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  1. Bugguy

    Vintage SCUBA Diving anyone?

    All things considered, vintage equipment maintained or fully checked out with the rubber components replaced by a knowledgable tech (for the brand) are as safe as new. The designs are simpler and may not flow as easy, but for recreational use they should be fine. The basic mechanics of dropping...
  2. Bugguy

    What would you not be seen dead in?

    You guys convinced me to look for a vest. BTW... at the CLT and BNA airports tonight (Friday nite fly home for business travelers), I saw many suits, but not one 3-piece. Also, many suit-backpack combinations.
  3. Bugguy

    What would you not be seen dead in?

    Worse yet, the ball cap on crooked with the label still stuck on it (inner-city style) = one demographic, and the ball cap worn backwards = another demographic. In my opinion, both reflect poorly on the wearers IQ. I found one of those "never see the light of day" pictures of myself from 1971...
  4. Bugguy

    A couple of fashion pet peeves...

    I know why... you offered up another example of dramaturgy (30 posts back). The disheveled, pre-occupied with pondering the universe look is the "uniform" we expect to see worn by a college professor. I love it when a circle closes!
  5. Bugguy

    The Memory Worm.

    Although many of my memories - good and not so good - involved alcohol (I do have memories), the one I go back to and take pleasure in on cold nights when my spirits are down is smelt fishing on opening day (April 1st) on the Chicago lakefront. My best friend, a little brandy, frozen wet hands...
  7. Bugguy

    The House is a Museum ...

    I never considered myself a hoarder till I cleaned out my mother's house. Then I knew I had the gene. Like any true addict, the telling moment was "stuff withdrawl". I would rationalize that it didn't cost anything to care and feed my stuff... until I moved my mother (her stuff) into her first...
  8. Bugguy

    Cast iron

    I love these grates - they have so much architectural appeal.
  9. Bugguy

    A couple of fashion pet peeves...

    Now I'm encouraged, even inspired. The only vests I see are odd fabrics with similarly odd stingy brims on pseudo-hipsters, i.e. wannabe's.
  10. Bugguy

    Vintage SCUBA Diving anyone?

    To keep the thread alive (is this the definition of "bump"?)... Here is the package I bought circa 1967. You can barely buy fins for that now. Here is my first regulator - a Dacor Dart with a "J" valve reserve on the first stage so you were never without. And finally, where we came from...
  11. Bugguy

    Power Wagon Porn ...

    I wish I had caught this thread two years ago when it was active... I guess it is now. I've always coveted a Power Wagon. They were animals, and add a PTO to go anywhere and do anything. Something about the 60's vehicles that are gone forever; Power Wagons, real Land Rovers, Mustangs, any Chevy...
  13. Bugguy

    A couple of fashion pet peeves...

    Two pair of pants... and a vest. I haven't bought a vest with my suit in years - partially because it seems to call attention to my growing gut; but also because most business men I interact with wear two-piece suits. I'd quickly go back to a vest IF they came back in "style". I'd also invest...
  14. Bugguy

    A couple of fashion pet peeves...

    Please, my intent was not to disparage nurses, although the most egregious examples of masquerading (my term) as a doctor were by male nurses. I have become, not by design, a nursing administrator with RNs and NPs reporting to me. I love them, their scrubs, their Crocs, dearly. I actually wish...
  15. Bugguy

    Neon clock for Ace Music Inc. from Kokomo, IN

    Hopefully you're not like me and parking your projects in the basement, but if you are, here's something to consider: There's actually a whole world of vintage advertising clock collectors out there. I have a back-lit electric that needed the electric movement replaced. Not difficult at all...
  16. Bugguy

    Vintage Finds Renovating Vintage Homes

    I guess the knob and tube wiring the home inspector found under the attic insulation qualifies as a vintage find. No way I was negotiating down the price. I had a friend (licensed) replace what we could see and provided an inflated receipt. It was in good shape, legal, and in some ways safer...
  17. Bugguy

    Out Your Back Door

    This was an overgrown jungle with no less than 40 lawn ornaments when we bought our house in Nashville. After what felt like meg-bucks and lots of DIY adventures, we've achieved our dream... a suburban backyard. I compromised: no pond, no pool, no fountain, no water feature and not too many...
  19. Bugguy

    A couple of fashion pet peeves...

    I believe the term in sociology is dramaturgy (Goffman); the role requires a costume, e.g. the doctors white coat and stethoscope, the administrators suit, the painters white shirt and pants, etc. I've always been interested when professions collide. An example might be nursing... some will wear...
  20. Bugguy

    A couple of fashion pet peeves...

    Now this will come off sounding totally non-PC, but there was a barista at the Nashville airport preparing coffee who was covered with tattoos. If he had a clean apron or shirt, or hadn't picked up a spoon he dropped and continued using it, I might not have given him a second look. But... being...
  21. Bugguy

    Show us your weird and unusual stuff.

    Pretty much. We're getting better at it. With 3-D printing and a little make-up, pretty soon you won't see the stitches. Of course, we may occasionally finish one with two left feet.
  22. Bugguy

    Show us your weird and unusual stuff.

    You may need to ponder this for a moment.... I have worked my whole career in the organ transplant and tissue banking field, so you can see why this appealed to me.
  23. Bugguy

    Cast iron

    Here are a couple of pieces I've picked up and cleaned so they look pretty good. Sad Irons, also called flat irons, make interesting bookends when standing up: I've been able to buy rusty heating grates really inexpensively and wire brush and spray seal them for some lamp tables I've been...

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