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Vintage 50s Mallory 7 1/4
Bond, I'm interested - how would you describe the color? Looks like a light gray or maybe brown in the photos.- Salty O'Rourke
- Post #6
- Forum: Classifieds
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Does anyone know who makes the Charles Tyrwhitt Fedora
Denton Hats makes a wool fedora in this price range, the Goodwood - could be a special run for Tyrwhitt. Whoever makes it, wool fedoras aren't the best choice. I notice Tyrwhitt's is sized S-M-L so a proper fit would be serendipitous.- Salty O'Rourke
- Post #3
- Forum: Hats
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Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?
The Episcopal church in my town, which has been on the same corner since 1761, chimes its bells on the hour - most likely recorded but it's possible that it's a mechanical device ringing the bells. The Catholic church, Methodist Church, and at least one other Anglican church in the downtown area...- Salty O'Rourke
- Post #2,754
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Boot width question
God help you if you have a narrow foot. I take a B width and they are almost impossible to find from any bootmaker, unless you want to spend some hefty $$$. Go in a shoe store or the shoe department of an upscale department store and have them measure your foot. Hopefully you have a more common...- Salty O'Rourke
- Post #6
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO) - Everything you wanted to bootleg about the Show!
The subject theater, the Cedar Lane in Teaneck, NJ, just sold the standard popcorn and candy fare, and the popcorn looked like nothing special. The indie house that's local to me, the NARO, sells the usual stuff plus killer baked goods like oversized cookies and brownies/blondies. Getting a NARO...- Salty O'Rourke
- Post #806
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The WWII generation and Doo Wop
I'd caution against drawing broad conclusions from Hollywood films that depict bygone eras - movies are entertainment vehicles, not documentaries. Movies often depict references that the filmmaker thinks the audience expects. They also tend to view the past through rose-colored glasses and...- Salty O'Rourke
- Post #6
- Forum: Radio
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Why I love my Local Movie House...
I'm not sure - they have guest organists from time to time but Bob Gulledge has been the house organist for many years. In the past, John Baratta and Ray Brubacher have accompanied screenings of Lon Chaney's Phantom of the Opera.- Salty O'Rourke
- Post #17
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Why I love my Local Movie House...
Sounds a lot like the Byrd in Richmond, right down to the Mighty Wurlitzer that pops up on stage.- Salty O'Rourke
- Post #15
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?
Pretty significant ewwwww factor here - they apparently are still being manufactured, but I haven't seen one since my elementary school days.- Salty O'Rourke
- Post #2,746
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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What Are You Reading
The Black Box, Michael Connelly's latest Harry Bosch novel. After that I've got a bunch of 1930s low-brow pulp stuff to get me through the hollidays - Operator 5, The Spider, The Shadow, and Phantom Detective.- Salty O'Rourke
- Post #4,977
- Forum: The Reading Room
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The WWII generation and Doo Wop
My dad was born in 1923 and he didn't care for rock/doo wop/R&B at all. He was more of a swing, Sinatra and C&W fan. On the other hand, my mom was born in 1926 and I recall her doing the Twist with us kids and liking the Beatles and the Searchers. She liked Sinatra and Crosby but hated Tony...- Salty O'Rourke
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- Forum: Radio
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BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO) - Everything you wanted to bootleg about the Show!
This news story gives the details. Shame, it was a nice little theater. My then-fiance-now-wife used to live in Bergen County and we used to take in a show there fairly often. At some point in the past they remodeled (remuddled?) the place to have 4 small screens. I often noticed that few...- Salty O'Rourke
- Post #801
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Why I love my Local Movie House...
Here, it's the NARO. Cozy neighborhood theater that hosts festivals, foreign films, limited release films and Rocky Horror every Friday night - quite a jolt when you exit the 9:00 show on Friday and bump into the fans waiting to interact with RHPS for the umpteenth time. Not an art house...- Salty O'Rourke
- Post #6
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?
Lack of DDT brought the Bald Eagle back, too.- Salty O'Rourke
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO) - Everything you wanted to bootleg about the Show!
I found Gyp's OR/Strat clone a bit disconcerting; made me wonder what else was incorrect for the period.- Salty O'Rourke
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?
In my lifetime, things people used to take for granted that are long gone: "Colored Only/White Only" drinking fountains, waiting rooms, libraries, hotels and schools Iron Lungs Poll taxes TB sanitariums TV and radio tobacco advertising - "Scientific Proof in Support of Smoking!" (real ad...- Salty O'Rourke
- Post #2,719
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The Depression as Depicted in Art, Literature and Pop Culture. True or not?
The Waltons' setting is somewhere within a reasonable drive (over unsurfaced roads) of Charlottesville, which puts in the center of the state and probably in or around Nelson County - Hamner's home town of Schuyler is in Nelson Co. The REA set up the Central Virginia Electric Cooperative around...- Salty O'Rourke
- Post #14
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What does this refer to?
Gleason's schtick was more of a sideways shuffle if I recall it correctly. I remember my mom saying that he fell and broke a leg doing that once but I don't know if that's true or just an urban legend.- Salty O'Rourke
- Post #12
- Forum: The Moving Picture
