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	Coffee icecream is delicious, but not in the morning.	1 Relevance	17 years ago	Olive	General discussion
	Coffee icecream is delicious, but not in the morning. I like mine as a cappucino or black. In the cooler months, I steam and froth my milk every morning, and pour in the goods. In the summer I somme times have a hit of black coffee and then have iced. A good iced coffee is a thing of joy. I like it best if I still heat the milk and then shake the whole combo with ice. Sooooo refreshing! The hubs is a black only, all the time guy. First thing he learned to order in Spanish out here in SFe' is 'Cafe negro con NADA!'. Coffee out here is most often drunk Spanish-style which is more like a cappucino, they always seem surprised when he orders black, even when iced. Drinking coffee all day, though is terribly hard on the body, all that acid to process and caffeine to regulate...how do you sleep, Lucifersum? I'd be up all night if I drank even one cup after lunch! As a barista you probably know that espresso is actually lower in caffeine per volume than drip, right? Go for memorable, woofwoof, your body. mond and soul will all thank you!
	Interesting for me	1 Relevance	23 years ago	Olive	General discussion
	Interesting for me as a consumer to read the above posts. I know that I am not like the rest of the world when I purchase certain thing. A car is a good example. I think of it as a tool and don't give a damn what anyone thinks my vehicle says about me. I buy for practicality, functionality and fuel efficiency (yes, even tho I'm American that matters to me) BUT!!! Get me into furnishings, lamps, textiles...anything visual and tactile and my buying habits move to the emotional. I get fixated on things I want and I have to force myself to make a pragmatic decision. I want to but what makes my eyes go Ooooo! Sort of like a child with candy. Once I recover from the wantwantwant stage then I try to make the educated consumer decision and think about the need I am buying for and the aesthetic I am trying to acheive. In the case of cars, and other necessaries like trash cans and toothbrushes, I think I buy the anonymous generic products that Koen, Cedric and David mention, The thing that does the job in a simple clean good-looking way. As for the other stuff, well it's absolutely emotion first, rational decision second. But I won't buy what won't work even if I love it. Does that make sense to you guys?
	I was the lucky one the ...	1 Relevance	18 years ago	LRF	General discussion
	I was the lucky one the ... I was the lucky one the home I bought 2 years ago was designed as a modern structure 45 years ago. and I wanted it to remain a modern structure through out. Prior to this home I live in a very authentic french country ranch home on the outside , with barn shutters and arches very nice, and the inside was done in Santa fe with Kiva fireplaces and beams, sounds strange but it worked it was truly eclectic cause of the modern art collection that i have put together for over 35 years, But once the modern bug hit me it hit me real hard, obsessed to the 10 degree, with not only the furniture, but houses, the design and every detail and every thing else. I can truly say that i was blessed, (or lucky) to be able to afford the home I bought as it would be considered a dream house for anyone, and i sometimes still can not believe i bought the house that i saw when i was a 18 year old kid and loved from afar, I had no idea what modernism was , only thing that i knew was this house was cool and different looking even for 1966. I was also lucky that the woman that i married shared my passion for this home and journey . I guess some people do get lucky sometimes.
	i wish i could have used...	1 Relevance	19 years ago	LRF	General discussion
	i wish i could have used... i wish i could have used it, but it was at a youth lounge at a Christian church, and the kids must have been a little rough as they did put a few ciggerate burns in it (bad kids) and it was trashed, The thing that i think is so funny is Probber with Parzinger Kagan and Evans were the premier designers of modern sofas in the 1960's and you see there stuff bringing the biggest dollars at autions,and on 1st dibs so to see it come out of a youth lounge of a Christian Church in Oklahoma is really funny to me Maybe ... a Temple youth lounge in Palm Springs, anyway the good old boys who took the snap for ebay did take a good picture and they told me after i paid them that they found part of sofa that did not have the smoke burns at a thrift store for 20 bucks and they went by the church for the rest cause they were embarrassed to sell it the way it was, The whole thing makes such a good story, I wish i could say it was my best deal but i did pay the guys a nice price, but compared to what i saw it at a shop in Dallas for 4 grand. i think I did good and the fellows who sold should have a nice Thanksgiving and that is what it is all about anyway,
	The Chinese really are not our friends	1 Relevance	19 years ago	LRF	General discussion
	When Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement, adopted the motto "Be prepared", it is unlikely he had in mind the threat posed to the outward bound movement by lax Chinese manufacturing standards. But scouts in the US were on Friday asked to make ready to send back as many as 1.5m Chinese-made badges tainted with potentially dangerous levels of lead paint. The badges, known as "totems", are typically given to seven- or eight-year-olds in their second year of scouting for tasks such as learning the scouts' oath. After reading this it just fits in with every thing that we have talked about on this forum for the last year about the Chinese and there cheap goods makeing barcelona chairs for American Companies is one thing but when you start fooling with the safety of the young child , that is when we all need to stand up a take a look, The Chinese have a different standard of thinking than we do they treat their works crappy they cut corners, but when you slay the golden goose, you might just have to eat cold duck. and that is what they deserve.
	The Buzz!	1 Relevance	19 years ago	NULL NULL	General discussion
	The Buzz! For me the hexagonal version has much more impact and the angularity gives a sort of deco feel to the shape. Patricks original design, although I verbally reduced it to a bunch of sticks, also had a certain individuality that dissipated later due to the realities of production. To reiterate my previous comments, and in agreement with many others, the shape of the waist has added a certain vivacity to the design. In the words of Ella Fitzgerald It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing. Whatever the genre, this design swings, bops, rocks and hip-hops with quite a wide appeal. Because it is powerful it will not have universal appeal, and that is a good thing Martha. Now on the other hand the logical/methodical side of my split personality is fascinated by the discussion on the production process. Koen has gently shepherded us through the steps and I appreciate his patience in retaining a focus without being dismissive of our input. Aesthetics remain strongly individual but the collective creation of a honeycomb by this hive is a very interesting process. Ill buzz off now.
	Japan Table at the Goodwill	1 Relevance	12 years ago	usd274	Identification
	Anyone ever see this side/coffee table before or know anything else about it? Never have seen anything quite like it. The only thing I've come across is an earlier thread about a lounge chair with the same Made in Japan stamp and possibly being Pacific Trends?You guys should have seen the contact paper covering the top of this thing. Perhaps that deterred anyone else from snatching it up.
	Help ID this birch/mahogany bar cabinet	1 Relevance	12 years ago	Ronix	Identification
	I've been told that it is Slovakian in nature but I am not sure. I've never heard of or seen any Slovakian modern furniture (is this a thing?) did they mean Scandinavian? I can't find anything real similar. This forums knowledge seems like the place to ask. I would like to know if it worth the price the seller is asking or any thing at all?
	Leif is Correct again.	1 Relevance	9 years ago	mario	General discussion
	Leif is Correct again. Good thing I didn't bet on this game. The detailed picture clearly displays one of Teak's idiosyncratic grain patterns.
	Mark, I don't have any tricks	1 Relevance	9 years ago	Spanky	Repair
	Mark, I don't have any tricks for restoring this kind of thing, but Leif has it covered. If it was my table, I'd probably just sand it lightly, oil the hell out of it, and live with the result.
	I might have to pop for that.	1 Relevance	9 years ago	waffle	General discussion
	I might have to pop for that. A good friend let me borrow his original set. Dear god. I was so nervous something BAD was going to happen to them. They very well might have been the most expensive thing in the house at that moment. Tremendous eye candy, though.
	Bottom line, odile, is that	1 Relevance	10 years ago	tktoo	Repair
	Bottom line, odile, is that uneven fading is not a "weird thing". And it should be understood that all opinions here are offered with a full refund if not helpful.
	Yes, I doubt it has a name.	1 Relevance	10 years ago	leif ericson - Zephyr Renner	Identification
	Yes, I doubt it has a name. It is not a common enough chair for that sort of thing. Of the thousands of Danish chairs from the era, probably one a few dozen have well recognized "names." It would be interesting to know who made it first.
	outdoor fire-place	1 Relevance	18 years ago	brnki (SVK)	General discussion
	I've been researching on outdoor fire-place, built from concrete components, and I find them pretty old-style looking :)does anybody has such thing at home? or do you know about any that don't look that much archaic?
	Are these Ikea chairs?	1 Relevance	18 years ago	dashes	General discussion
	And what are search terms to look for this sort of thing I tried "Ant" and "Arne Jacobsen" to try to get close, but so far haven't found what these are - but I thought I saw them in a thread around here recently, just can't find it now.