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  1. filfoster

    Good Deeds: Done Any Lately?

    Small Acts of Mercy: At our Christmas church service I sang at a barely audible level, sparing those around me a very unpleasant experience.
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    What's Your Favorite Horror Movie?

    Shadow of the Vampire. It features a classic horror film within a stylish horror film with great actors (perhaps not acting so greatly but still fun and scary).
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    Your favorite toys as a kid?

    Well, of course this is a 'given', however, we're talking about 'store bought' toys...
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    Vintage Pics in your vintage threads!

    Well done, ma'am.
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    How do you commemorate 11 November 1918

    Locally, it's just a flag display. When I was young ('50's-'60's) the grown ups called it Armistice Day. Now, I just lay out a replica of 'Black Jack' Pershing's uniform and a German general's kit, helmet and tunic, on the dining room table and have an adult beverage or six and watch a WWI...
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    buying outside of ebay via paypal?

    I was defrauded by a seller in Georgia, (US) who did the same thing..actually persuaded me to drop a claim, then promptly vamoosed to Czecoslovakia or whatever it's called now-opened up a restaurant/club in Prague, whcih I hope failed. Paypal did reopen it and I got a full recovery.
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    Role of Brown Suits in the Golden Age

    Here's one at www.menssuitseparates.com that I would spring for: 'char brown pinstripe' http://www.menssuitseparates.com/business-suits.html
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    buying outside of ebay via paypal?

    I always choose Paypal when given the option for non-ebay purchases because of the help I have gotten with bad transactions. I have only suffered one partial loss after years and years of experience. I am sure most banks/cc companies will eventually compete with them but they have my loyalty.
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    Nice black 1920's 3 piece suit.

    I will try to post some pics in the Suits forum as soon as I can. I got more info on this amazing find: It came from an auction in New Hampshire and it had been stored in a trunk for a very long time, which accounts for it's pristine condition. For fun, I took it accross the street to our local...
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    Nice black 1920's 3 piece suit.

    This is probably not the place to post this but I just got this suit. I have bought vintage suits before and they're nice but usually needed alteration, with the preservation angst that causes, to fit. This is preternatural! This beautiful three piece suit fits me EXACTLY. The unpaddes...
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    Your favorite toys as a kid?

    I WAS Zorro! Even had the Hi-Fi Disney story record. My mom woke up one Saturday morning to see that I had used the chalk tip to blaze "Z's" and "Zorro" all over the living room walls. That was a long Saturday with the sponge and soapy water.... Those swords ALWAYS broke off, separating the...
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    Your favorite toys as a kid?

    Remember the Yancey Derringer belt buckle with the little derringer gun that would flip out and cap fire? Also by Mattel, I think. Can't remember how it worked but man, that was one we all had to have, too.
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    'Everyone lied to me': Hitler's rant in bunker

    Without petrol and trained pilots. Thank god. The Herr Reichsminister Speer managed an impressive production, no doubt.
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    Role of Brown Suits in the Golden Age

    "When in Rome...". I know the local market dictates attire, even in banking. I have spoken with people who work/have worked in banks on the West Coast and in Florida and they report much relaxed dress norms. I have toiled here for two large 'super-regionals' for over 35 years and can attest...
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    'Everyone lied to me': Hitler's rant in bunker

    I think Shangas' first post is a good summary. On Hess: The evidence that Hess was sent to Britain is far less compelling than the official version that he was a dim bulb who thought he was on a mission that would be 'approved' if he was successful. Hess's understanding of who did what in...
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    Role of Brown Suits in the Golden Age

    The posts reveal many folks who do not (have to) work in a large corporate office setting. I will testify that here, at a large regional bank headquarters in the Mid West, there are rules and they are not lightly transgressed, except on the idiotic 'Casual Friday' and even then, jeans will mark...
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    Your favorite toys as a kid?

    OH, favorite store-bought toy....I loved my Mattel 'Fanner Fifty' toy guns best. Very un-PC but that was the '50's-early '60's.
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    Where are all of you from?

    Cincinnati, Ohio (I actually live right across the river in Fort Thomas, Kentucky) People here live in the sports purgatory of baseball and football teams that break our hearts, year after year after year.
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    Ford unveils 'new' 1940 Coupe

    This is the stuff dreams are made of. One of my favorite cars. It screams Golden Age. I actually sat in one once, owned by a long-ago friend. I recall riding in a different make/model, just-post war coupe of this size, that my aunt had. She called it her 'puddle jumper'.
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    Role of Brown Suits in the Golden Age

    John Malloy's book "Dress For Success" killed brown suits because he wrote that brown and green suits tested poorly except for the American Mid-West. (Insert joke about us here). I don't own one yet but Hardwick has one at www.menssuitseparates.com that is tempting, in a dark brown/grey...

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