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« Reply #46 on: 14:58:43, 14-04-2007 » |
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He is so nice, George. I could adopt him on the spot (though I am more cat person).
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« Reply #47 on: 12:52:00, 15-04-2007 » |
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So it seems wet dogs are rather cuter than wet cats...  |
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« Reply #48 on: 18:18:23, 15-04-2007 » |
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If you had been a pilot in the first world war, you might well have washed your hair with whisky and champagne. In the book Sagittarius Rising by Cecil Lewis, he describes how a basin would be filled with a mixture of those drinks (the whisky was neat). The men would then sit in a row and bow their heads, and then the major (no RAF then) would take a sponge and squeeze the mixture over their heads. This was called "shampoos".
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« Reply #49 on: 18:56:06, 15-04-2007 » |
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Dont forget to answer the original question. Thanks awfully.
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« Reply #50 on: 18:58:34, 15-04-2007 » |
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Mine's Timotei, Alison (or "chimoch", as my Brazilian ex would pronounce it!). Conditioner too, though unfortunately it leaked in my bag the other day, so my gym kit now smells unusually fragrant ...  |
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The city is a process which always veers away from the form envisaged and desired, ... whose revenge upon its architects and planners undoes every dream of mastery. It is [also] one of the sites where Dasein is assigned the impossible task of putting right what can never be put right. - Rob Lapsley
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« Reply #51 on: 19:07:37, 15-04-2007 » |
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If you had been a pilot in the first world war, you might well have washed your hair with whisky and champagne. In the book Sagittarius Rising by Cecil Lewis, he describes how a basin would be filled with a mixture of those drinks (the whisky was neat). The men would then sit in a row and bow their heads, and then the major (no RAF then) would take a sponge and squeeze the mixture over their heads. This was called "shampoos".
Sagittarius Rising by Cecil Lewis is an unknown book to me. Thank you very much for mentioning it, Tony. I read on the internet that George Bernard Shaw said about it: "This prince of pilots has had a charmed life in every sense of the word. He is a thinker, a master of words and a bit of a poet". Interesting. |
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"People hate anything well made. It gives them a guilty conscience." John Betjeman
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« Reply #52 on: 19:09:21, 15-04-2007 » |
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Tone
Dont forget to answer the original question. Thanks awfully.
I had rather hoped to avoid answering this but since you insist... I find it better not to stick to the same shampoo every day but to rotate them. Therefore in my bathroom at the moment are Original Source Tangerine and Bergamot, Aramis Lab Series, and L'Oreal Elvive Body Boost. I'm a little thin on top, you see. I used to like a blue shampoo that the Body Shop used to sell with a minty scent. But they don't have it any more. PS, I don't like whisky very much at all. If I were given a bottle, I think I would rather tip it over my head than drink it. |
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Tony Watson
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« Reply #53 on: 19:14:05, 15-04-2007 » |
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Sagittarius Rising by Cecil Lewis is an unknown book to me. Thank you very much for mentioning it, Tony. I read on the internet that George Bernard Shaw said about it: "This prince of pilots has had a charmed life in every sense of the word. He is a thinker, a master of words and a bit of a poet". Interesting.
Oh, do read it if you can, Pim. The bit I mentioned makes it sound like the antics of posh boys but it's so much more than that. And don't be put off by the first two pages, which do sound like Ripping Yarns. It's a fascinating look at WW1 from a different angle and when flying was in its early stages. |
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« Reply #54 on: 19:27:27, 15-04-2007 » |
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Oh, do read it if you can, Pim. The bit I mentioned makes it sound like the antics of posh boys but it's so much more than that. And don't be put off by the first two pages, which do sound like Ripping Yarns. It's a fascinating look at WW1 from a different angle and when flying was in its early stages.
I don't have a lot of books about the air forces in the First World War. I do have a 268 page illustrated book about the few bombs that landed on Dutch ground (by mistake) during the First World War:  Strange subject for a book, don't you think? |
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« Reply #55 on: 21:28:39, 15-04-2007 » |
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 My `poo of choice. Sorry to distract from more serious matters.. |
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« Reply #56 on: 22:04:02, 15-04-2007 » |
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Your apology is graciously accepted.
Some Veganese conditioner purchased in Lush today.
Lemon for shine and seaweed for softness and herbal infusions for the scalp.
For all hair types. Not just vegans. (And I am not a vegan)
Tone
Ive always wondered whether men go for fruity type bathroom products.
I like you just that bit more for your your use of the tangerine shampoo.
Thinning locks no impairment to our friendship either.
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« Reply #57 on: 22:21:00, 15-04-2007 » |
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Mort This is what smart men of a certain age use:  (I'm told.) |
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« Reply #58 on: 22:38:34, 15-04-2007 » |
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Mort This is what smart men of a certain age use: (I'm told.) Comes with a free pair of these:  |
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