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    LA in the 1940's

    San Francisco's Muni also used a lot of electric trolley busses. They usually operate on old trolley routes. One piece that is left out of the trolley picture are the Interurbans. Once they got out of the city, they had their own rights-of-way and could operate at near freeway speeds in the...
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    Back Yard Find

    Back in the early 1940s, a P-38 Lightning crashed on the estate in Montecito where my grandfather had charge of things. Being that this aircraft was still very new, military security closed the place off while the wreck was recovered. (The pilot successfully jumped.) After they left, my dad...
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    Disneyland Is Going 1930's

    Up in San Francisco, they have one of the Art Deco PCC trolleys which runs on the F-Line decked out in PE livery. http://www.streetcar.org/mim/streetcars/fleet/pcc/1061/index.html Bringing in real shops to populate the false-front stores would be something of a return to one of the things...
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    2nd Gold Rush

    That's why erosion is the prospector's friend. Just like the Old Man in Treasure of the Sierra Madre pointed out: If you are finding of gold in the creek bed, look upstream for where it washed into the creek. Landslides, avalanches, or just a heavy rainstorm can uncover a hitherto unknown...
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    Jules Dassin b.1911-d.2008

    Just yesterday I had to drive into work and as the weather was mild, I listened to my soundtrack of Dassin's showcase movie of his wife, Never On Sunday. Instant transport to a taverna. About a Galatea who wished to remain a statue, (and afterwards everyone goes swimming.) Haversack.
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    Steampunk, Dieselpunk, etc.

    "Technovictorian" I'll have to remember that. Its more succinct than the alternative phrase "Gas Lamp Fantasy" favoured by the creators of Girl Genius. I too harbour a distaste for the "-punk" fashion. To me, the phrase conjures up images of soft rotten wood, or underage catamites. Haversack
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    2nd Gold Rush

    I'll bite. Part of my family on my mother's side came out to see the elephant before 1850. Never did much and were something of ne'er-do-wells if family lore is anything to go by. On the other hand, my father's uncle was one of the last hard rock gold miners in the Sierras. He had about...
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    The return of the Dirigible . . . sort of

    Although for most people it seems to have become part of the background scenery, I still smile when I see the modern Zeppelin flying around the Bay Area or moored at Moffat Field. Yesterday it was up over the Berkeley Hills before dawn. Walking to the train station, you could see it...
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    Why were the German's referred to as "Huns"???

    cloudspotter schreibt: "but - just to give you something to smile about - german forces also had nicknames for their trench opposites: GIs = Ami, Britisch = Tommie, Russian = Ivan, Italian = Spaghetti." Giving a colloquial name to members of foreign military forces has been pretty common...
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    Why were the German's referred to as "Huns"???

    Well, there is documentation that the term 'doughboy' referring to a U.S. Army Infantryman goes back to the Mexican-american War of of 1846-47. At least two sets of memoirs of that campaign make it pretty explicit that this was the case. The following page from a site on WWI examines all the...
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    Buy New, Vintage or Victorian Home?

    SamMarlowPI wrote: "...put an outlet every couple of feet...the kitchen has about 5 or 6..." That is actually pretty standard for new house construction. Because of all the appliances people now have/use, kitchens run about one outlet for every 2-3 feet of counter space. Bedrooms have a...
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    Buy New, Vintage or Victorian Home?

    One of things to bear in mind about our perception of the quality of older houses is that poorly constructed older houses have tended not to survive and that what are left tend to be well constructed. That being said, there are certain qualities of older houses which tend to be superior to...
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    Why do I hate the 1340s so much?

    And what's with this tailoring trend? Curved seams? And all of these, what are they called?, oh yes, buttons. I mean if straight seams and gores were good enough for Saint Louis they're good enough for me. Haversack.;)
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    What are your favorite mystery or espionage novels?

    I also enjoy the Nero Wolfe series as well as Mr Stout's other books. (My wife is the real mystery fan in the family. She introduced them to me.) Similarly, she introduced me to the Phryne Fisher series by Kerry Greenwood. These are set in 1920s Melbourne and the protagonist is a wealthy...
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Last Known Survivor of the 1906 Firequake Herbert Heimie Hamrol died yesterday. He was 106. Worked in a local grocery store stocking shelves up until last week. I've heard him talk many times down at Lotta's Fountain about being carried down the stairs during the Quake and living in Golden...
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    10 Favorite Opening Film Credits

    Another classic opening credits is the beginning of Preston Sturges's 1942, The Palm Beach Story. It doesn't make much sense until the very end of the film. Haversack.
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    Alpine, Tyrolean, Bavarian Hats

    Gamsbaerte are just one of a category of hat decorations traditional to hunting hats of Austria and Bavaria. "Hutschmuck", or hat jewelry also include a wide variety of feathers and cockades. Some have specific meanings within the traditional hunting community, others are simply panache for...
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    The Elephant in the Room - Man Purse

    I've mentioned before that for my commute I use a reproduction of an 18th C. natural linen haversack that I get from James Townsend, (http://jas-townsend.com/product_info.php?cPath=10&products_id=182&osCsid=8fd388e4d0eeb7a540144fb030f880ff). I use it on a daily basis to carry my lunch, a...
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    Porfirio Rubirosa-The Last Playboy

    HadleyH wrote: "One has to wonder what exactly he had that drew all these ladies to him!" Well, in the restaurant trade, those long pepper grinders that waiters use to put fresh ground black pepper on your salad at your request, are sometimes still referred to as "Rubirosas" Haversack.
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    A Hippy era tie?

    reetpleat wrote: "What does java have to do with a sultan?" Well, don't forget that Java is an island in Indonesia which happens to be the most populous Muslim nation on Earth. And the Sultanate of Brunei is on the island of Borneo, most of which is also part of Indonesia. Haversack

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