How permanent was permanent?

Subject: RE: How permanent was permanent?
From: Auxiris
Date: 29 Aug 00 - 04:08 AM

"Puce" is a French word meaning "flea" and "mauve" is a wildflower that's. . . violet.

cheers,

Aux

Subject: RE: How permanent was permanent?
From: CamiSu
Date: 29 Aug 00 - 08:55 AM

Too true Carol, If I don't die first!

Cami Su

Subject: RE: How permanent was permanent?
From: Ebbie
Date: 29 Aug 00 - 12:06 PM

Guest/Airto, Martha Stewart is a home-decorating maven whose perfectly-coifed head is on scores of house-hold items. Incidentally, she also makes 'house calls, so to speak- she was in Juneau last week with her camera crew. The local people say she wasn't very chatty, but all business.

Speaking of paint colors, I recently bought a gallon of 'Attorney White'- turned out to be a deep tan. (??)

Ebbie

Subject: RE: How permanent was permanent?
From: catspaw49
Date: 29 Aug 00 - 12:15 PM

LOL Ebbie!!.....Sounds like a great color to cover your ass with doesn't it? Probably pretty expensive though.........

Spaw

Subject: RE: How permanent was permanent?
From: GUEST,Airto
Date: 29 Aug 00 - 12:24 PM

Thanks for the explanation, Ebbie.

By the way, from your experience with 'Attorney White', it sounds like Spaw has found the perfect colour description for his snot - Attorney's Pick. There's no guessing the colour till you take it out and look.

Subject: RE: How permanent was permanent?
From: catspaw49
Date: 29 Aug 00 - 12:49 PM

LOL Airto.......Ya' know, I think that's what we need....Some "professional colors." Oh say, Dentist Yellow"...the color you see when the drill hits the nerve.

Spaw

Subject: RE: How permanent was permanent?
From: Mbo
Date: 29 Aug 00 - 12:51 PM

If you throw pots, you'll know what Soggy Hot Knees Gray looks like.

Subject: RE: How permanent was permanent?
From: Bert
Date: 29 Aug 00 - 12:56 PM

Professional Colors, Ah! how about 'Web Desiger's Black', as seen on all those tattooing sites.

Subject: RE: How permanent was permanent?
From: Airto
Date: 29 Aug 00 - 01:10 PM

Urologist gold?

Subject: RE: How permanent was permanent?
From: Bert
Date: 29 Aug 00 - 01:31 PM

Or 'Handyman's Purple' - the color your thumb turns when you hit it.
There already is an 'Engineer's Blue' which has nothing to do with the language they use.

Subject: RE: How permanent was permanent?
From: Ebbie
Date: 31 Aug 00 - 01:46 AM

What have I wrought!! On the other hand, how about 'Cruiseship-Smoke Gray', 'Bilgewater Pure', or 'Anaheim Glitter'?

(If you get the idea that I get tired of the touristy atmosphere in town along about now, you could be right...) Ebbie

Subject: RE: How permanent was permanent?
From: CamiSu
Date: 31 Aug 00 - 09:32 AM

Oh Ebbie, I know how you feel, and the tourists aren't nearly so bad here. Mostly they consist of buses going by and staring at us as we work outside. They also look at the leaves, and the ones in their own cars are a real caution. Do they ever go home in your town?

Subject: RE: How permanent was permanent?
From: catspaw49
Date: 31 Aug 00 - 10:31 AM

As the thread wanders..........

The tourist thing always brings back memories of college. I went to Berea in Kentucky and even before it went the entire route of artsy/fartsy which much of the town has become, it was always a popular place with tourists to see the crafts and folklore exhibits of the southern mountains and to tour the student industries. Berea takes its students from 244 appalachian counties and there is no tuition, only nominal fees for room and board. Students work 15-20 hours per week in various areas, from broom making and weaving to service jobs around campus to assisting professors. The college operates a hotel and restaurant that is 95% student run known as Boone Tavern and is very popular with tourists as the food is excellent and served family style.

However and because of all this, the folks passing through expect that students are somehow different. Its true that the mean family income when I was there in the late 60's was only $3600., but you couldn't tell that by looking and it always seemed to disappoint the tourists. On numerous occasions, several of us discussed dressing in bibs, barefoot, with a piece of hay in our mouths and hanging out in front of Boone. It would have overjoyed the diners so much to see "real poor hillbilly kids" and I think their visit would have been more memorable.

Spaw

Subject: RE: How permanent was permanent?
From: Ebbie
Date: 31 Aug 00 - 11:43 AM

Ah, Spaw, what a good idea! Here, I guess we'd have to drape a wolf pelt over our bare shoulders with mukluks on our feet and stroll the streets and hillsides with a pet bear. Maybe we look too 'normal' and that's why tourists don't see us on the sidewalks and jostle us as they pass, or block the way in groups so that we must step into the street to get by. If we would only act the part of the wilderness north, just think of the photo opps! I'll pass the word.

Yes, CamiSu, the last ships leave in the last week of September and then we get our town back.

Ebbie

Subject: RE: How permanent was permanent?
From: catspaw49
Date: 31 Aug 00 - 03:16 PM

You know all those places you are supposed to be able to see bears, elk, moose, or whatever local critter that people associate with that place? In many cases, the population is declining and I wonder if someone has the "Bear Conceesion" or whatever. Like once a day they take them to some spot where they walk down to the road and the passers-by can ogle them and grab some photo ops.

"Okay Fred, load up Ben and Frieda and those two cubs and take down to 256. We'll take Brownie and Slewfoot over to 79."

Spaw

Subject: RE: How permanent was permanent?
From: MMario
Date: 31 Aug 00 - 03:42 PM

tourism is one reason I *despise* the word "quaint".