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  1. Stanley Doble

    The Lindbergh Case: Your views?

    My reading on the case suggests that it was badly bungled at all levels. I don't believe Hauptmann was guilty. By the way, if Hauptmann got the money from Fisch then your theory falls to the ground. If Fisch, a con man, somehow got his hands on some of the ransom money and used it to pay a debt...
  2. Stanley Doble

    Favorite Vincent Price film

    Without hesitation, Champagne for Caesar, one of the funniest movies ever made. Ronald Coleman stars as a professor out to ruin a soap company by winning millions in their quiz show. Vincent Price is the soap company president who at one point attempts to murder Coleman. Featuring Art Linkletter...
  3. Stanley Doble

    Restoring the finish on Utility furniture

    Homer Formby Furniture Refinisher might be the thing. This is a strong solvent that melts the varnish and allows you to push it around with steel wool and wipe with a rag, spreading out the finish and removing surface dirt. The result is a refinished piece with the original finish on it, and...
  4. Stanley Doble

    Hair cuts

    Has anyone mentioned the Crown Barber Shop in Guelph? http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?65257-The-Crown-Barber-Shop
  5. Stanley Doble

    AVG P-40 to be raised from lake in China.....

    I should think it would be easier to build one from scratch than restore one that laid on the bottom of a lake for 70 years.
  7. Stanley Doble

    Depressed by the modern world

    Buck up. If you were born 100 years earlier you would be dead by now. You can still enjoy old music, old books, old movies, old cars, old styles. Some things haven't changed. A sunrise, a field of wild flowers. Get far enough out in the country and the year doesn't matter.
  8. Stanley Doble

    The WWII generation and Doo Wop

    From a book about blues musicians (sorry don't remember the title) the author interviewed a number of old blues singers and musicians. One was especially proud of his repertoire of light opera and polka selections. It seemed he grew up in a town with large Italian and Polish populations and...
  9. Stanley Doble

    The Depression as Depicted in Art, Literature and Pop Culture. True or not?

    The depression was hard on some, others went through nearly unscathed, still others had the time of their lives. My mother was a little girl during the depression. She grew up on a farm. She was a little proud of the fact that their family had a car and a telephone right through the depression...
  10. Stanley Doble

    Untouched Paris apartment

    They should move the whole shebang into a museum.
  11. Stanley Doble

    The nicest comment I ever heard

    What?
  13. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    I put it down to them using positive ground electrical systems long after everyone else went to negative ground. I have owned quite a few English cars and motorcycles, most of them had the wiring butchered especially the motorcycles. A previous owner put the battery in backwards then wondering...
  14. Stanley Doble

    The nicest comment I ever heard

    It may be a cultural thing. I know in the old fashioned, small town community I come from it would be considered rude to criticize someone's appearance, and feeding vanity to pay a compliment.
  15. Stanley Doble

    Favorite Saying?

    Saw this the other day and thought it was funny: Ignorance is bliss until you wake up in a train wreck with your face on fire. Also: Don't try to lay that boogie woogie on the king of rock and roll -...
  16. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Went to the library today and once again, had to leave because I could not read in peace. Today it was some kind of colicky baby convention. Last time it was Story Time for Half Wits. And always, cell phones ring ring ringing and phone conversations and personal conversations. I can't recall...
  17. Stanley Doble

    Regulation lengths

    Could it come from military regulations, from the time when officers bought their own uniforms, and when even their off duty or civilian clothes came under official scrutiny?
  19. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Don't forget the contrasting plaid upholstery in harvest gold and turd brown polyester .
  20. Stanley Doble

    The Most "Vintage" US City

    ^^ Port Hope Ontario, Walton Street, looking west up the hill from the corner of Queen Street. Must be Canada Day (July 1) from the flags. The One Way sign is in the alley between the barber shop and Gould's Shoes (est 1886). "Relatively slow growth from 1881 to 1951 resulted in much of the...
  21. Stanley Doble

    How To Sew brace buttons

    For sewing thru the inner layer of cloth only you could try a curved needle. If a local sewing store does not have them (they should) they can be found at an upholstery supply shop.
  22. Stanley Doble

    Turn of the (Last) Century Light Bulb

    Like a red hair in a bottle as my electrician father used to say lol. The old bulbs did not throw much light for the wattage they consumed. If you want good light bulbs you won't find them at the dollar store. Any good hardware store should have long life bulbs good for 5000 hours. There may be...
  23. Stanley Doble

    Downloading movies from the Golden Age?

    Where is this site? I suspect after milking them for all they were worth for 75 years in theaters, TV, VCRs, and finally bargain bin or dollar store DVDs they no longer have enough royalty value to be worth worrying about. Besides the artists and businessmen who made them and had a right to...
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