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  1. DecoDame

    Ideas for kitchen?

    Ladies, you have no idea how helpful and reassuring your info is. Right now, I'm exchanging email questions with the owner re: one of our "contestants", a late 40s GE. I'm going to print out your suggestions and take it with us to be part of our Shopping Guide! I'm very hopeful this will be The...
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    Ideas for kitchen?

    Thanks so much, Lizzie. I had no idea a thermostat would be so (relatively) easy to replace, still. Good to know. Tho the current owners are apparently currently using it as their garage "beer fridge", so it seems it's working there, at least sufficiently. Moving it might be an adventure. I...
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    Ideas for kitchen?

    We live in a building that was built in the late 30s/early 40s as a large orchard shed! The surrounding yards that now has 70s ranch homes on it used to be the orchard in question. When we bought it 15 years or so it still was a mostly hollowed out garage with a slab floor and a garage door...
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    Golden Era Woman of the Week

    What a great idea for a thread! I'm eager to hear about generally lesser known period women. Especially someone with such gumption. I'll be the first to chime in with a "Why don't they make movies about women like this?" cliches. But only because it's true! When we made a pleasure trip to NYC...
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    New Bartender -- Sheeplady

    Fantastic. Glad she's willing to do it.
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    Men in the PR -- Poll (WOMEN ONLY)

    Ditto. ^^^ I appreciate that that policy exists.
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    Men in the PR -- Poll (WOMEN ONLY)

    I'm hardly a regular poster, obviously, so I hesitate to weigh in. But I've followed the Lounge for years and years, well before I signed up, and still regularly check threads every three or four days or so, sometimes signing in, sometimes not. But this general topic has and does affect my...
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    Rockabilly subculture

    Hey, I'm a veteran of Yard Darts/Jarts! And I managed to survive with all original parts intact. And usually won. Maybe I can get Special Dispensation to play with them. :cool: Once they realize my yard cred... More OnT: My best friend's wife is still very much a Rockabilly gal. Not my...
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    Rockabilly subculture

    buelligan, thanks for that tip on the Lustron exhibit in Columbus! Will definitely drive over and check that out soon! Especially nice that it's "interactive" and they encourage being in the space, as it's always hard for me "not to touch" anyway, and there it's actually sanctioned!
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    Referral for vintage stove repair or restoration?

    Thanks, dhermann1. Anything would be very welcomed. It might be a lead I can follow up on, at least. Ya know, a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy...in Ohio. I imagine those repair people are aware of each other no matter where they are...common interest, small community. I know! Chambers are...
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    Referral for vintage stove repair or restoration?

    Hello, everyone. I posted this same question some time ago as part of a thread decrying the short life of appliances. I didn't know of a more appropriate place for my question then (and still don't!), but I'm trying again here, as my initial question didn't get a nibble. I'm crossing my...
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    sick and tired of new scrap appliances.

    There doesn't seem to be an ideal place to put this...this seems near enough, since it's an appreciation of vintage quality and the desire to reuse vintage appliances... We have a Chambers B gas stove that was my partner's grandmother's. Obviously, much sentimental attachment to it. It's...
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    Underarm Hygiene in the Golden Age?

    Thanks, all, for the replies and scans. Those oh so artfully posed models ("What? I'm just stretching... elegantly") are pretty amusing. i didn't realize that an early form of Nair existed then, either. I knew you folks would have the scoop. Thanks again.
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    Underarm Hygiene in the Golden Age?

    Thanks, C-Dot! It started much earlier than I imagined....Hmm. But did the product address the need, or did it create it? ;) Would the practice have become so widespread if it weren't touted as the "refined", modern way to go? Interesting. Advertising - Hard to measure how much influence it's...
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    Underarm Hygiene in the Golden Age?

    Hello, all. This might seem like an odd, out-of-left-field question, but i was wondering when women shaving their underarms became the common majority in the United States? I've been catching up with "Boardwalk Empire" (love it!) and being an HBO show and having scenes in an up-scale dress...
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    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    Thanks, guys! I found 16" dark brown ones on LL Bean's site. Might have to have Christmas early! :)
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    Examples of vintage tile work?

    In case anyone does a search for similar info in future, I'm adding this... I actually found a book that's been very helpful: "Bungalow Kitchens" by Jane Powell. The title put me off at first, as I associate Bungalow with more of a Mission/Arts and Crafts house with lots of stained wood...
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    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    Dinerman - I know it's been awhile, but - can you tell me the brand/where you got those boots, please?
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    Examples of vintage tile work?

    Thanks, dherrmann1. Those are some interesting links. But a little off the mark for what I've in mind... I'm having a heck of time finding pictures now - tho it seemed it was in every reno hardware catalog I saw for years. This is the best/closet picture I can find, myself, so far (to narrow it...
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    Examples of vintage tile work?

    Hello, folks. First, brief background: We're in the midst of remodeling our kitchen and trying to recreate a 30s-40s era look. The building was a 40s orchard storage building - basically a large, open garage when we purchased it! - and we've lived the first 10 years in it with just the most...
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