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  1. FStephenMasek

    Help please (radio restoration)

    The schematic shows the tube layout. It is available here: http://www.nostalgiaair.org/Resources/225/M0017225.htm or here: http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/sears_roeb_100196_4786.html First, do not power it up before replacing at least the electrolytic capacitors, as you can easily destroy the...
  2. FStephenMasek

    Show us your radios!

    That is a very good sounding AM & FM radio. I have one. The seller had it playing, so I listened to it for an hour or so before taking it apart to begin the restoration. I normally cut the cord off as soon as I get one, as expensive damage can result if an old radio is powered-up prior to...
  3. FStephenMasek

    Tried Activskins (male pantyhose)?

    Good point (especially the ones with a fly). I wonder if anybody has tried to claim that name?
  4. FStephenMasek

    Tried Activskins (male pantyhose)?

    The pantyhose I've tried thus far work well under a wool suit, but seem to catch more on synthetic blend trousers. I'll be going to a cold part of central Europe in December (Vilnius, Lithuania) for the 80th birthday of my wife's father, so I'll be able to compare them to the silk long...
  5. FStephenMasek

    Tried Activskins (male pantyhose)?

    124 views to date. Please post a reply if you try them. I'm flying to DC tomorrow, so will let you know how they worked.
  7. FStephenMasek

    Broken-in Feet

    That is why the dress shoes with padding at the back of the heel are best. I got a pair made in Italy which are much more comfortable than some far more expensive ones I've owned.
  8. FStephenMasek

    What do you use to shave?

    Mach III and "sensitive skin" shaving cream of various brands.
  9. FStephenMasek

    Californians Please check in!

    Mission Viejo, in south Orange County.
  10. FStephenMasek

    American shoe company upswing

    Thanks for posting the link. I had a pair of Allen Edmonds a few years ago, but did not like them. In the early 1980s, I worked at washington University in St. Louis (my alma mater) and walked miles and miles all over the campus. I once bought a pair of "old man" shoes with very thick...
  11. FStephenMasek

    Tried Activskins (male pantyhose)?

    I finally decided to try them (full support versions), and like them. They are excellent under both dress and casual clothing. They will also be excellent for air travel and other situations with long periods of sitting. I'm wearing their A560 model (sheer full support pantyhose) now, and...
  13. FStephenMasek

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    It's A Wonderful Life.
  14. FStephenMasek

    Briefcases

    When do you think the aluminum Zero briefcases will become "vintage" I bought my gold-anodized one in 1987 or 1988.
  15. FStephenMasek

    Southern CA old radio club auction 2/20

    Rain or shine - its indoors. I'm now a member of the board of directors of the Southern California Antique Radio Society and invite all of you to come to enjoy the radios at our annual auction, open to the public* this year: It is Saturday, February 20 at St. Andrews Lutheran Church 15520...
  16. FStephenMasek

    Buy New, Vintage or Victorian Home?

    Your intentions are good, but it is not that simple. I would much rather be in a new house, or a properly retrofitted old house. Of course, a poorly built new house is no good (we noticed tie-downs with no nuts on the bolts at some other houses in our subdivision during our visits when they...
  17. FStephenMasek

    Ladylike drinks for the ladies?

    What about guys who don't like strong booze? A well-made (that means with ice cream) Grasshopper is one of my favorites. Kir Royale (Champagne with Creme de Cassis is another). I generally avoid beer, but the dark sweet beers are sometimes interesting.
  19. FStephenMasek

    Good Chinese Restaurants on the Wane?

    A few months ago we found a wonderful Korean restaurant in a very unlikely place. The food was good enough for it to be a white tablecloth place, and many Korean people eat there. The prices are low. It is on the basement level of a highrise, next to the chiller and boiler rooms, along the...
  20. FStephenMasek

    Buy New, Vintage or Victorian Home?

    I have personally inspected many houses of all ages for asbestos, lead (paint and ceramic tile) and/or mold. Did you know that asbestos was still used in many common materials until the middle or even late 1980s (e.g. drywall joint compound, stucco, sheet vinyl flooring, HVAC ducts)...
  21. FStephenMasek

    Short Sleeved Dress Shirts With a Suit?

    I won't forget going to Sears in Northwest Plaza in St. Louis County (before they ruined a beautiful outdoor mall full of one of a kind fountains and so forth) and seeing a sales guy at Sears wearing a short suit - pants and jacket!
  22. FStephenMasek

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Is it transluchent? If so, it is not Bakelite, but may be Catalin, essentially the same material, but without fillers. Here is one article I found on such materials: http://www.coololdgames.com/CatvsBak.html
  23. FStephenMasek

    A REAL Fedora Lounge?

    I had no idea that the Brown derby still existed, as I thought it had been demolished many years ago. Perhaps I was thinking of some other restaurant in Hollywood. What about The Edison in downtown LA? I have yet to make it there.

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