Recent content by nulty

What I ascribe to a feeling, is hopefully a sense of personal values that hopefully lend to behaviors. I like to believe that the folks from my grandparents generation( b. 1899-1925) actually did exude an attitude about life and their place in the world that came from the experience of 2 world...

OutStanding!!

http://observer.com/2013/05/a-triumph-on-the-page-the-great-gatsby-founders-miserably-on-the-silver-screen/ The critic makes a few good points,aside from his general dislike.Gatsby should never have been tried as a movie....not even 4 times. Hollywood has never really understood Poor Scott...

I flip on the Sirius radio every morning to 40's on 4 ......my wife got me a subscription for Christmas...we have one in the house and one in my car. We listen to the Rradio Classic channel as well..This was "Johnny Dollar" week... what a cad..:eusa_clap Would love the 30's on 3......but I'll...

My Ma has spent the last 10 years coaxing bluebirds into her yard from the field just beyond. She has around 15 nesting boxes over the course of about 50 yards. It has been a joy that helps to fill her days...you'd think blue birds, being the NY state bird would be more approachable but they...

That is an amazing story AF..."the boy" must ave been an incredibly kind spirit. I've posted this before in an other thread I think. For a while I worked at a home for wayward youth. The property dated back tot he mid 19th century and had been the county home for indigent persons and then was...

I read Chris Hedges or try to every monday.....to me knowing his disdain for war and it's aggrandizement his message lies in the notion that Corporations have placed a wedge between the human experience and it's relation to society. And the reference to low Culture would be the constant...

Mid 1960's......My Gram had a set just like it bought brand new in about 1966....I still have the marble top end tables that went with it.....Very Nice find...

There are resemblances yes but is the first the same as the other two..? I'm going to say no...for me it's the eyes..they don't convey the same sense of personality..they are set wider apart and contain something the other two do not....could it be that the first fellow is in his early to mid...

My Grandmother always said ~ When you see a crazy person go around them ~ It was good advice....

James Gleason always seems to have a hat a little too high in the crown. a touch too wide in the brim and is often askew atop of his seemingly small head.....total class in my book......:eusa_clap

I just took a moderate quality 1960's dobbs from a 7 3/8 to a 7 1/2 approx and so far she is staying pretty good. The sweat was a little thinner than most which probably helped. I used a modern stretcher similar in style to the vintage one on the bottom right in Cooncatbob's picture. Someone...

Thanks a bunch..Glad to hear it!

What is the quality like on that Akubra whippet?..I've never owned one or even handled an Akubra but I've heard the stingies aren't of the same quality as other models...stiff as a petticoat I've heard.... I've always admired that hat and have wondered fondly If I'll get one. The hat looks...

when you say it does....