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  1. Fletch

    lost worlds

    I would only buy a LW secondhand. Besides the price break, a private seller is much more likely to answer your questions.
  2. Fletch

    Loungers' Pets

    I had an Abyssinian sneak a steak right off my plate once. I was being polite and waiting for everybody else to be served. But kitties don't know about polite. Up on the table, chomp!, and dragged it away.
  3. Fletch

    What are you listening to?

    Jack Payne and the BBC Dance Orchestra in 1930 with a cleverly crafted playlet in sound, My Brother Makes the Noises for the Talkies. "Is my aeroplane ready?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKaqvGgLPjE And if you're in the mood to dig a little Urtext, here it is in the original German, without...
  4. Fletch

    "Wives with Beehives" coming to TLC

    Some of the more sartorial among us would obviously draw homophobia. But gay guys deal with that every day. So we straights would just have to put our big boy pants on and sally forth. (Small s on sally, please. ;))
  5. Fletch

    1938: Advice to Theatre Managers

    Here's a little info about records "for theatre use". During the early sound years both Victor and American Record produced these all-instrumental discs. I imagine they faded out by the mid 30s when Muzak began to make inroads.
  7. Fletch

    Clean Jokes

    This is the cleanest joke I know. Q. How do you get a [CENSORED] to [CENSORED] a [CENSORED]? A. [CENSORED] her [CENSORED] with [CENSORED].
  8. Fletch

    What are you listening to?

    I am listening to the nickel-plated voice boxes of Broadway and wondering how we let the theater part of musical theater get on top of the musical part and beat the living $#!! out of it for so long. I know the answer - it's no longer "the" culture, it's "a" culture - but f*¢!!, couldn't it...
  9. Fletch

    New Years resolutions. ANY ?

    I'm gonna sell a $#!!load of clothes, and maybe some instruments, move to Minnesota and stop being such a mook.
  10. Fletch

    1938: Advice to Theatre Managers

    Yes, popcorn was considered somewhat déclassé back then. One big issue was the noisy bags it was served in, as Spike Jones pointed out brilliantly in 1947. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEqHJtzli-s When Kath'rine Hepburn speaks her part And brings out high dramatic art "The calla lilies will...
  11. Fletch

    G8 (Type 440) Jackets help requested

    US-A uses good goat, supple and fine-grained. (I own an A-2 in goat, and a goat-trimmed AN-J-4 and M-444.) The one US-W goat jacket (Indy) that I own is serviceable, but does have a "goaty" odor. I'd choose US-A over US-W.
  13. Fletch

    Loungers' Pets

    Good puppy.
  14. Fletch

    Condolences to Douglas

    ((((Doug)))) He was a good guy. I know, because he has a good son. May you and your family be comforted in celebrating his life.
  15. Fletch

    What Hatco COULD produce with modern materials and different blocks

    And in an industry that is a. traditional and b. has grown used to its market slowly vanishing, people are not going to be open to new ideas in advertising. Not even if they're cheap. However, you're never going to know if you don't try. And the culture in the industry now is "don't try."
  16. Fletch

    What Hatco COULD produce with modern materials and different blocks

    That's either progress or a damn shame.
  17. Fletch

    What Hatco COULD produce with modern materials and different blocks

    What's available shapes demand, and eventually limits people's tastes. My take on it is that the crown, as part of a hat's style, is today mostly ignored. It's a vehicle for a crease or dent and that's all. Style = dent, crease, brim width and trim. Forget crown. It's there to hold the crease...
  19. Fletch

    The weight issue

    My instinct is to say equine is a denser hide and bovine is more spongy. But that could have to do with tanning or other treatments. I suspect scotrace was close to the reality of things a few years back when he said most leathers could probably be treated, processed, and/or manipulated to...
  20. Fletch

    Experienced Iowa Weather Phenomenon Known As "Thunder Snow" Tonight

    Gee, I miss everything. I was in Ames when Minneapolis got plastered. Now I'm in Mpls and failing to get plastered again.
  21. Fletch

    Chasseur's Big Tweed Blowout Sale! large sizes 44!

    PMing you.
  22. Fletch

    F/S B-10 jacket size 44 replica

    sending PM!
  23. Fletch

    What's the best Eastman A-2?

    Only if you want it to look warlike - perhaps not authentic for 1933 ;)

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