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  1. Foxer55

    Need Some Help With a Gift

    I'm asking for help to try to figure out a gift for someone. My nephew's wife recently texted me a message to offer something to him for a special occasion. He's in his thirties and they have been married for about 5 years. For the past several years he has been very involved in taking care...
  2. Foxer55

    Appropriate Memorial Dress

    I will be going to a memorial for a fine fellow next week and am curious about what would be appropriate dress. One would think, oh yes, black suit, white shirt, black tie, etc. would be proper. But it's a celebration of this fine fellow's life so why dress down? Black suit, white shirt, rich...
  3. Foxer55

    Old Department Stores

    Do you miss old department stores? I do. I remember as a kid having to follow my mother and aunts to the department stores in downtown Philadelphia: Gimbel’s, Strawbridge & Clothier, Lit Brothers…Wanamakers… I miss those stores today. When I first moved to Washington, DC, in the 70s there...
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    The Big Broadcast

    Every Sunday evening American University in Washington, DC, broadcasts the The Big Broadcast show on 88.5 FM while you can also hear it here http://wamu.org/programs/the_big_broadcast/15/03/01/the_big_broadcast_march_1_2015 Starts at 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM. Many old programs including Johnny...
  5. Foxer55

    How'd You Get Where You Are?

    How'd you get where you are? Did you get a formal degree or go to tech/trade school? Maybe you took over a family business or started a business. Maybe you just stumbled on to something. I'll start. I barely got out of highschool 'cause I hated it. I joined the Army, got a really good...
  7. Foxer55

    Outstanding WWII Aviation Pic Site

    Found this site by accident the other day. Enjoy! http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&t=14428&start=195&finish=15&printertopic=1
  8. Foxer55

    Show Us Your Restorations

    I love fixing old things up. Here are photographs of two Paint By Number oils that were given to my family as Christmas gifts around 1955. There are two others I am looking for buried somewhere in a pile of stuff I have. These two were in poor repair, with a film of dirt, and ratty old...
  9. Foxer55

    Another 70 Year Married Couple Die Hours Apart

    Ya just gotta admire couples like this and envy the life they must have had together. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/04/19/ohio-couple-married-70-years-die-15-hours-apart/?intcmp=latestnews&intcmp=latestnews
  10. Foxer55

    Civil Air Patrol

    How many of you are familiar with the Civil Air Patrol (CAP)? I hated high school and I hated the school I was going to. Thanks to the Civil Air Patrol in the 1950s, I had some good teenage years. The Civil Air Patrol for our non-U.S. members is an official civilian U.S. Air Force auxiliary...
  11. Foxer55

    Rush

    I love this movie! I’m a fan of Steve McQueen’s Le Mans and the Grand Prix movie with James Garner but Rush takes racing portrayals to a whole new level. It’s the dramatization of a real life event, the competition between James Hunt of Great Britain and Niki Lauda of Austria during 1976 to...
  13. Foxer55

    Camera Help, Please

    I have a dilemma in purchasing a new camera. I have been vacillating between a new Canon T3I or Canon SX50. The dilemma is this: I am not a photophile and don't take that many pictures but I do like to have a nice camera on hand in event of the need and am looking at upgrading to, well...
  14. Foxer55

    Ian Fleming - The Man Who Would Be Bond

    Anyone see the new BBC series Ian Fleming - The Man Who Would Be Bond? Another great effort to give us some background on history but I wonder how much is history and how much is rumor. I wish the series was longer than 4 episodes, I'd like to see more of it on film. There's plenty of...
  15. Foxer55

    Mrs. Miniver?

    Mrs. Miniver is on TCM tonight at 10:00 PM. Ever since seeing the film the first time I have been fascinated by it as I believe it represents something of what British home and hearth were like prior to WWII. I worked with a couple of Brits in California some years ago and they trashed the...
  16. Foxer55

    You Ain't SEEN Nuthin' yet...

    Of all the dislikes we discuss here at FL, the ideas about what the new age has to offer are replete with creepy things. But here is something that will really creep you out. Google Glasses: New App Allows Strangers to ID You Just by Looking at You "A new app will allow total strangers to...
  17. Foxer55

    Snowed In...?

    I'm surprised the fora aren't sizzling today given the weather in the U.S. northeast. Here in the DC area we have about 3 inches of snow which is a trifle I admit but the temperature is 20 degrees F or about -7 degrees C to all the non-Yanks. There's also a steady wind which is dropping the...
  19. Foxer55

    Pilot Chased German Fighter Under Eiffel Tower

    Haven't seen this beauty posted here. The pilot who chased a German Me-109 under the Eiffel Tower in WWII died recently. This is quite a story and I'm surprised it doesn't receive more press or hasn't been recreated in any Hollywood film. Read the story - what there is of it - at...
  20. Foxer55

    Plans for 2014

    Any special plans for the new year? I myself, being the old geezer I am, have finally decided to nail down a time 5 years in the future when I shall retire. Hopefully. I also need a job to do that owing to the fact I lost my job last year and haven't gotten back to work due to the...
  21. Foxer55

    Heathkit lives!

    Haven't seen any notice of this here on FL but I submitted a response to an inquiry a while back and received an email today. Heathkit is alive and looking to try to breathe new life and is sending around inquiries about who would like to see what for new products. They could even be a sponsor...
  22. Foxer55

    Mom! The drone is here!

    Now, in your wildest dreams did you ever expect drones to be delivering your spiffy, newly bought AJ spectator shoes or that gift you bought online for someone? Even when you were a kid did you imagine such things? When you were a kid you were probably waiting for the mailman (what's a...
  23. Foxer55

    $1Billion Nazi Looted Art Recovered

    $1B in Nazi-looted art is found in Munich mansion Authorities in the German city of Munich have reportedly chanced upon a vast trove of priceless art that vanished during the Nazi regime and is today valued at about $1 billion. The BBC cites the German magazine Focus in reporting German...

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