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  1. "Skeet" McD

    Everyday Women of the Golden Era

    I hope so, too! What a lovely woman your grandmother seems to be! And, in the next to last snap....is that hat on the right as....SQUARE....as it appears to be? Do you have any memory of it? Lovely stuff; thanks for sharing it with us. "Skeet"
  2. "Skeet" McD

    A truely unique photo.

    The film version.... What a wonderful photo: beautiful in execution, and interesting/moving in content. If you get a chance, try to see OTHER MEN'S WOMEN, a pre-Hayes code film which TCM aired within the last month as a come-on for the third volume of such films...
  3. "Skeet" McD

    Dogs and Hats

    The film version.... Dear Lefty, GREAT THREAD! And hard to imagine improving on the selection you've started us with....but looking forward to additions. BTW...and not off-topic, but perhaps off-thread....TCM had a Philo Vance mystery from 1933 on last week, THE KENNEL MURDER CASE...you can...
  4. "Skeet" McD

    Watch Chains

    Dear Chad, Back when I was growing up and wearing a pocket watch--the 1960s--the older folks in NY would have called that a "Waldemar" chain. Put the central bar in your vest buttonhole, the watch in one pocket, and whatever you want on the ring at the other end. In the day, it was frequently a...
  5. "Skeet" McD

    Help me pick a new photo

    That would be three...nice shot! "Skeet"
  7. "Skeet" McD

    The Classical Music Thread

    RVW...the EARLY RVW... I think poor RVW, like most English composers outside of Britain, is under-valued currently, and--in so far as he is performed outside of Anglican churches--it tends to be the later stuff. His song output is difficult in recordings, as there are almost NO good...
  8. "Skeet" McD

    My First Ribbon Attachment!

    NB, Can't speak for myself, as I've never tried (and that's perhaps a problem, vide infra)...there are many others here that can give you good advice technically...but, you've identified some of the problems yourself; you'll undoubtedly do better with the next one; and, for my money: your first...
  9. "Skeet" McD

    The Occult, are you a believer?

    Ummmm...particularly regarding menu choices: "I'll have the sukaramaddava, please...!" ;) Just another hungry illuminatus, "Skeet"
  10. "Skeet" McD

    SELLING: CD's || MAG's || Vintage Blouses || Repro Dress || and more...

    Ellington and Calloway CDs... Have made an offer via PM for the above... "Skeet"
  11. "Skeet" McD

    Vintage shopping in Berlin?

    I've been there...and found it great. Problem is, as everyone knows...these things can change, and my experience was a good decade ago. But, for what it's worth...it was well worth a visit then. "Skeet"
  13. "Skeet" McD

    Show us your Guns!

    Sounds like a great time: glad you enjoyed it--that's the important thing! Personally, I just have no use for OUs...that's just not my thing. But, having said that, I think that the Beretta design--the way the fore-end wraps DEEP around the barrels with very little under them--is the best design...
  14. "Skeet" McD

    The Occult, are you a believer?

    Hmmm...here's a tack. Two books that I would highly recommend are: The World of the Witches by Julio Caro Baroja, first published in 1964 This work, concentrating primarily on Spanish sources, attempts to connect folk elements which the writer saw himself with classical-era sources and...
  15. "Skeet" McD

    The Occult, are you a believer?

    Boy, you can say THAT again...but, really: how could it be otherwise? Major religions--for lack of a better descriptor--(e.g., Christianity; Islam; Judaism; Buddhism) each have numerous sub-divisions, even if they share core beliefs. But..."The Occult" is truly a catch-all terminology...and even...
  16. "Skeet" McD

    The best films no one has ever seen.

    Blackrobe: wonderful film, which manages to deal honestly and without taking sides with what happens when two cultures meet, IMHO. It also is one of the few films I can think of which manages to show that there was....uhhh....considerable diversity among N American indian tribes and neither...
  17. "Skeet" McD

    The Occult, are you a believer?

    I'm sure you will...and if you are unfamiliar with Lovecraft, you will probably enjoy his works as well. He was an exceptionally strange man; the location of many of his works is....well, right here where I'm writing this, on the banks of the Merrimack River (his "Miskatonic"); Haverhill--our...
  19. "Skeet" McD

    Your (vintage) Room

    Do you HUNT 50s, as well? Ummmm, Tom? I'm guessing you might just be...a hunter, judging by those two lids up on the mirror. Do any of it vintage style? Check out this thread, if you have'nt done so yet: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=40140 BTW: you're my new hero on the...
  20. "Skeet" McD

    I think I'm in love....

  21. "Skeet" McD

    Movies that are horrible, but we love them--Mystery Science Theater 3000

    Yup. I loved Beavis and Butthead...and MST3K. But the difference is: the joke of B&B was.....stupidity. Really well done; but: stupidity. MST3K was UNBELIEVABLY learned as far as its humor went. I defy anyone to think of a film or TV series which had a broader range of knowledge on which its...
  22. "Skeet" McD

    The Occult, are you a believer?

    Dear Stephen, Thank you for the kind words, much appreciated. My impression of you is just the same, for what it's worth...my remark was not directed at you by any means (I have found your posts both interesting and notable for their lack of argumentation)...but we are certainly in waters that...
  23. "Skeet" McD

    The Occult, are you a believer?

    Dear Stephen1965, Well...we've been warned in the nicest way possible by the hidden forces that rule our [cyber]lives...so I'll just state right up front that my comment here is purely historical--I'm not getting (and have no intention of going) into a discussion of the relative value of...

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