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  1. Argee

    Sears might be going belly up

    How can someone write an entire article about Sears oldest store and not mention what year it opened? I had to look it up elsewhere. It's 1925 by the way.
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    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Harrison Ford uses one of those glasses in Blade Runner, one with the blue rings.
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    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    From an estate sale this morning: Gerstner dental case from the mid 1950s. I intend to use it for fountain pens.
  4. Argee

    Retro Future

    Love the concept. I hope you are keeping a close eye on matching the light source angle for the models and the added celestial objects.
  5. Argee

    What pens are we carrying today?

    I'm carrying a mid 1930s Conklin Nozak Word Gauge. Found it at an estate sale this morning (for $5). I cleaned it up and to my great delight the filling mechanism works flawlessly.
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    Vintage Phones

    There is no reason a bundled modem system should prevent rotaries from calling out. That's what kind of system I have and it works fine. However, the equipment to read pulses is further upstream and if your phone company has removed it then you won't be able to call out.
  8. Argee

    Boater faction!

    Got my first boater, there is no liner so I don't know the brand. Not sure how old it is, just that its post 1934 based on the union label. Any idea when hats like this sold for 3.95? (assuming this is the original sweatband)
  9. Argee

    Panama Hat Thread

    Got my first Panama. It's from Panama Bob via eBay. I'm very happy with it, though I am planning a ribbon upgrade.
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    Vintage Phones

    Got my candlestick hooked up to the subset and mounted to the wall. This makes 8 rotary phones that are hooked up and working in my house. (I have plans for 3 more)
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    There's a bunch of working phonebooths (yes, booths) at Yellowstone national park. Both built in and freestanding outside. You can thank spotty cell service for that.
  13. Argee

    How old is your house?

    We're in a 1922 Craftsman style double shotgun. It's been (mostly) converted into a single. We're about to start a round of renovations to finish/fix what the last owners started.
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    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    $2 at an estate sale 1945 Nassau Green Parker 51. This is one of the scarce colors. Needs a new cap, but the pen itself, which is the rare part, is in good shape.
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    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    These were a Craigslist find, matching dining room set, got the chairs too.
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    Vintage Phones

    Took a picture of (almost) all my phones today for the first time. Payphone isn't pictured, and I have a thermoplastic 302 in the mail.
  17. Argee

    Vintage Phones

    really? how? Not yet, but there's always a first time. I'd have see what you have.
  19. Argee

    Show us your radios!

    I'm aware you are supposed to replace all the capacitors first, but my curiosity got the better of me. I'll be replacing them in due course. After doing some research I suspect it was made by Detrola for another company.
  20. Argee

    Show us your radios!

    picked this one up today. It was filthy. I gave it a once over when I got home then cautiously plugged it in. It actually works. Needs some adjusting though. Here it is all cleaned up. Anybody recognize the model? I can't figure it out, there is no company name anywhere on it.
  21. Argee

    Vintage Phones

    In your parts bin. I had an extra chrome handset I used as a donor. I don't know of anyone who sells them.
  22. Argee

    Vintage Phones

    Well I finally managed to get an AE34. here's what I looked like when I got it. At some point in it's history, the dial was removed and a blank put on. How do I know this? well for one thing the dial blank is from Northern Electric. Also the wires added inside when the conversion took...
  23. Argee

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    I found 3 of these at an estate sale. What is it you ask? here's the box: and here it is installed on my Yankee Screwdriver These screw holders were on the market between about 1908-1930

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