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1 Beer can get "skunky" with age. So, fresher is better 2 Some beer drinkers will intentionally age cans of beer and drink those cans after pull date. 3 Beer might have a metal taste if it's in the can too long. 4 "High alcohol" beers (9% Alcohol per volume) are designed for aging. 5 I personally would not age cans of beer on a bet. I've had thin aluminum cans of both pop and beer open up on me while stored in a garage closet. What a mess. And I would not bet that the pop or beer was wholesome prior to spraying all over the garage cabinet. I leave the lagering to the pros and drink what they create without improving on it. Few things improve with freezing or aging at home. |
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Here is the original drawing for that corner of the New Chinatown. [1936-37] https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/WfwseJ.jpg huntington Buildings for Mr. You Chung Hong by architects Erle Webster & Adrian Wilson made for the rebuilding of Los Angeles’ New Chinatown (1936-40s). In the mid-1930s, all of Old Chinatown was torn down to make way for Union Station. Many of the displaced families and businesses went to the nearby 900 block of North Broadway and developed New Chinatown. The drawings by Webster & Wilson show the development of this historic area of Los Angeles through survey records, street plans and drawings for buildings for Y. C. Hong. And here are two alternative designs for the same corner. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/1oGXi0.jpg huntington https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/CJu6Nb.jpg huntington ..............................................................................The client, You Chung Hong https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...921/0Y8mzq.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/1RixyA.jpg . |
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At a dinner party I was given an old Michelob that tasted rather funky so I held it up to a light and could see 'sea monkeys' swimming around. ...:yuck:
After that, I make sure to check the date on any beer I am about to drink. .......................................................................................https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/3...921/LQQBif.jpg ..............................................................................................It was actually sediment floating around. |
A general question on uploading from Photobucket, in a recent post of mine the images were far too large, and a scroll bar appeared....
I asked Photobucket support about the issue, they suggested the following: "You can add ?width="1024" height="768" at the end of your image links. You can adjust the width and height to your preference." Anyone else have this issue?...the Photobucket solution is really not that much of an imposition, just wondering if there is a way to change the settings where the images would appear properly sized, as they had in the past. |
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I've been using Photobucket for years (and have the scars to prove it!). You used to be able to display larger images by having the suffix ~original on the filename (otherwise they were scaled to 1024px wide or high), but I think that stopped in one of the last site overhauls. To be honest, since then I've been scaling my images to 1024x768 or smaller, and wasn't sure whether I could still display larger files. I'll have to experiment with your suggestion over the weekend. Thanks for the tip, riichkay. |
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Original snapshot - Chinatown, Los Angeles c 1946 There's the mural again! https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/pggZzD.jpg eBay It looks like it might be a special occasion for the couple. The lady is wearing a corsage. By the look on their faces it must be their anniversary. ;) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/OjjZ0i.jpg detail . |
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Ha E.R. Are you sure it wasn't those four shots of tequila you had before the beer that helped you see the sea monkeys? My skunky beer story - When I was stationed in Taiwan in 1974, the military brought the beer in on ships. That meant that the beer was kept warm for the slow trip over. All the beer in cans was skunky. The only beer in bottles was Michelob, which wasn't too bad. Not much skunk taste and no sea monkeys either. |
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ltr SS Lane Victory....one of those beer transport ships sits in LA Harbor ...She's open to visitors daily. |
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First of all, thought I'd float a theory. Why all the patriotic bunting? Well, here's a May 1901 ad for the Fiesta de las Flores, and it's Swanfeldt's for all your patriotic bunting needs, especially since we have an "honored guest": https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...16c5f08c_o.png Thus maybe they were all turned out for the Presidential visit. I think that also answers the question of "what's with the string?" — though it was not string, but wire. Here is a snippet that talks about McKinley's parade cruising along Main Street, and about the wires that were erected to keep parade-watchers back: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...2a86c988_o.png Anyway, let's take a look at that baby—or is it? https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...edc98aa7_o.png Guess we'll never know! Check out mysterious inviso-face guy: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...e89c51f8_o.png And this lady, who totally did it with Martin Van Buren when she was sixteen: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c44a3071_o.png There's this incredible Odd Fellows lamp in the doorway— https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f6bc1ed7_o.png And this one above, of the "Friendship, Love & Truth" interlocking oval rings symbol of the order, done with incandescent bulbs— https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...74ef9c86_o.png But mostly I love these two fellows, who apparently have fashioned sleeves for themselves out of awning material— https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...24e81b39_o.png Guy on the right is like an even more badass version of Lee Marvin in the Wild One, which you wouldn't think possible, but there you are https://cdn3.bigcommerce.com/s-3slfy...51.451.jpg?c=2 |
:previous: You really brought the photograph to life for us, Beaudry. :worship: ...Thanks so much!
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Ah, Lee Marvin in The Wild One. What a performance, playing somebody who was thrown out of Marlin Brando's motorcycle gang as a social undesirable.
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Swanfeldt Tent & Awning Co.
A man walks into Swanfeldt Tent & Awning Co. in 1915.
Store Assistant : What kind of tent have you in mind Sir? Man: Oh no ... tents are way too easy to get out of ... I'm thinking more along the lines of ... https://i.imgur.com/kEDVg47.jpg https://i.imgur.com/OaFQd3Z.jpg christies.com Sold for 30,000 Sterling in 2011. |
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And "Thing" is there, too! https://media1.tenor.com/images/5b69...cbe6/tenor.gif |
Tragedy mystery.
I have been looking through some of my old files and happened upon this rppc showing a damaged, truncated bridge in Long Beach. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/i3VdXP.jpg "Seaside Foot Bridge......Scene of fatal tradgedy [sic] March - 1938............................................................................................................................................Hoffman Photo Service, Long Beach, Calif. E" There's no doubt that the damage was caused by the infamous flood of 1938.... Does anyone know what "fatal tragedy" happened on this bridge? :shrug: . |
Okay folks, here's one more mystery for this Saturday afternoon.
I have this one labeled. . ."Mystery Boxcar, Topanga Canyon." https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...921/RScIK7.png ethereal_files As you can see, the railcar appears to be spanning a small chasm leading to (and attached to) a ramshackled house. This took quite an effort! Sorry, but I can't remember where I found the photograph. |
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It's still there (see link below image). https://i809.photobucket.com/albums/...xcarHouse1.jpg GSV There are many pictures of the house at realtor.com. I also found the following text by Scott Stevens on flickr.com: "In 1973 this freight car bridge was the only access to my home in Topanga Canyon. Foot access only. It was a rental which had the dubious distinction of having the worst flea infestation I've ever come across. Loved the house and location so fought the fleas and won. I took a trip to Calcutta and Nepal for about a month and left the house in the hands of a fellow we called Boston Bert who was helping a great band of our friends called Country. Michael Fondiler, Steve Fondiler, Ian Espinoza, Tom DeSimone and Tom Snow were creating awesome music together. When I returned from Nepal I found the living room floor moldings lined with empty Jack Daniels bottles, 2 deep in some places, as Bert always did enjoy a party. Good house, good friends and good times."There are plenty of other photos online. |
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https://www.riplosangeles.com/ the LOS ANGELES series a photographic love letter by artist ASHLEY NOELLE: https://www.thelosangelesseries.com/ |
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Topanga Canyon was pretty wild in the late '60s and '70s. A hippie haven. Could live cheaply there and "off the grid" until gentrification hit in the '80s. Malibu spillover. The shacks & houses along the creek were often flooded during winter storms. One of the rainier spots near L.A., averages over 24 inches per year near the top. |
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