the Metro Gates.
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Dinners on me if you ever come. Or a coffee/beer at least ?

Take note though. As many other places it is far more glamorous from the distance... But sure. Century old arquitecture is still the most impressive one.
 
Ill keep you in mind, pardner....What Im interested in are the things that have survived....Paris has 101 Metro gates that date to the building of that system in the late 1800s. Of those, 98 are intact. Theres a book in it, If I get there?....Barcelona had Antonio Gaudi, who thought in centuries. La Sagreda Familia Cathedral was his plan and design....in 1882. I understand it will be finished this year....Ive seen some of his designs. man was amazing.
 
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Sagrada Familia grows fast now they only work on one tower, like a 3D printer finishing the model.

That period was great in that a few very wealthy families tried to outdo the others, so a few great arquitects/engineers for both houses and industries.

Just for the gigles, Sagrada Familia in 1915. Now it is in the city center
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Goattobeloved said:
Sagrada Familia grows fast now they only work on one tower, like a 3D printer finishing the model.

That period was great in that a few very wealthy families tried to outdo the others, so a few great arquitects/engineers for both houses and industries.

Just for the gigles, Sagrada Familia in 1915. Now it is in the city center
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Well hell...if that was how las Ricos spent their bread, at least it created beauty and gave and gives comfort to those who need that. There are worse things to spend money on.
 
Today is Memorial Day in the States. Here the holiday used to be the time when people decorated the Graves of Civil War Dead....and was called "Decoration Day" until 1967, when it became Memorial Day. From 1868 to 1970, it was a Moveable Holiday, celebrated on the 30th of May. After WWII, the idea that the Day should be for the Dead of all our Wars took hold, leading to the Holiday Weekend we have now. The Cartoon below is from 1920....when there were still Civil War Vets around. The Stetson bears a poppy In remembrance of a Great Uncle killed at The Somme in 1916, as well as the many members of my family who have served.
 

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