Want to buy or sell something? Check the classifieds
  • The Fedora Lounge is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

Search results

  1. tonyb

    “Golden Era” modernists

    Even I was a bit taken aback by the 1910 date of this Josef Hoffman design. Yes, 1910. You could look it up.
  2. tonyb

    Ghost signs

    Snyder, Texas, according to the source I lifted this from …
  3. tonyb

    Vintage Things That Will NOT Disappear In Your Lifetime

    Analog clocks. I recall seeing digital clocks going back more than half a century, and I’m guessing they were seen in certain industrial and professional contexts well before then. But they certainly haven’t made the analog clock obsolete. Judging from their continuing ubiquity, I’m left to...
  4. tonyb

    Ghost signs

    You kinda hate to see such a lost opportunity. And it cost real money to do it, too.
  5. tonyb

    Ghost signs

  7. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    I long ago learned to ignore easy, flippant dismissals of health and safety hazards of the "my grandpa smoked two packs of Camels a day and died in his sleep at age 86" and "we never wore seatbelts and motorcycle helmets yet here we are" variety. Yes, something is gonna get ya sooner or later...
  8. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    ^^^^^^ I had a bout of uveitis going on 20 years ago. The treatment involved steroids (drops and injections, which sounds worse than it is) which resulted in cataracts which was itself addressed by an artificial intraocular lens which corrected the vision in that eye such that I no longer needed...
  9. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    How come there’s no “groan” emoji?
  10. tonyb

    What art is in your home?

    There’s something in excess of 100 graphical elements adorning the walls and suspended from the ceilings and atop the floors here. And that’s just on the main floor. Some of it is old commercial signage, some of it is posters (movies, gallery exhibits [Miro, Warhol, Goings], airlines), and some...
  11. tonyb

    Why I love cats more than women...

    ^^^^^^ Coming across as you do, it seems somewhat less than certain that your peaceful solitude will be troubled by women’s attentions.
  13. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Yes, I’ve watched (via online tracking) a shipment bounce in the wrong direction a couple times. On a similar note … I should have kept the appointment reminder card from a veterinary practice addressed to a recipient in Florida which happened to land in my mailbox (same street numbers) in...
  14. tonyb

    Vintage things that have REAPPEARED in your lifetime?

    ^^^^^ I have a couple plastic storage bins full of wire-bound notebooks from my student days. They aren’t really in the way, and they are physical evidence of the time and effort I put into my education. So I have that to show for it, if not a helluva lot more. I’ve long held that pen (or...
  15. tonyb

    Vintage things that have REAPPEARED in your lifetime?

    I have sentimental attachments to my Waterman, a gift from an old girlfriend who is since deceased, and a Mont Blanc, presented to me by my lovely missus back before we were married. But I rarely use either anymore.
  16. tonyb

    Vintage things that have REAPPEARED in your lifetime?

    I hadn’t planned to take up canning food, but my garden is coming in heavy and I wish to make the best of it. This is not a money-saving practice. I‘m confident that if I bothered adding up what I’ve spent in growing this stuff and now canning it the sums would easily exceed what the food...
  17. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    I’ve worn spectacles since age 15, bifocals since age 30-something, and just a couple weeks ago I purchased three pairs of readers, so that there will likely always be a pair within reach of where I do most of my reading. I remind myself that my age-related complaints are as nothing in...
  19. tonyb

    Restaurantware in the modern home?

    And I suppose it’s safe to assume that commercial duty tableware is dishwasher safe, even the truly “vintage” stuff, seeing how dishwashers were standard fixtures in restaurants long before they were the norm in domestic settings.
  20. tonyb

    Restaurantware in the modern home?

    Bought this stuff for a buck per piece from a breakfast-and-lunch joint that was going out of business. That was, geez, 30(?) years ago. I doubt it was particularly old at that time, but I couldn’t definitively say either way.
  21. tonyb

    My Vintage Radio Collection

    ^^^^^^ This “community” survives, I think, because the subject matter isn’t so narrowly focused. Way back when I got onboard, 18 years ago, it was mostly about vintage clothing with a strong emphasis on hats. That’s what brought me here. And I’m glad those sub-forums still exist, even if I...
  22. tonyb

    Any vintage Zippo lighters collectors ?

    Have you considered running for president? Small hands and a thin “Zippo.”
  23. tonyb

    House husbands

    My mother was married at 17 and widowed with three babies at 21. She remarried not long afterwards and had another kid, but I never knew of her not to hold down at least one job and often two. As I grew up I came to the gradual realization that despite my stepdad’s bluster and all that...
View older results

Latest posts

Members online

... and 32 more.
Total: 4,179 (members: 82, guests: 4,097)

Forum statistics

Threads
109,253
Messages
3,077,360
Members
54,183
Latest member
UrbanGraveDave
Top