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    Do ladies really have to dress old & frumpy after a certain age...?

    I"ve been fighting the frump lately. The frump came from a number of things - mostly being rather overweight and not employed outside the house. I'm 51. So I challenged myself: whenever I do anything outside the house related to my home business (I make doll clothes) I need to dress as a...
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    Sizing Gloves

    I love gloves. I need a size 9. If I can find a 9 (I have 3 pair (not vintage)) the thumb and first finger are always too short. So I"m going to try making some. Some day.
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    New Sibley Pattern Canvas Tents. Who owns one?

    I have one from Tentsmiths. It does not, however, have the side walls. No lines needed, but cuts down on the useable space a little bit. Also has a lot of stakes to pound in. Twenty stakes. I remember (not fondly) setting up around midnight in the rain. Creeping along in the wet grass, rain...
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    anyone wear grey hair?

    My hair's natural color now is silver in front and sort of a calico gray and dark blonde in back. I started going gray in my late 20s, with a Loch Ness Monster stripe of gray on one temple - it would curl much more than the rest of my hair and stick out in sections through the rest of my hair. I...
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    Lounge Musicians - What do you Play and What are you Learning?

    I play trombone in a local community concert band. We frequently play early to mid 20th century music. Our director loves Gershwin and jazz standards and showtunes. Many of our concerts are at local retirement homes. We often have a vocalist.
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    Have you flown in a vintage aeroplane?

    My father had a Champ! I remember going up in it once and thinking how small the houses were (I was very young). My mom hated the smell of airplane dope when Dad was working on the Aeronca. When I was 7 or so he could not renew his license (seizures) so the plane got dustier and dustier in the...
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    Correct Telephone Habits

    Great pamphlets! Thanks. I have taken to answering telemarketer calls with my classic chimpanzee impression.
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    What Are You Reading

    The Nile by Emil Ludwig. 1937 Translated to English Pretty prose.
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    WWII Squadron Patches (USAAF, USMC, RAF, etc.)

    My fav is Alley Oop dropping bombs from a flying prehistoric dino. 407th Bombardment Squadron, 92nd Bombardment Group, 8th Army Air Force (my dad was with that unit and had a version of it in his study when I was young.)
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    First puggaree

    Thank you. When I started it, I just left the starting end sticking up. By the time the wrapping process was finished, I had a good idea of what the pug would look like, so I folded the two ends in behind the wraps so they matched the rest of the wrap as invisibly as possible. When I had the...
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    Vintage recipies

    Date Bread p 14 The Yellow and Blue Cook Book, 1923 2 cups granulated sugar 2 3/4 cups bread flour, 2 teaspoons soda 1 tablespoon melted fat, little salt 1 1/2 cups boiling water 1 cup nut meats, chopped fine 2 cups dates 1 egg, vanilla Stone and cut dates in quarters, pour boiling...
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    First puggaree

    Thank you, everyone, for your kind words.
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    First puggaree

    This (from Duluth Trading, wool felt made in China, with a cotton(?) sweatband) used to be my stepson's, but he decided he liked my grandfather's old grey fedora better. He likes very narrow brims. So he gave it to me and I added my very first attempt at a puggaree. Maybe lipstick on a pig but I...
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    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    Over the last few days, I've enjoyed wading through this whole thread. Early on, there were many images of adventures afield, and I immediately thought of 5 films (requiring Adobe Flash to view) digitized by the Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan, and available on their...
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    Living a Ration Book Life

    When I lived by myself, in a city with a good mass transit system, I could have lived that way with the exception of 10% of gross income to bonds, since I was living with no excess income. If I'd had 10% extra in my budget I would not have eaten beans and rice so often. Now, I could probably do...
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    What Are You Reading

    John Galsworthy A Country House
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    Vintage recipies

    Ham Dandy (The Yellow and Blue Cook Book 1923) 1 cup chopped ham 1/2 cup bread crumbs 1/2 cup chopped hard boiled egge White sauce and seasoning Add seasoning, mix with white sauce, bake and serve in peppers. Any cold meat or liver and bacon may be used. Mrs. Ida Gracey I used...
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    Vintage recipies

    And one more, from the same cookbook in the previous post, contributed to the cook book by Mrs. W.H. Jackson This makes a gloriously fluffy white and light yellow dessert. Pretty AND tasty! Hamburg Cream 5 eggs 1 heaping cup pulverized sugar 2 lemons Beat yolks with juice of lemons, then...
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    Vintage recipies

    And a fruit salad contributed by my paternal grandmother to the 1923 Yellow and Blue Cook Book, "A Choice Collection of Choice Recipes" published by the Women's Auxiliary to the University of Michigan Presbyterian Corporation. Fruit Salad 2 apples, 3 bananas 1 cup pineapple 1/2 cup white...

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