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  1. emigran

    The wonderful foods of the Golden Era

    here's one Papa Domenic would belt down in winter... often while wearing fingerless gloves while the coal burner would come up... a raw egg in a glass with a shot of brandy... GULP... He might also take a raw egg with him in the car on the way to work with my two uncles ... tap around the top to...
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    The wonderful foods of the Golden Era

    Growing up in Newark NJ in the 50's we were served quite a lot of similar fare to you all. One I vividly recalled was a 'kidney chop' . Beef but still containing a slice of the kidney in its center... dare anyone to find one now. We also ate calves' brain... quite tasty (broiled with bread...
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    Oscars were horrible

    The world we live in today... is all I can say... no sense disparaging anyone for what just is... tsk tsk...
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    Jeans patch: belt through it?

    YA beat me to it... I was gonna ask this question the other day jus to see... I wear LEE...and always went over... will try under... Silly, huh...
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    the cedar moth myth

    Oh Great... MORE stuff to stress about... BTW... When I was a kid EVERYTHING my grandfather wore smelled of mothballs... and Ben Gay...
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    Neighborhood theaters and Drive-in Movies

    How great... didn't know that... thanks Liz
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    Steve Delk Adventurebilt "Raiders" 7 3/4

    The Man, The Legend...THE Hat...!!! Personally I don't think I could wear one... just hits me funny... WAY too iconic... I think. I probably wouldn't wear a John Wayne or Roy Rogers or Josh Randall ( cool-ass Steve McQueen)or a 3:10 to Yuma, or a Hopalong Cassidy either...am I being a jerk ...
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    Neighborhood theaters and Drive-in Movies

    In 1966 my girlfriend was an usher at the Lowes Theatre in Journal Square Jersey City... usually pronounced Low-eez Thee-ay-tuh... It was HUGE Art Deco hall complete with velvet curtains on stage... she wore a red uniform with gold buttons up and down the front , epaulets and a pill box matching...
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    Did they try to promote Smoking in old movies? they sure smoked a lot

    I quit smoking cigs 30 yrs ago... One flick says most of it... Now Voyager when Paul Henreid lights two sticks simultaneously for himself and Bette...
  10. emigran

    Straightening a baseball bat...?

    Great for pulling inside pitches to right field...
  11. emigran

    Art Fawcett VS Hall of Fame

    plenty of room to stroll about, gawk and try on some of finery...!!!
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    Warm weather jackets

    Till the end of May and beginning of June I have a very nicely tailored London Fog short jacket (rear shoulder gussets... otherwise it's shirtsleeves and Milans...
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    Love cufflinks ... but really only match up with real double side French cuffs... I remember there were shirts that my father and I used to have in the '60's (we shared a good sized cufflink collection) had both buttons and cufflink holes but were one sided... Always thought they were 'cheezy'...
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    Hats - tilt to left or right?

    Agreed... studied nonchalant... BTW... My brim usually just touches right ear... cannot wear it lefty...
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    Cary Grant is not a "hatman"?

    YES HE SEEMED TO ALWAYS BE FITTED WITH A LOWER CROWN, NO DENTS, NARROW-ISH BRIM... I ALWAYAS WONDERED WHY HE DIDN'T GO FOR THE BOGEY, GABLE TRACY STYLE CHAPEAU...
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    Ringling Brothers Circus is Closing.

    I am saddened by this dissolution but know all too well the reality of today's culture norms... Nothing from my youth seems to exist ... Now I really sound like an old geezer. I remember one Rodeo at Madison Square Garden when I actually got to shake hands with Roy Rogers...
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    Sinatra's hats

    Yes, Ol Blue Eyes had it all... however it wasnt' because of the Rat Pack ... It was because of " the VOICE".. at its all time best from early '40's till '55... that's what made him the Huge star he was... his voice... cool came with his singing...
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    What to wear with a fedora....

    There's the perfect answer... You "think it looks good..." Congrats...
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    FS: V.S. Art Fawcett Vintage Silhouettes in Pecan

    Nice one... Buy it now price is a steal...

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