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  1. Inkstainedwretch

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    61 is way too early to go. Word has it he was on the set of the "Twin Peaks" sequel reprising his role as Albert when he was taken to the hospital.
  2. Inkstainedwretch

    Show us your Guns!

    I think it's a 1903 Alan Ladd uses in "This Gun For Hire." In his small hand it looks almost as big as a 1911.
  3. Inkstainedwretch

    Show us your Guns!

    That 1903 was the first truly modern handgun, with the raked-back handle that put the barrel/slide right in line with your forearm bones. That was a stroke of genius and perhaps the beginning of modern ergonomics.
  4. Inkstainedwretch

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    The public image in popular culture of the police and other institutions like banks, government and the armed forces during the Era is interesting. By then, people mostly took their cues from Hollywood and radio. In these, individuals could be bad or corrupt, but institutions were benevolent. A...
  5. Inkstainedwretch

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    When I was in high school the cologne du jour was English Leather. A trifle overstated, at best. The stuff was really powerful.
  7. Inkstainedwretch

    Show us your Guns!

    Looks good, but I wonder why they're reviving the Cobra name, since this one is a steel frame. Detective Special or even Agent would be more fitting, I would think. Still a sweet-looking gun.
  8. Inkstainedwretch

    Show us your Guns!

    I'm not getting that picture. I love those old Stevens humpbacks. Is there some other way you could post the pic?
  9. Inkstainedwretch

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Does a well-dressed person still look "snazzy"?
  10. Inkstainedwretch

    Ringling Brothers Circus is Closing.

    The American circus flourished best when every little town was connected by railroad. As the railroad declined, so did the circus.
  11. Inkstainedwretch

    You know you are getting old when:

    I'm not sure how many of the actual wires are in service, but the conduits sure are. Buildings in New York were connected by underground conduits (pipes, essentially) that brought them gas and, later, electricity. Over the decades many of these went moribund but they were still there and still...
  13. Inkstainedwretch

    Cinematic & TV Chases That Stir The Blood.

    For a rare movie using a foot chase, watch "Naked Prey," (1965). Loosely based on the story of mountain man John Colter, who was captured, stripped and made to run by the Blackfoot, the story is transferred to 19th century Africa, where Cornel Wilde, playing a game guide, is captured and...
  14. Inkstainedwretch

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    She'll have a long way to go to beat Imelda Marcos in the shoe department.
  15. Inkstainedwretch

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    My favorite conundrum for people who identify fanatically as Reps or Dems and vilify the other is: Imagine yourself trying to describe to any European the difference between our two major parties. Mind you, European countries have everything from 50 different blends of communist/socialist to...
  16. Inkstainedwretch

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Ultimate W.C. Fields euphemism: "There's a Ubangi in the fuel supply." Even the euphemism would get you banned today.
  17. Inkstainedwretch

    Tiki Culture

    They probably figured they couldn't sell Americans on taro paste and breadfruit, though the roast pig might have been a hit.
  19. Inkstainedwretch

    Forward Time Travel

    Reading that book now it comes as a shock that when the narrator goes to the insurance company the first thing the salesman does is offer him a cigarette. Heinlein's imagination was vast when imagining the future, but it never occurred to him that within half a century smoking would have the...
  20. Inkstainedwretch

    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    Asbury also wrote a book titled "The French Quarter,"about crime and vice in New Orleans.
  21. Inkstainedwretch

    Tiki Culture

    Back in the late 50s Trader Vic's ran a line of drink mixers and other stuff with a "Polynesian"girl on the label. There were two labels. On one, the girl was topless. On the other she wore a Dorothy Lamour-style sarong, much more modest. My California family bought the topless ones. As a...
  22. Inkstainedwretch

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    And then there were whorehouse tokens. That was a currency with a genuine, recognizable value. Out West, some employees were paid with them.
  23. Inkstainedwretch

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    The 16th century German mercenary soldiers called landsknechts were heavily into ripped clothing. The style was called puffed-and-slashed. The clothing was layered and then slashed in various patterns and cloth of contrasting colors pulled through the slashes. Soon the aristocracy was wearing...

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