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Wood-Splitting Help
Thanks for the responses, guys!! I had thought of getting a dedicated splitting-maul, but I really wasn't sure if I could justify the expense. The sledgehammer I already have. As well as a crowbar for prying/easing apart stubborn splits. I think my approach will be to get one decent...- Shangas
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Wood-Splitting Help
Hey Folks, I wasn't too sure where to post this...so...I am posting it here. Long story short - Once more, it is Winter in Australia, that crazy land where everything is backwards. I have several large cross-sections of tree-trunk down the side of the house which have been sitting there...- Shangas
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds
How's this for a thrift-shop find!? 10kt gold Victorian-era infant's ring. Set with pearls and red garnet :)- Shangas
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- Forum: The Display Case
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Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds
Victorian-era aide memoire. Solid ivory. Ca. 1870-1880.- Shangas
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- Forum: The Display Case
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Old Soho (London)
LOL. "REJECTED VIRGINS". 10/6 (3 for 29/6) Thank God they're talking about pipes...- Shangas
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds
Nah. Just collecting binoculars and stuff. I really shouldn't.- Shangas
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- Forum: The Display Case
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Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds
French horse-racing binoculars. Nickel-plate on brass. Bakelite (?) focus-knob (slightly chipped). Leather clad. Lenses slightly scratched. Age marks. But otherwise, in perfect working condition. Date: Ca. 1900. Marked with "Le Jockey Club - Paris" on the eyepieces.- Shangas
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- Forum: The Display Case
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What are you wearing today??
D'aaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!! Soooo adooorable! You should have that printed, framed and stuck on the wall. And sign and date it!- Shangas
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- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds
Ivory & sterling silver. Pen & pencil set. London, 1901. Manufactured by London jewelry firm Mappin & Webb (Est. 1775!). Still going strong today.- Shangas
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- Forum: The Display Case
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What do you use to shave?
What are you, Sergeant Schultz?- Shangas
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- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds
Fascinating object. Never seen anything like it! Perhaps light it and show us what it looks like in a dark room?- Shangas
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- Forum: The Display Case
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Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds
It's a pocket candleholder?- Shangas
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- Forum: The Display Case
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Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds
Thank you!! Thank you very much! I promise I'll make a video of them very soon :)- Shangas
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- Forum: The Display Case
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Golden Era Things You've Revived Or Repaired For Use
Let me know how it works out, Jake.- Shangas
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- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds
They're supposed to have a range of over a mile, which is why the police selected them in 1883. They were used all over the world until the 1970s. The same company (J Hudson & Co) still manufactures them, but they're more for props, souvenirs and police uniforms than for much else, these days.- Shangas
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- Forum: The Display Case
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Golden Era Things You've Revived Or Repaired For Use
Is the leg just stained? Or is it like...crusted-over feline vomit? Try it with just warm soapy water first and see what happens. If that doesn't work, then perhaps olive oil (or sewing machine oil) to loosen it up? I wouldn't want to use any specific chemicals or polish right away, just in...- Shangas
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- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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Golden Era Things You've Revived Or Repaired For Use
Lizzie, might we be able to see this chair?- Shangas
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- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds
They sound even better :)- Shangas
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- Forum: The Display Case
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Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds
Antique Metropolitan Police Whistles. Made in Birmingham, England, by the Joseph Hudson Whistle Company. Left: Ca. 1910. Right: Ca. 1920.- Shangas
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- Forum: The Display Case
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Inside a real WWII U-Boat!
http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/want-to-see-inside-a-u-boat-then-look-here-for-42-stunning-images.html Fascinating photographs.
