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  1. dr greg

    jacket ribbing

    I'll raise you $100 for a jacket? Looxury, I had a company in Texas demand $100 to send a bar of soap outside the US.....and they wouldn't budge when I rang them about it either......
  2. dr greg

    jacket ribbing

    what is it with the yanks and postage :offtopic: Thanks for the tips guys but US Wings charges $40 S/H for something that could get to this country for $10 tops! this happens with items on US ebay ALL THE TIME :rage: :rage: :rage: :rage: :rage: they want 40-50 bucks to send things that cost...
  3. dr greg

    Jimi Hendrix Hussar pelisse

    tech I dunno about that, my original mono copy sounds pretty good to me, and better than my stereo copy of AXIS, remember that most people's record players were primitive back then as well, the mid-70's Hi-Fi boom was a long way off. I'd rather have a Robert Johnson 78 than a CD ......;)
  4. dr greg

    jacket ribbing

    Anybody got a good source of ribbing to repair a couple of old civilian A-2 style jackets, I've googled around but the pics aren't enough guide...people here will now what I'm after....
  5. dr greg

    ya gotta laugh

    it gets better nearly a daily laugh for me with these listings http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Mens-Khaki-Leather-B17-Flight-Jacket-/250674166839?cmd=ViewItem&pt=AU_VintageFashion&hash=item3a5d583c37
  7. dr greg

    Finances in the Golden Era and today

    Which of course raises the question: who were they renting from? There must have been widespread ownership of homes by one section of the population......
  8. dr greg

    Finances in the Golden Era and today

    city life Well it wasn't a nice suburban block..by the 50's the area had been a violent slum full of brothels and opium dens for a hundred years...even when I moved in there were 10 murders within 100 yards of the house in the first year. It took some serious gentrification before the lawyers...
  9. dr greg

    Finances in the Golden Era and today

    a roof over Housing is the killer in this country, I bought a house in Sydney for 75k in 1987, and sold it for 350K 10 years later to the day, yet the deeds showed that it had sold in 1957 for $200!!!!! No way had the rest of society's expenses kept up with that! Consequently I am a debt-free...
  10. dr greg

    Bug out bag ETO 1939

    Best ask an Afghan/Iraqi/Iranian refugee, they are the ones on the move across borders at night these days.
  11. dr greg

    Is there a name for this style jacket?

    jockettes Young people over here call them 'jock' jackets, as apparently there is some fashion sub-culture among teenagers to dress like American college kids of the past....they don't seem to have much money to back this up with though as I have a 'Harvard' jacket just like that on my stall...
  13. dr greg

    The Red Baron (2008)

    phooey It's been solidly proven again and again that the RB was shot down by Australian ground fire, but that movie was utter bollocks, contemptible rubbish of the first order....WHY ARE THERE NO GOOD WW1 AIRWAR MOVIES??????:rage: :rage: :rage:
  14. dr greg

    akubra restorer

    Anyone out there who actually does the whole job on hats interested in this Akubra size 57? the felt is still in good shape, and I don't want much for it...post plus a swap of some bric-a-brac or something, I've got enough of this type as it is
  15. dr greg

    ya gotta laugh

    at last an honest listing for one of those monstrosities...well done that man... http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Vintage-Collectable-Designer-Leather-Flight-Jacket-/190416966296?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Men_s_Clothing&hash=item2c55bc5298
  16. dr greg

    Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

    bit of both I have always been an aficianado of film noir since I was a small kid watching late night B/W TV with my father. About 10 years ago I did a degree in digital media, and I took film history as a unit purely because I knew as much about it as the lecturer, and could breeze it in..he...
  17. dr greg

    Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

    thoughts I studied this film years ago: The character of Mike Hammer in this film is somewhat removed from Spillane’s vision. The totally amoral and vicious divorce consultant is not quite the seeker of justice we come to expect in detective noir. His quest (the lonely knight, seeker of...
  19. dr greg

    The Antipodean thread

    food from hell I've never eaten a Twistie since I watched one used as a BBQ lighter...try it sometime..they burn FOREVER...not going into my stomach thank you, anyway, anyone going to the Byron Vintage Fair...I've been talked into having a stall there.
  20. dr greg

    ya gotta laugh

    the really useful bit and the LEATHER blood chit sewn on for easy removal when required in some wilderness in the dead of night.....sorry that was another one I saw http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270598123401&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT I guess the person really laughing is...
  21. dr greg

    How much rain can an Akubra take?

    all there is I've stood in pouring rain for HOURS in a Squatter, and it kept my head dry as toast..they're a man's hat made for the outdoors.
  22. dr greg

    Help with leather tailoring

    depends on what's to be done WITH RESPECT, I've had several leather coats and jackets repaired by my local upholsterer, because A I know what can and can't be done by his machine B he's a reasonable guy who charges very little for something that is no doubt a break from routine for him....
  23. dr greg

    Help with leather tailoring

    couched in the right terms If you have a reasonable idea of what you want done, try an upholsterer, they have heavy duty sewing machines and can do what you ask.....

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