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  1. Shangas

    What are the Oldest Objects you Own?

    Wow!! Welcome to the forum, Ted. Beautiful house and beautiful documentation!!
  2. Shangas

    men who write in or keep journals

    I've kept a diary on and off since junior school. But I can get very lazy about writing anything in it. I keep all my old finished diaries in a filing cabinet.
  3. Shangas

    Show us your photography

    I rearranged the items in my last photograph, and took this. They're deliberately more compact and closer together because this is meant to be a cover-photo for the next issue of my history magazine.
  4. Shangas

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Lizzie I should state, I'm well aware of the awkward history of 'boy' in the United States, I was referring more to the fact that in this day and age, I thought we'd be over the more touchy side of it. I'm surprised if it's still such a tinderbox of a word. My grandmother was born during the...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I have never heard of such a thing. What a fascinating nugget of information. See this is why I love this forum. You learn quirky stuff like this, every day.
  7. Shangas

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I fail to see what the kerfuffle over 'boy' is. We use it even now. Hell, we even use 'girl'. It means nothing. It's just like "dude", "guy", "Chaps", "Lads"/"Lasses" etc. Meh. But you're right, there were lots of job-titles like that. Let's not forget hall-boy, boot-boy, spit-boy...
  8. Shangas

    Show off your Ebay finds and purchases

    Ooooh wow!! Lovely brass hardware.
  9. Shangas

    Crazes of the Era

    You reminded me of this song, from 1928... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uf-AgE0yes
  10. Shangas

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I know what a 'Pullman' is. I wonder how many others do, though. Regarding railroads, what about "keep your eye on the Ball"? I read that this came from the days of either mariners (keeping their eye on the time-ball which dropped at noon, GMT, to set their ship's chronometers). Or, from...
  11. Shangas

    Show us your photography

    Thanks. The compass and magnifying glass are more-or-less brand new. The telescope is from the Edwardian era. The book underneath is an old school atlas from the 1870s (hence why it says 'Palestine' instead of 'Israel').
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    Show us your photography

  14. Shangas

    Crazes of the Era

    I had no idea Confucius Say jokes were that old!! I love them. Mahjong was HUGE in the 1920s (a lot of things Oriental were very popular in the 1920s, for reasons I never understood). It's been years since I've played MJ.
  15. Shangas

    Families of the Lounge

    Awww! Lovely photograph! Who's the little candy-cane elf asleep in grampy's lap?
  16. Shangas

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    The variation I've always heard was: "Who died and left you in charge?" I don't hear it very often, but it's definitely still out there. I wouldn't regard it as having disappeared.
  17. Shangas

    the voices of famous actors? why no modern actors sound like them anymore?

    You forgot Gregory House. When the producers of the Show heard Hugh Laurie's audition-tape they loved it at once and one of the producers immediately said: "Now that's the kind of American talent we need!" (or words to that effect). He was floored when one of his companions whispered to him...
  19. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Nice to know you can still buy KIWI polish today.
  20. Shangas

    Skills For "Living The Era"

    dh66. I still see stuff like that. Albeit, very rarely. We still have something similar over here. Except they're little pots of mustard. You buy the glass mustard-pot, pop the top off, finish the mustard, throw out the lid, and then you have a cute little drinking glass left over...
  21. Shangas

    Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

    I was born in the 80s. The LATE 80s. Late enough that I didn't have to worry about any of this crap! I'm so glad I was.
  22. Shangas

    Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

    And people wonder WHY I hate the 1970s. I'm so glad I wasn't born then. The clothing, the music, the movies, the COLOUR SCHEMES (GOD HELP US!!). They give me nightmares! That's also true.
  23. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Thanks Alan!! I love it. I just finished pulling the whole thing apart and cleaning it really well. Now it opens and closes so smoooooothly!!

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