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  1. Swing Motorman

    Suggestions Requested: Portraying a 1947 Vehicle Salesman

    Hello ladies and gents. Your wayward trolley operator finally got on the right track back to the Lounge (err, I mean, got life in order and found some time!) I'm looking for outfit advice for an upcoming event/presentation. I need to introduce a 1947 trolley car at its dedication, by...
  2. Swing Motorman

    CONNECTING CAR to 1942... my story in the past

    Time to put my idea into practice. This is part story, part game, but I'd prefer to keep some control over where the story goes. So here are the rules for this thread: - Discussion welcome! I'm here to learn about the past as well as have fun writing. Please correct my many mistakes...
  3. Swing Motorman

    New Kind of Thread Idea: Your Vintage Life

    I'd greatly appreciate some feedback on this idea, especially from the bartenders and longtime Loungers. After reading various threads here before a long car ride, I thought of a sort of interactive story/history thread style that might really add to the Lounge. I'd been reading Lizzie's...
  4. Swing Motorman

    Reccomendations for an Inexpensive Mesh-Uppered Summer Dress Shoe?

    Good evening loungers, I'm about ready to bump my current regular black office-work shoes down to the rigors of trolley service. :eeek: Given the messy fate about to befall my old pair, I've been looking for something more suitable for the summer months. My feet get hot just sitting at my...
  5. Swing Motorman

    What Made You Laugh Today?

    I miss some of the "daily smiles" sort of threads (for good deeds, good news, etc), so who's up for trying a new idea? I find plenty to make me laugh conducting on passenger trains... give them time, and the general public will invariably do something to make you smile. Today's bit of...
  7. Swing Motorman

    Holocaust Book + Noisy Nieghbors' Rap = Unease

    Hi all, I'm reading through Alicia Appleman-Jurman's "Alicia: My Story," and wanted to seek the advice of some of you more literate and life-experienced folks. As I sit here and read of the horrors and hard-won moments of joy the author suffered through in Nazi-occupied Ukraine, I can easily...
  8. Swing Motorman

    Something about Basie

    I'm not sure what it is, but something about the signature sound of Count Basie and his orchestras has been really appealing to me lately. I don't think it's just the band, either, because the first place I noticed this was listening to Michael Bublé's recording of "All of Me." Unless I'm...
  9. Swing Motorman

    How Did Your Hat Come In Handy Today?

    Greetings fellow Loungers, We have daily hat threads to talk about the looks, but what about the practical side of our chosen headwear? My hats have useful purposes beyond looks and personal sun protection all the time. (If this is somehow a duplicate idea, feel free to merge it.) Today...
  10. Swing Motorman

    Post Your Modern, Inexpensive, and Common, Yet Classy, Hats

    Greetings ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to start this thread as a companion to "Post Your New Hats Here," but make this more of a thread for "the rest of us." Not everyone can afford the expense of modern high-quality fedoras, or we may be luckless at finding vintage ones. Or, you're like...
  11. Swing Motorman

    The Streetcar/Trolley/Tram/Electric Railway Thread

    I think it's time we had a thread dedicated to everything to do with electric rail transit. I'm starting to feel bad interrupting automotive threads with trolley stuff... but not too bad. :D So, post it if you've seen it, rode it, photographed it, or best yet, operated it. Vehicles...
  13. Swing Motorman

    Help repairing Singer Model 15 Electric Sewing Machine

    Hello folks, A friend asked me to try to fix an old sewing machine she found. Checking the serial number, I've determined it's a 1949 Singer model 15. It has an electric light mounted on the back and a pedal, but the two-wire pedal cord is disconnected. My question is, where do I connect...
  14. Swing Motorman

    Home-made Hats

    Hello all, I'm wondering if anyone else has made their own hat, particularly if you used materials not normally associated with hats. Two months into my trolley museum volunteering, I decided I needed a cap. I could get one for around $100 (and a lot of waiting), or I could try to make...

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