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Yes, I remember slide rules - used one often when determining dividend/bond yields etc. - before the calculator came along.

I also did learn how to use an abacus - guess I am someone of "advanced years".

Aulaire,

I agree with you 100%. I am soooo tired of hearing that newer is better.

Believe it or not, you can still install electricity and wiring etc without then destroying everything that even hints at old.

As I said in my original post, they destroyed an 17th French manor house.

Maybe the blonde comes with it?

Thank you both.

Can't wait to see them.

I wouldn't be without a landline. I resisted getting a cell phone for a long time, especially after 9/11 because cell phones did not work; they also didn't work the night of the blackout. I can talk comfortably for long stretches with the landline and don't ever have to worry about not having enough bars, reception, recharging etc as you do with a cell.

I rarely use my cell, in fact.

Never felt the need to have a conversation while in the street, in the supermarket, on the train, or, the best (actually the worst) in the bathroom UGH UGH.

I have hundreds of books and divide them by category.
Several books on Italy are displayed on a round bistro table; many of my books (with black and white covers) on NYC are on three end tables, etc. Any time someone visits, they reach for the books and we end up discussing them. I have always had books out on "display" and love using them for this purpose, but I never thought of it as decorating with books, which I guess it is.
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