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  1. 1961MJS

    What was your first car?

    Hi, the first car I DROVE was a 1968 Red Barracuda with an automatic. The first car I regularly drove as a Yellow Plymouth Scamp (Dart clone) with that slant six. I was SOOOO glad I totaled it without killing myself. It was about twice as heavy as my current Subaru, and several inches longer...
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    BUCKAROO BONANZA! - The Hats that Major Mike Moore Makes

    Personally, I was betting on an announcement here, him selling completely out, and then a second announcement on his website of the SECOND load. Later
  3. 1961MJS

    Most comfortable hat I have

    Hi I have one custom 00% beaver hat by TonyB and it's by far the softest and best fitting. The Buckaroo is a close second in fit, but it's a Western weight (I think) Bunny felt and not quite as soft. Later
  4. 1961MJS

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I finally bought the DVD of Young Frankenstein. I watched the deleted scenes and other extras last night. I love the will reading. Later
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    Help dating a picture and clothes

    Thanks Flatfoot, I'll go home and see if I can confirm that in my Mom and Dads' pictures from their childhood. Dad was 12 years older than Mom, so I have some different times to check. I have an album from both my Dad and my Mom's parents, but my Dad's are from after WW2. Mom's are both...
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    Help dating a picture and clothes

    Hi, can you guys mention WHAT from the photograph caused you to state that it's from 1936 to 1938? For being 70 years ago, that's a pretty small window. Personally, I have no clue beyond BASIC fashion trends, etc. I know it was probably taken before the 1980's because it's not in color other...
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    Excessive posting? ... Interesting.....

    Hi Somewhat off topic (i know HERE?), but I think Chuck E Cheese's pizza is horrible, at least it was last time I was there. I think it's that way on purpose. They KNOW that you have to bring your kids there, they KNOW you have to buy the pizza, they KNOW you have to spring for the games, and...
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    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    Hi I'm not really sure which group my grandfather's were in. My dad's stepfather was a fireman on the Wabash railroad. He was working at the same wages as before the depression, but only one or two days a month. He also worked as a bartender and on the WPA. My grandparents both cooked and...
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    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    Hi, well the doping was bad, but no Hydrogen, no huge fireball. Later
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    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    Hi, I picked this post to reply to since it was shorter than Edward's. Look up "Yellow Press" or "Yellow Journalism" to find out what real biased news reporting is. Hearst versus Pulitzer, they competed by creating more and more hype about nothing. Basically, this is how we ended up in the...
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    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    Hi, I wonder if the reasoning behind more parades for the earlier wars has to do with the way that the US Army etc bring the soldiers home now. From reading about the Spanish American War, Regiments and Companies came home together. My dad came home from WW2 in October / November 1945 by...
  14. 1961MJS

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    O.K., I like you, you're a good guy to have around. Now take of that hat and expression before you get turned in to the suicide hotline. There's people what have DROWNED that don't look that blue... If you're a gonna wear that hat again, you gotta get a new expression and a brighter shirt...
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    THE SUNBODY ASSOCIATION

    Hi Sam I bought it in about 2003, it's a sun body that I NEVER EVER watered again. I sat on it, fixed it, put it in the car, and them almost immediately sat on it AGAIN. It's held together more with glue than braided grass now. The three new ones are all stored downstairs off season, not in...
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    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    Ah, San Francisco is where my Dad left from on the Tjisidane (phonetically Cheese a Donna), a Dutch trading ship. He said that most of the ship "manned the rails" for the first day in open sea, not out of duty, or curiosity, but so they could toss their cookies overboard. Dad come home from...
  17. 1961MJS

    Titanic sunk by exceptionally high tides

    Hi Edward Yep, those in the front of the plane usually hit first and hit hardest. That's probably why the smoking section used to be in the rear of the airplane giving everyone on board equality in death rate... :D Later
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    THE SUNBODY ASSOCIATION

    Hi I just picked up my 2012 Sun Body hat from Brian at Hatman Jack's. 5.75 crown, 4 inch brim with a semi-pencil curl. I had them put a kind of steel gray ribbon on it. It looks a lot better than the old Gus with the 3.5 inch brim it's replacing. I never wet that one, and sat on it twice...
  20. 1961MJS

    Akubra, sand colour.

    Hi Scotty My stampede strings are all on Western hats, and they're a LOT stiffer than my 100% Beaver fedora. http://www.outwestsaddlery.com/html/stampede_strings.html Later
  21. 1961MJS

    Achieving the Indiana Jones look...without looking in costume??

    Hi Edward, an A2 would draw Top Gun comments (maybe, it's a 25 year old movie). Of course you realize that the A2 is USAF or USAAF and Top Gun is a Navy movie, they wear G-1's. Here in Kansas, I don't worry about the gun, it's the weirdo with the whip that's scary. Later Y'all
  22. 1961MJS

    What cigar (or pipe) did you smoke today?

    Hi I can't quite get behind spending large amounts of money for burning... The following cigars are what I've found that are both inexpensive, but pretty good: Montesino Natural Wrapper, the ring says No. 3 but I can't find those online? Quorum Shade, Natural Wrapper, Churchill. Flor...
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    Akubra, sand colour.

    Hi Carranty, I have both a chin strap on a wool British WW2 Bush Hat, I put it on ONCE. Very British Parade. I have three hats with stampede strings, and use them a lot. The strings hang behind you when they're not in use. I suggest that you not buy ($20) horsehair stampede strings (like...

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