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  1. Luddite

    What's your Holy Grail?

    '36 - '39 Indian Chief.. I had a sale agreed on one about twelve years ago, but got gazumped by a Belgian cheese-dealer (and it's not many people can claim that accolade) so spent the cash on my wedding instead!
  2. Luddite

    Lets see your Balloon Tire Bikes

    My dream cycle! I'm not jealous at all. Honest.
  3. Luddite

    WWII secrets...

    Where the tunnel is which links Thurleigh/Twinwoods airfield to a local country mansion next to the London rail line, right in the middle of the 'Bedford Triangle'. Apparently used for absolute secrecy on insertion missions. Not even the pilot got to see who was getting in. I used to work...
  4. Luddite

    The Perfect Orange

    I love oranges, eat them by the bagfull, but have yet to find the perfect one: the perfect one for me would have to incorporate a ringpull for ease of peeling. I think with the advent of GM, a banana / orange hybrid would be a step towards perfection. Skin of a 'nana, flesh of an orange -...
  5. Luddite

    Lets see your Balloon Tire Bikes

    Stock Rodeo..... The bike had been sitting under a dripping outhouse roof for around thirty years. Where the gearstick had been, the water had gathered and dripped down onto the tubes below, rotting them and the truss tube clean through and partially through that nice curvy downtube...
  7. Luddite

    Lets see your Balloon Tire Bikes

    Not a Ballooner...... ....... but I thought I'd post a picture anyway! This is a Raleigh Rodeo, which I rebuilt for my son Pip in the style of a balloon tyre bike. The stock bike has high rise bars and banana seat - it was Raleigh's Stingray competitor before they cam eup with the Chopper...
  8. Luddite

    The three worst vices of 1950...

    I think they were known as Spivs!
  9. Luddite

    Just how vintage are you?

    Thank you LizzieMaine! Those wax bottles don't sound good to me! Did you have Sherbet Fountains over the pond?
  10. Luddite

    Just how vintage are you?

    I remember most of the ones relevant to UK; washtub wringers hold a special place in my heart as my friend Helen got her hand caught in her electric mangle whilst I was there one morning. I laughed until I cried, which didn't go down all that well. I remember sweet cigarettes very well indeed...
  11. Luddite

    Fountain pens

    Following the theft of my Parker 61 pen, pencil and ballpoint (which I kept in a beautiful vintage cigar case) I bought the Waterman Carene, in the same black lacquer / gold plate trim as my Parkers. Sadly, despite a couple of years' usage, this pen still skips on a rapid, curving...
  13. Luddite

    Favorite type of Steak

    My favourite is Yagga Although I doubt it will be a hit with many non-vegetarian Loungers! It's best doused liberally in pepper sauce.
  14. Luddite

    tether car racing in the 1940s

    Nice link, thanks. I remember seeing terthered boat racing when I was a littl'un. It was very scary indeed for a six-year-old, what with the noise, spray, speed, and all those men in waders! They have tether car racing at some UK hotrod events, it's great to see the old models being...
  15. Luddite

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Sheer incompetence, I'm afraid. I have a history of it! Thanks for the link, I managed to work it all by myself ;)
  16. Luddite

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    THE ILLUSIONIST I watched The Illusionist last night, and have to say it's a splendid film, and one I think many Loungers will enjoy (I searched this thread and was surprised by the sparsity of returns). Perhaps not so much for the dialogue or even plot - which is at best transparent, but the...
  17. Luddite

    Lets see your Balloon Tire Bikes

    AN IDEA FOR THAT SURPLUS BALLOONER I found this whilst looking for something totally unrelated, and thought some of you fellow cycle enthusiast loungers may appreciate it. If you have a spare bicycle and an old lawnmower why not build yourself a Whizzer? I have all the ingredients for...
  19. Luddite

    A cool, classic knife

    SCANDINAVIAN RECOMMENDATION I can recommend a Lapp Puukko for simplicity, elegance and ease of use. I have owned and used a Marttiini Lapp for the past thirty years and can recommend them for quality, although the knife is a little loose in the sheath now. I see from their website...
  20. Luddite

    Question for UK members

    I had a package marked 'leather pants' delivered to my work address. I still haven't lived that one down........
  21. Luddite

    Do you have a favorite vintage movie car?

    I'll go for the Model T speedster in the silent film 'Wings', which the main character strips down for speed and paints a shooting star down the side of. Can't find a picture anywhere though....
  22. Luddite

    Vintage boats that make a splash with their dash!! (pics)

    It's antique speedboats which get my pulse racing! This is the pick o' the bunch I reckon.... Shame I'm as far away from water as you can get in the UK!
  23. Luddite

    Italian stuff

    Surely the most gorgeous aircraft in history have been the Italian Schneider racers, with the pick of the bunch being the Piaggio P7..... Shame it didn't work!

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