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    Vintage professions you'd like to see come back.....

    I have thought about learning to be a piano tuner. I've even sent off for information from a couple of schools. Bill
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    Vintage Cameras Still In Use

    I have a 1942 Speed Graphic 4 x 5. I shoot mainly black and white with it as I can process it here at home. Amazing clarity. I also have some old Polaroid roll film cameras as well as some old Polaroid "pack" film cameras. All pre automatic. The ones I have you have to pull the picture out of it...
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    If you said you looked like one celebrity from the Golden Era...

    I have no digital images to post but when I was younger and much thinner I was told on more than one occasion that I bore a striking resemblance to Danny Kaye. I never saw this. The only thing I personally saw was my hair was same color and I comb it similarly.
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    Fountain Pens: Who uses them, and why?

    I have been using fountain pens for many many years. I always had a bunch of cheap, low quality fountain pens until a while back when I purchased a Waterman. The reason I use one is I prefer the look of its writing to that of a ball point. I have also noticed that with this Waterman I can...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, 1948 with Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Melvyn Douglas.
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    Those forgotten actor/actresses..

    I'm kind of fond of..... Agnes Moorehead. While she is most known for playing the mother in Bewitched she made some great movies in the 40's. Citizen Kane is one that comes to mind. Van Johnson is another. He was in many movies. The Caine Mutiny and Brigadoon are 2 that I can think of off...
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    Coupon and IOU history

    When I was a teen I worked for a locally owned grocery. During the evening hours when business was slow the owner had the cashiers go through old magazines cutting out the coupons to turn them in.
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    What pens are we carrying today?

    I already do! I do need to work on my penmanship though. I have gotten pretty messy over the years of scribbling notes to my self. Its nearly as messy as a proverbial doctors. lol
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    What pens are we carrying today?

    Well, I loaded it up with some ink when I got home and WOW!! I could not believe the difference in how it writes compared to the cheap drug store fountain pen I had in high school. The medium nib puts down a really nice line and seems to float on the ink as I write. Just amazing.
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    What pens are we carrying today?

    Today I purchased a Waterman Phileas with medium nib. It came with a cartridge of blue ink and a converter. I prefer black ink over blue so I'll be getting some black ink soon.
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    What pens are we carrying today?

    any one have an opinion on the Aldo pens versus Yafa. I'd like to hear them good, bad, indifferent. Thanks Bill
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    Hat Suggestion

    I agree. Go with a Homburg over a Fedora. Much more formal appearance.
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    My Golden Era Job!

    When I was growing up my mother always got our milk, juice, butter, eggs, bacon etc from the "milk man". Used to come in glass bottles with some kind of peel off cap. That was back in the early 70's. I suppose they all went away around here by the late 70's. Wish we still had one. Btw, if I...
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    fountain pen newbie

    Yes, the smaller you write a finer nib would be better.
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    What pens are we carrying today?

    recommend a fountain pen Hi all, I love writing with a fountain pen. Haven't had one on several years. Couldn't really find one to buy. Anyhow, can any of you recommend a pen. I like one that writes fairly wet really smooth, and probably a medium nib. I'd like to stay in a budget. Say...
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    The nicest comment I ever heard

    very nice compliment Back in the early spring I was working near where my 85 year old grandmother lives. I called her and asked her if I could take her to dinner and surprisingly she said she'd go. Usually she says she's already fixed dinner "but there is plenty" and I go eat with her...
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    • Post #387
    • Forum: Hats
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    Hair cuts

    Got a hair cut from an actual barber. Well, gents, I went to an actual barber today. Had my hair cut obviously. This is the first time in my life that my hair was cut with a straight razor. Now I do not shave my head, but the barber used a comb and straight razor to give me a hair cut. Now I...
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    Shave of the Day

    went to a barber today wrong topic sorry moved to hair cuts
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    Johnston and Murphy

    J & M Shoes at Dillards There I was walking through the shoe department in Dillards when I spotted a black and white pair of J & M wingtip shoes. Price was $165.00 if I recall correctly. I didn't try them on. I had not seen shoes like that in a store in a long time. I looked on their website...
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    EXchange names for phone numbers

    old phone number I was a child in the 70's - 80's. The community where I grew up was so small we only had to dial the last 4 digits of the exchange to make a call. I was married and had moved away before they went to needing to dial all 7 digits. I was visiting my parents and tried to call my...

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