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  1. stevew443

    How accurate is Mad Men with regard to the early '60s?

    I gave Mad Men a really good chance to hook me. I watched the first 4 seasons and tried to get interested in the characters. I think the series is beautifully filmed, and the scripts seem to be first rate, but I just could not care about any of the characters. To me, it seemed as if Man Men...
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    How do you style your hair? How do people react?

    Although I still have a full head of hair, various medications and certain medical conditions have caused me to lose about half of what I once had. I normally get it cut rather short (tapered back and sides down to a #2 guard on the razor) with just enough on top to comb over. When done...
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    All You Need to Know About Hat Etiquette

    I leave my hat on in public places like stores or lobbies or when walking to my desk at my place of work. I always remove my hat when entering any kind of place that serves food (even fast food). I will usually remove my hat when waiting in a line if there is a man also in line who has his...
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    Alright Pipe Smokers. It's the question that has destroyed countless friendships.

    When I wish to smoke my pipe I will use what ever flame source is available. At home I use wooden matches for the initial char (too many wooden matches can fill up an ash tray very quickly) and a Zippo with a pipe insert for any other needed lightings. In my car, I keep a Bic handy. I always...
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    Young men living at home in the Golden Era?

    I had one uncle who never left home even though he was earning a good living and could have made it on his own very easily. The reason he stayed home was a very controlling mother. His sister never left the home either.
  7. stevew443

    You know you are getting old when:

    Even worse, having to carry nitroglycerine and starting to talk about your cardiologist.
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    Counting Your Change...

    I once bought an old treadle sewing machine, and when I got it home I opened it up. I found an old New York City subway token, but the real find was a 1930 English penny in excellent condition. I think that penny had been with the sewing machine since the early 30s. I still have both the...
  9. stevew443

    What's For Breakfast...

    I normally eat a little cottage cheese for breakfast, and that will be what I have once I get hungry, along with a pot of China Black tea. However, I made challah last Friday and there is still a bit left, so for my sweet wife, I will be making Challah French Toast. I have been planning to do...
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    The general decline in standards today

    Our graduation "party" did include a bit of booze, but it was booze we made in chemistry class during our senior year. Our chemistry teacher had been a boot legger and he was just teaching us the traditional ways, all in the name of science. We came into class one day and each lab desk had a...
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    I used to live in a whore house!

    I once rented a house that I thought was once used for immoral purposes. It had quite a few very small rooms for such a small house and every room had a door to the outside. The tiny living room even had 2 outside exits. The entire house seemed to be designed for easy escape. One other...
  13. stevew443

    For LizzieMaine............

    Can I be the mutt of the group? Ulster Scot, English, German, French and Swiss. We kept getting kicked out of our various homelands and kinda just settled where nobody else wish to settle... the mountains of what is now West Virginia.
  14. stevew443

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Many years ago when I lived in New Jersey and my wife worked for the local paper, Geoffrey gave a show at the local community college. My wife contacted his people to set up an interview, and he agreed. We had the interview over supper and he was a very warm and engaging gentleman who laughed...
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    what what your favorite 1960's movies?

    Cagney was perfect in that role. I would never have thought he could pull off comedy so well. My favorite Cagney film is White Heat, but One Two Three could easily become my 2nd favored Cagney film.
  16. stevew443

    what what your favorite 1960's movies?

    LizzieMaine, The wife and I just watched One Two Three and I can see why you love it. The pacing was phenomenal. Cagney was on the top of his game in this film. Of course many of the references would be lost on today's generation, but what a great movie.
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    I don't know how this one was missed. She was one of my game show favorites while growing up and a fine actress too. Polly Bergen. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/actress-polly-bergen-dead-84-article-1.1946794
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    what what your favorite 1960's movies?

    Thank you very much. We found it on Vudu, so we will be watching it on my next day off. I cannot believe that Amazon is charging almost $70 for a copy of it.
  20. stevew443

    what what your favorite 1960's movies?

    LizzieMaine, you have now sent me on a treasure hunt to find this movie. Both my wife and I are such huge Cagney fans, but neither of us have seen this movie. Netflix says they have it, but it seems to not actually have the film.
  21. stevew443

    what what your favorite 1960's movies?

    Dr. Strangelove The Lion in Winter The Graduate Little Big Man (I know that it was released in 1970, but it was made in 69, and a decade or century actually starts on year 1)
  22. stevew443

    What coffee or tea did you drink today?

    Lately I have been drinking a lot of China Black tea. It is rather inexpensive if I buy 3 pounds at a time. I have a large tea pot and electric kettle at work so I can keep a pot on my desk all night and at home I usually go through 2 or 3 pots a day, depending on how much sleep I get during...
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    You know you are getting old when:

    I have the same problem, but I have been wearing tri-focals for the past decade or so. At least the doctor will add some magnification to the uncorrected reading portions so the letters look a little larger. I have been wearing glasses for the past 54 years and it has only been recently where...

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