My brother has bought many items from the Duluth Trading Company and is very happy with the quality of the material. I agree with you that for the price a brass zipper would be expected however a plastic one won't rust. I say go for it!
TigerLilly . . . have fun . . .
Here's a comical take on a beat poem (to be recited slowly--eyes half-closed--and with gravitas):
Little Bo-Peep . . .
Has lost her sheep . . .
And can't tell where to find them . . .
Leave them alone . . .
And they will come home . . .
. . . . . . . ...
A '75 hair dryer in '27!!!
I almost choked on my coffee when I saw the stage assistant using a hand-held blower not much different from what Warren Beatty used almost 50 years later for the blow-dry look in Shampoo.
(It's probably blowing cold air, though, to keep her cool in that metal...
Campus bus stops can be educational.
I like waiting for the bus on the state university campus in my town.
There are so many foreign students, it feels like the United Nations (except that they almost all wear jeans and flip-flops).
I also get a chance to eaves-drop on snippets of conversation...
Tell me more, Art ;)
I look forward to seeing more of these items. Your uncle seems to have been a collector, or else he wouldn't have kept the packaging. And that's great. The art and nostalgia are in those designs, too--sometimes as much as in what they contained.
I'm always shopping . ...
S.O.S. Save Olympia from Salvage
This ship, launched in 1892, saw action in two wars and brought home to the U.S. the body of the WWI unknown soldier.
If that's not a piece of our history . . .
And , although I wouldn't have been allowed on board during its service years. I want it to be...
Wow, Fedora Lounge!!!
This is my first post. I must admit that I didn't read every line of this conversation that goes back almost four years, but I did linger over every picture. So I have a comment and a question. For me, a beautiful fedora moves any man up a notch (or more) on the 1-10...
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