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  1. nightandthecity

    eBay prices

    Ebay prices are rising on lots of things, not just vintage clothing. Probably for the simple reason that more and more people are using it. Vintage used to be cheaper because lots of dealers got straight on ebay in the early days and the balance was for a while in the buyers favour. That...
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    Why EBAY never ceases to be entertaining

    actually Baron, it depends totally on whether the item is under or over 2kg. Once it is over 2kg Royal Mail isn't allowed to send it. It has to go by Parcelforce and the prices suddenly rocket astronomically. To the level where I now find it hard to sell anything heavier than 2kg overseas...
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    Holocaust denier: 3-year jail term

    Fu Manchu, JakeF, Salv?¢‚Ǩ¬¶.I understand how you feel, but free speech is more than just some nebulous ?¢‚Ǩ?ìright?¢‚Ǩ?, it is the cornerstone of enlightenment civilization. I find it very disturbing that right across the political spectrum an increasing number of people seem ready to...
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    Good Night and Good Luck

    I think there is a danger here of confusing two different things. The hunt for Russian spies in America and the heresy hunt against the left. There were Russian spies in 1940s America. No surprises there. All countries spy on each other, even the closest allies. Inevitably some CP members...
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    1940's House

    It is the total lack of a community that makes it so completely unrealistic. And even if they'd created a community they couldn't have recreated its inherited knowledge and functioning traditional culture. I find all these programmes deeply unsatisfactory. You might just as well take a medieval...
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    What exactly is "Film Noir?"

    Been away from the lounge the last couple of weeks. Seems I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ve missed some great threads, and what can be said has mostly been said in this one. Which won't stop me from adding my two pennies?¢‚Ǩ¬¶ First penny: If we are to understand and discuss the world we have to put things...
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    Fave radio crooner?

    I'd go further - he was a lot better in his earlier years than later on! Lets not forget Al Bowley
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    Big Band for Beginners

    the problem with recommending "big band for beginners" is the term covers quite a wide range of music, from very jazz to very pop. Personally I tend to the jazzier end of the spectrum and I'd recommend 1930s Ellington, Basie and Fletcher Henderson as a starting point - go for any "greatest hits"...
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    30's Beret

    I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢m interested in precisely when and where berets became ubiquitous in France. In photos from mid-1930s France the casquette or flat cap and the trilby/fedora are much commoner than berets. In photos from the 1940s it seems to be the other way round. So it could be that it wasn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t...
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    30's Beret

    I have a big collection of vintage berets and have bought about a dozen from this ebay seller. She?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s been selling them for around a year now. As best as I can calculate she found around 1000, boxed, unworn, mostly medium/large sizes, and she has loads left. Unleashing this kind of...
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    Can't find a hat bursh, what can I use instead?

    I usually use ordinary clothes brushes. I use different strength brushes depending on the hat. With very dusty hats I use an upholstery head on a vacuum cleaner, usually on a medium setting (I keep a separate head for this). I haven't used one of those lint rollers, but the sort sold for...
  14. nightandthecity

    Share your favourite Jazz

    yeah, there's no end to it! So much good music out there. I come back a lot to the Hot Club and the Duke though. By the way, excellent list!
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    Why EBAY never ceases to be entertaining

    I buy and sell on ebay under two IDs...been on it for several years...must have around 800 transactions. And it still surprizes and puzzles me. I regularly see top gear go for peanuts or not at all while junk goes through the roof.OK, maybe I can't tell good gear from junk (hah!) but how to...
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    Share your favourite Jazz

    when it comes to honkers lets not forget Wild Bill Moore...those tracks with Big Joe Turner are as hot as it gets.....send me every time
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    Trend in dressing like a crazy person

    I think we need to try and define ?¢‚Ǩ?ìwell dressed?¢‚Ǩ? and see if we can take it beyond simple subjective opinion. I would suggest that the being well dressed implies first and foremost that clothes are well made from good quality materials and that they are fit for their intended...
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    What is the Fedora Lounge?

    A magazine? That does sound like a good idea...there's an incredible amount of knowledge here and a lot of great stuff gets published and then disappears to the back of beyond as more threads and posts come in. I know its still there but its just not the same as the printed page. Plus people...
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    Flight Jacket Sizes ...

    that's absolutely right Airfrog. I have had "mint" AAF - and especially USN - jackets that virtually fell apart on handling. In general it's the ones that appear mint or thereabouts that are the dodgiest - always go for one that has been worn a lot and yet still going strong. Irvins are the...
  21. nightandthecity

    Good Night and Good Luck

    What an extraordinary discussion. I thought academic historians had settled most of these questions ages ago. McCarthy was not so much a brave crusader OR a paranoid bully as an unprincipled opportunist. His entire career was marked by a series of disgraceful campaigns in which he habitually...
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    Love on the African Queen

    People have sex regularly in GA films. Sometimes gay sex too. And S&M. And they also commit adultery, have abortions and take drugs. You just have to understand the codes. They were working under the restrictions of Hays and the scrutiny of moral lobbyists like the Legion of Decency so...
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    Flight Jacket Sizes ...

    .....though, sticking my neck out, and if you are really stuck, I'd go for about four inches bigger round the chest e.g. 44 in a 38. About 2" more than with a suit jacket. Though you'll find every other measured parameter effects the true fit.....sleeve length, shoulders, waist, back length etc...

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