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  1. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Does anyone remember IBM punch cards? They used to be in common use in factories offices and schools. The gas bill and the electric bill were on IBM cards. Then they disappeared overnight.
  2. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    The best rule is, do the mechanical work first (which you have). Then body and paint, and upholstery last.
  3. Stanley Doble

    Anyone else interested in trying out ration dieting?

    "Are you going to eat that big steak all alone?" "No - with potatoes" Ha ha ha vintage joke to go with the vintage diet.
  4. Stanley Doble

    Golden Age Culture

    For those who did have money the depression years were wonderful. You could travel everywhere cheaply, stay in the best hotels and resorts, see all the tourists spots, there was never any crowding and they were always glad to see you. Everything was cheap especially in Europe but in the US as...
  5. Stanley Doble

    Anyone else interested in trying out ration dieting?

    "Yes, but this one product I thinking about seems not to be made from egg. It says in my "SMP Cookbook" that it's made from milk, and you can only use it for baking, not for making scrambled eggs and such." Could it be dehydrated buttermilk? I used to buy buttermilk powder in the bulk food...
  7. Stanley Doble

    Anyone else interested in trying out ration dieting?

    Here is a short film explaining the importance of the ration and price ceiling system. A few things struck me funny. One was how these 2 slender beauties think a pound and a half of steak each is about right for dinner. The next was the ceiling price of 45 cents a pound. Finally there was the...
  8. Stanley Doble

    Anyone else interested in trying out ration dieting?

    From a list of items rationed in the US during WW2: Sugar May 1942 to 1947 Coffee November 1942 to July 1943 Processed Foods March 1943 to August 1945 Meats, canned fish March 1943 to November 1945 Cheese, canned milk, fats March 1943 to November 1945 It appears fresh fruit and vegetables...
  9. Stanley Doble

    Anyone else interested in trying out ration dieting?

    Powedered or dehydrated eggs can be reconstituted with water and used to make scrambled eggs or used in baking or cooking. Powdered egg history, courtesy Wikipedia Powdered eggs are fully dehydrated eggs. They are made using spray drying in the same way that powdered milk is made. The major...
  10. Stanley Doble

    Anyone else interested in trying out ration dieting?

    Home canning of fruit and vegetables was still common into the thirties and forties and had a revival during the war. One old timer told me fresh peaches were available in season in large quantities but canned peaches were a rare treat. So they bought peaches by the crate and canned them at...
  11. Stanley Doble

    Korean War - 63rd anniversary

    Would it surprise you to know the Korean conflict was not over? There was a cease fire agreement signed in July 1953 but there was no official closure. There is also some question as to whether it was a war. Truman preferred the name "police action". I suspect the "Bob" was Bob Hope, a...
  13. Stanley Doble

    Anyone else interested in trying out ration dieting?

    "It's quite often cited in regards to research about heart diseases and the like, though I don't have any sources or hard statistics available." Here is a report by Dr. Hindhede. It appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1920 and summarizes his findings on the effects...
  14. Stanley Doble

    Anyone else interested in trying out ration dieting?

    "I wonder when the vegetarian and vegan diet became more popular." This is impossible to say, but we do know that a vegetarian and vegan type of diet was endorsed by many ancient philosophers and religious leaders. The first well known American proponent was Sylvester Graham of Graham flour...
  15. Stanley Doble

    Anyone else interested in trying out ration dieting?

    If you are interested in the history of food rationing in wartime look up the work of Dr. Hindhede, who was in charge of food supplies for Denmark in WW1. Based on his prewar research he believed meat was unnecessary for health, and that the human need for protein was so small that it was...
  16. Stanley Doble

    Negotiated peace in Europe?

    "Given that highly unlikely scenario, what would the world have done once the holocaust because publically known (assuming the Russian domination of Germany hadn't been complete)? Would the allies then have taken back the settlement and then threw back in against the Germans? Would there even...
  17. Stanley Doble

    Negotiated peace in Europe?

    The so called final solution to the Jewish question was not implemented until 1941 or 42. Up until that time it would not have been a factor. When were these negotiations? Allied leaders remembered how WW1 ended with a negotiated armistice and how that led to WW2. They did not want to make...
  19. Stanley Doble

    Golden Age Culture

    You might want to look up anything you can find by Lucius Beebe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Beebe http://www.dandyism.net/2008/04/20/yes-sir-thats-our-beebe/
  20. Stanley Doble

    Golden Age Culture

    If you are serious the best thing you can do is find a second hand book store or big library and look for books written during the time period you are interested in. Magazines and newspapers even better. I've been a history buff for years and the original sources are eye openers. Believe me...
  21. Stanley Doble

    Golden Age Culture

    I don't think there is any one book that can do the subject justice. Did you have a particular country in mind? The first book that comes to mind is The Great Gatsby. It is set in a specific time, the summer of 1921. It incorporates a lot of what you are asking for culturally, directly and...
  22. Stanley Doble

    Leather Jackets in 1905

    Leather coats, jackets and breeches were common wear of the working class in the 19th century and earlier. In Shakespeare's time the leather jerkin or sleeveless jacket was a high fashion garment. I don't suppose there was ever a time leather clothes were not worn by somebody. Albert Einstein's...
  23. Stanley Doble

    Forbidden items in my home...

    Has anyone mentioned wild animals? Mice, rats, squirrels, raccoons are welcome to stay outside. Stuffed animals not so bad but I don't want them either.

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