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  1. Stray Cat

    1930s Spiegel Catalog scans

    *faints from excitement* Keep 'em coming, sir! :thumb:
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    New House Rule. Please Read

    True. So very true! (that does make this new generation healthier.. well, the air's better at least) :D ... Hey kids, here's an idea: maybe you should all just pick up knitting again? Embroidery? Sewing? Crafting? (All of the above!) :D That'll keep your finger busy, AND make something useful...
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    What are you listening to?

    This is the first time I've heard this.. and I liked it. :thumb:
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    New House Rule. Please Read

    Me: :confused: "Now, where did I left that darn thing?" My mom: "It's ringing from the underneath your bed!" Me: "Ah! It's in THAT bag" (note: I've carried the bag the day before..) :rofl:
  5. Stray Cat

    What are you listening to?

    Wonderful! Just so you know: whenever I don't know what to listen, I come to this thread; it features some amazing tunes. So, thank you for that! :thumb:
  6. Stray Cat

    1930s house interior

    Kids nowadays! :p (you should send them to spend the winter in an old house.. they'll learn to appreciate the modern commodity of life) :D :eeek: Gruesome memories coming my way.. hugging the tile-stove and hoping it was not MY turn to get the firewood. :target:
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    Hat-pin self defence?!

    Oh, yes. 1908.
  8. Stray Cat

    Show us your hair do's....

    Nice hair (nice glasses!) :thumb: ..and Hello to sheeplady jr. :D
  9. Stray Cat

    1930s house interior

    That's nice! ..and there we were, thinking it was cold in "old days" in UK. :D
  10. Stray Cat

    Hat-pin self defence?!

    Ouch! LizzieMaine, I'm giving you 5 out of 5 for originality in choice of weapon! :thumb:
  11. Stray Cat

    1930s house interior

    I love those tiles. :D
  12. Stray Cat

    Hat-pin self defence?!

    That does give space for some creative ideas. WHO could imagine that a girl nowadays has that sort hidden weapon? (Pepper-spray, small knife.. some may pack a gun.. that's expetable!) ...could you write a story on that subject? :D
  13. Stray Cat

    "Where there's tea, there's hope"

    Mhm! "I can quit today.. if I want to." Now.. where have I heard that one before?! :D
  14. Stray Cat

    Hat-pin self defence?!

    Pardon my ENGRISH, sir. :D Oh, my... They WERE dangerous! (safety covers at the hatpin's tip) :D
  15. Stray Cat

    Hat-pin self defence?!

    From Harold MacGrath’s novel “Parrot & Co”, 1914: Yet another brilliant reason to wear a hat! :love:
  16. Stray Cat

    Hat-pin self defence?!

    “Never Go Walking Out Without Your Hat Pin” My Granny was a very shrewd old lady, The smartest woman that I ever met. She used to say, “Now listen to me, Sadie, There’s one thing that you never must forget.” Never go walking out without your hat pin. The law won’t let you carry more than that...
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    Hat-pin self defence?!

    Funny (yet, amusing!) thing: A wealth of evidence from the period demonstrates that hatpins were popularly regarded as secret weapons, and indeed as “every woman’s weapon” against the depredations of hooligans and ill-mannered brutes. According to a story in the New York Times of January 10...
  18. Stray Cat

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dJolYw8tnk (great! now I must find my brother's sticker-album) :D About that hippie-hair.. do we need to collect "yay" wotes in order to get to see the picure? :eyebrows:
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    "Where there's tea, there's hope"

    Talking about addiction! I like my tea, but ten cups.. :rofl:
  20. Stray Cat

    What are you listening to?

    Al Jolson - The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else) 1924 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsIiJwbGGMM

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