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  1. David Conwill

    Reproduction classic workwear

    This brings up a point I’ve been itching to discuss: Vintage safety glasses. I can’t wear goggles over my prescription eyewear because of fogging problems, so I’ve been thinking about grabbing a pair of vintage safety glasses off eBay and having them refit with polycarbonate prescription...
  2. David Conwill

    The Great MacArthur Debate/Discussion

    Two thoughts for this somewhat aged thread: 1) Is it possible that his remorse over following the order to leave Corregidor drove General MacArthur to his eventual showdown with Truman? and 2) Has anyone yet staged a production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar with Caesar wearing a...
  3. David Conwill

    Reproduction classic workwear

    They still have it in China. Americans "serve" now. Until service goes entirely to India. Not sure what we're supposed to do then. Just keep consuming, somehow. -Dave
  4. David Conwill

    Golden-Era Hot-Rodding

    Talbot, Does he live in a state that had left-hand-drive in the '40s? Seems like a lot of work, just to make it harder to pass! That being said, I'd love to see pictures of his project, if he'll let you post them. -Dave
  5. David Conwill

    Toy Train Help?

    What a great thread, I can’t believe I missed it the first time around. Last year, I went a bit nuts buying O-scale toys for my then-one-year-old daughter, with an eye toward her eventually getting a Lionel set when she was old enough. After a thorough admonishment by my wife and in-laws, I...
  7. David Conwill

    p-51 Drop Tanks

    Lakesters! :D -Dave
  8. David Conwill

    Show us your vintage home!

    Black Panthers... Black Panthers were quite the thing in mid-century decor, weren't they? My parents had me pick up for them a small black panther sculpture from eBay. In my quest, I discovered many variations, including a TV lamp! It seems my parents both remembered them from homes of...
  9. David Conwill

    Bad repro looks

    That, Kelly's Heroes, and The Longest Day were staples of my youth. It took me years to figure out why the clothes in my history books looked so much better. It's a testament to the other qualities of those films that I continue to enjoy them today. -Dave
  10. David Conwill

    Golden-Era Hot-Rodding

    Vitanola, Great minds think alike. Read Post #12. -Dave
  11. David Conwill

    Baseball Caps (in moderation)?

    The aforementioned Chevy cap: -Dave
  13. David Conwill

    Golden-Era Hot-Rodding

    Just happened to have this in my clipboard: This car was finished c. 1939, so it fits squarely within the Golden Era. -Dave
  14. David Conwill

    Our own vintage town

    Well, if Winnemac has reciprocity with Michigan, I’ll be the town attorney. My office can be on the second floor of one of the shops facing the courthouse. Of course, I anticipate this town being like an Amish community, where we don’t have legal problems with one another, but a good...
  15. David Conwill

    The Diamond Authority

    Does mine qualify? I requested "the TVA bash" with this thread in mind. -Dave
  16. David Conwill

    Maltese Falcon

    Wow, what a great thread. It’s most inspirational. I too am working on a classically inspired home office, centered on my Stowe-Davis desk, but my progress has been infinitesimally small since my last update in the “home office” thread: I got a Stowe-Davis wastebasket that matches my desk...
  17. David Conwill

    Baseball Caps (in moderation)?

    Sounds like you need a yacht cap, or perhaps a Dixie Cup worn Gilligan style. I have a penchant for aged and vintage-look ballcaps in the right circumstances, like working in the garage, going flying, and slumming around in jeans and my dad's old field jacket. I have a store-bought Texaco...
  19. David Conwill

    50's and 60's fedora lounge?

    I have heard “the Fifties” characterized as beginning when Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947 and ending with the Kennedy Assassination in 1963. That was the era of postwar optimism, when America could do no wrong, and the future was rosy and bright. Not that there’s nothing to...
  20. David Conwill

    Show us your vehicles

    I love Amazons, they remind me of baby Chrysler C-300s. Come to think of it, one hardtopped with a Dodge Red Ram would be about perfect. -Dave
  21. David Conwill

    Show us your vehicles

    That is great! -Dave
  22. David Conwill

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    It suits you, Eph. Keep at it. -Dave
  23. David Conwill

    Reproduction classic workwear

    Thanks, fellas. -Dave

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