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ACHTUNG! Sp*mmers force another email change. doc2006 has jumped two years ahead. |
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30jul2010 — "The Protected Protector" (from Sam Lowe's Arizona Curiosities, p. 124): 
The center of attraction at the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument is a 4-story caliche structure that was built around A.D. 1300. The building has held up fairly well, considering it sat outdoors in the blistering sun and limited rainfall for more than seven centuries before anyone decided it was worth saving. After declaring the ruins a national monument, the federal government erected a huge steel roof over the original building. That was in 1932, and the total cost was about $28,000. The roof protects the ruins from the elements but in so doing, it has also become a target of the sun, wind, and rain. So it needs repairs and repainting every now and then. Somewhere along the line, the roof was placed on the National Register of Historic Places, which makes it subject to many of the same rules as the ruins when it comes to upgrades. So when the roof needed patching a few years ago, the procedure required special equipment and materials. For example, the solder used in the original construction is no longer manufactured, so the repair crews had to get special permission to use a substitute. The huge parasol will have to be repainted in 2003, according to Don Spencer, the superintendent at the monument. "The bill was $29,000 the last time we painted it," he said. "That's more than it cost to build it. I don't even want to think of how much it'll be this time." For a fee, steel-umbrella fans can view the roof and the monument it protects daily from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. It's just north of Coolidge on State Route 287.
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EXCELLENT ACTIVE SUPER AMUSIVE PLAY! || Thoughtfully conceived and lovingly injection-crafted products, designed and produced entirely without reference to sensible product development practices, market research, corporate legal signoff, or even basic proofreading -- indeed, without any oversight whatsoever -- some of which are available to YOU, the highest bidder, ever, in history. Hosted by your new bestest buddy, HELLO WAGNER! |
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The Simpsons || Two parents. Three children. Maybe four. Springfield is nowhere nearby, but Springerville is. After that, everything you know about The Simpsons is wrong. |
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The Pursuit of Liberty || How to lose an election, pester world heads of state, and fail to start your own country, all in the name of just being left alone. NEW: Phase IV begins... |
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Whip It! & Other Delights || Official home page of the Herb Alpert Whipped Cream & Other Delights Art Car. Burning Man, Art Car shows, cross-country tripping, breakdowns in tiny towns -- plus, your chance to win the What Is Whip It!'s Problem? Contest -- all here. But you're mainly interested in the Whip It! Girls, I'll bet. |
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The Mojave Phone Booth Project || The most popular item on deuceofclubs.com. Why? We're not sure. It was just a working phone booth in the middle of nowhere in the Mojave Desert. But for a working phone booth in the middle of nowhere in the Mojave Desert, it had a lot of friends. |
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Deuce of Clubs Gallery || The fame of the playing card mounts. Tension mounts. Mounting, mounting, mounting. Whew. Done mounting now. Carry on. |
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Wagner Zentral || Your source for all things Wagnerian. Roadtripping, statuetripping, just plain tripping. Wagner Tributes. Wagner Kunst. More Burning Man stuff. Roadside attractions, folk art, The Thing, you name it. Also includes Wagner's trips with Guest Conductors. And the latest project, The Wagner Calendar Project |
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Amy Grant's Mandible Home Page || You've admired The Mandible. Don't tell us you haven't. Now you can celebrate it. The Mandible. Do it for the children. |
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Write On || Articles, interviews, broadsides. Choco Tacos, Duck Diapers; Negativland, Lovecraft, Mickey Mantle; Ute Lemper, Dick Dale, Tank Girl, & more. NEW: What's On TV |
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The Library || Includes Book of the Week (updated every Monday), the William Butler Yeats "Second Coming" project, and other permanent exhibits. NEW: Dedicated to the One I Love |
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Tunes || Deadbolt, Amy Grant, The Osmonds' Kolob Connection, and Deuce of Clubs' CD Recommendations. |
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What the Deuce?! -- Fearless Cultural Mania || Items of Interest and Edification, updated every Monday. Ever seen Bob Barker soap? Mr. T Cabbage Patch doll? Rake Buddies? Frog in Mouth? Block of Wood? Naranja Mecanica? Yacki Hacki Wicki Wacki Woo? |
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The Mountain Monogram Project || Why are there huge letters on the sides of mountains in the American Southwest? Yeah, I know what they stand for. But who thought of it? How did they begin? Any help you can offer may constitute evidence of insanity. But think about it -- that could come in useful one day. |
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oobiland! || Just two eyes and a hollow interior, it's ... Al Gore! No, no, it's ... oobi! Much as we disdain hippies, we LUUUV oobi! |
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666 Cough Syrup || Another old favorite. What damage control is like when brand-name recognition of your product consists of people crossing themselves and crossing to the other side of the store aisle. |
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Smut || The most popular page with the search-engine porn seekers. In a tie for second: The All-Spanking Show and Farrah nude in Playb0y. Secks! |
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Celebritizationism || Celebrities, Psychos, Simpaticos -- Frank Black, El Vez, Elvis del Monte, Dan Quayle, Joe Coleman, Arthur Lyman, Hasil Adkins, & more. Also: Wagner interviewed by Space Ghost; the next pope -- we hope -- Kardinaal Godfried Danneels; the Celebresemblities game, and the mighty Matt Gerson. Under the wire: The Julia bin-Roberts Home Page |
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Burning Man Crapola || Allabout duh use-ta-be. |
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