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  1. Stanley Doble

    Cost of quality then and now.

    When the shipyards go back on full time And sure if the news is true The shop bill's the first thing I'll pay A new pair of boots and a warm woolen suit and a tell’e for Maggie, horray. Me old faded shirt I will throw in the dirt In a silk one- won't I look in style And the very first...
  2. Stanley Doble

    Cost of quality then and now.

    Clothes did cost more as a percentage of peoples' wages in the past. Some people are not good at doing math in their heads. There are other factors. When your grandfather was young he probably thought the way you do, that good clothes and shoes cost a lot of money but he would get years of...
  3. Stanley Doble

    Gray colored soap from years past

    I don't know what kind of soap you mean, but there are stores today that sell all kinds of hand made soaps. The local bulk food stores have a display. You may be able to find something similar by the color and smell.
  4. Stanley Doble

    Coldest Weather I've been in

    Temp all the way up to -5. That is because of the snow. The Weather Girl called for snow and last night we got 8 inches.
  5. Stanley Doble

    Removing cigarette smoke smell on ties (or other clothes)

    You could make a stretcher. This is just a thin wooden board, cut to the same angle as the tie. After washing and rinsing slip the tie over the stretcher and leave it to dry. My grandmother used to do this with wool socks, using a sock shaped wooden stretcher.
  7. Stanley Doble

    Removing cigarette smoke smell on ties (or other clothes)

    I believe she is referring to Woolite or other brand of soap made specially for washing woolens and delicate articles. If you do not want to risk rubbing or scrubbing, put some lukewarm water in a Tupperware bowl and add a dash of the special soap. Put in your ties. Snap the lid on. Shake shake...
  8. Stanley Doble

    Is British style not what it was (or maybe never was in the 1st place)?

    An old friend, Canadian born, who worked in England in the forties and fifties told me on one occasion a memo was sent round the office giving the men permission to remove their jackets in view of the extreme heat. It was over 70 degrees. This amused him for some reason. No mention of loosening...
  9. Stanley Doble

    Is British style not what it was (or maybe never was in the 1st place)?

    Interesting, I always thought the open collar with sport coat was an American look, specifically Broadway or Hollywood. I notice in your picture, it appears to be casual attire for an outdoor occasion on a hot summer day. The striped jacket in the middle rear appears to be what one would wear...
  10. Stanley Doble

    Coldest Weather I've been in

    Ottawa is farther south than Milan, Venice, or Portland Oregon. Farther south than Munich, Vienna, Paris and much farther south than Plymouth or London. As of 10 o'clock tonight the temp in Ottawa is -19C. Today's Hi/Lo -16 / -25.
  11. Stanley Doble

    Coldest Weather I've been in

    This drives me crazy. You are in Glasgow which is the same latitude as Hudson's Bay, Labrador and Moscow. I am in southern Canada at the same latitude as Monaco. So how come you have green shoots and snow drops while we have -20C and hope the snow will be gone by the end of April? Don't give me...
  13. Stanley Doble

    Removing cigarette smoke smell on ties (or other clothes)

    Wash them. Or have them dry cleaned.
  14. Stanley Doble

    Is British style not what it was (or maybe never was in the 1st place)?

    But in certain parts of the country, it is the norm. I dare say in certain parts of England the 3 piece suit, bowler and umbrella are the norm. The Western look was never something you saw all over the US, it was only seen in certain regions. One exception was Stanley Harold "Wacky" Arnolt. In...
  15. Stanley Doble

    Is British style not what it was (or maybe never was in the 1st place)?

    Who says they don't? A business suit, Stetson hat, string tie and cowboy boots is still correct business attire in Texas and the Southwest, and possibly in the west generally if you own enough land and cattle. There was a thread on this last year.
  16. Stanley Doble

    Stateside funerals in the WW2 era?

    Military dead were buried overseas near where they died. Shipping bodies home for burial did not begin until the Vietnam era.
  17. Stanley Doble

    Classic Safari vehicles!

    GM's 6.2 diesel had a much better name in north america than the earlier 5.7 which was something of a lemon. The Cummins straight six used in Dodge Power Wagons is the benchmark for light truck diesels, I know of several examples that have done 500,000 miles + without an overhaul and one...
  19. Stanley Doble

    Is British style not what it was (or maybe never was in the 1st place)?

    The country is going to the demnation bow-wows.
  20. Stanley Doble

    Crystalized Honey

    I put the pot on the stove and go do something else, when I come back the honey is melted, clear, and not cloudy. If it is not melted all the way through or not completely clear I go away for a while longer. This process may go quicker if you let the water boil or simmer but then you have to...
  21. Stanley Doble

    Crystalized Honey

    I put the honey jar in a saucepan with an inch of water in it, and put it on the stove. Heat on low and leave it for half an hour or until the honey is melted and liquid again. The water should be hot but not boiling. All you need to do is warm the honey until it liquifies, this is the easiest...
  22. Stanley Doble

    Road signs from the late 30s to WW2 era?

    Some signs like those identifying towns or roads were painted on plywood. They used high quality marine type plywood with the lettering hand painted by sign writers. The signs were mounted on 4X4 jack pine posts. I know this because my brother was a sign painter for the Ontario Department of...
  23. Stanley Doble

    Why was "903" funny? At least for a while, in December 1946.

    Somewhere around here I have a 1946 magazine with a color picture of Merle Oberon modelling jewellry made from radioactive fused glass fresh from the Almagordo atom bomb test site. It was part of the US government's Atoms For Peace campaign. Atoms are your friends! Today, 70 years after...

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