@jqubed “Built in the 1940s, the Voice-O-Graph represents one of the earliest forms of recording, enabling users to record song or spoken word onto 6” vinyl. From budding musicians and hopeless romantics to wartime mothers recounting news to far flung siblings, the Voice-o-Graph was used to capture these special moments. The booth also made the jump into popular culture, cropping up in a number of films over the past sixty years, notably Badlands where Martin Sheen can be seen making a record in a 1957 incarnation of the booth.”
@cercopithecoid
She has a dignified look and is always dressed properly for the setting. And given her social status, she’s prob on some local best dressed lists, which are run like a social register.
No-one thinks her style will get her into Vogue or Vanity Fair.
@f00l I suppose I was confusing style with fashion in my mind. When she was FLOTUS I remember her as being kind and courteous, something I hope all future first spouses try to emulate.
@f00l no doubt both very beautiful women. But Audrey Hepburn’s proportions are a tiny bit “mousy”… her eyes a bit large. And Princess Diana doesn’t make the comparison cut in several features.
I’ll admit I’m partial to blond beauty, especially natural.
Oh, in terms of beauty in that mid-century look, Grace is as good as it gets.
Audrey had a lot of elegance and also that playful challenge going. Like - some rule or other is about to be broken. Which one?
And Diana had some sort of astonishing presence. She knew how to be the center of attention like no one else, and in the beginning at least, it was artless. She could seduce anyone, including persons normally immune to all that, for an hour or for a cause. Later on, not quite so artless, but … well, she put it to work for worthy causes.
In 2010, a very rare and expensive pearl was unveiled in China. The ‘Beauty of Ocean’ pearl weighs six tonnes and is five feet high. It is the biggest manmade pearl in the world. Composed of fluorite, this gem was ground into a pearl shape over the course of three years. The green pearl has a tendency to glow in the dark. Discovered in Mongolia, this rare and precious pearl is valued at a staggering price of $139 million. It is the most expensive pearl on the market.
It is commonly—albeit incorrectly—believed that Arizona remains perpetually in commission, like the USS Constitution. Arizona is under the control of the National Park Service, but the U.S. Navy still retains the title.Arizona retains the right, in perpetuity, to fly the United States flag as if she were an active, commissioned naval vessel.
How are the bodies of the USS Arizona survivors buried on the ship?
Crewmembers who were assigned to the USS Arizona on December 7, 1941, have the right to have their cremated remains interred inside the barbette of gun turret four by National Park Service divers. If you were a crewmember before that infamous day, you have the right to have your ashes scattered over the ship. In both cases, the common thread is that these men were at one time in their navy careers assigned to the USS Arizona. This policy is strictly enforced by the USS Arizona Reunion and Survivor Association. In addition, any Pearl Harbor survivor can have their ashes scattered over the place in the harbor where their ship was located during the attack.
On April 12, 1982, the ashes of retired Navy Chief Petty Officer Stanley M. Teslow were interred, making him the first USS Arizona survivor to return to his ship. As of February 1, 2016, there have been 39 crew members interred into the hull of the the USS Arizona. That list consists of 37 Navy sailors and 2 Marines who have chosen to rejoin their fallen shipmates through a solemn ceremony of interment, complete with a two-bell ceremony from the Fleet Reserve Association; a rifle salute from the U.S. Navy or Marine Corps; and a benediction with the echo of Taps being played across the harbor. The services are conducted inside the memorial and consist of an invocation, funeral ceremony, and a flag presentation to the family. Each interment ceremony is hosted by both the National Park Service and the United States Navy.
Following the ceremony, the urn is carried from the memorial to the dock area and presented to divers, who swim the urn into the open barbette of gun turret number four and proceed to a large open “slot” that measures approximately 6" x 5’. The urn is placed into this slot and slides into the ship.
Dorothy Parker
Pretty, petite Dorothy Parker, a drama critic for Vanity Fair, did not look poisonous. But at the [Algonquin] Round Table, she was the acknowledged master of the put-down.
“Age before beauty,” Clare Boothe Luce once remarked as she invited Parker to proceed her; “pearls before swine,” the latter supposedly retorted as she swept through the doorway.
Alexander Woollcott called her an odd “combination of Little Nell and Lady Macbeth.”
@Tin_Foil Yes, came here to nominate Marge and Lisa Simpson.
@Tin_Foil I always thought Marge was just wearing costume jewelry of some type. I’ve never seen red pearls.
@RiotDemon
http://www.sears.com/mabella-pwk037pl-women-s-aaa-quality-18inch-freshwater-cranberry/p-SPM11365738330?plpSellerId=Mabella&prdNo=2&blockNo=2&blockType=G2
@Pavlov Ugh, Beat me to her! Well done!
@Pavlov So, wait, were there booths in the past where you could record records?
@jqubed
http://thevinylfactory.com/news/record-your-own-6-vinyl-for-free-at-this-pop-up-recording-booth/
@jqubed “Built in the 1940s, the Voice-O-Graph represents one of the earliest forms of recording, enabling users to record song or spoken word onto 6” vinyl. From budding musicians and hopeless romantics to wartime mothers recounting news to far flung siblings, the Voice-o-Graph was used to capture these special moments. The booth also made the jump into popular culture, cropping up in a number of films over the past sixty years, notably Badlands where Martin Sheen can be seen making a record in a 1957 incarnation of the booth.”
/giphy Lisa Simpson
RIP
I had no idea Barbara Bush is considered a style icon. Is that a Texas thing, or do people in other states consider her a style icon as well?
@cercopithecoid
She has a dignified look and is always dressed properly for the setting. And given her social status, she’s prob on some local best dressed lists, which are run like a social register.
No-one thinks her style will get her into Vogue or Vanity Fair.
@f00l I suppose I was confusing style with fashion in my mind. When she was FLOTUS I remember her as being kind and courteous, something I hope all future first spouses try to emulate.
Coco Chanel
Not sure why but I thought of Elizabeth Taylor
Impossible to top the classic beauty of Grace Kelly. Photos do not capture her.
@RedOak
Audrey was also worth looking at.
@RedOak
And here’s Diana channeling Elvis
@f00l no doubt both very beautiful women. But Audrey Hepburn’s proportions are a tiny bit “mousy”… her eyes a bit large. And Princess Diana doesn’t make the comparison cut in several features.
I’ll admit I’m partial to blond beauty, especially natural.
@RedOak
Oh, in terms of beauty in that mid-century look, Grace is as good as it gets.
Audrey had a lot of elegance and also that playful challenge going. Like - some rule or other is about to be broken. Which one?
And Diana had some sort of astonishing presence. She knew how to be the center of attention like no one else, and in the beginning at least, it was artless. She could seduce anyone, including persons normally immune to all that, for an hour or for a cause. Later on, not quite so artless, but … well, she put it to work for worthy causes.
“Beauty of Ocean” Pearl
From: therichest.com
@f00l Yes, but … wouldn’t it be kinda heavy as a necklace?
@rockblossom
I think I’d hang it on “Sue” - isn’t that the Tyrannosaurus Rex found in S Dakota who now chills out at the Field Museum in Chicago?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_(dinosaur)
What, no Janis Joplin?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_(album)
/youtube mercedes benz janis joplin
@minivanmegafun
You told me again you preferred handsome men, but for me, you would make an exception.
@minivanmegafun
@shrdlu
@f00l Trivia quiz: How many survivors of the Arizona sinking rest within its confines?
@PocketBrain
Survivors of the attack who are still living? I presume, none.
Survivors of the attack who chose to be interred there upon their later death and have died? I’d have to look it up.
@f00l 41, as of this year’s Pearl Harbor Day.
@PocketBrain Very cool, I didn’t know people were doing that. Cremains, I presume.
@moondrake
5 survivors remain with us.
From the Detroit Free Press, an accounting of the 5, and of recent attack survivor deaths, some of which have been interred on the Arizona.
http://www.freep.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/07/pearl-harbor-survivors-uss-arizona-ceremony/95080292/
Info on the Memorial Site, Now a US National Historical Monument.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Arizona_Memorial
@moondrake
From the USS Arizona Memorial website FAQ:
https://www.nps.gov/valr/index.htm
Dorothy Parker
Pretty, petite Dorothy Parker, a drama critic for Vanity Fair, did not look poisonous. But at the [Algonquin] Round Table, she was the acknowledged master of the put-down.
“Age before beauty,” Clare Boothe Luce once remarked as she invited Parker to proceed her; “pearls before swine,” the latter supposedly retorted as she swept through the doorway.
Alexander Woollcott called her an odd “combination of Little Nell and Lady Macbeth.”
@f00l And she left her fortune to the NAACP.
perl 4.036 was very classic.
Left out Rexella.