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  1. Professor

    Show us your vehicles

    1955 DeSoto Fireflite I love the '55, it's that perfect balance of old and new styling, before Virgil Exner got too wild! ;) My grandfather owned one, wish I had it today...I do have the owner's manual though. :)
  2. Professor

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    It's the biggest secret of San Berdoo, we're the birthplace of "fast food"...for better or worse! ;)
  3. Professor

    VICTORIANA

    In the late Victorian period, Chicago was the place for architecture!
  4. Professor

    VICTORIANA

    I'm fond of the Edwardian period myself. Used to focus on the Victorian period, but now find it a little too much, whereas by the time of the queen's death, style had cooled down to something more tasteful in my eye. Though my favorite time to live in would have been the Fifties, even then I...
  5. Professor

    American Accents in the Golden Era

    I've always imagined Washington and Jefferson sounding like Virginians, but then what did an eighteenth century Virginian sound like?
  7. Professor

    American Accents in the Golden Era

    I am often surprised by exchange students when they visit and sound more "American" than we do! I suspect that with so much television programming being produced in the Los Angeles region, everyone the world over is developing a "Valley" accent. shakeshead
  8. Professor

    American Accents in the Golden Era

    What is it? My mother's family is pure Norwegian, from Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin, and even though we've been in Los Angeles since the twenties, you still hear it. My father's family is a mix of Irish, Scot, Italian and German, all from San Francisco. They have the "old" San...
  9. Professor

    Mixmasters

    Refurbishing I should ask, does anyone know of someone within the Los Angeles/Southern California area who works on these? I saw someone years ago at a home tour in Upland, but heaven help me, I don't remember their name! As you can probably guess, mine could use a renewal treatment after...
  10. Professor

    Music from your childhood

    Classical to Classic Rock My Father played "Blood, Sweat and Tears" and "Simon and Garfunkle", my mother played "The Four Seasons" and "The Mamas and the Papas" while my grandfather listened to the Los Angeles Classical radio station. When I was eight years old, my grandmother gave me her...
  11. Professor

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    In Memory of Art Clokey <object width="660" height="525"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/3M4_XZ3FLHw&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess"...
  13. Professor

    New Queen Elizabeth (III?)

    Bon Voyage It never crossed my mind to compare the sacrifice of war with luxury cruising.
  14. Professor

    "Ask the Man Who Owns One"

    Very true, part availability and cost of maintenance is an oft overlooked consideration. I've heard a lack of part availability was one downfall of the Kaiser automobile, for example.
  15. Professor

    Valentines Day?

    Amen to that! My Valentine's Day will be akin to a "Thanksgiving", along with a sense of relief that I won't be subject to the same routine from last year. ;)
  16. Professor

    Mixmasters

    1936 Model 3 My grandmother bought this new in Eagle Rock, and I continue to use it...
  17. Professor

    New Queen Elizabeth (III?)

    Ugh... That's bloody awful! *yucky*
  19. Professor

    The Young Victoria

    Oh, I'm in love... ...with Emily Blunt, that is! Even in an interview as herself, she's so very eloquent. :o Emily Blunt has a suggestion for all those sticklers who demand real history in their film biographies. "Watch the History Channel if you want it literal and historically...
  20. Professor

    New Queen Elizabeth (III?)

    Oh boy! I can't wait to see! About time ocean liners look good again...even if they are too damn big! ;)
  21. Professor

    "Ask the Man Who Owns One"

    Apples & Oranges Remember, you're speaking of the One Twenty, Packard's answer to the economy and the reason it stayed afloat when Pierce-Arrow and Peerless disappeared. With the smaller straight eight, you would be talking about a longer crankshaft, more susceptible to breaking under strain...
  22. Professor

    Vintage inspired new years resolution

    It's all about moderation, sometimes no other word quite conveys the appropriate emotion! ;)
  23. Professor

    The Young Victoria

    Indeed! :D

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