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  1. Salv

    Were you a sharp-dressed kid?

    I wasn't a suit wearer as a kid, but this is me, probably aged 4, in Naples where my dad was stationed with the US Navy:
  2. Salv

    The Great Mac vs. Windows Debate

    But the Mac OS doesn't have any "My ..." folders, and it still treats the machines hard drive as the starting point. On the desktop the default icon arrangement has Macintosh HD at the top, and that arrangement long predates the introduction of OS X. Open the HD and you'll see folders with...
  3. Salv

    The Great Mac vs. Windows Debate

    Swapping the HD in a MacBook is very easy - you just remove the battery, unscrew the L-shaped RAM guard and pull a plastic tab on a metal bracket attached to the HD. The bracket and HD will just slide out. Unscrew the bracket, screw it on to your replacement HD and push it back into place. Job...
  4. Salv

    VINYL REVIVAL

    I use Audacity as well, with the same sort of set up as Ada, although I've got a spare pair of outputs on my amplifier, so I use a Y-shaped cable - 2 x RCA to a 3.5mm plug like this. What happens when you try to use Audacity Dixon?
  5. Salv

    VINYL REVIVAL

    I'm still badly addicted to vinyl, and I'm still trying to fill holes in my soul collection, but the wants list never gets any smaller. For every 45 I buy I add another half dozen to the list. Yesterday I picked up a few original US issued soul 45s in London: • Family Circle - I Hope You...
  7. Salv

    The Great Mac vs. Windows Debate

    The iMac will work with a USB connection if Toshiba have written a driver for your modem. Even if they have it may not work with the latest version of the Mac OS. The easiest option is to buy a router - Ethernet networking is built in to the Mac OS so there's no driver needed, you just plug in...
  8. Salv

    The Great Mac vs. Windows Debate

    If you're excited now wait until you get the baby out of the box! If you want an easy to read, but very thorough, manual I can fully recommend David Pogue's Missing Manual series for OS X. I'm still running OS X 10.4 so haven't read the latest volume for 10.5, but I've read the versions for...
  9. Salv

    The Great Mac vs. Windows Debate

    You can occasionally get free extras from authorised Apple resellers. It may be worth buying a Mac magazine and looking through the classifieds to see if there are any online offers at the moment. Actually, checking the Apple US online store they are offering a $100 rebate on a selection of...
  10. Salv

    The Great Mac vs. Windows Debate

    Apple-installed RAM is very badly overpriced, but upgrading RAM on a 24"iMac is a very easy job and you can find RAM online for much, much less than $630. I've always bought RAM from Crucial and fitted it myself - checking the US Crucial site I found 4GB of RAM for you iMac for just $129.99 -...
  11. Salv

    Accessorizing a white Palm Beach suit.

    Paddy, if you're still looking for white shoes I came across some White Soft Grainy Leather Semi-Brogues from Charles Tyrwhitt, for £165.
  13. Salv

    The Swing Movement

    This is nice - not lindy, jive or jitterbug, but some fine moves: <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eZYpNi9nTW4&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eZYpNi9nTW4&rel=1"...
  14. Salv

    "Where there's tea, there's hope"

    This seems like the perfect place to post this - the Victoria & Albert Museum will be selling this tea-towel from February: From the website for the V&A shop:
  15. Salv

    The Swing Movement

    The 40's and 50's jive classes will be rocking/R&B based rather than swing/jazz and the style will be quite different. This is typical UK-style jive: <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FGP9MqdJU7A&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode"...
  16. Salv

    Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings

    They'll be in London at the Jazz Cafe in April, and I'll definitely be there. I saw them once before at the Cafe and it was an excellent old-fashioned soul show. Sharon really works hard on stage and the Dap-Kings are currently the best R&B band around IMO. The new album, 100 Days 100 Nights...
  17. Salv

    Teddy Boy Rock'n'Roll

    Was that the exhibition at Spitz, Edward? If so, it was the Ken Russell photos they showed. They even managed to track down some of the girls and invited them along to reminisce. I missed it as well though, only finding out about it after it had finished.
  19. Salv

    Teddy Boy Rock'n'Roll

    Not all the girls dressed like the boys, and Edwardian ladies fashion wouldn't have been entirely practical in a London that was still waiting to be rebuilt after the Blitz. In 1955 future film director Ken Russell took a series of photos of Teddy Girls in west and east London. The girls in...
  20. Salv

    The Spanish Civil War

    Gentlemen - I'd like to point out that this thread was closed for a while after certain posters insisted on starting discussions about current Spanish politics. I was guilty of responding to those posts and thereby continuing those discussions, but because of the ban on politics in the FL the...
    • Salv
    • Post #197
    • Forum: WWII
  21. Salv

    Newcomer needs a suit!

    Hi Graeme - would you consider something new in a vintage style? I've been buying repro suits from Rocacha for many years, and I'm very happy with them. They have various styles of jackets and trousers - the two button, single-breasted Vegas might be what you're looking for, or the three button...
  22. Salv

    The Spanish Civil War

    There's a lot more - we've only covered the first six months of the war so far - but I don't seem to be able to find the time to add to the thread. When/if I get around to it my next post will be regarding the rebel campaign in the Basque country, including the infamous carpet bombing of...
    • Salv
    • Post #192
    • Forum: WWII
  23. Salv

    Any Baracuta/G9/Harrington fans?

    That Sears Antifreeze copy I mentioned a few days went for $102.50. Anybody here nab it? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150201556183&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:US:1123

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