Want to buy or sell something? Check the classifieds
  • The Fedora Lounge is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

Search results

  1. E

    Weapons in the Movies

    Speaking of "movie blanks" with the maximum flash and noise, some reenactors use them just to put on a show, as far as I can tell. They're not necessary, but they use them anyway. To be specific, I remember one "battle" which was going on near dusk and in the woods. In the dim light one guy...
  2. E

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Pavlovian response: All I have to do is think about "Green Acres" and I start laughing... One example: Lisa is in the kitchen wearing an apron and Oliver comes in and asks what's for dinner. Lisa tells him she's making "hot water soup" - put cold water in a pan and put in on the stove to heat...
  3. E

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I spent my first engineering career as an "Environmental Engineer' and one of our areas of responsibility was asbestos testing and remediation. What Vitanola says is dead-on (some pun intended) and I couldn't say it any better. Two anecdotes from that time: One of our field techs (Chuck)...
  4. E

    You know you are getting old when:

    Glad to see such devoted supporters of the Second Amendment... (Just kidding - I know the difference...)
  5. E

    You know you are getting old when:

    And you And you also knew what size film you needed - 120, 620, 127, etc.
  7. E

    Weapons in the Movies

    Agree 100% about the potential problems/dangers about getting the blank orifice correct. You have to hit the "baby bear" diameter - not too big, not too small - to get reliable and safe functioning. I have been doing WWII reenacting for a number of years and among the reenacting community...
  8. E

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I often read with amazement and amusement about what they do, say, and eat in faraway Maine, and a lot of it I have never even heard of. However, the song about school, teachers, and tangerines is almost exactly the same as what we sang. The slight difference is that I think we had a different...
  9. E

    How would you earn a living?

    I was born an engineer and will die an engineer in the modern era, so I'd likely also be an engineer in the Golden Era. Assuming we could carry our interests/capabilities/qualifications with us, I'd look for an aeronautical engineering design job with Boeing (B-17, B-29), Republic (P-47), or...
  10. E

    How would you earn a living?

    Respectfully disagree - The Army published a lot of language phrasebooks, guidebooks, and etc. during WWII. As one example, the War Department put out a small booklet entitled "A Pocket Guide to France" prior to the D-Day invasion. Another later one was "Paris - Guide to Leave Troops". These...
  11. E

    Weapons in the Movies

    I think Worf may be thinking of a particular WWII-era movie in which either the Germans or Japanese are using Thompsons with the forearms removed and the guns put on a tripod to simulate enemy weapons. I can see the scene in my head but can't place exactly which movie it was.
  13. E

    Weapons in the Movies

    Those SPAS 12 shotguns fall firmly into the category of "Be careful what you ask for..." I had one and considered myself lucky to trade it for a good all-parts-correct M1 Garand. The SPAS was supposed to be either semi-auto or pump, which meant it didn't work very well in either mode. In...
  14. E

    If you had a conversation with a person in 1770 would they understand?

    I'm not a huge fan of Wikipedia, but their definition fits how people I know would feel about being called a "redneck": The term redneck is a derogatory term chiefly used for a rural poor white person of the Southern United States.[1][2] Its usage is similar in meaning to cracker (especially...
  15. E

    What is that Color?

    I've been WWII reenacting and collecting "Army junk" for a number of years. The definitions of OD and Khaki have been debated for most of that time, but I think people are finally accepting the fact that Army uniforms and jackets varied widely during the war years and even for similar products...
  16. E

    If you had a conversation with a person in 1770 would they understand?

    As a Southerner I *definitely* resent the "redneck" label. Another thread got shut down due to insulting name-calling. You ought to know better... As for the 'white South' reference I am not exactly sure what you are getting at, but would prefer not to know. Surely you can comment on the...
  17. E

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    From the King James Bible: Exodus 3, 13-14 13Then Moses said to God, "Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you.' Now they may say to me, 'What is His name?' What shall I say to them?" 14God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM" I...
  19. E

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    From History.com: On this day in 1917 (June 17), during the third year of World War I, Britain’s King George V orders the British royal family to dispense with the use of German titles and surnames, changing the surname of his own family, the decidedly Germanic Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, to Windsor. I...
  20. E

    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    That kid gets around - I saw him at the grocery store over the weekend - dressed *exactly* like that. It was a a lot warmer here, though, 12 degrees F.
  21. E

    Things that make you smile

    As a former NASA aerodynamics researcher, the problem is that cars move through the same fluid (air) at the same speeds, hence they evolve to similar appearance. I lament that similarity also, and am pleased that I can tell a '57 Chevy from a '57 Ford at 100 yards on a foggy day...
  22. E

    You know you are getting old when:

    Remember (as you said yourself) that you are statistically part of the "Baby Boom", but not a part of the Baby Boomer culture, so there is no reason for you to like the music of that time. For most people I know of the Boomers, our music was mostly background sound for whatever it was that we...
  23. E

    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    Meant to add: The "jacket" shown in the left hand photo of Tom Hanks is a D-Day "assault vest", a specialized outfit just used for the invasion, worn over the actual field jacket. GI"s got rid of them right after the landings since they were bulky and heavy and were not sufficiently useful to...

Latest posts

Members online

Total: 5,296 (members: 49, guests: 5,247)

Forum statistics

Threads
111,247
Messages
3,117,791
Members
55,545
Latest member
dk8594
Top