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    Old gas stations

    I guess nobody sees the same thing when they look at something. To me, that office building reminds me of the entrance to a drive-in movie theater, though rather grander than most. Or maybe a motion picture set, one wall thick.
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Sally Rand had her own exhibit at the San Francisco World's Fair, which you are maybe referring to, otherwise known as the Golden Gate Exhibition. It was called Sally Rand's Nude Ranch. Frankly, it's difficult to imagine such a thing today. It's also a lot more interesting than the fact that...
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    Old gas stations

    This all reminds me of how regionally (or provincial) we are, even if it's less than we used to be. Comedians told jokes that made fun of their audience in a way that people from somewhere else would either not understand or would find offensive. I suppose tastes in food and drink are still a...
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    Old gas stations

    The two kids leaving the store with the rocking chair on the porch probably lived in a house that was in pretty much the same condition. I have seen a couple of general stores in very similar condition, though not recently. The open space in front of the store was practically paved in bottle...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Chances are, if you never heard the word "girls" as used to mean a woman's breasts, it was because women refrained from referring to them in your presence. My wife, however, says "boobs," but rarely has the occasion to do so. To me, however, that word implies larger breasts--correctly or not...
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    Why do you wear a fedora or cap?

    I don't have a fedora but I do wear hats. I'm terribly self-conscious about them, though. I hated the baseball cap in the army and never wore one again until a few years ago when they handed them out at work. I'm wearing it now, in fact, indoors, where it serves as an eyeshade. I'm a...
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    Hawaiian Shirts - Aloha Shirts

    There was a comic strip in the papers when I was little, in the 1950s, that was entitled, "There oughta be a law."
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    Hawaiian Shirts - Aloha Shirts

    Just to remind ourselves not to wear pajamas to the grocery store.
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    Hawaiian Shirts - Aloha Shirts

    On another forum I follow, there was a thread about whether shirts should be tucked in or now. It's incredible how people are so certain about the stands they take on trivial things like shirttails. But no one seemed to object to a Hawaiian sport shirt being worn untucked. But I guess it's good...
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    Bib overalls and suit jackets

    Is there a still over on the other side of those bushes?
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    Jodhpurs / Breeches

    I have a pair of every issue boot the British have issued since they started issuing the model with the capped toe. Earlier ankle boots were only a little different. I also have a pair of the "Boots, CWW," intended for cold weather. I don't, however, have a pair of the current issue brown boots...
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    White RAF Roll Neck Sweaters

    Sorry but I have no experience with their wool jersey, although I've ordered other things from WPG. But overall, I'm willing to guess that most people simply order things that are the wrong size, and usually too small. I know that I'm a little bigger than I was when I got out of the army and...
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    Roller Rinks

    The shop I'm referring to handles forestry and logging supplies.
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    Jodhpurs / Breeches

    British paratroopers never adopted the high top boot until the rest of the army did, probably in the 1980s. They experimented with a rubber-soled boot but apparently they felt that was unnecessary. German paratroopers had special boots but I don't know about the Russians. An interesting thing...
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    Roller Rinks

    I just realized that I've made several on-line purchases from a shop in Centralia, Washington, several blocks south of Maple Street. Small world, sort of.
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    Jodhpurs / Breeches

    It helps to have a 1914 mindset and probably a lot of practice. Curiously, before WWI, only one country that I'm aware of issued high-top lace-up boots for their soldiers and that was Denmark. They also had the equally curious habit of simply rolling up their pants legs and not "blousing" them...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    My son who works in Hollywood informs me that film is still used in motion picture production, even if the final result is converted to digital something or other. That's not to say it's always used but it hasn't disappeared by any means. I worked in amateur photofinishing for almost twenty...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    These days, you hear the expression, "Been there, done that, got the t-shirt." It just doesn't carry the seriousness that older expressions had. It says, "I'm bored."
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I've read the expression "the owl called your name," but with no mention of the elephant. I think in the context it was written (where I read it), it had nothing to do with combat or such stuff but merely about death. I occasionally see an owl in the woods and they pay close attention to you and...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Although I mentioned that there seem to be more magazines published now than ever before, there sure aren't as many places to buy them as there used to be. But maybe I just don't go into the city as much as I used to. One magazine that is sometimes very interesting in a quirky way is The...

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