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Post by leeforman on Aug 20, 2008 17:38:20 GMT -5
Hello. I have read a few posts here - thought it was time to join. I wasn't sure if this was known or not - this is a photo of the table base as per our local Independent Press, January 13th, 1999 - the citation has it being taken from the NJ State Police Archives. - lee
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Post by jack7 on Aug 20, 2008 21:02:59 GMT -5
Are you the Lee I fell in love with in 1970? Kinda smart but looked kinda stupid at times. Said she loved me but showed up with her boyfriend for our date. Last name was then Paulson?
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Post by leeforman on Aug 20, 2008 23:31:36 GMT -5
Name: leeforman Email: lforman23@comcast.net Birthday: 08/31/1966 Age: 41 Gender: Male Posts: 2 Karma: 0 Date Registered: Today at 5:16pm Account Status: Activated
Answer: No.
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Post by jack7 on Aug 21, 2008 0:34:19 GMT -5
Dang!
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Post by Michael on Aug 21, 2008 5:54:40 GMT -5
Thanks for posting the photo Lee.
The Archivist who discovered the middle connecting piece has looked for the rest of it but couldn't come up with the anything else. We've done considerable research and found the date could be learned by the stamp usually found at its base.
Please jump in with any thoughts on this or any other matter.
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Post by kevkon on Aug 21, 2008 6:45:18 GMT -5
As they say; "A picture is worth a thousand words".
The Table That Never Dies
Look carefully at the legs and column, then look at the top of the plinth. Notice the screw hole pattern and the shadow lines from the wood it was attached to. Now look at Mersman pedestals from piecrust tables. You won't find it. This is not the base from which everyone seems to think it is. When you find the actual table you will see something very interesting about the location of the writing.
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Post by Joe on Aug 21, 2008 7:36:58 GMT -5
Kevin, do you mean that the table in Lee's picture, or the one pictured in Gardner's book is not the table in question? I assume from your reference to the screw hole pattern in the plinth in question, this table base would not support the pattern of the plinth, or am I misinterpreting? The location of the writing as I remember, seems to extend beyond the shadowing created by the table top cross-piece. Is this what you're referring to? Your post seems to pose more questions, yet you seem to have the answers in hand. I don't know the secret handshake so can we just have it straight up?
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Post by jack7 on Aug 21, 2008 12:37:56 GMT -5
For Joe: If the screwholes didn't match and misconstruct the plinth, then the oblong obverse, of course, would be in the reverse! Does that remind you of "Movin' On Up," and the world's greatest TV actor, Sherman Hemsley (hope he's OK). Lets just settle this now and realize that the retainer is lower than the maintainer so obviously water would seep in, not to mention gangsters. The key is the third plith which is technically known as the frith (look that up - the third plith is the flith) and of course the writing, which actually when written on a flith is referred to as roting. So the roting on the flith is SO SO extremely important and should be disregarded immediately.
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Post by kevkon on Aug 21, 2008 16:25:58 GMT -5
Hey, I thought since so much time is wasted on this subject it might be fun to encourage some detective work! Joe, look closely at the photo of the table. Four legs with a low splay and most importantly the center bolt. It's that bolt that gives this table away. In other words, this plinth block was not hidden under a flat table top. 4 screws held it to the column and the threaded rod held it to ............................... Jack, what gives?
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Post by Joe on Aug 21, 2008 18:36:23 GMT -5
Kevin, I'm afraid I'm still not firing on both cylinders here and to say I'm interested in more detective work on this piece of $#!? is a bit like saying I'm interested in the life and times of Duncan Phyfe himself. What is the significance of the threaded rod? Which direction would the writing on the plinth have been facing, up or down? Actually, I think I've forgotten the point here. Here comes the fog, nice eh? It's alright... please just spill it so I don't lose sleep tonight. BTW - Jack, sorry about calling Rita a knucklehead - you might not get this message til later, as the two of you may already been on your way to Monaco with Pablo and Schwarzkat - do you think she'll let you take Liz, Audrey and Marilyn?
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Post by jack7 on Aug 21, 2008 19:53:48 GMT -5
We're all goin Joe, and we're taking the table with us - so we've got something to talk about.
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Post by jack7 on Aug 21, 2008 20:10:15 GMT -5
Rita wants you to come too, Joe, because she says you're the best she's ever had (I'm hangin' with Audrey) so we're all goin' to Monaco, and, as Chevy Chase used to say, "you're not."
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