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  1. Shangas

    Piecing Together Solid-Colour Suits?

    Hey chaps. I have a question to ask. And that is, if you have a partial suit in a solid colour (say waistcoat & trousers, or jacket and waistcoat, which was black, or brown, or blue etc), and you found the missing article which matched the colour of the other two pieces, would you marry them...
  2. Shangas

    Golden Era Things You've Revived Or Repaired For Use

    Thanks. I really like having it. It's certainly unique.
  3. Shangas

    Essentials of a 40's Party

    I'm not sure about America, but in England during the middle of the war, rationing was extremely severe. People were existing on stuff like potato sandwiches. National loaf. An egg a week (if they were lucky), SPAM, and whatever the Yanks shipped over from the States... The diet was healthier...
  4. Shangas

    items of clothing that make you cringe

    I like bowties, but I don't often wear them. Red pants scare me.
  5. Shangas

    items of clothing that make you cringe

    In terms of VINTAGE clothing, I don't think I could ever wear a bowler hat. But it doesn't make me *cringe* as such.
  7. Shangas

    What's for Dinner?

    The goulash looks delicious! Although I'm not a fan of sour cream.
  8. Shangas

    Golden Era Things You've Revived Or Repaired For Use

    As the Old Man on Pawnstars said: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it. If it is broke, it ain't worth fixin'".
  9. Shangas

    What's for Dinner?

    Chips.
  10. Shangas

    Essentials of a 40's Party

    I think you can buy hand-cranked pneumatic sirens (of the kind used during air-raids) on eBay. Also, refer to recipe ration-books for food.
  11. Shangas

    How do folks react to your hat wearing?

    I was at the supermarket last night and another shopper told me twice, how much he loved my outfit and my hat.
  13. Shangas

    What's the meaning behind your Avatar ?

    When I was a kid, I used to love cycling (I still do, but I don't have a bicycle anymore). I once went cycling in the park. My bicycle hit a stone and I was ejected off the seat. I was literally thrown over the handlebars and hit the ground on my hands and knees. I shredded my left knee and...
  14. Shangas

    What's the meaning behind your Avatar ?

    Soon it'll be too dangerous to walk without walking sticks. But then the sticks might become weapons. So we might have to resort to wheelchairs.
  15. Shangas

    Trying different knots on Neckties.

    My go-to knot is always a Double Windsor. When I was a kid, I had friends who could tie one, and I never could, and I felt embarrassed. Once I learned how, I do it all the time.
  16. Shangas

    Show us your photography

    We sure have some strange-lookin' trees down south.
  17. Shangas

    Restaurant variety in the Golden Era compared to today?

    The Chinese have fled their homeland during key events in Chinese history. The Taiping Rebellion. Famine. The Boxer Rebellion. My own grandfather fled China in the 1920s during the unrest of the Nanking Decade. More Chinese fled in the 1930s and 40s and 50s, due to the unrest caused by the...
  19. Shangas

    Restaurant variety in the Golden Era compared to today?

    Most restaurant-offerings differed by place and ethnicity as Lizzie correctly says. New York is considered one of the most cosmopolitan places in America. But that's because 12,000,000 people went through Ellis Island. That's why New York has Chinese, Japanese, French, Italian, German, English...
  20. Shangas

    The Passing Away of John Erickson, Fellow Lounger and Friend to Many.

    I remember John mostly due to his contributions to the fountain pens threads. He always had interesting things to say and nice pens to share.
  21. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    I've examined the bag more closely. I think it's GLUE!! A previous owner has GLUED the bottom of the lining to the bottom of the bag. The top of the lining is soft and thick and fuzzy. That's how the bag would've felt, when it was new. The base is dry and crusty. I can pull the lining...
  22. Shangas

    Abbott and Costello would be proud

    When Watt's on second, then we'll finally have something...
  23. Shangas

    Now here's a classy ride...

    That is beautiful!! Is it legal to ride in a rumble seat these days, with all those modern health and safety things that folks keep barking down our necks?

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