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  1. Fletch

    Aero A-2 Sale in June...

    Just don't expect to pick up many (or any) used. I lucked onto one guy a few years ago who sold me several pair of LVCs. There has been next to nothing for sale since.
  2. Fletch

    Aero A-2 Sale in June...

    Yes, and anyone who thinks such a huge A-2 order would come from anywhere else is kidding himself.
  3. Fletch

    Aero A-2 Sale in June...

    No 1938s in size 46. I asked. They probably make those only in the smaller sizes anyway - more "authentic." :rolleyes:
  4. Fletch

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    98° yesterday, so I stuck to GTs. There are mosquitoes about and I don't wanna contract malaria.
  5. Fletch

    Shorpy All Stars

    Lighter-Than-Air-Men Crew of the Army Air Service Blimp C-2 at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C., July 28, 1922.
  7. Fletch

    What are you listening to?

    93° in Minneapolis today and time for a sizzler. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy-VvdoPqok
  8. Fletch

    Why!!!! Hipsters!!! Why!!!!!

    And real NYers...some of them anyway...are now nostalgic for the 70s.
  9. Fletch

    What are you listening to?

    Maple Leaf Rag - U.S. Marine Band, dir. Lt. William Santelmann, 1906. And I must say, the sound quality is danged good for 1906. (It's a Victor.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYeGbtV5gsU
  10. Fletch

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    Elijah Craig 12yo bourbon. I'd had their 18yo and been blown away. The 12 is ballsier but has several levels of flavor I am just discerning. Not badly priced either ($21 the fifth at Surdyk's in Minneapolis).
  11. Fletch

    Today's Thought for the Day

    Most of the resentment I see about Gen Y, anyway, comes from people in their prime working years. They're deeply skeptical, and often threatened, by the way Gen Y is trying to redefine the work ethic and the work-life balance. They're afraid these kids will fail, and jealous they might succeed.
  13. Fletch

    Today's Thought for the Day

    Many in raw numbers perhaps. In relative terms, vanishingly few. Most young people will always get their style and culture from their peers and from marketers. In fact the generation running a market society is probably more worried about the ones who can't be marketed to. What I think kids...
  14. Fletch

    Today's Thought for the Day

    This isn't an old generation necessarily. It's the generation that's running things. They're concerned that the ones coming up will make the same mistakes they did, which would be unfortunate. And sometimes that they won't make the same mistakes, which would be unfair.
  15. Fletch

    Today's Thought for the Day

    Whenever I read the supposed Socrates quote, I have to ask myself: - If blasting the current generation was just a way for older folk to blow off steam, why has it been taken so seriously in every generation despite the fact that the complaints are always exactly the same? - What if it turned...
  16. Fletch

    Gibson & Barnes Leather

    Just a couple things to keep in mind re US-A: He's a one-man shop at a modest pricepoint, so don't expect it to look or feel like an original. -Topstitching is 1/4" all around, no exceptions. -Liners are brushed twill and heavier than you may be used to. -He offers an option of horsehide...
  17. Fletch

    Makin' Macon, or How I Built A 20 Foot Airship With No Help From My Cat

    I would enjoy that. The Dornier Do X (late 20s) is a great example of a plane too far ahead of the technology. She was made of duralumin where it could be used (skin, bulkheads, etc), but the main components of the airframe were steel tubing. Her wing was too big for anything but a linen skin...
  19. Fletch

    1913 Sears Roebuck Bikers

    When do puttees become leggings become gaiters?
  20. Fletch

    Did Great Grandpa have a moustache (golden era pics in thread)

    Look at Esquire or other men's clothing illustration in the 30s (before live models) and you'll see that their ideal customer was of the WW1 generation and almost always a mustache wearer. (now that I think of it, it might have been to distinguish him from the Prince of Wales, who was about the...
  21. Fletch

    Beeps. In 1927. What made them?

    Thanks, this helps. Why I didn't think of oscillators, I don't know.
  22. Fletch

    Beeps. In 1927. What made them?

    I was afraid of that.
  23. Fletch

    Makin' Macon, or How I Built A 20 Foot Airship With No Help From My Cat

    When you read up on aviation in the years around 1930, the weird thing is that almost everyone was working out of their depth. I personally think a lot of it was because serious R&D had to stop during the depression, and they were stuck trying to make existing technology better. Result: almost...

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