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  1. Shangas

    Have you found Hidden Treasure?

    I bought a copy of "The Wooden Horse" by Eric Williams, which came with original magazine-cuttings inside it, about how the escape was done. And family treasure: When my grandmother died, I sifted through all her stuff that she left behind. And found three of my grandfather's business-cards...
  2. Shangas

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    I'm not following any particular pattern or anything. It's just a simple scraps-of-fabric patchwork quilt that I'm making. I found some old batting (I think that's what it is) in my cupboard that was leftover from...something. I don't even know what the hell it is. But it's some sort of...
  3. Shangas

    The Powder Room is Now Ladies Only. But I LIKE Talking To Ladies!

    CCJ, from what I gather, the women were uncomfortable with sexist and mysoginistic comments posted by male members in the Powder Room. I've never seen any of these such comments myself, and I certainly have never posted them. So I can't vouch for their existence.
  4. Shangas

    The Powder Room is Now Ladies Only. But I LIKE Talking To Ladies!

    Wow...that was...unexpected!!
  5. Shangas

    The Powder Room is Now Ladies Only. But I LIKE Talking To Ladies!

    Hi Feraud, thanks for the clarification. What was it that was painted on the barn walls? "EVERYONE IS EQUAL BUT SOME ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS"?
  7. Shangas

    What are the Oldest Objects you Own?

    Now THAT is impressive! Any pictures?
  8. Shangas

    The Powder Room is Now Ladies Only. But I LIKE Talking To Ladies!

    Well I'm sorry if I said something that might've offended the board...
  9. Shangas

    The Powder Room is Now Ladies Only. But I LIKE Talking To Ladies!

    If we DO have a males-only subforum/board, it's fine by me. My issue is - why would we need one? What are we going to DO with it? That's what I don't understand.
  10. Shangas

    The Powder Room is Now Ladies Only. But I LIKE Talking To Ladies!

    I VERY MUCH DOUBT there's ANY interest in a discussion of THAT nature on the Lounge! *Horrified expression...*
  11. Shangas

    The Powder Room is Now Ladies Only. But I LIKE Talking To Ladies!

    We could create one and call it The Den or The Night Club, The Tavern or something like that...but I have no idea what we'd discuss in there. Everything we'd want to talk about is covered by most of the other boards already.
  13. Shangas

    Walking Sticks & Canes.

    I read somewhere that a good walking-stick reaches to just below your hip-level. The arm holding the came should be comfortable, and have a SLIGHT bent. If it's a full, 90' bend, then it's too high. If you're slouching or uncomfortable when using the stick, it's too short. So, hip-level, or...
  14. Shangas

    The Most Impressive Vintage Item You Wanted but Could Not Afford?

    My family heirlooms. Specifically, my grandfather's chopsticks, bound Chinese encyclopedia, and the steamer-trunk with which he came to Malaya from Singapore in the 1920s. If not that, then I would love a...a...a...Oooh there's too many things to name!!
  15. Shangas

    Oldest person you ever knew?

    LMM, REAL, HARDCORE Alzheimers is a crushing disease. I've seen it from the very start to the very finish. TWICE. I would keep a very close eye on your mother. When it hits you, it'll be like a kick in the guts. It took my dad YEARS to finally accept that my grandmother had Alzheimers. And it...
  16. Shangas

    Oldest person you ever knew?

    Some people take offence at the suggestion that they need assisted living. It's a big change. In my grandmother's case, we had no choice. Her Alzheimers was getting to the stage where having her live at home was a serious safety hazard.
  17. Shangas

    Oldest person you ever knew?

    Hahaha!! Wow...I'm sorry but it made me laugh.
  19. Shangas

    Golden Era Things You've Revived Or Repaired For Use

    Can't drop the dogs, but I can put on a cover-plate. I'll do that.
  20. Shangas

    Golden Era Things You've Revived Or Repaired For Use

    St. L, a machine such as the one you've shown would be up to 50 years old (and even up to 100 years old). It could easily be converted to run as a treadle or a hand-crank, if the wiring and motor are shot. That would be no issue. Then you would have to clean it and lubricate it. That's also very...
  21. Shangas

    Oldest person you ever knew?

    Grandmothers that you're close to always illicit that sort of reaction. My gran was seldom angry with me. I knew that no matter what the time of night was (gran went to bed early, about 9:00pm), if I went in to sleep with her, she was never angry that I'd woken her up. She would just roll over...
  22. Shangas

    Golden Era Things You've Revived Or Repaired For Use

    Well according to one source I read, FMQ can't be done with a long-bobbin machine due to the way that the stitches are formed. Although after some thought and talking with others, I'm thinking that it probably can be done. I mean, the stitches on a V.S. machine are formed the same way as any...
  23. Shangas

    Oldest person you ever knew?

    Grandmothers are the pillars that hold families up. My dad often told me that if it were not for his mother (my paternal grandmother whose birthday it is today), we wouldn't have the lives that we have now. She almost literally raised every person in our family, for two generations. My dad, my...

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