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  1. HanauMan

    Model of vintage army pants

    Looks like an M43 HBT coverall as used by army / air force mechanics, tankers etc.
  2. HanauMan

    Products That Have Gotten Better Over Time

    Yeah, I hear you. I was (still am, actually) a big of Carl Barks stories in the classic Disney comics (Donald Duck & Scrooge McDuck shorts and, especially, the longer adventure stories). In the late 1980s Don Rosa took over the writing of adventure stories but, somehow, they weren't the same...
  3. HanauMan

    Products That Have Gotten Better Over Time

    Books...... Books are different today than they were in the late 19th / early 20th centuries. The paper is thinner, and optically whiter, than vintage ones; more pages in a book now compared to a similar sized vintage book. The illustrations and photo quality is much better, too. Books now are...
  4. HanauMan

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    You obviously never lived in the UK! It rains. All the time. Thirty odd years here and still haven't got used to the rain! :(
  5. HanauMan

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    No, not applauding the driver but at the same time it doesn't bother me. I'm sure he/she had a reason to park like that. I see that the cars are British; if you've lived here as long as I have you get used to the British doing things in a different, and maybe more self centered, way.
  7. HanauMan

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Good for this driver. How are you expected to open a door properly in these narrow parking spaces. Not all drivers are young, thin and agile. What if you need to remove a childs seat from the back or whatever. Or the driver or passenger may have a disability and use a walking aid. Blame the folk...
  8. HanauMan

    The Language of World War II

    Interesting, for sure. Many of the army words and terms, especially, were still being used in the 1960s / 70s when I grew up in an military family and many of these had crossed over into everyday usage by the army kids too. However, by that time many were going out of general use and were being...
  9. HanauMan

    Name the Actor...

    Used to watch this show a lot as a kid. Our Gang, with Stymie Beard. I think he played in Sanford and Son, if I recall.
  10. HanauMan

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    That is a great vintage look, Michael. You look like you should be hanging out with Doc Riedensneider, Dix Handley, Gus and Doll in the ol' Asphalt Jungle. You're the only Fedora Lounge guy I ever 'borrow' fashion ideas from. :)
  11. HanauMan

    Show us your photography

    Wooded hill. Small woodland pond.
  13. HanauMan

    You know you are getting old when:

    Guess it depends on your line of work. I was a RN in a trauma orthopaedic department for twenty years and worked as a male nurse for over 25 years in total. I had some pretty darn good mentors to begin with and, in due course, I in turn became a mentor to many student nurses as well as the odd...
  14. HanauMan

    Show us your photography

    That is a good image. Reminds me of a Japanese woodprint.
  15. HanauMan

    Why were the Germans so bad at espionage?

    The German Abwehr weren't all that bad and they, in turn, used captured Allied trained agents to pass false information to London and compromising the actions of the French, and especially, the Dutch underground. In the Dutch case the captured agent even sent clues in his messages to London to...
  16. HanauMan

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    True, but I have read that this was on purpose and that the father figure is a more positive role model in the Young Sheldon spin off. The actor who plays the father, Lance Barber, also appeared in TBBT, as Leonard's former school bully.
  17. HanauMan

    You know you are getting old when:

    We mustn't forget, however, that for many senior citizens this transaction at the counter might be their highlight of their day and that it breaks the loneliness that many suffer through lack of social interactions with family, who may live a distance away, and an ever dwindling circle of...
  19. HanauMan

    You know you are getting old when:

    Nay, I'm pretty good at keeping tabs on my spending. I come from an army family where mom had to make do on dad's junior NCO pay to raise her family. Thus, from an early age, I was taught what I guess could be called 'home economics', keeping an eye on finances especially. By my early teens I...
  20. HanauMan

    You know you are getting old when:

    It is all 'tap and go' here with cards. Even for a small purchase like a candy bar or a newspaper. I cannot recall when I last spent 'real' money and probably have less than a dollar of 'modern' money (though I have plenty of old time silver coins and greenbacks in my collection) sitting at...
  21. HanauMan

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Still enjoying Young Sheldon, the Big Bang Theory spin off. Gets funnier all the time while still dealing with some real issues. On the other hand, I'm going off Gotham. While Batman has always been one of my favorite pop culture characters, the show is increasingly getting more darker, violent...
  22. HanauMan

    (KNIVES) Let's see some sharp pointy objects

    Thanks for that. I did wonder about the smaller one actually being a fruit knife. I would surmise that silver blades wouldn't tarnish or corrode with the fruit acid, unlike the steel blades.
  23. HanauMan

    If you have to reduce your wardrobe to only 5 items...

    Talking about cravats, I donate five hours a week at a local charity store where I deal with donated books. At the moment there are some fine cravats, bow ties and even a cummerbund which have been donated by relatives of deceased men. Or else somebody is going down the five items of clothing...

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