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. Paisley

    Live Standards Radio Stations

    I just rediscovered a Denver radio station (EZ1430, formerly KEZW) that plays music from about the 40s through the 80s. They'd had the same format since 1981, then a few years ago switched to a "cruisin' oldies" format, then switched to sports, and finally went back to the old standards format...
  2. Paisley

    Mayberry Man Movie to be Filmed

    "The feature-length, family-friendly comedy centers around a rude star actor who is pulled over for speeding while driving in a small Southern town. His sentence? To attend Mayberry Fest, where he learns a few things from the townspeople." It's going to star some children of the actors who...
  3. Paisley

    Japanese Beetles => Chicken Feed

    Here's a new way of giving chickens bugs, which is part of their traditional diet. Get a tanglefoot Japanese beetle trap. Empty it daily into a bag and put the bag in the freezer. Serve to chickens. I've trapped over a pound of Japanese beetles a week and given them to a neighbor who raises...
  4. Paisley

    1929 Meridian Street Mansion

    This isn't my vintage home, but it's here in Indianapolis. The house has had some remodeling, but with an eye towards keeping its character intact. http://www.indystar.com/story/life/2017/06/16/hot-property-meridian-street-mansion/371883001/
  5. Paisley

    Indianapolis: A Vintagey Place to Live

    Here's a tale of two cities. Until Thanksgiving week last year, I lived in my hometown of Denver, Colorado. Just to clear up a few misperceptions, Denver is on the plains (not in the mountains), gets roasting hot in the summer, the traffic is as bad as anything I've driven in in Los Angeles, the...
  7. Paisley

    Fur Scarves and Fur Collars

    Who loves this look?! I got a faux fur scarf today and I'm looking forward to wearing it. It's a short scarf with a loop to push one end through. Wearing it indoors: yes or no? Wearing it with short sleeves--possibly not a good look. It reminds me of a necktie with a short-sleeved shirt...
  8. Paisley

    Sybil Exposed

    A new book is out claiming that Sybil, the book and TV movie about a woman with multiple personalities, is largely fiction. (Sybil was born around 1920 and treated in the 50s and early 60s.) Disturbing stuff about how fast and loose doctors used to play with their patients' welfare.
  9. Paisley

    Repairing the Fuse on a Coffee Maker

    I thought I'd share some useful information I discovered when I burned out the fuse on my vintage coffee maker this morning. I have a 1930s Manning-Bowman coffee maker. I plugged it in before adding water to it and it stopped working. I followed the instructions on the bottom for replacing...
  10. Paisley

    Outdoor Preparedness Overkill

    From today's Denver Post: "I tell people that if they plan to go more than 100 yards away from their car, they need to be prepared to spend at least one night out," says Kevin Wright, who is on the Alamosa Valley Search and Rescue team. Apparently, I was taking my life in my hands yesterday...
  11. Paisley

    The Poisoner's Handbook

    Imagine CSI meets The Untouchables. This is a chronology of true short stories of poisoning, both accidental and deliberate, investigated by pioneering medical examiners in New York City from around 1910 through 1935. In those days, poisons such as thallium, cyanide, arsenic, radium, lead...
  13. Paisley

    Would a Singer Like Ella Fitzgerald be Appreciated Today?

    A singer and I were talking last night about the direction that music has gone. "It's all vocal acrobatics and emoting way too much," she said. The song "Dancing Cheek to Cheek" with Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald was playing. "For a ballad that requires subtlety, nobody's doing it...
  14. Paisley

    Who are your Role Models?

    The Lost Art of Manliness thread inspired me to ask this question: who are your role models? They can be living, dead, people you know or never met, even fictional people. They're people you have real or imagined conversations with when you need--you stop and think, "What would this person do?"...
  15. Paisley

    Classic Clothes and Accessories Made to Last

    Ladies, how often have you bought clothes that look shabby after a few months? Or purses that stop zipping within a year? And shoes--shoes are the worst. Lately, I've been buying clothes from companies that mostly make men's clothes: the quality is better and the style is more traditional...
  16. Paisley

    Who Does Without TV?

    I never got around to getting a digital antenna and have been without TV for a month. I watch DVDs and have started getting books on CD from the library. (You can also download audio books.) How do you get along without TV?
  17. Paisley

    Transform your T-Shirts

    There's a book out called Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-Shirt about reworking t-shirts into different garments, bags, etc. You don't have to sew to do some of the projects. A description of the book from Amazon.com: The scope of Nicolay's how-to book is broader than its title...
  19. Paisley

    Recreation with a Weak Partner

    I'd like to know what other Loungers think of recreation like dancing, tennis, cards, etc. where your enjoyment depends in part on the skill of your partner--and you have a weak partner. Specifically, a partner who is not a newbie, but has been at it for awhile and hasn't mastered the basics...
  20. Paisley

    Homeownership and Foreclosures, 1910-1960

    An article by Steven Malanga in City Journal, Spring 2009 edition, discusses homeownership and foreclosures in the 20th century and today. Here's an excerpt from "Obsessive Housing Disorder": We’ve largely forgotten that Herbert Hoover, as secretary of commerce, initiated the first major...
  21. Paisley

    "Lindy Hop" on Dancing with the Stars

    This sounded like a bad idea when they announced it. I just didn't realize how bad. It was probably unfair to ask the dancers to teach a dance and the judges to judge a dance they didn't know, but five minutes' research would have cleared up some misconceptions. Apparently, that was five minutes...
  22. Paisley

    Calling Card Mystery Partly Unraveled

    From Miss Manners' column in the Washington Post, March 18: A calling card fell out of my copy of a 1905 edition of Edith Wharton's "The House of Mirth" when I cut one of the many uncut pages (the better to read). The card measures roughly 2 by 3 inches and has the name "Miss Wallace" in the...
  23. Paisley

    When to Wear a Beaded Cap

    I just bought a brimless cap. It's pink wool with a small amount of beading on top and at the edge. The beading is gray and forms two stylized leaves. What would be a good occasion to wear this? When would it have been worn when it was new? Evening only, or nice daytime occasion?

Latest posts

Members online

Total: 6,002 (members: 39, guests: 5,963)

Forum statistics

Threads
107,268
Messages
3,032,572
Members
52,727
Latest member
j2points
Top