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What Are You Reading
Two dandy $1 yard sale finds... Return to the Scene of the Crime: A Guide to Infamous Places in Chicago (some interesting then and now photos) Forgotten Weapon: U.S. Navy Airships and the U-Boat War (large, well-illustrated hardback that lists for $50) A friend's dad, who is now 90 and...- Jedburgh OSS
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- Forum: The Reading Room
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WEIRD stuff from the golden era
You decide if this is weird; I thought so... I was at an antique mall in Frederick, Maryland recently looking through old magazines. In the June 15, 1942 issue of Life (Vinegar Joe Stilwell on the cover) the photographic essay is on "Negroes at War." A few pages after the end of the article...- Jedburgh OSS
- Post #69
- Forum: The Golden Era
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DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects
Lena Horne NPR story http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126666993&sc=fb&cc=fp What a singer, what a women!- Jedburgh OSS
- Post #781
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Samuel Barber's birthday
I recommend this CD http://www.amazon.com/Barbers-Adagio-Galway-Boston-Strings/dp/B000003G8N/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1268170529&sr=1-5 Click on the image of the backside of the jewel case for a listing of artists. It has only the adagio 8 different ways: including strings, flute...- Jedburgh OSS
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Colorizing Old Movies
When this fad first kicked into gear over two decades ago there was a Frank Sinatra movie in which he was Ol' Brown Eyes instead of Ol' Blue Eyes, but I don't recall the title. I assume this process has gotten cheaper and a little faster to do. It used to cost $3000 a minute and take two weeks...- Jedburgh OSS
- Post #20
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The most EFFECTIVE television ads?
Iron Eyes Cody (the crying Indian PSA's) He was actually of Sicilian descent but looked the part. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R-FZsysQNw Pretty timeless; still effective. I've never so much as thrown out something as small as a wadded up gum wrapper nor will even spit.- Jedburgh OSS
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Is anyone else catching American Pickers?
Mondays at 9:00 PM on the History Channel. These two guys dig through old barns, buildings, and junk piles for vintage treasures. Gee, I guess I've been an American Picker all my life but didn't have a name for it. Well...Pack Rat, maybe. We're the first to hit a development site to blast...- Jedburgh OSS
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Where to get Double edge Razor?
Oh, yes, there will be blood... I should have mentioned if you've never shaved with one take it S-L-O-W and E-A-S-Y. Make sure your whiskers are softened with hot water or a hot towel and well-lathered. It's quite a bit different than today's twin, triple, quadruple blade Schick. Nicks are...- Jedburgh OSS
- Post #19
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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the country drive
I've passed a few in my travels Actually there are several still out there, and they have their own glass quart and half gallon bottles (leave a deposit). This one has delivery trucks painted black and white like dairy cows. Here's the web site: http://www.southmountaincreamery.com/home.php...- Jedburgh OSS
- Post #28
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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the country drive
Washington County, Maryland I frequent this one nearby: the road by Devil's Backbone County Park, Route 40 into Boonsboro, location of Nora Roberts' B & B and bookstore, past the George Washington Monument dedicated in 1832 and the South Mountain Inn where there is more food than your stomach...- Jedburgh OSS
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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What do you do for Living?
I feel your pain... Watching "Super Max" is as close as I want to get. I truly appreciate your underappreciated job, sort of like a necessary evil. I'll take the dynamite, cast boosters, and ANFO I use everyday over that. God bless you, sir.- Jedburgh OSS
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Where to get Double edge Razor?
If I bought every one of these I ever came across at flea markets, antique shops, etc., I would have a five gallon bucket full of them. They're very easy to find; some still in original boxes or travel/keeping cases. The latest one I picked up was made of brown bakelite for wartime metal...- Jedburgh OSS
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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What do you do for Living?
Rock blasting for the construction industry Here's a video on Photobucket; over 600 holes and 10,000 pounds of explosives in the ground. A typical day's job.- Jedburgh OSS
- Post #810
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Identify a novel of the death of Meriwether Lewis?
Could this be it? http://www.amazon.com/Melancholy-Fate-Capt-Lewis/dp/1932961410/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251685600&sr=1-11# Or is it too recent? This one's a little older...- Jedburgh OSS
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Farrelly brothers' "The Three Stooges"
Benicio del Toro (no kidding) as Moe and Paul Giamatti as Larry...so far that's it. Don't shoot me; I'm just the messenger. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383010/- Jedburgh OSS
- Post #17
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Wolfman Remade
I see that the budget was $85 million; I hope that's on screen and not in someone's paycheck. Off topic, I always thought del Toro would have been a good choice to play John Birch, considered the first casualty of the Cold War. He bears a resemblance to him, but Birch was 27 when he was...- Jedburgh OSS
- Post #14
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Art Deco Gem for Sale! (WDC)
What a unique place The closing costs are almost $27,000; at least you could s-l-o-w-l-y get that back in the gas you wouldn't have to burn by using an antique reel mower. After all, the lot is just over 3000 square feet including the house.- Jedburgh OSS
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Britain building new steam locomotives
These are the first ones built in 50 years and will be put in service with all new safety features. They're full scale 4-6-2 steam engines, not toys. The media link on the web site will take you to several youtube videos. What a rush watching it pass, belching smoke, hissing steam, and having...- Jedburgh OSS
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Our own vintage town
Have any of these been mentioned? This is a big thread. Paper boys...and girls; real kids wearing canvas "saddlebags" delivering the daily rag on bicycles and flinging them onto w-i-d-e porches and into bushes. A small airport a mile out in the country amidst the cornfields. The name has...- Jedburgh OSS
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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new H.P. Lovecraft movie in development
from filmjunk.com; imdb gives it a 2011 release Universal has picked up the film rights for The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft, a comic that imagines what would happen if horror author H.P. Lovecraft inadvertently unleashed his creations upon an unsuspecting world. Rumour has it that...- Jedburgh OSS
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