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I used to "clean" my strings with a teflon spray. Never noticed any difference.

Yes, I have read many books that remain only as a vague impression. Did I waste my time reading these things or is there some residue in my old brain that influences or colors all future reading. Right now I am rereading Jack Vance's The Demon Princes for the third time. It is a five volume...

"Together" is a song from Gypsy, a Broadway play.

Indian Love Call

Frank Lloyd Wright- 1. “A building is alive, like a man, and its spirit is the spirit of its maker.” 2. “The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.” 3. “Every great architect is – necessarily – a great poet. He must be a great...

Whitewashing Sort of like "licorice" (above), whitewashing has taken on different meanings or uses over the years. 1. Whitewashing in its simplest form means to paint something with whitewash. Whitewash was/is an inexpensive "paint" mixture of lime and water used to "cover-up", change the...

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Delivery time for packages increases as we get closer to Christmas.

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Mastermind (6)

Markers

When I was in high school, over 50 years ago, a teacher there (fresh out of college) would suggest books to read. One was At play in the Fields of the Lord, by Peter Matthiessen. It was a book similar (I think) to those you mentioned that combined adventure and discovery. I remember liking it...

Behaviorist theory (The mind is a 'black box")

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Housebroken (5)

Coffee roasters

Do not impose on others what you do not wish for yourself. -Confucius

Vitriol is a word that was/is used to refer sulfuric acid, from roots meaning "small glass"- most likely because of its appearance in crystal form. sulfuric acid is caustic, burning. So, vitriol has come to refer to harsh, hateful, caustic speech. The politician's speech was full of vitriol and...

Periscope (3)

It was too easy! Nestle' (Crunch bar)

Siege (3)

Anthill (3)

Wilderness

Lemonade

Alchemy

Looks like a good, solid, reliable forehand.

The last few years I have been using a leg-warmer- basically a stretchy cloth tube- open at both ends. The same effect can be had from cutting a hole in the toe-end of a sock. Slide your hand into one end- the other end over the handle- now your hand can grip the handle more normally than with a...

Crawdad (3)

Straw into gold.