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  1. Stanley Doble

    Possible origin of the use of X's for price/quality level designation

    "Bever hattes of XX, XXX, or XL shillinges price fetched from beyonde the seas" The source of beaver fur for making hats, was North America. The beaver played such a large part in the early exploration and development of North America, that Canada has a beaver on its coat of arms. No other...
  2. Stanley Doble

    Ok, so some things in the golden era were not too cool...

    George was a character. One of his jokes was to wash out a 2 stroke motorcycle oil bottle and fill it with pancake syrup. When we stopped at restaurants we would pour the syrup in our coffee. We got some funny looks lol.
  3. Stanley Doble

    Ok, so some things in the golden era were not too cool...

    It happened in rural and small town Ontario, Canada. The 70 year old motorcyclist was George Ventress. A quick search turned up this article about one of his bikes. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/reviews/classics/henderson-kj-the-dirty-thirties-superbike/article4617975/ I drove...
  4. Stanley Doble

    Ok, so some things in the golden era were not too cool...

    This was in the seventies. I was in my twenties, clean shaven, short hair (by the standards of the times) dressed in jeans, plaid shirt and suede jacket and carrying a Bell helmet. Dressed at least as well as the other patrons. Riding a perfectly stock BSA 650 twin. They would have served me...
  5. Stanley Doble

    Ok, so some things in the golden era were not too cool...

    I have been refused service in restaurants because I showed up on a motorcycle. Had no problem with that, the restaurant is private property, they can do as they please. Have also been refused access to certain parts of this web site thanks to my sexual orientation (male) which seems even more...
  7. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Lizzie you should read J. B. Priestley's description of daily newspapers in pre WW1 England. Very much like your description of popular magazines of the past, in spades.
  8. Stanley Doble

    Ok, so some things in the golden era were not too cool...

    There was a 35 MPH speed limit during WW2. It was not hard to enforce when everyone was driving on bald tires and rationed to 3 gallons a week.
  9. Stanley Doble

    Ok, so some things in the golden era were not too cool...

    As for total loss oil systems, they worked off an oil tank. On my old 1930s Harley Davidson, oil was pumped to the engine bearings, flew around and lubricated the pistons, valves, cams, etc and finally dripped out of the engine onto the chain. Only a few drops per mile. An old time motorcycle...
  10. Stanley Doble

    Ok, so some things in the golden era were not too cool...

    For a different slant on the liquor question read Booze by James Gray. He was a boy when Prohibition came in and experienced the effects of alcoholism, and prohibition, in his own family. Years later he researched and wrote a factual history of the prohibition experiment in Western Canada that...
  11. Stanley Doble

    Unappreciated masterpieces?

    The other night I watched Arsenic and Old Lace and was staggered by how good a movie it is. The script, the acting, everything about it is just about perfect, and screamingly funny. If I had to nominate the perfect screwball comedy, I would put Arsenic and Old Lace up there with Casablanca...
  13. Stanley Doble

    You know you are getting old when:

    You know you are getting old when you have wisdom and experience, but would rather have hair and teeth.
  14. Stanley Doble

    What Song Would You Like Played At Your Funeral.

    "There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight" and "Sympathy For The Devil"
  15. Stanley Doble

    Boutiners

    Would it be gauche to wear an artificial flower?
  16. Stanley Doble

    You know you are getting old when:

    When you are young and you hear that someone is giving a party you fear that you won't be invited. When you are old you fear that you will be invited.
  17. Stanley Doble

    Electric Fans.

    There isn't much to go wrong with a 110 volt fan. Clean the exterior, blow the dirt out of the inside with compressed air and apply a drop or two of oil to the bearings. There is usually an oil hole at the back and you can put a drop on the shaft where it comes out the front bearing. Do not use...
  19. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Travel Trailers

    I'm a fan of vintage travel trailers. I have a 1972 Travelux Princess, a Canadian made polished aluminum job of the school of Avion, Airstream, and Spartan. It resembles a fifties Airstream in appearance. There are some good information sources on the net. If you are thinking of buying a canned...
  20. Stanley Doble

    What's For Breakfast...

    Toasted cinnamon raisin bagel with cream cheese and coffee with cream at Timmy's.
  21. Stanley Doble

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    In My Man Godfrey (1936) William Powell gets a job with the wealthy and eccentric Bullock family after they pick him up at the town dump. They were looking for a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt. There was another term current in the depression and for some time after, "the little...
  22. Stanley Doble

    Vintage candy that is still on the shelves

    I remember the Civil War series, I had over 100 of the cards and a thick wad of the Confederate money. Every card was about some event of the war. I think only a few packages had the money. It must have been to commemorate the centennial of the war because they came out in the early sixties...
  23. Stanley Doble

    Favorite comfort food . . .

    Pancakes with a poached egg on top, with butter and maple syrup, bacon on the side. Served with fresh squeezed orange juice and coffee.

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