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tickets please
I just found this for $5, with a couple of moth holes, and lots of dirt I managed to remove with a shoe brush and soap, the edging is very roughly sewn, and the lack of a bow combined with the faintest mark on the band that might have once been a badge and two airholes on each side, stirs... -
Gratuitous Sinatra Post
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close shave
luck alone I've never seen them for sale new, I've just been lucky enough to stumble over a couple of boxes in antique shops...which is where I'd start lookin, and there's evilbay I spose, Gem was a pretty popular brand so you see bits and pieces quite often.- dr greg
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- Forum: The Display Case
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Pre-soiled hats... heheheh
veneer Did anybody notice that the ad for the"pre-soiled" hats features a hatbox!!??! If you spend good money on a hat that looks dinged then WWHHYY would you want to protect it from any further soiling...?? That defines ridiculous to me! As to guitars...I'm a pro musician, and "distressing"... -
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Warm Weather/Beach Attire (Vintage)
the usual Straw hat, VINTAGE hawaiian or tropical shirt, white shorts and espadrilles should cover most situations, a three-day growth and gin-soaked eyeballs will complete the picture if you find the right watering hole........- dr greg
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- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Stumbling Upon Fabulous Movies
cutting remark yes it was interesting, although I found it strangely dissatisfying at the end even though I'm definitely not one for happy hollywood endings...the reference to the massacre of algerians right in the centre of paris in living memory is also noteworthy, but I might be verging on...- dr greg
- Post #11
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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no holes in 2
I couldn't believe this: 2 pairs of English made shoes in different styles (slightly) no doubt classified as Oxfords though, from the same person even down to the bootmakers stamp on the heel...and note the interesting metal heel-piece (?) and all for $5 all up....they fit like a dream...score...- dr greg
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- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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There's A Real "Fedora Lounge" in Omaha!
long term I once met a guy who used to put on a thing in melbourne about 30 years ago called the "Cairo Club": he'd take over a bar/lounge area of an old pub and throw in a few potted palms and a swing band, and everyone would turn up in period 30's/40's fashions. It was great, and a couple of...- dr greg
- Post #25
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Did You Get An Allowance?
lessons From the age of 12 I had to work with a milko to pay for my bus fares to school and my lunch, and when I got my first full-time job I had to hand over 50% of my wages as board...I thought this was outrageous but my father said "you'll thank me one day" and you know what, he was right...- dr greg
- Post #38
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Every man
I just caught "All the King's Men" and there are some nice suits in it, but I wondered why they bothered remaking such a cliched melodrama when the real story of Huey Long is so much more fascinating, surely enough years have gone by for a biopic to be done on him?- dr greg
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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You can tell a lot by a man's shoes!
comin and goin I was told by an old boss I had back in the dim darks that he would check the BACK of the shoes and heels of a job applicant as they left his office to see if they had only polished the front to make a good impression but were basically too slack to maintain the care of their...- dr greg
- Post #27
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Why you shouldn't rely on technology
lifestyle I lost my mobile phone about 6 months ago, and you know what, I haven't replaced it; life goes on just the same, and everything gets done. Smell the flowers.- dr greg
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Is Veal for dinner?
gastronomie They tell me foetal veal is something special, on a par with milk-fed lamb. The best pie I ever ate was made from horsemeat.- dr greg
- Post #32
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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a fool and his money
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=009&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=190101117281&rd=1&rd=1 This has got to be one of the most pathetic and low-class attempts at conning retro aficianados i have ever seen on eBay, and some mug went for it, dear o dear.- dr greg
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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How do you like your eggs?
fresh Seeing as how I have a dozen chooks in mah barnyard and get 'em fresh every mornin' I like em poached with lots of vinegar in the water...nothin better.- dr greg
- Post #93
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Chinese American was WWII bomber pilot
the hump I hate to be pedantic about such an interesting story, but 'flying the hump" was not connected in any way with the Chinese conflict after WW2, it was strictly a supply operation during the war with the Japanese in that theatre. A quick look at an atlas will tell you that Shanghai is... -
Reenacting Spanish Civil War
who pays? I believe that all the "help" provided to the Republic by Stalin had to be paid for in gold, severely depleting the Spanish treasury and affecting the economy for decades, whereas all assistance to the Nationalists was given free by their ideological compatriots. France and England... -
Reenacting Spanish Civil War
Crossover At the risk of taking the thread into movieland, I saw Pan's Labyrinth, or El Laberinto del fauno, and apart from the brilliance of it all, was quite interested in the historical background of the continuation of the resistance by the republicans and incursions from France during... -
Rare, Weird 1934 Fedora
Deja-vu True to tell, I saw one like that in a junk shop a few weeks ago, which is where I thought it belonged, it's still there as far as I know, and it was far too small anyway.
