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  1. Bluebird Marsha

    Show Us Your Purchases!

    I had an "unfortunate" Sunday, and my friends suggested kitten hugging, wine drinking, and shopping as a pick-me-up. Kittens were hugged, wine is being drunk, and this what I bought today. A bakelite ring box and a hat pin: A couple of Hall refrigerator containers. I think Westinghouse gave...
  2. Bluebird Marsha

    Show us your photography

    Leiper's Fork, TN- last week. My first time there, after three years in the area.
  3. Bluebird Marsha

    Inflation Calculation

    San Rafael, CA. Beautiful place- but the housing costs? OUCH! Unfortunately I know what housing there used to be. My great-uncle bought his house there- in the mid-60s. :) BUT, without knowing the exact price comparison, I'm guessing that a O-4 could live quite nicely in the 30s; if he lived in...
  4. Bluebird Marsha

    Inflation Calculation

    I've thought of this (very rarely, but I did think about it). The inflation calculator is a simple tool, and I guess it works to give a very general grasp of the thing. But when I try and "price" something, I think of it in terms of percentage of salary. Many professions have had wildly...
  5. Bluebird Marsha

    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    If you liked "Unbroken", you might also like "No Ordinary Joes". I've got a couple of other POW memoirs, but they're mostly out of print. "From POW to Blue Angel: the story of Commander Dusty Rhodes" is another one I can recommend if you can find a copy of it. I have a theory about the kind of...
  7. Bluebird Marsha

    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    When you don't have a conscience, it's probably quite easy to sleep at night. But on a more pleasant topic. Swearing. I can't recall the source, but it was some pamphlet for managers in WWII who were faced with an influx of female workers. Along with suggestions on how to deal with this...
  8. Bluebird Marsha

    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    BTW Shangas, that was an impressive bunch of history classes that you had in high school.
  9. Bluebird Marsha

    What was your first car?

    I bought my first car when I graduated from college. It was a used Datsun B210. 1976 I think. It had a jury rigged cassette player in it, and temperamental air conditioning. Which was fine in Kentucky, but murder in Florida. I was so pleased, mainly cause it was so cheap I paid it off in a year...
  10. Bluebird Marsha

    Serious Dumb Crook News Candidates

    Sometimes in life, you serve as a good example. Other times as a bad example. In this case, you exist so people can point and laugh at you.
  11. Bluebird Marsha

    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    Took about .5 seconds. And, back to myth busting, but related. A good deal of the animosity toward Imperial Japan was not based on racism. News of atrocities against the Chinese did reach the U.S. For some reason, that caused some negative reactions. While America's feelings towards China was...
  13. Bluebird Marsha

    Baking powder facial scrub

    I have used baking soda mixed in with Cetaphil facial cleanser; it did a very nice job and rinsed off completely. It's been awhile, but I used to use Phillips Milk of Magnesium as a mask. Maybe I should try that again. I thought my oily skin would clear up when I grew up. I was wrong :(
  14. Bluebird Marsha

    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    History in school can definitely be a problem. Mainly because there just isn't enough time to go into anything resembling details. I was lucky in high school, because we had TWO history classes we could take. World History or U.S. History. Middle school covered national and state (Kentucky)...
  15. Bluebird Marsha

    Show us what you've made!

    I made this for a photography class I've been taking, using some of the things I have lying around. Saturday Night: 1943
  16. Bluebird Marsha

    Depp to star in Night Stalker remake

    Mixed emotions on it. I like Depp, but I adore Kolchak. That show scared me quite nicely as young teen. Especially the night I watched it all alone in the house. *shudder* I don't want my proto-X-Files, B movie inspired love pillaged. For what it's worth, there were two made for TV movies: The...
  17. Bluebird Marsha

    Prohibition

    That boat is amazing. If I had that kind of money to play with, I'd never even think about a Maserati. Frighteningly, after drooling over that beauty, some of the other boats for sale look downright economical. That 1936 Chris Craft is a steal at $45,000.
  19. Bluebird Marsha

    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    Stories of shell shock are as old as war itself. Different names, same thing. U.S. Civil War veterans complained that "folks back home" didn't want to hear the gory details, so the guys just shut down. Former POW's returning from Japan would start telling what had happened to them, and were...
  20. Bluebird Marsha

    50's sci fi movies?

    I'm thirding (or fourthing?) Forbidden Planet. One of my very favorite DVD's. I really love the electronic score.
  21. Bluebird Marsha

    women of the Golden era from the 1920's mug shots

    And she was married, to a woman. And when she was arrested asked the cops not tell the wife that he was a she! I don't want to know...
  22. Bluebird Marsha

    Everyday Women of the Golden Era

    WACS having a good time, 1944: In this photo we have a proto-LOLcat "I has cat scratched Tojo. He has fever now."
  23. Bluebird Marsha

    Time Marches On: Except in the Field of Cosmetic Surgery

    ^^^ Good dog in heaven! I had to Google those two to believe they were real pics, and not photoshopped. What surgeon would ever agree to do something like that? A bad one apparently.

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