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  1. Stanley Doble

    The general decline in standards today

    Do you have a positive opinion of anybody? I could name a few big businessmen of the past who do not fit your template in any particular. One that comes to mind is George Mason of the Nash-Kelvinator corporation. When Charlie Nash was planning his retirement he asked around among his old...
  2. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Or you could rotate the tires front to rear, as recommended for all vehicles.
  3. Stanley Doble

    The Origin Of "The Fifties"

    There was a Gay Nineties revival in the early fifties too but it didn't last long. For our younger members, Gay Nineties doesn't mean what you think it means.
  4. Stanley Doble

    The Origin Of "The Fifties"

    If not crime, what are they fearful and paranoid about?
  5. Stanley Doble

    Rockabilly subculture

    It appears the Tucker movie played fast and loose with the facts. It gave the impression that Tucker was ousted from his factory and it was given to Lustron. This is not true. Apparently Lustron wanted the factory but Tucker got it instead. So Lustron located elsewhere. After Tucker went out of...
  7. Stanley Doble

    The Origin Of "The Fifties"

    When I first read about gated communities in the US I thought it was rather weird, like something out of the 3d world where the very rich live in fear of the very poor. I thought it was an anomaly that would soon be corrected as the rich pressured the government to do something about crime and...
  8. Stanley Doble

    The Origin Of "The Fifties"

    In the fifties the Russians were a threat but your neighbors weren't. The Russians were 5000 miles away. It was a different world. Little children played outside all day, all over the neighborhood. "come home when the street lights come on". Have seen pics of a grocery store with a row of baby...
  9. Stanley Doble

    Urban Alienation

    I'm going with boredom or depression. Am I warm?
  10. Stanley Doble

    Kippers

    A review of Brunswick Golden Smoked (with sandwich recipe!) http://www.grubgrade.com/reviews/snack-review-brunswick-seafood-snacks-golden-smoked-herring-fillets/ Brunswick company http://www.cloverleaf.ca/en/products/category/brunswick-seafood-snacks/ Amazon has them but they charge...
  11. Stanley Doble

    Kippers

    I always keep a few tins of Brunswick Seafood Snack kippers on hand. They make a nice change from bacon with your morning eggs. Low in saturated fat, high in Omega-3, vitamin D and protein ( if you can believe the label). Made by Connors Bros of Black Harbor New Brunswick. There is another...
  13. Stanley Doble

    Rockabilly subculture

    I have a scunner on Lustron because they took the Tucker factory after the government forced Tucker out of business. Have never known whether Lustron was part of the conspiracy to scuttle the Tucker or if they just happened to want the factory when it became available.
  14. Stanley Doble

    Rockabilly subculture

    There is no down side. If you look halfway decent and are respectful they will probably be flattered and invite you in, and tell you what is what and all about it. Worst case, they tell you to buzz off. What have you got to lose? PS Saturday morning about 9 or 10 is the best time to find...
  15. Stanley Doble

    Urban Alienation

    Not sure what you are driving at. Are you talking about the traditional artists' belittlement of the conventional?
  16. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Front wheel drive cars have been towing trailers for years. In 1965 or 66 the Reese trailer hitch company tested the new Toronado and found it towed heavy travel trailers as well as a rear drive car. They even published a photo of a Toronado towing a trailer with its rear wheels removed. The...
  17. Stanley Doble

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

    Not only have I read Clyde Fans, I started a thread about his wife's barber shop. And yes I was kidding. This may be the only BBS where you could post that picture with the caption "photoshop" and everyone would get the joke. All The Kings In Town Get Their Hair Cut At The Crown...
  19. Stanley Doble

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

    Photoshop.
  20. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    The Cadillac should work great.
  21. Stanley Doble

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    The juvenile delinquent was invented in the fifties. Watch Rebel Without A Cause, High School Confidential, and dozens of similar fifties movies. See greasy hoods in leather jackets with a switchblade in one hand and a reefer in the other, careening through a school zone on 2 wheels in their...
  22. Stanley Doble

    An old lady's fight against the developers

    Interesting story. Giant corporation offers poor old woman a million dollars for a house that is not worth a fraction of that. She refuses. Respecting her wishes, they back off and build around her. Nice man from giant corporation befriends her and cares for her in her last years when all her...
  23. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    The towing experts. These guys (Can Am RVs) have been in the trailer business for 50 years. Customers come from all over the US and Canada to have them build a hitch and set up a rig. Their favorite tow vehicles for 34 foot, 8000 pound Airstream trailers are jaguars, Chrysler 300s and...
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