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Changes in Attitude in Marriage & Divorce from the Golden Era to Now.
I am replying to this forum post even though it very old, because its affecting me now, 28 yrs of marriage is ending for me, going in the marriage i had to take more than half of the responsibility due to her back injury, and i did so, i supported her completely and we have two children ...- 59Lark
- Post #92
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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What's For Breakfast...
HOLY TOAST ezekial bread, scrambled eggs with some of the yolks removed and given to the waiting labs, and some back bacon with the fat cut off and a couple of cups of jamician me crazy coffee. NO BUTTER- 59Lark
- Post #3,516
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Nutty Neighbors
at the present time I own two house, one is in a working class area and the neighbours don't bother anyone at all, and mind their own business. Hardly anyone complains but the odour of pot and long grass and some stealing from sheds but I have not had that problems as my two labs keep the sticky...- 59Lark
- Post #658
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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New Ladies and Gents Step Forward
59 Lark , mike have been a member for years but life got too busy and I lost my way, and haven't posted much in 3 yrs , but a major life hurdle has made me think its time to reflect and ponder. I am 54 yrs old and about to find out what single life is about after 28 yrs of marriage. I will still...- 59Lark
- Post #4,460
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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What are you listening to?
Watching American pickers and listening on my laptop to a benny goodman music revival concert in England, someone baker ? listening more and more to big band and love artie shaw music, going to have to find someone to enjoy this kind of music when I start the next chapter of my life . 59 lark -
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How did people 'hook up' in the Golden Era?
I think this post migrated off topic but many do , my parents who lived in the golden era met at a barn dance, they were children of farmers and they became a farm couple and i was born on their farm, when i was 22 i met my wife at a bowling alley with a church league, now i am 54 and my wife...- 59Lark
- Post #47
- Forum: The Golden Era
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sold my hat making equipment it is no more, 59 lark
dear loungers; this is 59 lark long quiet, two weeks ago a young lady came to see me, see she is the costumer maker for the tv show murdcoch mysteries filmed here in ontario Canada, and a wonderful show it is, so I came to the conclusion with over 200 machines in my basement and 40 more came in... -
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Terms Which Have Disappeared
yes; channel 7 buffalo still does that, that station was the one with the commander tom show, that dates me. I still answer my business phone good afternoon how can I help you, the common one, how may i help you madam. As I fill out a repair, tag may i please have your name and phone number...- 59Lark
- Post #892
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Alley Kat Hat Co
Loungers , tim is working on your projects we are building something for him, from secret lab in Canada deep in snow we are building a custom sewing machine for tim, taking a 1940s free arm and cutting the base off so the free arm will extend outward . So the operater can stand at a bench and... -
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Alley Kat Hat Co
No word from tim yet, must be away from devices or under a snow bank, sent a treadle sewing machine to michigian and it was there in 4 business days, so by that standard tim should be getting that box of goodies on thursday or friday this week. Had to pay someone to sort and pack this box for... -
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Alley Kat Hat Co
Rodmaker , tim has a delivery from Canada coming it left the cellar today , i had to hire someone to dig, the eight crates out and sort the stuff, ron says what is this city burned in the wood, oh that one in transyvani, you know dracula , made over 80 years old these hat moulds are old. It took... -
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How to say goodbye to an old soldier.
update on this post, cancer went into remission, bladder operation and hip transplant, learned how to walk again and now 4 years later still alive and married again, the lady that i thought was his wife was common law, he made her legal last year. Wants to start helping again. wow strange...- 59Lark
- Post #9
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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My first fedora (new to hats)
Young man; as someone who has worn a fedora for almost 30 years, once you get used to , you wont wear anything else, being in business i also am know the man who wears a hat, often correct them its a fedora. i wear a straw in the summer, and felt otherwise and a fur hat, if its 30 below and i... -
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Alley Kat Hat Co
Tim; this is 59Lark who is trying to send you a message and your mail box is full, so it cant recieve anymore mail, so empty it. Forgive my shortness, am really sick with a nasty sinus cold and am being to see where people got ideas for zombie movies. 59Lark. -
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Alley Kat Hat Co
Dear Loungers; those fedora look great, cane made a comment that he was limited due to lack of forms and such and his forms all look new, here i am not a hatmaker and actually in the sewing machine business, with a load of hat moulds and forms sitting in my basment in rubbermaid tubs, size 6 to... -
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Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests
Folks; it seems that a lot of you loungers are trading or selling your classics, as for me I have had my studebaker for nearly 25 years, and this year I came close but a millonare solved the problem, for me, offering a 59 lark v 8 with an original 50, ooo miles an arizona car for $3500. finding...- 59Lark
- Post #1,011
- Forum: The Golden Era
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sick and tired of new scrap appliances.
dear loungers its six months later and that 1959 toaster is still going everyday, and in the shop in the last six months I have probably brought back at least 68 dead old sewing machines and restored them to work again in addition to fixing more modern ones, am talking forties to sixties as an...- 59Lark
- Post #151
- Forum: The Display Case
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Restoring my Grandmother's Singer Sewing Machine
Shangas; this is 59lark those needles might be industrial needles and therefore not the right one for your home machine, home machine needles came in packets of 5 usually, industrial needles with round shanks and all differnt lengths depending on the machine and the purpose wont fit home machine...- 59Lark
- Post #64
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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Restoring my Grandmother's Singer Sewing Machine
shangas; let me rephrase that, machines intended to sell in the european market, lots of kilbowie singers were sold inthe empire. However the machines made for the north american market did not have the bed extensions, machines that i have found brought from europe such as holland and england...- 59Lark
- Post #59
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
