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  1. "Skeet" McD

    Lovely color photos of Dublin in 1961

    "In the Heart of the Hibernian Metropolis" ...so quoth James Joyce. Thanks for the lovely pictures, Mr. H.! If you want to see a moving, albeit black and white, version of the city 3 years later—get a copy of Joseph Strick's film of ULYSSES, shot on location and showing many of the same...
  2. "Skeet" McD

    What to do with secure ID lanyards

    Pardon my outside-the-beltway ignorance...but you don't mention if they need to be visible at all times. If not...why not get yourself a nice, thin leather wallet (or better yet, credit card holder), attach that to your ball-chain lanyard, and then stick the wallet in your inside suit breast...
  3. "Skeet" McD

    What Are You Reading

    And now part of mine.... Immediately after reading Wally's post...I ordered up a copy and used it as my bedtable reading through the immediate penumbra of Christmas. It is truly a wonderful book: and not at ALL the kind of book I would be likely to have picked up, even at a "$1 for all the...
  4. "Skeet" McD

    An elusive detail of early 1900s mens fashion

    Ahhhhh....and now you're making me think of the charming 1980s filming of A Child's Christmas in Wales! "Skeet"
  5. "Skeet" McD

    An elusive detail of early 1900s mens fashion

    Belated Thanks.... Dear Anthony, Thank you so much for taking and posting these pictures. They are everything one could wish for. Pardon my taking such a long time to acknowledge your kindness...but the holidays combined with a good deal of snow-shoveling here in New England have conspired...
  7. "Skeet" McD

    Vintage Microphones?

    Turn about is fair play at any RPM... Well, I have the reverse tale to tell: when I recorded my first album in 1982 we used a small studio here in Boston. It was self-produced by two very poor musicians with a small but adequate budget provided by an angel. Going into the booth while the...
  8. "Skeet" McD

    Southern New Years 2010

    Well...born-and-bred Yankee that I am....that's a new tradition on me, and it looks delicious! I'm sure, though...the only way to truly experience it is in the home of a true Southerner; perhaps some New-Year I'll have the chance! Say: do folks still shoot guns on new-year's eve? On a...
  9. "Skeet" McD

    What Are You Reading

    Dear V.C.: you might be right...but I remember thinking exactly the same thing in the early 80s about CDs...they'd NEVER reissue many of the obscure things I loved so. Well, in amazingly short order...they had released them (with very, very few exceptions) and the market was flooded with even...
  10. "Skeet" McD

    1910's Slang?

    You'll run into much else--all of it interesting!--but I'd think Mencken's Dictionary of American Slang would be a great place to start...if you're interested in US stuff.... "Skeet"
  11. "Skeet" McD

    HAPPY NEW YEAR

    Yes, indeed: and the more, the merrier. But I still stand by my original intent: it's the fact that traditional MALE fashion is the belwether--as the very name of the lounge would suggest--with an attached powder room that is remarkable. Usually, I think, it's quite the other way 'round. I'm...
  13. "Skeet" McD

    Kicking your coffee with hooch

    Pre-Golden Age, as well.... "The Old Foodie" is a blog kept by a very interesting Australian lady--devoted, as the name suggests, to historical cooking. She's a good scholar, and seems a good cook....I'd like to be within walking distance to drop into her kitchen! Some of you, of course, may be...
  14. "Skeet" McD

    Show us your Guns!

    Dear WB, That is a fantastic rifle--and I speak mostly as a shotgunner; it incites salivation. I would give my right arm to own such a piece...but to have it as a family heirloom (hopefully with a good chunk of stories to go with it) is literally priceless. You may already have a copy on...
  15. "Skeet" McD

    HAPPY NEW YEAR

    Auld Acquaintance...and New I appeared on these shores back in March...and the FL has, somewhat to my surprise, become a fixed part of my mental universe. When I've mentioned it to acquaintances, I've been nonplussed to describe it exactly; It usually comes out something like: "an eclectic...
  16. "Skeet" McD

    An article about early Christian writings describing the date of Jesus' Birth.

    I think I hear the fire sirens...hope they get here soon! No. It does not need my defense, nor would it be profitable: matters of belief are not provable. Now, can we move on? this thread was jogging along calmly enough--surprisingly!--until recently. One way or the other: I've said...
  17. "Skeet" McD

    An article about early Christian writings describing the date of Jesus' Birth.

    Ummmm....with all respect Chas: if it wasn't out of the envelope before, your comment certainly put it out there, and I doubt it will get back in. Believe what you want--that's your right, and no one will support it more than I--but, kiddies or not, your saying doesn't make it so. While you...
  19. "Skeet" McD

    Looking for "Rain Boots"

    North/South.... Dear South, Well...up here, "North" as it were...here's my report: I've worn the original Bean boots (like the ones you show, but without the liner) birdhunting for a decade now (same boots) and in all other wet environments inbetween. They will keep the rain out, without a...
  20. "Skeet" McD

    Art Deco Medals

    One man's trash, etc. This is a fascinating and worthwhile endeavour I expect you will have tons of fun with: those small, often overlooked things—like postage stamps and such—are, as you've remarked, often chock-a-block full of great design. While interest in the Deco period is a late...
  21. "Skeet" McD

    Spiking Up the Collar on an A-2 jacket

    This is a GREAT observation...and I expect you are absolutely right...at least part of the time! Fashion---and the clannish, tribal culture of the military sprouts fashion as much as any other group in society--doesn't have to be logical or practical...but I think you're on to something! "Skeet"
  22. "Skeet" McD

    It isn't Christmas Till you Have Heard This Song!

    Nollaig S(h)ona Daoib(h)! Ah, sure: that's grand now....thanks so much for pointing us to it. From the next parish over (westward)....a Happy Christmas to you! "Skeet"
  23. "Skeet" McD

    UKELELE

    Proximate cause: the San Francisco Exposition of 1915/1916: one of the exhibits was a Hawaiian Village. The music heard there introduced the uke as well as the lap guitar to most Americans; things Hawaiian became a popular...and the rest is, if not history....at least "the 1920s." Like...

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