Want to buy or sell something? Check the classifieds
  • The Fedora Lounge is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

Search results

  1. 3fingers

    Which funny videos are you watching?

    I showed this to my wife last night when she heard me laughing. She raised an eyebrow and called me weird. I love it when she compliments me.
  2. 3fingers

    Old gas stations

    I can hear the V-6 in that GMC pickup in my head right now and it has been years since I've heard one run. :)
  3. 3fingers

    The 80s, myth and reality?

    I watched Romper Room. Unknown to me at the time of course, it was apparently the Stepford wives do preschool. All Romper Room teachers across the country were carbon copies of each other as much as possible. And Miss Jean had no compunction regarding shameless peddling of the RR swag. Do be a...
  4. 3fingers

    The 80s, myth and reality?

    I was in my 20's through the 80s. Meh. It was just another decade we lived through. No more or less ridiculous than those that have come and gone since. Hindsight will show us the excesses of the current time as well.
  5. 3fingers

    Forgotten Advertising Characters of the Era

    I was a Poll Parrot kid.
  7. 3fingers

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I've realized that even with my own kids. This is part of the motivation I have to stop acquiring more than I already have. They have no interest in it and I do not wish to impose on them after I shuffle off of this mortal coil by forcing them to deal with all of "dad's old stuff."
  8. 3fingers

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    My folks used to send out a bundle of Christmas cards. I recall them spending several evenings preparing them and writing notes in a certain number of them for people they had known in the past, mostly from my dad's time in the service. They always used Christmas seals on the envelopes. I...
  9. 3fingers

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    We went through this with my mother's piano as well. We were not concerned with the money aspect, we simply wanted a good home for it. At the point of despairing ever finding it a home, a nearby small church contacted us asking if it was still available. We were relieved and they were happy to...
  10. 3fingers

    Not mine but Lucchese boots

    The lizard is not for me, but I had a pair of Luchesse boots years ago. They were ordered from the fellow I bought boots from at the time and then refused. He sold them to me for the balance owed, so they were priced right for me at the time. I've never had a better pair of boots since.
  11. 3fingers

    Cast iron

    I am a user of cast iron, not a collector. I have several pieces (6 or 8) that are my regularly used cookware. I buy what I like, usually in somewhat rough condition, and restore it myself. I like the idea of using something that has served so well for so many decades. My most recent and...
  13. 3fingers

    Trip to America's Packard Museum, Dayton, Ohio

    Thank you for sharing this. I somehow had missed it before. There was a fellow in my little hometown who had a few old Packards. Unfortunately be did not have sufficient funds to fully restore them, but they were fun to ride around in. My personal favorite of his collection was a Caribbean, I...
  14. 3fingers

    How to fix Bakelite

    I'd agree with JB Weld being a good choice. Clean and prep the surface, mix it up and apply carefully. Set it aside until well cured and you should be good to go. I have been surprised more than once with how well it worked.
  15. 3fingers

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I have always thought that one of the things that made FDR so captivating for his radio audience was the fact that 90% of them had never heard that accent. I enjoy listening to his fireside chats a gain and a gain.
  16. 3fingers

    Vintage Things That Will NOT Disappear In Your Lifetime

    My goodness, I had forgotten about that thread. Pretzel-pantsed. :D
  17. 3fingers

    Hollywood partying, 50s-70s

    Terry Moore. I believe she was one of Howard Hughes girlfriends for a long time.
  19. 3fingers

    Hollywood partying, 50s-70s

    Wonderful. Thank you!
  20. 3fingers

    For Auction Vtg Royal DeLuxe OR rare color 7 5/8

    Congratulations on a fine auction.
  21. 3fingers

    Hollywood partying, 50s-70s

    Unfortunately the link now takes me to a page of babies who look like middle age men and something about turkeys ruling the world. I snoozed and loozed on this one. :(
  22. 3fingers

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    In the mid 80's I was in Portland, Oregon. This was quite a revelation to a kid from a small town as far as driving went. Anyhow, they had a system of right on red without stopping at a fair number of intersections. As you might expect, the liberties taken with this system made driving there an...
  23. 3fingers

    Every Time I Toss the Bacon Grease I Feel Guilty

    I don't have any idea what all of it goes for, but some is used as fuel for diesel engines. It generally smells strongly of french fries when you run onto one fueled in this way.

Latest posts

Members online

Total: 2,707 (members: 37, guests: 2,670)

Forum statistics

Threads
109,316
Messages
3,078,713
Members
54,243
Latest member
seeldoger47
Top