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Thread Number: 22733
Another gala weekend at Tarantula Arms |
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| Post# 254043 10/26/2013 at 18:19 (3,834 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany) | ||
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Fred invited us to Chicago for another fabulous get together at Tarantula Arms!! In attendance are Fred N, of course -- and Charlie, Tania, Greg, Dan, Robert, and myself. Started out last night making cinnamon rolls... Yummy! 
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| Post# 254044 , Reply# 1 10/26/2013 at 18:20 (3,834 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany) | ||
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We had a service call this morning on Fred's new/old Filtex central vac... 
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| Post# 254045 , Reply# 2 10/26/2013 at 18:21 (3,834 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany) | ||
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Owen hard at work swapping out motors and rewiring the Filtex, such a pro! 
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| Post# 254048 , Reply# 3 10/26/2013 at 18:25 (3,834 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany) | ||
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Check out this beast that he uses to unclog people's central vacs... He needed to swipe some wire out of the cord for the Filtex. 
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| Post# 254050 , Reply# 4 10/26/2013 at 18:27 (3,834 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany) | ||
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Meanwhile... Greg and Robert were hard at work swapping the newer KitchenAid back to the old KitchenAid now that Fred is staying here in Tarantula Arms. 
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| Post# 254053 , Reply# 5 10/26/2013 at 18:30 (3,834 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany) | ||
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We had to take the old gal for a spin with some Hoover hoods! 
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| Post# 254055 , Reply# 6 10/26/2013 at 18:37 (3,834 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany) | ||
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We took a que from the PA contingent, also having a party tonight (brilliant idea, BTW) and put to use some of the extra hoods that were laying around... Cracker and artichoke dip, anyone? 
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| Post# 254057 , Reply# 7 10/26/2013 at 18:39 (3,834 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany) | ||
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Have some cheese, stay a while... 
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Post# 254060 , Reply# 8 10/26/2013 at 19:04 (3,834 days old) by Air-WayCharlie  (USA) |
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Ida welcomes............ | ||
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Post# 254073 , Reply# 9 10/26/2013 at 21:36 (3,834 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs) |
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Come On Guys You know we always have a great time at these gatherings. Someone recently asked where the name Tarantula Arms came from. Charlie named the house. The most well known literary reference is from "A Streetcar Named Desire." A dive hotel where Blanche DuBois stayed:
"So she makes a clean confession of it. She refers to the Flamingo Hotel as “The Tarantula Arms,” the place where she, a “big spider,” brought her “victims.” “Yes,” she says, “I had many intimacies with strangers.” She explains bitterly that, after her husband killed himself, this was all she had to turn to for comfort."
A shot from dinner Friday night. 
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Post# 254074 , Reply# 10 10/26/2013 at 21:37 (3,834 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs) |
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Post# 254075 , Reply# 11 10/26/2013 at 21:38 (3,834 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs) |
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And Of Course | ||
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Post# 254076 , Reply# 12 10/26/2013 at 21:39 (3,834 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs) |
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And The | ||
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Post# 254077 , Reply# 13 10/26/2013 at 21:40 (3,834 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs) |
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Tania | ||
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Post# 254079 , Reply# 14 10/26/2013 at 21:42 (3,834 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs) |
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Dan Prepared Dinner | ||
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Post# 254080 , Reply# 15 10/26/2013 at 21:43 (3,834 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs) |
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Fred | ||
| Post# 254173 , Reply# 16 10/27/2013 at 13:33 (3,833 days old) by danemodsandy () | ||
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Looks Like: A swellegant, elegant time was had by all. Did you give guided tours of Works in Progress, a.k.a. the master bath? | ||
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Post# 254184 , Reply# 17 10/27/2013 at 16:37 (3,833 days old) by Air-WayCharlie (USA) |
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Well, what to do on Sunday afternoon...........
After all the vacuums have been played with, the dishes washed and the linens pressed, (Miele mangle), and folded?
Rearrange the living room around Ida's new couch and portrait of me above the the chest in the front hall. Tres fabu! 
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Post# 254247 , Reply# 18 10/27/2013 at 21:20 (3,833 days old) by Vinvac (Dubuque IA) |
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Post# 254250 , Reply# 19 10/27/2013 at 22:48 (3,832 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs) |
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| Post# 254258 , Reply# 20 10/28/2013 at 02:22 (3,832 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR) | ||
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