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    Favorite/worst job?

    I was an usher in a theater for a while but it was before nacho cheese and chips. Just juju beans and popcorn. I couldn't stand the smell of popcorn for about 7 years after. Fun job though. Found a buck or two, fallen from someones pocket in the dark.
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    It's official - I have a mutated head.

    Babies who sleep on their back do tend to have flat back of skull because their skulls are still soft and haven't hardened, because their heads are growing. It could be worst, you could have been born a Flat Head Indian or in Ancient Egypt as a Pharaoh, of course that came with a few perks...
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    first vintage jacket

    it's tough. I'm a 44 long and well, I think 3 guys back then were a 44 long. Hats are no problem, but suits...
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    first vintage jacket

    Well after thrifting for months I've finally found a vintage suit jacket that will actually fit me. It's a bit more than I usually pay... 12 bucks but I think it was worth it. Now the trouble is finding a pair of vintage pants to to with it! I'll be posting pics soon. I've found a lot of...
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    How to Store Hats

    I have about 10 hats or so but only 2 hat boxes... What's the best way to store them? Can I buy new hat boxes? Should I just make some? What's the best material to store hats? I'm thinking cedar to keep any critters away... Should I store them with the brim rolled up or as I wear...
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    Favorite/worst job?

    I thought of another bad job I had... In college I had a job where they had frozen pig guts and I had to band saw piece off then put them in a kiln to cook then weigh them for a sciece place. The smell was really bad as the pig guts thawed out...
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    Favorite/worst job?

    Hey.. I used to live in Fort wayne and remember going to Archway's "discount" store where you could buy the "extra" cookies in a brown paper bag or the beat up ones... I think it was a buck a bag... good eats
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    Golden era food.

    it's a nice thought, but it's not all roses. I grew up on a farm, not a 30's farm, but a 70's organic farm so it's very similar, we didn't even own a tractor we used draft horses. Having fresh chicken is great, as long as you don't mind chopping off it's head and plucking it. The...
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    Furs

    Some fur that is used as actual coats to keep people warm and not a style statement are completely necessary. Take for instance coyote fur, it is one of the only furs that don't collect ice from moisture... i.e.: that's why the parka's hood is lined on the outside with coyote fur. On a...
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    Favorite/worst job?

    Best Job: Student DJ in the Public Radio station, 6-midnight shift. In the basement of the library all by myself and only had to change tapes once every hour. Worst Job: Aluminum Foundry. I did a variety of jobs there. Was filthy, and I mean filthy as in black through 2 layers of...
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    What do you do for Living?

    guess I forgot to say what I did. I'm an editor for special features on DVDs..
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    The A2 Hall of Fame

    I'm partial to Aero. But real mccoy I've heard is very nice too.
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    Nice GAMS...What a DISH...

    If anyone has the New York Confinential paper, check the back few pages. Like an early Dell Map on the back, it had a list of terms used in the book and what they ment. A newish one that I've learned here on the west coast is surfer slang taken from the Flintstones... Betty: Good looking...
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    Canvas Sports Shoes

    I found this picture from my Purdue Yearbook 1946. Here's a player wearing what looks like a pair of converse from 1946... Belted shorts optional.
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    Personal Heat

    I've always thought that it is "americans and their guns" that keep people not from america from messing with americans on american soil... The news makes it sound like everyone is packing and (this next part is true) murder by guns happen here every hour. It's the fasination of guns I...
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    Is that a can opening in your pocket...

    Thought I'd pass along something I've always done but not sure if anyone else does. When I was younger sardines use to come in a can with a can opener...much like a (I believe P-38) army can opening. It has a nice hole to put on a key chain and well I did just that. Now it doesn't...
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    Some Reenacting Photos from this summer

    Great photos... Looks like you were really there. One point though on the "army photograher" I have researched this a bit and although the camera is a speed graphic 4x5, it should be the matte black military finish and not the chrome civilian one. I picked one up on ebay a few years ago...
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    Nick & Nora; a style compendium of the 30s and 40s (Thin Man on DVD)

    keep in mind that people who actually read are they ones visiting Amazon. Not teens who actually make up the majority of film buying.
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    Old movies and vices

    yes the hats and suits go without saying....
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    Old movies and vices

    Seems that when ever I watch an old movie.. like tonight on turner.. The Haves and have nots... Everyone is smoking and drinking and I get his urge to smoke and drink. I don't smoke but I get a taste for a lucky... Why is that? When I watch a modern movie and everyone is drinking coke...

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