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  1. Cousin Hepcat

    Mission Impossible?: Finding reliable home appliances & electronics

    Remember the days when a home appliance broke, you could just go to the store, buy a mid-priced model made by a good reputable name brand like GE, and not worry about it possibly falling apart either out-of-the-box, or within 6 months? When YOUR dvd player, Microwave, toaster, receiver, popcorn...
  2. Cousin Hepcat

    Television at CBS...in 1931

    Fascinating article, thanks. Ran across what appeared to be a depression-era floor radio with a large edge-perforated metal disc inside as a kid at a local thrift store once; had no idea what it was till much later. Interesting to see how the foice was carried by telephone to a separate...
  3. Cousin Hepcat

    What Were You Like As A Teen?

    :eusa_clap :eusa_clap Great, Dutchman! That takes guts, to do it, and to share it. Whatever it is you're after, I'm sure you'll find success. HA! :D That's Too Funny, Lady Day. But it wasn't just us boys, after a while a couple of the girls started getting in on it too... But we all turned...
  4. Cousin Hepcat

    Best 1930s-40s American magazines?

    Thanks all, great info - learning about some mags I'd never even heard of ("Leatherneck" sounds Great). Mr. H - Cool pic! (Nice Vettriano print on the wall) Amy Jeanne, interesting to hear Photoplay was at the top in their game - glad too, since that's the only one of the titles you've...
  5. Cousin Hepcat

    Best 1930s-40s American magazines?

    What do you think were the best 1930s-40s American magazines, both in terms of written and visual content (illustrations / photography), particularly touching on aspects of everyday life? (i.e. culture, movie stars, gardening, homes, cars...) I myself just got my first 3 vintage LIFE magazines...
  7. Cousin Hepcat

    We walk the walk but do we talk the talk?

    That's Great! :eusa_clap Hope you don't mind if I use that. I like "It's all good", from the 40s at least. (Sure beats today's "That's the Shizzle!" lol )
  8. Cousin Hepcat

    Desert Island Discs

    Wait, are we all stranded on the SAME island? This could be fun. lol "Our Vintage... Island..." (Add to that list, Andrews Sisters' "Rum and Coca Cola", Juanita Hall's "Bali Hai")
  9. Cousin Hepcat

    GALLERY: Golden Era graphics - music/movie star covers

    WHOA, Decobelle, those are The Coolest! Now I'm getting a better feel for what's out there to be looked for, thanks for posting, every one of those is incredible. These give the golden era movie posters a real run for their money. Gonna have to keep a sharper eye out for sheet music on hunts...
  10. Cousin Hepcat

    The Ones that Got Away...

    Ouch, that's happened to me a couple times Liz back when I was into picking up 78s at junk shops & flea markets, I feel your pain! (that's when I found that Les Dock's record guide prices the high-end records too low) Amy Jeanne, that really hurts about the film star portraits! I had a best...
  11. Cousin Hepcat

    Desert Island Discs

    (It gets harder & harder to answer questions like this without responding that my main concern would be getting off the island :D but) Duke Ellington: Blanton-Webster band 1940-42 (3-disc set) MP3 disc of radio versions of favorite movies (i.e. Bogey & Bacall's radio theatre version of "To...
  13. Cousin Hepcat

    What Were You Like As A Teen?

    Rosie, Just reread your original post... I envy you so much to have had the inner drive to do so much exploring and searching for self at the right time in your life to do it. You really sound like an amazing person, hope we run into each other at some point, it'd be fun. Thanks for...
  14. Cousin Hepcat

    How do you cope when unemployed?

    Lady Day, Sorry to hear the news, but I'm sure, as everyone else has already said, that you have it in you to stay focused & determined to look till you find your next gig! :eusa_clap How did I cope? Being in the tech sector (till I can get take enough night class prerequisites to apply to...
  15. Cousin Hepcat

    Documentaries

    Ken Burns' "Jazz" Pretty much every WWII one that's been on the History Channel (really looking forward to Burns' forthcoming one)
  16. Cousin Hepcat

    Photoplay Magazine Scans

    THANKS Amy Jeanne for taking the time to post such high-quality scans, those are fantastic! Both the earlier and later ones. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap Wow Brian, Good eye - I'd passed that picture up assuming it to be Clark Gable till I saw your post. Strange indeed.
  17. Cousin Hepcat

    What Were You Like As A Teen?

    No Rosie, that was ME as a teen... lol My granddad got me into swing music at age 5. So while I always listened to that at times in private, I never knew anyone else into swing. Growing up as "the white kid" in my neighborhood, I got lots of attention; I was kinda like a "mascot" in a...
  19. Cousin Hepcat

    GALLERY: Golden Era graphics - music/movie star covers

  20. Cousin Hepcat

    Guys' Rules

    WHOA, Nellie... Here's one: 1. Real men would never say stuff online that they wouldn't DARE say to someone's face (not twice, anyway)... and in the unusual even that they do, they would be man enough to apologize (or at least acknowledge they understand they would've gotten a :kick: in live...
  21. Cousin Hepcat

    GALLERY: Golden Era graphics - music/movie star covers

    Caught up late last year with a friend I hadn't seen since elementary school, and he & his wife took me, as promised, on an antique tour out in Sanford, NC. Lots of cool stuff, but here's my favorite, a new collection starting for me: Original 30s-40s sheet music. Got some real nice ones, had...
  22. Cousin Hepcat

    GALLERY: Golden Era dance pics, advice, movie star profiles

  23. Cousin Hepcat

    GALLERY: Golden Era dance pics, advice, movie star profiles

    The center poster, & nice PC desktop background: (click here for hi-res version)

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