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Every Man Should Have a Roll-Top Desk
Metallicman ^ | 16DEC18 | Editorial staff

Posted on 12/16/2018 4:04:18 AM PST by vannrox

Here I would like to discuss a long standing dream that I have had since I was a small boy; the possession of a large roll-top desk complete with a multitude of tiny drawers, chubby-holes, and spaces for all my personal junk and treasures. I have had this dream for a long… long… long time. With that in mind, let’s discuss this work of art; this magnificent idea and concept of the roll-top desk.

During the last century, the idea of a Roll-Top desk was appealing and very popular all over America. Many American homes had these styles of desks and throughout the 1960’s and 1970’s they faded into obscurity. There was a brief revival of Roll-Top desks in the 1980’s and then they have been forgotten as overly expensive and extravagant items of furniture. This is unfortunate, because every man should have a Roll-Top desk.



The first time that I encountered a roll-top desk was a very long time ago. One of my friends had inherited it from his father. It was in his bedroom and he would work on his various projects at the desk. He had this kind of glue with a rubber top that you could use to spread glue on paper and make scrap books with .

He also had a punching bag in his basement and me and him would try boxing at such an early age. Heck! We were only in second grade, for goodness sakes. It was kinda goofy at the time, but our fathers both thought that boxing was something that all boys had to learn.

What is a Roll-Top Desk?



A roll-top desk is a large

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To: super7man
Are you Mr. Bean? :)


101 posted on 12/17/2018 5:12:09 AM PST by Daffynition (Rudy: What are you up to today? :))
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To: Daffynition

No, not Mr. Bean. But I did have a 1964 Mini Cooper at one time. Sad I sold it. That was one hot little car. Sold it when I bought my first Lotus Elan.


102 posted on 12/17/2018 5:16:54 AM PST by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: super7man
My first car; first job, after college; turns out, it was the only car, I should have kept, over the decades of owning many brands of autos.


103 posted on 12/17/2018 5:27:31 AM PST by Daffynition (Rudy: What are you up to today? :))
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To: Will88

That’s the one, though it looks darker in the image. The center of the hutch shows the tambour roll open. Also the drawers up there are designed to hang in the open position and they have metal clamps to hold papers. Desk and hutch are finished on both sides so it can be a room divider. I just measured it, it’s 5 and a half wide. Two secret compartments — that I know of :) Middle drawers on both sides have hanging files. Two pullouts for extra work space.

The folks have desks they like better, which is a mystery to me, so I have “pre-inherited” this colossus. Moved it three times already. It evokes such weird and disturbing sounds from the movers.


104 posted on 12/17/2018 5:41:17 AM PST by Buttons12
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To: super7man

Thanks


105 posted on 12/17/2018 7:12:15 AM PST by GOPJ (TERM LIMIT DC SWAMP BUREAUCRATS - a permanent un-elected ruling class is a threat to our freedom.)
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To: nutmeg

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106 posted on 12/17/2018 6:52:17 PM PST by nutmeg
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To: Daffynition

As I look back. I wish I could have kept every car I ever owned.


107 posted on 12/17/2018 7:32:33 PM PST by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: vannrox

A roll top desk stifles life

108 posted on 12/18/2018 7:12:02 AM PST by bert ( (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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