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The wrist watch.
From Wikipedia: ....However, the vast majority of modern Swiss brands do not sell parts to independent watchmakers, irrespective of the watchmaker's expertise, training or credentials. This industry policy is thought to enable Swiss manufacturers to maintain tighter quality control of the...- Thunderhead19
- Post #252
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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The wrist watch.
After a I saw a couple videos on the web about watch repair I bought a bunch of cheap mechanical watch carcasses and parts off of ebay for a few dollars just to see how complicated things like disassembly, cleaning and rebuilding actually might be. Frankly, it's not looking like a skill that...- Thunderhead19
- Post #241
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Post New Hats Here!
This is my latest $9 find. It turned out to be too small for me....from the faded tag its a 7 1/8. In my dreams I imagine swapping somebody for a similar hat that actually fits me. I am also curios about the Stetson brand made in Canada....I didn't think they did!- Thunderhead19
- Post #36,554
- Forum: Hats
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Disco: The last dying gasp of the Golden Era?
I don't think the last gasp has happened yet. Without writing a 30 line tirade. It's all coming back. The war we've been beset with, and the economic collapse of 7 years ago seems to have re-awakened something...- Thunderhead19
- Post #31
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Gillette Super Speed DE Razors
I have a 1956 Gillette Red Tip. NOT a mild shaver. My beard is like wire and with a feather blade the thing wipes my beard away like a squeegee. I have an early 40s (Canadian) Fat Handle Tech - I like it best. I have an adjustable and it's more gimmicky than anything else. Once you find the...- Thunderhead19
- Post #12
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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In my early forties, making my daily escape into the late 40s.
In my early forties, making my daily escape into the late 40s.- Thunderhead19
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Riding/adventure boots?
Nice....very nice.- Thunderhead19
- Post #68
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Post New Hats Here!
My latest $10 (Canadian Dollars) thrift store find. This thrift store is huge, and is trolled by the local vintage clothing stores and the local antique shops. I got quite lucky. I grabbed it the second they put it out. This is a near-new (it's actually dark brown) Failsworth wool felt fedora...- Thunderhead19
- Post #28,931
- Forum: Hats
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Lowering the average age at the office by a decade.
Lowering the average age at the office by a decade.- Thunderhead19
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Anyone else interested in trying out ration dieting?
I`m just getting going on the ration diet. Has anyone been able to stick to it for more than a year? The difference between the availability of food in the US and Canada vs the UK was obviously immense. Things like salmon, lobster and apples were available in obscene surplusses. On top of that...- Thunderhead19
- Post #80
- Forum: The Home Front Woman
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He Married The Wrong Woman
What was the name of that movie...where this wealthy English bachelor hosts this man and his mistress, who are going to run away together. He connives to keep then there and then half way through the movie the wife shows up at the same place with her lover (because they're running away...- Thunderhead19
- Post #6
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Share more joy in 2016 with everyone
Share more joy in 2016 with everyone- Thunderhead19
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Paramount Theater Oakland, CA: Art Deco Temple of the Gods...
I grew up in Campbell River, BC and in the 1980s a local group decided to save the old Van Isle theatre......it was the '80s...and the old art-deco theatre was brought "up to date" by covering it with pink stucco. The Tidemark is still referred to by locals as the FPB (Funny Pink Building).- Thunderhead19
- Post #6
- Forum: The Golden Era
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...Aahhgh..too...many...Christmas...cookies
...Aahhgh..too...many...Christmas...cookies- Thunderhead19
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Old smells, that immeditately transport you back in time?
The smell of cinnamon and cloves in my grandma's pantry. It was a little room built into the kitchen. Granny would babysit me and my twin brother every once in a while. She'd go in there and get the fixin's for our lunch, and we'd slam the door and it would get jammed shut. Hilarious stuff...- Thunderhead19
- Post #229
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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How do you live the "Golden Era?"
Hello friends I'd like to canvas as many of you as I can to find out what Golden era lifestyle is reflected in your lives (Wartime millionaire? Upscale professional? .......Wartime factory worker? Dust bowl dirt farmer? Grifter? etc...), and what you're motivation is. For example I'm trying to...- Thunderhead19
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Correct Telephone Habits
I Love telemarketers. They're good listeners. As soon as they ask me how I am today, I start telling them about my most recent bowel movements, my mother's hip surgery, my recent car repairs, how work's going, what I came home from work smelling like today etc... They don't seem to mind me...- Thunderhead19
- Post #51
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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Retro gym equipment?
If you have the chance to visit the old Queen Mary in Long Beach you can check out their period gym equipment. I'm sure there's lots of photos on line as well. http://www.queenmary.com/stay-aboard/fitness-center/- Thunderhead19
- Post #28
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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What do you use to shave?
I've been using a 1940s Gillette Heavy Tech with a Parker Badger brush and an ARKO shave stick for the last two weeks. Before that I was using a 1940s Schick Injector.- Thunderhead19
- Post #1,629
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
