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  1. tonyb

    WWII Casket Flag dimensions

    Standard size for a U.S. flag to be draped over a casket is now 5’ by 9.5’, or 60” by 114”. Are WWII casket flags of the same size? And, is (or was) it that such flags had no grommets, seeing how they were meant to be properly folded and presented to the deceased’s nearest survivor? According...
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    Help ID’ing a car, please

    In today’s mail was an envelope containing three old photos, including this image of my grandfather, wearing his hat cocked atop his head, as was his habit. Anyone here able to ID the model of the car, going on what little of its interior features we see here? He was partial to FoMoCo products...
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    Zealotry

    Just yesterday I refreshed my memory of the Love Israel Family, a “cult” of some local fame/infamy in Seattle. The Family numbered roughly 300 (some estimates say as many as 500) at its height, in the early 1970s. Remnants of it exist still, mostly in the northeastern part of Washington state...
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    Knockoffs?

    I’m of two minds. A close copy of a “classic” or “iconic” (I wish I could come up with a better word) piece of furniture or item of attire or wristwatch or whatever *is* a sort of theft. But then, the price of the “authentic” or “licensed” item is often such that people of modest means plainly...
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    Electrolux vacuum

    Anyone here (59Lark, maybe?) have an informed opinion on the practicality of a vintage Electrolux canister vacuum for regular domestic use in 2020? I’m considering purchasing one of those bullet-shaped deco/moderne jobs, because the look real cool and because, being canister-type vacuums...
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    “Smart” phones

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    B-17 crash outside Hartford

    I’m mildly surprised that no one else (of whom I’m aware) has posted the news of the B-17 that crashed yesterday after taking off from BDL, killing seven of the 13 people aboard. I’ll leave it to those better versed on such matters to weigh in on the wisdom of using these old warplanes for the...
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    Summertime then and now ...

    A voice coming over the car radio this morning informed me that many of the school districts in the region commence classes tomorrow, August 12. August 12? Really? The forecast is for clear skies and temperatures in the 90s every day this week. Do we really expect the kids to sit still for the...
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    David Ortiz

    i don’t have much of any real insight to say on the shooting of David Ortiz, but I feel it ought not go without mention here.
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    Vintage things that have REAPPEARED in your lifetime?

    We have threads here devoted to vintage things that have disappeared in our lifetimes and vintage things that haven't disappeared. But how about things that came back? It would be a shorter list than either of the other two, I'd think, but every now and again I see reproduced or resurrected...
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    Readability

    Lengthy posts are easier to digest (and likelier to be read) when they are presented in bite-size pieces. This is especially so when the posts are seen on these little smartphone screens. So, my recommendation is to write in generally shorter paragraphs and to put a couple of spaces between...
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    If the shoes fit ...

    Looks like a real good deal for the right person ... http://www.ebay.com/itm/14-PAIR-OF-1930s-LADIES-SHOES-SOME-BOXES-2-SUITCASES-RECEIPT-BOOK-/151821937275?hash=item23594aea7b
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    The wonder of wedding bands

    I've long appreciated the custom of the wedding ring. The presence of one tells others that its bearer either is "spoken for," or wishes people to think that. I've known cocktail waitresses who referred to their wedding bands as "no-pest strips." This is not to say that the absence of a...
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    Yes, Fepsa makes good stuff ...

    Recently attended a big Western wear trade show, at which I handled a good number of cowboy hats, some of which carried brand names you might recognize, and some of which you likely never heard of. But none of the truly big names were in attendance, so no Stetsons, Resistols, etc. The good...
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    Embroidery? Screen printing? Or ...

    I don't know that this is appropriate to this new forum. If it ain't, it's easy enough to erase it, right? I've been on a quest for the best way to affix my logo to liner tips -- you know, the round top panels of hat liners. I would prefer it to be embroidered, as such logos were on some...
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    Radio on the fritz ...

    I'd much rather post this query here than in any old-radio-exclusively online community, seeing how it's far less likely anyone here will look down his or her nose at my ill-informed and naive self. Here's the deal: My old Sparton tabletop radio, 1940s-vintage, worked okay for the...
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    Bruno Mars: Vigorous nods to vintage styles ...

    I haven't kept up with pop trends for 40 years or so, so I'm perhaps a bit tardy in learning just who this Bruno Mars fellow is and what he does to make his name. I got hipped to this video just yesterday. Very stylish. Very. Whoever put the duds on these young men really ought to win some...
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    Bartender appreciation

    Yesterday a bartender took a swift, decisive and absolutely necessary action to avert what might well have turned into a barroom brawl. Said bartender did not scold, did not pontificate, did not make himself "superior" in any way. I don't live on this site. But I do visit frequently, as I have...
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    Vivian Maier images

    Just a cool shot ...
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    Free eBook: The Twentieth Century Hat Factory

    If this has been posted before, my quick search didn't find it. So, here 'tis ... http://books.google.com/books?id=ETQuAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Enjoy
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