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  1. Stanley Doble

    UFOs and WWII

    Nazis weren't doing space research in the forties.... their best rocket scientists were not secretly smuggled out of Germany and into the US at the end of the war.... they did not develop space ships that went to the moon in the sixties and seventies.... this line of research was not continued...
  2. Stanley Doble

    The general decline in standards today

    It is an old custom to use titles like "General" "Captain" "Professor" "Judge" or "President" as a mark of respect even after the holder retires, or goes into another line of work. A curious example. Mark Twain visited Austria in the 1890s and wrote about a political crisis then unfolding. He...
  3. Stanley Doble

    Need Advice: Hat Making is a Mysterious Art

    I think he means you are expected to introduce yourself, not just jump in asking a lot of questions. I don't mind but some members are sticklers for etiquette. I'm a bit puzzled, are we talking about gents lids or ladies chapeaux?
  4. Stanley Doble

    Everyday Women of the Golden Era

    Getting an eye full all right ha ha ha. Looks like they don't know what to make of it, these new ushers uniforms.
  5. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Ha ha ha room for the whole family, and that was their small car! I had a 1952 Chrysler New Yorker, 132" wheelbase, and you could take 6 basketball players for a ride, wearing top hats.
  7. Stanley Doble

    WTB: Al Capone Fedora

    There have been threads about reshaping hats, blocking hats, etc. It is also possible to replace the ribbon. I'm no expert but if you do a search I'm sure you can find plenty of info.
  8. Stanley Doble

    What If Money Can Buy ...

    OK you tell us how to live a long, healthy life in 100 words or less. The above was not meant to be a medical book. It was meant to remind everyone that there are things we can do RIGHT NOW to improve health and longevity. You don't need to be rich, or wait for some magic elixer, the secret is...
  9. Stanley Doble

    "Where there's tea, there's hope"

    Red Rose tea bags, brewed to a strong mahogany color. I like it with Carnation milk. Only in Canada? Pity.
  10. Stanley Doble

    lunch box

    It originally had a leather strap but not like that. It appears the original broke, and was replaced with a leather boot lace. Look at the pictures of the ones with the plastic handle. Yours would have been similar in shape, made of a strip of leather, the ends folded over and sewn. Or in some...
  11. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    "Thanx for all the food for thought, folks. It was last registered in 2008, which would suggest the import issue has been dealt with, which is a relief -- I hadn't thought of that angle. There was no trouble starting it at all -- one punch of the button and it started right up. Ran a little...
  13. Stanley Doble

    Theme from Another Thin Man

    I think he meant the song at the very end of the trailer.
  14. Stanley Doble

    WTB: Al Capone Fedora

    Your request rings a faint bell. The Capone hat was a distinctive one, and was worn by other members of the Capone mob. In fact if you were not a Capone associate you DID NOT wear that style of hat in Chicago, not if you were smart. I don't remember the name of the hat but it was a distinct...
  15. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    You are correct about the engine, one of the best of its time. It has modern features like insert bearings and full pressure oiling (Chevrolet did not get this till 1954) as well as heavy duty valves and valve seat inserts. It will run perfectly happily on unleaded gas, and is not prone to...
  16. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Lizzie you are perfectly correct about the engines. It happened like this. The Canadian factory had no engine foundry until 1938. They used engines imported from the US. When they built their own engine facility they only had resources to set up for one engine so they chose the larger...
  17. Stanley Doble

    The extra time you spend getting ready because you wear vintage.

    For some reason this discussion of hair reminds me of an anecdote of Harry Golden's. It was the early sixties and Jackie Kennedy had made wigs fashionable. Golden was in a department store where a crowd of women were attacking a pile of wigs that had just been put on sale. A very well...
  19. Stanley Doble

    Unusually Smart-Looking Men

    In the Victorian era if you were of the class that dressed for dinner you dressed for dinner, even if you dined alone, even in the jungle. This may be exaggerated but not by much. In a review of a Gilbert and Sullivan opera written in the 1930s Robert Benchley remarked that most of the audience...
  20. Stanley Doble

    What If Money Can Buy ...

    If you want health and longevity there are many things you can do right now. Like don't eat too much, 25% less than what is considered healthy, eat the right things, mostly fresh fruit and veg, sunshine, fresh air, exercise. Do these things and retain your physical and mental health into your...
  21. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    If the brakes pass inspection the fluid should be replaced with fresh fluid. This will prevent corrosion and leaks. The fluid gets contaminated on pre 1968 cars because the system is not sealed.
  22. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    There is nothing wrong with drum brakes if they are working correctly. Chrysler products had particularly effective brakes but they are more complicated than other makes, and need to be carefully adjusted. Once the "major adjustment" is made, after a brake job or new shoes, they work very well...
  23. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Book value for a #4 condition car is $4200. #3 would be over $9000 but it would have to be awfully nice, and everything in working order. Suggest you have it checked out by a mechanic experienced in vintage cars, if you can find such a thing. Stiff steering and shifting could be normal for a...

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