Monday, travel week, but before you do

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Carey Grant in the year I was born ;-)

At least one is right.

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Mr. Blandings (sp) Builds His Dream House, a great book. Made into a move starring Carey Grant. The lally's are the supports beside door and window openings. And the year... 20's - early 30's for the book and about 1940 for the movie. Didn't the movie give us the line "If it ain't 'WAM" it ain't Ham!"

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The Movie is "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" with Myrna Loy and Melvyn Douglas in released 1948. The book by Eric Hodgins was published in 1946 or 1947. I see both dates in used book stores on the web, but I had access to a first edition, dated 1947. I believe that what you are identifying as lally columns are in fact king studs. Your identification/definition needs clarification.

If it ain't WAM it ain't Ham. Was the work pressure point of Mr. Grant's character in the movie and ultimately came from the housekeeper.

Another classic bit:

I also liked the long version of the paint colors. Where Mrs.(Loy) Blandings pulls out a postage stamp sized piece of fabric and goes through a heartfelt five minute speech on the precise color she wants"...not a bright blue and not quite a Robins egg blue but something..." The painting contractor listens patiently nodding all the while through her total colorful description until she leaves, then turns to the painters and says "spray em blue."

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>>I believe that what you are identifying as lally columns

>>are in fact king studs. Your identification/definition

>>needs clarification.

I always took Lally Columns to be main supporting columns at places other than the corners in post and beam construction. But in the movie they are clearly knocking the headers out over the doors.

I liked the bit about the paint too, and the one with the slate in the back closet that needed support that needed to lower the main beam that needed to.....

I had a copy of that book and would lend it to customers, sure made charging for changes easier.

Well the sun is out and only 3.5 inches of rain since yesterday, think I'll wash the car...

Monday the remainder

Who said �I guess not?� Cary Grant

What year? 1946-47 book, 1948 film with Melvin Douglas, Myrna Loy

From what source did this �conversation� come? �Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.�

What is a lally column? A �Lally� or "lally column� is a steel cylinder filled with concrete, although the modern models are simply strong steel and usually have some sort of threaded mechanism so that the length of the column can be adjusted. Strictly speaking, the "Lally" should be capitalized because the "Lally column" is the invention of John Lally, an Irish immigrant who dreamed up the contraption in the 1890s--yes, 1890�s. The Lally Column Company in Massachusetts is still around. Just for info-- a properly set 12� long 4� diameter column will support 14,400 pounds.

Bill is correct about the door lintels being ripped out in the movie so even though his lally column answer is iffy for purists, for the movie it is dead on, and he gets two full gold stars for his forehead, one for identifying the title and one for the lally. Dan gets one for his speedy Cary Grant reply.

If it's bad weather rent the movie.

Have a good Thanksgiving everyone. Be careful out there!

BTW

Just for info, I was born in 1948 ;-)

Belated second star to you.

;-)