From: homeowner@aol.com
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house alt.home.repair
Subject: Re: slate in bedroom ?
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 21:09:07 -0700

On 30 Sep 2005 20:36:23 -0700, in misc.consumers.house Banty
 wrote:

>In article <3q6acgFd7dukU1@individual.net>, DrLith says...
>>
>>homeowner@aol.com wrote:
>>> On 30 Sep 2005 16:26:13 -0700, in misc.consumers.house "Caledonia"
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>>Banty wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hey - the '50s and '60s are back!  Boomerang-formica and everything.
>>>>>
>>>>>Else everyone's trying to look like 1912...
>>>>
>>>>Darn. Despite the 1950's construction, we're sporting the Ye Olde New
>>>>England look (think Royal Barry Wills).
>>>>
>>>>So much for my moment of trendiness. Shoulda known it wouldn't last....
>>>>
>>>>Caledonia
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>Maybe I should be keeping my Harvest Gold sink, it might be really trendy in 20
>>> years.
>>
>>I'm hanging onto my brown 1969-vintage appliances for that very reason ;-)
>
>I always kinda liked that brown (or I think they called it something like
>'copper').
>
>You want the 1960 GE cooktop and wall oven I'm about to rip out?  White.  (or it
>was white...)
>
>Banty


I ripped out the sink today and replaced it with a modern stainless steel one.
Kind of a shame though, it matched my 1975 microwave nicely.