Recent content by Barchetta52

Ford 9N Mickey D, I love those Ford tractors. Very cool.

Barbour International Rain Protection I got caught in a pretty good rain Sunday on the motorcycle and was delighted that the Barbour International (with patch, pin is on my leather Rocker jacket) kept me dry as the proverbial bone. The blue jeans, ankle boots, and socks were a different story...

Get ready for this one. I love the smell of an old car interior; musty, rusty, but not beyond help. Could not possibly say why, but there you go.

I'm from Fort Worth and you're right, you don't see boots and suits much anymore. Of course, like most of North Texas, you probably didn't see but a few natives. Hmmm, maybe I should singlehandedly attempt to bring back the boots.

Rereading "John Dillinger" by Dary Matera. Just finished "The Santa Claus Robbery", a thorough account of the 12/23/1927 First National Bank of Cisco (TX) by four men, one dressed as Santa Claus. (Don't have the book with me and can't remember the author. If anybody's interested I'll get it...

If I had $$$$$$$$! ZemkeFan, is that Jake Zemke?

In my case it would be more of a Don't Rag.lol

Looks like an ascot to me. My flight instructor - convinced he is a reincarnated Battle of Britain pilot - wore one in the 1980's and gave me a couple. Once you get the hang of, it's kind of cool for certain occassions.

In the mid '50s we had a couple of swamp coolers. In short order the glue in the furtniture started to give up. That was a lot of fun. Roaches and waterbugs seemed to like them ,too.

I don't know when it opened, but there was a poolhall in one of the older sections of Fort Worth, TX with a big sign: 68 degrees Inside! Sounded pretty good during a Texas summer. The place was gone by the late 1960's, but had been there at least 20 years before.

They Drive by Night with George Raft, Humphrey Bogart, and Anne Sheridan. Man, she was a real cutie.

You talked me into it. I'm also getting the Kak. For a guy who lives in Texas I've got a lot of jackets already. That's half the fun!

Sadly, the best barber I ever had committed suicide. It always hurts me to think someone found life that hopeless.

CdnDandy, Over the past year and a half I've lost about 90 pounds and have been through a succession of pants being taken in, then buying smaller ones on ebay, having them altered, etc. At the same time, I've gone from an XXL shirt to a large. Since I'm very near my weight goal I took one...

Gun Shows I went to the lamest gun show this afternoon. Paid $7 and walked through in about 20 minutes. The only thing I was slightly interested in was a Winchester 1907 for $795. Didn't buy it. Didn't even find clothes or books. Oh well, thee's a bigger one coming up in a couple of weeks.