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Gangsters of the Golden Era
Just to add my sixpenneth to the debate, I recently had to read up on a whole bunch of 'Gangster' types for a class subject matter, I must confess to be quite taken with a guy named 'Meyer Lansky'. A real brain, monetary of course, behind 'Bugsy Siegal' and so on. He basically ran the Cuban...- Dated Guy
- Post #13
- Forum: The Golden Era
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ALL REPRO R.A.F. Irvin type jackets
It does look as though it could deflect an armour piercing shell, or two....:eek:- Dated Guy
- Post #426
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Do You "Like" the Indiana Jones Comment?
A strange phenomonen for you all, I reside in England, and last year, on the South Coast I had a pair of goons comment on my hat in a very anti-semitic manner, I am C of E. I was okay with the comments really, but, just because I enjoy a fedora, it gets a tad personal with these people. I have... -
New hat - and Susquehana Hat Co. enquiry
http://www.johnhalifax.co.uk/ Maybe a bit out of post date here, but, I have a Mason hat from these people, purchased in Norfolk u.k.. I believe the mason is the colour, maybe i am wrong, but anyway, these are the folk, based in Wincanton Somerset.;) -
Historical Debate Regarding the WWII
Swipe me, what a subject for the academically minded amongst us. I have no axe to grind either way, I was born to late to be involved per se, but, I read a lot, and most books are somehow biased to whatever mindset the author was in at the time of writing. WW1 is another hornets nest, to try and... -
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Preserve, dispose of, or file 13?
Have a drink, file them away again, rediscover them some years later, reread and memories come flooding back to you, it's part of your life, with little exceptional things like this happening all the time. It doesn't cost anything, and if left alone, someone else may benefit in the fullness of...- Dated Guy
- Post #6
- Forum: The Reading Room
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Wehrmacht Collection
The Wehrmacht Greatcoat... I am not into any repro stuff at all, except, greatcoats. I used to have an old British Civil Defence coat, as heavy as a tank, but very warm. Years have gone by, and I wanted another one, instead of what the sales/media market want me to buy. I scoured the web for... -
WW2 Hat conversion (Male to Female Fedora)
Good grief, further proof of the destructive tendencies of the human race, I am ashamed of my English birthrite, sorry and all that. The stupid end results, do not even keep her head warm, what wasteful ideas. Same logic as cutting one of your legs off, in order to save material on trouser... -
Pince-Nez Eyewear
Is there such a thing as Male and Female types in general. Okay, some may be coloured/fancy looking frames for female use and so on, but, is there essentially a difference on the basic designs..???[huh]- Dated Guy
- Post #53
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Can Anyone Recommend "Pearl Harbor"?
Or just look at the recently discovered camera pictures, taken at the time of the real attack, and think of the effects it had....you cannot really have romanticism and wartime all in the same movie of this significance and importance, and then lean heavily on the side of romanticism, that is a...- Dated Guy
- Post #34
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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family members on the "wrong" side
It is easy to pick up on which side this person was on and so on in hindsight, but, it is just like electioneering really, which side do you want to vote for, you may be geographically pushed into voting for this person, or that person, you take your choices, rightly or wrongly, and so history... -
Philco Predicta TV Being Reproduced
Would I be correct in assuming that these new/old sets, show monochrome pictures only, and not colour. I find walking into a room with t.v. colour stuff on show, makes me shudder, black and white reigns supreme....This thread is incredibly fascinating, I never even considered replacing the...- Dated Guy
- Post #13
- Forum: The Golden Era
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New L.L. Bean "Signature" Line
It does seem as thought their midriff is imploding doesn't it, a great number of poses are really for the clothing, but, these do not do anything justice at all, except highlight the long hair...weird and very unnatural....:eek:- Dated Guy
- Post #33
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Vintage Computers
It was evidently proved to be a very ancient orrery by some expert or other, nice bit of kit whatever it is, some kind of Mediteranean Enigma Machine part, to my eye....:eek:- Dated Guy
- Post #53
- Forum: The Display Case
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Clash of the Titans -remake
Brother, you are certainly not alone with your views.....:eusa_clap :eusa_clap- Dated Guy
- Post #31
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
That version is so delightful, I love the big guy C. Aubrey Smith, what a guy, typical, old school, military type..stiff upper lip and all that, what, what... "The Russians were on the right", and so on, excellent behaviour old boy..:D- Dated Guy
- Post #5,514
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Has Hollywood lost its creativity?
:offtopic: Well, don't get me wrong, I used to love the electric fishtank, but, way back in the pioneering days. I just question the content now, especially as I have got older, and frankly, it is so dumbed down nowadays, the youthful watchers do not question anything, such calm acceptance...- Dated Guy
- Post #78
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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"The Jazz Singer" (1927).
I inherited this as a vhs from my father-in-law, I watched it a couple of times way back, the bit with him playing the piano and singing to his mother strikes me as a bit gushing, but, was it really like that in them thar' days, I don't know, I accept it for what it was, a timely piece of hokum...- Dated Guy
- Post #6
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Has Hollywood lost its creativity?
Perhaps I just lost reality when I stopped going to the cinema, when 'Silence of the Lamikins' came out, herded like sheep past the chocolates and popcorn, deafening volume, and only seven people in the auditorium, including me and the wife. The cinema is now closed, and that was a state of the...- Dated Guy
- Post #76
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Whooee, A humdinger of a well acted movie, all five of the actors were simply brilliant, originally a stage play, transferred to film in 1962, of a period much earlier. 'Long Days Journey Into Night', Kathleen Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards and Dean Stockwell, plus a Irish housemaid. A...- Dated Guy
- Post #5,508
- Forum: The Moving Picture
