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  1. Shangas

    Coldest Weather I've been in

    It's 44'c (about 111'F) right now in Australia. And no. We sold out. Do you have one we could borrow? Smithy, I love Tintin!!
  2. Shangas

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Because it is SO damn hot this week, my hat has been my new, Christmas-present Panama...
  3. Shangas

    What's For Breakfast...

    Breakfast...or...lunch...or...brunch...lunchfast...whatever... Buttered toast, fried eggs, fried tomatoes, pepper, salt. Simple stuff.
  4. Shangas

    What are you listening to?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olyYvYE6Zlo Shanghai Lil. (1933).
  5. Shangas

    Refrigerator Dishes

    Yeah I've seen those things in antiques shops. I never knew what they were until now! I suppose they're just made of glass and ceramics, right?
  7. Shangas

    What are you listening to?

    I'm currently listening to... "Shanghai Jazz" (Vol 1 & 2) - "Musical Seductions from China's Age of Decadence" Modern recordings of the Chinese and Western jazz-songs played in the International Settlement during the 1920s and 30s, before WWII came along and cramped everyone's style. Current...
  8. Shangas

    Cost of steamship passage 1935 ...

    If you require any help with pre-communist Shanghai, let me know. I've done a lot of research on it (and continue to do so. It's a passion of mine). I'll help however I can and try and answer whatever questions you might have. And I'll provide you whatever help I can with Singapore. Doubtless...
  9. Shangas

    Refrigerator Dishes

    Oh so that's what they are!! I think I've seen some of those at antiques shops. I never figured out what the heck they were for!
  10. Shangas

    Cost of steamship passage 1935 ...

    If you need any help with prewar Singapore, you can send me a P.M. I've done a fair bit of studying about that. NYK and P&O ran ships in the South Pacific. NYK ran routes from Europe to Asia, but also, I believe, around Asia as well. Like Singapore to Hong Kong, Shanghai, the various port...
  11. Shangas

    Refrigerator Dishes

    I can't decide whether she's talking about tupperware, microwave-dinners, frozen food or make-at-home jello. The first refrigerators of a kind seen at home were the domestic ice-box of the 1800s. The iceman came by every week with a huge chunk of ice and stuck it into a huge, zinc-and-cork...
  13. Shangas

    WWII Batlle where Germans joined USA soldiers against the SS

    WHY IS THIS NOT A MOVIE!!??!? Somebody get Stephen Spielberg onto this at once!!
  14. Shangas

    If you went back to the Golden Era, what would you notice first?

    Whatever the case is, I legally cannot use a bicycle. So that means one of the first things I'd notice is a lot of bicycles everywhere.
  15. Shangas

    If you went back to the Golden Era, what would you notice first?

    Can't cycle on the footpath, only on the road. Only in cycling lanes. Must wear a helmet. Must wear riding-gear. IF you cycle on the footpath, you MUST have a letter from your physician. All kinds of stupid bloody laws. In the end it's just not worth the effort.
  16. Shangas

    If you went back to the Golden Era, what would you notice first?

    I used to cycle a lot. Until stricter cycling laws were introduced. Now, cycling is virtually impossible as a mode of practical personal transport. The result is that I haven't gone cycling since I was 12 years old.
  17. Shangas

    Cost of steamship passage 1935 ...

    My grandfather sailed from Canton to Singapore in the 1920s, to escape political tensions in China (Civil War and all that jazz). The journey was likely made either in a traditional Chinese junk, or in some manner of small, A-to-B steamship. It wouldn't have been very luxurious, either way...
  19. Shangas

    Cost of steamship passage 1935 ...

    Sailing San Francisco to Singapore direct would take the better part of two weeks or more, even in the 1930s. Singapore was a HUGE port back then (it still is today). I've done some research about liner-travel in the Pacific (it was necessary, for a story I was writing), but while I found out...
  20. Shangas

    What do you use to shave?

    Stop! Stop! You're giving me nightmares!!
  21. Shangas

    What do you use to shave?

    Just thinking of a dry shave is making my face hurt...Ouch!
  22. Shangas

    80 Years Old Abandoned Army Barracks

    Quite correct. The use of the words kinda threw me off there!
  23. Shangas

    38 Abandoned Places

    It must be fun (if a bit creepy) to explore old buildings. I reckon it'd be something I'd love doing as a group-event.

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