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#124266 03/02/2004 5:27 AM
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While trying to learn something about an astragal, I came upon the most wonderful glossary of words pertaining to doors. Who knew?

http://www.marvin.com/learn/glossary.cfm




#124267 03/02/2004 7:15 AM
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Yowza! Love the techie-nerd names. This one obviously came from H2G2:

Clad Brick Mould Casing (BMC)

A clad extrusion designed to simulate brick mould casing for Marvin clad products.



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Dear Father Steve: Your standing on a couple of:
Anatomical Dictionary
... astragalocalcaneum n. bone formed by the fusion of the of the anklebones astragalus
(a) and calcaneum


#124269 03/02/2004 4:31 PM
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Oh, no! Father Steve, I thought you were going to be posting about a female astronaut!


#124270 03/02/2004 4:44 PM
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and it made me think of the Girl from Ipanema...





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Dear etaoin: Astrudgal ? I don't get it. and Ipanema always
made me think of a brand of toothpaste.


#124272 03/02/2004 4:59 PM
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http://www.astrudgilberto.com/

I grew up singing these great songs...



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#124273 03/02/2004 7:18 PM
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Me, too. The combination of Astrud Gilberto's voice and Stan Getz' sax makes me all quivery.



#124274 03/02/2004 7:19 PM
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Ipanema always made me think of a brand of toothpaste.

Yeah, Bill, it was Ipana toothpaste. Back in the good ol' days when I played a lot of trad jazz for moolah, we used to introduce the song as "The Girl from Ipana". It was appropriate, because there was a girl in an Ipana commercial on TV ...



#124275 03/02/2004 7:24 PM
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Pfranz, Pfranz, Pfranz. Bossa nova is not "trad jazz."


#124276 03/02/2004 7:27 PM
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Says who? Apart from you, of course, ASp!


#124277 03/02/2004 7:31 PM
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weeelll...
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB040403021532381496&sql=C2619
and
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll

I would have agreed with you, Anna, but now I'm not so sure...



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#124278 03/02/2004 7:32 PM
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Apart from ASp and anyone knows bossa nova and jazz.

And it sounds so much better in portugues. Makes the English version sound like a march.


#124279 03/02/2004 8:07 PM
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Not gunna argue over daffynitions. I got paid to play trad jazz. GfI was on the list. I played. I got paid. Ergo it's trad jazz. To me, anyway.


#124280 03/03/2004 12:06 PM
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Back to the OP.

She allus sounded like some animé heroine to me.


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She sounded like some animé heroine to me.

I agree.


#124282 05/03/2004 4:54 AM
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I just found out that Bebel Gilberto is NOT Astrud Gilberto's daughter but rather the daughter of Joao Gilberto and his second wife (Astrud was his first). Bebel sings well, too.






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