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  1. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    In auto body shops they use a power sander called an orbital sander. It has a round rubber pad 6 inches in diameter to which you attach a piece of sandpaper. These round pieces of sandpaper were called feathering discs because they are used to feather the edges of broken paint. When you grind...
  2. Stanley Doble

    What's for Dinner?

    Chicken breast, steamed broccoli and cauliflower with carbonara sauce. Can you tell I am trying to eat healthy?
  3. Stanley Doble

    Small rewards?

    The relief you feel when you hand it in should be reward enough. But, take in a movie, or do whatever you do for fun.
  4. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Ha ha ha a while back I stopped by a local auto parts store on a Saturday morning. I won't say the guy behind the counter was green but I have T shirts older than he is. I asked for some feathering disc adhesive and all he could think of to say was 'never heard of it'. I thought now there is a...
  5. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Lizzie you NEED one of these for the PLODGE
  7. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Does anyone remember when you bought a cup of coffee in a diner, it was served in a thick white crockery mug with a white crockery shot glass of cream on the side? I saw this before I was old enough to drink coffee. I think the creamer had the logo of the dairy that supplied the diner. If you...
  8. Stanley Doble

    What's for Dinner?

    Grilled chicken breast, Spanish rice, sweet potato and a glass of Ocean spray Cranberry Grape juice.
  9. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    It is possible someone donated their bumpers as a stunt. But, some cars actually came with wooden bumpers right after the war. The first cars made in late 1945 or early 1946 were delivered with wooden planks, painted black, for bumpers and no spare tire - just a bare wheel in the trunk. There...
  10. Stanley Doble

    What Are Your Favorite Books To Reread? / How Many Times? / Why?

    DREEMZ by Ben Stein (yes that Ben Stein) is another book I have read over and over, and it is always funny. It is about Stein's first year as a Hollywood script writer.
  11. Stanley Doble

    Why American Workers Now Dress So Casually

    Man in rompers walks around New York, and the public's reaction
  13. Stanley Doble

    in old movies they always dress up for dinner at home?

    I remember a 1946 editorial cartoon satirizing this. It showed a veteran, in civilian clothes, looking at a newspaper. Scare headline, "Veteran Insults Mother In Law". Caption under the cartoon 'triple axe murder on page 17, no veterans involved'.
  14. Stanley Doble

    in old movies they always dress up for dinner at home?

    For those who are curious about the postwar 52-20 club I recommend a movie called The Admiral Was A Lady starring Edmond O'Brien and Wanda Hendrix. It is the story of a group of navy fliers trying to adjust to civilian life while taking full advantage of their benefits and it is very funny.
  15. Stanley Doble

    in old movies they always dress up for dinner at home?

    I wonder about Fields' reputation as a drinker. How much of it was put on as a comedy persona. I say this because I recently read that Fields never drank before 1916 when he went to work as a comedian in Zeigfeld's Follies. He was a juggler and took his art very seriously, he would not take a...
  16. Stanley Doble

    You know you are getting old when:

    I had a widowed aunt who asked a police officer friend what kind of gun she should buy for self protection (she lived alone). The policeman advised her to get a big dog. We got her a very sweet natured German shepherd. If a stranger knocked on the door she would hold the dog's collar. The dog...
  17. Stanley Doble

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Newspaper columnist Herb Caen invented the word beatnik in 1958. The term 'beat generation' was current at the time but the word beatnik was new. He may have known about words like nudnik and nogoodnik but I doubt he would have thought of them if sputnik was not on his mind. Later.... how the...
  19. Stanley Doble

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    "Beatnik" was created by a newspaper columnist Herb Caen. "Nogoodnik" may have had a similar origin. I think both were inspired by "Sputnik" a word that came out of Russia in 1957 and became very influential. So, more Russian than Yiddish.
  20. Stanley Doble

    What Are Your Favorite Books To Reread? / How Many Times? / Why?

    I think Smith gave credit for the name Low Man On A Totem Pole to his friend Fred Allen at least I seem to recall from the book's introduction.
  21. Stanley Doble

    What Are Your Favorite Books To Reread? / How Many Times? / Why?

    Max Shulman wrote some very funny books, I have read some of them. Not to be confused with Morton Shulman Toronto's crusading coroner from the sixties.
  22. Stanley Doble

    What Are Your Favorite Books To Reread? / How Many Times? / Why?

    Darvas' idea of finding stocks that are in an uptrend and buying them, and getting out with a tight stoploss, seemed too simple at first but it works. Investors Business Daily's IBD50 is a good place to look for good stocks. The technical approach is not for everybody but it works for me. And a...
  23. Stanley Doble

    Cary Grant vs. Sean Connery Suits

    I forgot to mention that in recreating himself he started with the name. It was Archie Leach acrobat and stilt walker from Bristol who created Cary Grant. He did a good job.

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