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  1. Shangas

    What's for Dinner?

    I take it you have some deep-seated aversion to pasties? Perhaps stemming from a traumatic experience buried deep in your subconscious which happened during early childhood? ...this is probably a bad time to mention that I also like mustard...
  2. Shangas

    New Pocket Watch

    I think Picard is talking about a watch-dome. They look like this: You can get them online, or from some watch-shops.
  3. Shangas

    What's for Dinner?

    Dinner - Cornish pasties.
  4. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    I used to have one (or I did, until the bell-spring broke). So I know *EXACTLY* how loud they are. And that's precisely why I bought it! Because the old one, the electric one, is useless! It rings, I turn it off. I press a button, and then I forget about it and go to sleep. This, I have to...
  5. Shangas

    Home is where the Kitchen is

    Has anyone ever seen/used one of these? I think they're called "Murphy Kitchens". As in 'Murphy beds'; designed to be really simple and compact. They were popular in the 1920s and 30s, from what I understand.
  7. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Here's a picture of the actual clock: Simple, but classic and stylish.
  8. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Today, I bought a mechanical alarm-clock. I used to have one of these as a child. Sadly, one day, the frame holding the bell-spring cracked (either crappy workmanship, or metal-fatigue and tension), and the whole thing blew up on me. It was useless after that. The clock I bought looks like...
  9. Shangas

    What's for Dinner?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA1kCissAGQ Today's dinner was pumpkin soup.
  10. Shangas

    What Are You Reading

    You're welcome.
  11. Shangas

    What Are You Reading

    It is! I purchased mine at Readings, but you can also get it online, of course. I think AMAZON has it.
  13. Shangas

    Moving to the 40s

    We all look at the past through rose-tinted glasses (or in some cases, beer-goggles), but there are some very good reasons for wanting to revive some of the qualities, attitudes or other aspects of the past. For me, the BIG ONE is quality. I don't care what you say. I don't care who or...
  14. Shangas

    What Are You Reading

    I recently purchased this, with some money I've collected over Chinese New Year (o, the joys of being Asian, and single...) I've wanted this for ages. But I was never able to justify buying it due to the price-tag. I recently came into some money, and decided to splurge on the book. It's a...
  15. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Oh they're gigantic! From grip to tip, they're 10 inches long. And even unsharpened, that tip is POINTY! I joked to a friend that you could kill a guy with them, an then use them to cut the fabric to make the suit for the funeral.
  16. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Back when stuff was made to last... At the bottom are my grandmother's 8-inch dressmaking shears. WISS-brand No. 28s, made in the U.S.A. Freshly sharpened by the knife-grinder. A pair of steel snippers for thread. And at the top, my BONUM-brand all-steel points. I bought this just...
  17. Shangas

    What pens are we carrying today?

    Very well. Here they are: The gold one at the bottom is the Waterman. Third from the bottom, on the very right, is the Wahl.
  19. Shangas

    What pens are we carrying today?

    Today's pens are my gold Waterman, and one of my gold Wahls. One from the Edwardian-era, one from the 1920s.
  20. Shangas

    British Gentleman

    Lizzie, you remind me of the Dad's Army episode, I think it's called "That Honorable Man". In the episode, Wilson receives a letter, and Mainwaring picks it up by accident. On the envelope, it says something like: "To the Honourable Mr. Wilson" (or words to that effect). Mainwaring is...
  21. Shangas

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    P.S. Hoffman died of a drug-overdose. Don't celebrities die in bed surrounded by money anymore? It's almost like a prerequisite of being a movie-star or musician these days. "Mr. Bieber, please sign this life-contract stipulating that unless you agree to die of a massive crack-cocaine...
  22. Shangas

    Ascots

    Today's cravat:
  23. Shangas

    What do you use to shave?

    How very interesting. Does it shave well?

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