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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I was always given to understand that 'The Third Degree' dates back to either the Inquisition or the Spanish Inquisition. (12th or 16th C.) The First Degree being simply showing the instruments of torture to the victim. The Second Degree being having the victim watch the instruments of torture...
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    Clearwater hats

    I've four hats from Clearwater. Two John Bulls, (pecan, tan), a low-crown brown derby, and a black high-crown top hat. Last time I ordered from them was in 2002. The pecan John Bull gets worn a lot. Once after I was caught in a heavy downpour Art reblocked it for me. (That was back when he...
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    Classic train movies

    Just about every Preston Sturges written and directed movie has at least one scene that takes place on board a train. In his day, this signature of his was so well known at Paramount that in the 1943 studio satire and wartime booster movie, Star Spangled Rhythm, Preston Sturges, playing...
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    Did Great Grandpa have a moustache (golden era pics in thread)

    I believe the Victorian Era mens' fashion for facial hair in both the UK and the USA received a boost from the Crimean War and the American Civil War. Shaving while on campaign is more difficult, and officers returning to civilian life wore their facial hair as a sign of having been there...
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    Tractor use on farms in the US during WW2?

    The last time I was up the Cariboo, (about 1998 if I remember rightly), there were a couple of Universal Carrier chassis with engines sitting by the side of the road with 'for sale' signs. It was in the town of Clinton, B. C. All the armor and body work had been stripped off.
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    Pics of classic gas stations

    How about this Futurist gas station from 1938? Its in Asmara, Eritrea. (Along with scores of other Art Deco and Futurist buildings that were too extreme for Italy.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Tagliero_Building Haversack
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    What Song Would You Like Played At Your Funeral.

    The two songs that have certain appeal to me for playing at my memorial are: Peter Bellamy's setting and singing of Kipling's poem, A Pilgrim's Way. And Gracie Field singing Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Good-Bye. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc_RNmAY4bA Haversack
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Just re-watched Fog Over Frisco, (1934). Bette Davis's second movie. A crime thriller set AND shot in 1934 San Francisco. Lots of views of the City and dialogue that shows some real local knowledge. (e.g. "South of the Slot", "Butchertown Bridge") The real highlight is a chase through the...
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    Mystery Badge

    A walking stick lapel pin is one of the subtle symbols by which a member of the Masons can identify himself to his brothers in the Craft. Haversack. (not a Mason, but versed in the use of symbolism)
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    Your favorite toys as a kid?

    A constant throughout childhood was my version #2 Michigan Shovel by Nylint. http://www.tnttoytrucks.com/NYCONDiggers2.html Whether in the sandbox, with wooden blocks, Lego, or dirt, that clamshell would bite, dig in, and dump. Haversack
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    Vintage candy that is still on the shelves

    Necco wafers have been around since the 1840s. Besides their value as candy, I liked using them as BB gun targets with my mother's old Daisy Red Ryder. A challenging target at 20 yards. And you didn't need to clean up afterwards as with old pots or bottles. A British candy that was a special...
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    Counting Your Change...

    Back during the Cold War, the US military community in Europe was something of an economic island in physical terms. Commissaries, Base and Post Exchanges, Enlisted and Officers' Clubs all ran on US currency. The coins and bills in circulation there tended to stay there. Some of it for a long...
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    50 Unexplainable Photos

    When I saw this my first thought was "Women of the RAF?" Haversack
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    Movies That Kill Off the Main Character

    Another movie in which the title character is killed at the end is Von Ryan's Express. In fact, Frank Sinatra insisted that his character be seen to die as he did not want to do a sequel. Haversack
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    Movies That Kill Off the Main Character

    Just about any version of Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet. The Blue Max. Passage to Marseilles. High Sierra.
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    Were there no 6'2" people born before the 1950's?

    Being 6' 4" in height and 250 lbs. in weight, I generally do not bother to look at vintage clothing. However, a couple or so years ago I got very lucky while in London. (And no, I don't mean I pulled.) I found a pre-war double-breasted dinner jacket and trousers that fit like a glove. In...
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    What Is Your Favorite War Movie?

    Several of my favourites have already been mentioned. Here are a few others: Is Paris Burning? Waterloo The Wind and the Lion Alexander Nevsky Oh What a Lovely War Where Eagles Dare The Blue Max The Four Feathers (1939)
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    Save Saville Row!

    I rather think that 'mooching off the name' comes second nature to the current holders of the name Abercrombie & Fitch...
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    What was your first car?

    My first car was a dark green used 1969 BMW 1602. This was in 1981 outside of Nuremberg. I bought it from a 1LT who was PCSing back to the States. I sold it a year later after it had a disagreement with some ice on the road at Grafenwohr. I replaced it with a bright yellow 1972 BMW 1802...
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    O Brother, Where Art Thou?

    Being a fan of the works of writer/director Preston Sturges, I really enjoyed the Coen Bros. OBWAT, (book by Sinclair Beckstein). It was a little awkward watching it in the theatre for the first time. I found myself laughing at odd moments at all of the visual quotes from Sturges' Sullivan's...

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