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    Nutrasweet and other artifice

    I only use the sweetner in the pink package in iced tea due to the fact that it disolves fully where sugar granules do not. I hate diet soda. But everyone should remember that those that are in the upper limits of blood sugar boundries who desire sweet foods have little recourse.....:beer:
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    Faces please...

    And here I am...another old phart with a Stetson.
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    Who Are Your Style Icons?

    Hemingway and all- there is a near identical jacket to the Hughes one for sale on Ebay now in size 40-42 which is too small for me. http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-40s-mens-2-tone-Hollywood-style-sport-jacket_W0QQitemZ8365614459QQcategoryZ52391QQtcZphotoQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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    King Kong:reviews

    Hey up196- I noticed the subtle stuff too. As I said I watch the original an hour before seeing the 2005 and that way you notice the close parallels in exact script lines and storyline. In 1971 I donated my time to a very small classic theater. The owner got ahold of the uncut version and...
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    If I had to pick one girl from the golden era

    Make my vote for Carmen Miranda
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    Table lighters

    Was in an "old stuff" shop the other day and they had 3 old table lighters. All needed tarnish removed and I have no ide if any were silver or whatever. Is anyone looking for things like that? Last I saw of them was when I was a kid in the mid-1950s then they disappeared. I assume most were...
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    Buying fedora's on ebay

    Just my opinion but if one is going to bid for an item he might as well simply do as Ebay say, enter the MOST he is willing to pay for an item. Part of what runs items up to ludicrious amounts beyond market values is the frenzy in the end that someone with more money than brains keeps bidding...
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    Damn, missed it...

    It's actually part of the problem with any special interest item on Ebay. There are lots of goofballs with more money than sense and they just don't care if they spend way over what something is worth. I'm in the classic cars hobby and have often seen idiots bid 30-50% more than a showroom #1...
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    Symbol of Achievement

    An interesting read indeed. Thank you!
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    Ribbon wrinkles

    Thanks guys! And to Tin Pan Sally who PMed me about the little steamer device Sears has:)
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    Hi...new guy

    Hmm? A "Die Hard" quote Hemingway?! :) Cwchmc- enjoy yourself!
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    Who Are Your Style Icons?

    I've always loved the way Howard Hughes dressed casually. When not suited up he still wore his fedora with a plain shirt and light coat. As we see here his slacks belt loops are empty. Around the hanger and the airfields he was seen in the above type casual or the waist-length cotton...
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    Historians: Past Eras Were Worse Than Now

    I don't know how this fits in but I write historical combat articles- about 200 so far and 3 book-length manuscripts. I have interviewed many ace pilots from many countries and other veterans of combat. Most of my stuff is fit into acknowledged historical accounts with my narratives simply...
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    Paris Hilton: The Death of America

    Brings me to ponder the fact that over the past 30+ years there have been some huge perennial box office male draws like Clint Eastwood, Jack Nicholson, Robert Deniro and several others. Except for, perhaps, Meryl Streep for awhile when every other movie spit out had her in it there have been no...
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    Anyone collect pistols?

    You guys have some nice and fun stuff! I meant no context of anything controversial but things like normal Lugers, Webleys, Mausers and such. I have a few only- a 1945 CZ Podnik 6.35 mm pocket pistol, a 1915 Astra .32 auto brought home by a WW I vet, from about 1915 a Colt .32-20 revlover-...
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    Food Portions: Then vs. Now

    Is that why many of us are XL that used to be M?
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    Since this is supposedly the right place to say it

    People criticizing the decisions made by those before who acted with the best intent based on the information input available at the time can't be faulted for acting incorrectly. We cannot immerse ourselves in the current of time so as to experience the mood and thinking of the past...
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    1930s candy bars & matchbooks

    Love the fact that my favorite, M&Ms, came out of WW2 from the need for a melt in your mouth not in your hand requirement for GIs.
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    Howard Hughes H-4

    If MK will allow it here is an article I wrote several years ago about the Hughes flying boat. Howard is my favorite era character. Enjoy. HERCULES UNCHAINED It?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s big. It flew only one time. The Hughes H-4 Hercules is a wartime transport that visionaries of 1942 saw as a feasible...
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    Since this is supposedly the right place to say it

    Yeah jamespowers- As a writer of historical subjects, WW2 in particular, I have found that the fallacy lies in people today, knowing what they know attempting to project today's morality and sociological values to the past. Arguements prevail about subjects whether Germany could have beaten...

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