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I thoroughly enjoyed the doc but it left me feeling sad.

That's understandable given some of the subject matter...and the Q&A, as the other dedicated thread makes clear, was cringe and didn't add much.

I typically feel joyous, goofy, happy and/or exuberant when listening to most BHS albums. Curious if the doc is going to put a sad sheen on my future listening experiences. Hmmm.

For anyone who has seen the doc, has it affected how you feel when you listen to their music?

About to jump into the sworn translation stage of the documentation process (for citizenship confirmation by descent) but wanted your insight on one aspect of that.

Is it permissible to have a sworn translator in Poland translate my certified/apostilled documents from high-res scans of those documents?

Does the fact that the translator will include a note that they translated from a copy of the document potentially harm my case?

I'll be taking my entire packet to my local consulate in the U.S.

I'll have about 13 pages needing translation and while I need to keep it as cost effective as possible, I also want it to be air tight.

FYI, I mailed certified NARA naturalization records to the U.S. State Dept. for apostille on June 16. Just received the apostille in the mail today.

I was warned/expecting it to take closer to 2 months, so this was a nice surprise.

Great-Grandparents:

·      Date married: 1924 in the U.S.

·      Date divorced: N/A

 

GGM:

·      Date, place of birth: Włocławek, Congress Poland, 1902

·      Ethnicity and religion: German, Lutheran

·      Nationality: Polish

·      Occupation: Housewife

·      Allegiance and dates of military service: None

·      Date, destination for emigration: September 1922, U.S./New York

·      Date naturalized: 1936

·      Citizenship of spouse: U.S.

GGF:

·      Date, place of birth: Bętlewo, Congress Poland, 1902

·      Ethnicity and religion: German, Lutheran

·      Nationality: Polish

·      Occupation: Cabinet maker

·      Allegiance and dates of military service: None

·      Date, destination for emigration: October 1922, U.S./New York

·      Date naturalized: 1934

 

Grandmother:

·      Date, place of birth: U.S., 1928

·      Ethnicity and religion: German, Lutheran

·      Allegiance and dates of military service: None

·      Date married: 1948

·      Citizenship of spouse: U.S.

·      Date divorced: N/A

 

Mother:

·      Date, place of birth: U.S., 1954

·      Allegiance and dates of military service: None

·      Date married: 1972

·      Citizenship of spouse: U.S.

 

Me:

·      Date, place of birth: U.S., 1978

·      Allegiance and dates of military service: None

The BHS doc is the first movie in Alamo's new "undistributed" series. Tickets on sale July 31.

Tl;dr: Confused about the ideal tissue paper to use with mid-19th-century magazines. I think I know what's best, but seeking second opinions.

The magazines in question: Blackwood's from 1845, the American Edition, featuring the original publication of Thomas De Quincey's "Suspiria de Profundis" (well, the original American publication, at least, as it officially debuted in the UK edition of the magazine a few weeks earlier).

Research suggests that the inner pages would likely have been made with hemp/cotton fibers, be of low acidity and would call for unbuffered tissue paper. Yet, the thicker stock of the brown paper covers would have had more chemicals in the dye process and be acidic, calling for buffered paper. I do believe the paper covers are acidic as they look to have aged notably worse than the interior pages.

So, what I'm thinking is best:

• For any interleaving of inner pages, use unbuffered tissue.
• Between cover and page 1, use unbuffered tissue.
• For outer wrap around the issue, use buffered tissue.

Does that sound right or have I gotten myself thoroughly confused about the likely type of paper, the associated acidity and/or whether each calls for buffered or unbuffered tissue?

If wrapping the outside in buffered tissue, might that negatively impact the inner pages in so far as it would touch the edges of the pages?

Would it be safer to just use unbuffered tissue throughout?

After individually wrapping each, they'll then be stacked and stored flat in an acid-free, lignin-free, unbuffered box (from Gaylord).

These magazines aren't museum-grade condition but they are complete. It's surprising that they've survived so long already given the disposable nature of them, from the manufacturing (cheapest paper) to the way the issues were typically passed around from person to person rather than the more common treatment in the UK of the original buyer collecting all issues from a volume and having them bound as a book.

Any information / reality check you can provide is greatly appreciated!

Tl;dr: Confused about the ideal tissue paper to use with mid-19th-century magazines. I think I know what's best, but seeking second opinions.

The magazines in question: Blackwood's from 1845, the American Edition, featuring the original publication of Thomas De Quincey's "Suspiria de Profundis" (well, the original American publication, at least, as it officially debuted in the UK edition of the magazine a few weeks earlier).

Research suggests that the inner pages would likely have been made with hemp/cotton fibers, be of low acidity and would call for unbuffered tissue paper. Yet, the thicker stock of the brown paper covers would have had more chemicals in the dye process and be acidic, calling for buffered paper. I do believe the paper covers are acidic as they look to have aged notably worse than the interior pages.

So, what I'm thinking is best:

• For any interleaving of inner pages, use unbuffered tissue.
• Between cover and page 1, use unbuffered tissue.
• For outer wrap around the issue, use buffered tissue.

Does that sound right or have I gotten myself thoroughly confused about the likely type of paper, the associated acidity and/or whether each calls for buffered or unbuffered tissue?

If wrapping the outside in buffered tissue, might that negatively impact the inner pages in so far as it would touch the edges of the pages?

Would it be safer to just use unbuffered tissue throughout?

After individually wrapping each, they'll then be stacked and stored flat in an acid-free, lignin-free, unbuffered box (from Gaylord).

These magazines aren't museum-grade condition but they are complete. It's surprising that they've survived so long already given the disposable nature of them, from the manufacturing (cheapest paper) to the way the issues were typically passed around from person to person rather than the more common treatment in the UK of the original buyer collecting all issues from a volume and having them bound as a book.

Any information / reality check you can provide is greatly appreciated!

I recently got a wonderful pair of Charlie Singer silver + turquoise watch tips, circa 1970s, and have realized that finding a watch to fit them (17 mm-17.5 mm lug width) isn't easy.

Can anyone recommend specific brands/models I should look into? I've primarily just found some Timex models from the 70s that have a 17 mm lug width, but most are in really bad shape or too expensive. Ideally, I'd like to find a watch under $50...and not gold tone.

I recently got a pair of beautiful 1970s silver+turquoise Navajo watch tips. They were a great deal...then I started looking for a watch that'd fit the width of the silver tubes...17 mm - 17.5 mm.

I've read that 17 mm lug width was common for watches in the 1970s, but I've only been able to find a couple of watches from that era (mainly Timex) with a matching lug width (and they're either in bad shape or too pricey).

If you know of any specific models with 17 mm lug width that can be found in decent shape for less than $100, I'm all ears. Only other caveat: No gold tone.

Curious if anyone here won the Piouhgd and History of Dogs test pressings that just closed...

FYI, the former went for $205. The latter $76.

I see a lot of threads here about the long wait times and mailing documents to Poland.

Is the waiting game just as long if you go to a consulate with all of your documents as it is if you mail them in yourself?

(Or do you still have to personally mail in your documents even if you present your citizenship confirmation case at a consulate?)