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  • Jackie Clark,

    beautiful blogging sarah - simple yet effective, and I quite agree about the word "vintage".

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report

  • Danielle,

    I must disagree about vintage (speaking as someone whose house and wardrobe is filled with both vintage and secondhand things). 'Vintage' is something which evokes, through spirited or beautiful design, the era in which it was made. 'Secondhand' is... something you bought, and someone owned it before you. My purple vinyl chair is vintage; my grotty old car is secondhand. My grotty old car is great simply because it moves me around, while my purple vinyl chair is great because it screams, attractively, '1970s doctor's waiting room!'

    Charo World. Cuchi-cuchi!… • Since Nov 2006 • 3828 posts Report

  • Danielle,

    '...*are* filled...' Jeez. Conjugate, Danielle.

    Charo World. Cuchi-cuchi!… • Since Nov 2006 • 3828 posts Report

  • Jackie Clark,

    Yes, but I bet you don't call things that are secondhand vintage, just because you think it sounds more upmarket, Danielle. No yuppie wanker you, I would warrant.

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report

  • Sarah Wedde,

    'Vintage' is something which evokes, through spirited or beautiful design, the era in which it was made.

    That's my point. Vintage had a specific meaning and it has now "been repurposed by the snob classes" to refer to anything bought secondhand.

    Lower Hutt • Since Nov 2006 • 66 posts Report

  • Amy Gale,

    That's my point. Vintage had a specific meaning and it has now "been repurposed by the snob classes" to refer to anything bought secondhand.

    Although, to be fair, when someone is rude about your beautifully hideous eBayed paisley dress it is kind of nice to be able to drolly say "but it's vintage" and make them stfu.

    tha Ith • Since May 2007 • 471 posts Report

  • Brent Jackson,

    Hey, that Dan & Dan video is great - so well done - the guy must be a professional !

    Now I know the origin of that expression "Right said Fred, both of us together" (always stated tunefully). It was a family saying, usually said when it was time to leave (either from somewhere or for somewhere). The lego version is brill !

    Thanks for the enlighten-tainen-ment.

    Cheers,
    Brent.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 620 posts Report

  • samuel walker,

    yeah,

    those Dan twins sure are clever.

    Since Nov 2006 • 203 posts Report

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