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  1. MikeKardec

    Noir lit

    A lot of good suggestions. I'd add the modern version of Jim Thompson, James Ellroy. His work has suffered of late but up to the era of The Cold Six Thousand, circa 2000, it's worth a shot. It's definitely an acquired taste and a style that's more than most would want but it is the lunatic...
  2. MikeKardec

    Dating for Fedora Loungers?

    Now that I look back on it, it's interesting that many of us grew up in times where the culture and style changed very rapidly. Significant changes every five to ten years. If I remember correctly, Portland has been that way for 25 years or so and I'm guessing other places are getting static...
  3. MikeKardec

    What are you Writing?

    Writing is usually about giving a protagonist a goal then having all sorts of horrible things happen to them in the pursuit of that goal until they finally either achieve it or learn some important lesson so I'd guess a positive spin on literally everything would be pretty undramatic. BUT it is...
  4. MikeKardec

    Dating for Fedora Loungers?

    She'd probably be unhappy if you changed. Altering your cool wardrobe is way too minor an issue to count in your favor and I've noticed many times that when the husband gives in, gets him either 1) nothing or 2) silent disrespect for caving in. Wear those hats proudly as you always have!
  5. MikeKardec

    Show us your Guns!

    Generally, I'm more of a wheel gun dude ... but I was trapped in a cabin in Colorado one winter with a 210 that had an accessory .22 barrel and slide (The guy also had 9mm and .30 Luger - or something like that - uppers!). I found that I could lay on the floor of the parlor and shoot out the...
  7. MikeKardec

    The Vinyl Revival

    Most music is really a reminder of the song, our memory of a certain time or a better listening experience ... I'm not sure that true high fidelity is really a big thing. I can go listen to any CD I have in a recording studio so well built (different from being crazy expensive, however) that...
  8. MikeKardec

    Weapons in the Movies

    You're probably right, and there should always be room to have characters say otherwise stupid things ... they are "human."
  9. MikeKardec

    Weapons in the Movies

    Or snaps on the safety to a Glock or Sig ... at least they don't try to do safety clicks with revolvers. Slightly off the subject but one of my favorite "silly liberal Hollywood' bits of idiocy was on Lost. There's a guy (the US Marshal) in horrible pain with a piece of shrapnel protruding...
  10. MikeKardec

    Weapons in the Movies

    Some pet peeve relating to guns in movies are things like the unboxing of stored weapons and then passing them out without ever cleaning the omnipresent Cosmoline or anti rust agent. Forgetting that new weapons would not be sighted in and that unless the ammunition was of a military spec made...
  11. MikeKardec

    Weapons in the Movies

    Regardless of the fact that the Colt Single Action Army (the cartridge revolver) was "out" at the time of your story, for a civilian to have one, especially in the West, would have been very rare. I suspect that the entire production (or nearly) went into their army contract for the next few...
  13. MikeKardec

    Weapons in the Movies

    Some of these other guys just contributed useful bits and all, I believe, are correct but here is what I think is the basic situation: EngProf nailed it -- A company named Rollin/White patented a revolver cylinder that was drilled all the way through, thus enabling it to use cartridges. This...
  14. MikeKardec

    What are you Writing?

    Sounds good. I'm doing more "postscripts", articles on the story behind the story of various books, I took a couple of days off to re-familiarize myself with the actual book I'm working on rather than just the early drafts and notes and now I'm back at it. This wont be the last one I do but it...
  15. MikeKardec

    What are you Writing?

    Sorry I didn't see this earlier! Yeah, you just need to have the needed things available to inspire the memory of the protagonist. "He glanced at the Rolex watch his father had given him for graduation" = upper class childhood. "He remembered his father telling him, 'it may not be the best...
  16. MikeKardec

    Weapons in the Movies

    A lot of those guys trained with Ralph Faulkner an Olympian and stuntman. I studied with him briefly as a high school kid in the 1970s. He was teaching propped on a crutch and you still couldn't touch him. The guy was ancient but when he "beat" your blade (a tight, circular, movement with the...
  17. MikeKardec

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    That's an awesome car, very fast yet reasonably well mannered on the street. Because of it's cage, however, the thing is damn near impossible for me, at 6' 4", to get in and out of. My back is still recovering! Minus the roll cage the GTV is remarkably spacious for a fairly tiny car.
  19. MikeKardec

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Mt. Baldy Alfa Romeo run Easter weekend, many including Daron Walker of Vintage Customs (major Alfa resto garage) in attendance ... A fine time was had by all.
  20. MikeKardec

    The Vinyl Revival

    There are many good modern turntables and some are not even that expensive. Needledoctor.com or Audio Advisor might be a place for a person new to vinyl to start. There are also mom and pop shops that restore old turntables and have restoed tables for sale. In the past I've bought a "like...
  21. MikeKardec

    The Drive In Theater Experience

    When I was living in Oz I really liked the "walk in" theaters that were outdoors. I actually saw two movies at one of Australia's oldest cinemas (1916, I think), Sun Pictures in Broome. I believe there's a funny old picture in the lobby of people sitting in those canvas sling chairs in the...
  22. MikeKardec

    Chain link fences?

    My house, completed in 1940, and many other spots that were fenced off around that time here in LA, used a woven wire (tighter connections than our current chain link) that formed rectangles a bit smaller than 4X2. All the other fencing accessories, galvanized poles and the knobs atop them are...
  23. MikeKardec

    Show us your Guns!

    Gripped by the barrel with the index finger between grip and trigger they can be quite the "right hook" oriented knuckle duster. I've always wondered why, in those non litigation prone years, they didn't extend the barrels slightly and add a steel loop from the grip all the way around front to...

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