AdamSmith Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 Stunning 2200-Year-Old Mosaics Discovered in Ancient Greek City http://twistedsifter.com/2014/11/2200-year-old-mosaics-discovered-in-ancient-greek-city/ The city's name, btw, is Zeugma, which is also the name of an interesting "figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses (e.g., John and his license expired last week ) or to two others of which it semantically suits only one (e.g., with weeping eyes and hearts )." http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-zeugma.html http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeugma lookin and MsAnn 2 Quote
AdamSmith Posted January 25, 2015 Author Posted January 25, 2015 PS Not relevant, just an interesting bit from farther down the same site... Untouched Paris Apartment Discovered after 70 years. Includes Painting worth $3.4M http://twistedsifter.com/2014/01/untouched-paris-apartment-discovered-after-70-years/ lookin and MsAnn 2 Quote
Members MsAnn Posted January 25, 2015 Members Posted January 25, 2015 PS Not relevant, just an interesting bit from farther down the same site... Untouched Paris Apartment Discovered after 70 years. Includes Painting worth $3.4M http://twistedsifter.com/2014/01/untouched-paris-apartment-discovered-after-70-years/ This is absolutely amazing. Despite the decay, you can still see that the decor must have been wonderful. AdamSmith and lookin 2 Quote
Members Suckrates Posted January 25, 2015 Members Posted January 25, 2015 Hopefully My apartment will realize the same Fate ? lookin 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted January 25, 2015 Author Posted January 25, 2015 Hopefully My apartment will realize the same Fate ? LIKE!!! Those furniture covers will preserve it for seventy times seven years. Quote
Members MsGuy Posted January 26, 2015 Members Posted January 26, 2015 I had an Aunt who put down pure white shag wall to wall carpet all over her dream home. Not only did she did she have plastic covers for the furniture, she had clear plastic runners all through the house. The only places you were allowed to walk on the actual floor were the bathrooms and the kitchen. Bless her addled heart, we all knew she was over the top but I think that white shag was her apogee. Kinda like this but a whiter white. And covers for the furniture, of course. Did I forget to mention that the house was two miles out in the country on 3 acres of land and no fucking way you could avoid getting stuff on your shoes if you set foot outside the house? AdamSmith and lookin 2 Quote
AdamSmith Posted January 26, 2015 Author Posted January 26, 2015 Like when Rhoda redecorated Lou Grant's living room in all white! lookin 1 Quote
Members MsGuy Posted January 26, 2015 Members Posted January 26, 2015 Kinda except Rhoda used rugs so there were open areas of floor to get around on. My aunt went wall to wall, even in the entry hall. Moma gave me strict orders not to say anything as her sister was inordinately proud of that house. Or maybe she had realized how bad she fucked up too late and was trying to brazen it through. You never really knew with my aunt. Quote
AdamSmith Posted January 26, 2015 Author Posted January 26, 2015 Hah! And just noticed your note re the joint being way out in Mudville. What a picture. Quote
Members MsGuy Posted January 26, 2015 Members Posted January 26, 2015 I know. To this day I don't know how I managed to keep my mouth shut. But Auntie was a redhead with a fierce temper and Moma didn't want a war with her sister (unless Moma started it ), so... lookin and AdamSmith 2 Quote
