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  1. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Today I purchased a pair of very nice vintage dessert plates/bowls...dishes...whatever! They're small, oval and they have "VICTORIAN RAILWAYS" on them. I think they're from the 1930s. Victorian Railways lasted from 1859-1983. Here's a few pictures: About 6.5in. across, 5in. wide, about...
  2. Shangas

    Lounge Musicians - What do you Play and What are you Learning?

    I don't recall there being a thread like this anywhere on the lounge, and searching didn't produce anything. How many musicians do we have on the lounge? What is your instrument/s, and what songs/type of music do you like to play? Any current tunes you're trying to work out? I've been a...
  3. Shangas

    "Eating For Victory" - Healthy Homefront Cooking on War-Rations

    Someday soon, I hope to actually cook something out of that book, just to see what it's like.
  4. Shangas

    Can we make ignorance a crime?

    I think I made a case against my friend once, about how ignorance or some such thing, should've been classed as a Crime Against Humanity. We both thought it was hilarious, but sadly, unenforceable.
  5. Shangas

    Curious about the 'Victorian' era in the USA

    The Chinese & Japanese go by reigns of emperors and dynasties.
  7. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    That is a beautiful chair!
  8. Shangas

    Show us your scarves ...

    I have two scarves. One clay-brown, and one navy blue and grey checked. I'm constantly on the lookout for one of those pure-white scarves, like what the WWI and WWII figher-pilots used to wear. Simple, but cool. Can someone tell me what those old white aviator scarves are made of? Silk? Or...
  9. Shangas

    What Are You Reading

    In my ongoing fascination of the history of China 1911-1937, I recently purchased the bestselling true-crime novel "Midnight in Peking", by British writer and China historian, Paul French. It's a fascinating story about the murder of an English teenage girl in the Peking Legation Quarter in...
  10. Shangas

    What's for Dinner?

    Pancakes and sausages...wow. Never tried that combination. Not having dinner tonight. Been nibbling on stuff all day. Bad boy. On the other hand, I walked all over town today burning it off, so maybe I shouldn't feel too guilty.
  11. Shangas

    Show us your photography

    I love this one. Simple and beautiful.
  13. Shangas

    Curious about the 'Victorian' era in the USA

    I don't agree with Guttersnipe. The Victorian Era does have a definition. That definition being the world as known, and as affected and changed during the years 1837-1901, during the reign of Queen Victoria. It's not a term which can be chucked around as others might be. Some people like to...
  14. Shangas

    Curious about the 'Victorian' era in the USA

    Victorian is just the most widely recognised era/reference point. I suppose that's why people use it. If you want to be super-technical, then it would be Colonial, Post-Colonial, Antebellum, CW, Reconstruction, Belle Epoque, Gilded Age. The Victorian era in that spectrum, would run from the...
  15. Shangas

    What's for Dinner?

    Nothing fancy, I can assure you! :D Tonight will probably be fried rice.
  16. Shangas

    What's for Dinner?

    Monday - Burger & Fries. Tonight - Spaghetti.
  17. Shangas

    What are you wearing today??

    Very nice and casual. Summery look :) I love that radio on top of the cabinet. It's dandy! How old is it and what make/model? Very studious. A nice Royal in the background :D
  19. Shangas

    A Blank Canvas

    Umbrella stand/tube/bin. Having a coat-rack there will prove problematic.
  20. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    It requires patience. With such a LONG regulator arm, the smallest movement at the end will result in significant time-differences. So as Esteban says, move it as SPARINGLY as possible. Your clock has "S F A R". That's "Slow/Fast, or Advance/Retard", indicating which direction the needle...
  21. Shangas

    A Blank Canvas

    Oooh very nice. I like the chair, the couch, the side-table and the book-cabinet. I'm less convinced about the chest of drawers and the lamp.
  22. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    That long steel lever at the top is the regulator. If you put it one way, it tightens the hairspring. That causes the spring to make the balance-wheel spin faster - that speeds up time. If you push the regulator the other way, it releases tension on the hairspring. The balance will swing...
  23. Shangas

    Hats and Drinks - A Match Made in Heaven

    Thanks all. Thanks. Sadly, the panama got drenched during an unexpected tropical downpour. It survived, but it's shape is a bit out.

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