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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...- Shangas
- Post #7,478
- Forum: The Connoisseur
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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.- Shangas
- Post #7
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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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...- Shangas
- Post #3,995
- Forum: The Display Case
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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.- Shangas
- Post #60
- Forum: Your Vintage Home
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Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds
Here's a picture of the actual clock: Simple, but classic and stylish.- Shangas
- Post #3,993
- Forum: The Display Case
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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...- Shangas
- Post #3,991
- Forum: The Display Case
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What's for Dinner?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA1kCissAGQ Today's dinner was pumpkin soup.- Shangas
- Post #7,442
- Forum: The Connoisseur
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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.- Shangas
- Post #5,551
- Forum: The Reading Room
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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...- Shangas
- Post #26
- Forum: The Golden Era
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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...- Shangas
- Post #5,549
- Forum: The Reading Room
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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.- Shangas
- Post #3,989
- Forum: The Display Case
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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...- Shangas
- Post #3,987
- Forum: The Display Case
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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.- Shangas
- Post #806
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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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.- Shangas
- Post #802
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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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...- Shangas
- Post #20
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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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...- Shangas
- Post #2,428
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What do you use to shave?
How very interesting. Does it shave well?- Shangas
- Post #1,501
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
