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  1. nightandthecity

    The Axis Powers

    Nazi Germany and the USSR had a lot in common, but you cannot seriously describe either as a ?¢‚Ǩ?ìworkers and peasants state?¢‚Ǩ? given that workers and peasants had no power in either, their independent organizations were violently abolished in both, and they were murdered in their thousands...
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    Five that are Seriously Underrated. (Under, not Over)

    I just gotta second some of these... The Usual Suspects..... is simply one of the great films The Friends of Eddie Coyle...one of Mitchum's best, and seriously under-rated Angel Heart....yeah, that was really good, I had almost forgotten, a great blend of noir and horror and Michael...
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    The Axis Powers

    Salv, my knowledge of the post Civil War era comes from general reading on the Civil War and its aftermath, but there will be books specifically on the massacres, the resistance etc. Here?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s a few web links which discuss these issues, you should be able to find further links including...
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    The Axis Powers

    Just found this fascinating discussion on one of my favourite subjects. Unfortunately I'm pretty tied up on ebay at the moment but I can't resist a few extra points?¢‚Ǩ¬¶. Franco?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Nationalist rebellion was against the elected Popular Front Republican government, not against a working...
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    Zippers

    I have had waldes zippers on both civilian and military gear from WW2 and the 1950s. Mostly 1950s civiliian stuff. But they are not common and I've never been able to find anything out about the company.
  7. nightandthecity

    abercrombie vintage chino pants

    Don't know - but I have had bad luck with buying modern "vintage style" pants on ebay. They often look good in piccies but in the flesh there are too many little things not right - as well as this tendency to an over-tapered leg. I don't waste my money any more - I wait till the right vintage...
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    Trilby vs. Fedora

    In the mid 20th century the sort of hat an American would call a fedora was always called a trilby in Britain. So trilby and fedora are basically the same thing. I have a feeling that the useage is now changing. I?¢‚ǨÀúve noticed in the last few years some younger Britons have started using...
  9. nightandthecity

    Better fit

    yeah , that's the downside of always wearing vintage. Its rare you find anything that is a perfect fit. You have to make these little compromises all the time. Oh for a time machine and a large private income.
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    G-8 shearling USAF jacket?

    Not even a repro, just a modern ?¢‚Ǩ?ìin the vague style of?¢‚Ǩ? thing. The USAF doesn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t issue a fur lined leather jacket, and if it did it wouldn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t make them from lambskin or in Turkey. It will indeed be junk. There used to be a USN synthetic jacket called a G-8 - Vietnam era...
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    Have you been getting burned on ebay lately?

    I might have added that i have been burned on ebay many times, especially in the early days. Nowadays I don't buy anything until I have cruelly pestered the seller with every possible question and got proper answers. A lot of people get carried away and bid on things without properly checking...
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    Have you been getting burned on ebay lately?

    I don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t think it has changed Jack. I have been on Ebay for several years and I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ve always found plenty of misleading descriptions and misleading photos. And I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢d say the majority of sellers have always given minimal and totally inadequate descriptions (though with my...
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    Bruce Willis at Union Station

    Jake, you are right. Willis was kind of a late developer. I thought he was brilliant in Sixth Sense... a really moving performance in a really moving film (which also happened to be scary) Nice photo! Willis was the only good thing in Last Man Standing (apart from the clothes)...considering...
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    Holocaust denier: 3-year jail term

    I know what you mean, but I think you have probably misunderstood Fu Manchu?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s posting. I think the key word is ?¢‚Ǩ?ìinherently?¢‚Ǩ?. As I read it, I think he is trying to say that at their core these belief systems are not evil. Communism, for example, originally set out to create a...
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    Holocaust denier: 3-year jail term

    Alan, it is matter of free expression pure and simple. He has been imprisoned for expressing unacceptable ideas. You are quite right of course that he has never denied the holocaust. I was going to raise this issue myself in earlier posts but decided it would simply confuse a simple issue...
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    Sound Quality - Old Phones

    I've used a 1938 GPO "pyramid" phone for a long time - probably about 15 years. I hear everything as clear as on a modern wired phone (and better than any cordless I've used) but some people have complained that the other end sounds a bit tinny and remote. This usually improves if I simply hold...
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    Holocaust denier: 3-year jail term

    ah yes...stupid presidents.....this could open up a long and entertaining discussion! Personally I'd sooner lock up a few Presidents than David Irving. They are far more dangerous.
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    Holocaust denier: 3-year jail term

    Stupidity is not a criminal offence. If it is to become a criminal offence there won?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t be enough free people left to staff the jails. Salv - whether Irving believed his ideas or not is irrelevant: the issue is his right to express them. However, I don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t doubt that he did...
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    What exactly is "Film Noir?"

    Never read the book - and haven't yet seen the Altman movie. I understand he made it after reading the book, and he hadn't seen the Ray film....and used to get annoyed when people called his film a "remake". In a Lonely Place...maybe. Two great films anyway!
  22. nightandthecity

    1940's House

    I live in Victorian house...... but pretty much as it would have been circa 1939!
  23. nightandthecity

    Fave radio crooner?

    yeah...I suppose what I mean by "better" is "hotter"! When I was young in the 60s and 67s I thought of Bing as this bland MOR entertainer. It was a complete revelation when I first heard some of his early sides. I was gobsmacked - and hooked! Now I'm older I realize that a lot of people...

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