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    Strike-anywhere matches

    I'd like to find some but here in London I've not thus far been successful. I use matches everyday, to light our gas cooker. The zippo works a treat for the hob, but it won't work when it comes to lighting the oven!
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    Trench Coat - the 'Ultimate' Thread!

    That is strange that you weren't able to find a decent Burberry trench. I bought one last year at the Regents Street shop here in London. It has the yoke around the collar, the flap over the one shoulder, buckles and belts galore. The buttons are either brown or black, I can't remember...
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    Duxford - thanks Paddy

    Better late than never... Here are a few pics from the day! An F6F that was also flown by US ace (of Romanian descent) Alex Vraciu The Staggerwing - a beautiful plane, and my dream machine should I ever strike it rich: Me and one of my fave planes - the venerable MiG-21 (this one is from...
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    'Das Boot' Jacket

    Do let us know how it turns out. I had a positive experience with Wested, in spite of the bad press they sometimes get. Peter was a helpful guy and I've got no complaints with my jacket. The Bad Wolf jacket does indeed look nice though. I wonder what the differences are between the Bad...
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    'Das Boot' Jacket

    I've got a goatskin "Raiders" jacket from Wested. It is tough. Goatskin is one tough leather. Softer than the horse, but much tougher than the lamb. I would love a jacket like this in either horse or goat. Methinks perhaps it'd be too heavy in horse. I almost got a Raiders jacket in...
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    stretching a felt

    I've tried to stretch two hats up a size... with varying success. The hats always seem to want to return to their original size. The one that fits better suffers from brim distortion. In retrospect it is probably better to wait for one of the rare, large sized vintage lids to come along...
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    New Grey Akubra Federation

    I recently sold a grey Akubra Federation. It was a great hat, but a wee bit too large for me. Even putting isolation tape in the band (the tape actually came with the hat) it was still too large. It did soften up in the time I had it, mostly from fiddling with the shape. It is much, much...
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    Agatha Christie's "Poirot"

    I saw him recently in a comedy... I forget what it was called, but he played the role of an in-denial arms dealer/terrorist type. The film was lousy, but he was very good.
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    Speaking Of The Loungers...

    I sound like... me! :p
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    Bucharest Between the World Wars

    It bustles alright... with cars! Carparks are a relatively new notion. Bucharest doesn't have any suburbs persay - at least not in the Western notion of suburbs. There are lots of pedestrians - some of the pics in this exhibition are strange in that they were taken in broad daylight, yet...
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    Vintage Sunglasses

    The ones that Johnny Depp wears often in public look pretty cool, and appear to be vintage as well. They're similar to the ones Bogart wears in "The Big Sleep" (when he enters the bookshop). I'd like to find a pair of those.
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    'Das Boot' Jacket

    It is a cool jacket indeed (and Eccleston as the Doctor is tr?© cool as well). I had a very, very similar jacket about 10 years ago. It was a French policeman's surplus jacket. I got it in brand new condition, but it started to wear very quickly. Like a dunce I sold it for a song, as I...
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    Bucharest Between the World Wars

    Here is a photo exhibition based on Bucharest, Romania - between the two world wars. It is particularly interesting to see the contrast between the new and old ways. Several of the subjects in the photos are engaged in professions that no longer exist...
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    Elusive 50s Hat

    I've got a Royal Stetson Deluxe similar to that - and I could easily get that look if I do the bash myself. Mine doesn't have the mode edge, rather it is bound with a ribbon. Keep an eye peeled for any Royal Stetson Deluxes on eBay - you see them from time to time from the '50s. The felt is...
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    Amish Milk Terrorists

    I believe you are right sir. I've seen the difference. For example... my wife grew up in Romania. Her family consumed what was available - domestic products, and supplimented them with fresh produce from her grandmother's farm. My wife is petite and only about 5' tall. Everyone in her...
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    Tie Tuesdays

    The company I work for doesn't have a "casual Friday" persay. The most one can get away with is "no tie Friday". "Casual Day" occurs perhaps once a month, usually in connection with some charity. You can wear your jeans and trainers, but you are expected to donate some change at the front...
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    Goodbye to Yankee Stadium

    I hadn't heard about this. What a shame. When we lived in Noo Yawk I'd been to several ballgames there.
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    Backpack wearing eejits

    No worries - I played ice hockey as a kid/young adult. I was a goaltender, but "Battling" Billy Smith was my hero...
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    Backpack wearing eejits

    I found the annual swarms of foreign language kids to be much worse when we lived in Dublin than here in London. The footpaths are smaller, and can be difficult to cut through (in a civilised manner) a crowd of noisy students. That being said, they appear to be seasonal - like...
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    Let's talk about...shoes, baby!

    Glad to hear it!:eusa_clap
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