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    "Star Wars" Episode VII Cast announced/revealed

    Well, Lucas is laughing all the way to the bank, Star Wars overtook Avatar for number one film of all times, money wise that is! I don't get it either!
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    I have often heard that more pilots died in training, then in combat. Then as now, takeoff and landing are the two most dangerous times for a pilot.
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Most of their funding, from what I understand comes form, Peter Jackson, of Lord Of The Rings fame. No WWI airplane flew for a 1,000 hours, their life expectancy was often measured in days. The engines were only good for at best 200 hours. During Bloody April, 1917, the life expectancy of a...
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    Name your favorite films based on true stories.

    I am getting better at watching old movies about true events. I now put it into the context of the time the movie was made, then make allowances for inaccuracy! John Wayne, Flying Tigers for one. I can now watch it, realizing it was WWII propaganda, so no truth to the script! Sorry folks, the...
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    Name your favorite films based on true stories.

    I remember hearing the ad for the movie, I was in my truck, so all I heard was U5.., so I immediately thought, good, a movie about the Americans capturing U505! Wrong, what a let down! Typical Hollywood, no history from them, just entertainment.
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Merthiolate is still available!
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    This or That

    As Enzo Ferrari said about the E Type, "the most beautiful car ever made!" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Honda RC174 Six or Benelli 750 Sei?
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    That's interesting, out here, in the Old west, we always put the knife down after cutting our meat, one bite at a time. Manners are fairly impotent out here, so that may account for it, we get tired of Easterners turning their noses up at us!
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    Titanic sunk by U-boat?

    On an interesting bit of trivia, Violet Jessop, was on the Olympic when it collided with the HMS Hawke. Then she was on the Titanic during the fateful maiden voyage. If that wasn't enough, she was on board the Britannic, when it hit a German mine and sank. She still loved the sea and continued...
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    Titanic sunk by U-boat?

    The Titanic had a top speed of 23 knots, she could never have taken the Blue Ribbon, nor did her two sister ships! The record in 1912, had been set in 1909 by the RMS Mauritania at 26.06 knots, a record she held for over two decades!
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    Role Models

    I wouldn't call him a roll model, but, Steve McQueen. I did not realize until recently, that I must have been channeling his style subconsciously over the years! I have dressed in his motorcycle fashion since the 60s, love antique motorcycles and biplanes. I even know and have ridden with some...
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    Palladium French Foreign Legion Boots

    The Mil Spec was: BMJA Mle.52 and they were called "Rangeos" or "Rangeots"
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    Palladium French Foreign Legion Boots

    Here is their web sight. http://www.palladiumboots.com/men/footwear/originals It appears that the two buckle boots you most likely want, are no longer available!
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    Repro Raf Gauntlets-Are these any good:

    Thanks Andrew!
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    Art deco in the North West

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/hal_seattle/sets/72157605825319477/
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I heard that one a lot from my Dad! I knew it was time to "shape up, or ship out!"
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    One thing is for sure, if Dezi and Lucy had not gotten married, they would have been footnotes in movie and music history! The film is why we remember I Love Lucy. Most of the other shows were lost because they were not filmed. A few, had cameras pointed at a TV monitor, very poor quality. It is...
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    This or That

    I guise no one had an answer to mine?
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    Happy Hogmanay....

    Here's tae us, wha's like us?
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    Repro Raf Gauntlets-Are these any good:

    Usually gauntlets are worn over the sleeve, especially on motorcycles. I am not sure with the RAF gauntlets, most don't look near big enough in the cuff to fit over the sheep lining on an Irvin jacket! Maybe, Andrew will pop in and give us an answer, I sure would like to know.

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