Regarding dogs and sirens, is it possibly like horses and automobiles? They're now so common that the later generations of animals don't even take note, whereas in the pre-WWI era, horses bolting at the sight and sound of automobiles was reportedly commonplace.
Cords are easy to replace and proper cloth-covered wire and plugs are available new. I've used https://vintagewireandsupply.com/ in the past with good results.
They're absolutely appropriate, I was just referring to the condition. I'm fine with looking a bit shopworn most of the time, but if I'm going to a black-tie event, I try to keep everything looking its best.
I've only just started reading about her, but Miss Dillon was quite a remarkable person from the looks of it!
Read along, if like me you hadn't heard of her before: https://www.brownstoner.com/history/walkabout-miss-dillons-gas-company-part-one/
You guys are killin' me. I was a Postum drinker for a while maybe 7 or 8 years ago in an attempt to stop drinking so much caffeine, which I thought was causing my migraines. Turns out it was practicing law that was causing my migraines. I do retain a certain affinity for that roasted grain...
Mr. Coffee Nerves!! He was a staple of the '40s and '50s National Geographic magazines I used to read as a kid.
(And still read now that I have access to the online archive.)
This seems a good place to put this: Shorts, or the implication thereof, on Midway Island, 1935. From "Flying the Pacific," National Geographic, December 1936. Which is an account of a Martin M-130 flying from California, to Manila.
Re: Boater sizing. I kinda view mine as a dressier version of my pith helmet. The pith/sun helmet uses its internal suspension to stay up off the head to provide shade while also letting the air circulate around your scalp. Properly fitted, it sits high enough on the head to keep the crown up...
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