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Bargain Harrington?
Some branches of T K Maxx had authentic Baracuta G9s for sale for about £40 a little while ago. I bought a blue and grey checked one in my local store, and they had blue, green, brown and black ones in there as well. They may not have any left, but if you have a T K Maxx nearby it's worth...- Salv
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Are YOU a Brylcreem Boy..? What's the TOPS in hairdressings?
Try these threads as well Paddy: Elvis-stlye pomp with pomade in straightening ironed hair. Any ideas? American Crew vs Murrays vs Royal Crown I use a pomade called Sweet Georgia Brown, which comes in three weights - thin, water-based in a purple tin; medium, petrolatum-oil based, and... -
Tell me about Harris Tweed?
Back in December '06 I started a thread after reading an article in the Guardian newspaper about Brian Haggas and his hopes for the Harris Tweed industry which he had just bought. In the article Haggas was quoted thus: Looks like he hasn't been very successful so far. -
Apple iPhone
I've bought one for my wife for her birthday later this month. The UK distributors - O2 and Carphone Warhouse - had them for pre-order on their websites on Monday. I wanted to make sure she actually wanted one before I ordered it so I waited until I got home from work, by which time they had...- Salv
- Post #197
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Apple iPhone
AT&T are being exceptionally greedy it seems. O2 have the contract to sell the iPhone in the UK but they won't be increasing their monthly tariffs. They will be keeping their three original tariffs - £35, £45 and £75 - and will also be introducing a fourth, cheaper, monthly tariff at £30...- Salv
- Post #178
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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VINTAGE DINNER DATE IN LONDON
You could try The Automat in Dover Street, just off Picadilly. It advertises itself as an American brasserie, and has a sort of 1920s New York look about it: Or there's The Diner in Ganton Street, Soho, just off Carnaby Street, which reminds me of 50s Googie architecture: For a...- Salv
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Elvis-stlye pomp with pomade in straightening ironed hair. Any ideas?
Another tip is to soften the pomade with the hot air from the hair dryer before applying to your hair. It thins it out temporarily, but it will thicken up again when it cools off.- Salv
- Post #18
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Elvis-stlye pomp with pomade in straightening ironed hair. Any ideas?
As far as I know Brylcreem is water-based, so that may be your problem - the water is being absorbed by your hair and is frizzing it up. Murray's, and other similar pomades, are basically petroleum jelly with added fragrance, and that's not going to soak in to the hair. And remember, the...- Salv
- Post #9
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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McGregor Drizzler & Woolrich Safari Jackets
Drizzler's have been around since the late 1940s and are essentially unchanged, however the collar on your jacket is very different to the collar on any other Drizzler I've ever seen. The collars length and shape look distinctly 70s to me, as does the label. I'm certain it's not as recent as the...- Salv
- Post #5
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Sources for a sports cap (non-baseball)
You've just described the classic cycling cap, although most of those available have the names of cycle team sponsors, or cycle equipment manufacturers, on them. None dating from the 30s unfortunately, but there are repros of several 50s/60s team caps around. Prendas have a good selection... -
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What Alternatives are there to iTunes?
Not so much having our say, more correcting false impressions...- Salv
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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UK anti-vintage rules (well, kinda)
Yep, you'd think those male typists would know better than to be distracted by female lawyers in fishnets...- Salv
- Post #29
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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What Alternatives are there to iTunes?
If I want to find a particular physical MP3 file in my iTunes library it will be at Macintosh HD/Users/Salv/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Artist/Album/Title.mp3 - this looks to be more or less the same as your set-up, unless I'm missing something obvious. This is how iTunes has organised the music...- Salv
- Post #22
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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McGregor Drizzler or Baracuta G-9...
Search for Baracuta on UK eBay Speedster - there are plenty for a Buy-It-Now price of £54.99 plus £12.95 p&p to Europe, and plenty starting at £44.99, all BNWT. I was going to allow another few weeks, then if I hadn't found one at T K Maxx I'd have bid on one of the £44.99 jackets.- Salv
- Post #56
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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McGregor Drizzler or Baracuta G-9...
Just excavating this thread to point out to UK members that some branches of T K Maxx have original Baracuta G-9s reduced from £130 to just £49.99. A friend got one a couple of months ago and I've been checking my local branch once a week. Until yesterday I've only been able to find small...- Salv
- Post #54
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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"Human Smoke"
Not having read the book either I can't comment on how accurate either review is, but the tone of the first review is a little hysterical isn't it? It tells us far more about the reviewers dislike for Nicholson Baker than it does about his book. The second review could be for a completely... -
The Spanish Civil War
And a round of applause for the good Doctor! What a splendid letter. -
The Spanish Civil War
A new book by Stanley G Payne - Franco and Hitler: Spain, Germany and World War II - discusses the reasons behind Spain's neutrality in WW2. According to this review, by British journalist and historian Max Hastings, the reason Spain stayed out of WW2 was that Franco's demands were not met by... -
The Great Mac vs. Windows Debate
I would think the TC will just treat the PC as part of its network, and not even notice if you back up the PC to a separate drive. I hadn't even thought about where you'd place your printer, but attaching that to the TC makes perfect sense. Personally, I'd like the fastest connection...- Salv
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The Great Mac vs. Windows Debate
Can I just confirm how you'll be setting things up again - as I understand it you'll be: 1. Connecting the Time Capsule to your cable modem and using the TC as a backup drive and router/wifi base station; 2. Connecting the old PC to the TC via Ethernet cable; and 3. connecting the iMac...- Salv
- Post #197
- Forum: The Observation Bar
