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  1. Inkstainedwretch

    Unappreciated masterpieces?

    Just a heads-up to inform you that "The Warlord" is available again. I went looking because my old Brazilian DVD literally fell apart because I had viewed it so much. The new edition is from the Universal Vault series. It's not completely remastered but the picture is much crisper than my old...
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    Mom is passing away today

    95 is a good, long run. Be thankful that she had so much time with her loved ones.
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Keep Saturn in Saturnalia!
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Yellow-green lights on traffic lights. When I was a kid the green "go" light on traffic lights was a yellow-green color. Then they were changed to the current blue-green color. I was told this was so color-blind people could discern them more easily.
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Keely Smith has died at 89. Her beauty and elegance, contrasting with husband Louis Prima's over-the-top Sicilian exuberance, made an indelible impression.
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    In the 18th century muffs were used by women and men. One advantage, besides warmth, was that in a dicey part of town, especially at night, you could hold a pistol in one without it being noticed.
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Speaking of muffs, whatever happened to earmuffs?
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    Vintage Things That Will NOT Disappear In Your Lifetime

    Reminds me of that colorful saying, "slicker'n snot on a brass doorknob."
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    Oumuamua

    "Rendezvous With Rama" was my first thought as well. That's a really strange shape for random space junk.
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    Old smells, that immeditately transport you back in time?

    Camera one-use flashbulbs produced a unique scent. The Sylvania Blue-Dot was the classic but all of them had a scent I've never encountered since.
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    Changes in Attitude in Marriage & Divorce from the Golden Era to Now.

    James m. Cain novels and countless films noir spun off from that case.
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I think the government needs to develop some really good drugs so people don't mind that they're unemployed, broke and hungry.
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Uniformed bellhops at hotels, often with the pillbox cap with a chinstrap like the "Call for Philip Morris" kid. You still saw a few of them when I was young in the '50s.
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    Changes in Attitude in Marriage & Divorce from the Golden Era to Now.

    Getting back to the Era, one of the most familiar images of WWII was two people meeting at a bar, or a USO dance, or a church social, the male a serviceman about to ship out for overseas. Two hours later they're in front of a judge getting married. It's all very romantic and shows the...
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    My favorite Army doctor's answer to this one: " Well, take your friend out of your pants and let's have a look at him."
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    Changes in Attitude in Marriage & Divorce from the Golden Era to Now.

    Divorce was less common in the Era, but divorce is a legal proceeding. Often incompatible spouses simply split up without divorce proceedings and might or might not find other partners. I think divorce was done mainly by people who had substantial property to divide. My maternal grandfather...
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Benzedrine inhalers: screw-top plastic tubes containing a tampon-like roll of cotton soaked in, I suppose, benzedrine. They were for clearing stuffed sinuses. They must have been banned long ago, though it seems like an odd way of getting high.
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    The Gender Thread, vive la difference!

    I'm not putting my neck on this particular block.
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    H.L. Mencken

    This is an excellent topic for a new thread: What books can you just pick up, open at random, start reading and be instantly immersed? My favorites in this category are Pepys' Diary and Will Durant's " The Life of Greece." Gibbon's " Decline and Fall" is not far behind.
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    H.L. Mencken

    Mencken's coverage of the Scopes trial was revealing in his opinion of the "salt of the earth." He routinely referred to the fundamentalist types who frequented the trial as, "the hicks," "the rubes," and, my favorite, "the hookworm-carriers."

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