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  1. MikeKardec

    The 80s, myth and reality?

    Recently I've had an interesting "vision" (in quotes because it's all about hearing rather than sight) on the 1980s. In the last few weeks I have started restoring/re-editing one of the audio dramas I wrote and directed in the 80s and 90s. The story is very much along the lines of and Alfred...
  2. MikeKardec

    Comfort of Tweed Suits

    I first ordered with them right around the "restructuring". They couldn't help me out but got back in touch as soon as they were up and running again and we've had a great relationship ever since. I am EXTREMELY hard to fit and they have gone out of their way to get everything right. Though...
  3. MikeKardec

    Tales of the Gold Monkey

    They could all be women, gay and trans ... I fear that's what it takes sometimes! I don't know if anyone but six of us here cares about China in the 1930s. I'd go for it though ... if you kept the gender bending down to a dull roar.
  4. MikeKardec

    Vintage Suit Brands

    Don't assume that just any Hollywood film had great custom made suits. Many movie were budget affairs and the actors took what they could find off the racks at Western Costume. There's films where they spent the money and went for the glamour and there's films where they just used what they...
  5. MikeKardec

    Comfort of Tweed Suits

    I have several Bookster Tweeds (not their heaviest but not lightweight either) which I wear during the SoCal winter and fall and for business in NYC during the same times. If I think I'm going to overheat (rare) I just take off the jacket. Their customer service is top notch. They went way...
  7. MikeKardec

    What Are You Reading

    Worth taking a look at is The Conversations by Ondaatje and Walter Murch, the editor of The English Patient movie. They discuss novels and film and being the first and then the last creative talent to work on a story. This is especially interesting because the movie was considerably different...
  8. MikeKardec

    9mm or 45cal

    There are some companies that resculpt Glock grips, a big improvement IMO. I really don't like Glock products but they have educated me on striker fired semi autos. I didn't like the idea until I was exposed to it (and until I tried one of those "improved" Glock triggers) and then I became a...
  9. MikeKardec

    Binoculars

    My only classic binocs are Hensoldt and Wetzlar, captured by my father from a Luftwaffe pilot who actually landed at a captured airfield to use the restroom! I also have Steiner, Doctor, and Leica. The best have got to be the Leicas which have a built in rangefinder but they are also big and...
  10. MikeKardec

    9mm or 45cal

    I was never a fan of 9mm until I shot it in a full sized 1911. Up until then the 9s I'd shot were in light framed guns and were a bit too 'snappy' for my taste. Given the speed of the recoil I'd prefer something with a bit more power, like .357. For a long time my vote was for the power and...
  11. MikeKardec

    Traitors

    Seen it. Decent performances. Good depiction of the nightmare of getting involved in the clandestine world. Not too much of the over the top, BBC-esque, version of American bad guys; basically a rogue OSS operation is re-legitimized by some pre-CIA operatives to spy on British communists...
  13. MikeKardec

    Classic Safari vehicles!

    The last place I saw many Mokes was in the West Indies, specifically Barbados, back in the 1980s. Not so sure of their real qualities off road but people did take them anywhere. I was unaware of the dual engine version, a lot like the ultra rare dual engine off-road Citroen 2CV Sahara!
  14. MikeKardec

    Show us your Guns!

    The original 51 was amazingly slim and a great pointer, almost to the level of the 1911. Very concealable but a nightmare to disassemble. You never had to worry about putting your first shot in the dirt as you do with the Colt "pocket" pistols or the Tokerev from the same era, however.
  15. MikeKardec

    Classic Safari vehicles!

    While you can't get the 70 series, the all time winner when it comes to serious Toyotas, the older pick up based on the FJ 40 can occasionally be found. Here's an ultra rare diesel from a few years ago ( https://bringatrailer.com/2014/08/04/1975-toyota-land-cruiser-pick-up/ ) I notice one of...
  16. MikeKardec

    Casablanca Version: "Perfidia." Where to find?

    Yes you are correct, everyone gets paid, just different amounts. I think the real expense hurtle is the music publisher's $$$ rather than the writer's. If you remove the original recording the publisher has less to try and claim as their investment. Just a guess, however. I've been involved...
  17. MikeKardec

    Casablanca Version: "Perfidia." Where to find?

    Lizzie is right even for movies today (I doubt the rules have changed much). The original recording of a popular piece of music is expensive to license. Less expensive is a cover of the original piece. Even less expensive is to have your film's composer write you a new song that the film/the...
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    Classic Safari vehicles!

    As a young man I loved the Broncos in the mountains. The three speed column shift was perfect. Especially with first and reverse right across the pattern from on another ... excellent for backing and filling your way through tight corners. You could do it with the tips of your fingers without...
  20. MikeKardec

    Books Published: Thank you FL members!

    This month I (and my father, Louis L'Amour -- though posthumously in his case) have released two books that might interest the people of the Lounge: No Traveller Returns, in hard cover, and Yondering, in paperback ... both are also in ebook formats too. No Traveller Returns is a novel set on a...
  21. MikeKardec

    Oumuamua

    We really have to be careful about terms like "life" and "civilization" when thinking about aliens. Generally when we use those terms we are silently saying that we expect the life or civilization to be enough like us so that we could recognize and appreciate it as "like us" even if it looks...
  22. MikeKardec

    Oumuamua

    I've heard of an updated version of the Alcubierre theory that uses considerably less energy, as in not insane yet still rediculous, to pull off the same stunt. It kind of reminds me of those super fast Japanese WWII torpedoes that created a vortex ahead of the torpedo. There's been a lot of...
  23. MikeKardec

    if a non white person tried to order a meal back in 1850 would they serve him?

    When I can get away with it I say: "Race? That's so 20th century." Really, we need to get the jump on things. In 100 years everyone will just be tan. Of course, sometimes these days "mixed race" is mentioned as something to covet. It just depends where you are or who you're talking to...

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