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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
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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
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Oh, no! Father Steve, I thought you were going to be posting about a female astronaut! 
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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.
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http://www.astrudgilberto.com/I grew up singing these great songs... 
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Me, too. The combination of Astrud Gilberto's voice and Stan Getz' sax makes me all quivery.
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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 ... 
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Pfranz, Pfranz, Pfranz. Bossa nova is not "trad jazz." 
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