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  1. Stanley Doble

    DANGERS of NOt doing research first! WARNING!

    The story I read did not name names. The subject of the interview was not named, all persons were given aliases for obvious reasons. No brand names either. As I understood it, the manufacturer knew the sweaters were dangerous and would not sell them under their own name, but sold them "out the...
  2. Stanley Doble

    DANGERS of NOt doing research first! WARNING!

    If you mean what I think you mean, some years ago I read the autobiography of a con man who claimed he once sold "exploding sweaters" made of some flammable material like gun cotton. He said the manufacturer had a lot of them to get rid of and couldn't sell them, he bought them for practically...
  3. Stanley Doble

    My new toaster

    For you toast fans, if your toaster burns out an element (the most common breakdown) you can replace it with generic Nichrome wire. Or if you are real thrifty, tie the ends of the broken wire together. You can buy nichrome wire on Ebay for under $5.
  4. Stanley Doble

    My new toaster

    May I add a thumbs up for my old Acme Juicerator juicer, circa 1970? It is my favorite, even though I have several more modern models. It squeezes more juice out of the fruit, and it is easier to clean by hand since it has fewer parts. The only drawback is it does not eject the pulp. The pulp...
  5. Stanley Doble

    The Green Suit

    This is only a guess but I suspect millions of WW2 and Korea veterans swore off wearing green as soon as they got out of the army. Or, at least felt like wearing some different color for a change. If green was not popular for men's suits in the fifties and sixties, this might have something to...
  7. Stanley Doble

    the changes in foods since your childhood? doesnt taste the same as it use to?

    When you fry a slice of baloney it shrinks up around the edges into a cup or bowl shape. You can drop an egg into it to make a baloney egg cup. Lebanon Baloney comes from the Lebanon Pennsylvania area. Aside from being a meat sausage, has nothing in common with the mass-market standardized...
  8. Stanley Doble

    1930s Berlin

    Nice visit to a prewar European city. Appears to be a travelogue or short subject made to be shown in theaters. I should think those were ordinary people going about their daily lives, in the business section of the city. The double decker buses with ads for Persil and Dunlop @ 5:05 looked like...
  9. Stanley Doble

    1920s apothecary opening-- design help needed

    If you want to be really authentic specify zinc counter tops.
  10. Stanley Doble

    How'd You Get Where You Are?

    " It took me years to decide what I wanted to major in, but after 6 years or taking a course here or there I finally decided to major in American Studies." What were you thinking? I am not being smart, I sincerely want to know. Did you think there were lots of high paying positions for...
  11. Stanley Doble

    How'd You Get Where You Are?

    I started by flunking out of high school and looking for ways to avoid work. This led me into buying and renovating houses and apartments, with the idea I would be a landlord, sit on my ass with my feet up on the desk and watch the money roll in. Well the money never rolled in worth a damn...
  13. Stanley Doble

    Stars And Their Cars

    The car looks like an English Singer roadster from the early fifties. http://www.automobilemag.com/features/collectible_classic/1112_1939_1956_singer_roadster_collectible_classic/
  14. Stanley Doble

    High-profile / classic movies one's never seen

    What is wrong with not watching a movie? It isn't mandatory. Why shouldn't tastes differ in movies as in anything else? There are lots of movies I can't stand including almost everything made in the last 50 years. There are some movies I should like and just don't. For example I just bought 2...
  15. Stanley Doble

    What's for Dinner?

    I'm trying to lose some weight so last night had rice cooked in Knorr vegetable broth topped with sabut dahl (curried lentils) and steamed kale.
  16. Stanley Doble

    Box-back coat

    Not on this thread.
  17. Stanley Doble

    the changes in foods since your childhood? doesnt taste the same as it use to?

    With cream and sugar? I don't get it either.
  19. Stanley Doble

    Stars And Their Cars

    You will have to take that up with Old Cars Price Guide.
  20. Stanley Doble

    You know you are getting old when:

    Godfrey himself thought his popularity was the result of his unique style. In the early days of radio they employed orators and announcers and told them "You are addressing an audience of 50,000 people over the air waves" They went "50,000 people eh?" "HELLO ALL YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE IN RADIO...
  21. Stanley Doble

    You know you are getting old when:

    It's a funny thing but a lot of old time stars were lacking in talent. Jack Benny, George Burns, and Fred Astaire for a start. They all regretted their lack of talent. Fred Astaire made up for it by doing months of gruelling rehearsals for his pictures, dancing to the point of exhaustion every...
  22. Stanley Doble

    Stars And Their Cars

    Ha ha ha Auburn already did this. They advertised it as a 100 MPH car and every one came with a metal plate, on the instrument panel that said "This car has been tested at a top speed of 101.83 MPH" or words to that effect. Those in the know have since stated that there was a box of these...
  23. Stanley Doble

    Box-back coat

    I suspect the box back coat was a new fashion in New Orleans in the 1890s or early 1900s when the song was written. The long tail Prince Albert coat hung on in the south long after the war, and before that the swallow tail and claw hammer coats were common.

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