LPTJ PICTURES OF KIDS WITH STICKS

[Greg Nog]

Ah, to be back in the lush jungles of Jerusalem!

[Andrew_TSKS]

whoa, that picture is really disorienting, I do enjoy the little detail of the cross on the wall though

You bet the ladies loved my sweet mullet

So I have a question. Back in the day, at least out on the left coast of Canada, in the heyday of this here hairstyle, I never heard the term "mullet". It was always hockey hair. I only started hearing the term "mullet" long after all the actual mullets had long ago left the arena. But it's the only term I hear for it now. Was it always a "mullet" down south where there is no proper appreciation of hockey culture? I want to know if I'm the victim of anachronism or of cultural imperialism here.

I'm gonna go with cultural imperialism

I agree, but here in the south they were called "shortlongs" until the late 90s, so it's probably just a regionalism from a different region than both of us hail from, which eventually took over.

[coldforge]

My favorite thus far:

It's almost 2010 for crying out loud! If you still want to bleed animals in the name of whatever warped hocus pocus god you believe in then leave our country and go back to the jungle.

OBAMA'S AMERICA, PEOPLE

[YojimboMonkey]

whoa, that picture is really disorienting, I do enjoy the little detail of the cross on the wall though

You bet the ladies loved my sweet mullet

So I have a question. Back in the day, at least out on the left coast of Canada, in the heyday of this here hairstyle, I never heard the term "mullet". It was always hockey hair. I only started hearing the term "mullet" long after all the actual mullets had long ago left the arena. But it's the only term I hear for it now. Was it always a "mullet" down south where there is no proper appreciation of hockey culture? I want to know if I'm the victim of anachronism or of cultural imperialism here.

I'm gonna go with cultural imperialism

I agree, but here in the south they were called "shortlongs" until the late 90s, so it's probably just a regionalism from a different region than both of us hail from, which eventually took over.

Yeah, MU330 (St. Louis ska band) sang a song called "Since the Short-Long's Gone" about a dude cutting his mullet

[Bernard]

that would make it a ... shlong

[Andrew_TSKS]

The mullet was known as a shlong in certain parts of the country! Not where I'm from--I never heard someone abbreviate the term in that way--but I definitely read it used that way. It was apparently also known as a shfillbee in certain areas, which is a phonetic pronunciation of SFLB, which stands for Short Front Long Back.

[Ignatius]

I always understood that the term mullet was popularized by the Beastie Boys, who were making fun of people with mullets. If that's the case, it would make sense that the hairstyle was already on the wane by the time you first heard it, ellaguru. On the other hand, the one or two serious hockey kids in my school maintained hairstyles similar to Uncle Jesse's from Full House, in spite of merciless insults.

[dumbfish]

In Miami in the 80's many many mullets ran free under the name "soccer hair."

[ellaguru]

Ah, good, this is all useful information.

[clare]

I don't think it had a name here - I'll have to do a survey. Certainly I only started hearing the term here in the mid (?) 90s. It was a recognised hairstyle though...in fact I had one (of sorts) for a haircut or two in 1986.

[Bernard]

I was joking about shlong! I have heard them called mudflaps, though.

[Andrew_TSKS]

I always understood that the term mullet was popularized by the Beastie Boys, who were making fun of people with mullets. If that's the case, it would make sense that the hairstyle was already on the wane by the time you first heard it, ellaguru. On the other hand, the one or two serious hockey kids in my school maintained hairstyles similar to Uncle Jesse's from Full House, in spite of merciless insults.

The first place I ever heard the term was in the Grand Royal article about them, so that makes a ton of sense to me.

Also, B, I understand you were joking. I wasn't! "Shlong" was definitely used as a term for mullets somewhere in the US at some point!

[Chet]

yes.

[Bernard]

cheeeeeeks!

[girl]

Yeah, she's got you wrapped around her finger all right. I can't imagine you'll ever be able to deny her anything. 

[G.C.R]

That cute bow on that cute baby is helluva cute

[Anne the Man]

She looks like some kind of overlord. An overlord of cute!

[kadiekatRN]

Finally moved into the new house.  For now, here are some "before" shots of our home makeover:

My house w/ the half-raked yard


Back of house w/ F


The living room as it was at time of move-in


Our bedroom


The carpeted kitchen


The very hazardous staircase to the attic/third bedroom


So as not to fry this board w/ giant photos: forthcoming, during and after shots! 

[andronicus]

I like those tiny handrails on top of the cabinets.  Presumably so the kitchen elves don't fall off.

[davy]

The carpeted kitchen

[ellaguru]

My mom's house had a carpeted kitchen, and at least one carpeted bathroom (I think the one with the bathtub wasn't, but the other one was) when we moved in. But that was in 1976, and all rooms were carpeted back then.

[girl]

That house is cute as can be! In the spring you can plant a little garden. Well done, Katie! 

[Bernard]

Dang! Everybody else has cute houses.

[YojimboMonkey]

big fancy mansions along Maine Street

Apparently the corner of 18th and Maine was named one of the 10 most architecturally significant intersections in the USA by some fuckers*, I dunno.  Here are 3 pictures from that corner







By way of comparison, here is the house I sold when I moved to Chicago, maybe 2/3 of a mile south of that corner



Moving west along Maine, here are several more fancypants houses, the first of which now houses the Quincy Museum















A few blocks away is the John Wood Mansion, built by one of the founders of Quincy and former Governor of Illinois (never jailed for fraud though AFAIK), John Wood. 



Bonus shots from the riverfront

Bayview Bridge


Memorial Bridge


Quinsippi Island


These bars are underwater every time it floods, I'm not sure why somebody recently redid the one on the right, it's just going to get it again.


*some fuckers=National Geographic, I looked it up

[G.C.R]

Wow, thanks Jim, those are neat! Totally reminding me of all the 2nd Empire style Lady and the Tramp houses!