Diner Booth Article

[TechnoHat]

There's a guy on Ebay selling a how-to article pulled from a 1955 magazine that shows how to make your own diner booth/breakfast nook.  Does anybody know what magazine this is from?

http://cgi.ebay.com/1950s-RETRO-DINER-DINING-BOOTH-How-to-Build-PLANS_W0QQitemZ290272221148QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item290272221148&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

[Kilroy]

It's only speculation, but I am thinking Popular  Mechanics,

[coke_and_stuff]

Popular Mechanics would be my guess as well.

Joey

[Kilroy]

The October 1955 issue  had a 50 page Home/house  ection ( hey, I was  on  conference  call at work, and was bored bweyond tears, so I started Googling)

A recently closed auction for this issue went unsold at $7.99.   

[Pat Pixley]

I think this is cool the Hard Cider  press rig, need to start making one of these  .


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250318848606&ssPageName=MERC_VI_RSCC_Pr12_PcY_BID_Stores_IT&refitem=250319277712&itemcount=12&refwidgetloc=active_view_item&usedrule1=StoreCatToStoreCat&refwidgettype=cross_promot_widget&_trksid=p284.m184&_trkparms=algo%3DDR%26its%3DS%252BI%252BSS%26itu%3DISS%252BUCI%252BSI%26otn%3D12

[davethebirdman]

While away those winter hours.... My wife already thinks I'm an annorak...
God knows what she'd think If I started bringing home lumps of wood to
Make a Cider crusher....

[Creighton]

Had to look "anorak" up. Think we are all guilty here :-)
Creighton

[bubba]

Hi... My name is Ken, and I'm and Anorak!

[Pat Pixley]

I think  I'm going to make a cider press dont tell my wife

 This is what I came up with when I looed up Anorak right from webster
An anorak or parka is a type of heavy jacket with a hood, often lined with fur or fake fur, so as to protect the face from a combination of freezing temperatures and wind.

[Kilroy]

If she asks, tell her  it's a planter for the deck

Pat, it seems the term  came from the jacket itself...
 

In British slang an anorak is a person, typically a man, who is an enthusiast interested in information regarded as boring or unfathomable by the rest of the population. The best known explanation of the term, is the use of anoraks (a type of rain jacket) by train spotters, a prototype group for this seemingly unfathomable interest in detailed trivia.