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  1. Stanley Doble

    1930s typewriter

    Kidding aside, I wonder if a typewriter repair man could change one of the keys. My keyboard has a 1 and !. If you had one of those you would lose your +.
  2. Stanley Doble

    1930s typewriter

    How about a ' with a . underneath? (apostrophe) (period)
  3. Stanley Doble

    You know you are getting old when:

    Old age is like being high and going through withdrawal at the same time.
  4. Stanley Doble

    Prewar steamship fares

    Well duh. Minimum wage workers can't afford a trip like that today. They are lucky if they can take the family to Disney World once in their life. Bogart plays a cashiered officer spending his last buck to get to the orient, hoping to become a mercenary in Chiang Kai Shek's army.
  5. Stanley Doble

    Prewar steamship fares

    The film was the next one they made after Casablanca and stars, Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet and Mary Astor (from The Maltese Falcon). I enjoyed it but I see why it is not shown today. It is terribly politically incorrect, the plot revolves around exposing a Japanese spy ring and...
  7. Stanley Doble

    You know you are getting old when:

    When you hear someone is having a party, when you are young you are afraid you won't be invited. When you are old you are afraid you will.
  8. Stanley Doble

    Prewar steamship fares

    A few months ago there was an inquiry about steamship lines, fares, etc in the Pacific in the thirties. Someone was writing a story or doing some historical research. Tonight I happen to be watching Across The Pacific, a 1942 movie starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor and Sydney Greenstreet. I...
  9. Stanley Doble

    1930s typewriter

    I have no idea. Maybe the Remington people didn't think Swedes got excited.
  10. Stanley Doble

    What would you call this garment?

    Talk about asking for it! This ought to be good.
  11. Stanley Doble

    We walk the walk but do we talk the talk?

    How about "terrific". In Lincoln's day if you said a girl was "terrific" her brother or father would be after you with a horse whip.
  13. Stanley Doble

    Boutiners

    I never knew what they were called before. You would be surprised how seldom they come up in conversation these days.
  14. Stanley Doble

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Same as "there's no pockets in a shroud". Means, you can't take it with you when you die so might as well loosen up and spend it while you are above the sod.
  15. Stanley Doble

    Boutiners

    You used to be able to buy a tiny vase that pinned to the back of the lapel, to keep your boutonniere fresh all day. It would also protect the material from stains.
  16. Stanley Doble

    If you could solve just one mystery....

    What makes King Tut's tomb special is that they didn't. It is the only royal Egyptian tomb from antiquity that survived intact with all its treasures, until discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter. But, according to some experts many of the treasures were hidden, sold or dispersed in the 1920s...
  17. Stanley Doble

    Jack the Ripper

    The Sickert theory has been debunked, I am not enough of an expert to say how successfully. But there were a lot of people who found the Ripper case fascinating at the time, and followed all the newspaper reports. There was also a book on the Ripper killings published in France, with forensic...
  19. Stanley Doble

    Piecing Together Solid-Colour Suits?

    I don't know why not. You could model the ensemble in front of a 3 way mirror or ask someone whose judgement and eyesight you trust. Trying to answer your question from here, is like cabling a girl in Madrid that her nose is shiny.
  20. Stanley Doble

    1942 Time Capsule Apartment discovered in Paris

    Right now in France there are old widows and widowers living alone in 3 and 4 bedroom apartments that they have occupied for 40 years or more, because it is cheaper than moving to a smaller place. Meanwhile, young families can't find suitable apartments. Ironically, rent control was enacted...
  21. Stanley Doble

    If you could solve just one mystery....

    The truth will probably never be told about exactly how the tomb of King Tut was discovered, by whom, and what artifacts were removed before the official discovery. I would like to know the contents of certain books that Carter said he found, then later denied finding, saying they were only...
  22. Stanley Doble

    Are There Any Men Who Do Not Talk Much Left?

    It used to be that having a personality of your own was not considered a disease or mental illness. Some people are shy, or don't like to talk much. There was a time when this was acceptable behavior. I remember a magazine article about the Studebaker car factory, written about 1960. The writer...
  23. Stanley Doble

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I remember nickel candy bars and 2 for a penny and 3 for a penny candies, barely. Don't remember the 5 cent candy bar expression. In the twenties there was a catch phrase "what this country needs is a good five cent cigar". Did it start as a political slogan?

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