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  1. SpitfireXIV

    Gal needs a uniform

    sorry, just have Marines. winter & the summer seersucker.
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    Silver patterns

    they seem not to acknowledge my silver plate pattern: Fair Oaks by Rockford Silver Plate.
  3. SpitfireXIV

    Chicago Loungers: The Death of Kiddieland

    Six Flags is filing for Chapter 11 if I'm not mistaken.
  4. SpitfireXIV

    Atlanta for the summer... what to do?

    well, Zoo Atlanta is nice. If you like Pandas that is. If you're lucky, you might catch "Brew at the Zoo" where local microbreweries have beer booths set up at various spots in the zoo, so you drink with the wild creatures. Also, if you're one of those people who have never been to a Sonic...
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    I find myself...

    oh, am i ever guilty of that... i will be looking at the clothing & hair, decor, etc and miss the plot (if there indeed is one) of any "period" movies. but, my sister will from time to time, ask me to put a particular "period" into terms she can relate to ("was this before or after Jane...
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    National Day of Prayer

    no kidding. thanks for the reminder...
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    If I Wasn't Vintage, I'd be...

    If I weren't vintage, I'd probably be "geek chic." Comic books & skate board all the way!
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    New Old Stock/With Tags: To Wear or Not to Wear?

    definitely keep the tags & wear the clothes. fabrics have such a short shelf life in the great scheme of things, that it's seems a shame not to use something so pretty for what it was designed for. :offtopic: the only exception to not using vintage in my day to day life is "things with...
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    my imagination or did i wake up in the wrong time

    It wasn't that long ago when we didn't lock our doors if we went out during the day... only 15 years ago. We still have a sense of community in my small town (pop. 6,000 & 1 Starkbucks), but for me personally I think that has more to do with being involved locally, mainly politics but...
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    Dauntless retrieved from Lake Michigan

    link: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009118806_apwwiibombersalvage.html WWII-era dive-bomber lifted from Lake Michigan A dive bomber that had ditched in Lake Michigan on a training run in 1944 was brought to land Friday for restoration in Florida for the National...
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    The Occult, are you a believer?

    You don't have to go any further than the Bible to see that historically there were magicians, soothsayers, fortune tellers. There were also prophets, for the other side. So, yes, I believe there is something behind all of that, but I don't practice any of it.
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    Happy EARTH DAY!

    it was just common sense; a virtue i think is quickly disappearing lately... as a side note.... i was shocked to visit my kin down in Georgia & ask where their recycling bin was. i got the "you're not from around here, are you?" reply. imagine if more people were more concerned with...
  15. SpitfireXIV

    Happy EARTH DAY!

    i grew up doing all that sort of stuff... turning off the water when you're brushing your teeth, using the Tupperware for lunches instead of plastic bags, turning off lights when you leave the room.... using a drying rack, all that good stuff. so, it's like any other day for me.
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    Cut-rate Spitfire for dollar buyers

    was the Spitfire a joint effort between Vickers & Supermarine?
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    Show Your Bakelite/Catalin Items!

    I found a bakelite cross back in high school on the end of a rosary like this one: the little clear parts have one of the "Seven Sorrows of Christ" in each one. ps: totally off topic here, but an iPhone app: :eusa_clap
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    Young loungers

    I'm now 40. I started down my vintage path the first time i tried on my Mom's vintage dresses (my "play dresses" when I was a little girl). I got more into it when I lived with my Aunt in her 1840's farmhouse surrounded by antiques and started developing a taste for antique jewelry. The...
  20. SpitfireXIV

    Vintage Lust

    it's the longer fuselage and Griffon engine. and the 5 blade prop. that's my reason for admiring it so.
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    Vintage Lust

    I think the place in Milwaukee is more of a warehouse of discontinued/old patterns. The other places I mentioned, I don't know...
  22. SpitfireXIV

    Vintage Lust

    If anywhere in the world would be able to help you: rumour has it, there's a place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that can match almost any china pattern known to man! Maybe a sympathetic employee can give you some leads... article mentioning the place on Water Street (the "Historic Third District")...
  23. SpitfireXIV

    Bringing service back to Department Stores?

    sometimes the mentality is "if you don't make our forecasted sales, you won't meet budget. if you don't meet budget, we have to cut your payroll." the only problem with that theory is, if you cut payroll, you have less staff to try to make your sales goals for that week. Paisley hit the nail...

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