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  1. Absinthe_1900

    Your signature cocktail.

    Based on a Horse's Neck, with Lime instead of Lemon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse's_Neck
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    End of Prohibition anniversary

    Legendre & Co. received one the first Federal Rectifiers licenses in the South. The intact bottle from my collection pictured below, dates from Dec 1933. They are still in operation, making Herbsaint today. An advertisement from Dec 31. 1933.
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    Why do you wear a fedora or cap?

    Why? Because I can.
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    Cary Grant is not a "hatman"?

    I believe he is wearing a hat early in Arsenic and Old Lace, when Cary Grant & Priscilla Lane are in the court house to get a marriage license.
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    Does Anyone Drink Rye Whiskey?

    Old Overcoat is better as a mixer, Jim Beam's Rye is just about undrinkable :( . I haven't had a chance to get a bottle of Templetons, though I do hear it's pretty nice, I'd snag one of the Sazerac Ryes if they have distribution in your area, the six year old Sazerac Rye is pretty good, and...
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    Cooking with Spry?

    http://www.ghosttraveller.com/spry.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spry_Vegetable_Shortening
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    Tips for restoring a radio

    The Mohawk tone spray that Radio Daze carries, is good stuff to use too.
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    The Evening Tipple...

    Yikes! burnt sugar? Try an Earthquake instead: .
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    RUM?!

    Rhum Agricole http://www.rumrunners.co.uk/
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    Howard Hughes

    Photos of the Fedoras, and Hollywood jacket, and aircraft here: http://www.library.unlv.edu/hughes/index.html
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    RUM?!

    A nice selection here: http://www.spiritscorner.com/scriptsing/buscar.asp?K=Directorio&IdSeccion=154 http://www.spiritscorner.com/scriptsing/buscar.asp?K=Detalle&IdProducto=11491
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    Where did your user name come from??

    They are fun to play through.
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    Helicopter pioneer Piasecki dies

    A very early picture of Frank Piasecki with the first Air Corps helicopter the XR-1, in May 1941. (standing at the right under the rotor)
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    Helicopter pioneer Piasecki dies

    Frank Piasecki was an amazing person. I was fortunate to meet and talk to Frank several times, and it was always fascinating to hear first hand about helicopter history that I had only read about. Frank Piasecki at the center, (In the flight suit) with his first tandem helicopter the XHRPX...
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    Syphons and "charged water"

    One the west coast you can actually have them delivered to your home: http://www.seltzersisters.com/index.html I have a couple of vintage bottles, I'll have to take a photo of them. these guys might help: http://www.kegworks.com/home.php?cat=310
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    Danny Kaye

    He was a Boxer dog fan He was quoted in one of my books on Boxer dogs, as saying, "My family never owned dogs, only Boxers".
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    1930's vintage Ad - backlit wooden boxframe

    You can scan the image, re-touch it in Photoshop, and have a new image printed on Duratrans for display, and save the original for archival storage. We us a lot of Duratrans images in the Trade show business.
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    Stratoliner Box & Brim Curl

    I believe the TWA DC-3 and Stratoliner pins are a happy accident, adopted by latter day fedora collectors. I picked up one of the DC-3 pins back in the 80s, and wore it on the lapel of several jackets, long before I ever heard of a Stratoliner hat. Looking at the Stetson hat box drawing, you...
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    Stratoliner Box & Brim Curl

    I'd be willing to bet the actual Stetson pin is based on the drawing on the box, and it's four engined, not a DC-3. I believe the TWA DC-3 airline pins have no connection to the hat other than wishful thinking. Someone should contact Stetson directly, and see if they have an original pin...
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    Loungers' Pets

    My vet cleared bringing my little Imp home, it's so nice to have a Boxer in the house again.

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