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Looking to Relocate ... Ideas?
EngProf is right with all the pros and cons for Nashville. We moved down here from Chicago (via 10 yrs in Cincinnati) 6 years ago to retire close to our daughter and grandchild. We live in the near south suburb of Nolensville. Williamson County has great schools and is growing like mad. The cost...- Bugguy
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Newark is squeezing the life out of me. One more month and I think I'm done. Just holding out...
Newark is squeezing the life out of me. One more month and I think I'm done. Just holding out for my second COVID shot.- Bugguy
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What to do with memorabilia?
GHT - Thank you for sharing these thoughts. It means a lot to me to have them expressed in such a heartfelt manner. The entire experience felt 'right' and it allows me the opportunity to reflect on those who served and gave themselves for peoples they'd never know. -
What to do with memorabilia?
This thread started and ended - sort of - in 2017. I'd like to bring closure by answering my original question.... What to do with memorabilia? While selling some WWII items on EBay, I connected with a young fellow who runs jeep tours to the Market Garden battlefield in the Netherlands. He... -
Who likes vintage tools?
My father had this pinned to his workshop wall as long as I can remember. This is a copy of the original print - advertising piece, I assume. Owatonna Tool Company (OTC) is still around in some form - progressed beyond gear-pullers to automotive test equipment. Dad was a machinist, foreman in...- Bugguy
- Post #86
- Forum: The Display Case
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My Finest ART DECO Item
I'm not quite sure what this was used for, powder maybe? A shaving mirror? Either way, I like the look and at least I can now see the back of my head.- Bugguy
- Post #128
- Forum: The Display Case
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Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?
...and I believe it originated at the RCA plant in Harrison, NJ. Exactly and precisely where my butt is parked at this very moment.- Bugguy
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Adventure! Fedora Lounge Folks in Action!
Not recent, but still me in action... many, many years ago. Midwest divers were desperate to get wet. In this case my dive club had an exclusive for the water holes at the Elmhurst (Ill) Country Club. We dove for golf balls that we sold to the driving range to stripe. My sister would come out...- Bugguy
- Post #919
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?
"It's ten O'clock. Do you know where your children are?" National anthem at the end of the program day. And finally all night:- Bugguy
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Show us your teapots!
I picked this Manning Bowman pot up because of the three different metals. It is great kitchen accent. Apparently patented in 1899.- Bugguy
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- Forum: Your Vintage Home
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Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds
Had to Google CABOOL to figure out where it is. Seems to be somewhere west of the Mississippi River.- Bugguy
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- Forum: The Display Case
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Famous Intersections
Michigan Ave (430 N) at Lower Wacker Drive (beneath the Tribune Tower and the Wrigley Bldg). If you don't recognize the location of this Chicago landmark, you're definitely not a Cubs fan! This is the original 1934 home of the Billy Goat Tavern; home of the 'Curse of Billy Goat'. It's a dive...- Bugguy
- Post #23
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Golden Era Landscaping
I'd forgotten the African Violets... a neighbor had them in a window with a blue grow light. Better than my current neighbor with a purple spotlight aimed at his house. My mother and grandmother had cuttings from a Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera) that lived FOREVER. Like the Philo., we had...- Bugguy
- Post #26
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What advice would you give to your younger selves?
Guilt is a useless emotion. It serves no useful purpose. Don't indulge it.- Bugguy
- Post #31
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Your most historically interesting militaria
Not necessarily my most prized, but possibly the most novel... sort of one size fits all. Historically (culturally) important at the time. Mailed by a childhood friend in 1943. No postage required. Fell out of dad's scrap book. -
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vintage toys
Remember these View Masters? One was a reel and the other was a card. These were actually mine that I found cleaning out my mother's house. I also had a bunch of cards and reels. I couldn't sell them (give them away) on EBay, so I gifted them to my granddaughter.- Bugguy
- Post #284
- Forum: The Display Case
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No Matter How Much You Try You Cannot............
I swear to God, it's the honest truth... usually proceeds the big con. If I had a nickel for every time I've heard this... My two cents worth.- Bugguy
- Post #36
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Limoncello
You nailed it. just as I like it. Who'd believe it was made by a neurosurgeon in Tyler, TX.- Bugguy
- Post #34
- Forum: The Connoisseur
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Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds
You can never have too may stools.They're like magnets for your friends to sit on and chat. I have several various steel and wood in my workshop. Nice find!- Bugguy
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- Forum: The Display Case
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Show us your vehicles
Fiat Spider 71... I bought it from a surgeon for $1.00 if I could get it off his front lawn in Kenilworth, IL (on Lake Michigan) by the weekend. A tow bar and my Jeep and we were gone. Turns out a wire was kicked off the ignition lock - connected it and it ran. A real rust bucket and the...- Bugguy
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- Forum: The Display Case
