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  1. scotrace

    Today in History

    June 4th, 1968, as a decade of violence and rapid change saw a particularly bloody year, Robert. F. Kennedy was shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. The shooter, Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, remains behind bars at age 75.
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    Today in History

    I had always understood that credit for the first gas car went to Benz as well. My source was obviously skeezy.
  3. scotrace

    Today in History

    June 3, 1896: Henry Ford takes his Quadricycle for a spin. It's the first gasoline powered automobile. June 3, 1920: The Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris, carving up Europe so badly that WWII is all but certain. Hungary lost 71% of its territory and 63% of its population, effectively ending...
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    Catch 22

    I haven't read the book, and this series seems to have driven the book price up. But the Hulu series, directed by George Clooney, is very well done. The senselessness of war bureaucracy and red tape. the power grabs, its mazing to watch. Filled with great performances.
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    What do you do for Living?

    Lost indeed. But hey, let's keep trying prohibition, 'cause we know that works, right?
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    What do you do for Living?

    I'd love to her the prison stories. Must be a lot of them since there are 2,298,300 people incarcerated in the USA, the largest number, by hard figure and by percentage of the population, on earth. The US has 4% of the earth's population, 22% of its prisoners. More than China, Russia, or North...
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    Weedeater

    You might be better off checking with a lawn and garden forum. This is far adrift of the Fedora Lounge's bailiwick.
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    Today in History

    Today is the 102nd birthday of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzig Norgay are the first to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. Today, the mountain is littered with corpses, and the tons of human poop being released by warmer temps is a serious environmental problem...
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    Memorial Day

    Eisenhower reflects on sending men into battle, years after D-Day: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/eisenhower-recalls-sacrifices-of-d-day-20-years-later/?fbclid=IwAR3g_ORT1hAl967r5DVLc72eHOKFSUblYzMgIUNdeE0JkOoDCMrRs1hHEF8
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    Today in History

    "What hath God wrought?" The first telegraph line sends the first message, from inventor Samuel Morse, May 24, 1844.
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    Today in History

    May 20, 1932: Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Neatly following the same date, in 1927, when Charles Lindbergh crossed the same ocean hisownself. The patent for copper riveted blue jeans was issued to Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis in 1873. In 1891...
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    Bayrum

    I went through three bottles a few years ago. I personally liked the stuff very much. It's a sweeter fragrance than most. Some Bay Rum brands come too close to Old Spice, to my nose.
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    Today in History

    May 15 marks the anniversary of the beginnings of Las Vegas, as 110 acres, now the downtown, were auctioned off in 1905. 1940: The first McDonald's opens with 15 cent hamburgers. "Plane Crazy," marking the first appearance by Mickey Mouse, premiered in 1928.
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    Bayrum

    https://www.jpeterman.com/item/mac-4905/100101106/bay-rum
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    Vintage Eyeglasses

    My understanding is that until the 1960s, protection from UV rays wasn't something the military paid close attention to when creating specs for pilot sunglasses. By the 1980s, it was nailed down and required. I would go on the assumption that any sunglasses manufactured before 1970 and with...
  19. scotrace

    Vintage Eyeglasses

    These came back from the optometrist last week. It was a long, patient hunt.
  20. scotrace

    How to contact eBay seller Vintage-Haberdashers

    Send a note to Dinerman here.
  21. scotrace

    Today in History

    Because she is amazing, well read, smart as a whip and ridiculously interesting.
  22. scotrace

    Today in History

    May 10 - Remarkably, in 1872, Victoria Woodhull is the first female nominee for President of the US, as the candidate of the Equal Rights Party. Her running mate was Frederick Douglass. At 34, she was technically too young to run. Due to the lack of female common sense in government, the US...
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    Today in History

    Even veterans of the actual war, when asked to reenact Pickett's Charge years later, said it was impossible to do a credible Rebel Yell with a full belly and no teeth.

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