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  1. William G.

    Incandescent lovers, rejoice.

    First off, YAY! This is the best news I've heard in a while. And the traffic bulb thing... wow. I never would have thought of that. Kudos!
  2. William G.

    What's For Breakfast...

    2 eggs poached with a splash of apple cider vinegar.
  3. William G.

    What sparked your fascination with the "Golden Era"?

    My fascination was sparked by a combination of two things: an obsession with old cars (that runs in my family) and the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark.
  4. William G.

    Things You Learn as an Old Car Driver

    Driving dad's old cars ('56 Chevy and '57 Chevy), I've learned to plan my stops way ahead of time. I've learned that in emergency situations, drum brakes and bias-ply tires result in some exciting driving gymnastics. I've learned that you have to assume every car stopped at every side street...
  5. William G.

    Things You Learn as an Old Car Driver

    I won't drive ANY vehicle, new or old, without Rain-X.
  7. William G.

    Things You Learn as an Old Car Driver

    Yes! They are awesome and should be brought back into production immediately!
  8. William G.

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    This is my dad's 1956 Chevy Bel Air and 1957 Chevy Bel Air: The '56 is a bone-stock V8, 2-barrel, Wonderbar and rear-speaker car. He wanted dual exhausts but otherwise the car is equipped just like it left the factory. The '57 is a combination of 2 project cars (it took both cars to make...
  9. William G.

    Straw Panama Fedora

    Sorry in advance for such a longwinded post. A couple of thoughts on this... I went through a straw hat search last spring / summer, mainly to have sun protection at car shows. I wanted the tightest weave I could afford. I looked everywhere I knew to look in Louisville and neighboring cities...
  10. William G.

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Not weird at all. Val does that, particularly in the fall when the cold weather first hits.
  11. William G.

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    That's a good point, and I hadn't thought about that. My dad has restored a couple of old cars from the '50s and those old heaters get extremely warm compared to newer cars. It does seem, unless I'm making a long trip, that my car only gets warm about the time I get where I'm going.
  13. William G.

    Titanic sunk by U-boat?

    Also worth mentioning, the story of Titanic's sister ship Olympic is quite interesting too. It was a calamity-prone ship in its first year or so of service (pre-Titanic), yet ended up with a remarkably stellar service record.
  14. William G.

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I can only speak for myself, as I'm guilty of this… I wear my coat in the car and I run the heater in the car. Then I get acclimated to warm air AND the coat. So, when I go into some places to eat after being in my warm car, it feels cold to me even though the temperature is perfectly...
  15. William G.

    What hat are you waiting for today?

    Yes it is—good eye! Where I'm at, western hats are fairly common. In fact, I have a stingy brim straw hat I got at a department store for $10—the furthest thing from a cowboy hat—and I get called cowboy in it. :-)
  16. William G.

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    I started season 4 of Mad Men tonight. I've seen the whole series several times over, except for the final 7 episodes. I think the last episode I watched tonight was #3 of the season.
  17. William G.

    Titanic sunk by U-boat?

    Interesting to run across this. Just yesterday, I watched a YouTube video contradicting many accepted beliefs about the collision (and much of what was portrayed in the movie): The guys who made the video are making what looks to be an amazing computer game with an incredibly accurate and...
  19. William G.

    What hat are you waiting for today?

    I bought this on eBay last week: It's supposed to arrive tomorrow. Even though the original tags are gone, it still had a price tag in the sweatband and the pictures looked like new. Here's hoping it comes out of the box looking as good as the pictures.
  20. William G.

    New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

    Hello! So, tl:dr version is this: I got my first nice brimmed hat last summer, a panama straw hat. I loved it so much (and it was SO useful) that I wanted a winter hat, too. I ordered a Bailey Briar using a coupon code right after Christmas. While looking for information about the Briar, I...
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