Subj : Re: 1970's
To   : JOE MACKEY
From : Dennisk
Date : Tue May 05 2020 21:18:00

-=> JOE MACKEY wrote to DENNISK <=-

 JM>   Dennisk wrote --

 > Thank you.  I was Borax Man

 JM>   Oh, ok.  :)

 > I am somewhat new here.

 JM>   Glad to have you with us.

 > My theory is that the 'sterile look' is due to a desire to keep things as
 JM> clean looking as possible, and perhaps it is due to advertising

 JM>   Sounds reasonable.

 > I prefer texture and detail to break things up and remove solid blocks of
 JM> monochrome from the field of vision.  And if that means things are a
 JM> little harder to clean, its is a price well worth paying.

 JM>   My place looks like a typical professor's apartment.
 JM>   Its small, with bookshelves with books, old time radio CD's, computer
 JM> odds and ends (external drives, etc), tables with drawers, table lamps,
 JM> papers and such piled here and there.
 JM>   The place is clean, but it looks a bit disorganised.
 JM>   I have had periods where I put things away and then could never find
 JM> what I was looking for.
 JM>   As I wrote, I'm somewhat like the stereotyped absent-minded professor
 JM> who roots around looking for something then just puts things back into
 JM> stacks and piles when I find what I'm looking for.
 JM>   Joe
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If you ask my wife, I'm messy.  If you ask me, I just have a lot of things I'm
working on at the same time.  Untidy I may be, but I don't tolerate filth.  My
study is stacked with 486 and Pentium class machines, books and CD's.

Dennis Katsonis
 
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