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  1. Stanley Doble

    traveling in the golden era

    Maybe the suitcase is what they carry for the train trip of 1 or 2 days and they sent their trunks on ahead. You could wash out socks and undies in the train or hotel wash basin and let them dry overnight. Make a shirt do for more than one day. Send out your laundry and dry cleaning when you...
  2. Stanley Doble

    How did one make Prohibition homebrew?

    You can buy home beer making kits that look the same as the can on the billboard. They come with yeast and instructions. Home brewing is a popular hobby. Brewing beer from malt syrup would be very much the same today as it was back then although there is a lot more modern equipment available...
  3. Stanley Doble

    Ward Cleaver's Golden Era

    When married couples "discuss" things they don't have to be things that happened at exactly the same time. "I don't like the way you are looking at that girl" "Well I didn't like the way you danced with that big Swede at the Knights of Columbus dance 3 years ago" "You and your yellow rain...
  4. Stanley Doble

    Customs fee

    I doubt there is import duty on hats or clothing. If there is it should be minimal. You can check with the post office or maybe they have a web site.
  5. Stanley Doble

    Customs fee

    I find it best to have things sent by mail. They come to my local post office where I can pick them up in person. Usually there is no inspection or tax. The sender must paste a green sticker on the package and write on it the contents and its value. The post office supplies the stickers. They...
  7. Stanley Doble

    Passive Resistance?

    Oddly enough I used to work in a tire plant. It sucked. It was not only hard noisy dirty work, it was the most dangerous place I ever worked. No kidding, crippling injuries were a monthly occurance and 2 men were killed in 4 years. I didn't like it so I left - as soon as I found a better job...
  8. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Am going to look at the Packard I mentioned earlier, today at noon. I tried to add some pics to this post but for some reason I can't post pictures. Will try to link to the Kijiji ad the pictures came from...
  9. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Andy Bernbaum lists prewar master cylinders at $129 to $145 but for your model he just says "call". NAPA does not list it either so it appears they may no longer be available through normal channels. Here is Bernbaum's web site in case you need anything later. He is a specialist in antique...
  10. Stanley Doble

    Passive Resistance?

    You've got hold of the wrong end of things too quickly. What are your goals? What are your plans? Where do you see yourself a year from now, 5 years, 10 years? You can do whatever you want if you know what it is, map out a plan and follow it up. If something supports your goals you do it, if it...
  11. Stanley Doble

    The Original SPAM

    Hawaiians love Spam, they consume 6 cans per person per year, more than any other state. No one else has an annual holiday celebrating Spam. http://www.spamjamhawaii.com/index.html
  13. Stanley Doble

    Ward Cleaver's Golden Era

    The monster shirts are still available. They were in vogue from 1957 or 58 to 1964 now they have come back. There is a whole lowbrow art sub culture (they call it that). The rain slicker thing was from the twenties, supposedly worn with galoshes, unbuckled.
  14. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    What a beautiful Buick. They sure had style in those days.
  15. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    I agree. You have to be a millionaire to afford a prewar Packard and the 3 tone, tail finned 55 -56 models have a following. The 1949 - 54 models are still cheap and they are the last Packards with the straight eight engine. Packard introduced the first mass produced straight eight luxury car in...
  16. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    The car belongs to a mechanic who rebuilt the engine, brakes, etc and has it running perfectly but couldn't care less about external appearances. I have known the car since he bought it about 5 years ago. At that time I wanted it in the worst way but he wouldn't sell and I couldn't find a...
  17. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    "Ah. The air cleaner unit, one of those oil-bath deals, is just sort of sitting on top of the carbeurator -- there doesn't seem to be any screw connection that I noticed other than the wingnut that holds the lid on the bowl. If there's a way to secure it, please advise! I thought it sounded like...
  19. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Packards do NOT have a swan hood ornament. It was always referred to as a Cormorant in Packard literature, unless you are into heraldry in which case it comes from the Packard coat of arms where it is called "a pelican in her piety". Both cormorant and pelican are correct but never swan. By the...
  20. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    "The new tires are finally on the Plodge and I took it out for a shakedown run this afternoon -- had it out on US 1 for the first time, and got it up to about 35mph without disasters. The valve issue still hasn't been resolved -- the guy who was supposed to work on it has been out sick -- but I...
  21. Stanley Doble

    WEIRD stuff from the golden era

    "There were a lot of really bogus medical procedures still perpetrated in the 50's, comparable to blood letting and the use of mercury as an antiseptic." "There were a lot of really bogus medical procedures still perpetrated in the 2010's, comparable to blood letting and the use of mercury as...
  22. Stanley Doble

    WEIRD stuff from the golden era

    The culprit, Gavrilo Prinzip did go to prison where he died in 1918. This was not good enough for certain highly placed persons who were spoiling for a fight. They got it and 20,000,000 died.
  23. Stanley Doble

    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    I suppose you could argue about whether the Beatles or the Monkees were the best pop group of the sixties if you never heard of the Beach Boys. My favorite Beach Boys story, even though it does not involve them directly. I saw this anecdote years ago, it actually happened but I can't remember...

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