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A New Take on "It's A Wonderful Life!" NYT.
know one to be one. Actually I do know what it like to stay behind and try to keep something alive, and look after people while the rest go to university and college and get big jobs, and move to far away places and drive volvos. Thirty years, and yet I dont think that I am bitter. Resentment...- 59Lark
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Turntable with IPOD dock
crosley version. I purchased the forties style crosley one, black tolex covered suitcase style with large handle in front and removable lid. Plays well and has the usb port and etc, have it on a table in my office and listen to records while i do paperwork, like this one isnt so plastic like... -
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Gran Torino- Clint Eastwood
Torino oh those were the days. Kids today, hot rod hondas, noisy mufflers, when i was a teenager we drove cutlasses, malibu, torinos, mustangs, my first car was a rambler. This could explain a lot, a gremlin later and now i drive studebakers. NEVER A HONDA, remember starksy and hutch, check out...- 59Lark
- Post #21
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Gran Torino- Clint Eastwood
clint eastwood rocks. Just watching the preview on u tube, got my blood racing, darn darn darn. Finally a good movie, and my wife says all you watch is tcm or amc. About time, I Actually had friends that owned torino, and rode many a mile in one, and I have friends that are veterans and they...- 59Lark
- Post #12
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Hats at Barneys New York.
cross between a sock puppet and a sweater. Some wild chinese joke with a factory of left over sweaters, and a line of sock puppets combine and what do you have a new hat for the yankee market. Warm perhaps , but so is my mounted police fur hat but i dont wear it outside except when it mighty... -
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Whats on your Christmas list for this year????
crosley record player. my children found me a replica 1940 crosley record player, look like original black tolex covered with removable lid, plays 33,45,78, but has a new angle usb port downloadable vinyl to your computer woow, how do you do that? the children will do that maybe for now, i am...- 59Lark
- Post #34
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Hats at the Restaurant
hat racks unite. A old chap that works part time for me, got so fed up with my putting fedoras, on hooks in the store. So he came over one day and literally put a wooden 5 peg hat rack in my front vestibule, and my wife is standing there, and he says hold this and he screwed it to the wall... -
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Watch band suggestions
leather easier on arms. Having worn pockets watches for twenty five years my children told me to get with the program and bought me a indiglow watch with metal band, found it hot and left marks on my arm. Recently as trying to catch a teenager falling off a bunkbed, 112 pounds flying by , my...- 59Lark
- Post #3
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Bath or Shower
mostly showers for me. Years ago, a incident happened which took my interest in baths away, when I was in my teens, a certain young lady and I took an interest in each other. The next step was too ask her for a date, getting up the courage , she drowned in her tub the next day. She was prone to... -
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How to Repair a Torn Leather Shoe?
shoe makker The forgotten shoemaker, long ago I shared a old store with a shoemaker, or he was dutch so he called it shoemakker, and i would help him when i was slow and he was crazy, finally I figured out the glue he was used for the soles was lethal stuff and with no ventalation. So for a...- 59Lark
- Post #10
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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What are you wearing today??
undertaker I AM NOT 59Lark. Sadly no photos, techo wizard I am not. The current music is the sound track from Tucker, joe jackson on a record player. The days clothing chose, long overcoat in italian casmere black sewn in montreal, magill grey fedora with wide brim, red feather, black...- 59Lark
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- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Twilight
my 15 daughter has read the books. I did a overview and read some of it and the writing was bad, when I was that age, I read Lord of the Rings. This poop doesnt come close to tolkien, now entertainment being what it is for kids, has our standards in north america drooped that low. My daughter...- 59Lark
- Post #14
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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New World War I movie
Paul gross canadian legend. With so little being done to remember world war 1 paul gross a icon here and a decent man, has done a lot work for sick kids hospital fundraising he is here doing a movie for canadians and also for his grandfather a world war veteran. Bravo, will fire up the buick...- 59Lark
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Hats at the Restaurant
no accomadation for feodoras in a modern world. My favourite diner has room for hats above the coat rack in the back of the diner and since my entrance is usually from the back door ie parking lot , the coat and fedora are deposited on the way to a booth. The best one that I remember is the... -
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Amusing hat article
conformity. It really can be scary to want to stand out and dare to not conform, but I am always reminded of something i think my father said over 30 years ago dont be a sheep you know what the wolves do to the sheeps dont you. The idea of being your own model and being the way you want to is... -
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Passe' words and phrases
old habits die hard. Calling a record players victrolia; asking the waitress for a cup of joe, or cup of java; young waitress will look at you with thoughts of mental instability; my favourite was with my fedora and overcoat in my hand at a upscale chinese restraunt do you have a cloak room, my...- 59Lark
- Post #130
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Any "new" old radios out there in Fedoraville?
great collection in kitchner ont. toronto radio fans. When I saw canadian radios, it made me think of electrohome radios, when i was working at dune pioneer museum restoring antique singer sewing machines, i happened to notice radios, early tvs, everywhere in the hallways and nearly in the... -
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War of the Worlds (Oct 30, 1938 broadcast) - 70th Anniversary, Tonight!
war of the worlds radio broadcast live I am listening as we speak, am 740 toronto canada has live feed, and they are broadcast it now as we speak. The show is about 30 minutes or so in, we are listening and enjoying no old radio here but feed on computer. The show is great and I can see how... -
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My shopping experience
you went to the wrong store and you are afraid. AFTER reading the original post,, the fear of salespeople and plastic packing is overwhelming in that post. The same experience happened but in reverse on friday night, went into my haberdashery and was waited on by the elderly owner, shown some... -
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Matt Deckard Apparel
last of the line. Went into my haberdashery last night while my family was in the bookstore next door, and my clothier was showing me some Canadian made trouser when I said you know you are closing by xmas, i should really get a new suit before you close, what kind of suit do you want. Well a...
