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The DIY Vintage Repair Before/After Thread
Dave, Land-O-LakesGal Thanks for the kindly words! ;)- martinsantos
- Post #26
- Forum: The Display Case
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Misconceptions of World War II
Shangas, The way you described is correct. The cameras were given to the Jews so they could sell them. It's a beautiful story, IMHO - starting with some sense of humour involved. The Leica camera was a symbol of the german technology - for the nazis, a symbol of the arian technology. A...- martinsantos
- Post #81
- Forum: WWII
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What are you listening to?
Looking around after listening "In the mood" (always a great one!) I found this version of Moonlight Serenade, with AAF... Very different than I knew. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqoaq_yFQKg- martinsantos
- Post #5,586
- Forum: Radio
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Misconceptions of World War II
From these stories one of the most interesting (and almost unknown) is the help that the owners of the Leitz factory made, saving the life of a lot of Jews from Wetzlar town, before the beggining of war. Mr Leitz just gave a "Leica kit" (camera and lenses) to each Jew and contracted them as...- martinsantos
- Post #76
- Forum: WWII
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Personal Libraries
Love books! My parents made a huge library (around 15.000) in last 50 years, and I think I'm doing the same way... (in my parents's home the books invaded all rooms, except the bathroom and kitchen). Usually I can't choose about paperback or not. Usually I buy 2nd hand books. When I have the...- martinsantos
- Post #104
- Forum: The Reading Room
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The DIY Vintage Repair Before/After Thread
Great thread. I have posted this before in the radio's thread, but it is the very best restoration I ever made. This is a Fairbanks Morse radio from 1935/36. The way it was: Parts of wood were replaced by plastic (as the top). Several colors were aplied until it get the "rainbow...- martinsantos
- Post #23
- Forum: The Display Case
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Old Photos from yardsale.
Are these photos made in porcelain? I saw some very similar in this absolutely obsolete system from 20s and 30s.- martinsantos
- Post #2
- Forum: The Display Case
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The Photographer
An interesting discussion here. My answer to Matt's question is NO, digital photography isn't helping people to get better photographs. To take a photo isn't something automatic; 80% of the work is about composition, to choose the correct lighting, the find the correct moment to press the...- martinsantos
- Post #105
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Creating your living time capsule
Back to the theme... Certainly I'm making my home with the thinks I like. Always lived in old buildings, from art nuveau (from 1922) to art deco (from 1937). Now I'm living in a 1948 building, almost untouched. All forniture is from the 40s. Just didn't get the time and money to buy the wood...- martinsantos
- Post #40
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Creating your living time capsule
When my wife wanted a Tv set I offered to buy a vintage one (she wanted a new). I tried to offer her that if we get a vintage Tv, I could by to her too a Playstation to use in it!!! Unhappilly she didn't agree with my propose.- martinsantos
- Post #39
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Misconceptions of World War II
As we could add "all italians were fascist". Of course the theme here is much more about USA. But here we got a severe restriction about german descendants. My family had trouble - and they came here in 1860s! But then they couldn't speak german and a lot of books were confiscated (my grandma...- martinsantos
- Post #58
- Forum: WWII
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Does wearing vintage Get you noticed by the opposite sex?
Funny thread. Not on "play" now, since I'm very well married since 2005, and met my (then) future wife in 2002. Before meeting her I discovered that: 1- women like a lot men in suits; 2- women with personality prefer men with personality. Ever if this means some "eccentricity"; 3- usually...- martinsantos
- Post #218
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Pearl Harbor veteran's case sheds renewed light on elder abuse
The point you put is the same I always think when I visit prisions. And a prision is, usually, a subsidiary of hell. A lot of guys there are paying for their crimes. And it's good that this happens. But the staying in prision means "no liberty", and not "staying in hell". If fact, since the...- martinsantos
- Post #8
- Forum: WWII
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Unpopular music opinions
Agree with you (by the way, tks for introducing me to Jerry Colonna). But this is oversouling is still the pure magical, wonderful, music when compared with what my neighbour is listening by now. Sounds like a washing machine. A very bad one, because it is too loud. My wife says it is...- martinsantos
- Post #1,170
- Forum: Radio
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Whatever happened to "coat and tie required"?
I don't believe dressing indicates good manners. And I proved (again) this to myself this week. Meeting with two colleagues of profession; impecable suits, those VERY expensive, etc, etc, etc. But the worst manners I've saw in years! Absolutely desclassified. But I must add a point. Never...- martinsantos
- Post #198
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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What are you listening to?
Vera Lynn was really great! For a long time a used to listen a lot a 10" LP with her songs. Tks for sharing.- martinsantos
- Post #5,559
- Forum: Radio
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Poll: Bela Lugosi's 40's, Poverty Row Films
I'm sure that exist a lot of Lugosi fans. The problem is these films had the worst distribuition. Most of them are just impossible to see. After this thread i tried to find some in DVDs stores, but no success. So it's a little difficult to talk about movies impossible to see... (not only a...- martinsantos
- Post #31
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Film Noir?
Never saw it, just heard about. Isn't from this movie a music theme that made a huge sucess in those days?- martinsantos
- Post #314
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Declining Popularity of the Necktie
Maybe the problem today is to rotulate anything more formal as "wrong". I use ties everyday. And like to use one when I go to concert room, to have dinner, etc. In several occasions somebody asked me if I went the place directly from work! I believe that ties will be less and less used -...- martinsantos
- Post #53
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
