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A new merchandising trend?

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 18, 2026April 10, 2026

Starbucks has been selling merchandise for a while, with their city cups that people collect…

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A day

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 17, 2026April 10, 2026

I went a little out of town the other day, and popped into a charity…

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True

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 15, 2026April 3, 2026

Numberless “Hotline” Phones: Common in government offices, military, and offices, these phones lacked dials or…

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Julien’s auction of And Just Like That… props

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 4, 2026April 4, 2026

Auction house Julien’s is having an auction of props from the And Just Like That……

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Not an April Fool’s prank

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 1, 2026March 23, 2026

I thought this bad boy could have been an April Fool’s joke, but it wasn’t…

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This is so true

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 1, 2026March 23, 2026

When I was young I used to read shampoo bottles on the toilet and cereal…

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Cultural references in novels

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 29, 2026March 21, 2026

I recently read Elly Griffiths’ The Last Remains, written in 2023 but set in 2021.…

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Stop the world, I want to get off! Influencer set for toddlers

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 24, 2026March 23, 2026

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Trousseau chests/bottom drawers/hope chests

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 22, 2026March 15, 2026

I see so many full dinner services and tea sets in second-hand shops these days.…

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The Yellow Car Effect aka the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 21, 2026March 15, 2026

I have written about the proliferation of old typewriters in second hand shops recently. I…

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