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  1. Stanley Doble

    O, Walter, Where Art Thou?

    That man said "puppy biscuit" to himself *edges away* ha ha ha
  2. Stanley Doble

    O, Walter, Where Art Thou?

    Would the original story even make sense today? The henpecked husband who lives a rich fantasy life in his imagination? The modern equivalent would be playing video role playing games in his mom's basement.
  3. Stanley Doble

    O, Walter, Where Art Thou?

    There is a problem most people never think about, when you make a movie someone is sure to pop up and say "they stole my idea" or script. Since it is practically impossible to write a movie script that does not vaguely resemble some other script, the guy usually has a case that can be annoying...
  4. Stanley Doble

    Maternal Dissaproval

    Boy does that sound familiar. I don't know what you can do. Soon you will be able to detach yourself from that swell home environment and not come back. That is what I did. I wish there was some better solution but that is the only one I know.
  5. Stanley Doble

    Favorite old shows that you grew up watching then exposed your children?

    I Love Lucy debuted about the time I was born and it was my favorite TV show when I was little. I still watch it and still enjoy it. Am surprised how well it stands up. Have watched other movies and shows Lucille Ball was in, and she was never as funny before or since. The writing, supporting...
  7. Stanley Doble

    Coldest Weather I've been in

    Here in southern Ontario near Toronto, temp has risen to -6C. Last night was -17C. It was about -20 last week. This is very cold for this time of year, usually it is a tossup whether we have snow for Christmas or not. In the 90s we had a run of winters when it hardly went below freezing all...
  8. Stanley Doble

    Maternal Dissaproval

    What does she want you to wear? I assume something, no mother ever wanted a child to go bare headed in winter. It seems strange to me unless she has a phobia about fedoras. Or, unless she just likes putting you down.
  9. Stanley Doble

    Dark/sad vintage popular music

    Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, Man of Constant Sorrow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLKltv26-00 Ralph Stanley O Death http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q-QH1XiCQw Bill Monroe, Wayfaring Stranger (unplugged) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI92oDdXazg The Saddest Music In The...
  10. Stanley Doble

    Shrinking violets of the golden age

    Reminds me of dear old Granny. If you want to read the whole book you can find it online. http://www.readcentral.com/book/Rex-Beach/Read-Flowing-Gold-Online
  11. Stanley Doble

    Shrinking violets of the golden age

    A while back there were a number of posts airing the idea that women of the golden age were poor downtrodden spineless ciphers with no power and no mind of their own. This sure didn't describe my grandmother, or my great aunts (all born between 1880 and 1900). It seems to be a modern conceit...
  13. Stanley Doble

    tricks for a leaky soda siphon?

    After that much time it is definitely possible the seals have lost some resiliency. Are new seals available? If you can take it apart and put in new seals chances are it will work like new.
  14. Stanley Doble

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Rumpus Room. Does anyone remember those early days of suburbia and station wagons when it was the fashion to remodel your basement with knotty pine paneling into a recreation room or rumpus room?
  15. Stanley Doble

    What's the meaning behind your Avatar ?

    It's supposed to be funny. Don't remember where I got it, but it makes me laugh.
  16. Stanley Doble

    Help for Fashion Disaster

    Start by buying Dress for Success by John T Molloy. Hard to beat for basic advice on clothes, colors, fit, accessories and so on.
  17. Stanley Doble

    Need Help Reviewing a Textbook on 1930s

    Me too.
  19. Stanley Doble

    Thanksgiving dinner, 1929

    My mother's side of the family were mostly farmers. In those days poultry was the womens' racket. They all had a hen house for eggs to sell, and they all had a flock of geese, ducks and/or turkeys. These were for the Thanksgiving and Christmas trade and provided the money for the family's...
  20. Stanley Doble

    Irony in the misconception that people who wear fedoras look ridiculous

    Canada eh? I live in Canada too and when it's well below freezing I wear a fur hat. It gets some comments, mostly jocular. I have never heard a negative remark about Fedoras except possibly once. I was talking to a guy and suggested he get a hat like mine. He looked at my Fedora and said...
  21. Stanley Doble

    Which hat for a Noir Movie ?

    He also said he wore the same old hat and trench coat for years, they just changed the girl and the script.
  22. Stanley Doble

    What Does The FL Think of So-called Black Friday?

    The ship has been sinking for 40 years, ever since they started sending the jobs overseas and America's working class became Taiwan, Japan, and now China. Steerage is under water, the working class is about done for and the middle class is treading water, hard. The only thing that has...
  23. Stanley Doble

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Another thing you don't hear anymore is rich men named for some raw material, as "he's a big oil man from Oklahoma" or a big white pine man from Michigan or a big steel man from Pittsburg.

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