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  1. stevew443

    Favorite shaving soaps

    I have been using Van Der Hagen Luxury soap for longer than I wish to remember. I can find it at the local Wally World for almost nothing and it pairs nicely with my Jagger badger brush. It lathers well, moistens well and does not dry out mid shave.
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    You know you are getting old when:

    I can remember when they used to sell a colored piece of saran wrap to put over the TV screen to "simulate" color TV on a black and white set. The plastic had 3 stripes of color, blue at the top, green in the middle and if I remember correctly, brown at the bottom. My grandmother bought one...
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Betsy Palmer passed away today at the age of 88.
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    Men rings - How to choose? What do you wear?

    I only wear 2 rings. One is a replacement wedding ring (the original was cut off by hospital staff about 3 years ago) and the 2nd ring is a simple gold and onyx ring that my wife bought for me for our 15th wedding anniversary (which I have been wearing for the past 26 years). My father had a...
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    You know you are getting old when:

    Getting a hair cut and seeing your dad's hair on the barber's towel. Now I look at my hands and arms and see my father's hands and arms.
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    Favorite comfort food . . .

    I dearly love my mother's lemon meringue pie. Unfortunately I don't have much of my pancreas left which means I am diabetic and must take enzymes to digest my food, so my current comfort food is salty cottage cheese. One must take comfort where one can find it, although on the rare occasion...
  8. stevew443

    What Do You Sound Like?

    The test states that I have a Western accent. I was born and raised in WV. My dad had a mid-Ohio Valley (Tyler County, WV) accent which is quite unique and my mom was raised in the hills (Richie County, WV) and has what everyone would consider to be a thick hillbilly accent. When I am sober I...
  9. stevew443

    Harbingers of Spring

    My wife says that the spring peepers are singing, but I can no longer hear them due to deafness. I used to enjoy hearing them. I can see the grass starting to get a bit green which means I will soon have to get that old mower out and begin the weekly chore of push mowing my acre lot. I had...
  10. stevew443

    New Computer! Yippy!

    Cindy, if you use wifi, make sure you lock it down. It is easy enough to do, and it prevents certain intrusions that would be unwelcome. I have always enjoyed getting a new computer. I have not had many. I usually grab an old one from a flea market and clean it up and when I am finished with...
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    Did you attend a college or university?

    I attended 2 colleges in the 70s. First was West Virginia University that I attended from 1970 to 1973 with a major of Secondary Education and a minor of History. I did not finish there because my father disowned me for a time because he did not like my girlfriend at the time (by the way, that...
  13. stevew443

    The End of the Collector Mindset

    If one does not preserve the old, our history will soon be forgotten. Perhaps my nephew may not be interested in having his great grandfather's razor and eye glasses, but at least I am holding onto a bit of my family history. I can understand the need to keep possessions at a minimum, but one...
  14. stevew443

    any cases of haunted vintage jackets story to share?

    My brother-in-law purchased a bayonet from Gettysburg, and it came with a ghost of a man who had been killed by the bayonet. I saw that ghost on a couple of times and had some interesting interactions with the ghost (that scared the bejibbers out of me).
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    It will always be May 1936...

    If I had to pick a year (or two), I think it would be 1938 or 1939. I so love the music from those two years. Artie Shaw was at his peak, Benny Goodman was doing great, and Glenn Miller was starting to really kick it out. For some reason, it seems as if I have begun to relive my father's...
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    That is why I always carry a very nice fountain pen. When I pull that pen out to sign something, if the clerk or teller or whatever is a young person, their eyes usually almost pop out of their head since most have never seen a fine writing instrument.
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Baruch Dayan ha’emet
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    Favorite Historic Buildings or Places

    Although I have never had the opportunity to enter it, my favorite building is the Flatiron building in NYC. I dearly love that building. A close second would be Monticello. Jefferson was about as tall as I am, so the scale of Monticello just feels right.
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    Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

    I was somewhat aware of that, and it may be a big help once I begin collecting in 2019. We will have no problem with the marriage part since we celebrate our 41st anniversary this May 10. I cannot believe that anyone could put up with me for that long.
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    Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

    My sweet wife began collecting her Social Security at age 62, not by choice but because she can not find a full time job. She currently is working as a freelance writer for 4 magazines and a weekly newspaper and is putting in more hours a week than she would at a full time job, but she is...
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Although not a member of the golden era, many of you will know the name or the music. Sam Houston Andrew, founding member and guitarist of Big Brother and the Holding Co. died on February 12.
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    Ghost stories please..

    I don't go looking for ghosts, but if a ghost is around an area it usually finds me for some reason. My first story was when my wife and I were still dating. My wife's sister collected Civil War collectibles and evidently one bayonet she had was haunted by a soldier who had been killed by that...

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