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What are you listening to?
Postcard From 1952 ... an evocative song-video performed by my favorite post-rock band.- shoelessjoe
- Post #17,572
- Forum: Radio
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Vintage trains
I’m not too sure that this belongs in Vintage Trains but then again, I suppose that vintage trains ran/run on vintage rails, eh? I was down in the Springs working the Pikes Peak Local (BNSF) when I spied this particular rail web while switching cars in Kelker Yard ... and adjacent to the...- shoelessjoe
- Post #367
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Are You Reading
Well, Fading Fast, I will go out on a limb and suggest that it may be one of the - if not the - finest book you have never read. It’s a common notion that movies generally pale in light of namesake novels, but I actually enjoyed and still do enjoy the movie - I’ve lost count as to how many...- shoelessjoe
- Post #7,966
- Forum: The Reading Room
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What Are You Reading
I am rereading Norman Maclean’s, A River Runs Through It & The USFS 1919: The Ranger, The Cook & a Hole In The Sky, two amazing novellas that never, ever get old. Those two, and Antony Bevoor’s, Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943.- shoelessjoe
- Post #7,964
- Forum: The Reading Room
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Show us your Guns!
- shoelessjoe
- Post #1,905
- Forum: The Display Case
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What is your favorite aircraft of all time?
Make mine Kurt Tank's masterpiece, the Ta152-H- shoelessjoe
- Post #417
- Forum: WWII
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2010 Winter Classic(s)
While the NHL's Outdoor Winter Classic was just that, a classic, so too were those stingy brims atop Claude Julien and his staff's orbs!- shoelessjoe
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- Forum: Hats
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Just finsihed watching, A Bronx Tale with Robert DeNiro & Chazz Palminteri ... wonderful movie about a father who's fighting with a neighborhood mobster for control of his young son.- shoelessjoe
- Post #3,396
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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My A-2 Finally finished
Gorgeous jacket & artwork, Ken ... like you, I enjoy full-tilt A-2s- shoelessjoe
- Post #5
- Forum: WWII
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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?
Those of you who posted the wonderful snowy hats pics ... in addition to the fine hats you're wearing, would you mind sending some snow this way, as we certainly could use more of it! Thank you all for the kind words and regarding the Champ fishing hat, although I do know that it is indeed a...- shoelessjoe
- Post #8,605
- Forum: Hats
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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?
Though the rainbow's definitely no Champ, both the hat and the friend who gave it to me certainly are ... many thanks, RBH! Today ... on the South Platte River (Cheesman Canyon)- shoelessjoe
- Post #8,552
- Forum: Hats
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Akubra Value is Soaring Right Now
Ordered two mid-brown Campdrafts and a moonstone Stylemaster from Everything Aus. and paid $26.07 for shipping. One of the mid-browns is going to a friend in Arkansas who kindly bashed/creased my silverbelly Campdraft, but under the condition that no money (save for shipping) would be...- shoelessjoe
- Post #107
- Forum: Hats
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Any "new" old radios out there in Fedoraville?
Very First "New" Old Radio ... Purchased my very first (restored) vintage radio late last week and even as I type, it's coursing its way to me. Made back in 1938 by the Howard Radio Company (Chicago), she'll find a home in my fly-tying room where she'll not only keep me entertained, but with...- shoelessjoe
- Post #100
- Forum: Radio
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Akubra Campdraft
Appreciate all the input, discussion and of course, the wonderful pics ... thanks one and all!- shoelessjoe
- Post #36
- Forum: Hats
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Akubra Campdraft
Well, after the obligatory three-plus month wait, my Akubra (silverbelly) arrived last week and having perused the many, many threads/pics concerning bashes, creases, etc., I have finally decided upon a fedora-styled Campdraft. Now, two questions ... in your opinion(s), which is more becoming...- shoelessjoe
- Post #16
- Forum: Hats
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Help With Vintage Toy Repair
I really appreciate the help ... many, many thanks! Found this particular doll hospital that does "all types" of restringing: http://www.dollhospital.com/dh/doll_repair/services_list.htm- shoelessjoe
- Post #6
- Forum: The Display Case
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war poems
Battle of Sedjenane, Tunisia 1943 Sedjenane Death's swift flight, through the April rain, Paused at a place called Sedjenane. With a cold hand he marked his prey And picked the ones who were to stay, forever At a place called Sedjenane In a brief moment, they gave their all, Life...- shoelessjoe
- Post #42
- Forum: WWII
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Help With Vintage Toy Repair
Thanks for the reply, Minerva ... the string goes through the entire creature, as pictured in the patent drawing (link) below ... this is why I was hoping to have it professionally restrung. http://www.google.com/patents?id=ihtSAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA1&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=0_1- shoelessjoe
- Post #3
- Forum: The Display Case
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Help With Vintage Toy Repair
Do any of you fine folks know to whom one could send this (c1926) 'Tailspin Tabby' to be restrung? Any help/info would certainly be appreciated ... thank you!- shoelessjoe
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