A feeling of perverse satisfaction in the above.

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Researching a small project have been finding some nice material on London's Frost Fairs which took place in the 16-1800's on the Thames. Fragmentary accounts describing  stalls, attractions and general mayhem taking place (everything from Oxes roasting to elephants wandering about) "on the River now become a STAGE".

Two stages I photographed yesterday at Alisomar Conference Centre in California, designed by architect Julia Morgan (1872-1957), best known as the architect of Hearst Castle further up the California coast in San Simeon.

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t: what kind of guy was this?

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v: youngish

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v: drunk

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v: drugged up

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v: vomiting

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v: lying on the ground