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  1. green papaya

    Lunch, Anybody?

    I had a fried chicken frozen tv dinner
  2. green papaya

    what was an old fashioned Antique store like back in 1890 - 1920?

    yep, I think that is true, about nothing issued as "collectable" or for collector's is ever valuable later, a good example is the stuff they sell as limited production by Franklin Mint, and they say something like only 3,000 of these sets will be made, and suggest you reserve one for your...
  3. green papaya

    what was an old fashioned Antique store like back in 1890 - 1920?

    Thanks for all the interesting replies! sounds like there have always been collectors around, I know militaria collecting started way back when soldiers kept the enemies captured weapons & armor as souvenirs back in the Roman times.
  4. green papaya

    what was an old fashioned Antique store like back in 1890 - 1920?

    did people still collect antiques & collectables back then? I wonder what you would find if you were in a antique shop back in those days? Im guessing probably old lamps, tables, chairs, art / paintings, old watches or jewelry? what about militaria? would they have Civil War items? swords...
  5. green papaya

    Cleaning an old canteen?

    when I was a kid I use to put cherry Kool Aid in my old WWII stainless steel canteen and put it in the refrigerator, the water tasted much better mixed with Kool Aid, the worst type of canteens were the Vietnam War style green plastic canteens, the warm water tasted like plastic.
  7. green papaya

    What's For Breakfast...

    no weevils to worry about, the grocery store sells fresh made old fashioned ships biscuits , they are probably not as hard as the originals back in the 1860's they also call it "Pilot Bread" :cool:
  8. green papaya

    What's For Breakfast...

    Civil War style breakfast: hash, black coffee , hard tack type biscuits also known as "ships biscuits".
  9. green papaya

    Fury

    I agree about the last battle scene, Americans just dont fight that way, thats more like something the Japanese soldier would have done, US soldiers dont do suicidal fights when they have a choice to pull back to fight another day or use a more common sense tactic.
  10. green papaya

    What's for Dinner?

    large salmon filet & rice
  11. green papaya

    Show us your Militaria

    M1917A1 Steel Helmet The first American steel helmet was adopted during World War I as the M1917 "Doughboy" helmet. The M1917A1, adopted in 1939, had only minor changes and was visually almost identical. In 1941, the M1917A1 helmet was replaced by the M-1 "steel pot" helmet in all the armed...
  13. green papaya

    Show us your Militaria

    WWII US M1 Steel Combat Helmet circa 1942 - 1943 The M1 helmet was adopted in 1941 to replace the M1917 helmet, Over 22 million U.S. M-1 steel helmets were manufactured by September 1945 at the end of World War II Technical Sergeant Richard S. Westhoven of Lancaster, Ohio, poses in full field...
  14. green papaya

    You know you are getting old when:

    Squirrels are excellent, tastes similar to chicken, Im sure the native americans must have eaten plenty of squirrels for meat, also rabbits, possums, racoons, etc, they are all good for eating.
  15. green papaya

    Show us your Militaria

    DDR "Deutsche Demokratische Republik" M56 Stahlhelm [steel helmet] The East German M-56 helmet was originally designed in 1942 as a replacement for the M1935/M1940 model Stahlhelms. The design was never progressed and was unused until the requirement for a new German helmet for the Volkspolizei...
  16. green papaya

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Planet of the Apes 1967 starring Charlton Heston as "Taylor" picked up the DVD at Fry's recently
  17. green papaya

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    KUNG FU tv show from the 70's , last week they had a KUNG FU marathon on for a few days 24hrs a day
  19. green papaya

    Movies that you would love to own all the costuming from.

    old war movies like OBJECTIVE BURMA , GUADALCANAL DIARY, KELLY'S HEROES, GREEN BERETS, APOCALYPSE NOW, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, THE BIG RED ONE
  20. green papaya

    STAR TREK ENTERPRISE model built in 1965

    here are the guys that made the model for the tv show STAR TREK , this photo was taken in 1965 in Los Angeles, Ca
  21. green papaya

    Why does Indiana Jones wear a leather jacket in the dessert?

    a leather jacket would make a nice rugged jacket for those cold nights in the desert, something to protect you from the wind & sand storms , scorpians, snakes, etc. I dont know why he would wear one in the middle of the day in the scorching sun though?
  22. green papaya

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Fury
  23. green papaya

    Lunch, Anybody?

    I had a peasant's lunch: cooked a simple pot of Thai rice with some Basmati mixed in, a couple of asian dry sausage "lop chong" and a piece of thick preserved asian bacon and a few dried shrimp thrown in, everything cooked in the same pot and eaten from a large rice bowl with chop sticks...
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