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To: Rambi who wrote (10520)	5/11/1998 10:43:00 PM
From: Justin C	Respond to of 71178

Penni, Apparently my Tacky Period ended with License Plate Upon Tree . . . no subsequent beer-can edifices or flamingos on the lawn. I did do the board-and-block bookshelves, but in an understated style as I recall. Thanks for your welcome.

To: Rambi who wrote (10520)	5/12/1998 3:38:00 AM
From: jhild	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Talking about spool tables reminds me of other pieces of my early adult furniture. When I was living back in Boston many years ago as a student, I would go to Chinatown and pick up boxes from the trash piles on collection day. These boxes had been used for shipping various fragile chinas or food stuffs that were unidentifiable by the lingering telltale odors or the stenciled ideograms. These boxes were startlingly well constructed with dovetailing though, some with metal bands. Stacked with the open faces forward they made perfectly serviceable and incredibly versatile bookshelves. The bonus was that whenever I moved, my books were already packed. Over the years these boxes fell into disuse as furniture, as they didn't quite pass matrimonial muster. Bachelors it seems can live in early industrial simplicity. But brides expect better. To this day though they still remain in the garage, darkened by age, but faithfully holding excess possessions and memories of a lifestyle gone by. But kitsch, really? And yes I had a spool table too. (Though it never made the westward trip.)

To: Rambi who wrote (10520)	5/12/1998 4:56:00 AM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 71178

gee penni, that brings back some bizarre memories (which light the corners of my eyes). As a late 60's/early 70's child of a young 20-something Mom, I recall all the plank 'n' cinder block bookshelves and the cablespools. In fact, we had a smaller cablespool for the living room, and a really huge one (taller than me at the time) for the dining table. You did, however, leave out a few things&#151the macram&#233 wall hangings and those "yarn 'n' dowel" God'sEyes&#151not to mention the Jesus Christ Superstar and Three Dog Night 8-track tapes. You put the tapes in milk crates "borrowed" from the local 7-11, of course. I won't even mention the avocado-coloured refrig. Bonus Points: How many Nagas does one have to kill for enough hide to make a couch, anyway? &#133ah, the comforts of home&#133 -MrB