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  1. Stanley Doble

    Cast iron

    Been reading about a new method of seasoning using flaxseed oil that seems to be the hot tip. If I can find some I will try it.
  2. Stanley Doble

    Cast iron

    I recently bought a small Lodge frying pan at a thrift store. I cleaned it up with a wire wheel and the inside seems to have a rough cast surface. In the past I have ground and sanded iron cookware as smooth as I could get it. Now I am wondering if the surface is supposed to be a bit rough...
  3. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    It's unfair to say the Americar was the first American car designed from the ground up as an economy car. There were dozens of 1, 2, and 4 cylinder small cars made in America before 1910, the most popular of them was probably the 1 cylinder curved dash Oldsmobile. But there were many others like...
  4. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Ralph Nader doesn't have a driver's license and doesn't know how to drive a car. Ironic isn't it? Not that not knowing what he is talking about ever stopped him.
  5. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    There is more to the Willys Americar story both before and after. The Americar was the work of Delmar G. "Barney" Roos, a hot shot engineer who worked for many American car companies and had the task of coming up with a new car for Willys. They couldn't afford a new engine so he was forced to...
  7. Stanley Doble

    Paris In The Roaring Twenties

    If you are interested in the expat literary scene in Paris in the twenties you should get Morley Callaghan's That Summer In Paris. He was there, he knew Hemingway Fitzgerald and the others and he has his own slant on things. He was a fine writer himself and was well thought of by some leading...
  8. Stanley Doble

    What's for Dinner?

    Chicken breast poached with fine herbs and white wine. Served with Mrs Ball's Chutney, plain white rice and steamed kale. Glass of Pinot Grigio. Chicken breasts were on sale, I made the Pinot Grigio from a wine kit, and I like kale. I figured the chicken needed a stronger flavor sauce to go...
  9. Stanley Doble

    What Shows/Movie Franchises have you "Rage Quit"?

    Sure I do, I told you about the balaclavas. You show me a gangster wearing a balaclava in the twenties and I will go and get the Boardwalk Empire first episode, watch it again, and list off the other anachronisms I see in the first 5 minutes. I can't say fairer than that can I? The point is...
  10. Stanley Doble

    Name Something That Your Mother or Grandmother Cooked That Was Your Favorite!

    Somebody was bullshitting you. 750 is hotter than a self cleaning oven in other words, your pizza will burst into flames and turn into ash in minutes. Pizza ovens are around 450 and that is hot enough to cook a pie in 10 minutes. In a pizza oven with fire brick floor you start the pizza in a...
  11. Stanley Doble

    Things You Learn as an Old Car Driver

    One other suggestion in view of your weight. You may want new springs with heavier springs on the driver's side. Or, there are rubber spacers that can be put under the springs to level the car. They are usually used on the front of air conditioned cars to compensate for the extra weight.
  13. Stanley Doble

    Things You Learn as an Old Car Driver

    Stock shock absorbers on an American car have a life of 20,000 - 25,000 miles. They may not be leaking, they may seem OK but they are not giving that new car ride. Yours gave up the ghost some time during the Nixon administration. Get a set of new good quality shocks (they are not expensive)...
  14. Stanley Doble

    Name Something That Your Mother or Grandmother Cooked That Was Your Favorite!

    Mom's apple pie of course and grandmother's oelbollen a treat we had on new year's eve, if you are not familiar they are a Dutch fritter with peel, raisins, and bits of apple in them, deep fried and rolled in powdered sugar served with coffee (or milk for the little ones).
  15. Stanley Doble

    Name Something That Your Mother or Grandmother Cooked That Was Your Favorite!

    Pizza dough is basically Italian bread dough. There must be recipes online. Use good ingredients to make good pizza. From someone who used to run a pizzaria.
  16. Stanley Doble

    What's for Dinner?

    Been trying to eat healthier (more fresh vegetables and fruit) but tonight I felt like meat and potatoes. So I made some boiled potatoes with green peppercorn gravy and a small hamburger patty. It was quite filling and delicious.
  17. Stanley Doble

    "Think and Grow Rich" 1937

    Mark Twain had some interesting insight on this score as on so many things. He said that when he lived in the gold and silver camps of the west he met men of every nation in the world, European, American, Mexican, Chinese and all -ALL- were susceptible to the same gold fever, speculative...
  19. Stanley Doble

    What's for Dinner?

    Chicken a la King, if that is old fashioned enough ha ha Improvised this to use up a package of Spinach Fettucine noodles. Made the topping with a can of Campbells Chunky cream of chicken noodle soup hopped up with some sliced mushrooms, green onions, and red pepper left over from last night's...
  20. Stanley Doble

    What's for Dinner?

    Stir fry with green onions, celery, red pepper, mushrooms, bean sprouts, green cabbage, grilled chicken strips and Worcestershire sauce. Rice a Roni. Glass of tomato juice.
  21. Stanley Doble

    Suit without a tie...

    What about this dude? At least he is wearing a tie with his suit jacket.
  22. Stanley Doble

    Suit without a tie...

    Maybe has a different outfit in the bag in case he has to go somewhere someone might see him. What if he put on a pair of white pants and a striped tie? Would it be appropriate resort wear? Loud, but appropriate for a tropical vacation?
  23. Stanley Doble

    Suit without a tie...

    Yeah you don't need a tie. Or pants.

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