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Your thoughts on a nice, black A2?
The Vanson looks great, but it's very hard to get. They're strict about selling only thru their dealers, most of whom sell cycle gear exclusively. You would have to take a chance on the jacket, no try-ons or other fit info, and wait quite awhile.- Fletch
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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What are you listening to?
pep tunes with ballad titles Sleep, Come On And Take Me - Smith Ballew & Orch., 1932. Snuggled On Your Shoulder - Isham Jones' Orch., 1932. Baby Won't You Please Come Home? - Fletcher Henderson & Orch., 1927. -
What was the last TV show you watched?
Today. Most of it is dog food, but they have the local weather. And Savannah Guthrie, who I never noticed had legs!- Fletch
- Post #1,272
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Your thoughts on a nice, black A2?
Black A-2s at the popular price point will have civilian features like larger, handwarmer pockets. Nicer ones will cost more (horsehide will be custom and loads more). Your best bet balancing quality and price would be the Gibson & Barnes Civil A-2, at $358 for goat (cow is $20 less). If you're...- Fletch
- Post #2
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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My Palm Beach Suit
Yes, you would see lightweight/light color suitings in the hotter months in much of the country. Men were practical after all! But traditionally, the further north and east you got, there were more holdouts. In Iowa, if you even knew anyone who had grown up on a farm, you could count on some... -
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What are you listening to?
In response to Shangas' perceptive observation about British vs American dance bands - which my not-so-smartphone will copy, but not paste... I think you're right, and I think it was largely to do with being an ocean away from most of the song publishers and not having for-profit radio and a... -
FS: Akubra Campdraft 61cm - 7 5/8" Bluegrass Green
It'll fit me...PM'd you.- Fletch
- Post #3
- Forum: Classifieds
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My Palm Beach Suit
"Covington–Newport" = greater Cincitucky. Classically this was Southern attire. The closer you got to the breadbasket or the steel belt, the more la-de-da you looked wearing light colors or fabrics, even on the hottest summer days. (In 1932, two of my great-uncles had to leave Iowa for... -
Loungers' Pets
Love it. Here are some more radio cats. Marconi wireless operators with station cat, Sea Gate, Coney Island, 1913. This radio was first prize in a New York cat show, 1918. Sydney, late 1930s.- Fletch
- Post #2,313
- Forum: The Display Case
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What are you listening to?
Is it my imagination or does this thread now belong to 4 or 5 of us? Most noticeably...where is Lizzie??? These guys wanna know. 1921 -
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Golden Era stars who died way before their time
Musicians and bandleaders Chick Webb, 1939, age 34 (spinal tuberculosis) Bunny Berigan, 1942, age 33 (liver failure) Chu Berry, 1941, age 31 (auto accident) Charlie Christian, 1942, age 24 (tuberculosis) Davey Tough, 1948, age 41 (head trauma) Earl Burtnett, 1936, age 39...- Fletch
- Post #54
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What are you listening to?
A swing fiddle feature from 1933. And no, it isn't that "My Gal Sal." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFXhwoxDlM4 -
What are you listening to?
With the great Al Morgan on bass. Love that clip, as much for the white suits and the mumbo jumbo portrayal of early television as for Cab and the band. -
What are you listening to?
Will Osborne ...was the Canadian Rudy Vallée, except he had a much more laidback personality and a much better band. He and it were particularly good in 1934-'35, so enjoy a few of the standouts of those years. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CGbPV92pVA... -
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British Paddler's Suits?
So. If your canoe tips or gets shot up, you'll be in the water in a soaked suit you can't swim in. Sounds like a plan to me! :rolleyes: -
Eastman Leather Officers' Trousers Opinions?
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What is your biggest vice?
Any kind of salami. Genoa, Tuscan, Hungarian, dry, hard, you name it. I can take down 1/2 pound of it just standing in the kitchen staring at the electric clock and OM NOM NOM NOM...then later...urggg.- Fletch
- Post #229
- Forum: The Connoisseur
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What are you listening to?
From the long hot summer of 1932, a hot mess from Earl Hines and band. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DW7sqWkozw -
What are you listening to?
South African singer. Little bitty guy about 5'1". Died in an air raid on London. Ladies loved him. Those around here still do. He liked kitty cats.
