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  1. Shangas

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Last night, we had a REALLY BIG, REALLY BAD storm here. It was pouring with rain and howling tree-felling winds for about fourteen hours straight. From dinnertime yesterday, until about 7:30 this morning. The storm was so bad, it knocked out the power. And that almost never happens. Shows you...
  2. Shangas

    Playing cards and glass dice from the Old West

    I was told that "French ivory" was a euphemism for celluloid being passed off as ivory. Is that true? Or is it a completely different material?
  3. Shangas

    What pens are we carrying today?

    In my pen-case, I have two antique Watermen from the 1900s, and one 1940s postwar English Parker.
  4. Shangas

    Playing cards and glass dice from the Old West

    Is it possible those dice are milk glass? They certainly don't look like any ivory I've ever seen.
  5. Shangas

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    King's English, Queen's English, Received Pronunciation, BBC English... Haven't heard those very regularly.
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    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Hey Esteban. I love the braces!
  8. Shangas

    When did the smiles begin?

    Lizzie is essentially right. Early photography (from the 1820s/30s up to the early 1900s) was extremely slow. The exposure times could last several minutes. Even in the 1880s-1900s period, it wasn't much faster. The film used required a lot of light and exposure to it, so it could take ages...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    To "show/prove your mettle" is to show courage and determination. It has nothing to do with actual metal. Whoever that 'expert' is, he clearly has no idea what he's talking about. I'd love to see the source of that ridiculous claim. It actually made me laugh.
  10. Shangas

    Something I miss with the decline of the printed word

    Due to my disability, my main modes of transport are shoes, trains and trams. As a result of this, I keep a novel in my daily bag at all times, to pop out when I need something to read. Right now, It's Paul French's true crime novel, "Midnight in Peking", about a real murder that took place...
  11. Shangas

    Playing cards and glass dice from the Old West

    I wonder when it was that playing cards showed up with numbers on them, as well as symbols?
  13. Shangas

    Playing cards and glass dice from the Old West

    Wow, those are some OLD cards, alright! The dice are cool.
  14. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    If that's supposed to be me, I think I'm gonna have nightmares...
  15. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Yes I do. Every time I shave. Been doing it for about 3 years now.
  16. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    My latest purchase. Remember, kids: brush before, during, and after each meal! And yes, I have actual toothpaste in there. I'm sick of wrestling around with a tube. Along with my other vintage bathroom accessories: Razors. One from Sheffield (Joseph Rodgers & Sons), one from...
  17. Shangas

    The Antipodean thread

    Sounds interesting. What channel & time?
  19. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Thank you. I'm currently trying to track down sources for rubber to replace the central platen. Not sure how easy this is gonna be. Since taking those photos, I've glued the spacebar together and braced or clamped it, until the glue dries. We'll see what the end result is in the morning.
  20. Shangas

    Typewriters

    Currently trying to work my restorative magic on this battered old Underwood which I bought at the flea-market: I've cleaned out the majority of the gunk. I've glued and braced the spacebar. I've oiled all the stops and most of the moving parts. I'm currently trying to replace the rubber...
  21. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Serial No. 2,284,724-5 Date of Manufacture: Late 1927.
  22. Shangas

    FS: classy 3-piece plaid suit

    Very snappy!
  23. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Behold my latest find, and latest restoration/fixer-upper project. Craziest story behind this thing. Yesterday, I went to a HUGE antiques center. A gigantic warehouse packed to the rafters with antiques. And I found an Underwood Standard 5. For $160. It wasn't in as good condition as this one...

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