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  1. zaika

    Charlton Heston Gone at 84

    i always loved him as an actor. it was hard not to like any movie he was in.
  2. zaika

    Does anyone speak Italian?

    ha! no wonder my grandmother had it stowed away for sixty years. LOL thank you so much, ladies!!
  3. zaika

    Does anyone speak Italian?

    awesome!! thank you so much! :)
  4. zaika

    WWII sweaters knitted for the service man...

    which color is the closest to the original?
  5. zaika

    Does anyone speak Italian?

    My grandfather brought this home from his service in Italy in 1944. Does anyone know what it says? I tried a bunch of online translators, but that didn't help at all!!
  7. zaika

    LADIES of the LOUNGE

    miss s, the dress is lovely! as is the print!!
  8. zaika

    Correspondence - Find a Pen Pal

    Yeah, I'm looking forward to stationary shopping, too! I haven't in such a long time... :D Oh...and a fountain pen! I'll just *have* to get one...darn. I might even splurge on monogrammed paper and envelopes. :rolleyes:
  9. zaika

    Correspondence - Find a Pen Pal

    please put my name down!
  10. zaika

    UK anti-vintage rules (well, kinda)

    i whole-heartedly agree! i see what short clara what getting at, too. but lizzie, you hit it on the head for me.
  11. zaika

    Letters in the mail

    maybe we should ressurect that old thread again...maybe get another pen pal list going? that would help you with your problem, Gwen! ;)
  13. zaika

    Letters in the mail

    oh, yes! letters! real letters! before i actually figured out how to work email (circa 1998), i had a million pen pals all over the world! my favorite was a girl in Ireland who was like me...longwinded and wordy. lol our letters could go on for pages and pages, back and front. i literally...
  14. zaika

    Which Vintage Ads Still Work on You?

    ha! we could be twins. twins in dorkery. lol lol i also am trying to modify my speech to that of my grandma! it seems full and melodic...soft...and just interesting to listen to. comparing it to the standard accent most folks have adopted these days is like comparing soda without the fizz...
  15. zaika

    Vintage Phones

    forgotten man and flivver - thank you both! i will definately post again for help. it sounds like adapting it myself would be fairly easy to do...and for a cheaper price, yes please!! now to wait for payday...:rolleyes: hehe
  16. zaika

    Dueling phrases

    i've noticed these sorts of things too. even in spelling, it seems to be fashionable in the US to spell "color" as "colour" and "theater" as "theatre." and so on. i read somewhere (might have been here for all i remember) that here in the US there used to be a stigma attached to the term...
  17. zaika

    Show us your vintage hats!

    folly, that's a lovely hat and picture! and ladies, in general, i'm jealous of your acquisitions! so very lovely!! ;)
  19. zaika

    What Alternatives are there to iTunes?

    iTunes works excellently for me, as does the iPod. then again i'm not much of a computer person, so the less i have to bother with stuff, the better. i guess it depends on how much a person cares to tinker with their music files. [huh] and i am proud to drink apple kool aid. it goes down well. :p
  20. zaika

    Which Vintage Ads Still Work on You?

    :eusa_clap yay!! i'm getting some! lol thank you so much for the link!
  21. zaika

    Vandals attack USS Portland Monument

    ugh. :( it would be lovely to find these individuals and deport them to a rubber raft in the middle of the pacific. FOREVER.
  22. zaika

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    anthony, what a beautiful (and lucky!) find!!! as one currently in the market for a new old couch and armchair set like yours, i am exceedingly jealous!! :p lol and the curtains are lovely, too. :D
  23. zaika

    Vintage Phones

    great advice, flivver! thank you! are these phones fairly easy to fit with a modern jack? i mean, for someone like me who doesn't know the first thing about how to do it...if it means being able to save $125 to have a working phone, then i'll do it!

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