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1940's England
Possibly the last of this school of entertainment was Are You Being Served? made in the seventies and early eighties. To me this show has a charm that I can't explain, except that it is a little visit to an England that doesn't exist anymore and probably never did. Another favorite of mine is...- Stanley Doble
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Terms Which Have Disappeared
How a bout 'slow as molasses in January'- Stanley Doble
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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what was an old fashioned Antique store like back in 1890 - 1920?
I have heard that the Welk band could swing pretty good, but his sponsors made him play it square. After a few years he had a following that liked things a certain way, but still they would cut loose from time to time when on the road.- Stanley Doble
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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A Classic Boys From Marketing Pitch
She's not talking about the sixties.- Stanley Doble
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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what was an old fashioned Antique store like back in 1890 - 1920?
'The place through which he made his way at leisure was one of those receptacles for old and curious things which seem to crouch in odd corners of this town and to hide their musty treasures from the public eye in jealousy and distrust. There were suits of mail standing like ghosts in armour...- Stanley Doble
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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A Classic Boys From Marketing Pitch
Joking aside, millions have died from poor hygiene and continue to do so today. If the Boys from Marketing are responsible for making the population healthier and less smelly maybe they aren't all bad.- Stanley Doble
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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what was an old fashioned Antique store like back in 1890 - 1920?
I would dispute the idea that all antique collectors were rich. Then as now a fascination for the past cuts across class and wealth barriers. In those days especially, a canny collector could find overlooked gems in second hand stores, at auction sales, in dusty barns and attics. I used to know...- Stanley Doble
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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what was an old fashioned Antique store like back in 1890 - 1920?
There were collectors of antique coins, statuary, art works hundreds of years ago. In fact a lot of surviving statues from the Roman Empire are copies of older Greek works, made for collectors. In the late 19th early 20th century antiques meant hand made furniture, art works etc from before...- Stanley Doble
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests
Ford was going down hill fast in those days. From being the biggest producer of cars in the world, they dropped to second in sales after GM in 1927 and to 3d after GM and Chrysler in 1942. It got so bad that in 1943 the government pulled Henry Ford II out of the Navy and put him in charge of...- Stanley Doble
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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What's for Dinner?
Just finished a book called Brain Maker by Dr David Perlmutter about the importance of fermented foods to a healthy GI tract and to physical and mental health. Saurkraut, kimchi, sour pickles, yogurt, cheese, all kinds of fermented foods. So if the kid likes these foods + fresh fruit and...- Stanley Doble
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- Forum: The Connoisseur
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Cleaning an old canteen?
If you want to use the tumbling method of cleaning you could wrap the canteen in several layers of bubble wrap, tie it in a pillow case and throw it in the clothes dryer for a few minutes. Be sure to turn the heat off.- Stanley Doble
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- Forum: WWII
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Terms Which Have Disappeared
"Is this, like, fresh squeezed?" "Yes it is" "Cool!" I wasn't lying. Of all the brands of frozen orange juice I chose that one because it was most LIKE fresh squeezed. (If you are curious it was Old South brand, which was remarkably like fresh squeezed 25 years ago. Not so much today...- Stanley Doble
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests
From a theological standpoint all are welcome regardless of wealth or social position even hobos but, it doesn't show much respect. I don't know why people like that bother to go to church at all if it means nothing to them.- Stanley Doble
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Auto collision repair in the 1940s
Typical scenario. Older working guy, gets the chance to buy a new car and replace the 32 Chev roadster he nursed thru the war. Or perchance the car develops a rod knock which Chevs were prone to do. The old car not worth fixing, or offered a laughable sum as a trade in, it sits in his driveway...- Stanley Doble
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Auto collision repair in the 1940s
32 Chev roadster would be one of the cars with wood frame composite body. In 1946 it would be a 14 year old used car, more or less what a 1990s car would be today. There were young guys restoring old cars at the time. In California they would be building hot rods out of whatever they could...- Stanley Doble
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests
Maybe they just refused to throw anything away until they got the full use and wear out of it. Reminds me of "Dirty" Doug Kenney. He was a hanger on and helper at Ed Roth's T shirt and custom car studio in California and he got his nickname because he always wore fancy suits to work. He was...- Stanley Doble
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Auto collision repair in the 1940s
In the US bodymen used maple paddles and rubbed them in a box of beeswax to prevent the lead sticking. If no beeswax was handy they would use a rag soaked in motor oil. Tallow works too. In the forties they rubbed the lead in with fine steel wool held in a pair of pliers but today Bill Hines...- Stanley Doble
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Auto collision repair in the 1940s
An excellent place to ask your questions would be the Antique Automobile Club of America forums http://forums.aaca.org/ Lots of extremely knowledgeable and helpful guys. Suggest you post your questions to the General Discussion or Technical pages.- Stanley Doble
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Auto collision repair in the 1940s
The Fisher body manual might be of limited use. It covers the wood framed steel bodies, called "composite" bodies that were made before the all steel body. But these bodies went out about 1935. Some cars had all steel bodies as early as the twenties, and a few custom built composite limousine...- Stanley Doble
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Auto collision repair in the 1940s
If the car was new enough it might have gotten new fenders especially if it was an insurance job. But I have seen some pretty badly damaged cars that were fixed. It was also possible to buy used parts and this would be done if it was quicker and cheaper than fixing the old part. Youtube has...- Stanley Doble
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- Forum: The Golden Era
