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OMG I don’t think they do.
Name for a tanning shop
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Its a classy joint.
This is sexist!
What about "Gypsy tan"?
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Thats mildly sexist!
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Nick Kaymen!
He used to go my school. Hes dead now.
Bodd was that in a helicopter crash?
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How about
"The Future's Bright"
I suppose you'd have to explain it to your target demographic, though.
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This reminds me of a guy I visited when I was restoring antiques as a hobby. I met him at University. He went on to do a PhD in Biochemistry, but his passion was antique furniture, and clocks (and guns). He made antiques. He was a mate of Tom Keating, One of his important tools was a pair of tanning panels.
He got hold of a real old clock movement, by Thomas Tompion. He restored it, but it needed a long-case, so he made one. All the right woods and glue and methods, but the wood needed ageing, so he used the UV panels. I remember he faked the provenance too. CLever guy. He claimed that he'd got the highest ever price for a genuine 17th c English longcase clock at Sotheby's.
Last I heard, he was making genuine antique Japanese Netsukes, and selling them to the Japanese. His technique for that is/was to buy a real one, and copy it, using jade, ivory etc. For some reason he makes a mirror image of the real ones. No fancy Dremel, he just uses a knife which he made for the purpose. They're all "genuine original" of course. I don't know how he ages those but they look convincingly old to me. They fetch thousands.
"The Future's Bright"
I suppose you'd have to explain it to your target demographic, though.
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This reminds me of a guy I visited when I was restoring antiques as a hobby. I met him at University. He went on to do a PhD in Biochemistry, but his passion was antique furniture, and clocks (and guns). He made antiques. He was a mate of Tom Keating, One of his important tools was a pair of tanning panels.
He got hold of a real old clock movement, by Thomas Tompion. He restored it, but it needed a long-case, so he made one. All the right woods and glue and methods, but the wood needed ageing, so he used the UV panels. I remember he faked the provenance too. CLever guy. He claimed that he'd got the highest ever price for a genuine 17th c English longcase clock at Sotheby's.
Last I heard, he was making genuine antique Japanese Netsukes, and selling them to the Japanese. His technique for that is/was to buy a real one, and copy it, using jade, ivory etc. For some reason he makes a mirror image of the real ones. No fancy Dremel, he just uses a knife which he made for the purpose. They're all "genuine original" of course. I don't know how he ages those but they look convincingly old to me. They fetch thousands.
