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FL gets mention on BBC Radio 4
Hi guys Haven't been around for a while but couldn't not tell you about an FL mention on BBC Radio 4. Not sure where to put it (please move as appropriate dearest bartenders). On the programme Thinking Allowed (19 Nov 08) Prof Gary Cross has a new book out about the maturity of men or...- Caledonia
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Who can't wear lipstick?
Feel free to move this to another thread if it needs it. Just thought I'd ask the question as I look dreadful in lipstick, gloss, or anything else more than a dash of lip salve. I also look vaguely horrific in any kind of foundation. If anybody's got any suggestions I'd love to hear them:)... -
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to one and all! Whatever your faith, whatever your belief, none or all, Merry the Season! Have a great one, friends. :D- Caledonia
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Chatelaine
Question. Just bought a wonderful 1900s silver belt with a wee loop on one side. Research suggests that the belt is either the chatelaine or the thing that goes on the loop is. Any help here? If the belt is the chatelaine, what do I put onto the loop. If the chatelaine is the thing you put...- Caledonia
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What do you want for your birthday?
Inspired by a thought from another thread, what do you want for you birthday, or any other occasion when people say "what do you want for ...", or "I'd really like to get you something....". It's not the wishlist, that's in other threads and is usually way out of reach. When somebody really...- Caledonia
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What keeps you awake?
So this is an open thread. I had to do an overnighter 3 days ago to complete a client's project. That was really hard and laid me out for two days, and I'm working on another one just now and getting about 3 hours before the panic for 10am tomorrow. I've been doing them twice yearly for 3...- Caledonia
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Gaucho
No, not Groucho. Just found a Gaucho Hat 1940s Spanish Wide Brim Isesa Seville hat. Can't get the picture to link but it should be here next week and I'll take a photo. And I know I owe you guys a panama photo :o , but I'm embarrassed now, it's a girl thing! I will do one eventually... -
Is there a Thespian in you?
I don't think this one's been done yet. If it has, oops! I was reading a powder room thread about fear of the feminine, then the not sissy actors thread, and I thought about style, and personality, and then Cate Blanchett popped into my head playing Katherine Hepburn. So, crowbarring it...- Caledonia
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4x4 - The Debate
The 4x4 has been around since just after 1900, and has played a vital front role every since in our farming, military, and emergency services. It is an eminently useful machine that isn't much bigger than a standard largish saloon, yet it is vilified in the press almost daily (or at least it is...- Caledonia
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Vintage Habitats
I know this is a bit wide of the mark, but as an ecologist this is interesting. We live in times when the habitats around us are being eroded and removed by our ever expanding need for housing, shopping malls, and all the accoutrements of life. How long has it been since you were last...- Caledonia
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LACE
Hoping for some help here. I have a blouse that is somewhere 1900's to 1910 I think. The material is in good shape but the lace that goes round the neck and cuffs has been "repaired". I can't get a decent picture tonight as the light is fading and my house is pretty dark, but I'll post one...- Caledonia
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- Forum: The Powder Room
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Where are you all when I need you!
Not that I have a sad and lonely life or anything, but.... I was in the Lounge a couple of Friday's ago, in the evening when I know I'm supposed to be out socialising, but I wasn't because I live a gazillion miles from the nearest hub of human socialisation, so I frequent a lovely little bar...- Caledonia
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Navigating the FL
Hopefully a very short thread but I didn't know where else to put it! Woooaah! When folks are in the Lounge how do you keep up with all the threads?! I'm jumping about here, forgetting where I was, dropping in on this that and the other. :eusa_doh: That's like it is in 3-D isn't it! Ok...- Caledonia
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Panamas
Does anybody wear a panama? Seeing as it's almost centuries old as a hat concept, I thought it would be an interesting summer addition that would easily fit in with 20's to 50's in particular. I've ordered one. Does that get me barred?:eek: Actually, if it does get me barred, I'll return it... -
Vintage Shoe info
Hi. If this has already come up, sorry, and please feel free to move me. I got a couple of pairs of 40s sandals recently both of which have a split on the inner side of the sole of one shoe, just about where your foot bends to go towards the heel. That's not the paper insole, the actual shoe...- Caledonia
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