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  1. Terry292

    Pipe Smokers Unite!

    As you can tell from my avatar photo, I, too, am a pipe smoker. I've been smoking a pipe since 1966, when my parents gave me a Dr Grabow Duke and two ounce tin of Sir Walter Raleigh for Christmas (how the times have changed).
  2. Terry292

    Favorite Military Quotes

    Do your duty in all things; you cannot do more; you should never wish to do less. Robert Edward Lee, General, CSA
  3. Terry292

    Have you ever had a stranger photograph you...when you were dressed vintage?

    I was coming out of a local restaurant a month or so ago when a woman stopped me and asked if she could take a photo. I wasn't dressed particularly vintage, other than my Panama hat and suspenders. Turns out she's a local painter, and she had been driving around looking for subjects for a show...
  4. Terry292

    Writing About Places You've Never Been To

    A few years ago, my wife had three articles published about golf courses in Las Vegas, NV. She's only been to Vegas once and doesn't play golf at all. So, you don't necessarily have to have been to a place to write about it. You don't even have to be an expert in the subject you're writing...
  5. Terry292

    Fountain Pen Inks - Adjusting & Custom Colors

    I've been known to re-fill cartridges with an eye dropper. It can get a little messy, but if you have old cartridge pens, like Wearever, and can't get cartridges for them, it's worth the time and trouble. I don't mix inks, per se, but sometimes I'll combine almost empty bottles just to see...
  7. Terry292

    What's your alltime favorite movie?

    The Quiet Man, John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McGlothlin, Barry Fitzgerald, and other Ford Stock Company regulars, directed by John Ford. Any John Ford movie is one I'll watch every time I have a chance.
  8. Terry292

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Bottle openers, church key or otherwise.
  9. Terry292

    Everyone famous or non famous in hats or caps or any kind of headwear !!!

    Gerald McRaney in Simon & Simon, but that might have been 80s. I get confuzed so easily these days.
  10. Terry292

    Your favorite movie quotes

    Dyin' ain't much of a livin', boy. Josey Wales
  11. Terry292

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I worked in a Sinclair station in high school. Was supposed to be a "pump attendant," but ended up doing a little of anything which needed to be done, including minor repairs. My favorite part of the job was riding with the wrecker driver when we went on calls.
  13. Terry292

    Dad's many hats

    Thanks for the info. As I was reading your post, it occurred to me that I had seen that information about Airplane before, probably on TCM, one of my favorite movie channels.
  14. Terry292

    Dad's many hats

    I could probably look this up on IMDB, but I'm sure someone here knows the answer. What was the movie which starred Sterling Hayden and Dana Andrews? Andrews played a former flyer who had to land a passenger plane after the pilots got sick, and Hayden was the senior pilot who talked him down...
  15. Terry292

    Dad's many hats

    This is probably my favorite Sterling Hayden role, simply because he wasn't known for comedic acting. He played it straight which made it even funnier.
  16. Terry292

    Dad's many hats

    Your father is one of my favorite, but I think underrated, actors of the Golden Age.
  17. Terry292

    Handwriting Improvement.

    I'm partial to fine-point stub nibs, too. They seem to add a touch of elegance to plain, everyday writing. The finest nib I have is on a Pelikan 200 I bought in West Germany about 25 years ago. It's .2mm. I haven't seen one that fine in years. Keep practicing. Your penmanship will improve...
  19. Terry292

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Perhaps, that's another thing which belongs in this thread: we seem to have lost the understanding that rights without responsibility can only lead to anarchy. I guess I'm really old-fashioned, but my Dad taught me long ago: if you can't do the time, then, don't do the crime. In other words...
  20. Terry292

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I don't disagree that strike anywhere matches can be dangerous. But, so are a lot of things. I've jumped out of airplanes, rappelled out of helicopters and off the sides of buildings. I've even ridden motorcycles with out a helmet and driven a car without wearing my seatbelt. All of those...
  21. Terry292

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Strike anywhere matches. Used to be able to get them in any store; now I have to order them in bulk on the 'net. A friend of mine once almost incinerated himself when he managed to set off an entire box in the pocket of his jacket.
  22. Terry292

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I ascribe the death of our downtown to three major factors which all occurred around the same time. First, in the mid-60s, the major US Highway which ran through the downtown was moved to by-pass town completely. With fewer tourists coming through town business dropped significantly...
  23. Terry292

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I know we're talking primarily about things, like hats and such, here. But, the one thing I really miss about my youth is good old-fashioned downtowns. When I was a child, my mother owned a diner just off the main street of our nearest town. On Saturdays, my brother, sister and I would go to...

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