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    They Say Em' From the Golden Era - Slang & Memorable Phrases

    I used to be fond of saying "saddle up" when my kids were little and we were all going someplace. Simply means to get ready to move out. Picked it up as Marine long ago. My kids hated it too.:)
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    PICK A CAR (pics), 1930s-50s, 1000+ like-new

    I want this 57 Olds 98 like i had when I was younger
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    Tuskegee Airmen

    All subjects of cinema are originated by someone with an interest or passion for a particular subject. They are created and produced as entertainment often with an underlying factor that viewers might pursue the actually subject in a more acedemic sense. It might move someone to acyually read...
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    APOCALYPTO

    ALL movies, unless they are docu-dramas, are entertainment! All this business niggling about minor points of historical accuracy regarding any movie is rubbish. If you want historical accuracy watch the History Channel. The upside is that the topic may induce some people to study the Mayan...
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    Deja Vu & Recurring Dreams!

    I think everyone experience deja vu to some extent. Once we are adults we have a mental library of stored memories, ideas and images so it's logical that some will trigger when a similar event or visit to a place occurs. Long forgotten stuff that is still in the mind gets a tickle when we look...
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    Birthdays and how to celeberate them

    Personally I regard birthdays as simple biology and in adult life have never found the desire to celebrate in any demonstrable way. I usually get going for quite a while on my birthday complete oblivious that it is that day until my wife reminds me. My wife believes they are extrememly...
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    Strange Superstitions and The Superstitious Among Us

    Huh? This thread made me realize I don't have any. While I may note an old adage about a broken mirror or walking under a ladder at at time when that actually takes place I just shrug, go on with it and forget about it.:)
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    Where are you going tonight

    Don't know what I rustle up to eat yet but afterward it's watching the tube with my cats Morrison and Xena till the wife comes in to view TV.[huh]
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    Thanks for the memories...

    I understand your motivation Wild Root. We all ebb and flow with interests regarding various things. We outgrow them, move on and whatnot. Sometimes we rediscover old interests and perhaps that will be the case with you. Be cool.
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    Is it a little noisy in here??

    It's not so much any one thing but collectively all this yakking on cells, more traffic, loud commercials and even noisly, bustling office environments make for a dirge that assaults folks' ears.
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    who belongs to a Lodge

    I'm a rogue lone wolf and not a joiner at all. The only thing I'm affiliated with that is predominately men is the classic car scene. Even there I own a Packard in a sea of Chevies and Fords.lol
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    Pearl Harbor hero Pilot Kenneth Taylor passes away at age 86

    Taylor's score of two kills ended there while Welch went on to claim a total of 16 confirmed. He was killed testing an F-100 at Edwards in 1954.:(
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    THE Most Unlikely Leading Man of the Golden Era

    Edward G. Robinson as a lead is my pick. Just could never get over his gangster persona which typecast him to a high degree and made him unbelievable in any other characterization.
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    Vegas, here I come...

    Farnham54- take note that Christmas in Vegas is utterly packed with people! Don't bother renting a car or using yours if you drive there. Use taxis. Otherwise have fun!:)
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    Christmas without Christ? Huh?

    Marc we can thank the ACLU style thinking and political correctness for it all. While attempting not to offend some minority (I don't mean racial) we offend a segment nevertheless- those who enjoy or at least don't mind seeing religious iconography of any kind during the holidays.[huh]
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    The City Verus The Burbs

    I grew up in St. Louis and live in a city conected to others which adjoin L.A. I tried living in a smaller area of about 60,000 in the 1970s and it was just too quaint for me. There are too many things a smaller town doesn't have culturally like decent libraries, symphonies or even venues that...
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    Hat theft! Happen to You?

    I never let mine out of sight. The old days of hat/coat check is long gone in establishments so you just have to keep it close.
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    Cleaner in the Long Beach area?

    Is there a place that will do hats in the greater Long Beach area. The couple in my neighborhood won't do felt fedoras. I know of one in the Valley but it's way to far to go.
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    Hat Tipping

    Hey John, that the difference in Californian and Conneticut. You and I think about the act of hat removal during a funeral as normal, 2nd nature and back there it becomes a controversy of whether it will rain or not and how that will dictate etiquette.lol Anyone that doesn't remove his...
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    How often do you wear your hat?

    In the summer much more often since I'm outside more- probably 3-4 times a week in a straw. In winter like 1-2 times a week felt fedora.

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